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them the detachment of m < n ' s minds from the habiliments , buildings , and ceremonies , Sec . of the established religion , i ? y means of the popular sects , whom he considen d as the forerunners
of the preachers of the unadulterated gospel * ar . ci of whom he predicted , that as they acquired more knowledge they Would be more disposed to free inquiry , more candid , and more likely to embrace the truth as it is in Jesus . The
whole \ t as concluded by an earnest and pathetic invocation of the blessing of heaven . The congregation was numerous , and a large proportion of it stayed to hear the Report of the Committee . In the meeting of the society for business , Thomas Hardy , JEsq . of Walworth , was in the chair .
The Treasurer made his report of the state of the foiances , by which it appeared that the expenditure of the last year had considerably exceeded the Licome , o \ ying t o ffle several extended missions undertaken during this period the balance in the Treasurer s hands , and
the property vested in Exchequer hjlls , amounts we are sorry to say , to little in ore than 4 . o / . though we are better pleased that the funds should be now employed , as far as the occasion calls for them , than that they should be ireasured up for future emergencies which may never arise or which may find the society less disposed to active exertion .
The Keport of the Cor ^ mittee was next read embracing a great variety of topics , it occupied an hour and a half in the reading As we bhdil probably be favoured in an early number with thr substance of it , we shall not now attempt an abridgment . It was received by the meeting , and ordered to be
published at the discretion of the Committee . One of the principal features O' it was the history of the rise of the Unitarian ' congregation at Reading , and the society Tesolved that they cordially approved the proceedings of the Committee in this particular , and that they would second , according to their
ability , rhe exertions of their brethren in that place . They also voted the sum ofTwetily Pounds towards the Unitarian church now erecting at Glasgow . It , wai further resolved that every genllepnan preaching the annual sermon should be , in virtue of his services , an honorary p ^ ember of the society ; this rule to be retrospective .
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The following gentlemen were chosen into office for the year ensuing 5 viz . John Christie , Esq . Treasurer . Rev Robert Asplaud , Secretary . Mr . George Cooper , - ^ «— - David Eaton , 1 — -- John Grice , F - — William Hall , > Committee . — Samuel Hart , ( ' Robert Stevens , 1 Rev . William Vidler ,
William Frend , Esq . ? Auditorg # Lawrence Kowe , tLsq . i The thanks of the society were vote ! to the Rev . W . Severn for his sermon ; to the Rev . E Butcher , the preacher elect ; to the Rev , R . Wright and the other missionaries ; and to the several gentlemen who had served in
office the past year . A vote of thanks also passed to the Rev . T Rees , for the assistance which he has uniformly rendered the Secretary , in conducting the Welsh correspondence , The proceedings of the meeting were marked by unanimity , and closed about four
o * clock by resolutions thanking the chairman , and the minister and managers of the chapel . The subscribers and their friends then" adjourned to the London Tavern , to a dinner provided by the stewards anil committee , on the usual economical plan .
At the dinner , a larger company was assembled than on any preceding occasion . Preparation had been made for 250 persons in the gieat room ; but the influx of visitors was so great that it was found necessary to lay a
table in an adjoining room ; the guests here afterwards joined the larger party , making" the company to consist of up * "wards of two hundred and seventy persons , who by the arrangements and activity of the stewards were all comfortably accommodated .
John Towill Rutt , Esq . was chosen into the chair , which he had filled at the first annual dinner , and which he had on this occasion been ( solicited by the Committee to occupy again . To him the meeting was indebted for its spirit and harmony , and useful bear , ing upon the objects of the society .
The following were some of the sentiments delivered from the chair . T 7 ie King ; may his urish he accomplished > that every child in the British empire should be enabled to read the Bible , This was prefaced by the remark that in
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338 Intelligence . — Unitarian Fund *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 338, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/58/
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