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eeiDpliftd with the applications of the Comnittee , and have introduced to Parliament & bill for exempting places of worship fiom such future assessment ; and that they record with satisfaction the gratitude they feel to the administration who have originated the measure , and to all the member * of tbe legislature who have already expressed thtir concurrence , or promised that future assistance which they hope will ensure its success .
" 5 th . That the utility and importance of this Society having- been this year additionally demonstrated , this meeting learn with surprise and sorrow that any congregations should withhold the small annual sura which by the plan they were
expected to transmit ; and that all ministers present and throughout England and Wales be requested to commence , or continue their annual subscriptions ; and that at all county associations the propriety of such assistance shall be carefully explained and constantly enforced .
* 6 th . That the successful exertions of the Committee of this Society to resist Lord SLduaoath ' s bill ; to diminish our causes of complaint by tbe repeal of the Conventicle Act ,, and by the new act which they obtained to promote the facilities of sending missionaries to India , to liberate congregations from the new burdens of poor-rates , as well as to afford effective and constant protection to the persecuted and oppressed , entitle them to the renewed and most cordial thanks of
this Society . " 7 th .. That the following gentlemen , including fifteen ministers and fifteen laymen , of different denominations , constitute the Committee for the ensuing- year : — Ksv . Messrs . BROOKSBANK , CHAPMAN , COLLISON ¦« / jl
. ^ - ^ — ' r mm -mm . ^ ^ - ^ i & CLOUTT , GREIG , HILL , HUGHES , HUMPHREYS ,
JACKSON , 'PLATT TOWNSEND , TRACY , WATERS , MATTHEW WILKS , MARK WILKS , Me ^ rs , BATE MAN .
BROOKS , ESDAILE , UAYTER , MILLS , OLDHAM , PRITT , POOK STEVEN ,
WALKER , T . WILSON , IVATSON ,
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Messrs . WONTNER , YOCKNEY , and
YOUNG . " 8 th . That Robert Stevxn , Esq . th « Treasurer \ he requested to conti&ut ia that situation , and that he be assured of the unabated esteem of this Society ,
" 9 th . That this meeting- also renew witl pleasure their expressions of attachmen : and gratitude to Thomas Peixatt , Esq and John Wilks , . Esq . the gratuitous Secretaries to this Society , for their indefatigable , disinterested and important
exertions , - " 10 . That to Samuel Mills , Esq . \ rh 5 has presided as chairman at the present and former meetings of this Society , this meeting repeat with satisfaction the acknowledgments of his impartiality , candour , and intelligence which they bare already frequently expressed .
Necessity restrains our inclination to detail the impressive and appropriate addresses by which these propositions were introduced and supported . We can onlj insert some imperfect hints . The jirst re . solution afforded an opportunity to Mr .
Kirk Patrick to express his pleasure at the progress of religion in England and in Ireland , and his satisfaction at tbe establishment of an institution by wlich , ii England , the obstacles which prejudice and jealousy had opposed to that progress had hitherto been overwhelmed . The Re ? .
Mr . Clodtt seconded that resolution , and happily illustrated the connexion betweei liberty of conscience and real religion , He regarded the persecutions which the Committee had detailed as dark and lowering clouds , like the clouds that during tbe meeting had obscured tbe sun , but which truth , freedom and piety , also like
the sun would finally disperse . But tbe aid of this Society was intermediately required ; and from the fables of the bundles of sticks separately broken , l > ut irrefrangible when united ; and of the boy in the tree , inattentive to requests and apples , but obedient when stones were thrown , he demonstrated tbe necessity of unioa , and the existence of an institution , able
not only to solicit , but to compel from opponents respect for religions institutions , and obedience to tbe law . The reference to Ireland , by Mr . KiR * - patrick , induced the Rev . Mark Wilxs pleasantly to state several interesting
anecdotes which demonstrated that , amoag-st the population of that too-loiig neglected and calumniated island , liberality was manifested towards missionaries and meeting-houses which the reports o this committee unhappily evinced , that tue magistracy and population of many P ^ of England had not yet learned to d » - play . . * « The Rev . J . Cocum , who pro posed t ^ second resolution , exprcsfcd < witn %
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$ S * Intelligence . — Report of the Protestant Society .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1815, page 386, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1761/page/58/
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