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    liberty or general happiness . You will brobably have a variety of duties to perform : some of you will be called on to act a part in commercial and civil lifc ; s , perhaps , in a sill more extended sphere . It is , of great importance that you should be qualified toacj your parts well : for in times so eventful as the

    present , ( arid these which folio v are not likely to be Itss so . ; a favourable i « sue of things very greatly depends upon the principles and conduct of those who are to - be the actors . If you here imbi . » e a Christianity of an enlarged and liberal form , you will have an infallible guide in ev-ery emergency ; having been duly

    instructed in its evidences , you will be in less danger of being laughed , or scoffed , or persecuted out of it ; having Wrn cd its genuine principles , you will be grateful for them , and steadily attached to ihem ; you will securely depend upon the providence and government of such a Being as it represents the Father of

    mercies to be ; you will be furnished wT * h precepts ready for application to every circumstance and event , wi : h an example of spotless punty , invincible integrity , and unlimited 1 enevolence , and with motives beyond all others , animating you to an excellent and honourable conduct .

    4 < But in order to maintain the proper influence of this must excellent gift of God upon your memory , lei me recommend it to you to be particularly careful that you continue to observe a regular attendance and devout behavi . ur in regard to public worship . Your conduct in this respect is of great

    importance , not only to yourselves , but to society . It rray be' thought that those "wbo are engaged in the service of the sanctuary are obliged in decency to respect its ordinances . But , as you have lately heard it ably and convincingly argued , the obligation is not confined to the in ; it is for you also to ^ search the

    scriptures , " and profess Jhe truths which v find in them : and if you also siiew by your conduct , that you consider yourselves under an equal obligation to attend to 'he duties wfrich they inculcat , — -by no me ns neglecting the int

    sru mental duties , —you will not only secure your own happiness , but you will adorn the religion which you profess , and the stations in life which you may te called to' lill ; and you will contribute m eiiectucdly ' to promote among

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    others that general regard to virtue and religion , which is the best security for the well-being of society . < £ It has given us the highest pleasure to observe , that those of you who , on this occasion , have exhibited specimens of your proficiency in composition , have * in general , chosen such subjects as shew that you huve paid great attention to the evidences of natural i . nd revealed

    reli-| T ? on ; and to learn , that during your residence here , you have duly and respectfully attended the services both of family a . id public worship . We trust that Ave may take this for a sufficient security , that in the spirit with which

    your fell o . v-stu dent has so well pleaded the cause of the Christian Sabbath , you will carry with you into the world those principles and habits which you have here been forming y and in this , and every other instance , do honour to the institution in which you have been educated . '

    The whole was concluded , as usual ^ with a short devotional exercise , and the Committee adjourned to dinner at Etridge's ; where much interesting conversation took place on the business of the two days . —A minister from one of the midland counties , who had now for

    the first time attended , expressed a wish that every congregation in fhekmgdom , interested in the successful education of ministers on enlarged and . 'iberal principles , would send a deputy to the Annual Examination ; he was convinced that nothing more would be needful to insure the effectual support of the

    institution . —SeveraL additional applications having been made for the admission of students on the foundation , and some apprehension having been expressed , that the interest on the debt on the nevvly purchased buildings , together wth the annual Instalments fot its gradual liquidation , might cramp the

    exertions of the Committee m this way , at a period when they were likely to be so much called for , a conversation took place , on the very handsome conduct of several subscribers to the loan , and the Secretary reported at the close of the meeting , that twelve gentlemen had agreed to give up their respective sums to the Permanent Fund , on condition of

    an Address beihg drawn up and circulated among the friends of the institution » which was immediately prepared accordingly , and ordered to be printed .

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    Intelligence- —^ Manchester New College removed to York . 469

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 469, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/61/