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speakers ; the signs of the tinier were not neglected ; and a deep feeling of regret and of esteem united was inanitested , when restoration . tp health of ow yenerable friend . Miv Beishawi , and of ou , r active and useful ally , Mr . ., Fox , was given * and some observations made by one who is deeply impressed with a sens ^ of the value of the latter ' s life to the cause which but for a few years he has so manfully advocated , and who has had the best opportunity of observing and appreciating the long , the laborious , the upright Jife of the- former , the close of which an alarming affliction has led us all to deprecate . Great has been the
debt due to him from the friends of pure Christianity , for his numerous services , which are without parallel in the history of theology , except they he compared with those of the immortal Priestley ; since he has been the instrument , under Providence , not only of advocating the cause of truth in a most masterly and
decisive manner amongst the higher classes of society , but also of training up so many ministers to follow in the same course , and inspiring them by his own example , with that decision of character which alone can secure the eventual
extension of truth , and the coming of the kingdom of God . They whose happiness it has been to call him father , cannot retrace that life , which has been for forty years or more before their eyes , and not be inspired with the desire of fellowitig him to the confines of time , and of catching his mantle when he shall ha . carried away from them to that happy abode , whither the Prophet of Bethel , the faithful servant of the one God and Father of all , is cone before him .
A general wiah had been expressed at the chapel , that Mr . Johns would oblige us by publishing his sermon ; bat the proposal was made with diffidencey from . % he apprehension that , however excellent it might be , it might meet with the too common fate of stogie sernaons . and lie
in heaps on thfc dusty shelf . A proposal was , however , made afcer dinner , that the company present should give proof of their wish to see the sermon in print , by entering immediately on A subscription to carry H through the press . And although the company was smaller than would have been assembled en such an
occasion in a more populous town , we have pleasure in reporting , that hx » trer ~> man will be published * and xbai < lj <* in wttured against loss m ttfeu * ob % ipg hfa friend * . Indeed we cannot dowb * ,: t fm « when circulated , it will excite a more general iiiteratt . Fimiunlih- LW ,
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Eastern Unitarian Society . The Eleventh Yearly Meeting of this Society was held at Bury St . Edmunds on Wednesday and Thursday , the 25 tll and 26 th June , On Wednesday evening the service was introduced by Mr . Toms
of Framlmgbaiu , after which Mr . Latham , of Laxfield ,. prayed . Mr . Valentine , of Diss , preached from Matt . ^ v . 13 . From these words the preacher reviewed the leading doctrines and principles , of the Church of England , and by applying to the ^ rn the test of Scripture , shewed tluu
they came under the description , given in the text , of plants , which were not planted by our heavenly Father . The contradictions and absurdities which exist in the Book of Common Prayer were ably and
strikingly delineated , and shewn to be unworthy the belief of those who profess to derive their Christianity from the Bible . The present state of the Established Chinch was depicted in terms which are but too consonant with truth . On
Thursday morning , Mr . Perry , of Ipswich , began the service , Mr . Bowles , of Yarmouth , followed , and Mr . Selby , of Lynn , preached from PhH . ill- 3 . Of this admirable discourse it is needless here to say
more , than that it powerfully impressed the minds of an attentive audience , who unanimously joined iu requesting its publication , a request to which Mr . Selby acceded .
After service the business of the Society was transacted ; Thomas Robinson , E . sq ., in the Chair . The Report of the Committee was read , and the Secretary was directed to request its insertion in the Christian Reformer ( where it will be found , in the Number , for this month ) . The Treasurer ' s accounts were then read ,
by which it appeared that the finances of the Society continued in a prosperous state . Isaac L . Marsh , Esq ., and Mr . Edward Taylor , were severally elected Treasurer and Secretary for the ensuing
year . The next yearly meeting was appointed to be held at Harleston , in Norfolk , and the Secretary stated that he had reason to hope Mr . Aspland would preach .
Fifty-four gentlemen dined together at the Six Bells Inn ; Mr . Richard Taylor , of London , in the Chair . After diuuer several ladies joined the party . It was highly gratifying to see so many individuate collected from various parts of
the two < x >« nuies , engaged 3 Otl united in tf »« support of tl » o 4 $ great priiic ^ wfeicb > ave f&r their object the Wt ^ i peace awl happlow of mankind . TH « tfomtn were intended to express an * w Oift forth theee priactptes . aiwiUJ ^ ***** in gone ?** xnost c&rdiallft neceived to tf »« oropa » v pr&aent . On m ^ &Mfy ef Mr 1
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422 Intelligences ~* Eastern Unitarian Society .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1823, page 422, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1786/page/54/
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