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      renders it necessary that it should be narrower . A bell and an organ will be . given us : we have obtained subscriptions for about J £ ?*>•'•* sieriing , and hope to raise more ere long : Our whole ex pence be

      w ^ U net less than oOCO dolla rs and pro ably more . We shall study to combine economy , convenience and neatness . This is ^ the first attempt that ha * ever been made in the United States to build a house for Unitarian worship ; and

      probably anong the numerous readers of your Repository there may be some who will cheerfully embrace the opportunity now afforded of aiding a cause which is here in its infancy , and ttruggling with numerous dilhculties 1 therefore leave it to you to make use f > f tJ > e present communication , or of any

      part thereof , as you may deem most expedient , and I write with the greater freedom , because v * re who At present officiate have declared our determination to accept of no compensation ^ and to continue our services so lon ^ as may be necessary . I have only to add , th t

      pur attendance ; appears to be increasing since tfre New Church was projeced . We find it necessary to consult the publ ic taste in tbe style of the building ; for ft if well known that nothing < s so injurious as the appearance of penury . "

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      New Chapel , Lynn , Norfolk . On Sunday , January 5 , is 12 , a new jmd commodious place ^ of worship , called Salem Chapel , was opened for div « ne service at Lynn , in . Norfolk . The Rev .

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      J , Evans , of Worship Street , London , preached in the morning , from Ezek . vi . 13 ; and in the evening trom John iii . 16 . Mr . Finch , minister of the place , preached in the afternoon , from Luke ii . 14 ^

      The congregation was numerous , respectable and attentive throughout all the services , and in the afternoon and evening especially the chapel was crowded , and numbers went away who could } not be accommfdatcd . Liberal collections were made at the close , of each

      service towards the expence incurred by the building , and the friends who have undertaken the cause entertain the most pleasing hopes of permanent success As the whole of Jthe pews are already engaged , it is expected , that the

      chapel must soon be enlarged by the addition of galleries , and it is therefore hoped that the friends of Scriptural Christianity , when solicited * ' will cbeerfujly contribute towards it their pefcumiarv a ; d .

      On Wednesday evening , M » r . Eva « preached again tt Salem Chapel ta an equally crowded and attentive audience , from Genesis xlv . 24 . Jit the- request Qf the friends likewise , Mr . Evans agreed to pub lib h the sermon that ifcras preached on the Sunday morning , as a memorial of

      that event , from which it is hoped that lasting £ , ood will result . —Should any of bur readers wish to be further acquainted With the circumstances which gave rise to this new cause , they are referred to Mr . Finch ' s Scmibn and Narrative recently published , and reviewed in our last volume * [ Vol . vi . p . 679 , 6 So « J

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      58 Intelligence .- —New Chapely Lynn . —State of Public Affairs .

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      We have already apprised Qur readers [ vol . vi p . 70 O . J that the exertions of Dr . Marshy at St . Paul ' s , had not teen without an effect - and as he had roused the church , it was not likely that he would rest upon his arms . A 'National' fnstitution , a / s jt has been raiseiy called , has been formed , and , ' , as J ) r . Marsh is so candid Jn fei ^ writingjs , we ' triist that " he Will join with ys in Reprobating this v ^ ry iniproperjtitle . Tl ^ e ^ institution for ' educating | he people in tKe prmci | ilesof the •« -

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      ^ abli shed sect is an institution of a small body of men in this kingdom ; fur this sect is a small body , and daily growing less ; though we confers that if * abounds in the rich , and the great , and the noble . In power and influence it stands by far the highest of any sect ; ' tittt these are not the tests by which wp estimate a church of Christ . We know of no political rights on which a church W Christ can boast yef ; if the established sect wishes to he considered a * a political institution

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1812, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1744/page/58/