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Jtte and tinderstaftdF , " 3 s ^ * CW ttf&t i ^ iirfcsrb aye we constantly of our iMng Uiider a Tkeocraty ! ~^~\ t Ssdbses a fact winch wears a ttfi ^ teiHng aspect towaj : < fs the ortliddok faith— " Our Conference , wbicfa is now near a close , has b&en honoured much by the pre . tehee of our Lord , and by strong proofs of our unanimity and broilierly love . Not but we have had sonie difficulties in staiiohing mie another . The mental refine .
nient among many of our peopie , wlicli naturally arises from their improyein ^ nit in knowledge , disposessoau ? of th ^ m to wish for a greater degree of modern accom .
jplishio € i ) ts iri the language and address of ' their Preachers , than wasHfcxpeefedt in their first Setting biit in i onx blessed work , when
p ain simplicity of speech , enfarcing experimental aud practi - ce religi on , were thought sufficient recommendations in those wtio wera sanctioned by the
apjpoiijtmeq t q ( the Conference . We Mtite ^ iaj , not so much for any ; that is yet done ; but we ^ a danger , which , if not pre . tentjed ini jue time , may be
at-% * d ^ d . ^ ijh b ^ d consequences . We ; are not advocates for tgnon 4 ncie ; but we know from scriplure there is a knowledge that p ^ lffeth up , and a wisdom which ! from beneath : from these we
tope to . fee ever preserved by our Ml-suffici ^ nt Saviour , God * a : nd ^ l ? gr ¦'< ^ . TTply'to the Irish application for t ) r . jplarjte , tbe Conference Stages that lie is appointed , but W ?^ p an | ei this infonmation with I % MW !^ 4 s that for the ; future
# * sbTresi dent ** ' must be one # the Httn 4 f ^"( Tf ustees ofConl ^ i | . 5 we' bitmud ¦**¦ and th *^ t ^ m ^^ : * . n ' " - »«¦ > ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦
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the samQ . rpan sKatl not be chosen Presitlent tw ^>; yel ^ s successtvel ^^ it is cart-fully explained , iiowever ^ that no slight was iritfeirf ^ by ^ ti s ^ aJx > ve motion ; the Gontferen «« t would say many things abou $ Uri Clarko , * if they did hot kaow well the delicacy of the DtHCWr % ft < lings , with respect' to their ^ p ^ plause . '' Separately from * tkt il Minutes / ' i ^ published an ^ 2 kppendix 5 " consisting wholly of ^ mi Account of Receipts and Uisbursements , ' by Conference : Kit contains 37 pa ^ es , and requites no mean knowledge of accounts to understand it ; the Chancellor
of the Methodist Exchequer ought to be a good financier ^ Tke accounts relate chiefly to Kingswo&d School , " the Methodist Preach , ers' Fund of Mercy / ' and the collections and expences for gewerai purposes ; but these are far from
being all the objects f # r which money is raised front the Mstbodists ; there are many others not noticed by Conference , of both a religious and charitable kind .-r-Kingswood School received last
year , from collections and sub * scriptions , nearly 5 , 000 /; strhich was upwards of 1000 / . beyihd i t * expenditure , though there seemXO have been about 70 bby ^ itrid 100
girls on the estabHkhittentsi 4 ^ Thr € « thousand pounds Were raised in the year for " tfre Fiihd of > Mercy ^ the ob ) ect of virhicft ^ is -tb relievo preachers ^ jh ^ i r ^ iv ^ - ahd chiU dren , ia distre ^ s V ^ # ^ afeout one half of it wfiti tiknsfewr ^ d to a
" LegaFij > ed ^ ' -pij ftW' ^ &ii which there is £ ^ 1 ^ -b <^ atifArilttlits . — 'To tke / Cpni ^ nt ^^ iM ^^^ iA to have beep cQ ^ fi bfiti ^ ^ r&i ^^ , within the / max ^^^ O ^^^^ ^ v hk h 3 , 0 Qp ^ are sM ^ i ^ ^ tie « -from th * Bo ^^^ ^^ profit ^ ¦¦ - ¦ : »' ¦ s . i ^ niciQ ¦
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Intelligence . — MethodiUConference * 6 § 5
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 695, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/53/
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