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DOMESTIC . Dudley Double Lecture . The Annual Meeting of Ministers , denominated the Double Lecture , took place at Dudley , on Whit-Tuesday , June
12 , 1821 . The Rev . James Yates , of Birmingham , conducted the devotional service ; the Rev . Timothy Davis , of Evesham , and the Rev . James Scott , of Cradley , preached . The discourse of the former was founded on Acts xxvi . 25 :
*< But he said , 1 am not mad , most noble Festus ; but I speak forth the words of truth and soberness : " that of the latter , on John xiv . 2 : " In my Father ' s house are many mansions : if it were not so , I would have told you ; 1 go to prepare a
place for you . " The sermons were heard with great attention and interest by a numerous congregation . Twelve ministers were present . * The Rev . John Conic , of Hardsworth , and the Rev . Joseph Grey , of Birmingham , were appointed to preach on the next anniversary J . . H . B .
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of pastoral letters and sermons , which evince his piety and distinguished talen ts . He translated and printed in modern Greek , with annotations , the Epistles of the Apostles . He lived like a father amongst his diocesans , and the sort of death he died adds greatly to their sorrow and veneration for his memory . This
prelate had not taken the least share in the insurrection of the Greeks ; he had even pronounced an anathema against the authors of the rebellion ; an anathema dictated , indeed , by the Mussulman ' s sabres , but granted to prdvent the effusion of blood , and the massacre of the Greek Christians . —New Mon . ISlag .
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mary to have service performed on the preceding evening , either at the meetinghouse or in its vicinity . In conformity with this general custom a meeting was held in the Meeting-house at Merthyr , on the evening of the 27 th , when the Rev . B . Philips , of St . Clears , introduced the service ; and the Rev . J . Davies , of Capel-y-Groes and Ystrad , preached , in Welsh , from Isa . lv . 7 ; and the Rev . D .
Davis , of Neath , followed him , in English , from Rom . i . 16 , and concluded with prayer . At eleven o ' clock in the morning , of the 28 th , the Rev . J . Thomas , of Pant-y-defaid , introduced the service , and the Rev . J . Evans , of Caermarthen , preached the sermon , in Welsh , from 2 Cor . xii . 9 ; and was followed , in
English , by the Rev . R . Aubrey , of Swansea , who preached from Phil . iii . 8 , and concluded with prayer . Immediately after the conclusion of the service an open and free conference was , as usual , held in the Meeting-house , the Rev . D . Rees , M . A ., the minister of the place , in the chair . And according to a resolution past at the
last Quarterly Meeting , which was held at Wick , the question to be considered was , Whether there be any difference between the predestination of men to endless torments , and the creation of them with a perfect knowledge that they will certainly suffer such punishment ? Several persons all
took a part in the discussion ; and the speakers agreed that , with respect to the character of the agent or the condition of the patient , there can be no ditference between decreeing to a certain end and creating with a perfect knowledge of the event ; excepting that one
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5 G 2 Intelligence . — 'South Wales Unitarian Society
Intelligence.
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serving his countrymen from the hatred of the Turks , but he was not the better treated for his interposition . The Turkish government banished him to Mount Athos . Recalled to his See some years after , he was again exposed to great danger in consequence of the war with Russia ; and on the appearance of an English fleet off Constantinople , the Patriarch was exiled anew to Mount Athos , and once
more ascended his throne , on which he terminated his career . This prelate invariably manifested the most rigid observance of his sacred duties ; and in private life he was plain , affable , virtuous , and of an exemplary life . To him the merit is ascribed of establishing a Patriarchate press . He has left a numerous collection
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South JVales Unitarian Society . The Annual Meeting of the South Wales Unitarian Society was held on t ^ ie 28 th of June last , at Merthyr Tydvil , instead of Swansea , the place fixed upon for holding
it last year . The Unitarian Ministers , residing at a great distance from each other , are , most of them , obliged to come on the day before to the neighbourhood of the place of meeting ; aud on that account it is convenient and custo-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1821, page 562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2504/page/58/
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