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Wriglit , &c * The sentiments and healths given from the chair , were all Appropriate and pertinently introduced . A few of them deserve to be recorded : x . The cause of Religious Liberty , and Free Inquiry all over the world , a fas depending on the former , ) The
Unitarian Fund . 3 . The venerable Theophjlus L , indsey . Upon this revered name being announced from the chair , Mr . W . . Frefid rose , and > in an impressive speech , traced the history and described tjie character of Mr . JLindseyt Mis observations made a deep impress sion upon the company . 4 . The
memory of Dr . Priestley . Some anecdotes and remarks were brought forward in connexion with Dr . Priestley ' s name . j . " Our Workmen , and their Work . " This sentiment being introduced by the Chairman , was explained hy Mr . Christie to come from Mr . i , indsey , on a late occasion , in reference to the new
Version of the New Testament .- ^ The Mis ^ sionaries here addressed the CQmpany ; and their speeches ( viz . those of Messrs , Wright , Bennet , &c . ) were heard with heart-felt satisfaction . 6 . Mr * French v—This health was given by IV / Jr . Wright , with a handsome culogium Upon Mr . Frend , the disinterested , zealous , and learned defender of
Unitananism . The allusion to Mr . frond's early sacrifices and exertions appeared to affect that gentleman considerably ; as it raised tlie admiration of the whole of the company- Spme other sentiments and names were given by variolas persons , all bearing upon the object of the meeting and tending to promote it .
Several gentlemen addressed the company , . besides those already mentioned , and their addresses were iiniformiy ^ interesting . Messrs . D . Jones ( of Trew-Jjridge ) and J . Gisburne ( of Soham ) gave a particular account pf the state of Unitarianism in their respective
neighbourhoods . Mi . Rees made a mast animating address on the subject of the itate of opinion in Wales : as also Qn the subject of the JVtcnthly R ^ po ^ iory ^ which wa- given as a sentiment . Other names and particulars our limits prevent us from stating .
We never witnessed ( not exc ^ pting the meeting last year ) such a truly pleasant Christian meeting . Though the company was so very numerous , there
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y not only was no discordance , bet also the most perfect harmony . The chairman and the gentlemen of the coniniittec contributed materially to the pleasure of the day . The friends and managers of the Fund considered the scene at this second
public dinner , as decisive of the public opinion with regard to it : and they pronounced ( in the language of one of the speakers ) that it , had passed its ordeal . This account is purposely moderated . Every one of the company will bear witness that th £ relation falls short of , rather than exceeds , the real fact .
X&S . N . B . Care will be taken , to give otir brethren , in the country , early notice of the next Annual Meeting , at Whitsuntide , 1808 . On Wednesday Sept . 30 , 1 S 07 , the Ordination of Mr . Sbawarb , took place among the Protestant Dissenters
of the Presbyterian denomination , assembling for worship in the Old-M « etinjg house , Poole ^ Dorsetshire . Rev . Mr . liowell of Berc , commenced the service with reading the Scriptures , Rev . Air . P ' dweett of Bifid port ,: ^ frgaged in prayer , Rey . Edmund Butcher of Sidrnouth , stated the nature of a Christian
Church , asked the ¦ usual questions and offered the ordination prayer Rev . Thomas Thomas © f Warehanij g ^ ve the charge , Rev . T . Howe of Bridport , preached the sermori , and Rev . Jpseph Cornish of Colyton , concluded . The whole service was conducted with such
superior judgment , abiJLky , and seriousness , ^ s to afford the highest gratiAcation to a very numerous audience . The highly respectable character * that have composed this congregation for a series of years , have eminently distinguished themselves as inflexible fr ^' ends , of both civil and religious liberty ; a disposition which still prevails . After
the Rev , William Lamport left Poolc for Lancaster upwards of sixteen months elapsed before lyTr . S . arrived . During that period the service was regularly carried on by Mr . Elson , a young gentleman of the congregation , who met with the highest approbation due to an enliglitencd mind , a sound judgment , and ^ heart influenced by every virt ^ oi ^ principle .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1807, page 558, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2385/page/50/
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