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tional services were coLlucted by Dr . Evans , of Islington , and Mr . Briggs , of BesBeFs Green , Kent ; and Mr . Chapman , of Chatham , preached from 1 Tim . i . 11 , According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God , &c . At the meeting for business , tfee Rev . R . Wright , of Trowbridge , ( the preacfeer
elect , ) presided as chairman . The tetters from some of the churches contained a « t account of an increase of members , but others described their state as being similar to what it was at the last anniversary . The removal of Mr . Chapman to Chat * ham , appeared to be felt as a heavy loss by the church at Billhigshurst , which is now destitute of a minister ; but the
services of Mr . Bnggs , late of Selby , have proved highly acceptable to the church at Bessel ' s Green , where , and in the neighbouring villages ,, there seems a prospect of his labours being successful . The most interesting letter was one from Nantwieh , describing the progress from Trinitariamsm to tfnitarianism , on the Arian hypothesis ) of Mr . John Cooper , the
minister , and his congregation , and their open avowal of reputed heterodoxy . The letter expressed a wish that their church might be received into union with the Assembly , with which they could noiv conscientiously unite , and from which they hoped immediately to receive advice .
The writer mentioned several villages in the neighbourhood of Nantwieh , which would form an important missionary £ iKcuit , and in which there appeared a favourable disposition to receive the tTnitarian doctrine . Mr . Cooper ' s chartfh
was proposed to be received into umoti with the Assembly at its next anniversary , as was also that under the pastoral care of Mr . Wright * at Trowbridge . ( Mr . Cooper's letter will , it is believed , appear in tlie Christian Reformer for the present month . )
The case of tfrie Cranbroofc church , inserted in the last month ' s Jfcepository ( p . 248 , ) and the remaining heavy debt ( upwards of £ 900 ) on the chapel at l > over ^ were l&id before the meeting , aiKl recommended by it to tlie kind consideration of all the churches in union with the Assembly : and the writer begs leave to solicit the attention of tfie Committees of Fellowship Funds among Unitarians generally to both these interestingti
* -m -m . ) y . « canes . The most prominent feature of the Committee ' s report was , an account of the inadequacy of their funds for maintaining for another ^ ear the two Students now under the care of the Rev . Jamts Gilbhrtet , at Newington Green ; and the writer trtfsrs Ire need only mention thp following facts to insure so important an institution the more liberal support-of the
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gioiu The Committee had also embraced an opportunity of sending out to India 50 sets of the Tracts under the care of John Curriming , Esq ., late of Exeter , who is going to settle at Calcutta , and who has kindly undertaken to use his best efforts to get a depot established in that eity > and to promote the circulation of the Tracts . On the whole , the
Combiittee felt authorized in congratulating the subscribers , that a wider feld had been opened during the past than during any preceding year since the establishment of the Society , for making known their very instructive publications . But , in making the be fore-mentioned grants while the Society's finances were at So low an ebb ^ they hoped for , and , we are happy to add , readily obtained the sanction of the meeting .
The property of the Society was reported to be as follows : Dae from Booksellers , } Country Societies , &c . > £ 86 7 5 on sale or return j Estimated value of the > ~~ n o i Stock on hand ........ $ 456 10 6 Owing to the Treasurer ... 22 12 9 for Paper ,. . 33 0 0 for Boarding , &c 13 16 6 for Printing 3 3 2 72 12 5
Balance of the Society ' s ^ j pqqo \ q i Property \ The following gentlemen were chosen into office for the year ensuing ; Treasurer .. —James Esdaile , Esq .
Committee . —Messrs . J . Bowring , J . Ferine , Freud , Hart , and S . Hart , Jun ., Holt , Leach , Parkes , Dr . T . Rees , Messrs . K . ray lor and W . Wood . Auditors . —C . Richmond , S . Bayley ., and J . Tod hunter , Esqrs .
Collector . —Mr . C . Fox , 33 , Thread * - needle Street . The Secretary declined being re-appointed to office , for the reasons assigned at the last Anniversary : but , for the
convenience of the Subscribers , consented to M till they had been supplied with their innual allotments . The Subscribers and then Friends afterwards dined together , the Rev . R . Aspland ™ the dhair .
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General Baptist Aswmhl y * Ti n * Annual Meeting was holden , as w »« al , at Worship Street ? , London * WhiuTttesday , May 2 $ th . The devo-
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ItoT&U { g' 4 hGe .- *~ G 4 neral Baptist Assembly . 353
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1823, page 303, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1784/page/47/
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