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^ jge tji ^ t w uoffel . Wtight s journal of W » T& «? in Scotland were rfraft \ Mge ^** r * st « that were not inlotted ia * n * « tnnt * M * ry communicated to ^ jg Ma ^ az Jn ^ , A ccounts were also read tt sovfc of his more recent missionary journey * . T ^ ssnges \ mre in trod need from the letters of Mr . Lyons , reporting 5 the
openjag o& a place of worsh ip near Warring--too , aw £ describing a visit which ke made jast sntnaier to Sheerness , when he preach-# ltwo successive nights in the Theatre . fbe proceedings of Mr . Bennett in Sussex- were detailed in his own words , at some lengthy and the state of the cause at Brighton was dwelt on hy the Committee with much satisfaction : bv the
assistance ( rf some liberal friends in London , sad p » rtieul&rly Mr Belshnm ^ the Committee had been able to provide a succes-« vn of preachers at that place of resort , dialog the height of the season , and they txprewed their hope that the succeeding Committee would be able to adopt a like measure , the present summer . A very
ifltefeslinjf report followed of two missionary jottfl&eys i » Nt 1 ie Eastern district , by Mi , Winderf of Norwich , taken under ^ e iup « rintendance of the Eastern Unitar » tt Saoiety , to whom and particularly tte the Secretary , Mr . Edward Taylor , tktCommittee stated that they considered the Unitariap Fund undep great oblig * a-
tioai . Of Wale * , as far as it is con-Utfted with the Society , a brief but inbtttifag account was read from a letter < &Mr . T . Mee * & then in the Principality in consequence of indisposition : it appears ttat a &ew congregation , of great promise , tat'been formed at Carmarthen , and that trough the zeal of the Bishop of St . Da-^'» public attention is roused to the
Uni-Viaacontroversy . The Report contained $ m * particulars of the state of Unitarian' «» in Scotland besides those included in * r . Wright ' s journals . A missionary is
^ tioned there , in a considerable degree ^ der the patronage of the Society ; we a « ude to "Mr . Syme , who preaches alter' ^ tyat Oarluke and Paisley , and demotes grt of the sinning to itinerant preaching * . ^ state Ao f the Unitarian Churcli at
Glasy * - w « s reported in a letter from Mr . < 'wet Yale *) who has so ably and repul 5 % sustained the cause in that city . " In n *" ln gT bim , however , ' * ( the Re ]> ort pro-***** & ) « the Committee cannot but ex-P ^ ttKeir regret at th ^ probability of his
rWy W removal . While they feel , on be-^ oP the Unitarian Fund , deep and last-^ 'O h % at » on& to ^ im , for his judicious , { fl TH ^ Oiperate , ^ ettlous ) ami learned j £ * £ V they confidently trust in Divine ^^•^ enoe that a suitable successor will ** over this important eharge ; impor-^ S ^ pattiouliirly ' , as a place of resort from ito % *" « ¦* alA *» efed , ftH well as Scotland , ^ * « tt > * r om tiic B « glkli Bmnky
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Students at Glasgow , the Unitarian Ohurch there has also received great assistance . A letter was likewise read from Mr . SrnitJi ^ the minister of the Unitarian Church ^ i Edinburgh , to whose settlement and continuance there the Unitarian Fund has been
hitrumental . *> Of this gentteman" ( we now ijuote the words of the Report ( 4 t it is the duty of the Committee to state that their esteem has been increasing * from the firat moment mf their acquaintance withhim . He has maintained his post- —st tfafc outset no easy one—with admirable
firmness and discretion . Under him , the Unitarians hare risen out of obscurity , and in some measure above reproach ; and throug * h his able and judicious publications , conciliatory preaching and exemplary
character , lie has gained over to public Unitarian worship of those whom the world accounts hor ^ ourable men and women —a fewV There were next specified Various ' congregations—some hitherto unknown——which had received or were about to
receive help from the Unitarian Fund r amongst these were oneaj Selby , Yorkshire , recommended to the Committee by Messrs . Wellbeloved ixnfikJokn Kenrick ^ of York , and that in Rossendale , Lancashire , the ^ history and present state of which are described in so interesting a manner , in the ' Communication from IXr . Thomson , in the present Number ( pp . 313—317 ) . It was
reported that several ministers in narrow ; circumstances had been relieved in the course of the year . u The attention ot the Committee and their correspondents * ( ibe Report goes on ) " has been diretted , according to the Resolution of the last General Meeting , to decayed places of worship in the hands of Unitarian Trustees , and it is hoped that in due time , the good effects of this Resolution of the Society will be
apparent . In one case , the Trustees of a meeting-house , which Siad been shut up for some time , requested * the advice of the Committee as to the answer to be g iven to some Calvinists who were desirous of obtaining- the use of it : The Committee beg leave to report their reply : u Uesolved—That it be recommended to the Trustees ,
to let the meeting-house to the applicants , on a lease determinable at intervals , at the option of either party , reserving only a right in the place for th « use of Unitarian Missionaries , it such should apply for it , at times when it is not regularly used by
the Lessees . "—The Society were informed that they might' reckon , under Divine Providence * upon the services of the Rev * W . Broadbent , of Harrington , as preacher at the ensuing Anniversary , and that tfye Committee had airieed to invite the Rev .
W . J . Foxy of Chichestfer , to preach ttie sermon the year following The Report thus concludes :- " Various pJans , ha . ye been before the Committee ,, ' of wnich two ^ . for thtB ; extension of * Mr * Wright's scrvkies ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1815, page 323, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1760/page/59/
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