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by a voluntary subscription , —a measure « ubmitted to the meeting by the Committee ; any deficiency in such subscription to be made good out of the Fiind , any surplus to be applied to the erection of a rev / and Unitarian place of worship at Soham . The following gentlemen were chosen into office for the year ensuing , viz . John Christie , Esq . Treasurer . Kev . Robert A-pland , Secretary , Mr . David Eaton ^ —Thomas Freeman 1 * -s Ephraim Bur ford f William Tit ford V Committee , - — - Thomas Bellerby L Samuel Barton l Richard Taylor ' Mr . Hbenezer Johnston , > * ,. n . i j x- * tL r Auditors * Richard Knight , %
The other regular business was then entered upon , and every thing was conducted in the spirit of Christian fellowship . . The Annual Dinner was this year provided , for the sake of room , at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate Street , but
on the same economical plan as heretofore ; a plan which is found by experience not to exclude the more opulent subscribers , whilst it is an accommodation to those in the humbler walks of life . The largest room in the Tavern soon began to fill . Wm . Sturcb ^ Esq . was placed in the chair . About One Hundkeo amd Ninety Persons sat down
to dinner ¦ -. a company larger than evtr assembled , even in the Metropolis , on such an occabion , as avowed Unitarians , and the sight of which infused spirit and joy into e \ ery one present . Here * vere seen members of different
cqngregati ^ ns , of different communions , uniting in one great object . We observed with delight many gentlemen from the country , : > ome from a great distance , apd a large proportion of the young . A s entiment , given from jhe chair , the only one we think it necessary to particularize , gave us , aud we believe all the company , much pleasure : it was this , " Unitarians of all churches ; and may they have
courage a > avow , zeal to promote , and wi . ^ om . to unite , in defence of their common principles . *' - —There were np less than thirty Dissenting ministers present . We observed the following ; the Rev . R . Aspiand , A . Bennett , M . Brown , Co upland , T , JDavis , Dewhurst , Jos . Pobcll , D . Eaton , Ellis , J . Evans , j ,. Oi » burne , Holt , P . Jioughtwi , J .
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Jefferey , Jer . J oyce , John Jcme ^ . Kin g $ « ford , JLuI ^ eKirby , ( of Burnham whorpe , ) I > r . James Lindsay , James Lyons , John Marsom , B . Marten , J . Nightingale * S . Phil pot , TV Rees , J . Simpson , Smallfield , Steward , Vidler , \ Y right On the Unitarian Fund being given ,
early in the evening " , from the chair , the treasurer Mr . Christie * rose and read a very eloquent and animating speech viz . a list of subscriptions and benefactions to the Society , obtained since the publl * cation of the last Report , a period of not more than 10 months : the names
read amounted at least to 60 and a considerable proportion of them , were life subscribers . In this list were not include ed tha new names given in this day . ——Mr . Ebenexer Johnston addressed the company as treasurer of the Book Society : } ie spofce at some length and much interested the meeting . He shewed that the various efforts of the Unitarians did
roc interfere with , but assisted each other ; and that therefore , the success of one Institution was virtually the suceesi of all . The chairman took occasion from one of the sentiments which he had to give to make some remarks upon the death of such men as Dr . Priestley and Mr . Ljndsey ; their death , after a
life of intellectual improvement an 4 moral usefulness } and at a mature age , he could not consider as a calamity . It was not so much our part to lament that such men had died as to rejoice that they had lived . Their example and history
would serve to call up other similar men , for it was always found that the great and good Being who governs the world raises up suitable instruments for whatever purposes he has to effect .- * The Missionaries addressed the subscribers as
usual ; viz . Messrs . Bennett 9 GUburne * Lyons and Wright Mr . Gisbttrne told the tale of his persecution and deliverance , which tho' long was not tedious , but interested every hearer . Mr . Ly . on $ declared that tfro fixed over a regular congregation he still gloried in the name of missionary , and should ever consider
his connection with the Unitarian Fund as one of the happiest events of his life . With more than usual animation , Mr . Wri ght expatiated upon popular preach * ing . He stated it to be the result of his observation that among-1 the very lowest classes of the people there are two . strong opposite tendencies ; one to gross superstition , the other to infidelity . I *» one town mentioned Y \ q found many
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SOO Intelligence . — Unitarian Fund .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1809, page 300, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1736/page/54/
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