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FRENCH PROTESTANTS.
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« That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to M ** » Smith , of Kdinburgh , and to the pdinburg ^ Unitarian Association . Fund , for their Donations of Books , Tracts , and Money ; also to the Glasgow
Unitarian Association Fund , for their pojiatipn of 20 / . ; to the Greenock and portr-Glasgow Oteitarian Association Fund , for their Donation of bL 5 s . and to all the other contributors .
" That Mr . George Harris be earnestly requested again to undertake the office of Secretary to the General Association of Unitarians of Scotland . ** That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr . Torrens , Mr . Yates , an 4 Mr . Smith , who so ably conducted the religious services of yesterday .
" That the Association have heard , with pleasure , of Mr , Syme ' s acceptablene $ s and usefulness , and return him their thanks for his conduct . " That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Rev . Dr . Kees , and the Committee of the Dissenting Ministers of the three denominations in
London and the neighbourhood , for their able , zealous / undaunted , and persevering exertioais , - in calling the attention of the British public to the condition of the persecuted Protestants in France , in exhorting us to porforin towards them , the Christian duties of sympathy and aid , and in maintaining the great causfe of Religious Liberty . "
The following persons * resident in Glasgow , were elected the Committee for the ensuing year : —
Secretary , Mr , George Harris . : d \ easurcr , _ , Mr . lyiliiain Shirley . Committee : Mr . G . IVf'Leod „ ' . Mr . J . kawson Mr . J . M'Kenzie Mr . J . H . Burn Mr . D . Potter Mr . G . Wilson Mr . J . Lambe The thanks of the Meeting were then unanimously voted to the Chairman for his able conduct in the Chair , and the Meeting adjourned . At five o ' clock a numerous and
respectable company sat down to an conomical dinner in * the Trades ' Hall . In the course , of the evening many excellent sentiments were given , and many able speeches delivered ,
and the company separated at an early hour ,, every one appearing to be " ^ pressed with a desire of supporting , to the utmost of his power , an Institution , which has already , with its ver y limited resource * , produced much
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good , and which , if enabled to extend its benevolent exertions , would assuredly produce great and incalculable benefits to society . I remain in behalf of the Committee of the Scottish Unitarian Christian Association , Your ' s sincerly , GEORGE HARRIS , Secretary
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Williams s Library y Ited-Cross Street , April 24 , 1816 . At a Special Meeting of the Committee of- the Dissenting Ministers of
the Three Denominations , appointed by the General Body for Inquiry—Superintendance and Distribution of the Funds collected for the French Protestant Sufferers for conscience sake
—summoned to receive the Report of the Rev . Clement Perrot ; who , from his eminent qualifications , the respectability of his character , and his personal acquaintance with the most distinguished Protestants in tha South of
France , had been requested to repair to that country , for the purpose of examining in the capital , and on the spot , the real situation of the Protestants , collecting evidence of their persecution , and arranging plans for the distribution of the money contributed for their relief :
Rev . J . RIPPON , D . D . IN THE CHAIR : It was unanimously resolved—I . That the interesting and luminous Report now presented by the Rev . Clement Perrot , of his personal investigation into the past sufferings , and present situation of the Protestants , be
received , approved and printed : and that the various verified documents , and articles of intelligence , illustrative of the Report , and forming an historical relation of the sufferings which the Protestants have endured , and are enduring , be prepared for the press , under the direction of the Rev . C . Perrot , and published with all possible dispatch . 1
II . That the Rev . Clement Perrot , for the promptitude with which he complied witli the request of this Committee , and undertook a long , fatiguing , and dangerous journey—for the diligence , the prudence , and the zeal with which he has executed the objects of his important mission—for the generous sacrifice of his time , his engagemerits , and his personal safety—foKthe
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• Intelligence . —French Protestants . 3 bo
French Protestants.
FRENCH PROTESTANTS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1816, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2453/page/47/
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