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|iEI,IGIOUS, LITERARY, AND POLITICO^ RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE,
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$ esich » Tu £ stated labours in thft pulpitbe kept a sm 9 . il school , and rendered him-^ lf of service if * ma # y important respects to tb ? riaipg generation . Upon his mar * rfage h * Un this situation for Wales , whence he intended to Hate taken ship- , p in ^ for Africa . But , alas ! this and qv&y other fifea tie Bad in view was frustrated % death ; «* t a period of his life
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UEttdlOtJS * tJNlTARIAN BOOK S € > ClEt Y . - ^ In consequence of a resolution passed at the annual meeting , April 1805 , of the London Unitarian Society , for the pro ? motion of Christian knowledge , and the of
bract ^ cevirtue liy the distribution of books , the 5 Uv . Mr . Belsham will on Thursday the joth inst . preach a sermon at Essex Street fihapel , before the said Society ; th $ ^ rviee to begin at 1 % o * ciock . Unitarian Funo . —We are desired
tp pnnt m our present number the Rules and Preamble to the Rules of this new aed promising institution * to whose service our pages are always open . At a respectable meeting ( convened in Cpnsequence of some resolutions made at a preceding general meeting ) holden at the flew JLonden Tavern , Cheapside , on Tuesday evening , March 4 th , 1 806 .
I . T * Rutt , Esq . in the chair , * rhe following Rules -were read and agreed to . ft has long been a subject of complaint amorjg Unitarians , and a topic of reproach tb their adversaries , that bo . few active measures have been taken to diffuse
anioug the lower classes of the people the doctrines of rational religion . A knowledge of this , together with a Conviction of tJ * e-necessary connexion between truth fcnd righteousness , has prevailed upon a number of individuals , zealously
concerned for the spread of Scriptural Christianity , and the promotion of the happiness * nd improvcmtfnt of the poor , to institute a society for the encouragement of p *> pu-Ut preaching on Unitarian principles . The society is not insensible of the laud ^ blc efforts that have been made to
instruct the public mind in the knowledge fcf pure Chrjstianity by ( he distribution of books . Those efforts its members kavewitncated with pleasure , and have ,
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when he had reason to iadulge , from } domestic connections , the most flatterinS prospect of earthly felicity ,. In turn wer ^ to be found good sense , united with an engaging modesty , and an unaffectexi pi * oty . His tutor 1 . who had many opportunitie&of witnessing his intrinsic worth , fa happy in paying this sincere tribute of respect to his mernory 4
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as individuals ^ assisted * They are pc * H sUaded , however , that addresses from th ^ pulpit are more suited to the habits of th ^ poor , than addresses equally excellent from die press , and that the encouragement pf Unitarian worship if ? pne of the best
means , as it is the natursl consequence of disseminating the Unitarian doctrine . Under this persuasion they have formed themselves into a society to be regulate ^ according to the following Rules .
i * This society shall be denominatei THE UNITARIAN $ UtiI > for Flip * MOTING UNITARIANISM BY MEANS O 9 fO ^ ULAR PREACHING . 2 . The uses to which the Fund raised by this society shall be applied , shall be , First , to enable poor Unitarian congre * gations to tarry on Religious worsfiip .
Secondly , to reimburse the travelling and other expences of teachers , who majr Contribute their labours to the preaching of the gospel on Unitarian principle *; and Thirdly , to relieve those Christian mn
riisters who by embracing Unitariani * sn subject themselves to poverty . 3 . Every person subscribing the sum of Five Shillings or upwards annuall y ^ shall be entitled to recommend cases ty the Fund .
4 . Every person subscribing * the sunt of One Guinea or upwards annually sMll be considered as a member of the society * having a right to recommend cases , a « d to vote at all meetings , and to be eligible to all offices of the society . " 5 . Every person sub . cribing the sum of five Guineas or upwards at one time *
shall be a member of the society for life * having all the privilege's described in Rule 4 , of persons subscribing Ooe Guinea or upwards annually . 6 . All subscriptions paid during ^ itiy part of the year , shall be eoi $ idQre 4 ai commcacmg outhc first day of Jauttjuty
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/51/
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