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has engaged to preach on that occasion . YORK ACADEMY—On Sunday , the 29 th of Mareh 3 a Sermon % vas preached at the New Meeting in Birming ham , from Ephes . iv . 11 , 12 , 13 * by the Rev Dr . Toulrnin , in favour of this Institution , at the request of the vestry committee . The collection at the doors after service , and some
benefactions received since , amounted to £ 47 . 18 . 8 . ' 1 he aid afforded to this Institution by different congregations and many individuals , doth credit to the class of dissenters , from whence it comes . But it should be remembered by them and be held up to the attention of the public , 'that tke youth , educated fos- the
ministry in this seminary , are not , and ought not , to be considered as pledged to support , in future life 3 a scheme of bentixnents which may suit the taste and . views of its patrons . They are confident , that no other bias will be given to . the judgment of the students in it , by the worthy and liberal president , than
what ariseth from the fair , impartial and forcible statement of arguments . They wish that discussion may not be anticipated , through youthful preci pitancy , by hasty and premature decision . They promise themselves , that the young men , who enter that seminaiy , free f-oui the shackles of subscription fo articles that they have . never studied , will be ai . > post'd >
aswellas beatliberty and invited , to pursue their enquiries , calmly and deliberate iy , weighing the arguments on each side of a question with caie , equity and candour . r i hey promise themselves , that the students at the York seminary , will act , in their ~ enquiries , upon the general principles of dissenters and protestants ; disclaiming human authority in
matters of religion , maintaining the ? iiffLieney 6 f scripture , exercising" the li ^ l . t of private judgment , piousiy solicitous to recover and preserve the ur : corrupted purity and glory of the gospel , anci adhering to the authority of Christ , as the ««/ y lawgiver in his kingdom . Titest its ^ jpat ; ons will , with cordial approbation reflect , are the principles , on vvhi . h their churches and seminaries are
founded . These are the principles which Evidently tend to enlighten and emancipate the human mind ; the e ai c the principles , which give scope to th-t ; investi gation x > f truth and to the force of
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evidence . Their churches and thpir ? eminaries are the guardians and barriers of these sacred principles . It itf a j ^ reat and beneficial service to the world and to the cause of truth to open and support seminaries , which will teach and disseminate these principles , and upon them form youth for the pulpit .
GENERAL BAPTISTS' ASSEMBLY . —On Tuesday , May 19 th , the annual Assembly of the General Bapti-ts was held at Worshi p Street , London . The meeting was attended more numerously , by the Elders and Representatives of the Churches , than is u ual , This anrient and respectable
denomination of Christians is much increasing , and has been so for some years past . i he bond of their union , beside bapti in 011 ^ profession of faith , is a ^ onfe sion that Jesus isthe Christ , and a practical regard to his precepts , though some of the chur > lies have long practised mixed communion of baptists and pcedo baptists On the present occasion , the Sermon wa %
preached by the Rev . A . Bennett , of Dichling , Sussex , from the question of bu Lor ^ i ) the P . u . ris ¦ e ^ C ricernirig * the JVlessiah , whose Son i ^ he ? in answer tfr which the preacher attempted to p . o ^ fk ^ that Jesus ? u + rs the favitiwatg Sou of Joe ph . The discourse produced a strong sen s ation . The Rev . rvlr . Vv . i ^ -ht vt \ ¥ i > -
beach drew up the annual letter , on tf . f use of reason in religion . We unders ' and that , both the Sermon and the Letter will be speedily published .
POLI'l ICO-RELIGIOUS . EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY IN RUSSIA . —it appears ih the coup e of last year , 1806 , that arnongthe deaths in that extensive empire , there
were , one between 145 and 150 years ok »«•( . •; one between 130 and 135 ; four from 1 ^ 5 to 130 ; six from 120 to 125 ; t ) iirty-two from 1 15 to 1 zo ; twenty-. six from lib to 115 ; eighty-six from 105 to no ; one hundred and tlii . tysevrh from 100 to 10 ^ ; and eleven
hundred anu foity-four from 95 to 100 years oi iio-e . r RMPRROR OF FRANCE having lately heard that two children , a . boy ami a g irl , dc .-: cen < led in a direct line iVom the great Cornciile , were livu . g with an aiii . t of 1 heir ' s at Paris , who was in nurrow / circumstances , he , in the f : r .-. t j-. la . fjLr , provided for her . and the ^ nl <
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/59/
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