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M ^ Mnr Gracious SOvbretgn , tf ^ ppn / 'the Vrot ^ tjm Dissenting Ministers of the Three Denoniinatipns , in an 4 aj ^ pttf the cities of London M West-^ w ^ . ^ m ^' tm ^^^ , with > rPfpun 4 respect ,. tip , e ^ j ^ sss our sincere c ^ d ^| ehce on oc ^ ip ^ of t |( e breaches ma 4 e > y death in your illustrious House , and nipre especially on the demise of cur
in otjt ^ er words , t ^ ie Chairman taken from their denQnwp ^ ipn . On th # presen t occasion , Dr . A . Rees was chosen ^ almpst a 3 a matter of course . The choice was the more interesting to both his Majesty and the Dissenting Ministers , as Dr . ftees had gone up , while a stuctent , to the late i ^ ing on his accession , sixty years ago .
There was some diversity in the costume of the ministers on this presentation . The majority wore silk gowns and t ^ ands ; others appeared in their usual 4 ress . Formerly the ministers were accustomed to go up to Court in the Geneva cloak , similar to that which is used
at funerajs , and which was once the pulpit attire of Nonconformist preachers . Their being thug Jad whfep ; tfrey pre >* s ^ t ^ d their Ad ( ke ^ s to George i * 011 hm accession , led a noblen ^ n , w ^ o probably o ^ 4 > them no gpod-wijj , a # fc , on seeing tj ^ em , " What hay < e we fere ? A Funeral I" On , wliicu the pmjse celebrate ^ omas ( fauuliarly called Tom } Prattr bury replied , * J ^ qiny Lor $ la
Hesur-, f ^ ioij / f ,, TfySfi 4 rq « ft being laid- a&itfo , minsters difler ^ ia their judgi « ent > yta ^ th ^ y should ^ iopt in , Us ^ t ead : l > is late Majesty being a ^ pp lie ^ to om the subject , answered ,. w ^ b ^ j ^ bar ; a £ teristic i ^ 4 i ^ esa ^ nd cprre ^^ ^» ° f ju ^ ginepat fa cgurt formalities , 4 < Let the Dissentipg Ministers come in fte same dress in before
whi ^ tb ^ y » M ^ ar , ^ heir congregationa / ' T } £ * i ^ np ^ cpn ^ i ^ r ^ d the rufe ; tho ^ i some niinism ^ wbo wear ; np p ^ r < 3 W R # I } it v ^^ ni ^ n ^ ipvuV on the g ^ vro on such ^ ca ^ q ^^^^^ rs i , ohiefly amongst the J | a ^^ , b ^^ ren , haytfi , ¦* cotwc ^ njiious qbj ^ tip ^ , to sacerdQtaJt "rtWfci ¦¦ ' ? . ¦ ' ' - 'ji . i ^ -- - * ' ' - - .-v ::. .-. ¦ > 4 r « PF < y $ ftfS tffWKfc ^ fJ ;^ ng pr ^ tefd ^ % 3 » i § c : ^ A ^ teSfts jint ! |^ fti Jfetigftvitf i p ^ fflft | fsifeffti % ^ rj ^ p ^^» 8 « ii WteENWgmJ ^^ ^ th ^ ir undres s The Secretary quof ^ l Oxe ^ btiyg authority of ttte King , mSL ^ er-Wt ^^' tSSBSt ^ &St "' $ >'" BBna' a ictter ^^ Tflhe Wbbeltoe , hw l ^ o ^^ p » hew *> S Wl » ljerttoftBor ^ / fo ^ - -rJ . h ' A '^ rrt ' ^ fflWlKfj
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l ^ je venerable t l ^ p ^^ , Sov ^« ig Ygw J& > yai Father j t as ^^^^^ ug ^ , ^ dial congratu ^ ipns 3 w your , M ^ Accession ^ p th ^ Tbyone of ^ ^ bll # i Kingdom of Great Britain ^ n 4 I « eian ^ We partake f > f tjie , satisfaction ? wbicH bis late Majesty ' s subjects iu g Wer ^
WW # #¥# CT ^ i *» W % . i »/ BW ^ cular , nmst hav # e ^ n ^ rien ^ edM ¦ K $# # - tended duratipu of bift life an 4 reig ^; and whilst we lament ^ e i ^ rspBaJit afllictiptt which , atuing to , latter year ^ , ( tepriv ^ d tfee nation ?! hfe pbH ^ « f * W > Wt bojwr withdevout resignation to , the niyb $ eriou
^ will of Almighty God ; and w ^ reflect With pleasure on the nlial attention manifested by your Majesty a ^ d the otfeer branches of his Family , tp hi& dignity and to his comfort during his seclusion from the duties and enjoyments of social life . ,
We also render to . the Supreme Arbiter of the condition of man our unfeigned thanksgivings * that his dissolution succeeded a gentle and gradual decay , without any previous suffering .
ftmong numerous other virtues that distinguished his character and reign , his ^ olicitude for the education of the poop , ind fon the diffusion of those Scriptures which opeix both to poor add richi the
best sources of instruction and epmi ^ rt , will be recorded in fufaire ages to ^ th » praise of our much revered Sovereign ; ¦ *'' As Protestant Dissenters , we recollect with peculiar thankfulness that , conformably to the declaration with which Jtis
late Majesty commenced his reign ^ he not only maintained the Toleration hwir olate , but milarged its protection and benefits * - » ¦ . - We should the wme deeply lament the decease of our late ! Sorcereighy if vte were not wairramted to direct our vkws to
yonr ! Majesty , as hia < successor ^ to assure- ourselveg by > the * experience < afforded , us during your ftege ^ ncy , that you will continue to us the same ^ protection andjaiinilarTjenefitBi > , ' It ml we tru » ti needless # > r us to make
any public avewal- ^ € * f iour aUaehmeht to your M&jestyte ipetre 6 & > w ® d famify , ^ nd the foptn > ti £ ^ veamnent eBtattishe * ' *? the British ! r 6 klmk ; i'w : ; nuujtn ^ ' ^ - ' - . WWi ^ ^ &U ^^ a ^ d-: ^ Ui ^ . 4 MWyI : i ^ envies ^ p ^ kmm ritod ^ an # ^ gre 0 w > «* cenl fetoi ^ - ' . -Sol ® . - 'JttiQllA'J * cC . jj ? 4 ) fife& ' : ^^ !^ 8 t ^ . f-Y ^ Y
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1820, page 316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2488/page/60/
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