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* ' JVty Christian friends , ariother ground of thankful remembrarice is , that in this society we have never had the commotions and divisions vvlrich some other bodies have experienced ; individual differences , undoubtedly ,
have occurred , but during nay fifty years' connexion with you , both as a minister and pastor , I cannot bring to mind that the slightest difference has ever happened betweeji myself and the church . Thanks be . to the God of peace , the demon of discord has never
driven us from each other ; harmony has been the order of the day , through the revolving days and years of half a century ! May we still live as the disciples of the Prince of Peace , that we may reign with him for ever and ever . " *
Mr . K ., after expressing his gratitude to God for having placed him in eli g ible circumstances in life , modestly observed , that while he , like the apostle , had coveted no man ' s silver or gold , nor had received , because he needed
no pecuniary remuneration , yet he had from them what was infinitely more valuable to himself , their prayers , th ^ ir esteem , and their gratitude ! -f Another thing , Mr . K . said , had
always given him comfort on reflection , and would be to him a source of joy in his last moments , viz . that he had not only endeavoured to preach the truth as it is in Jesus but that it had
always been a point with him to vindicate the character of the ever-blessed * The writer of this article , who has been intimately acquainted with the congregation for 30 years , thinks it but justice to add , that the unanimity of which Mr . K . speaks is by the society attributed in a very great degree to that happy
disposition which he has uniformly manifested amongst his peopje ; ever alive to their real welfare . Although his character and circumstances have given him a commanding influence in his congregation , yet he has never betrayed a lordly , dictatorial spirit ; has not been the master of their faith , but the kind and tender and constant helper of their joyf
f The above observation v was made with great propriety , as Jt is a well-known fact , tfyat instead of receiving ; * Mr . 1 £ . has been in the constant habit of administering to the wants ot liis congregation , and thus acting upon the spirit of his benevolent Master , who said , ft is more blessed to give than to receive .
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God from those degrading descriptions which a ^ e tdo often given of hiiti . " He isinfeittier unjust nor cruel nor partial ; but , on the contrary , infinitely amiable . Make him a tyrant , ajid though we may fear and dread hup , yet we cannot rationally love him
-God is love . Reverse this character , and he ceases % o be that Being supremely just and good , and whose moral excellencies are depicted throughout the Holy Scriptures . My aim , * ' continued Mr . K ., " has always been , to justify the ways of God tq jnan / and € wisdom will * eventually * be justified / at least ' of all her children /"
Jn a * word , this was a most interest * ing discourse , which , while it breathed a spirit of * sincere piety , contained ap open and candid avowal of those Unitarian principles which have ever distinguished the Old General Baptists in this coimtry ; and while the worthy
preacher evinced his affection for the people of his charge , he equally dis-j played his gratitude to the Great Source of all his mercies , whose kind providence had hitherto accompanied lim through a long and prosperous ife .
The discourse was d $ liverecL before a large , sympathising and respectful congregation , who , to their credit it may be a * fded , voted their esteemed pastor a valuable piece of p late witl * the following appropriate inscription engraven on it :
As a tribute of respect , Dec . 3 * 182 P , The Congregation of General Baptists , Black-friars , Canterbury , presented this piece of Plate to their Pastor , The Rev . Sampson Kingsford , on the completion of the Fiftieth Year
of his Public Ministry among them . / thank my God upon every remembrance of yoit . PhiJ . i , 3 .
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Plymouth ^ Sir , February 16 , 1821 .
WE have a new religious sect sprung up among * us , with whom , perhaps , your readers are as yet but imperfectly acquainted : witli your permission I will present to them a view of the peculiar features of this sect , though I am at a loss to know by what name to designate them . am averse to giving a jiaroe , except
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1821, page 161, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2498/page/33/
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