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minster Shorter C&teehtsm , that £ 0 M arethrmpirsoniintM ^ dkead ^ the Father , the 8 on % drnd tJkaHQfyj&hpitjkmd ? tke&ith ^ tow m @& $ , f tJm same in substance , equkl Mi power md jfory ;? Ha * nd that the members now absent be and ate fee ^ bydiredted ^ to attend the next meeting of the Synod , to express their belief concerning the foregoing doctrines ; and that such of them as do not attend , shall send to * said meeting an explicit deckration of their
sentiments on this important point , which declaration shall be addressed to the clerk . " This having been agreed to * one hundred and seventeen ministers out of one hundred and thirty-fotrr , and ^ eigMeen out of forty-nine elders , voted Believe ; two ministers voted Not ? fom witlfodvexr before the question ; and eight declined voting . Of these s fourteen / ten signed the protest which we annexed to the debate , arid were jbiae'dJby ^ five elders . It must be recorded to the honour of Mr . Brown , Minister of Tub ^
bermore , that though an avowed Catvinist , he refused the test on the jtfriitcipfe of objecting to any human formulary , and we believe others Wotikkftave joined him , if they had not been induced to consent to the measu ^ * before they were aware of its consequences . We pass over the reports' of 4 he Examination Committees , but are induced to notice a paragraph ) whiebf succeeds them , from which we learn that exertions are makmg-fcb prbctir ©
historical accounts of the several congregations ; and that these accounts m ^ to -be ? transmitted to the Rev . R . Hogg . This gentleman , who resides at Armagh , Ibas lately made himself the subject of much remark by his oppfri sition lo Catholic emancipation ; but though his conduct on this and omet occasions cannot meet our approbation , we think it a duty to observe , that he has beenispoltennor" as a useful member of the Synod , particularly for attention <[ & the details of business : and the situation which he holds m
Deputy Astonomer at Armagh , may be considered as a proof of his scientific attainment . ' If lie can ; prevail on his brethren to furnish him with all the particulars which can be yet collected , ^~ for much , we fear , is past reco ^ very , he will render an important service to the body of which he is a member . ¦ ¦ , i \ 'j <}\ - - ! . n , ^ ' : * , . . ¦ . . . . .. . . , » . ¦ - The Report of the Committee for managing the Divinity Professorship shews either great poverty or great want of exertion . Though twenty-five
students paid fees of two guineas eadv and though the whole payment does n © t exceed £ 100 per annum , yet the interest of the fund collected and the subscriptions have not enabled the Committee to pay this sum , for we find a debt acknowledged to the Professor of £ 160 17 $ . 5 c ? . Irish currency . This is not a state of things honourable to the bod y > and would be a very poor return for the great labour of the Professor , if he did not find pleasure
in performing the duties of so honourable an employment . —After the Report of the Home Mission Society , another instance of the spirit by which many of the members of the Synod were actuated , was furnished by an amendment moved to the resolution for continuing the Committee of last year , " that no AfM ^ b ^ admitted on the Committee / ' This amendment , however , was n ^ t ^ d ? ' afl ( jl another afterwards carried , " that the Committee of last ye ^ r ^ b ^^ conjl flniu ed , with the exception of Mr . Cooke . " The first amendment at
waft i ^ imed M ** -Montgomery , and its rejection produced another protest , w 4 afofr was ^ signed ' only by twelve ministers and thre S e elders . Mr ; € d 6 kte , vfe km ^ fbrth X ^ d ; has since established a Mission ^ ety of iifcj d # ti , th £ ° Ww * Pl , iffify $ s . to preach within the bounxfe o { U ^ ^ i ^ p ^^!^ ' ^ con ^ v ^ s , tQ bQ destitulie ot gospekpreacfiing * We doinot wish totapeafciof this ; gentleman with harshness ; > he ; is undoubtedly- aiman of great ability > andw ' do > notj ^ ed « 6 n * h ^^ itti ^ rity <> f hy'iieaj ^ b ^ like ^ tod MM FulleV
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 912, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/56/
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