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RELIGIOUS, LITERARY, AND POLITICORELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
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Religious, Literary, And Politicoreligious Intelligence.
RELIGIOUS , LITERARY , AND POLITICORELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE .
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K EL IGIOUS . The Proceedings of the " General Assembly of tic General Baptist Churches % held on Tuesday , May 27 , 1806 , at the Meeting House ^ Worship-street , JLondon , are just published . The Rev . B . Marten was chairman ; the Revds . Stephen Philpot and Robert Pyail , moderators . The state of some of the
churches is as follows : Cranbrook , Kent , 1 elder , % assisting ministers , 3 deacons , and 96 members ; lost 6 by death , added none—Dourer , 1 elder , 3 deacons , 109 members—Battel , Sussex , a preachers , \ % i members : lost 1
member by death , added r by baptism—Parliament-court , London ( Mr . Vidler ' s ) , % preaching elders , ruling elders , 5 deacons , 160 members ; 17 withdrawn on account of principles , 10 withdrawn t > y removals , lost % by death , added 8 by baptism , and 1 exc uded .
The Rev . W . Moon preached the sermon from x Cor . xv * 57 ; the Rev . S . Philpot prayed . The Treasurer of the « ( G eneral Baptist Education Society " reported , that two young men of promising abilities are receiving , on the Society , education under the Rev . J . Evans , and that the finances of the
Society are of late ( which we rejoice to hear ) more flourishing . The General Baptist Church at Wisbeach , Cambridgeshire , under the care of the Rev . R . Wright , was admitted into the Assembly . The circular letter was drawn up by the Rev . W . Richards , of L , ynh ; the subject , « the Perpetuity of Baptism . "
It was so much approved of , that it was ordered to be printed , and a large number was subscribed for by the several members and churches of the Assembly . Mr . Wiight is requested to write the letter next year , on " The Exercise of Reason in Matters of Religion . " The next assembly to meet at Worship-street ,
on Tuesday in Whitsun-week , 1807 ; the sermon to be preached by the Rev . R Snelrgrovc , of Lewes , and , in failure of him , by the Rev . A . Beniiet , ofDitehling : the business to begin at seven o ' clock in the nioming , public service at eleven , and the dinner at lour in the afternoon , when the business of the Assembly will be ftniojied . — - The Assembl y have dene u «
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the honor to notice in their minutes , and to recommend to the individuals and churches in « their connexion , the Monthly Repository 1 a work , " they are pleased to say , « which , for the exercise of free
inquiry m matters of religion , is not equalled" We esteem it ho small pral e to receive the sanction of a body of Christians , which first led the way in this country , to religiou ? inquiry , and which now yields to no denomination in liberality and zeal .
The EPISTLE from the YEARLY MEETING held in London , by adjourriments , from the aist to the 31 st of the fifth month , i 8 e 6 , inclusive , to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings of FRIENDS , in Great Britain , Ireland , and elsewhere .
Dear Friends , We find , in meeting in this our annual assembly , a renewal of lively zeal for promoting the righteousness which is of Christ , and for removing , as far as in us lies , the causes which obstruct it . We trust that our meeting is not only profe sedly in his name ; but , as we are
given to derive strength and encouragement in his cause , from the mutual communication of our feelings and exercises of mind , that he still owns us , however unworthy ; and grants us , by being at times baptized into the sense of our own
weakness , to seek with more earnestsness his everlasting strength . In the desire , therefore , that ye may be built up a people truly Christian ; that " righteousness , and peace , and joy in the Holy Ghost /* may increase and abound ; we again convey to you the salutation of love unfeigned . We beseech
you to consider the holy gradation of righteousness , peace , and " joy ; and to mark that the first step is that most comprehensive attainment , righteousness ^ Righteousness is immutable jtrs * tice it leaves
: no duty unfulfilled . Man has hi * full share of love from man and God , his due reverence , adoration ^ and piaise . Peace then flows as a river * and joy in the Holy Spirit completes the gracious purpose of Christian
redemptian . « ' Happy is that people that is in such a case : yea , happy i % that people whose God Is the Lord . "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1806, page 439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1727/page/47/
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