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WCSl ar more * aj ^ KasVbeefti fyti $ &eifc ] U neiitlk u ^ ef ^ Cto ' answering ^ the purposes 51 atmWgm ^ f ? H ita mdQ ^ s 5 arid cnftpfij 61 ! tfle ^ easeH MiJferS ; i ^ f * gffitttfi 3 ig 3 Wijff tb tfe j ^ n ^ ers themsel ves ^ fed ^^ e ^ riaAated or indigent . It was a ^ t iji e i ^ st ^ tttion of this Society tfefc tor : ¥ ^ stle y
poached the-Sermon oh the Duty of ' not thingtoOurselves , so much and so jiretf y celebrated * About , a year since ,, several Ministers qf \ the above mentioned denomination , r ^ Mingin tfnS ^ own and neighborhood ,
Oppressed a wish to fyrai a Iggarter / y Metfin g * as a means b , f still greater utility . Eor the purpose of promoting : this object , a circu&r letter , signed fey two gentlemen , Was addfeised ' -to tfee ministepr in Manchester and its vicinity , of
• whkh the fallowing el ^ tractxonfains the most ma&rial part—** ^ rp _ m occasional conversation on the st ^ ite aid circumstan ce s ; of : our affairs as ^ icn > mii ^ tidn of dissenters , it ; has . ^ pf ujje ^ - ^ o * W |; ' that a cjusurterly meeting £ & £ 3 ^ ni ^ te | : s residfent in this town , . ffl ^ , JiS ^ .. ^' S ^? ni d * $ tatice ^ vyduid be a ^ p ( ie < 3 ytipi great adiicaii ^ ge 8 ; " ' ad ?^ 8 Uit ^ j ^ , v $$ pii ^ ift € ^ . y ^ trty- a ^ p ^ tion ,, ho ^ rever In . ' other respects useful and agreear % le . ^ ajbnbt ia t ^ 6 nature of things dom-?^ p % : ¦ ¦ " - ; ' "¦¦¦• = ; ¦ ; A rtee ^ Sfi : of this ifattireWe 4 re
. , hu ^ ij&lvjof oipi ^ lott , wotild w ^ i > jart * i ( ew fe ^ lp $ ^ W&M ' * ^ m ^ tixt ^ mfeers t ^^ rs n ^ . w itd | - ^ ea ^ r i « g ^« r ' tte pecu-r } ia | ' yabirK ' te ^ b ^ rs' $ M stvt&f of tliefr sar c ^^» t 45 ^ j ^ £ i ^ iif \ 'jaaoai '* iirs ^ utiiss ; k would 4 ibra an ; o ^ ortju ^^ tfy , |» oW xVantingi of id
CQ iol ^^ Jpa a > ^ btherly syo ^ athy , in f ^^ c ^ es . i& vv ^ iek t ^ i ey tuigttt be dd ^ ^^^ gw ^ ' ^^ ^*» ^ ^ u ] sd e ^ to . y tfu ^^ . 'T ^ iii ^ tntrs an opportunity , ^ fifctt at pi ^ e ^ t they do noif posset of ei'felailig mi ^ im proving ^ their-talents in their Wfuawteriai cupaQiifey , and of calling foriji e ^ ercions yrhich migha ot ? herwi 8 e
il&ii 0 J 21 &&tJL h would a&rd ao oppor-W « y oc asking a ** d reccuymg mutual advice on a variety of . , o ^ q ^ apjps * ad ro $ rgen . cie ^ an 4 it would fee tfete inOst efficacious means of arousing the s&eal ^ f congregations , and of drawing tfecir attdWUHl tQ \* h ^ t * tfe ^ ltereatsi & Fr © tes ^
tant X ^ sfli ^ iate ^ Sj aiirf ^ o mm ¥ ok wc ' tsv ^ QW pegiected . . , ^ ' 7 i | H' 4 ^^ . cbittiafecsltiUftntf Muce us IsSbS ^ W *^^ ^ 4 ***** , iW&fiB ^ ffi ' "» . '» . - 'l » i' i / 'cri i i , - ¦ ' •* ¦» : •¦ j * I ' / i T *
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« Jon ^ andXrbich will conducted ^ app . liberal Christian principles . " ^ 4 n ^ b ! if § dq « efic ^ 6 f ^ ffei $ lett ^ , tniie ^ r ten jbf &ie ^ Mini ^ e ^ ' tq iwhotid it ^ w ^ s- «^ - dr ^ isecf m ^ et ; ita . M&ncfatstibr , anddjt gie ^ t ^ ^ |> laii f ^ the ^ tneBtmg . prpposed ^ - . vfthfeli ' Kas" sine ^ b een approved : . ! -ofe By sev ^ i ^ l ' gentlemen not ~ pi ^ eiit , and iwhichv > I
hope , vs ^ h lOfig ^ cOtttinue ta beract ] edfup 0 ti * with zeal and unanimity . Though ? the local' provisions and regulatiQns of this plan cannot be generally interesting , -fqt it may not be improper co state , that . the meetings -wili . be . held in successioni at every chapel ^ the Minister of wJircH&fcs .
become a member ; of the association ^ and not be confined to some of the larger towns ; by which an e ^ nal Reference will be manifested to all the congregations and ministers , and &n eo ^ ual interest excited in all : whereas if it were confined
to one or-, two of the larger tdwns $ . it woul 4 excite but little interest , become a matter of course , be discouraged . and discontinued , :- -. v-. o * The first aieetingi of-tae Quar ^ rly Association was held atMontbnou < &ood Friday , as being a day of leisure , in ^ tfee chapel of the Rev . liobert Smetiiurst
The devotional parts- of tlie service were conducted by the Rev * JV Holland ^ sis-d a discourse appropriate **^ the oozasifn , ¦ wfas preached by tb § ^ ev . * Win * : Hawk ( Ss This discourse was so niujghjapproye , 4 uio in general , and so much , in unison with the sentiments of ^ the institutors , ^ ad piomotei ^ of the association , thattte ^
Ministera present , with many is ^ y gentleman , successfully solicited the preacher to consent to its publication . ¦ •\\ . ,-i . After the service , about ten Mibinters , and a greater number of lay geatleoien , sat down to an economical dinner ; frdni the conclusion o £ w 4 ii ? fa to ^ e oojaipanyV breaking up , tjfec interval jwaansdevoted to free an < t instructive convegf $ a «
tion , and to adjust sonae . patrts ^^ tibe plan bef-oreJbrmed , with a vacw to gr « fttr er general convenience . The second meeting o ^ f he Ouar ^ rly Ass ^ cjavipn ^ at mid-summer , coinciding with the Provincial or Yearly Assox ; i ^^ tion , and , as it were , absorbed in it ,
do « s not ; lie . within the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the . Qn )^ r ter ] y > M ^ e « i « g ^( 4 hie wil ^ . t ^ cyflor ^ j only observe that it was held at H ^ ie-barn , near Altringham , in fhe cha ^| x > f ' % h <> SLev . Mr . tttutxfy . . 7 he * hird meeting of tfte Quarterly ^ ttMD 4 HfM l hdd f at Stocltport ; in ^ m % ^ i ^ i ^ t » e ^ i * ^ fe ^ Wifi ^» nsoi \ ,
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Manchester Eresbyterian Quarterly Association , 58 X
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1809, page 581, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1741/page/51/
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