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Christian minister for nearly two years , on the alternate Sabbaths in our church , without any pecuniary reward , we beg you to accept of our united , warmest , . and most sincere thanks and acknowledgments , as a tribute of respect for your very useful
services among us . Poor indeed is this mark of esteem and regard which we ^ now- "offerr ~ when-eompared"with the talents , learning and ability which you possess , and also the time , intense study , deep research and close apph > cation , that must have been given to the discourses with which we were
favoured during the period of your visiting us . When we connect with this your exemplary conduct coupled with your excellent precepts , the duty becomes more imperative on our part , to express the great estimation in wliieh we held your ministry , in the most momentous and distinguished work of our eternal salvation . We are
however sensible that the best and most satisfactory offer we can make will be by showing our growth in Christ Jesus , our union and advancement in true wisdom and righteousness . Time , we are persuaded , will prove , that your labours in this the most
desirable of . all things have not been altogether in vain , as we trust , with the blessing of God , they will eventually spring up like good seed sown in good ground , and bring forth abunr dantly . Could you be convinced that such would be the fruits of what we
believe to be your earnest solicitude 9 it would , if possible , give a fresh zest , energy and zeal to your future endeavours . We hope that wherever , under divine providence , you may be placed , your audience may rightly discern and
duly appreciate your _ serYices , and so improve by them , that they may rise to a still greater height in the scale of religious truth , proving to all around them , that , by your instrumentality , they have received , in deed and in truth , the Lord Jesus Christ , and do walk in him ; thia we picay , not only
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fo , r their comfort , but being confident that , wherever you are , it will alsoadd to your own . That the God you serve may ever be with and bless you , and yours , through Jesus Christ our Saviour , is our earnest prayer . Signed in behalf of the above-, named church .
John Edwards , Elder . 9 John Plomley , \ n Thomas Jameson , C ueacom
With about 50 other signatures . REPLY . To the Northiam Unitarian Society , My Christian Brethren , I can return you no thanks adequate to the very kind and flattering sentiments which you have been pleased to express towards me . Humble and
imperfect as my services have been , I hope I can affirm , without any pre * sumptuous feeling , that they have always emanated from an earnest and sincere desire to promote the honour of God , tlie purity of the gospel , and the happiness of my fellowcreatures .
The connexion which for some time past has subsisted between us will long be cherished in my memory with gratitude and delight . A minister ' s life is at the best an anxious and a
toilsome one » but when cheered with the approbation of those for whom he labours , his duties , though arduous , become easy , and he is enabled to sustain his warfare against sin and corruption with alacrity , and vigour .
I gladly embrace this opportunity of bearing testimony to the many acts of kindness which I have received from you , and , above all , to your zealous co-operation „ in all my plans
for the diffusion of pure and undefined religion . Although the present may be to you the day of small things , yet there ia reason to . anticipate that your united and persevering labours will not be in vain in the Lord . It is cheering tq know that lie who guides
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UNITARIAN CHRONICLE . $$
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1832, page 55, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1811/page/7/
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