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> all its pristine ana attractive simplicity , as Mr . F . supported by some of iis k rmer hearers , has already opened hefe a new meeting-house for Unitarian worship . The sermons which were delivered at jus meeting were admirably calculated o promote this object ; Mr . Rees in the -norning , from the Second Epistle to rimothy , ist Chap . v . 8 th . Be not thou jierefore ashamed of the testimony of
our Lord , nor of me his prisoner ; but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel according to the power of God ; " pointed out the affliction which the Gospel has suffered from persecution , and from the corruption which has been introduced into its doctrine and modes of worship ; he particularly
dwelt on the eviL tendency of the doctrines of the Trinity , the divinity of Jesus , the atonement and election 5 and called upon Christians to partake of these afflictions ^ and to endeavour by all means iu their power to remove them . In the evening Mr . Youatt ,
from the first Epistle of Peter , Chap . 1 st , t . 8 . " Whom having not seen ye love , " maintained that the charge which the adversaries of Unitarianism bring against it ; of affording no grounds for kve to Christ , is unfounded ; since what he has done for men according to the Unitarian scheme , aifords the most
constraining reasons for their loving him ; nay , that they and they only , of all Christians , can love him properly , tince their love to him is consistent with their love of the benevolent Parent of the Universe , who sent him to be the saviour of the world ; while the love a Calvinist feels for him is felt at the
expence of the benevolent attributes of the D ^ ty , conceiving as he does that but for the interposition of Christ , the wrathfu l Governor of the World would have doomed to destruction the crea-* ures he had made . Mr . Rees was strongly urged to permit the society to print h \ s discourse .
• several new members were added to the society ; and Mr . Fullagar was requested to hold the offices of Treasurer and Secretary for the present year . , A proposition was made at this
rneet-£ » to hold the next annual meeting * j ; frte > but it was finally agreed that battle was too far to the eastward for ™> y of the present patrons of the sofl k ° Vi 3 it > and that : * lt would there . » re be desirable for the Unitarians in
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| hat neighbourhood to form a new so ciety , as an Eastern Unitarian Society . JF . Newport , July 2 , 1811 ,
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Intelligence . —York Institution . ' 439
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York Institution . On Wednesday the a 6 th and Thursday the 27 th of June , the Trustees of the Manchester New College , removed to York , held , their Annual Examination of the Students in that seminary . There were present , Samuel Shore , Esq . of
Meersbrook , Samuel Shore , jun . Esq . of Norton Hall , ( President ) , James Touchet , Esq . of Manchester , and Joseph Strutt , Esq . of Derby , ( Vice-presidents ) , Abraham Crompton , Esq . ofChorley , PeterCrompton , M . D . ofEton House , Mr , Henry Crompton ^ fLiverpool , Robert Dufiield , Esq . of York ,
__ Johnson Esq . and Mr . B . Johnson , of Leeds , Mr , John Turner , of Bolton , T . B . W . Sanderson , Esq . Ottiweli Wood , Esq . and G . W . Wood , Esq . ( Treasurer )) of Manchester ; and the Rev . Messrs . Brocks , of Hyde , Johnstone , of
Wakefield , Lee , of Hull , Robberds , of Manchester , Smethurst , of Monton , I , Smethurst , of Knutsford , Yates , of Glasgow , and Turner , of Newcastle ( visitor " . On the z 6 th , the second and third classes in Greek , the first and second in Hebrew , and the first and second classes in
mathematics , and the class of Antient History , were examined , the students not having been previously apprised of the questions to be proposed to them ; orations also were delivered by Mr- Ashton , on Eloquence , Mr- Brettel , on the
evils of War , Mr , Cooke , on the character of Queen Elizabeth , Mr . Sanderson , on the progress of the Reformation , Mr . Hincks , on National Education , Mr . Lewis , on the Influence of Association on the Human Mind , and Mr . Holland , on the Differences Between the Structure
of Antient and Modern Tragedy . On the 28 th , Mr . Arthur Dean , the only student in the fifth year , went through a long examination on Scripture Criticism , and delivered a Discourse on the Promise to , and Covenant with , Abraham , the beginning of their fulfilment in
the Mosaic , and their completion in the Christian dispensation . The several classes were then examined in the higher Mathematics and in Natural Philosophy , in Modern History , in the Greek Dramatic Poets , and in Livy , Juvenal and Lucretius in Latin . Orations also were delivered by Mr . Ker , on the English
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1811, page 439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2418/page/55/
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