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T ' . ~— Opening i ) f a Place for Vnitarian ff * orsAi ' p 9 at Oldham . On Sunday , May 23 rd , a large and convenient r ^ oofn was opened for Unitarian worship , at Oltiharri , near Manchester Two excelle . t sermons
weic preached on the occasion , to a congregation of nearly ^ o . * seno- 's and attentive hearers , by Rev J \ Brookes , of Hide , in lieu of Rev . J . Grundy , who , on Account of his late sickness , was mcapable of preaching . The first ,
in the morning from i John , iv . 8 . ; the second in the afternoon , from Deut , vi . Am They contained a strong and animated defence of the strict Unity and placability of God . It will , no doubt , be at once pleasing arid ericou * aging to the Friends and subscribers of the
Unitarian Fund , to be informed thdt Mr . Wright ' s late visit into this county , has been the immediate cause of the present flourishing appearance of Unitariariism in Oldharn , it toil ! be seen by his report , that there have been & few
Unitarians for some time , in . this place , and soon after hia departure , they established a regular Weekly meeting for social worship , at one of th ^ ir own houses . They Were sensible , that tinless they could procure preaching , they could never rouse the attention of their fellow
townsmen ; and as they were unable to prociire the assistance of regular ministers , tfiree of their own members agreed to preach irj turn : by so doing , aided by
the distribution of a few tracts , they soon found their meetings so crowded , as to ; render , it necessary to procure a larger place to meet in Wiih the assistance of several gentlemen , warm friends to the causein and about Manto
chester ^ they * were enabled * hire and furnish their present r 66 m They are likely td he ifell supplied with preaching ; ' their rnefeiings are conducted oh a pojptifet * -jplah' ; they have attracted the atterttidt | df the town : they unite the l
zeaor Methodists , to the information and liberality of Unitarians : so that there iftrio dbubt biit tiiat the knbwleYl £ e of the Onto True God will spread rapidly ih tbejplacfe arid its neighbourhood , fend edbn dBvain & permanent establishment , irttffe ^ 3 . fc . & .
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Anniversary Meeting of tie Sots * them Ufiiiariait Society . The Anniversary Meeting of the Southern Unitarian Socifty , took place at Brighton , on Wednesday , June 3 <» th . It was very
well attended , by persons attached to the cause from the neighbouring places , as well as by many members residing at a distance The sermon , in the morning was preached by the Rev W . J , Fox , of Chichester .- on the merits of which * as
it wili be printed , it is unnecessary here to enlarge . The Rev . Mr . Morris , of Lewis , in the evening , addressed th& congregation from <* Let the same mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus *" The members of the Society , with other friends to the cause , dined together ; after which , the Rev . Mr .
Bennett gave an interesting account of the progress of Unitariauism at Brighton , and of the difficulties which its advocates had had to contend with , which , € i by a patient continuance in well doing , " they had in a great measure overcome . The company present appeared
gratified at the recollection that there is now at Brighton ^ a house of prayer , demoted to the one living and true God ; and hope pictured to them the feappy era , when there , as in all the earth beside Christian idolatry * to say nothing of Pagan , would no more be known *
Among other appropriate toasts , the health of Mr . Bennett and Mr , Vine , who had so much contributed to fan the flame of Unitarianisrn in Sussex , was drank with applause , as was that o £
William Smith * Esq . the Rev . Tliotiias Rees , and trie Rev . John Evans , —with an ex * pressed hope that the former would be successful in his effort * to gain legal security for Unitarians , in the profession of" their sentiments * and that the twp
latter * ill continue to prove themselves , as of late they have publicly done , the firm friends to religious liberty , and the watchful guardians of the rights of £ > i 8-senters from the Established ChUireh . Or * the next place of meeting , which was not definitively fixed , due notice wili be given . J * # Newport Isle qf W&hl , July Sthy xfU 3 <
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1813, page 535, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2431/page/47/
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