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V . Officers , —i . Five persons , members of the Society , shall constitute a committee of management ( a majority of whom shall be a quorum ) and shall be chosen by ballot at the general annual meeting in December . 2 . As . soon as chosen , they shall nominate from among themsehres a Treasurer and Secretary .
3 . All special general meetings shall l > e called by the committee , except iri cases where it is otherwise provided , and they shall be bound to call any such meeting at the request in writing of any
three members . 4 . They shall make all contracts on behalf of the Society , and two of them at least , of whom the Treasurer is not one , shall countersign all bills before they be paid by him .
5 . No per .- on except the Pastor shall be admitted to perform any part of the public service or wor s hip without the consent of the committee ; and it shall lae their duty to appoint a suitable person or person * for that purpose either at the request of the Pastor , or in case of his absence , inability , suspension > or the vacancy of the office .
6 . It shall also be within the province of the committee to provide for and regulate any extraordinary act of worship , other than that of the Lord ' s day morning and aiternoon , which the Society may think proper to observe or institute .
7 , Vacancies in the Committee by death , resignation or otherwise shall he . supplied by ballot at a . general meeting . 8 « The powers of the committee shall extend generally to whatever may be necessary for the accommodation of the Society at their meetings , either for worship
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6 £ 0 Intelligence . —Constitution of Unitarian Society , Philadelphia .
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WILTSHIRE CONFERENCE OF GENERAL BAPTISTS ,
~ On Tuesday the Z 5 th and Wednesday the 26 th of last month , the ninth half yearly meeting of this Conference , was Held at Trowbridge , Wilts ; where , according to previous appointment , JVIessrs . SmedIey , AldridgeandKingsrord , preached ; the subject of Mr . Smedley
on Tuesday evening , was " The Doctrine of Regeneration , " that of Mr . Aldridgc on Wednesday , afternoon , *« The Advantages of Religion , " and that of Mr . Kingsford on Wednesday Evening , ** The Excellency of the Christian Temper . " - —Messrs . * Hook , Jones , and Webley , also assisted in the devottonal parts of the service .
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or business , and to thepromotion of thexn * * terest and views thereof—provided , th ^ t they keep a record of their proceedings , and report the same whensoever required by the Society , who may either confirm or annul any of their regulations as to them shall seem fit .
VI . Funds of the Society . X . A befok shall be kept with the names of sub- ' scribers and the amount of their contributions ; distinction being made between those who are members and others .
1 . Contributions , whether stated or casual , shall be received at the close of public worship on the third Sunday in March , Jane , September , and December , ( due » otice being previously given ) and placed in the hands of the Treasurer .
3 . The Treasurer ' s accounts shall be audited by the committee of management , and produced at the annual meeting when the balance shalV be paid over to his successor . 4 . Appropriations of the balance shall be made at the December meeting , at which time a certain sum shall be
retained as a stock in harfd , over which the committee shall have no control without the authority of a general meeting held for that purpose . VJI . Amendments of the RuIes- ^—Can only be made at a general meeting heM for the purpose , with sufficient previous notice and a particu ^ r statement in writing , of the alteration contemplated ; and the votes of three fourths of th ' e
members present shall be necessary to give it validity . VI , 11 . Baptism . —~ A diversity of opinion respecting Baptism appearing to prevail in the Society , the consideration of that subject is for the present deferred .
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The extreme unfavourableness of the weather prevented several ministers from attending , but the audience on the whole was numerous . — -At the conclusion of the public service on Wednesday evening , Mr . Jones announced that
the Lord ' s supper was about to be administered , and invited all professing Christians present to join in the participation of it , regardless of all party distinctions ; but such Was the force of Calvinistic prejudice , that , though a numerous company of spectators remained , not many besides General Baptists communicated .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 690, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2399/page/54/
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