On this page
-
Text (2)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
Opening of the New Unitarian Chapel ^ Gullompto 7 i ) Devon . Some months since , on attempting * to repair the Unitarian Chapel in this place , it was found to be so much decayed as to
gender farther assembling" in it dang-erous . The Society therefore determined to take the whole down and to erect another on the same ground , which being' finished , was opened for public worship on Sunday , the 29 th of October .
In the morningDr . Carpenter preached from Mark viii . 38 . The common duty of Christians openly to avow their principles was strongly enforced , to be deterred by worldly interest , by the unpopularity of their sentiments , by the favours or the frowns of men , or to be swayed by the indifference to Christian truth , too g * enerally
prevalent , was to deny Christ before men , In the afternoon Mr . Davis , who statedly officiates , delivered a discourse from John xv . 4—7 , in which the nature of the union between Christ and his disciples , and the blessing's resulting" from it were illustrated , the duty of Christians to examine for themselves , and to make the Bible and the
"Bible only the rule of their faith and practice was also strongly insisted on . In the evening" Dr . Carpenter again preached from 1 Peter iii . 15 , 16 . He began by stating the doctrines in which Unitarians agree with their Christian brethren of all denominations , next stated the doctrines concerning- which they differed from the
Church of England , the Calvinistic Dissenters , and the Weslcyan or Arminian Methodists , in doing which the particular doctrines referred to were quoted from the Creeds , Catechisms , and other writings of the different sects of Christians ; by these it appeared impossible that
Unitarians could conscientiously continue to be atated worshipers , with those who hold such opposite sentiments : —some of the doctrines held by Unitarians , it was observed , may no doubt shock many wellmeaning- Christians ; on the other hand , it ought to be considered that these
doctrines could not be more shocking to them tban many which they believed and preached were to the Unitarians . The Doctor ' s exposition and defence of Unitarian principles , breathing throughout the pint of Christian candour and
benevolence , and evincing an ardent zeal in the cause of rational Christianity , were delivered in the most impressive manner , and being- heard with the greatest attention , 'jrtlj it is hoped , tend to the removal of those prejudices and to the promotion of wat inquiry for which they were so eminentl y calculated . The audience was very and
^ H ^ table numerous each part of the d ay— many friends from Iloniton , Tiver-* ° * i , and the neighbouring * villages attende ( * in the evening the place was crowded ^ * &d jj Waa a nourctt of regret that many *»* . x . 5 a
Untitled Article
who came to hear were obliged to return for want of room . The friends of the cause were highly delighted with the whole service 5 and it is believed that few , if any , were otherwise than pleased with the manner in which it had been conducted .
Dr . Carpenter has been strongly solicited to publish this sermon , which he decline * doing- at present . On this occasion a tribute of merited thanks was paid to the Christian liberality of theWesleyan Methodists in
Cullompton , for the voluntary offer of their chapel , in which the Unitarians assembled for public worship , once on each Lord ' s Day for some months past . May this Christian spirit gain ground among * fellow-christians of every denomination .
Untitled Article
Intelligence *—Subscription to the Rossendale Clutpel . 721
Untitled Article
Unitarian Chapel j New-church , Hossertr dale , ( See Monthly Repository , Vol x . pp . 313 , 392 , 45 S , 461 , 527 , 596 , 660 . )
Donations in aid of liquidating the debt ( £ 350 . ) upon this Chapel will be received by the Rev . Robert Aspland , Hackney Road ; Rer . R . Astley , Halifax ; Rev . W . Johns , Manchester ; Mr . W . Walker , Rochdale ; and Dr . Thomson , Halifax .
N . B . On the 13 th ult . Dr . Thomson received a large parcel of Unitarian Tracts for the 'Rossendale brethren , from the Southern Unitarian Society and the Unitarian Fund . £ s . d . Amount advertised p . 660 208 0 0 Mrs . Astley , Chesterfield 1-10 0 Miss Wilkinson , ditto , - - - 1 1 Q
Miss E . Wilkinson , ditto - - 1 1 0 John Wilkinson , Esq . ditto - 2 2 tf Robert Malkin , Esq . ditto - 1 1 0 Mr . Woodhead , ditto ---050 Mr . Joseph Hall , ditto - - 0 5 0 Mr . James Croft , ditto --- 050 Mr . John Croft , ditto ---040 Mr . Gill , ditto -----030 Mrs . Thomas , Gateacre - - 3 0 6 S . W . Parker , Esq .
Newcastleupon-Tyne ---.-110 Messrs . Reeders , ditto - - - 0 10 0 Mi . John Davidson , ditto - - 0 10 6 Mr . Waiter Smith , ditto - - 0 3 0 Mr . A . Ryle , ditto - - - - 0 3 0
Mr- Henry Atkinson , ditto -060 Miss Hogg * , ditto ----010 Mr . De Role , ditto - ---050 Mr . Edward Simpson , ditto -050 Mr . James Walton , ditto - - 0 5 6 Miss Ciee , Mansfield - - - 0 10 6 222 7- 6
Errata in the former List from Newcastle For James Hash , Esq . read Losh . For Roger Barrard read Barrow . For Joseph Armour read Armorer . Halifax ^ Nov . 2 ^ 1815 .
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1815, page 721, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1766/page/57/
-