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Christ and the Unitarians of Scotland . —Catbolic Emancipation . —Prosperity to the York Academy . —Our Christian Brethren the General Baptists . Many highly interesting speeches * were made by different gentlemen present , and the day past in Christian fellowship and social harmony .
On the following Sunday Mr . Asp . land and Mr . Gilchrist preached at the three Unitarian chapels in Norwich-The services were all well attended , and the number of heavers increased regularly . On the Sunday evening nearly 1 OOO persons were present at the Octagon *
Such was the first general meeting of the Eastern Unitarian Society , and the warm interest which it excited en * courages the most pleasing expectations as to its eventual success . The plans of the Society * as they are more
generally known , will be better understood and their utility more widely felt . Aside froni the general feeling which such a meeting must necessarily excite , the public services on this occasion derived some degree of interest from circumstances of a local na "
ture , From the pulpit at the Octagon the doctrine of the Divine Unity was first preached by Dr . John Taylor , and the design and object of the present Society warmly recommended by his successor , Dr . EnfieUf . ( See his Sermon on the Progress of Religious Knowledge . ) The chapel in which Mr . Perry preaches was till lately
occupied by the Wesleyan Methodists : and that of the General Baptists , formerly part of a monastery of the White Friars , was endowed by the celebrated Thomas Grantham . It was highly gratifying to see the ministers of these different congregations uniting with sincere cordiality and zeal in the promotion of the same great cause .
The words of Dr . Enfield , in the sermon above referred to , have so direct a reference to the views and intentions of the present Society that they may be properly used to close the account of its proceedings . *« Let both minis . ters and people heartily unite their
endeavours to restore the original purity and simplicity of the Christian doctrine , and to rescue Christian wor-« bip from every disgrace or incumbrance , wliielv priestcraft or . fanaticism lias brought upon it : always remembering that it is more cpngiitent with
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the true spirit of Christianity , thegvt&t author of which wasy in the roost vife ^ spectable sense of the word , a R « 3 former , to be ever ready to encour rage and promote improvements in religious opinions and practices , than to be rigidly tenacious of ancient tenets
and forms , merely because they are such : and that it is an honest , impartial , and unprejudiced freedom of thinking and discoursing upon all sub * jects whatever , conducted with humility , decency and information , which ought to distinguish the religion of a Christian from that of all the world
besides . In tbis manner it is to be hoped that the friends of truth , virtue , and religion will unite to carry forwards the good work of reformation . IVor shall it be doubted , that their united efforts will produce the most glorious and happy effects . Yes , I will foretell , ( and may it please the
great Lord of Nature to fulfil the prediction ) that tbe cloud which was once * no bigger than a man ' s hand , ' shall at length spread over the whole heavens , and water every region of the earth with the dews of heavenly wisdom i that truth shall at last triumph
over error , chanty over persecution , and religion and virtue over prof&fieness and immorality ; that all the nations of the world , subjected to tlie laws of truth and righteousness , shall become the spiritual kingdom of God ; and that the whole earth shall be one
holy temple consecrated unto the JLord . " E . T .
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Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Unitarian Association . Boston , August Qlh , 1813 * On Thursday , July 29 th , the Association of Unitarian Ministers and Friends of the Counties of Lincoln and Cambridge was held at Boston * The Unitarian meeting-house being too small for the number of persons
assembled , the Rev . W . Taylor , and the ^ General Baptist congregation , permitted their chapel to be used for the occasion * Divine service commenced' at eleven o ' clock in the morning , with reading the scriptures , and with grayer , by the Rev : Mr . Hawkes of Lincoln , after which a sermon was preached by the Rev , R . Aspland of Hackney , from % Cor . x . 7 . ia which he set forth the
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542 Intelligence . —Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Association *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1813, page 542, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2431/page/54/
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