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" Our friend Dr . Thomson , who , though he has laid aside the robe © f a minister , still retains the spirit of the profession . " " Our persecuted "brethren in the South of France . " " York College ; together
with its worthy Treasurer , G . W . Wood , and the students present , who have foee » educated within its walls . " " Mr . Aspland and the other tutor of the Uuitariaa Academy j may their labours in the education of ministers be crowned with
success . In the course of the afternoon the following- gentlemen addressed the company : —Messrs . Allard , Browe * Dojioughiie , Freroe , Goodier , E . Grundy , Harrison , Johns , Parker , J . Smethurst , Thomson ,
Wood and Wright ( of Staftningten ) . Several of the speakers kisisted upon the establishment of an Unitarian congregation at Oldham , and the liberality which has been shewn in enabling them to build their chapel , as affor&ing- a demonstration of the fitness of Unitarianism for the poor , and of the increasing zeal of the Unitarian
body . Dr , Thomson , in adverting to a plan for uniting the Unitarian congregations of the Northern counties , which is now preparing by the Rev . C . Well beloved , the Rev . W . Turner , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ,
and himself * observed , that he could not expect much good to result from the intended measure , unless the members of individual congregations were more closely connected . Each congregation must move around its ow « axis , before it can
revolve arotmd a commen centre . He vent on to remark , that the necessity of such an uuiun is every day becoming more and more apparent , and is clearly shewn by the increasing calls that are now utacie on the liberality of the Unitarian public , from . Old 4 iam , Rossendale , Greenock , Thorne and Neath . Without something
like a general co-ope ration , jt is impossible that these calls should be j > rof > eHy answered . Individuals may , and do , subscribe liberally , but insulated and unsupported exertions can never furnish an adequate supply to the repeated demands now made . He therefore proposed that in every congregation there should be formed what lie wo aid call ^ fellowship-society- for
the purpose of raising a fund , to which tlite poorer members should be wefek ty < or monthly contributors , a-nd which febrokl be intended to assist infant societies ( now ha . ppily becoming numerous ) , in erecting eImpels and carrying * x > n pubiic worship It remains to be seen , whether'the company will content themselves with merely receiving- this . proposal with warksof tq ? - probation .
At h&lf-pa&t six o ' clock , the chapel vrtu again filled with a respeotable audience , and an evening * service was conducted hf the Rev . W , JrWritfon * ad the Mev . R .
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Parted . From the words , Why «*** oj yourselves judge ye not what is right ? the preacher delivered a spirited defence of the use of reason in matters of religion . Thus closed tfee services of the day , which will be loagr remeonbered by tbe society at Oldham , and which were peculiarly gratifying to all present . In connexion with the speeches delivered after dinner , these services kimHed a aseaT , an enthusiasm in
some breasts wfcioh wiH not soon be extiugmi * hcd . Before we close this account , we are requested by our friends at Oldham , to express tfeeir grateful acknowledgments to these ministers , wfeo so kindly undertook , and se ahly performed , the relicricms services of Hiis day . They wish also puWicly to thank the ministers who have
interested themselves in their welfare since the formation of their society , and who , for upwards of two years , have gratuitously supplied them , almost regularly , with preachiag . Their acknowledgments are also due to those congregations who , by subscriptions , have afforde d them the most effectual
assistance , in a time of need . The Christian affection and Christian zeal with which their wants have been supplied , have made a lasting- impression upon their minds . They are desirous , also , of solemnly expressing thefr gratitude to Alm % l * ty God , the author xrf all gfood , who nas granted his blessing- to their labours , and has < pnt it iwto tlie hearts of their Christian
brethren to assTst them in the accomplishment of an object , which lias long called forth their ardent wishes and fervejat prayers . They rejoice in the thought , that in a town , caBtahmrg , with the nelghbonrhood ^ sixteen or seventeen -thousand souls , they have been enabled to erect a temple ,
sacred to the worship of the One God and Fa * fier of all . They exult in * he nrospect thws opened of dispensing the Word o ( I ^ i ^ , irncorrupted by human additions ; a r * d * t > f exposing the weakness of those dootrTnea Which Take away almost all glsdnes * from the tidings of the gospel , and , to tfcc greater j > art of mankind , render them tidings * f misery and death . Tbev trust that
by this means many sinners will he oou * verted from the evil of their ways * undirected heavenward ; and -that huMHfcred will be delivered from a system , which prevents many of the finest feelings of
devotion and love towards God , by robbing him of his most glorious attributes ; wJbjoh destroys many of the ksind ^ y cha ri tjes and benevolent sympathies of the tefirt , hf libeffing the human character ; awfl wbick orttmps the faculties of the mind , by
setting reason and revelation at variance , well as hy presenting' to the humble inquirer after truth , the most giarinjr con * tiadictions , clothed m the awful garb of diffarffy , Vay these hopes nercr \*> < dimp *
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12 a Intelligence *— Q ptrning efiht New Vrmt * ri * n Uh < tj >* l «* Otekom .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/58/
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