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? which it lift * - made * n reforming and ameliorating the state of the world , "frond Isaiah 4 v . J 0 , 11 , — -For' as the rain cometh do % v 7 iy and Ike snow front heaven , and retwrneth not thither , but wutereth the earth , and maketh it bring forth and
hud % that it -may give seed to the soiver , t&nd bread to the eater : So shall my % &ord be that gocth forth out * f my mouth : it shall not retwrn unto me void , but it shall accomplish that which I please ^ and it ^ halt prosper in the thing- whereto I sent i $ r—the latter by the Rev . James Scott , " on the duties of the Christian
ministry , " from 2 Cor . viii . 23 , they are the messengers of the churchy and the glory of Christ * Fifteen ministers were present : viak Kev . Messrs . Guy , Kell , and Kentish , of Birmingham ; Small , of Coseley ; Davis ,
of Coventry ; Scott , of Cradley $ Bransby , Of Dudley ; Davis , of Evesham ; James Yates , lately of Glasgow ; Corrie , of Hands worth ; Bristo \ ye , of Hiockley ; Fry , ot Kidderminster 1 Davis , of Oldbnry ; Carpenter , ^ of Stourbridge ; and Steward * of Wolverhampton .
In the course of the afternoon , Mr * Rrapsby read the following extract from a jno&t affecting letter addressed * to him by his lamented friend , Pr . Toulmin , in reference to one ; of the resolutions at the last anniversary . * /_ ?* L , midony No % 9 , Pump Court 9 Temp le ^ May 23 , 1815 . u
44 Dear Bransby , —My mind is variously affected with the unexpected and united testimonies of respect and affection , and 0 f approbation of my work from my worthy brethren , assembled at the Pouble Lee * tare at Dudley ' ou Whit-Tuesday , and with the cordial interest you express in th « coinayanicatlon of their resolutions : —
4 ti ^ hkJh I shall ever place a high value , and lever Tecotlect M 4 th lively gc&titude . AA tb * y do not meet 'again under the same ciro \ im « tances till next Whitsuntide , when probably fny rnt 4 Jrcourses of a friendly and mhiiste / ial kind , aatf my ' days may be t ^ trniiflated , it toust m&ala uncertain whether X stmU * ver have a » opportunity
% a oflRarth ^ m , as a body , nay « entimeatfr of -aflTedCl ^ ite respect , and my -warm thanks for those 4 * jtpr *» siPn 3 of their «* tituation of m ^ imperfect labours and character . But , as they fall in your way , I TfroAld « itq | Mtt the favour of > o « to exptt& tm tll « m individually , my henti glfftts of ltrotb « rl y attachmeat to thew t + VhijD ^ t ^ fv , fby iehse of the honour they tyvv « done me noil the eincere pleatMire
With which 1 entertain the thonght of W . r / < y ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . i- " . ¦ ^ ^ * W > MoWfh 1 y RejKWMtprr , V ^ ' % - »•
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spending the remaiodef of my days . i circle of such chartwaters and friends a « r r am cordially united to in the nei ghbor ! hood of Birmingham * * ? # # m . Dear Bransby , Youar obliged and siueerely affectiouate Friend and Brother , JOSHUA TOULMIN "
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T Warwickshire Unitarian TVact Society , The Members of the Unitarian Tract Society , established in Birni inghan for Warwickshire and . the neighbouring comities , held their Annual Meeting at Oldbury , in Shropshire , on Wednesday , June 19 th . In the morning , the Rev . Richard Fry , of Kidderminster , read the Scri pture * an d conducted the devotional service . The Rev . John Small , of Coseley , delivered a
very argumentative and interesting dis - course on the Unity of God , from John viii . 54 . —**'/* is my-leather that homureth me ; of whom ye say , that he is your God ' The sernion was heard with the most marked attention . ' Two passages , in par * ticular , the one referring to the preacher'i emancipation from Calvinism , and the
other offering a tribivte of affection to the memory ! of T ) r . Ttmlmin , exhibited specimens of the finest eloquence , Mr . Small ba £ kindly consented to favour the Society with a » copy of his sermon to be J > riate 4 for . distribution among the members . i- Ap ' the conclusion of the service , Ml ? Samuel Kearick , of West Bromwich ,
( second son of the l » t » Rev . Titoothy Kenrick , of Exeter , ) being called to the chair , the minutes of the last general meeting and of the subsequent comniittee meetingt were read by tire Secretary . After tW usual business f » ad been transacted , « J > -
wards of forty members and friends of the Society dined together . In the course o the afternoon several gentlemen ftddreasd the ^ mfeetin ^ on toptca connected with , tbf objects of the Soesetyr , and the day wai snent in a way that eofctld scarcely j M to e ^ tercise and' improve the best emotions of
thettejKTt .- : , « It » wa » resoWtd , That the manm thanks of thi » meeting be presented to tbe Rev . Jeremiah Joyee r the Secretary of tW London Unitarian Bt » k Society , ( aa otfd whloh Itftet liwrmg ably dtscherged its a . * f <*> x . ¦ 1 ^ ^ amnMlHll ^ j 477
aouen to ^^ ouren j ^ ars , a ^ iWP »** 5 » « -z intention of reding , ) for hi * * # *<>** punctuality and kin ^ ne ^ i » fuxv ^ m ** tmc t * eF ^ Te 4 from tnne ^ -t ^ wj " Cimjwittea ^ aii * . , ft * % *» lively i »^ ^ hich hft ba « a | w * y * fcken in lb ^ w « tt ^
of ihU Society . ! .. > . , ^ ., * • - \ ' J IU » im | H «^ ble t& < reiwd' tifr **** thanks ( passed < mlf ^ # < W * W * Awf *[ g * Joyce ' s lamented , de !« Jh ^ tboot *** & « f mournful regset * Mr . Bn" *'
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4 £$ Jntellige ^^^— Whr % oicUUr& Uniterm * Society .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 496, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/60/
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