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pleted in a limited time . This is the more to be desired , as the Primate ' s excellent work is now out of print . " In order to facilitate the object of the Society , it is propose ^ to add to the present Committee for preparing the
improved version , all the Ministers \ yho are members of the Unitarian Society , requesting them to send any remarks or improvements which rnay occur to them , addressed to the Secretary of the Unitarian Society , before Christmas ; wjiich remarks shaii be referred to a
Sub-cpm-SKiittee , consisting of all the members of the Committee residing in London or Its neighbourhood , who shall revise the vrhole , and prepare it for the general meeting of the Unitarian ^ Society in April ; when , if it shall be approved by the Society , and if a sufficient spm can be raised to defray the expense of the pithlica-&lan * it shall be forthwith sent to the
pL'CSS . 5 < ft is also recommended by this Committee , that the Secretary of the Society be desired by the General Meeting to communicate to the Western and the Southern Unitarian Societies the steps jjvhich bave been taken to obtain and to publish an improved version of the New Testament , and to request their
concurrence < . * Si ' gned ) « J . JOYCE , Sec . " The " Southern Unitarian Book Society' * held their annual meeting at Lewes fonjune 25 th- 'JThe morning service was conducted by the Rev . Mr . Tingcombe of Newport , and the Rev . JVTr . Barbauki . The latter gentleman p * eacl > ed from these words : " Hallowed be thy
name , thy kingdom come , thy will be done , as in heaven so in earth . ' The evening" service was introduced by the Rev . Mr . Evans , and the sermon preached by the Rev . Mr . JcfFery , from the charge of our great Master— " Be ye wise as serpents , and harmless as cloves , " The services were well attended
the company at dinner numerous , and several new members were added to the Society . It was-with real satisfaction that the gentlemen as > embled on this occasipn xvere informed of the intention of the
London Society to publish a new version of the New Testament ; and it was resolved that the Southern Society should advance the sum of Fifty Pounds in aid of this object , upon application being made for it by the . L . ondon Society . Subscriptions on account of the South-
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ern Unitarian Society arc received b ^ Mr . James Silver , Bedford-street , Co vent Garden ; Rev , Mr , Parker , of kewes ; Rev . Mr . Youatt , pf Chichester ; Rev . Mr . Scott , of Portsmouth ; , John Kirkpatrick , Esq . Treasurer , Mount Pleasant , Isle of Wight ; and . Mr . FuV lagar , Secretary , Parkhurst Cottage > Isle of Wight .
The " Western Unitarian Book Society" held their annual meeting at Cirencester , on Wednesday the ad inst , Mr . prowne , of Warminster , performed the devotional part of the seryice a an 4 Mr . Aubrey , of Gloucester ^ preached from q , Phil , latter part of the 12 th and 13 th verses— " Work out your own sal *
yation , < 5 cc . '' The discourse was hear 4 with great satisfaction , and was recomr mended to be printed a £ " calculated ta promote % he objects of the Society . ' * The next meeting is to be held either at Trowbridge or Warminster . Mr . Shutc is invited $ 0 preach the sermon aj ? d Mr . Fry has promised to Qflkiate if Mr . Shute fail .
The annual meeting of Unitaria ^ Ministers of the counties of Notting * ham and Derby , and the souther ** part of Yorkshire , isyas held at Chesterfield on the sd of July . ^ Texi Ministers were present . The Rey . Mr . Piper , of Norton , near Sheffield , conducted jhe devo « tional service : and the Rev- Mr . Hull *
of Mansfield , delivered t ] be sermon from i Thess . y . n . ? r- " Bdify one another . *' From these words Mr . B . shewed , ist th . . it was an important social duty toim-r prove each other ; 2 dly , the proper sub ? jects ; and , 3 dly , the beat means of accomplishing- this desirable object . XJn * der this last head various methods were
suggested . Ministers were called upon to preach the important truths of the Christian doctrine , uninfluenced by the . fear of man ; to encourage them to this ^ the conduct of Christ and his apostles was proposed to their imitation . The
instiuction of children andyoung persons in the doctrines , as well as dutje $ of Christianity , was enforcexd upon their attention , m a very judicious and animated manner ; to the want of this early instruction was attributed that
indifference to the cause of undefilcd religioo which unhappily prevails . The establishment of a Society for the dissemhiatioi 4 of Unitaiian sentiments by the distribution of books was strongly recommended , as a proper method of improy ? iji £ our fellow-creatures ,, by enlighten f *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1806, page 384, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1726/page/48/
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