On this page
-
Text (1)
- Untitled
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Report Of The Committjee Of The Unitaria...
Hary for his own health and comfort the _aeparation may have become , ) without very p _& _pfalfeeimg % . _Hte nnpe . h _* 9 l _& ng te _# n . aa 4 w | ll long Continue to be , associated with that of the Unitarian Fund . The date of his connexion wi _^ h us differs little from that of 01 * _$ existence as a Society . For twelve years be has been wholly in your employ , acting in harmony with each successive Committee , and receiving * _y _^ _ur _^ _veH-merited thanks at each successive _Anniversary . _Throughout England , Wales , _, and-Scotland ; in town _ajid , country ; ifi the most _intelligent and in the wiMe _& _fT districts ; in the chapel _, the
dwelling-house , the barn , and the open air ; by writing , preaching , conference and conversation ; from the pulpit andjdie press , he has advocated your righteous Cause , and heaven has blessed his labours . His Sermons and Tracts , _simply , _jaa _& al y _^ _scfipJuraJj and convincing , quelled the fears of those who _Apprehended that your , employment of Agents r who had not _possesse 4 t _& e advantages of a learned education , would disgrace the Unitarian name 5 and the large success of his exertions silenced their objection who thought that the time was not yet come when genuine Christianity coul 4 be preached ,, with . acceptance , to
ike poor . This _society m ay justly congratulate itself . or * _having been the means of-placing- ' him in that particular sphere for which _Providence seems to have formed him , and thus enabling him to achieve much which else he could _jftot even have _attempted ; and now that increasing years and infirmities have withdrawn him to a more limited , but highly important station , the
_affectionate remembrance anil strong regard of its members _wiU follow mm to his retreat , and their , earnest prayers fpr the peaceand happiness of his declining years will ascend to that gracious Being whose sole deity and paternal _character he has vindicated to so many thousands _q f his countrymen . Mi * . jF . Horsfield was occupied , about five weeks , in June and July last y $ ar _, by a mi _& siojn _^ Fy excursion itito the Eastern p art s of Yorkshire . His attention was chiefly directed to Selby and its _neighbourhood , which he had previously- visited , _wjth Mr .. Wright , in 1818 , and where Mr- Briggs , now _removed to _Bessy ' s Green , had engaged in Village Preaching with great success , in _consequence of the occasional assistance _granted him by the Fund , as
was stated in last year ' s Report . Mr . Horsfield was much impressed by the _change which had taken place in this interval . "Then , " he _observes , " there was ail _interest m two places only ; now our cause has a footing in twelve , all within eight miles of _Selbv . The improvement made botH as to increase of _munbefs and religious feeung , ia at once _Surprising and delightful . " _#
Mr- Harding , under the immediate direction of _tlie Jfv _^ nt an Sussex Unitarian _Association , _continues to occupy his _missionary circuit in those counties , _fnthe course of the l _^ st year he has _iqtj-o ( iu . _? ef i U _^ itananism into several places where its doctrines l _^ ave never been _preached b efo re . There is every reason to expect that these labours will be productive of permanent _gtfoa . A grant _pf 15 / . has be _^ n made for his support , during the present year , in the oflice which Ije so honourably _an < _J _usefully fills .. 14 _* _efrcouragen _^ ent oJf _Village Preachii andthe of stated
e _^ _gy , support or occasional Lectures by _neighbouring ministers i _, n _plaices _wiere _Uuitarian > _vorship has not yet _bcjen establisiie _< J are objects with the importance of which your _* Committee are much _impressed , and to which , _whjeuever _thex _*© w _^ _reasonable prospect of succ _^ s _^ , the patronage of this _So _ i _^ jty ; has _beea _j _^ _ompfcl y _exteoded _* The following cases of _thip cla _^ _s are _^ at present , _receiving assistance from * your Funds . 1 . _NeweaHle and the _fyHerie _$ . _—^ Mx , Coopej * _coptiuues his _labours in this
papulous district , and much may _^ _e _anticipated from , his judicious _andpersfitvering eflSjfrts . ' h _$ _tldnley h _^ _hag . t _* _ew eminently _successful - , a _congreg _^ tiou is _formed , _aiuf t _^ e erection _^ of , a _CfeW _^ _l h _% becipnae _necessary . About 300 / . is wanted-for _thisvurpoee , and from the ii _^ ri _^^ _ioft _. _whklLia _possessed by your Con _^ ni _^ tee of tlie _prpipising state of our C _^ _iiya _^ there , they feel iiilly warranted in _; noj _^ t _eaj _^ _pestly _, _recommendlpg this _obkqt to the _Fello wship Bands of 6 ur conflrreefatiQas . Mr _U . _Wright W _'' s recommendation of _thiiucase Manas ot 6 ur _coppregatiqas . | r . _rights recooa * _$ _iwdift 1 ; ¥ > n of _thifucas _^
_^ ( extracted from his _JourpaO _, in No : II . < if the _Upiiwfon Vwf _^ . _-Reiser ) J _tmwfabtrengtheUGdhy tne _progress Which has been made sinq _^ his visit , a _^" < _tf _wfeich a mare p _^ rticuJl | Hr _accoimt will be speedily _MCk # _^ _C « L _^ _Bcnoers . Mr . Cooper ' _s _eciraifement with the _^ _USSilA rex _& _aiBa to . _WaPltiWir
Ar00201
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 3, 1823, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/smrp_03061823/page/2/
-