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^ Prop ose d Unitarian Chapel ^ Greenocft . Greenoek ^ Nov . 14 , 1815 . Sir , The Committee of the Green ocfc and ilPort Glasgow Unitarian Associalian Fund
liaving seen with extreme pleasure in the Jast number of the Repository , [ p . 660 ] £ Subscription opened in England for the infant church at Greenocjc , are induced to think , that the same may l > e promoted by laying * before your readers a statement of fvhat has been done here since their last
communication . The expense of erecting * a cliapel without any g-allery , capable of containing- 500 people , is estimated not to exceed BOO I . ; and towards this sum there have now jbeen obtained in donations and subscriptions here and at Port-Glasgow . 298 / . A few donations have also been made in Crlasg-ow and Edinburgh , which may ajnoutit to 10 / . more .
TJie course of Lectures formerly stated to have been commenced by | Wlr . Harris , were continued once a fortnight ia the original place of meeting " , until from a want of accommodation , the Committee procured j ; he
theatre where the two last lectures wero delivered . At the first of these there was an audience of about 1000 people , while neveral hundreds could iiud jiip admission . At the lecture last Sunday evening * Che theatre was also filled arid numbers went
away . The spirit of inquiry whicli wan then Mentioned to Ibe &en « ralJy prorsiUut . ap > -
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pears to have suffered no diminution , notwithstanding' repeated attempts have been made to crush it on the part of the ortiodox , and anethemas launched openly from the pulpit against such as attend our meeting's . It is with a reference to the
existence of this spirit amongst the inhabitan t * that Greenoek is to be viewed as a situation highly favourable for diffusing primitive Christianity : and by the continued developement of this disposition the Committee feel themselves excited to strain every nerve , to raise on this spot a temple to reason , to free inquiry , to
individual judgment . ' * They therefore hope to be forgiven for . pressing into notice this important feature of the public mind ia this place , and for ag * aift bringing forward the erection of a Chapel in Greenoek to the worship of the One God through the One Mediator , as an object worthy of support .
The Committee ca¬ close this communication without publicly expressing the high sense they entertain of the value of Mr . Harris ' s labours . With a zeal truly apostolic , he travels fi ^ ty miles once a fortnight to visit us without remuneration ^ and in the midst of academical business
composes discourses at once perspicuous and animated .
I am , Sir , &n the name of the Committee , Your most obedient Servant , SAMUEL GEMMILL , Secretary Subscription ta the Greenoek Chape l * By Jtfr * George Harris . A Friend to the Cause - 10 / .
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7 * £ Meetings on behalf of the French Protestants ..
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Unitarian Academy . Since the List of Subscribers , he . was published with the Number for August , the following names and contributions have been received and are here inserted by desire of the Committee of Governors : — Benefaction from an Unknown / . s . d .
Friend , through the hands of Rev . T . Belsham- - . . - 100 0 0 Two years' interest upon the same ------- 10 00 feenex Cornubiensis , a present of a g-ood copy of Taylor ' * Hebrew Concordance , valued at 10 10 0 Mr Edward Corn ,
Birmingham 500 Jlichard Cooke , Esq . Yeovii 5 5 0 Mr . Richard Allchin , Maidstone ------- 110 Rev . Mr , Wright , Rochdale - 1 1 0 "Mr . Hey wood , Bolton - - 110 T . B . W " . Sanderson , Esq . Chewbent ----- 220
Corrections of the published List : For Messrs . J . and J . S . Hancock , Liverpool , read Messrs . J . and J . S . Hancox , £ tc . For Mr . Hounsell , Bridport , read Mr . Joseph Hounsell , &c .
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Meetings on behalf of the French Prttest ants . We have great pleasure in laying * before our readers the following extract from the Morning Chronicle of Nov . 23 :
u The first public body which has espoused the cause of the plundered and slaughtered Protestants in Frauce , held it * meeting on Tuesday morning , and with equal pleasure and gratitude we inform our readers , that this signal service li < M been rendered to our suffering
fellowchnstiaiis by the Dissenting Ministers of this metropolis . Inheriting- the wisdom , the virtue , and the courage of their illustrious ancesto r they have lifted their voice in behalf of the victims of merciless persecution . We hope it will rouse the enei-giea of the friends of religious free * dona throughout this country , and
penetrate the cities and the Courts of Europe , and that while it apeaks consolation to th 4 oppressed , it will intiinidate the instigators of crimes whicJi have appalled tbfi benevolent and the good in every part oi dhristendoiri . We understand ' that th « meeting was attended moro numerously ffcaa ~ ht * tow fcaowa in ' * Mwf 7 «* P **
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1815, page 722, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1766/page/58/
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