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express the deep concern and sympathy \ ve have felt , under the afflictive events which have of late marked the dispensations of Divine Providence , to the King , the Royal Family , and , through their necessary heartfelt interest therein , to the people at large of the United Kingdom . May the Allwise God sanctify these afflictions , with every part of his providence , to the King and all his subjects for their
good . To feelings like these , there is abundant cause that we should unite a grateful remembrance of our late beloved Sovereign , thy father , a prince conspicuous for his love to religion and virtue ; and to whom our Society is deeply indebted , for the protection uniformly extended to
it , in the profession and practice of Christian principle , dear to our predecessors in the same faith , and which remain clear to us . And whilst in the Royal presence , on behalf of a religious body , we would further respectfully avow our conviction , that it is righteousness which exalteth a nation ; and with the warm
feelings of Christian love , express our fervent desire , that the hearts of the King and his Council may be ever turned to the Lord Almighty , in humble reliance upon Him for wisdom and strength . Thus may thy reign be a blessing to these nations , distinguished alike by the continuance of a pacific policy abroad , and
by tranquillity , union , and the support of every Christian and beneficent undertaking at home . And mayst thou , our King , living in the Divine fear , be prepared in the mercy of God , in Christ Jesus our Lord , and through faith in the efficacy of his saving power , for a final inheritance among purified spirits , in the realms of eternal
bliss-Signed in a Meeting , representing the Society of Friends , commonly called Quakers , in Great Britain , held in London , the 6 th of the 3 rd month , 1820 . The King ' s Answer . I am much gratified by the feelings of grateful remembrance manifested towards
my lamented father , in this loyal and dutiful address ; as well as by the assurance of your faithful attachment to myself . You may depend upon my constaut protection .
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Addhessl of th £ Conference of Wesleian Methodists to the King on hi 3 Accession to the Thronjb , To the King ' s most excellent Motjesty May it please your Majesty ,
We , your Majesty ' s most dutiful and loyal subjects , the Ministers representing the people called Methbdists , belonging to the religious societies in Great Britain
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and Ireland , first established l ? y ihe Rev . John Wesley , A . JV 1 ., late Fallow of Lincoln College , Oxford , deceased , beg leave most humbly to offer to your Majesty , on the first day of our Annual Conference , the cordial assurances of our undeviatiiig ; attachment to your illustrious house , to your sacred person , and to the unrivalled constitution of our country . In making these sincere declarations , we cannot but be solemnly impressed by
the recollection of that lamented event which has now placed your Majesty on the Throne of your ancestors ; an event which forcibly reminds us both of the instability of all human greatness , and of the vital importance of genuine religion to society at large , and to individuals of every rauk and station . Duly and deeply affected as we are with the death of our late most excellent and venerable Sovereign , though in the
course of nature it must have been painfully anticipated by all his subjects , still we cannot but greatly rejoice at your Majesty ' s accession to that Throne , to which your Majesty has by birth an inalienable aad incontestable right—a right joyfully recognized by the universal approbation of your people . And as we hail the commencement of your Majesty ' s reign , so , with joyful anticipation and affectionate interest , we look forward to its long continuance .
From the example of our founder , from early Instruction , from principle , and from choice , we are Inviolably attached to the constitution of our country and to the illustrious House of Hariover ; and by the strictest ties of affection and duty we feel ourselves bound to your
Majesty's most sacred person . Under your Majesty ' s Government we confidently expect all the blessings of a good , wise and beneficent reign ; and we feel ourselves authorized to indulge this hope from the still warm lecollection of the
constitutional mauner in which , for so long a time , your Majesty fulfilled the high , difficult and important duties of the Regency , and from the assurance given to your people in your Majesty ' s first speech from the Throne , that , in your
future administration , your Majesty would still pursue the same line of conduct which was so bencficiallv marked out , and so studiously followed , by your late Royal Parent ;—an assurance worthy of the Son of so great and so good a Sire .
Nor can we here refrain from expressing our gratitude to Divine Providence , that your Majesty ' s accession to the Throne was preceded by a general peac £ , in effecting which your Majesty ' s couiisfels and power had so large a share , and which we ardently hope will be preserved and maintained , wong the nations of the
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Register of Eeclesiaftical Document ** J 85
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VOL . XVI . 2 XX
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1821, page 185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2498/page/57/
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