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subject of the formation of a new Society in the centre of Sussex , which had been discussed at the lastmeeting , was again brought forward , when it appeared to be the general opinion that the measure ought by no means to be considered as a dismemberment
of the present Society ; but that , on the contrary , by forming an additional bond of union among the friends of Scriptural Christianity , it would forward the important objects which the Society has in view , the spread of religious knowledge in the district over which it extends . In the
evening , Dr . Morell , of Brighton , preached from Mark xvi . 16- The congregation , both parts of the day , were numerous and attentive . The meeting next year will be held at Chichester . July 13 , 1819 . T . C , jun .
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Western Unitarian Society . Sia , July 21 , 1819 . Agreeably to public notice , the annual meeting of-the Western Unitarian Society for promoting Religious Knowledge and the Practice of'Virtue
by the , Distribution of Books , was held , on Wednesday the 14 th of July , at the Rev . Mr . Hunter ' s Chapel , in Trim Street , Bath . The congrega ^ ticm was very respectable ; a considerable number of the Lewin ' s Mead
Society at Bristol , of both sexes , giving their sanction to the principles of Unitafianism , by their attendance on this occasion . One of their revered pastors , the Rev , Dr . Carpenter , introduced the service by an appropriate prayer and reading of the
Scriptures ; the Rev . Dr . Thomas Rees , of London , offered up the general prayer , which was truly serious and devotional- , and the Rev . T . Madge , of Norwich , preached on 1 Cor . xiv . 19 : " Yet in the church I would rather speak five words , with
the understanding that by tny voice I might teach others also , than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue /* The preacher ' s sermon was a striking illustration of the sentiment expressed by the apostle Paul in the text : it
was not involved m inscrutable mystery . Its language did not consist of terms , and phrases wholly unintelligible * : or which convey no distinct ideas ; on the contrary , it contained an able , energetic and eloquent -de-
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fence of the use of much-decried reason on the subjects of revelation * respecting both its evidences and . its doctrines , which persons of common capacity could understand , and those of the most enlightened and cultivated minds could not but approve . It is
needless , however , to descant on the merits of this discourse , as it is hoped the public will have' an opportunity of judging of its excellencies , by the Author ' s compliance with tbe earnest and unanimous request of the meeting to publish it .
Immediately after the service the business of the society was transacted , and eighteen names were added to the list of subscribers . Tbe rules were revised , preparatory to the printing of a new edition ; and indeed in all societies of this kind , there n * , I think , an obvious propriety in the revisal of their rules once at least ia
seven years , to suit them to the varied circumstances which the lapse of time tends to produce . At the general meeting of the Western Unitarian Society , in 11 minster , last year , one of its respectable members , from the purest motive of regard for its
increasing prosperity , proposed that such an alteration be made in the preamble to the rules , as would admit Unitarians of all classes ; this being seconded by another member , it was resolved , that it should be introduced for discussion at the next annual
meeting , public notice of the same being previously given . Agreeably to this resolution , the question was considered at this meeting ; and , without entering into the particulars of what was advanced on either side of
it , it is sufficient to state , that as many objections were urged with much earnestness and eloquence by some 6 t the oldest members and brightest ornaments of the Society , against &dy
material alteration of the plan D-rifinally adopted , and on which , they alleged it hud flourished beyond what the mo&t sanguine of its formers could have contemplated , the meeting : acceded to their wishes .
The business of the Society being finished , the members and other friends to tlie Unitarian cause , amounting to , nearly seventy gentlemen , sat down to a good dinner at the White Lion Inn , J- H . Moggridge , Esq . ia the chair . After dinner the rcspec-
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lntelligenoe * ^ W * tt < w Vnitm 453
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1819, page 453, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1774/page/53/
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