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act whereby its authority to decree sites and ceremonies is acknowledged , and this their leading principle of dissent is violated . ** That as Unitarian Christians , your Petitioners cannot exculpate themselves from the charge of a palpable violation of moral principle in joining " in devotions addressed to the Father ,
the Son , and the Holy Ghost ; and particularly in receiving a benediction pronounced for the ratification of the ceremony , in the name of God the Father , God the Son , and God the Holy Ghost .
" That finding that the British Legislature , in an Act passed in the reign of his Majesty George the Second , relating to Marriage , recognised the importance and sufficiency of such religious scruples , by exempting the Jews and Quakers from all obligation to submit to its provisions , so far as it
respected the Members of their several communions 5 your Petitioners feel encouraged to submit their case to the consideration of your Honourable House , and humbly to petition , that they also may be allowed to marry among themselves , in conformity with their religious principles . And your Petitioners will ever pray /'
South Wales Unitarian Booh Society The Annual Meeting was held at the Unitarian chapel in Carmarthen , on Tuesday the 8 th July instant , and not on Thursday the 10 th , as stated by mistake in the . notice , which appeared in the Repository for May . The services commenced on Monday
evening , July 7 th , when the Rev . Rees Lloyd , of Kingswood , near Birmingham , read the Scriptures and prayed in English . The Rev . D . Davis , of Neath , preached an interesting English sermon from Rom . viii . 32 , and the Rev . John Thomas , of Llwyn-y-gToes then delivered an excellent Welsh discourse on
Religious Libertyf from Rom . xiv . 4 , 5 , and the Rev . William Rees , of Penrhiw , closed the service -with a Welsh prayer . On Tuesday morning the service was introduced in English by the Rev . R . Awbrey , of Swansea ; then the Rev . T . Rees , of London ,
delivered a masterly statement of the objections to the doctrine of the Trinity , from Isaiah xl . 25 , ' To whom will ye liken roe , or shall I be equal , saith
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the Holy One ? " The Rev . John James , of Bridgend , afterwards preached a most admirable Welsh sermon on the perfect and universal love of God , from 1 John iv . $ , ** God is love , " and concluded the service . The business of
the society was then transacted iti the chapel ; several new members were added to the list , and the next anniversary appointed to be held at Llwyny-groes , in Cardiganshire j the Rev John Evans , of Carmarthen , to be the preacher . A large company of country
people afterwards retired to an Inn to partake of refreshments , provided for them by the congregation . The ministers , twenty-four in number , and a respectable party of friends , in all fifty-seven , dined on an economical plan at the White Lion Inn . After
dinner , the usual sentiments being proposed from the chair , gave rise to several appropriate and animated speeches ; and the a&ernoon was passed in the utmost harmony . The
evening service was introduced by Mr . 1 \ Rees , and Mr . Awbrey preached a very judicious and impressive discourse , in English , on the object and nature of Christian worship , from John iv . £ 3 . The venerable and Rev .
D . Davies , of LJwyn-rhyd-Owen , then preached in Welsh from Phil . iii . 2 O , an engaging sermon on the heavenly citizenship of true Christians , and concluded the service 'with prayer . The congregations at all the services were very large and respectable , and many
persons attended from the neighbouring counties of Glamorgan , Cardigan and Pembroke * The meeting will be long remembered by all the friends present with feelings of satisfaction and delight . July 2 O , 1817- T .
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£ 04 InfeUi $ ence- —Unitarian Tract Society , West Siding of Yorhshire .
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¦ ^ Unitarian Tract Society , West Riding of Yorhshire ,
The second Anniversary Meeting of the Unitarian Tract Society , for the West Riding of Yorkshire , was held at WakefiekL on the 11 th of
June last . The business of the day commenced with Divine Service ; of which the introductory and devotional part was conducted by the Rev . John Kenrick , A . M . Solemn , earnest and impassioned was the address to the Deity j and we trust , it ascended as the incense of praise , from hearts sincere-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1817, page 504, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2467/page/56/
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