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    business of the Society was transacted , when the Secretary stated , that three tracts had been printed and circulated in the district since the last meeting ; viz . Channing ' s Dedication Sermon at New York , Wright ' s Summary of the Leading Truths of Christianity , and Asplaud's Efficacy of Unitarianism in the Hour of Death : in the whole 1000

    copies . A resolution was also passed that the next meeting of the Association should be held at Taunton , on Good * Friday , 1828 . 4- large party of friends afterwards dined together . Thomas Fisher , Esq ., klljdly presided , and contributed much t

    forth pleasing addresses from several of jjfe gentlemen present . Not the least 111 fceresting part of the afternoon ' s employment was the admission of eight pew members . The party separated early to prepare for the evening service , which was introduced by Mr . Walker . iMr . Squire , of Manchester College , York , preached on the occasion , taking his text from Luke x . 2 .

    Both discourses were heard with much attention , and the members of the Association afterwards separated , much gratified and not unimproved , it is hoped , by the proceedings of the day . E . WHITFIELD . Ilminster .

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    Intelligence . —Opening of the Unitarian Chapel at Northampton . & 51

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    ; . Oldbwy Double Lecture . On Tuesday , September 11 th , was the anniversary of the Double Lecture , at Oldbury . The Rev . John Howard Ryland conducted the devotional service . The Rev . John Reyneil Wreford preached from Rom . x . 8 , 9 , " That is the word of faith which tpe preach , That if thou shalt < yrife $ s with thy mouth the Lord Jesus , and shalt believe in thine heart that God

    raised him from tht dead , thou shalt be saved . " The Rev . James Scott preached from Prov , iv . 18 , " But the path of the just is as the shining light , that shineth more and more unto the perfect day " The ministers , ten in number , and their friends afterwards dined together , Archibald Keorick , Esq ., being in the Chair . -The Rev . J . Cooper and the Rev . J . H . Ryland were appointed to preach at the next lecture .

    It was stated by the Rev . Thomas Bowen , of Walsall , that the meetinghouse just erected in that town would be opened for public worship on Friday , October 26 th .. The Rev . James Scott

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    , and the Rev . John Kentish were to preach ( on the occasion . I ' J . H . B .

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    Opening of the Unitarian , Chapel at Northampton . Our readers will learn with pleasure the formation of a congregation for Unitarian worship at Northampton , the principal town of a county in which no society of that denomination has hitherto existed , and the opening of a chapel for their use , on Friday , September 21 st . This undertaking aroae from the » c-

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    Southern Unitarian Fund . The Annual Meeting of the Southern Unitarian Fund Society was held at Portsmouth , on Thursday , September the 20 th . The Rev . E . Kell conducted the devotional service , in the morning , ^ t the General Baptist Chapel ; and the Rev . T . W , Horsfield preached from 1 Cor . x . 41 , particularly insisting on the importance of glorifying God by just conceptions of his nature and attributes , and the diffusion of such sentiments

    amongst mankind . In the evening the Rev . J . Fullagar introduced the service at the Unitarian Chapel , High Street , and the Rev , T . W . Horsfield delivered an excellent sermon from Titusii . 11—14 , controverting a position lately advanced by a celebrated Review , " that morality has no necessary connexion with religion , " and ably illustrating the importance of enlightened views of religious truth to the promotion of superior excellence of heart and conduct . After

    divine service , in the morning , the Rev . Joseph Brent was called to the Chair , and the Rev . Russell Scott read the Report , from which it appearedy . that in addition to the " Fortnight Lecture , " supported at Portsmouth , during the winter , by the neighbouring ministers , several attempts had been made to introduce Unitarianism into towns

    destitute of scriptural worship , which had failed principally from the want of a missionary to carry them into effect . It was , therefore , unanimously resolved , ' * that the Committee be requested to correspond with the Secretary of the Sussex Unitarian Association ou the

    subject of supporting a Missionary by the joint efforts of the two Societies . " The members and friends of the Society afterwards dined together at the Fountain Inn , A Clarke , Esq ., of Newport , in the Chair , E . K .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 851, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/67/