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    % . ' As he is raised to the highest state pf privilege . 3 . As he was the brightest living image of God that ever appeared among men * 4 . As he was the first begotten from the dead , and so declared to be the Son of God with power . 5 . As God hath highly exalted him . Then proceeded to shew that he was the beloved or approved Son of God , and not

    at any moment the object of his wrath or displeasure , against whom tke sword © f his justice was directed . The reasoxi why he was the beloved Son of God ; a . e . on" account of his superior moral excellence and worth ;—so that by imitating him , we may all become the beloved sons of God . Lastly , Considered the connection between these views of Christ

    and the command , * hear ye him . *—We had a full congregation , and I had a very attentive hearing . In the evening we had a conference meeting . * A letter from Mr . Platts , of so late a date as May 18 th , contains information of too pleasing a nature to be passed over by the Committee . # He says ,

    " A person who has been a respectable local preacher amongst the Methodists , for 3 a years , has-become an Unitarian and Universalist - He resides about jk miles from Boston , and has beeriF * over

    twice on purpose , to hear me preach , and to enquire after the truth . There is also a person lives within a few miles , who was a member of my congregation at Boston , two qr three years since . He remains stedfast in the truth and zealous

    in the cause . They are anxious to have Unitarian worship among them , and wish Mr . Wright to make it in his road always when he goes into the North , which I think he may without much inconvenience ; and I will go with p leasure whenever I can find time ; and ' I

    hope Mr . Pickersgili , the preacher referred to , will be able to keep up religious worship , by the help of . God , after it is once begun . They inform me that they have made known their sentiments to a , gentleman in the neighbourhood , who is friendly and charitable to all sects , who has expressed himself highly p leased with the intention of these lriends , and has offered a piece of ground for the erection of a chapel for Unitarian worship . "

    The concludin g part pf the multifarious intelligence received by the Cotnmittee , which they select for the information of the subscribers , and the proceedings upon which they are most

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    anxious for the opinion arM £ pproba £ oa of the general meeting , relate to * the case of Mr . Oisburne , Unitarian preacher , at Soham , in Cambridgeshire ; Thfe state of things at Soham , and the neighbourhood , was described in the ^ Thir < jj Report : it appeared tp the Committee , to warrant them , soon after the last

    anniversary , upon application , recommended by Mr . Wright - and the secretary , in granting assistance to Mr . G . in . support of worship at Soham and the ; adjacent villages . Hence Mr . G . became connected with the Fund , and his cause was identified with that of the society at large , ' ^ p" ' ' . ' " " ' ' The congregation at Soham appears to have been entirely calvinistic on Mr .

    G . * s first going amongst them . He him . self acquired , and pf course disclosed , other religious views by degrees . The avowal of his Unitarian sentiments offehdejd , as was to have been expected * some ^ bf the congregation , and a few individuals withdrew /; to which step they seem to h ' ave been determined , in a

    great measure , by the introduction of Mr . Oisbuftie ' s name into the Pnitariai } Fund Report . After their secession , the congregation flourished , and appeared heartily "united . The seceders perceiving this , and fearing that by leaving the society they had contributed to give

    it a decidedly Unitarian character , re T solved tp return in a body and to cast out Mr . Gisburne ; to use their own language , if they cofrjd , by fair means , if not by foul . They now attended the public worship which , at the same time , they professed to abhor ; and , for the sake of preserving a right to vote in the

    affairs of the society , accepted the Lord s supper frotn the hands of a minister whom they yvere known to detest , and w % h a people whom in the bitterest manner they reviled . At various meetings they endeavoured to accomplish their "' purpose of ejecting Mr . G . by mifctionx rmf- in the vote 2 bat werl $

    always left in a sniali , and constantly lessening minority . Thus defeated , they became outrageous , and proceeded thq length of interrppting the public worship . On several Sundays they raised a tumult in the meeting * house , ^ which would have been disgraceful in any meeting for business merelv secwJar ; till the tovms ^ people , wholly indiiterent

    to the religious differences in the sociccy , interfered and expressed their ^^ g ^ tion of such lawless proceedings . r * ff ?

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    466 Iritilligenc ' t . —Fifth Report of Site tTnitarian Fim ) &t

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1809, page 466, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1739/page/52/