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The Hev . Thomas Jervis addressed the audience from John xiii . 17 " : ** If ye know these things , happy are ye if ye do them , " The venerable preacher , in a strain of masculine
argument , and with a delivery the most impressive , pointed out the value of Christian knowledge , and the propriety of using our rational faculties in our researches after . truth . He
then dwelt , with the happiest effect , on the practical influence this knowledge should have on our lives . It was a clear , copious , and irresistible torrent of reasoning ; exhibiting the same evangelical style and spirit , so conspicuous in the discourses with which that gentleman has already favoured the religious world .
After the service , the report of the Tract Society was read by the Rev . R . Astley , of Halifax , who . had kindly accepted the office of Secretary , in the room of the Rev . H . Turner , removed from Bradford to Nottingham . The report was highly satisfactory , and called forth some excellent
observations from different members , express sive of the utility of the Association , not only in the diffusion of Christian truth , by the distribution of tracts , but also m forming a bond of union between the ministers and members
of different congregations . Before the formation of this Society , the congregations of the Protestant Dissenters seemed almost isolated - now they meet , co-operate , and by their united and unslackened efforts , produce in these parts the most astonishing revolutions in the minds and hearts of
men . When the business of the Tract Society was concluded , about sixty gentlemen sat down to a plain and comfortable dinner , at the Strafford
Arms . Many subjects congenial to the purposes of the Meeting were introduced ; among which , of major importance , was the infant cause at Huddersfield . A statement of its
rise , progress and present condition was given by the Rev . J . Donoughue , of Litigate . The success which had attended the labours of Messrs . Beattie and Donoughue in that populous place , and the flattering prospects which still offered themselves for future exertion ,
jntereateq , every heart , and awakened a generous desire to support an undertaking which promised such happy
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results . Dr . Thomson , who may bo truly considered as the parent of the cause , stepped forward and made a most fervent and pressing appeal to his friends in its behalf . It proved irresistible . A liberal subscription was immediately entered into , which would mere than cover all the
expenses of fitting up our new place of worship . The Rev . John Gaskell , who is lately settled at Thome , gave a most pleasing account of the Society there .
He found them well-informed , united in love and glowing with zeal . In the name of his congregation , he desired that Thorne might be added to the Association , and the Annual Meeting held there in rotation .
The next Anniversary is to be considered as the Lidgate Meeting ; owing , however , to its proximity to Huddersfield , and for the sake of convenience , and the encouragement it will afford
our brethren there , it is proposed that it shall be held in that town ; when we hope a numerous attendance will witness , and celebrate the complete , triumph of Unitarianisjn in Huddersfield . J . D .
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Western Unitarian Society , and Devon and Cornwall Association *
The Annual Meetings of the Western Unitarian Society , anjl the Devon , and Cornwall Unitarian Association , were held at Exeter , on Wednesday , July 9 th . Divine service was introduced by the Rev . Benjamin Mardon ,
of Glasgow ; the R . ev . Joseph Fawcett , of Yeovit offered the general prayer * and the sermon was preached by the . Rev . John Kenrick , M . A , Classical Tutor at Manchester College , York , Mr . K / s text was 1 Tim . vi . 4 : " The
doctrine according to godliness . " The sermon was an able , judicious and eloquent defence of the Unitarian doctrines as being best calculated \ o pro * mote godliness . We have great pleasure in informing the Unitarian public , that they may soon have au
opportunity of perusing it , as Mr . K . has promised to comply with the unanimous and earnest request of both societies by its speedy publication . After the service the meetings for business first pf the Western Unitarian &q ^ ciety , and then of the Devon and Cornwall Unitarian Association , were
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Intelligence ;— - Q Western Unitarian Society . £ 5
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1817, page 505, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2467/page/57/
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