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the helm of the universe watches over the cause of divine truth , giving energy to its progress , and will give , till it has searched and cleansed every thing corrupt in principle and practice , till it has subverted the
dominions of ignorance and error , emancipated their captives , and set them freeJnJhcgloriojusJibertyLof jChrist Take courage then , my Christian brethren , persevere unto the end , and heaven will seal your work with her blessing . I hope my young friends will continue to interest themselves in the spiritual renovation of mankind . May they long feel the value of religion , that , as they grow in stature , they may advance in divine knowledge , and in favour both with God and man . May you all , both old and young , study to
be useful and kind one to another ; earnest and unwearied in the service of our divine Master * that when you meet around the throne , you may be welcomed with that gratefuttribute of approbation , ¦ * Well done , good . and faithful servant , enter into the joy of your Lord . ' - Finally , brethren ,
farewell . Be perfect , be of good comfort , be of one mind , live in peace , and the God of love and peace shall be with you . Believe me , My Christian brethren , Yours in the service of Christ , James Taplin . Honiton , March 24 , 1832 .
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56 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE ,
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To the Editor of the Unitarian Chronicle . March 27 , 1832 . Sir , —The following account of the manner in which our Lewins Mead
congregation employed the late Fastday , may not , I think , be uninteresting to the readers of the ' Chronicle ;' and I ardently desire to see such meetings as that I am about to describe , more generally adopted among
our congregations at large . We are , as a body , so much already , and may be still more , cut off from cooperation and social union with our orthodox brethren , that it is peculiarly important that we promote that union among ourselves .
It had been thought proper to hol , d a morning service in our chapel , on th ^ T ^ sl ^ dayT ^ n ^^ I ^ tliinMt ^ n et the wishes of the majority of the congregation ; not ( I would have it distinctly understood ) because government ordered it , but because it appeared to them a very fit way of
spending a portion of a day which was almost necessarily held as a holyday , and because they were glad to unite with so many thousands of their fellow countrymen , as would that day be offering up their prayers and supplications to their common Father
for the welfare and prosperity of their beloved country . Whatever , however , might be the reason , a very good congregation assembled , and a most admirable sermon was preached by Dr . Carpenter . ~ ¦ - The circumstance of the day ' s being one of entire freedom from business
was taken advantage of by the respective Committees of our Gongrega- * tional Library and Fellowship Fund for holding their Annual Meetings ; and , on the suggestion of one or two
of our younger friends , it was determined that the members of each , with any other members of the congregation , should meet together in the evening , and take tea together in one of their school rooms .
Accordingly , at half-past five , after holding the library meeting , between forty and fifty gentlemen sat down to ( I believe ) the Jirst congregational tea meeting ever held at Lewins Mead . The plan had notr been generally known , or doubtless the numbers would have
been much more considerable . After some very interesting remarks from Dr . Carpenter * , on the great utility of such meetings , by the bonds of union which they form , both among the * Mr , Rows was too unwell to attend .
Bristol.
BRISTOL .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1832, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1811/page/8/
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