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THIS 3MDGEWATEII CONGREGATION.
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WARWICKSIHRE UNITARIAN ^ TRACT SOCIETY,
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168 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE .
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and Samuel Say Toms , The simple , impressive , and affecting earnestness of the venerable Mr . Toms , " the Patriarch of the District , " and the brilliance of Mr . Esdail ' s eloquence , must have left a lasting interest with all who heard them .
This 3mdgewateii Congregation.
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The Rev . William Steill Brown has resigned the charge of the B ridge - water congregation , and has removed
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The Twenty-sixth Annual General Meeting of the Unitarian Tract Society , established in Birmingham for Warwickshire and the neighbouring counties , was held at Wolverhampton , on Tuesday , July 31 , 1832 . In the morning , there was a religious service at the recently-erected chapel
in Snow-Hill . The Rev . Samuel Bache , of Birmingham , conducted the devotions of the congregation , and the Rev . Richard Astley , of Shrewsbury , delivered a very able and judicious discourse , from Romans x . 9 . The business of the Society was then transacted , when several new names were added to the lisi ; of
subscribers . Between thirty and forty gentlemen afterwards dined together . Joseph Pearson , Esq ., in the chair . The meeting was addressed by the Rev . R . Astley , Rev . S . Bache , Rev . T . Davis , of Evesham , Rev . H . Hutton , Rev . S . Hunter , Rev . R . Kell , Rev . J . Kentish , Rev . R . Lloyd , and Rev . J . R . Wreford , and other erentlemen . The day was spent
agreeably and profitably . Many great topics of common interest were dwelt on by the several speakers with much animation , and an increasing attachment to the grand cause of truth , righteousness , and freedom was , it is hoped , promoted by the services and employments of the day . j . R . Wr is ford , Secretary .
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with his family to'America : Jhe sailed . from Bristol on the 14 th of August , in the Pilot , for Boston . The congregation have sustained a serious loss in his removal , and will long and deeply regret the departure of a Minister , who united with talents
of a very high order a kind and amiabrle—disposition-r ^ that—^ woi *— the — hearts of all who had the happiness of knowing him : that the attachment was mutual may be seen from the following letters . The first is from the Minister to the congregation , announcing his intended departure . { Bridgewater , July 15 th , 1 JJ 32 . ' To the Congregation assembling in Christ Church Chapel .
1 My dear Friends , —Although it is known to most , if not all of you , that it is my intention shortly to leave England , yet , in the situation in which 1 stand as your Minister , there is undoubtedly a propriety in making a more formal announcement of that intention . 4 Those of you with whom I have enjoyed jth-e pleasure of daily , and almost hourly , intercourse , must be well aware how long and how profoundly I have admired the religious ,
moral , and political situation of the United States , and how earnestly I have wished , both for myself and children , to enjoy a situation so favourable in my opinion to the happy development of the moral and intellectual character . I think I now perceive my course clearly marked out , leading to the attainment of larger means of usefulness and comfort to myself , and ultimately to a degree of prosperity to my children , which in this , my native land , it would he absurd to anticipate .
* I cannot separate myself from friends with whom I have lived in such a delightful interchange of kindness and affection ,- —who have heaped upon me kindnesses I am well aware far beyond my deserts , —without expressing my deep and lasting gratitude , and assuring them that , whatever distance may separate us , I
Warwicksihre Unitarian ^ Tract Society,
WARWICKSIHRE UNITARIAN ^ TRACT SOCIETY ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1832, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1819/page/24/
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