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    small society < dI Metfeo # st IMta * rians , who sssiemibile in ^ a neat ehapel erected about seven year ^ a ^ , where there is & morning and 6 v 0 riing service ; it is sup ^ liej oceasionalif in the evening by R ^ BiCar ^ enter , but principally by 3 Vfr / Jomat ^ an HolnleSj a lav-minister ; and latterlv by Edward

    Hawskley , a young man , who assists him during one part of the day . The average number of attendants is from 20 to 30 . A Sunday school for boys and girls containing 100 to 120 . At Mansfield there is an old-established chapel and congregation , under the pastoral care of the Rev . John Williams . is

    Th ^ ere no other congregation or society of Unitarian Christians In Nottinghamshire , ' But thoseaiSo ^ e ^ mentioned . There was | prm 6 rly a Presbyterian congregiation at Button * in Ashfieidj und ^ r the care of JDr . Davies , now one of the medical professors ^ of ^ the ^ ondon ^ lJniversitjyv but I believe it is entirely extinct , and has been for some years .

    Devonshire . HoNlTON . James Taplin ; 100 $ F ; h ' , S , 30 boys and girls , Sussex ,. HoRSHAMi GB ; Thomas Sadler and R . AshdoWne ; 150 j ( no Jfftiiito a Missionary and Tract ( Society ) .

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    On Sunday , September 23 d , a sihall but neat chapel was opened for religious , services at Ro ' yston ; Hertfordshire , when two ser ^ Mons we ' re deliy . eradit ^ : j ; HeJ ^ Soham ^—fthat in the morningi on the love of God and men , from

    Mattix ? cii ? 3 ^ -40 . •¦ The preacher endeavonred to < show , that th ^ e views entertained by Christian Unitajcians of thei Divine perfections ' ¦ and- eha * > racter are highly impdrtanit » as * they tend to . ipromote opedlfeflee > to % &

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    two great eommand ^ tentff , therefore Ibhat they are worthy of the most cordiai aceejitation , a stead y professionj and of zeal for their diffusion , and concluded with an address suitable to the occasion . In the afternoon the discourse was on the importance of not being

    ashamed of the Gospel , from the words of the Apostle Paul , in his Epistle to the Romans i . 16 . The nature , design , and efficacy of the Gospel were taken into consideration , after which it was shown that the doctrines held arid espoused by Uni--tarians are in accordance with it ; in particular , that they comport with the primary meaning of the word gospel , i . e . ' good news , ' but that

    some which are considered by many Ihe peculiar ^ doctrines of the Gospel are contrary thereto ; the folly and injurious tendency of being ashamed Of it , were pointed out ; arid an exhortation given to an imitation of 3 ? atii ^ to-be-like him ^ ready-to say"I am not ashamed of the Gospel , " and to prove the sincerity of such a declaration by the temper and conduet .

    On the following Sunday morning service was again conducted by the Revi W ; Glack , the discourse founded on Matt , xxii ., 41-46 . Afe the close o £ the service the Lord's Supper was administered , when ten united in partaking of it . In the afternoon , -ReV ^ C ^ B ^ ell& r- ^^ Av officiated , and deliveiped an excellent discourse - on the value of Christian zeal , from Galls iv . 18 , Thus the wish of several friends of IJiiitariariism at RoYStdn , land its

    vicinity ; for a chapel in which they ^ g ^ $ j ^ g ^| gb [ l 6 ipjr jj ^ e wplshjp of th € i ya&h ^ rj and aitendupon services cotig ( inial Do their views and feelings , has been accomplished . They were cheered b y the congregations exceeding their expectations , and the pleasing prospect afforded of their efforts to establish a Christian Unitarian church ^ proving successful .

    Rqystom.

    RQYSTOM .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1832, page 235, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1823/page/27/