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    Southern Unitarian Society . The Annual Meeting- of this Society was held on Wednesday , the 16 th July , at the Unitarian Chapel , Poole . The morning serviee was introduced by the Rev . Russell — ——^ - - — " — - ^ i ^» ^^ - ^ —i — ^»^ - ™ - - ^ m ^ m ^ ~^^ ^^^^ v ^^ r m ^ r ^ » ¦ - ~— - ™ ^ r " ^ V — ™ ™ ° —* —¦ - —

    Scott , of Portsmouth , who also read the Scriptures , and offered the general prayer ; the sermon was preached by the Rev . A . Bennett , late of Ditchling , but now minister of the congregation at Poole ; and the- Rev . N . Walker concluded the

    devotional exercises . The sermon delivered by Mr . Bennett excited great interest , and made a strong impression on a numerous audience . The object of it was to shew that the Unitarian system is a complete system , complete in its articles of faith , in its motives to piety , and in the joys and consolations which it affords to sincere and

    upright believers . The worthy preacher established this position by a candid examination of the tenets of reputed orthodoxy . There was a religious service in the evening , which was introduced by the Rev . Mr . Lewis , of Dorchester ; the Rev . William Hughes , of the Isle of Wight ( in the absence of the Rev . Mr . Blake , of

    Crewkerne , who was prevented from attending the meeting ) , preached , and in a very able discourse explained the nature of sacrifices , and shewed that they afford i ^ either countenance nor support to the Calvinistic doctrine of Atonement . Upwards of six hundred persons were present . The business of the Society was

    transacted immediately after the morning service ; the thanks of the society were unanimously voted to the morning preacher , accompanied with a request that he would consent to the printing of his sermon , to which request he kindly assented . A

    newly arranged and improved list of the books distributed by the Society was proposed by the Rev . Russell Scott , and adopted 3 and Thomas Cooke , Jun . Esq . was re-elected Treasurer and Secretary for the ensuing year .

    The members and friends of the Society dined together at the London Tavern , High Street . Several new members were added to the Society . Aeivporty Isle of Wight , A . C . July 19 , 1817 .

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    442 Intelligence . —Scotch Unitarian Christian Association ,

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    Scotch Unitarian Christian Association , Glasgow , May , 1817 , On Sunday the 27 rh April , was held , at IMinburgh , the Fifth Annual Association of the Unitarian Christians of Scotland .

    The religious services of the day were conducted in the Unitarian Chapel , Carubber ' s Close The morning service was introduced by Charles Wallace , M . A . late student of Glasgow College . The Rev . John Gaskell , iVl . A . preached a truly interesting and inimated discourse , furnished fiVUl the

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    words of the Apostle Paul , 2 Cor ii . 14 , " Thanks be unto God wbo always causeth us to triumph in Christ , and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place / ' Mr . Gaskell also introduced the afte service and the

    rnoon ; Rev . Benjamin Mardon , Unitarian Minister of Glasgow , preached from 1 Cor . xv . 14 , on the validity of the evidence for our Saviour ' s resurrection , with a view to establish the broad line of * distinction between Unitarians

    and the advocates for mere natural religion . Mr . Mardon also introduced the evening service , when the Rev . Richard Wright , Unitarian Missionary , delivered an interesting introductory address , and preached from 1 Cor . iii . 11 , " Other foundation

    can no man lay than that is laid , which is Jesus Christ . " The preacher ' s aim was to give an explicit statement of the rauk which Christ occupies in the Unitarian scheme . The cong-regations , if not numerous , were respectable and attentive .

    On Monday the 28 th , at eleven o ' clock , a meeting- was held in the chapel , to transact the yearly business of the society . After the usual introduction by singing and prayer , the Annual Report of the Committee of the Association was read , with much interesting * communication from the corresponding members , by which it

    appeared , that the prejudices against Unitarians are wearing off in several places of Scotland , and many of the common people are ready to acknowledge us in our true character as Christians , though , to use the phrase of one correspondent , we are placed " in the rear rank . " The reporf stated , that during the last year , 3676 Tracts ,

    belonging to the Society , had been distributed , and 2600 remain on hand . Of these Tracts a considerable proportion are copies of Dr . Carpenters Unitarian ' s Appeal , Extracts from Dr . Priestley ' s Familiar Letters to the Inhabitants of Birmingham , and Elwall ' s Trial- which have been lately

    reprinted by the Society , and appear excellently adapted lo promote the cause of Unitariauism . Agreeably to a recommendation of the last year ' s Committee , the meeting resolved , that the funds of the Society should , for the present , be exclusively devoted to the printing and circulation of small tracts . The Committee for

    the subsequent year is chosen in Edinburgh , Mr . Wm Tennant , jun ., being Secretary , and Mr . L . Scott , Treasurer . Mr . Wright was requested to print , for cheap circulation , the substance of the Address which he prefixed to his Sermon ; ( the latter forms one in the volume of Discourses

    now in the press ) , to which request he has \ ery kindly conceded . Among other good wishes ex pressed by this meeting , was a tribute of g rateful acknowledgment to the Rev . James Yates , for his late " Sequel to the Vindication " a work which evince *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1817, page 442, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2466/page/66/