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Upwards of liny gentlemen dined together , among whom were the Following ministers : —Messrs . Berry , Bull , Catlow , Davies , Mercer , Jenkins , Jone ; s , Owen , Piper , Whitehouse , Worsley , Grundy and Tayler . A motion was marie to request Mr .
Worsley to print his sermon , with which he complied ; and ten guineas were subscribed almost Instantly to cover the eicpence of printing it . It was also adopted into the Catalogue of the Northern Unitarian Book Society .
In the evening , the Rev D . Davies , of Milford , near Belper , delivered the prayer , and the Rev . C . Berry , of Leicester , preached to an attentive audience a very useTul , sensible , and seasonable sermon , from the 3 d chap , of Philippians , aoth verse— For our conversation ( citizenship ) is in heaven , from whence also we look for the Saviour , the Lord Jesus Christ : ' *—from which he ably recpTirmerided the cultivation of a devotional SDirit and religious habits ; the
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SOUTHERN UNITARIAN SOCIETY " .
On Wednesday the 5 th of July , the animal meeting of the ' iSouthern Unitarian Book Society was held at Poole . From some unforeseen circum tances it ¦ was less numerously attended than was expected . Mr . Blake , who was to , have delivered the sermon , and Mr . Kees , who was to have taken that office in case of Mr . Blake ' s failure , being among the absentees . An evening lecture , however
was delivered by Mr . Tingcombe , of Newport , ' n the Isle of Wight . Notwithstanding the absence of many friends , whom it would have bten gratifying to the Society to have met on the occasion , several pleasing circumstances attended the meeting . An intercourse commenced between the congregation at Poole and their Hampshire triends , which we
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WESTERN tJTUTARIAN SOCIETY " .
The annual meeting of the Western Unitarian Society was held at Bridgewater , on Wednesday , July 5 th . The devotional service in the morning was conducted by the Rev . J . Hort , and the Rev . E . Butcher delivered a highly interesting and valuable discourse ( from a Cor , x . 7 , — " If any man trust to him * . Self that he is Christ ' s , let him of himself think this again , that B as he is Christ ' s ,
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want of which is a reprbach , in the hands of their enemies , against Uni * tarian Christians , and perhaps one great cause of their not increasing more rapidly .
The next meeting of the society is to beheld at Sheffield , on the last WecJnesday in June , 1810 ; when the Rev . H . Jenkins , of Hinckley , is to preach in the morning-, and the Rev . E . Jones , of Duffi ^ M , in the evening .
The " meeting at Nottingham wa £ highly agreeable and harmonious : the society ' s affairs are prosperous ; and , since the last report was printed , near thirty new members have been admitted .
The thanks of the meeting were voted to the secretary , accompanied with a handsome request to him , to continue in office for the ensuing year—The religious services were much approved by those who heard them , and an
unanimous vote of thanks was passed , and given to the gentlemen who conducted them . J . B .
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trust will be mutually agreeable and advantageous . Eleven of the former en * tered themselves as members , and a laudable zeal , for the advancement ol the cause which the society has at hear ^ was generally displayed . It is hoped , therefore , that an opening has been mad « which will lead to beneficial consequences ; and that the Society will witness the happy fruits of its labours , in tli # = » i >^ tranrpinprh nf rYt i-iert- in n f * anClOUl "«
truth , piety , and virtue . Where the next anniversary will be held was left for the decision of the quarterly meeting-. Due notice of it will , however , be given , through the medium of the Monthly Repository * Newport ; July 17 , * 8 oo «
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even so are we Christ * " * , asserting and vhidieating the claims ot Unitarians to an appellation so often , by imp bcution at least , refused th « m , —that of Chrwtiaps . The society requested the pub ' lication of the discourse , as being well calculated to promote the objects for which it was formed , and obtained Mr » Butcher ' s consent . The worthy preacher , as must be well known to several of om \
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415 Intctlizence + ^—TTnitarian Societies .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1809, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1738/page/56/
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