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    GENERAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION",

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    search for themselves , and believe in the glorious truths contained in the Gospel of Jesus . Many thanks are due to Mr . Weller , of Ramsgate , for the hospitable manner in which he entertained the friends from Canterbury and Dover during the day . J . T . E .

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    Kingsford , Esq ., Mr . Bead , Mi " , Pay , and others . On Mr . Martin proposing the health of the chairman , the Rev . Mr . Pound , of Dover , rose , and begged to couple with it a gentleman who , he believed , had never honoured that company with his presence before , and who was the first dissenter who

    had—filled-the-offiee;—he ~ meant-the Worshipful the Mayor of Canterbury { loud cheers ) . Mr . Brent , in a spirited speech , returned thanks for the compliment paid him , and said he was highly gratified in meeting such d , numerous and respectable body of Dissenters that day . He was proud

    to acknowledge that during his mayoralty he had uniformly met with great liberality and support from his fellow-citizens , whether Churchmen ox Dissenters ( c / ieers ) . The day of bigotry was fast passing by ; tyranny and injustice no longer existed in large corporations ; it might be and

    was still upheld in villages and small towns ; but in- eities like this a liberality of sentiment had appeared whfcli wou-ld never be extinguished ( cheers } Corporations were now the nucleus round which great masses of the people assembled , and united themselves in one common bond . By the united

    call of the people , the Duke of Wellington , when in office , was compelled to admit the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts and to grant the Catholic claims ; and by the same means , by the same all-powerful voice , will j ustice be given and an efficient reform be made in the Commons '

    House of Parliament ( loud cheers ) . Mr . Buckland also returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him in coupling his name with that of the Mayor of Canterbury , and begged in return to wjsli them all Jiealth and

    prosperity . The company afterwards adjourned to the chapel , where tea was prepared . About 150 sat down to partake of the plenteous provision made by the friends ; after which a subject was proposed for discussion , relative to the cause of the decline among our societies , The company

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    On Tuesday , the 15 th of May , the Annual Meeting of the above Association was held at Canterbury . On Monday evening divine service was performed to a respectable congregation , when Mr . Saint , of London ,

    spoke in prayer , and Mr . Buckland , of Benenden , made an excellent discourse from the 14 th chapter of John , and 27 th verse , ' Peace I leave with you , my peace I give unto you : not as the world giveth , give I unto you / On Tuesday morning the business of the Association was opened , . there

    being a numerous attendance of ministers , elders , and representatives from the different General Baptist churches in the county . A large party from Dover arrived early in the morning , to unite with us on the pleasing occasion . At eleven o'clock a numerous assemblage met for divine

    service , when a sermon was preached by Mr . Saint , Mr . Buckland speaking a prayer . The text was from the 4 th chapter , 1 st Cor ., 1 st and 2 d verses , * Let a man so account of us , as of the ministers of Christ , and stewards of the mysteries of God ; moreover it is required of stewards , that a man be found faithful . ' The discourse

    was heard with great' attention by all present , after which the business of the day was resumed . About two o ' clock , upwards of seventy of the friend ^ sat down to . an excellent , dinner at the Prince of Orange tavern , the Rev . Mr . Buckland in the chair .

    On the removal of the cloth , various loyal and appropriate toasts were given , and some excellent speeches delivered by the Rev . Messrs . Saint , Buckland , Pound , J . Martin , J . Brent , JSs < j . ( the Mayor of Canterbury ) , S .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1832, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1718/page/14/