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DOMESTIC . Religious . Case iqf $ he Old Dissenting 3 £ eeting JionGe * Wffelvzrh&mpton . The Meeting-house was 'built in 1701 , far ** the worship and service of < € rod , -and $ he use of JProtestant
&issentws , " * a ** d has , from time to time , 'been vuader the management of trustees appointed in regular succession , according to the directions expressed in
the original deed of trust framed at the ^ rectkm of the building . Pre - viously to the year 1781 , the congregation was composed of Arians and Oalvinists . Tlie minister at that time
( Mr . Cole ) had been resident among tfhem for nearly 'twenty years , and from a mode pate Gal \ rinist had become , it w « s supposed , an Arian or Unitarian , having * for some time omitted
the use t > f Trinitarism ^© 9 * ologies . -His situation * became very unpleasant from * he conduct of the Calvmistic party towards him , and in consequence hi quitted . fflhe 'question then was , ^ vi * 6 the r an Arian or 'Galvinistic
mitiitfter shouM succeed / him . > A small majority € ff the subscribers were for a Cahrinist , but six © uterf ten xs > f the trustees « were for . anAriaii , 1 three for a Calvinist , < and -owe weuter . Agrreesibly to "the trwst-deeds , no minister < 3 ould be chosen without -the ^
concur-« inence-of the trustees or the inajoxity of them . The 'Calvinistie party invited a Mr . Jameson , from Wanninster , ^ but ilie ' was n © t ; suffered to dffitsiate j he tfeeJrefoi ^ e retired , and rthat party
immediately seceded , leaving their opponents tin quiet and undisturbexi possession . Mr . Griffiths , an Arian-, was unanimously appointed r both > by the trustees and subscribers ; and several of the seceders returned and
attended on his ministry . Mr . Benjamin Ma « dwf "wets one of the seceders and a trustee j he , with others , founded an Independent chapel ,. at which he continued to 'attend for upwards 6 f twenty ^ 6 ve y « ars , without making
* No , a > entioa h » hevevn made > of "&ny ^ doctrine or sect , bat ifterely of ic Pro * estatit DifHenters . " t Mr . M . has been a member aodtmstee of two other cbapete in the town .
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( it is believed ) a solitary visit to his former pflace of worship during that period . Early fn January , 1793 , a new body of trustees -was appointed from among the men ^ bers of the society * to the -exclusion of Hie above person ; and this -new trust continued to manage and direct tbewhole trust estate ,
wrthout interruption from any person , during a period of twenty-three years , until the tmonth of September iast . In the year 1813 , the major part of the trustees concurred with tfee -congregation in inciting the Rev . John Steward , ctf Wisbeacfr , ( on the
recom-« ientlation of the ^ Rev . R . Wright , ) to officiate as their minister for a limHed wn& specified time , which expired in May last year . Tbe reason of : hk invitation -being for a - » j ? eetjfted time was * hts nothing generally approved , which want of approbatioti on the
q > art © f some of'the trustees and mera-Hbers of 'the cortgFegation , continued at the terminsttion of 'his engagement . The congregation ^ w «« igtrorairt , at this time , of any change iiaving't ^ k ^ n place in hts ^ religiotts sentiments , and ^ he eentmued toofiiei ^ te -without any renewal 6 f bis mvita'tion . J It was ,
-however , soon * afffcer ^ ascertain 'that he had beconaeaTTriilitarian and- 'Galvinist . The ttrw * tees « wd eeongreg'ation at a -vestry ( meeting , bolden on * the 1 st Septewibedl ^ t , caiweto resolutions , requesti ng him' to - vrithd new from his
situation ; but from motives o'f personal k 4 © # ness % e was -permitted to consider % m * self as a , supply for a perie'd ndt exceeding ^ three « tnanrhs , on cow'ctition ^ f Ihis -doing nothing unpleasant to the congregation and intmicaLl to tficir interests , !
The trustees ^ flattered themselves that the separation would-be amicable : ^ b « t Mr . Wander ( with whom the minister bad of late become very intimate ) , suddenly -re-appeared , and 'assuming * a . right to act as trustee , *§ esired Mr . Steward trot to regard any aulhority but his , to continue to
X Tiie Lord HdhowiceUor , in brs speecb , said tbat 4 lmcongT « t £ ratiau wouldbe ^ williflg ^ to reiain » S $ « j <«« ard , if ke > Q ©» tinmed , t (» pp < mch Uoitarian «« 9 ) 3 A ^ auoh iolimati ^ n Wfts ? ete r given birn .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1817, page 494, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2467/page/46/
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