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Sheffield , on Good JVidiy , March 20 , 1818 . The Rev . H . K > Piper , of Nartou , performed tbe devatioutal seryices , and a sermon was preacbed hy the Rer . Jacob Brettel ] , of Rbtherham , on the character and object of Christian zeal . In the course of his address , the preacher gare an
animated description of the -evils which had resulted from a zeal for particular speculative points of faith , United with a bigoted and intolerant spirit , and shewed that men , under the pretext of zeal and attachment to the Christian religion , had been persecutors and tyrants- —had become , instead
of the ministers of peace to the children of men , the very bane and pest of society 5 in short , had , in their frenzy , played such tricks in face of high heaven as made the angels weep . He did not fail , in opposition to this repelling' and disgusting picture , to set forth the advantages of . a
zeal enlightened and tempered with Jibe- ' rality of spirit , maintaining" at the saiae time , that the zeal of the present day , amongst professing Christians in genera ) , was , in a vast majority of Instances , totally misplaced ; that it was generally called forth in support of circumstantials ,
or , to adopt a comparison from one of the tine arts , much more care was displayed in preventing a single fold of the drapery of an admired piece of sculpture from falling iiito decay , than in keeping the symmetry and beauty of the figure itself , perfect and uflmutil&ted .
The service was well attended , and the company afterwards dined together at the little Mattock Inn , ( situated in a most romantic spot , on the edge of the High Moors , ) to the number of fifty , amongst whom were the following ministers : —the
Rev . Dr . Philipps , of Sheffield , H . H . Piper , of Norton , R . W . Wallace , of Chesterfield , J . Brettell , of Rotherham , Kichard Astley , of Halifax , P . Wright , qf . Sheffield , and Messrs . Charles Wallace and Wni . Wbrsley , students of the Manchester College , York . In the course of the afternoon several
spirited addresses were delivered to the ¦ neeting " , which broke up about six o ' clock in the evening ' . The next meeting ( the annual one to be held at Derby , in June , intervening ) is to
be held at Chesterfield , September 17 , 1818 . The Rev . H . H . Piper is appointed to preach , and the Rev . John Williams to conduct the devotions of the day . P . W , Sheffield , April 11 , 1818 .
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former > y the Rev . T ; Paris , of GM Vttry , from Philip , ah ; 8 : " Yea , doubtlif ^ and count all ( things but toss , for the excellency of the knowledge of ChristJesud my Z * rd : and the latter by the Rev . Richard Fry , of Kidderminster , from Acts xx . 2 < i : M But none of these things move me , neither coqpt I my life dear : unto myself ^ so that I
iuj ^ , w juj j nuv tuc ministry which I hare received of the Lord Jesus , to testify the gospel of the grace of God . " Fifteen min isters were present , and the congregation was numerous * The Rev . Thomas Bower , of WaJsalJ , and the Rev . Thomas Warren , of Stourbridge , were ap * pointed to preach at the next Lecture . J . * LB .
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Dudley D&uble Lecture . On WhH-Tueaday , May 1 % , was , tl »« annivcrsaiy of the Double Lecture at Dudley . The Rev . J : Kentish , of Birmingham , conducted the devotional iervice , and tworery 'atemtin | r disoonrMi wer « 4 eliTCf « d , jttw
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General B&ptist Assembly . The Old General Baptists held their annual Assembly , on Tuesday , May 12 th ,
at the Meeting--house , Worship-street , London . Some of the elders and representa * tives of the churches tnet as usuaj ^ for business about two hours before , the pub * lie service , which commenced at eleven o ^ clock .
Mr . Evans , of Islington , read the Scri p * tures and gave out theJbymns ; Mr / S « Kingsford of Canterbury offered the prayer , and Mr . David Eaton , of London , preached the sermon . The discourse was founded on 1 Tim . ii . 4 : " Who will have all men to be saved , and to come unto the knowledge of the truth . " 1 " 1 In the course of his sermon the preacher , after alluding to the
name by which the body is designated , attempted a brief refutation of the argument recently advanced by Mr . Belsham , in his Plea for Infant Baptism . Whether the refutation be or be not complete must be left to the judgment of those who may read the sermon , which is now before the public .
Soon after the close of the public service , the business recommenced . The letters from the different churches were read , and some of them contained very gratifying information respecting the state of those chuichei * , and the means used for the digsemination of what they regard as
pure and saving * truth ; while one in particular evinced that the favourite dogma of the denomination—the right and duty of individual judgment , was not so clearly understood and duly appreciated as ii ought to be The , Assembly , however , manifested
a becoming candour on learning-that , in : two of the churches , the following up of the principle of free inquiry to what iodividuala deemed its legitimate consequence , had led them to reject bom ** of those meani of ) Btrengthening religio m feelmg ' aid practice , ini . the observance « f which > tim dcoctninations are { mgmed ^ -W « % Hu « ks i » p » WW pmy « t % & 4 9 W * in > & H < 4 i > W&ti
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 401, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/57/
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