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dined together . In the interval between dinner and the evening service , Dr . . Estlin , and Messrs . Fox , Howe , I ^ vans , Rowe , Gisburne , &c . addressed the Meeting on topics ^ relating to the cheering prospects of the diffusion of Unitarianism , and on the proper
means of promoting it . When the attention of the Meeting was particularly called to " the prosperity of the Western Unitarian Society , " the Rev . J . Evans , ( a member of the Committee , ) read an interesting report of its state and progress . In the course of it , however , reference was made to the loss of members which had been
occasioned by the establishment of the Devon and Cornwall Unitarian Association which lias , in several respects similar objects ; buttlie Committee expressed their hope that if the sphere of the Westertf Unitarian Society were nar - rowed , the interests of the grand cause would be promoted .
Dr , Carpenter , having had a share in the formation of the Association referred to , stated to the meeting that its peculiar objects were to form acloser union , and to cause a more frequent intercourse among the professors ( in Devon and Cornwall ) of the
fundamental doctrines of Unitarianism , — the Absolute Unity 9 Exclusive Worshij ) , and VnpurchaJsed Mercy of God even rhe Father ; that it afforded greater facilities for the purchase of Unitarian books in that district \ arid that it received subscriptions as low as fi ve
shillings per annum . He . said that it would have been decidedly his wish , and that of others , to connect it with the Western Unitarian Society , as a Branch-Society ; but as the former was understood to imply the admission of the doctrine of Simple Humanity ; this connection could not have been effected consist-
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Samuel Whithread , JSsq . ( From tlie Morning" Chronicle , Friday , July 7 , 1815 . ) Yesterday morning , at his house in Dover Street , died suddenly , Samuel Whitbread , Esq . lie was
found dead in his dressing-room about ten o ' clock in the forenoon by his servant . The death of a patriot so steady , intrepid awl zealous in the cause of his country and of human freedom , will be long , deeply and AiiifversaJJy deplored . The loss of
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ently with the hope of uniting , ou th wider basis , with those who eitb ° doubted or denied that doctrine : and that whatever deficiency in n unibc might be experienced b y the Parent Society , through the establish ment or the Association
, the general cause wouJdguinfour-fold . * Advertiug then to the conviction which had been expressed by a preceding speaker , that Unitaviarsism was making a silent progress where it was not publicly embraced , and that it was spreading
widely among the intelligent poor , Dr . C . called the attention of the meeting to the case of the Unitarian Church at Rossendale * ( a truly animating account of which had been given
in the Monthly Repository for Hay last j ) and expressed his ea-r » est hop * e that they wtmld meet with ? dd among their Unitarian brethren , to extinguish their burdensome debt , and to supply them with serviceable books for their
own use and for distributioxi . fMr . Rowe , with his usual impressive eloquence , entered into some details , respecting the early history of the Society , and the causes of its removal from Exeter to Bristol : and after having
mentioned various Associations which , since its origin , had sprung up for the diffusion of Unitarianism , he gave an encouraging representation of the spread of those sentirrfcnts , which , while they afford the noblest views of the attributes and dispensations of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ , lay the best foundation for Christian obedience , and present the justest and most extensive views of its nature and obligations . May the genuine practical influence of Unitarianism , on the heart and life , be experienced , wherever it is embraced as Christian truth ! C .
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Mr , Whitbread in the British pariiament is a loss to the civilized world ; for , like the exacted model of bis conduet as a senator , ( Mr , Fox , ) he was the constant , afole and disinte rested advocate of justice , freedom a « d humanity , wherever and by whona
so-* The present number of Subscribers to the Bevon and Cornwall A ssociation i « about 180 , at an averag-c of la . or 8 . 5 . p * annum . . j t The writer of tbi » article has recei ***
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46 O Obitvwy *—Samuel Whitbread , Esq .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1815, page 460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1762/page/60/
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