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his covenant , & « . ; andly , that they *}> oald panifully remember their former wa $ s .. « f sin arid folly ; 3 fdly that Jew * n d Oentile shall , in due time , be hapftUjr united in the Christian church ; + ihfy 9 chat there -will be the nearest relation , as well as the closest union , between them ; 5 thly , that some of tfae unworthiest and vilest characters
shall be made partakers of pardoning inerCy ai ^ d gospel grace ; and , lastly , that « H these happy effects shall be prtf * jduced by a new covenant . The improvemeQt of the subject included gratitude lor tfee covenant of grace , the encou . -
ragement it affords to backsliders , the motives it suggests to mutual love aniongst Christian professors , 'and a powerful incitement to the Missionary Society to the exercise of faith , prayer and exertion *"
The fourth and last sermon was preached , oil Friday morning , in St . Bride ' s Church , by Mr . Martyn , junr . curate of Pertenhall , ne 3 r Kimbolton , Huntingdonshire . The text , Psal / xcvi . 10—18 . In discoursing on which ne
considered , 1 st , the nature and extent of die kingdom of God ; andly , the duty and privilege resulting from them ; and , 3 rdly , the encouragement afforded by the present times * The sernion concluded with an animated exhortation to
exertion and liberality . '* In the afternoon , the usual business Was transacted in the school room of Ston Chapel . The sermons , were ordered to be printed , and are , with the Report of the directors , now lying before us ;
aii Svo pamphlet of more than ioo pages . Tfre L » ord * s Supper was administered , in Sion Chapel , at the close of the day , to a yast number of communicants , the ministers officiating forming , oi themselves , no mean congregation . The collections on tneae several occasions were splendid , ancl were as follows : *— - £ urry Chapel — £$% 6 15 7 Tabernacle —~ — 174 3 1 Tottenham Court Chapel 153 06 Sifcrkle ' s Church , — ' it 84 10 o Sion Chapel — 180 jo > e
Total — 1078 19 % 7 * bese great collections , the largest thts society « ver made , may be , , in part , as * cribed to the representations made by the preachers , a 7 * d by ha » d-. bills distributed f © r the purpose , ^ of the ex-teas of tfce diebutsements over the income pf the tocjety , Vy ^ v «[ ry alarming sum .
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Since the me « tU » g , % circular letter $ 3 been put out by th « directors , statiogthat in the year ending the jrst of May 1 X 09 , the disbursement * of the society amounted to 7-61 iL io ^» 6 d . and that the amount of receipts ,, including th $
annual collections ,-was only-19601 . 2 $ . id . leaving a balance against the society of 365 iL i ^ s . 5 d . Towards this , % \ ic Evan * gelkal Magazine announces that the sum of 85 71 . 14 s . 4 & has been received in occasional contributions and legacies , whilst it laments that there is the actual id
balance of 27 ^ 41 . 3 * . . upon expenditure of fitst year unprovided for Hence , the directors conclude that there is a necessity of tntrt * uigoreus exertitoq by the friends of the Missionary Society ; not once suspectmjg that there may be a
no less pressing necessity for the Direct tors * coi > trouiing their expenditure , which , on some occasions , has appeared improvident . We think , on looking over the several Reports of the directors , that we could point out many , not inconsiderable * sums that have been
absolutely wasted * - The REPORT for the last year , like thtttfor the precedmf ^ gives the society occasion for hope rather than joy . OTAttEi ^ rK was t ! hefirst and favourite missionary point with the society . At several successive annual meetings , the beauties of Ota&eifcan scenery were set
forth by thenide eloquence of the preachers , and the imaginations of their hear ers were inflamed by the richly-toloured representation . The islands of the South Sea were ^ iti fancy , f > rc « dcstined to be the seat of a more spotless and benign profession of religion than had been
witnessed sines apostolic days . They were warbled in hjrmns- * -they were co « * secrated in prayers- ~* hey were disco * vered in prophecy . But the experience of three or f © t * r years dissipated the $ e illusions 5 and , for a wearisome length of time , the -soc ^ ty has been doorned to considter Otahei « e as a barren spot :
the missionaries , with all their persever * ing labour , have produced none of th « fruit of conversion , .- —Two of the mis * sionaries , Messrs . Youl awd Elder had gcarc , when the last accounts were rei cerved , from Otaheite to P « rt Jackson * in New HolUtKi , in or 4 er to-procwre wiye ^ , witti whom they iutcadedto »«* t « trn . Mr . Jeifctson ; whose Ulness waf mentioned m our -last accotrnt of the so *
titty 9- " [ V ^ l . iii-. p . 450 , 3 dkrf ^ September 1 JS <> 1 Z 07 . «* The brethren , / Nott au » Hay ward ;* have visited Huahecre «» c »
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4 tiO . InttRigcttt& « ' ^ Mi $ siefmry S&dety .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1809, page 460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1739/page/46/
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