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    immediately make returns to this Committee of the number of seatholders , and others , for whom they respectively officiate : and that the Committee shall take such steps as may seem expedient to them , in consequence of these returns .

    Mr . Charles M'Alister , a student of ^ thTee ^ years' ^ standfiTgr ^ vho — has ~ hitherto been under the care of the Presbytery of Bangor , in connexion with the General Synod of Ulster , having expressed his wish to be taken under the care of the Remonstrant

    Synod , was placed , at his own request , under the care of the Remonstrant Presbytery of Bangpr . At twelve o ' clock , the Rev . Mr . Glenny preached an eloquent and impressive sermon , from Matthewxx . chap . 26 th , 27 th , and 28 th verses . The Reverend preacher took an

    opportunity of tracing the progress of that departure from the simplicity of the Gospel , which grew tip , as he alleged , into the unsciriptyral domination of the Church of Rome ; and , which , since the days of the Reformation , has continued to infect the Christian Church . The Rev .

    Gentleman proceeded to show , at great length , and with much ability , the evils which have resulted from the assumptionj ^ th ^ unscriptural power , by some portions of the people , of deciding on the points of faith which it is necessary that all who attached themselves to the Christian Church

    should hold . The result respecting Mr . M'Clean and the congregation of Creggen was , that a Committee of the Synod was appointed to meet at Creggen ,

    on Friday , the 27 th instant , to institute a rigid investigation into all the clr&uWW ^ es ^ yhi ^ lTledXh&tW ' n ^ r ^ gation to secede from the Synod of Ulster , and to request to be taken under the care of the Remonstrants .

    On Thursday morning , the Synod met at ten o ' clock . After the reading of the minutes of the last Session , a letter was read from the Rev . George Harris , of Glasgow , as Secretary of

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    the Scottish Unitarian Association , containing a resolution , passed at the last meeting of that Society , congratulating the Remonstrants on the victory which they had achieved over reli gious bigotry and intolerance . A letter from the Rev . James

    Armstrong , Clerk of the Synod of Mun"Ster 7 ^ vas "" aiFO ^ reud ~ froTn ^~ which ~ - appeared , that that Synod approved of the triennial meeting of the three non-subscribing bodies , ( the two Synods and the Presbytery of Antrim , ) proposed by the Remonstrants , at their last meeting ; but expressed a doubt of the possibility of effecting so desirable an object , from the local situation of the several bodies . The

    Synod of Munster , however , expressed a wish , that a deputation of the Remonstrants might be appointed to attend their next meeting in Dublin , and to confer with them upon this subject . In consequence of this request , Messrs . Porter arid Blakely were appointed to attend , the next annual meeting of the Synod of Munster .

    Mr . Montgomery , in an eloquent speech , directed the attention of the Synod to the necessity of providing , with all possible speed , adequate theological instruction for the students under their care . At the same time

    he pointed out to them the impossibility of appointing a respectable permanent teacher of theology during the present winter ; and concluded by proposing , as a temporary expedient , until the Synod might be in a situation to make such an appointment , that a Committee be named to consult with the Presbytery of Antrim , and to obtain from them aid and

    counsel , in the theological instruction of theirstudents , during * the ensuing-Session . To this proposition the Synod unanimously acceded . A conversation of considerable length took place , respecting the Fund of the ** Association for the

    Protection of the Rights of Conscience / ' and the steps which should be taken by the Synod for increasing-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1832, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1819/page/19/