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read a Jew appropriate portions of scripture , and delivered some e ^ feilent remarks , explanatory of' the nature of the service ; then Mr . Jones , of Trowbridge , proposed a few questions to Mr . Web-Wanrl to the church , praved for a
blessing on the connection formed between them , and delivered what is usually called the charge : afterwards , Mr . Aldridge , ef Lyndhurst , set forth , in a judicious discourse , the important duties cf churches to their ministers , . and
concluded with prayer * Besides these discourses , there -were two others xleli vered on general subjects ; one on Tuesday evening and the other on' Wednesday evening ; both by Mr . Smedley . The auditory "was respectable and attentive , so that it is hoped some favourable inu ) r ess ions have bee . n produced .
Mr . WebJey is a native of Trowbnfee , in Wiltshire * where about six yeai > age * he became a constant attendant j # e the ministry of Mr , Jones , and t
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The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of $ ha » society was held , as usual , in London , on Wednesday , Thursday and Friday , May 10 , ii and 12 , 1809 . On Wednesday morning * the society met for their first religious . service at
Surry Chapel . Mr . Peddle ^ minister of the associated congregation of Bristo Street , Edinburgh , preached , on Psalm xlv- 17 . u Me directed the attention of his audience , 1 st , to the promise in . the text , —that the name of Christ shall be
remembered in all generations ; and , andly , to the means which God has employed , and will employ , for its performance . The means by which this name has been , and . will be preserved , were then pointed out , ~ r-the volume of scripture , the ordinance of preaching , and the active exertions of the lovers of Christ , which natura ) ly led to a recommendation of missionary efforts . **
In the evening , the meeting was held at the Tabernacle . Mr , John Clayton , jun . of London , preached the sermon , from Isa . xxix . 8 . " The preacher pro- ; posed , 1 st , to take a view of the church ' s enemies ; andly , to examine their expectation of success ; and 3 rdly , to expose their final overthrow . The conclusion waa properly adapted to promote the great objects qx the jyfcaioaary lwstuution . 'r ' \
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joined his church . Appearing ' to posset some talents for a public teacher , he became latterly a pupil of Mr , Jones ' s , and under' his direction completed a brief course of preparatory studies for the ministry , being patronized chfefty by the Unitarian Fund .
We understand that he has latelylicensed his own v dwelling-hoiise , at Blackford , for preaching . This place is about * a mile -and three quarters from " Wedmore , and it is singular , that though a populous village , it has neither church , chapiel , nor dissenting meeting-hoose in it : consequently , Mr . Webley ' s preach
ing there on Sunday evemngs , being a novelty , attracts more hearers by tax than his house can contain . May he meet with much success in breaking this new ground , so as to bring many to the knowledge of the only true God ; the God and Father o £ our -Lord Jesus Christ . B . J
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"On Thursday morning , the annual business of the society was Conducted at the Rev . Mr . Wall ' s meeting house , where more persons applied for admission than could get in . ^ The chair was occupied , as usual , by J . Hardcastle , escj . treasurer of the society . Mr . Waugh prayed . The original plan of the institution was read by Mr . Platt $ and the minutes of-thelast annual
meeting by Mr . Buck . The report , which was very copious , was read by the secretary , ( Mr . Burder . ) While the committee withdrew to noaiinate directors for the following year , JOr . Collyer
delivered a very animated address to the society , lubose satisfaction and dtligbt * zuas too great to be-altogether suppressed . The * 33 & psalm was then sung ; and Mr . Ho ^ g , late of Thrapston , concluded with prayer . "
Tottenham Court Chapel was'fiHed at so early an hour in the evening , that the . service commenced soon aftei \ fivc , instead of six o ' clock . Mr , Richards , one of the ministers in the connection of the late Lady Huntingdon , and who
has for several years statedly resided at Hull , preached the sermon , on Ezek . xvi . 6 o , " The preacher first noticed / the pleasing promise made to the Jewish nation ; that , notwithstanding r their transgressions , God would remember
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Intelligence . ~ -1 &is $ lona y Society * 2135
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* MISSIONARY SOCIETY .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1809, page 459, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1739/page/45/
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