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Sir , The last quarterly meeting * of ministers , generally denominated Presbyterian ^ in Manchester arid its vicinity , was held on the 24 th of last month . The devotional services were performed by the Rev . Mr . Whiteleg * g , and the Rev . Mr . Parker
preached an useful sermon on the subject of mystery . Fifteen ministers attended the meeting * , wllo together with an equal number of lay brethren , partook of a frugal dinner at the Swan Inn . Several Unitarian brethren from Halifax Rosendale , and other parts of Yorkshire attended ; whose presence added greatly to the interest and satisfaction of the meeting " . The account given of the progress of Christian truth among * the middle and lower classes , and the observations made with so much eloquence and truth , on the necessity of uhdisgnisedly and zealously avowing Unitarian principles , of seeking' opportunities to make them known , and of
preaching them with that simplicity and plainness which shall render them intelligible to the poor and unlettered , were received with great warmth of approbation . " We do not want Unitarian heads , * said the speakeT . 4 l Those to whose lot it fell to < Jevelop > e the principles of Christian truth , to separate the pure grain of truth from the chaff x ) f antichristian error and
superstition , have done their duty . The Unitarian press lias teemed with numerous and most important publications . But we Want , if the expression may be allowed , Unitarian lungs and Unitarian legs—persons who are willing to incur the fatigue of visiting- the numerous villages scattered over this populous part of the
countrypersons vyho are willing to address the people in a language they can understand and feel—persons who will renounce the apathy and formality of degenerated Presbyteiianism . " One of the speakers highly approved of the design of the Christian Reformer ; and begged that the gentlemen ' whom he addressed , if they should
favour the public . With any comniunications through that channel , would use plainness of speech smd simplicity of language , level to the comprehension aud attainments of those For whose benefit the Chriitian Reformer is chiefly designed . He said he knew many among the lower order of people , who cart reasott correctly and wqjX
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Intelligence .- —Manchester Quarterly Meeting , 461
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The next General Meeting of the Kent and Sussex Unitarian Christian Association will be held at Cranbrook , on Wednesday , June the 7 th , 1815 . Service tu be «* in at half past ten o ' clock .
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chael Dodsan , Esq . and very lately under the superintendance of the Rev . Robert Asp land . J . J .
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nosier . The body was then committed to its sileat abode ; and the following epitaph ( the deceased ' s own composition ) is to be placed oil liis tomb :
44 Underneath this little mill Lies the body of poor Will ; Odd he liv'd , and odd he died , And at his burial no one cried . " M . Chron . April 14
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Eccentric Funeral . —On Friday last , the wmains of William Fowle , Gent , of Boxfe y > were interred , according to his will , under part of a windmill upon his estate . The funeral was respectably attended bv
"is executors and relatives , and was conducte d with a solemnity well according-Jrth the awful circumstance , of sudden death ; and the eccentricity of selecting * sucn a spot for the occasion drew together a Co » siderable &ssettibiagc of persons .
<* n arriving at the mill , the coffin was Jtaftd into the building , and the Rev . p Harris , of the Society of Unitarians , ln the open air addressed the persons as-^ ttWcd on the singular request -of the de ~ « ft ^ ail <* a ^* e r Bome relig-ious reflections " 5 * ^ certain ty of human life , and the £ T ^ i * 8 ** 11 ^ « f «* which had called m to that spot , Mr . Harm repeated a P ^ yer , aild concluded with * he Pater-
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SuhscriptioYts to the Chapel at N ~ eath . The following subscriptions , which we are requested to announce , have been received on account of the Unitarian Chapel , at Neatlt , Glamorganshire :- — ( By Mr . Asplnnd . J I . s . d , Mr . T . H . Jaiison , Clapton - - 2 2 0 Bev . S . Freeinan , Enfield - - 1 0 0 lev , L . Holden , Tenterden - 1 0 Q From Shrewsbury and the neighbourhood , by Mrs . Mary Hug-hes - - - ¦ - - ' - 5 2 0 Mrs . Harries , Arscott , near Shrewsbury -----1 10 Mr . Hancock , Nottingham -500 Friends at Thorne , Yorkshire , and the neighbourhood 5 0 0 Rev . J . Holt , Cirencester - - 2 0 0 Congregation at Bury St . Edmunds - - - - - - 2 10 0 Rev . Mr . Hammond , Fen-Stanlon , Hunts -- ---110 A Liverpool Friend ---500
Mr . Henry Ellison , Liverpool 10 0 Hev . S . S . Toms and Friends , Framlingham - - - - - 2126 { At NeathJ Tk R « v . Dr . Disney , by the Rev . Dr . Estlin - - . . 10 0 0 Mr . Wm . Cooke , Isle of Wight 10 0 Mr . Ttoomas Cook * , ditto . -10 0 Mr . John Fullagar , ditto . - - 1 0 0
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1815, page 261, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1759/page/61/
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