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Settlement of the jfter . John Bcat ^ e at Tllland . On Thursday Se p tember 7 th , a Meetingof Dissenting- Ministers , commonl y called Presbyterians ^ of the West Riding' of York shire , with uther fneuds from a rlic * o « ~
was lield at F . llund near liallivax , for th * purpose of Tecomiaeiiding in the Divi ne blessiug- the connexion recentl y entered in to between tlie Cong-relation ( late , under the pastoral care of the Re 7 , Josiah Towns , eua ) and the Rev- John Beattie .
The service commenced with singing , & hymn . Y « ie Rev . H . Turner of Bradford offered the introductory prayer , and iea ? suitable portions of the Scriptures . Another hymn was then sung *; after which John Thomson , M . £ . ( on the part of the Coc * r < - g-juion and Trustees ) gave a statement of
their lieljgnons Principles and of the mo , fives fn ? it bad induced them to invite MY . Bcattie to become their pastor . In introducing' this part of the service , a just and very interesting * tribute was paid to the memory of the late Joseph Dawson , Esq . of Royds-Hall , near Bradford . This highly venerated character had often been engaged i « similar services , and especially ( on occision of the recent settlement of the Rev . IL
Turner at Bradford , *) in that particular part of the service which Dr . Thomson was then undertaking ; and had his life been spared , would in all probability ( as beinga Trustee of the Chapel ) have represented the Congregation on this occasion . This tribute of respect , in which all who were present and had been acquainted wiih Mr . Dawson must , sincerely have participated .
was followed by a brief but comprehensive view of the religious faith generally avowed by Unitarian Christians , with a notice of the . particular passages of Scripture from which their principles are derived . A concise account was given of the progrew of these senti m ents , accompanied by achronolog'ical detail of the various
encroaclizuems that had been made upon th * u ? ialienable right of private judgment , and tte more pleasing-memoir of the several Acts of the British Parliament , and p articularly those passed during " , the present reign * , m favour of Liberty of Conscience and freedom
of Worship . In these " the sect every where spoken against , " has at length been recognized as Christian , and its members permitted , under the sanction and expresi provisions of the Law , to worship accordwith
ing to the convictions of their minds , - out a liability to pains or penalties . The right and importance free inquiry was explicitly stated ; and whilst this rig htwft » claimed on the part of the Congreg ation , " wag fully conceded to their Minister . 1 "J " statement naturally adverted to the constitution of Christian churches and the j dic ^ tidopted for Hie propagation of theirIteligv £ ious Tenet * . In this part , whilst it *» * & * M > ftev- Ooilfcer , I 8 » .
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5 & 4 Intelligence . — 'Settlement of the Rev . J . Bcattie at ELland .
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DOMESTIC . RELIGIOUS . ISfarti hesler College , York . The twenty-ninth annual nieeti ^ i g' of the Trustees of Mantles ; er CoViege , Yoi I :, was held at the Cross Street Chanel Ror . ats , Manchester , on the 4 th Day of August , 1815 . Ottiwell Wood of Liverpool , Esq . in the Chair . The r > rooK cdiiii : 's of the Cominiuce were
read over , and eoniiriiied , and the i reasurei ^ s accounts laid before the meeiirj g ctnd passed . The followii » g' officers were chfl . « c : s for the year ensuing * : Benjamin Gaskell , Esq . of Thomas House , Yorkshire , M . F . President .
James ToucIiCt , Esq- ^ Joseph Strutt , Esq . I v , t > ' * - Peter Martineari , J ^ sq . j Daniel G ask el 3 , Esq . J B ? ev . William Turner , Visitor . Mr . George William ? m ' \ w j ^ * rrasurcr . Wood , J Mr . Thomas Ilcurv" !
Robinson , > Secretaries . Hev . J . O . Robbords , J Mr . Samuel Kay , ^ Mr . James Touchet , > Auditors . jun . ) The Deputy Treasurers and the Comtrikteo of the precediuo- wwv were tp-jujpointed , Aviili a few alterations in the Committee .
Tneaniinn ! ropcrt which v \ ill be published shortly will contain the usual statement of the Receipts and . Disbursements for the past year , and of the present funds of the College An opportunity having- occurred for redeeming" the chief resit of £ 58 . 12 s . per
annum on the property in Manchester , if ; was thought advisable that it should be done , this has occasioned a large addition to the ordinary expenditure of the year , and there is in consequence a balance owing- to the Treasurer of £ 356 . 9 s .
It is hoped that the generosity of the public will speedily enable the Committee to discharge this debt . A lai g-e addition to the number of Lay Students was announced for the next Session . The friends to the Institution dined tog-ether as usual after the meeting- , at the Spread Eagle Tavern . Isaac Hferrou . Esq .
of Altringham , in the Chair . Nearly eighty gentlemen sat down to dinner , among whom xrcre upwards of twenty ministers , and a considerable number of gentlemen who hud been educated in the College ; much inter * fisting' discussion took place during the «* rening- on matters connected with the history and prosperity of the Institution .
i&ttateffer t &wfemfter l « | £ lfc
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 594, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/62/
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