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Opening' of the Unitarian Meeting-House , Great Cross Hall Street , Iji ' verpool . On Sunday , 8 th June , the meetinghouse , lately occupied by a society of Calviuist Baptists , was opened for the
public worship of the One and only God , by the society of Unitarian Christians formerly meeting in Sir Thomas ' s Buildings . The Rev . George Harris , of Boiton , in the morning , delivered a very eloquent and impressive discourse , to a very attentive and ^ exceedingly crowded audience . In the evening the Rev . Robert Cree , of Preston , delivered a very interesting , argumentative discourse on . the Doctrine of
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Mystery the mark of Antichrist ; the place was well filled . The Rev . George Harris preached also on the Thursday evening following , the congregation numerous though not
crowded . The subject , " The Prevalence of Unitarianism in the First Three Centuries of the . Christian Church . " Public service is conducted regularly on Sundays , morning and evening , and on Thursday evenings . —Christian Reflector .
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Provincial Meeting-. The Annual Assembly of the Unitarian Ministers of Lancashire and Cheshire , commonly called " The Provincial Meeting , " was held at Bury , on Thursday , June 19 th . Thirty-four ministers and preachers were present . The Rev . William Allard , of Bury , gave out the hymns
the Rev . John Gaskell , of Dukinneld , conducted the devotional parts of the worship , and the Rev . George Harris , of Boiton , preached from I Cor . xiv . 12 , " Seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church . " The preacher dwelt on the necessity of increased exertion on the part of those who held a purer faith and advocated more benevolent doctrines
than the generality of Christian professors , and gave a comparative statement of the numbers and labours of the Methodists , Calvinists and Unitarians of the county . The congregation , which was deeply attentive , appeared to be about 400 .
At the close of the service , the Rer . William Allard , of Bury , in the Chair , the thanks of the meeting , on the proposition of the Rev . John Yate . s , of Liverpool , seconded by the Rev . J . G . Robberds , of Manchester , were unanimously given to Mr . Harris for his discourse . The Rev . William Hincks of Liverpool , was appointed the supporter for the next yearly meeting , to be held at Altringham . Afterwards the business of the Missionary Society was transacted . At two o ' clock the friends of Christian liberty and equality dined together at the Hare and Hounds , the Rev . George Harris in the Chair . One hrmdred and
sixty-two persons , male and female , sat down to the tables . The price of the dinner-ticket was Is . 6 d . Individuals were present at the dinner from Boiton , Preston , Walmesley , Biny , Cockey-Moor , Kingsley , Manchester , Park Lane , Warrington , Hindley , Wigan , Chow bent , Hivington , Stand , Rochdale , Swintou , Newchurch Rossendale , and Haslingden ; the following toasts and sentiments being given : « The cause of civil and relig ious liberty all over the world ; " - " -The P ?' gress of knowledge / an 4 way it issue in
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424 Intelligence . —New Unitarian Meeting-House , Liverpool .
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Ordination of the Rev . A . Paterson , Stourbridge .
On Tuesday , July 15 , the Rev . Alexander Palerson , M . A ., was set apart and ordained to the pastoral office , in the society of Protestant Dissenters assembling in the chapel on the western side of the High Street , in Stourbridge . The
Rev . John Small , of Coseley , offered the introductory prayer , and read some appropriate passages of Scripture . An address explanatory of the nature and design of the service , was delivered by the Rev . Robert Kell , of Birmingham , who received Mr . Paterson ' s answers to
three inquiries , relating severally to the grounds of his belief in Divine Revelation , his motives for exercising his ministry among Protestant Dissenters , and his views and desires in undertaking the duties of a pastor . Then followed the general and ordination prayer , which was presented by the Rev . Richard Fry , of
Kidderminster . The charge to Mr . Paterson was given by the Rev . James Scott , of Cradley , who founded his observations on the words , a good minister of Jesus Christy ( 1 Tim . iv . 6 ) . The Rev . John Kentish , of Birmingham , delivered a discourse to the people on the obstacles to the efficacy of public religious instruction ,
and the means of removing them , from James i . 22—25 , " Be ye doers of the word , " &c . &c . ; and the Rev . James Yates , of Birmingham , concluded with prayer ; suitable hymns having been sung by the congregation in the course of the service . A considerable number of
ministers , and of members of some of their societies , dined and passed the afternoon under the hospitable roof of William Scott , Esq ., and felt great delight in reviewing the proceedings of the day , and in anticipating the permanently happy influence of them on those by whom they had been witnessed . JN .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1823, page 424, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1786/page/56/
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