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companied by Mr . F . Horsfield , both performed during the summer of the present year . The Fellowship Funds , it may be confidently hoped , will not overlook the claims of e society which , in relation to them , may be considered as a parent .
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Manchester Presbyterian Quarterly Meeting . The last Quarterly Meeting of Presbyterian ministers in the district of Manchester , was held at Blake ley , on . the 1 st instant . The Rev . Mr . Robberds preached , vice Mr . Grundy , who was absent through
indisposition , the . service having * been introduced by Mr . Deane . After the ordinary business of the meeting was transacted at the chapel , the ministers , tog-ether with some lay-brethren who attended , to the number of about thirty-five , adjourned te a neighbouring inn , and partook of an
economical dinner . The presence of the Rev . Richard Wright , who has spent some time in this county and that of . York , on a mission , imparted an additional interest to the meeting . He crave a pleasing- account of the progress which rational Christianity is gradually making in the different places
which he visited , and especially of having " repeatedly addressed numerous audiences at Todmerdin , where Unitarian rsm Lad never been preached before . Mr . Wright having intimated that a judicious distribution of Unitarian tracts might prove of great service in that neighbourhood , a
small sum was immediately subscribed for that purpose , and the tracts have been since sent according * to Mr . Wright ' s recommetw dation . A very important subject was , more properly speaking , mentioned , than discussed , iu the course of the afternoonthe propriety and practicability of aiding
and supporting * small or declining- congregations in country situations and small towns . Several congregations of this description are actually pining 1 away without any support or countenance from their brethren , even without the knowledge or sympathy of the general body , and some
probably following the fate of those become quite extinct , which might be restored to their former prosperity , if it comported with the views and habits of our Presbyterian brethren in general , and the richer class in particular , to act with zeal , and in concert . The zeal of some of our
brethren has been already exerted not altogether in vein . The support which is so generally given to the York institution , deserves great praise . The Unitarian Book arid Tract Society has been a considerable
Hfc&ans of diffusing' knowledge } and other imqpr exertions have produced , on the whole , a considerable effect . Why cannot we go on , not only with zeal , but on a sys-Umatkal plau , to strengthen tht things
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that remain ? But I here forbear , as I am afraid I am exceeding my powers as Secretary , as well as the just limits of such a communication , and as the discussion to which the foregoing observations lead belong more properly to another department of the Repository . W . JOHNS . Manchester * October 17 , 1818 .
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Unitarian Chapel , Colchester . We beg leave once more to lay the case of this chape ] before our readers . The particulars were detailed [ pp . 218 , 219 ] , by Mr . Wright , from personal knowledge , acquired in a missionary visit . Since the time that Mr . Wright drew lip his
statement , the congregation has been pretty regularly supplied with ministers from the Unitarian Fund . During the last two * months , it has enjoyed the services of Mr , Lyons , of Chester . His report is very satisfactory . The number of hearers has increased ; and the members have been drawn into closer union . The civil
interests of the chapel have been also promoted ; the trust-deeds being lodged in the proper hands , and the endowments secured to the present worshipers . It is calculated that a little further assistance
will enable the congregation to place themselves on a permanent footing . The chapel has been rendered commodious , and is not likely to want any considerable repairs for some years . Of the debt about £ 160 remains , and for the liquidation of this , the congregation venture to rely
upon the help of their brethren , the means of the individual members being small , and their exertions having been considerable The Unitarian Fund Committee earnestly and confidently recommend their case to the Fellowship Funds and to liberal-minded
individuals . Subscriptions may be remitted to Rev . W . J . Fox , Secretary of the Unitarian Fund , Hackney Road , Mr . David Eaton , High Holborn , Rev . T . Madge , Norwich , Rev . J . Lyons , Chester , Rev . JEf . Butcher , Sidmouth , or Rev . R . Wright , Wisbeach .
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6 S 6 Intelligence . —' Unitarian Chapel , Colehester . ~ Unitarian $ in ] Pwh y .
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Unitarians in Paisley . The Unitarians in Paisley have hitherto conducted their religious services in a hired school-room . They have now erected a building on their own account , on an economical plan , having weavers' shops below ,
and a room above fitted up with seats , which will contain a hundred persons , and capable , by the addition of benches , of accommodating thirty or forty more . This chapel was opened for public worship , on Sundays October the 11 th . Mr . Wilkinson ( one of the three elders ) conducted the morning service , lecturing from Matt , xvii , 5 . Mr . Plenderlehh ^ iu tbc afternoon , iusUtt < l on
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1818, page 656, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2481/page/56/
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