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preaching . The < mly senttoent which- -the Assembly eouM consistently avow on * e-< &ivingf this intelligence was , that every individual had a right to act agreeably to his owW conviction ; and this sen time » t iras boldly avowed , without being * contra dieted . -A wish was , nevertheless ,
expressed , that a rejection of any of the forms hitherto observed as means of promoting piety and diffusing Christian knowledge might not be followed * by at least an aprtarent want of tbat charity which thinketfe
rio evil , and by A superciliousness and dogmatism more disgusting than liad ever been evinced by those wh ^ have been marked out as being either fools or knave * for not thinking and acting in a similar
manner . At the close of the business the ministers and their friends , together with several gentlemen not belonging to the Assembly , withdrew to the Wbi te Hart Tavern , Bishopsgate Street , to dinner .
After the cldth was removed , the chairman , the preacher for the day , gave several pertinent toasts , which called up a number of gentlemen to address the meetings In the midst of considerable variety of opinion the greatest harmony prevailed , and the company broke up at an early hour , apparently satisfied with what they had witnessed and participated in during the day . E . D .
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3 . That the fund be supplied hy weekly subscriptions of one penny and upwards ^ those who subscribe more than a penny per week , to pay quarterly . — 4 . That an annual general meeting shall be held the first Sunday in June , in each year , at which time , * president , treasurer , secretary , committee and collectors shall be chosen .
5 . That tbe committee shall consist of the president and treasurer for the time being , ami seven other persons , to be chosen by each subscriber present at the annual meeting-, giving in a list of names , from -which list a majority shall be selected .
6 . That the committee shall meet on the first Sunday in every month , at three in the afternoon , in fhe chapel ; and that theii * meetings shall be open to every Sub * scriber , but- that the right of voting be confined to the committee .
7- That the expense neeessary to furnish a Sunday school with "books , shall be defrayed out of this fund ; but that not sura excepting this , shall be paid out of the fund during the first year . 8 . That in case of emergency the secretary shall be empowered to Call a special meeting * of the committee .
9 . That the Rev . Dr . Smith be requested to accept the office of president . 10 . That the Rev . S . Fawcett be requested to fill the office of treasurer . 11 . Tbat Mr . Mead be requested , to perform the office of secretary * 12 . That the following subscribers be
requested to act as a committee till the annual meeting in 1819 , viz ; Messrs . Carter , Erith , Tett , Fitehett , Lee , Ensorand Stephens , , Sen ; any three of whom , with the president or treasurer , shall be sufficient to act , and in case of necessity , the president to have a easting * vote .
13 . That Messrs . Mead and Stephens , Sen ., be requested to act as collectors for the first year . 14 * That" these resolutions be inserted in the Monthly Repository and Christiaii Reformer . ( Signed ) EDMUND BATTEN , Chairman . Yeovil , May 19 3 1818 .
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- JLynn Fellowship Fund . Sir , - Following the commendable example of many of our Unitarian brethren in various parts of the country , we have commenced a Fellowship Fund in this town , and the prospect before x \ s is very promising . * rtiis fund , embraces the general otfjfccts of inch institutions , rind is rtejrUjlat ^ d by rules adapted to lofeal fefrjbtrth-StAhCe * . / '¦'¦ - ' ¦ / ' ' - 1 - - " ¦' ' ; '• < ¦ ' » ; ' ¦ yfh tuiffe a conteten ^ » nce a faHti ^ ht This improving ahd fflfflite taffe ^ f ' ' *
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Yeovit Fellowship Fund . Sm , As it may be useful to record in yo « r valuable Repository every fact tending to illustrate the growing steal of Unitarian Christians , I with pleasure inform you ,
that , after a discourse on the subject of religions zeal , and the proper modes of expressing it , delivered by the Rev . S . Fawcett , a meeting was held in the chapel for the purpose of forming a Fellowship Fund , at which meeting the following re .
solution * were unanimously adopted , and signed by upwards of sixty subscribers , ( of which a large proportion consisted of young persons , ) by whom T am directed to transmit a copy of the resolutions . H . MEAD , Secretary .
At a meeting of persons friendly to the establishment of a Christian Fellowship Fund , held in the Unitarian chape ) , Yeovil , < fe Sunday the 17 th May / 1818 , Edmund Batten ^ £ teq . in the -chair , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted :
1 . Thtu a society be f « Hr * wed , called the Ywril Christian Fellowfclii p Fflntf Society : S . Tli « t its objftcb ; fehaM be to present o ) ocftsi ( Hial oontrifcttrions to YTnitATian chanktar abont to te ere « ytod or repaired , to Uaiuiritiri academics fat tbe edw ^ ati ^ n of n «« iirtf *« i and to prottot ^ g ^ nerftlly the dtft \ l * r ^ n ^ f XJnitxwimti tri « h . -
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 402, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/58/
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