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term Unitarian * as distinguished from that of Socinhft < , and contrasted to that of Calvini&t * Mn Luke Kirby , of Burnham Thorpe , Norfolk , followed in prayer ; and Mr Wright preached on the tru * grace + f Goi * from i Peter , v . \ % . He showed that the grace of God . is absolutely incompatible with the Calvinistic doctrine of satisfaction ^ and left , in concluding , an impression upon every mind , that the Unitarian system alone magnifies-the true , free grace oftheeter * - nal Father .
Mr . Wright , again , in the afternoon , having read the Scriptures , delivered an introductory Lecture , on the Use cfReason in Religiony proving that reason and revelation are not * as is too commonly supposed , at variance , but in perfect
agreement ;—that revelation pre-supposes reason , and that reason explains and justifies revelation . The rest of the afternoon was occupied by Mr . Aspl&nd , who preached on the present condition of the advocates of the
Unitarian doctrine , from i Tim . 111 . 10 . For > therefore * we both labour ahd suffer re * preach 9 because % ve trust in t % e Living God , * wk * is the Saviour of all men , sptciatty of' thdse t&at believe . The two principal points of the sermon were , x » That the true God is a Living Gcd , naturally unchangeable and immortal , and , therefore , not the same as anyone of the Heathen Deities , who were die personifications of abstract qualities , the souls of dead men , or the creations of the axe
*> r the chissel ; nor the same as the popular Deity of Christendom , who btltegave ¦ up the ghost on a cross . a . That the Living God is the Saviour of all men , not the final destroyer of any , though , by a -wise constitution of things , superior pri--vifeges are attached to present faith and Virtue . This cause , which he identified
with Unitarianism , the preacher showed to be now , as in the apostles' days , liable to ref > roaci > , but again , now , as well as then , worthy of the strenuous , intrepid * persevering labour * of all the true worshi ppers of God , servants of Christ , and lovers of mankind .
Thus the Services closed at Soham ; but on tbe Thursday evening , there ttss a service in the Unitarian meetfa ) gthoine , at the neighbouring village of Wicktfi , when Mr . Madge , of Bury gt * Edmund ' s , prayed , and Mr . Wright ytaa ch *** on * future judgment . Tte iatorat <« f theso varied « ftrttae »
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was much increased , by a Selection of nine Hymns , suited to , and printed for , the occasion . The weather , on the days allotted to the opening of the chapel , was extremelyunfavourable ; but notwithstanding this
disadvantage , a great number of persons assembled from distant parts , several from London ; and the place was crowd * ed with attentive , eager hearers : during the- last service , many who could not get into the p lace , stood outside the doors in the ram .
The building , which is of brick and covered with tiles , is plain but neat , ft is fitted up economically , inside , with pews ; the pulpit is a Resent from the Unitarian Fund , having been presented to them by Messrs . Simons and Pinkerton , of Edmonton , into whose hands it
fell , after the late , ever-to-be-Iamented Rev . John Edwards discontinued his lectures at that place . On the front of the building : is inscribed ,
UNITARIAN CHAPEL , BUILT BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION , 1809 . On the pulpit is the following text , in large letters : There h one God , and one mediator between God and men , the man Christ Jesus * 1 Tim . ii . c .
There is a _ vestry behind the chapel , and a dwelling house for the minister at one end . The building is to be vested in trustees , appointed by the Unitarian Fund , and to be secured , as far as is possible , to Unitarian worship for ever . The ex ^ enc es incurred in the erection
amount to £ 500 . of which more than three-fifths are already raised . It h hoped that the remainder will , at no distant period , have been supplied by the liberality of the public , added to the exertions of the congregation , who , it must bfc observed , cotisist almost entirely of such a class of society , as that to which the gospel was first preached . Our opulent readers will bear in mind ,
that the ca « e is peculiar , —that persecution , has , in a manner , thrown the Sohwn congregation tinder their protection . The exmions already made have p lanted trttth in Ah favourable soil ; let the plant be Watered f > y the hand of charity , and we may « otifidently look up to God to give an abundant itrcreaito . ** fir # % * 9 tttO .
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SOS Intelligence *—Opening of * Soham Chapel .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1810, page 208, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2403/page/48/
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