On this page
-
Text (1)
-
Untitled Article
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.
Untitled Article
people , from a Cor . iv . z . «— Not hand * ling the word of God deceitfully , but by manifestation of the truth , eomjtnending cturselves to every man ' s conscience in t&e sight of God . " From these words , it was shewn to be the indispensable 4 uty of ministers , in imitation of Paul and his colleagues , to manifest the truths of the gospel , not daring to lower its precepts ia order to meet men ' s present attainments > or to conceal , or distort its doctrines , from any mean and selfish motive . It was also stated to be the
interest , as well as duty , of the people to bear , with a do pile mind , the truths which the situation of ministers compelled them to manifest . The preachers , of the gospel were exhorted , by every motive of duty and propriety , to maintain a moral and religious , department , the charms of whose eloquence should rival in attractiofl and beauty that displayed in the
pulpit . We learn , with pleasure , that the audience was numerous , and very attentive : and it is devoutly to be wished , that the duties , thus pointed out , will be faithfully performed by those whose happiness and moral improvement depend upon a mutual and cordial co-operation in the discharge of their respective obligations .
METHODIST CONFERENCE , — The sixty-third General Conference of the people called Jvlethodists , late in connexion with the 3 Rev . John Wesley , was held in "Leeds by several adjournments , from J uly $ 3 to Aug . 9 , 1806 .
There were present at this Conference about 240 Itinerant Preachers , and an amazing concourse of people ; probably on some days , especially Sunday , Aug . 3 , not fewer than X 5 or 20 , 000 . Thirtytwo preachers -were admitted at this Conference into full connexion , having
been four years on trial . There remain till on trial ninety-four , having not yet completed their four years . Admitted on trial forty-five . The following preachers have died within tke last year , viz . Jonathan Cousins , Jo hn Crook
( called the Apostle of the Isle of Man ) , Thomas Mill , John Pawson , Peter Mill , Fdward Jackson , Joseph Hallam , Thomas Rutherford , Jo hn Baxter , and John Hawkshaw , a missionary in the West Indies . In Great Britain the numbers
in Society have received an increase of more tham 8000 souls last year , and fifty new chapels are erecting , or appointed to hs erected ? Th $ CqjS ' erencej in thcif .
Untitled Article
mrmites , insist ( to use their own term } upon many points of discipline ; an 4 three of the brethren were appointed to draw up a Digest , or Form of Doctrine , in other words , a - Creed ! A plan for the improvement of young preachers viras also laid before the Conference . Dr . Coke is General Superintendant of the Irish and other missions . Adam Clarke is Chairman of the London district .
BAPTISM of JE WS . —On Saturday evening , Sept . so , Mr . Abraham I-ande and Mrs . Clara Cohen , native * of Germany , were publicly baptized a& Sion Ghapel , JLondon * in the name { as we are told in the Evangelical Magazine ) of the Eternal Three ! Three persons were converted to Trinitarianisni
by the preaching of Mr . Frey , himself a convert from the religion of Moses to the same faith . The service was conducted before an immense crowd of hearers bj the following ministers , viz . the Rev * Mr . Nicoll , one of the ministers of the Scots Church in Swallow-street ; the Rev . Robert Winter , of New Court 5
the Rev . Mr . Burder , of Fetter-lane ( editor of the Evangelical Magazine ) ; Mr . Frey , and the Rev . J . Townshej $ d t On the preceding Thursday , in the evening , a Miss Cbhen , also a Jewess , was baptized at Hoxton Chapel , by the Rev Messrs , Atkinson and Simpson , tutors of the . Hoxton Academy .
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE . —The first stone of a Jewish synagogue was lately laid at the top of Steel-street , tiverpool t Under the stone was deposited a bottle ^ containing a piece of parchment ( wherein was written , in Hebrew and English , a
suitable mvocation ) , and various piecci of coin , of the reign of his present Majesty . The rabbi , or priest , then deli * vered an appropriate prayer , imploring ; God to crown the undertaking with hi * merciful protection , after which he offered up a . prayer for the Royal Family .
POLIXICO-K EL 1 GIOU 5 . THE JEWS . —Abstract of the Pro- * ceedings of the Jewish Assembly at Paris : — On the 18 th Sept . the Commissioners ? of his Imperial and Royal Majesty proceeded to the Jewish Assembly , where one of them made a speech in the name of the rest * which was answered by the President . The speech of the Emperor ' s Com ?* missionary to the Jewish Assembly ,
Untitled Article
Religious and Literary Intelligence . 551
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1806, page 551, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1729/page/47/
-