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MEETING QF UNITARIANS AT DANVERS, U, S.
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FNITAHIAN CH ^ OKICLE . 217
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v twice' during-the-la&fe year I have been admonished , by suddeii and severe illness , of the tenure by which I hold my life in this world , constrains me to urge again my strong desire , that some one should take my place in this ministry , to whom 1 may act as an assistant from house to house , and on whom may devolve the whole duties of the chapel . Not
only would my life be rendered far happier could I pass the remnant of it in this relation with one who could bear the full beat and burden of the day , but with far greater happiness should I then look to its close . * But all is in His hands whose praise we seek / Six , besides myself , are now employed wholly as ministers of . the
poor in this city ; and not less active than either of fis iii this field of duty is Mr . Taylor , the seamens' preacher and friend . We have good , reason , therefore , to beli eye that __ this ministry will be one of our permanent institutions . —It . has-conducTed -to -very great good ; and- if fit instruments shall be obtained for it , and it shall be wisely conducted , it will never
want either public approbation or patronage . May the Lord of the harvest raise up for us and send forth new and more efficient labourers into this department of his harvest ! Respectfully , Joseph Tucicerman . Boston , May 5 , 1832 ,
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very impressive remarks on the ob- * ject of the meeting and the duty of Unitarians to make exertions for the spread of a pure and scriptural faith . Hon . Robert Rantoul , of Beverly , was then called to the chair , and John Walsh , Esq ., of Danvers , chosen secretary * The foliowinar resolutions were
passed unanimously : — Resolved ^ —That the recent indications of an increased interest in the promotion of Unitarian . Christianity in the county of Essex , deserve our sympathy , and require our efforts , in aid of the infant societies , which have been or are about being formed . Resolved , —That Unitarian
Christianity demands of those who profess it , a ready and untiring devotion to the diffusion of its principles and the promotion of its interests . Voted , —That the Chairman , Hon . Mr . Phillips and Rev , Mr . Thomp- . son , of ~ -Sa 4 em Revr Mr , Sewalland Dr . Nichols , of Danvers , J ) e a
committee to correspond with the several Unitarian Societies in . the county , to secure their co-operation in the objects of this meeting , and to provide for holding another at some convenient time and place , as they shall propose . The proceedings throughout were such as to excite the highest and best Christian sympathy and zeal in the ~ cause of evangelical truth and practical piety .
The doxology , beginning with the words * From all that dwell below the skies , ' was sung in conclusion , and the meeting was dissolved ,
dr . Nichols's remarks , T ^ e . meeting fyejng organised by the appointment of a chairman and secretary—Dr . Nichols , of Danvers , addressed the meeting on the objects for which they had assembled , and stated , in a
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A meeting of the friends of Liberal Christianity in the county of Essex , was held at the church of Rev . JVIr , Sewajl , in panvers , on IVTonday £ Sth great number of persons from
diiferent .. tQwii ^ Jn - the . yfcto . ^' . The Rev . Mr . Thayer , of Beverly , commenced the meeting % with religious services : and after a hymn had been sung by the choir , the Rey . Mr , ISewall , of Danyers , offered some
Meeting Qf Unitarians At Danvers, U, S.
MEETING QF UNITARIANS AT DANVERS , U , S .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1832, page 217, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1823/page/9/
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