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for Norwich , expressed the high sense he entertained of the importance of that gentleman ' s services to the Unitarian body . He remarked , that when a disposition had been shewn to put in force the common law : against Unitarians , it was particularly desirable that they should have oue who openly avowed Unitariaa principles , near the seat of government . Wlien the health of Mr . Hutton , and ttianfcs for his services , was proposed , Dr . / V . expressed , Hi the warmest terms , his ad gii ration of the discourse which
had been delivered that morning ' , and Jhis earnest wish to ^ see it printed . T : his hint was warmly seconded by the meeting-, and upwards of 200 copies were subscribed for by the persons present , and Mr . Hutton engaged to publish the discourse very shortly .
la the evening ' , a larger congregation than has ever been witnessed before , as * sembledin the Chapel in Bowl-Alley Lane , consisting of Methodists , Calvinists , Quakers , and members of the Establishment , who all appeared cordially to unite with the Unitarians in singing * the praises of One
God . The discourse ,, by Mr . Hawkes , of Lincoln , was from Jolin xx . 17 , on the inferiority of Jesus io Jehovah , and it is to be hoped that the arguments in favour of candour and impartiality , which the preacher urged upon his hearers in con * elusion , would not be lost upon any of them .
The fourth Meeting * of their Association lias inspired hopes in the breasts of the Unitarians at Hull and adjacent , places , which they never entertained before . They find that great numbers are willing to listen to wJhat they have to say , and that the removal of prejudices is preparing the way for a far more extensive diffusion of their
principles than , they have yet witnessed . G . K , HtiU October 4 , 1819 . P . S . A Fellowship Fund is intended to be established in the Chapel in Bowl-Alley
Lane , on Sunday next j one object of which will be to contribute towards the gradual liquidation of a debt of £ 650 upon the building 1 ; for which purpose a Sinking Fund has likewise been set on foot .
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Lancashire and Cheshire Unitarian Association . Ar a General Meeting : of the Unitarian Christians of Lancashire and Cheshire , held in the Unitarian Chapel , Renshaw Street , Liverpool , on Tuesday , October 19 , 1819 , Ottiwell Wood , Esq . of Edg ^ e Hill , in the chair , It was -unanimously resolved , to establish an Unitarian . Association of the
two counties of Lancaster and Chester . And the objects of this institution were declared t 6 be , to promote greater union among the difierenjt congregation *; to co-1
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Somersetshire and Dorsetshire Association of Ministers * On Tuesday , October the 5 th , was held at Crew kerne , the Third Half-yearly Association of Ministers and Friends residing " __
111 part of Somersetshire and Dorsetshire , who are united in the important principle that God the Father is alone the object of worship . Dr . Sotuhwood Smith , of Yeovil , opened the service with prayer and reading * of the Scriptures ; the Kev . Samuel Fawcett , of Yeovil , prayed , and the Kev . Mr . Tingcombe , of Bridgwater , delivered a serious and instructive discourse from Acts
xx . 36 , " And when he had thus spoken , he kneeled down , and prayed with them all . " , The congregation was respectable and attentive . Eight ministers were present , and several friends , the greater part of whom were ladies , from neighbouring places . With the two-fold view of
defraying some incidental expenses of the society , and of ascertaining with more precision who may be considered members , it was resolved , -that every person on becoming a member should pay an annual subscription of not less than half-a-crown , and ministers and friends were requested to endeavour to obtain members from
among their respective congregations and circles . The more often these meetings are attended , the more deeply it is felt , and the more deeply it will continue to be felt , that they are well calculated to accomplish the important objects for which they were instituted , viz . to ' cherifih in ministers and friends that interest in each
other ' s welfare which ought to distinguish the disciples of Jesus Christ , to animate each other to the performance of their respective duties , and of those especially which are connected with the comfort and prosperity of their congregations , and the promotion of what they deem true
evangelical doctrine and practice . , The next Meeting will be held at Dorchester on the Tuesday in Easter Week . The Rev . Mr . Da vies , of Tan ti ton , is appointed to preach . S . S . Yeovilj October 11 , 1819 .
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operate with the tlnitarian Fund in promoting * Christianity by means of popular preaching the employment of permanent missionaries in the two counties j by forming * districts for preaching- around tbe
populous towns ; by promoting- the inter * change of minister with each other 5 by supplying those congregations which are destitute of ministers ; and by the distribution of tracts in those places to which the missionaries are sent . ( Further particulars iu our next . ) G . H . Sec . _ ^ ^^ A ^^ ..
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Intelligence . *—Lancashire and Cheshire Unitarian Association . 639
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1819, page 639, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1777/page/51/
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