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    of this congregation , "b y the machinations of interfering strangers , who , Laving long hovered over this peaceful and happy vineyard in vain , during the life of its late guardian , seemed

    anxious to gratify their malevolent purposes , on his demise , by instantly thrcFwmg' ^ in—theH 3 rand ~~ of—dis got 4 .-Their difficulties , however , had served to "bind the people more cordially together , to separate the chaff from the wheat , the sound from

    the unsound ; and it was worth their while to have been delayed , that they might obtain a minister so likely to dwell in the hearts of his ilock , and to promote their interests both temporal and spiritual , as the man with whom , on this happy day , they were connected . He would , therefore ,

    give' The health and happiness of their new pastor , Mr . Crozier ; welcome among us ; and may the work of the ministry prosper in his hands . ' Mr . Crozier spoke nearly as follows : —Sir , in rising to return my acknowledgments for the toast which

    has been so kindly given , and so cordially received , by this respectable assembly , I assure you I labour under considerable emotion , arising , in the first instance , from a lively sense of the kind reception J have met with , from those whom I have the pleasure to regard as my future brethren , . friends , and parishioners ; and , in

    the next place , from the difficulty I feel in giving due expression to all that it becomes me to say on so important an occasion . I owe it to the congregation of Kilmore to record my sense of the kindness and unanimity with which they ha , ve invited me to become their minister ; and to assure them , that I entertain

    towards them every sentiment of regard and esteem . I trust these feelings will be heightened as our acquaintance becomes more intimate ; and that our future connexion will be cemented by those pleasing and happy bonds of union , which must « ver subsist between a conscientious

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    minister , and a worthy and cordial people . I do , indeed , look forward , with much confidence , to realize those pleasing prospects ; and , it is with such views , rather than from desires of worldly advantage , that I have undertaken the pastoral charge -oiLjjh is __ respj ? £ i ^^

    Several circumstances present themselves to my mind , on which I ground my expectations of satisfaction and comfort , in my future ministry . The spot which we at present occupy recalls many of my early recollections . The years of my boyhood were passed

    in thi ^ place—— under preceptors whose memory I truly revere—at a s emi n ary which i s now no more , b ut which was , for many years , a blessing to the country round ; and the fame of which is impefishably recorded in the classic annals of the

    north of Ireland . During my stay I experienced mue , h kindness from the inhabitants of this neighbourhood , and ~ time has-not obliterated these early impressions . I rejoice to renew them after the lapse of years . I am happy to see many whom I then knew , still surviving ,

    though now wearing the honours of the hoary head , and others of my own standing advanced to the maturity of vigorous and respectable manhood . I have received many cordial greetings on the score of old acquaintance , and I regard these kind reminiscences as a favourable

    omen of good feeling towards me , now that it has pleased Providence again to place me among my early friends , in different circumstances , and in an important relation . Another ground of pleasure and satisfaction to my . min $ , ^ is , the well-known independence of

    the community amongst whom I am called to labour * They are of that important and valuable class of society who are the substantial strength and sinews of the country . Inhabiting a fertile district , under the fostering care of one of the most patriotic men and best landlords

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    . ^ 48 VU NITARIAN CHRONICLE .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 248, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/8/