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Dudley , read the scripture , and conducted the devotionaL services . Mr . Little , formerly minister of a Calvinistic society at Birmingham , preached from Rev . xviii . 1 , 2 ,
44 After these thing * , I saw another angel coming down from heaven , having great power , and the earth was lightened with his glory . And he cried mightily with a strong voice , saying , Babylon the great is
fallen , is fallen . " Mr . Little conceives of * ' Babylon" as referring not exclusively to Rome or to the Roman Catholic religion , but to every degree of religious imposition and intolerance , whether
invested with imperial splendour , or disguised in the humble garb of Quakerism , and in all its intermediate stages . The preacher ' s object was to describe the progressive and rapid improvement of the
world in knowledge ., especially on subjects connected with religion , and hence to encourage the exertions of all who sincerely labour to promote the cause of divine truth . " When the benefits of
education , " he observed , " shall be extended to every order of society , then the reign of false religion will come to an end ; then the fictions that now , under the garb of holy mysteries , are screened from
detection , will be dismissed ^ as unworthy associates with the genuine doctrines of the gospel ; and the worship of God will be the result of conviction , a reasonable , devout , aud becoming homage to the Eternal Mind . ' At the earnest
- request of the Society , Mr . Little Consented that the discourse should be printed . In the evening , the Rev . John Kentish , of Birmingham , contftrcfetnfHe devotional service , and the Rev . Dr . Toulmin delivered a
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very impressive sermon from Heb . iii . 1 , "Wherefore , holy brethren , partakers of the holy calling , consider the apostle and high priest
of our profession , Jesus Christ /' The religious services were numerously attended , and the meet- * ing was in a very high degree interesting and satisfactory . Thirteen names were added to the list of members . J . II . B .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Cambridge * August 27- —Tfie > deprivation of Dr . Browne of the mastership of Christ ' s College * Cambridge , by the recent judgment of the Vice-Chancellor and assessors , is appealed trom by the doctor , and will therefore probably come before the Lord Chancellor , for ultimate decision . The grounds of accusation against Dr . B . were twofold , viz . fo *
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Oldbury Double Lecture * Tuesday , September 12 , 1814 , was the anniversary of the Double Lecture at Oldbury in Shropshire , The devotional service , agreeably to the rules of the Lecture , was conducted by the Rev . James Hews Bransby , of Dudley , the senior preacher at ihe last anniversary . The Rev . John Steward , of VVoK verhampton , preached from Philipp . iii . 20 , " For our conversation is in heaven , "—and the Rev . Joseph Guy ^ of Birmingham , from Deut . xxx . 15 , " See , 1 have set before fchee this day life # nd good , and death and evil . " Eighteen ministers were present . The Rev . Dr , Toulmin and the Rev . JohnCorrie are appointed to preach at the next Lecture , X .
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Intelligence *—Oldbury Double Lecture , 581
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vol ix . 4 p
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1814, page 581, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2444/page/57/
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