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from Heb . x . 25 , on the duty of the members of a Christian society to cultivate a spirit of affectionate concern in each other ' s welfare , and on the advantages of co-operation in the cause of truth and holiness . The preacher observed , that the text did not refer exclusively to meetings for religious worship on the Lord ' s-day , but to other
social meetings for various purposes , which were common in the early ages of Christianity , and which , had they been continued , would probably have tended much to preserve the purity of the Christian doctrine . In the evening , nearly eighty members of the congregation drank tea together , and many interesting addresses were delivered . Particulaf reference was made to an Infant
Unitarian causje in the neighbouring town of Bra din ^ , ' where for some time past a regular service has been conducted by one of the members of the Newport congregation , and with considerable prospect of success . The company separated highly pleased with the harmony and Christian feeling which pervaded the meeting , and happy in the prospect of uniting together on a similar occasion in future years , thus to provoke one another to love and to good works . "
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Removals and Settlement of Unitarian Ministers . The Rev . Benjamin Mardon , of Maidstone , has accepted the pastorship of the General Baptist Congregation in Worship Street , London , vacant by the death of the late Dr . Evans . Upon his settlement , in January next , he will , we are informed , commence a course of evening lectures , the subjects of which will be duly advertised .
The Rev . T . Horsfield has accepted an invitation from the congregation at Tauuton to be the colleague of Dr . Davies . The Rev . A . Melville has beeu unanimously chosen pastor of the Unitarian Congregation at Ipswich , vacant by the death of Mr . P hilp , Jun . Mr . Philp , Sen ., has removed from Falmouth to Lincoln , where he succeeds Mr . Jones , who has gone to America .
Mr . Talbot , who lately finished his education at York , has settled at Tentenden , as the colleague of the Bev . L . H olden . Mr . Chee , of Preston , has been chosen to succeed the late Mr . VVawne , at Bridport . Mr . Tagart has resigned his situation as the pastor of the Octagon congregation , Norwich .
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Intelligence . —Ireland . 931
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IRELAND . Monet / more Presbyterian Congrega * tion and the Drapers Company . A most extraordinary attempt ha » been lately made by the Irish agent of the Drapers' Company , backed by a deputation of the court , to interfere with the rights of the Congregation of Moneymore , in the appointment of its minister .
Moueymore is a village on the Irish estates of the Drapers' Company . Some years ago they erected here a large chapel for the Presbyterian congregation . Soon , afterwards the old minister , Mr . Moore , retired , and the congregation chose , as his successor , the Rev . John Barnett . Mr . Barnett was , it seems , a friend to Catholic emancipation . This ,, in the estimation of Mr . Miller , the agent of the Drapers'
Company , a member of the Established Church , was a deep blemish in his character , and he made it the ground of an . attempt to prevent his being ordained by the Tyrone Presbytery . In this * however , he was defeated , and Mr . Barnett was ordained . Disappointed in this measure , he now conjured up another charge ; Mr . Barnett was hostile to the Established Church . He had , it was alleged , affirmed , in a private company , that he believed the Established Church to
be a limb of Antichrist . Mr . Miller reported this offensive declaration to ; a deputation of the Drapers' Company then iii Ireland , consisting of Mr . R . Borrodaile , Mr . Stouard , and Mr . Trimby ; who , strange to say , on being satisfied of the truth of the charge , gave notice to the
congregation that they most dismiss Mr . Barnett or quit the new chapel ! adding , that if Mr . Barnett were not dismissed , they should never obtain from the Company an inch of land on which to build another chapel !
This gross infringement of the rights of their body was taken up with great spirit by the Tyrone Presbytery , and by the fixed Committee of the Synod . After thoroughly investigating the matter , the latter body agreed unanimously to transmit a memorial and remonstrance on the
subject to the Court of Assistants of the Drapers' Company in London . This document was intrusted to the very excellent and able moderator , the Rev . J . S . Reid , who was directed to proceed with it to London forthwith . Mr . Heid immediately acted on his instructions . He laid the case before the Court , and after several extraordinary meetings , at which it was warmly discussed , he succeeded in the object of his mission , and ob-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 931, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/75/
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