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four times in the year , at each place belonging to the district , alternately , and a sermon to be delivered oh the occasion * At the first '' quarterly meeting , a President and Secretary to be chosen annually out of the minis * it ters of the district and a Treasurer
out of the lay delegates * "The friends of the cause , not delegates , to be admitted to the meeting * and allowed to deliver thtfir opinions freel y ^ on any question ^ but not to be en titled to vote .
At the conclusion of divine sltvice , the business of t&e district to be entered upon , when the state of " tfte different societies i £ to be laid before the meeting , &tid the pecuniary wants ^ f particular societies taken into ConsideratiCffi 9 * n&
relieved , if adviseable , o&t of fbfefunds of the Association . Any € & $£ * requiring assi ^ tanc ^ eith er & £ ¦ '& pitttniary irv &f any oth ^ r nature , not in the power of the Association to afford i maybe referred to the consideration of the County Association menliofled bekntf .
After the business is coifvejutled } tfite ministers and other delegates to partake of &n * conoiiiic ) al dinner at ? the cx ]/ er \ c 0 of the Association ; o | : her frjends of the cause , not ' cTelegatesy to he 'admitted to the dinner at th ^ ir . own expeiice .
Tt is obvious that such a meetjing must be of incalculable utility , adt ! many ' plans mighjt be there * tiffi \ & . ? i-. v $ ? & * l h e cau ^> stpbj ^ iolr instance , as the forma . iSmfiof , new ioteresfs ih ihe clis «
atrian tmcts : the establishment ol ^ cotigr ^ gaiiohal libraries Qr oi Sunday schools in each society o ^ t ne fhsxrieii or the lnstitutioa of small tract home's m different places , for the diffusion of religious
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r * knowledge atinong « t thfe fowe ?' classes of society . - 2 . Cvutoty As&oci&Hon . At the first quarterly District Meeting , a minister and laymatfto b £ deputed from each District to af Coiinty Meeting ; and where'fbe * mtinbefs
m one county are small , tw ^ or more counties ntay be ? liiiited in one Asso € iatk } H . The County ftleetiftg'fd be h ^ Id twice iti the year , at one of dther
of the principal placed of the co unty ^ alternately , and A sermon delivered on the occasion , when it would be proper to have a coHection to be added to the funds' of
the Association . " <• At the first half-yearly meetittg , a-Pr ^ ident , Secretary , and Tre& - s&ret to be chosen ^ for the year e ^ ufing .
After -tfivirie service , the basmess of the < 5 % unty Meeting to be errteir ^ d itpon , arid the $ izt& oi ihe cftffeyett ' -distifc&ftftto Itiw
cfdnsfderati ^ n , together witn a * ry planfs to prbmote ihe prbipefjry rff the ^ dtpse , ^ sti'eh ^ ^ up ^ l ying pfettirif ^ y atid to Weifeti ^ in W&tit of it , or furnishing assistiante in'th ^ fdrrnjition of new societies ,, &c . wfrieh plani $ f if Wdt tH ^ rf . ^ tetfe aed upon
, * may be transferred , to tne GTfcnefal Meeting , heterffter ^ mentioned . Where the fand&of the Association ar ^ sufiitneftt fqr . ibe p ^ i ^ j ^^ it would be advi s able to employ a naissienafy in spreading > he \ gospel
throughout rhe county . ? r ^ h fj A ^ oci ^ tif > n | o din ^ e together after the , business is transact ^ . ^ i $ m emfa , 4 ww ^ m ^ ^ * A& the , ^ st -Mtlbumtyn WWtM « <** < &ek <^^^ fy , ¦ 4 « y * w # wft »* # ^^ ni ^ e ^ arjd & J ^ jy inatt ^ b § mPV * 1 V * VW > ¥ * tf 4 i >* fr : * H « p 4 *< # wMpgl ?* the f Qm ^ $ hAWPyi * ti <* 1 * 2 mhielp i * to Jt > e held , oncem eaQh ye ^^^ a ^
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432 . Plan of a General Umtortan Association *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 432, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/24/
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