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to the Unitarian tiuMic , ( in your Number for ^ F ^ ruaryv p . i ^ O /) requesting assistance iti ^ tfafc btiiMitig of their fcbrfpty , seconded STtt'lIM' been : by the reconiihendatiori' of Mr . Wright , of Wisbeach , ( p . 156 ) will , I trtfst , be kindly considered ' and promptly and liberally answered . Your correspondent Zelotes ( p . 134 /) has ttrade , in mv opinion , some very sensible
tad Just remarks , as to certain preliminaries which Ought to be satisfactorily answered , before any appeal , similar to the one from Thorrte , oiight to be entertained by the Unitarian body . These preliminaries are briefly as follows : —1 . That the Committee of the Unitarian Fund , or some other prominent and responsible body should certify
that the case is a proper one for Unitarian liberality . 2 . That in the event of a general su b scription , it should be provided in the trust deed of the chapel , that on the discontinuance of public worship on Unitarian principles , the chapel shall come into the hands and be the property of some Unitarian body . 3 . That the ground upon which the chapel stands and the
burialground should be freehold . 4 * That a burfiaUground should be provided . Though these remarks of ZeUrtes are general , as I entirely concur in their justness , I shall briefly apply them to the case of our Unirian brethren at Thorne . 1 . It appears to me that the testimony of neighbouring ministers , and of other friends , who from their local knowledge have better and surer means of information than the committee of
the Unitarian Fund can , from the distant residence of ; its members , possibly have , is in all cases to be preferred ; and ought , henceforth , to be considered as indispensablev in a case submitted to . the public ( M . Repos , Vol . ^ x . p . 313 , ) this mode was
adopted . In the ; Thorne case , the testi-Bftony of Mr . Wright , and of several ministers and friends in the county of York , as borne S&the subscription list ( p . 182 , ) will bd considered as satisfactory . We have a similar certificate ftom . the Committee of
the Unitarian Fund , in their grant of 20 / . iffr ^ tfter Thorne Chapel . 2 . Our brethren a £ Thorpe * apg . desirous of the advice of friends ^ respecting' the provisions of their trust deed , that what may be built by
Unitarian liberaUty , should in the event of discontuU&tUte bf worship oti Unitanian principles , revert to that body ; and they will be obliged to any friend to furnish them wjtlr a clause providing for the same / 3 . r JKfe ^ tenure *> f the ground at Thome is
free-Jjokk } In < this our brethren at Thorneihave teen f ery foxfunate , a $ all the old < e * jclo $ ed j&nd in . % he neighbour hoodies cppy frold ;; 4 *? ut ftiejy have iypurchased for their ctopej ., jand burlaWrpiind , tin allotment of common fand lately iftra * under ^ h Enclosure act , * tie pow- ^ ? erfe of Hvhlfcn cbnvfey Wh&ii as fte ^ nifoof inheritance in fee simple . •¦»» . »» . • 4 » TO £ &omt < pitititom < ti # 0 jfards by '
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2 O . The ^ iarelK-o ^ the ehapet fe 10 yards by i'l . Th ^ reminder tit the * g ^ otwid will be left for a ' burial-ghiund , / < aiid I ^ anp Snfermed that if neces ' s&ry , more 'ground adjoining this cart be obtained . That it is desirable in the fit * st instance , to enlarge the hurialgrotmd , few , 1 think ; will doubt , aftd j hope the liberality of the subscription will enable our brethren at Thorne to do so .
I have thus , in ord ^ r , -adverted to the judicious remarks of ZeUftts as applicable to the case at Thorne , and I hope" what I have stated will so satisfy his mind that I shall see his name upon the subscription list . I take-the liberty of adding a few
particulars , on the authority of one of the brethren at Thorne , which I hope may tend to strengthen their aj > pleal , and interest distant friends to assist them in the building of their chapel . The dimensions of the chapel have been already stated ; our friends calculate that it will hold from three
hundred to three hundred and fifty hearers . In this they appear to me to much over estimate its capability ; but it is so planned as to admit of a gallery if necessary , large enough to hold from one hundred and fifty to two hundred people . At present , the Unitarians in Thorne and its neighbourhood are estimated at from forty to fifty . "But , "
my informant adds , ' we have geperally about ninety or one hundred hearers . It is beyond all doubt that the hearers will greatly increase when the- chapel is opened . " On their assembling for worship on the Lord ' s Day , the devotional part is conducted by an aged and 'venerable man , Francis Moate , who is the only member of the society with
whom I . am personally acquainted ; two other 'members , by turns , read sermops . The society meets occasionally for , religious conversation and . prayer ; . " we generally have two or three such meetings in every month : " and it ha $ been in agitation to hold
these meetings regularly ; an intention wluch it is to be hoped will be carried into etifect . The chapel is expected to be finished bv the first of June , and will be opened as soon afterwards as may suit the convenience of distant friends .
The society ^ t . Thorno ija { in a * great measure insulated from other societies , who hold the same religious sentiments . This circumstance willi ^ ot fail t ; o be duty appreciated by distant friends , and ' is ^ indeed one of the strongest points of the appeal . Every one must have read with the highest satisfaction the very handsome l&tf of c 6 rigi | g ational subscriptions for the OW ham ^ raip el
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848 Intelligence . — Thomson $ lieUeir r ^ fpecting the apel Thorne
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1816, page 248, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2451/page/60/
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