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THE WILTSHIRE CONFERENCE of General baptists . — -vhu conference meets twice a year , viz . a the spring * and falL The spring meeting for this year was held atWcdmore in Somerset hire * , on Easter Tuesday and Wednesday ; and , considering the distance which tbe ministers and some of
die hearers rad to travel , was very respectably attended * Three discourses on givin subjects were delivered , "viz . on public ivorshlp— -spiritual iominunion— -and the reivitrds of the christian ministry . The first subject was treated © n Tuesday evening by Mr , Aldridge , of JLyndt ^ urst ;
the secoed on Wednesday afternoon by Mr . Jones , of Trowbridge , and the third on the same evening by Mr , Smedley , of Downton . The morning part of Wednesday was , as usual , devoted to business , in transacting which much harmony prevailed , and the intelligence received from the different churches in
the connexion was , upon the v ^ hole , pleasing . The conference closed with the celebration of the L-orcl's Supper , to witness which nearly the whole of a numerous company of hearers staid ; and , from the r serious attention , there is reason to believe it wiLl be a season long remembered . . . . N . B . Wedmore is one of the churches
that are patronized by the Unitarian Fund , where the assistance of that Institution has been of very essential service ; and it may be proper to remark , that when Mr Jones reported the determination of the committee of that fund to continue their aid , several of the members shed tears of joy .
The autumnal meeting was held at Iwerne , in Dorsetshire , on the two last days of September , and was conducted nearly in . the same manner as that at "Wedrnore . The give * subjects for the three discourses were M Fuitb *'—* '
Resignation " — and u The willingness of Ged to rccciin penitent sinners .. * JVfr . Jones treated the first subject on Tuesday evening $ Mr . Smedley , the second on Wednesday afternoon , and , in lieu of
Mr . Kingsford * of Portsca , Mr . Aid ridge undertook the third the same evening . Thsn followed , as on former occasions , the celebration of the Lord ' s Supper , which , from its being done in a private house and at a late hour , naturallybrought to mind the commencement of
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the institution by our Saviour . and his disciples in the tapper chamber , as well as the manner in which it appears to have been generally observed , by € 3 * £ primitive Ch ; i $ tians . From the reports delivered of tilt state of the different churches in the
connexion , it appeared that nearly all of ( hem had had an increase since th ^ last meeting , and that harmony and tranquillity generally prevailed ; that though the society at Iwerne had hitherto been without a meet ing-house , yet it Was prosperous , and from the promised exertions of a few well-wisher s « - > to the
cause , it had reason to expect that its present disadvantage would soon be removed * Among other resolutions passed , it was aereed to hold the next conference
at Salisbury : the order of the subjects and preacher 6 to be as follows ; Acojicilhtiojt" Mr . Kingsford ;• * ' Improve ment of tinted Mr . Aldiidge , and « ' CbrUtian union !* Mr . Jones .
BAPTIST MJSSIQN IN INDIA . — We look with considerable interest towards this Mission . Mr . Carey , who is at the head of it , is an extraordinary man , haying raised himself by his indefatigable industry from the situation oi a mean artificer in an English village , to a post of literary eminence in BengaL He is Professor of the Shanscrit and
Bengalee languages in the College at Calcutta . Jl / r . Manbman ^ nd the othef missionaries appear to follow vejy closely the steps of Carey , and either are , or promise to be , learned in Oriental languages . Their plan of converting the Heathens by putting the Scriptures into their hands ia their own vernacular
tongue is truly commendable ; and though they inculcate the Setni-Pagaii notions of a Plurality of Persons in the Godhead , of an Incarnation of Deity , of Divine Wrath satisfied by Vicarious
Sufferings and the like , yet in translating the Bible they are doing a certain good , and supplying their converts with the means , which 'will not , we trust , be always neglected , of becoming mote en * lightened than themselves . We are not
• An account of this meeting was sent up sometime ago , but happened unfortunately to be lo ^ k
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Wiltshire Conference of General Baptists 3 &c . 55 Q *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1807, page 559, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2385/page/51/
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