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proceedings , ) individuals brought in their subscriptions tQ the secretary amounting to more than twenty guineas i . in a short time therefore , the nublic will have an opportunity of judging of the correctness of our description . The
sermon cannot be expected to please so much in reading ^ as on the delivery , but we shall be mwgh disappointed if it do not prove r universally interesting . —Immediately after the public service , the ^ Jour 0 report of the committee was real by the secretary , Mr . Aspiand . It was shorter than the two-former
printed reports , but it is hoped not less important qr encouraging . It announced tfee receipt of a ^ benefaction of twenty guineas from America . A consider ^ , able part of it was occupied with Mr . Lyoj ^ s missionary tour in Scotland , which appears to Jiave been not-without considerable success * For further
particulars our reader ^ nius t wai t for its publication , which wi { j take place in a few days . [ K , JB . A , copy of the report will be sent to " every subscriber in the district of the three-penny pp $ t . Country subscribers are requested to direct the Secretary , < wtiho ) tt any expense qf post
age , how their copiesshajj . fce delivered ] The congregation at the chapel was more numerous than on any former occasion , and highly respectable , and the collection at the ^^ o ors liberal .- — -la the formation of the society for business , Joseph Haiden , Esq . was Called to the
chair . The report of the committee was adopted and ordered to be printed . The treasurer ^ report was delivered and receive 4 wfcj * Wgh satisfaction * The finances of the fund are improved since tfac meeting in October , notwith-
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In tettigenceJ—^ G eilcral Meeting of tlte TTnit&rian Fund . 349
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thought , on the ^ Qtmd of religious opinion . In fact , ; . the Trinitarian part of the General Baptists has been for a long time gradually diminishing , and is ^ at length from secessions or conversions , become nearly extinct inLjthe old connexion , which consist almost entirely of Unitarians , meaning b ^ f that term , what it strictly denotes , Anti-trinitarians . * In this proper sense of the term , we should rejoice to hear | hat this denomufafibn adopted the appellation Unitarian , in preference to that of ^ General Baptists . An opinion concerning thb great object of worship forms a more
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natural and reasonable distinction , in the present state of Christendom , than an opinion concerning the extent of Christian redemption . But we make the suggestion with diffidence , and beg tha ^ it may begreceived with candour . We rejpect arid esteem our General Baptist orethren . They are the only body of Christians , connected by church discipline or rather by .. Christian
fellowship , who encourage freedom of inquiry and exercise unbounded liberality . Peace be within their dwellings , prosperity within their churches ! ^
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GENERAL MEETING OP THE UNITARIAN FUND .
The fourth general meeting of thi ^ Society , w > as held on the Wednesday in Whitsun-week , June 8 th , in the Unitarian chapel , Parliament-court , London . The religious services of the day were introduced by the Rev . Robert Aspland , with reading the scriptures and prayer j
the Rev , James Lyons , of Hufl , ( of whom see an account , p . 166 and 272 ) preached the annual sermon ; and the Rev ., Abraham Bennett , of JDitchling , concluded with prayer— Mr . Lyons , from Gal . vi . 9 . And let us n& 6 c weary in * iuell doing ; for In due seaspn we shall reap if < ive faint net , shewed that
pursuing the object of the Unitarian Fund was iv el I-doing , pointed out the obstacles to success , and jaid down the grounds of encouragement . The sermon displayed considerable ability , and from the manner of its delivery as well as from the matter it contained , waa exceedingly impressive and affecting .
The preacher drew a delicate but striking picture of the ever-memorable Dr . Priestley , which no one was at a lo ^ s to understand ; and another ^ of an t | njtarian missionary , which o ^^ the eyes of all the auditors to a gejpfman present , whose name and labours are fami-Har to our readers . The history of Mr .
Lyons , recently made known , added inexpressible , force to many of his observations . His feelings were evidently much agitated in certain parts of the discourse , and the congregation sympathized with him . iv A general and
unanimous wish , was felt by tbe auditory that thc 8 ermojp xnigftt $ e ptibUsbedj and a . s it was understood that the society could cot , at such , undertake suxy p ^ br lication ( exceptin g report * of its own
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 349, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/57/
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