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the service with prayer and reading the Scriptures . In the absence * of Mr . Smith , of that place , front Illness , Mr . ttol&en undertook the second pratyer . Mr . G . Harris , of Liverpool , then delivered a most eloquent , instructive and impressing discourse from Isa . ixir . 1 . He took a
rapid view of man from his earliest condition in a state of nature , in his gradual advances in knowledge , and in all that adds respectability to human nature- — the progress of civiHzatioo , connected with the various succeeding communications of the Divine will . The animated
preacher glanced at the various affecting interruptions to the just cultivation of intellect , which have taken place in different ages and directed the attention of those around him to the high pre eminence and distinction in which society is found , in point of knowledge , at the present period ; yet stated , with
a glow of anticipation , that much remained to be accomplished , and that an interminable state of progression and improvement was still before us . He finished his discourse ( which was listened to with the most deep and silent attention ) with some very earnest exhortations to the associated body , applying to the
still more effectual promotion of the great purposes of their union , looking forward to the spread and influence and power of -truth ami . righteousness and peace throughout the earth He concluded with prayer . The usual business was then entered into in the chapeL The different
reports were read . With other interesting matter it was stated , that since the last meeting a Sunday-school had been established at Tenterden , consisting of ninety scholars , in which the young of the congregation have been and are particularly active : and that an infant church was
rising at Biddenden , where , with occasional assistance from Messrs . Holden and Cutidill , and at other times from persons in their own little flock , they had regularly met for public worship and instruction ; and had even established a
Fellowship Fund . To this Society Mr . Wright preached the first sermon . A vote of thanks was after this unanimously carried to W . Smith , Esq ., M . P ., as also to the Committee of the Association for the Protection of the Civil Rights of Unitarians , for their faithful and diligent
exertions in endeavouring to obtain relief respectiug the Marriage Ceremony , and in taking the necessary steps for petitioning the Legislature for a repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts , An economical dinner was provided at the Woolpack Inn ; a company of one hundred and thirty-three , of both fcexes , sat down to
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tf < After the cloth was removed , fMs iitfniber increased to about two hundred . Thomas Marsden , Esq ., of the Borough " was called to the Chair ^ which he ftlled highly to the satisfaction of all present . The attention : of the company was weU preserved by a number of spirited speeches , bearing tfpou the great purposes of the
Association . Sooti after six the company separated ; forming themselves into different tea-part * e& , at the houses of friends ; and after this returned to their respective homeSj with every expression of the high gratification they had experienced . May such meetings of the worshipers of the one only living and true God , and avowed
disciples of Christ , as their only Master , Head and Lord , firm and decisive as the advocates of truth , yet breathing a spirit of benevolence and charity to all mankind , increase in all parts of the United Empire , and at length extend to the four quarters of the globe , until the kingdom of God shall universally come with L power . H . Tenterden , August 2 , 1821 .
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564 Intelligence . —Birmingham , Old and $ Jem Meeting Tract Society
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^ Plan and Rules of the Old and Nciv Meeting Sunday-school Tract Society , Birmingham . Considering Unltariamsm to be the
doctrine which represents Christianity in its primitive purity and simplicity , and that its spread must in consequence be beneficial to soeieft-y , the teachers of the Old and New Meeting Sunday-schools commenced this institution under the impression that their schools afforded them a wide and extensive field for the
dissemination of moral and religious knowledge ; and the success it has met with has far exceeded their expectations . Although in its infant state , the society has eighty members and upwards , a majority of whom are teachers m the schools ; but it has not been confined to them , as many other persons entertaining similar views ,
have gladly lent their aid to facilitate its progress . The tracts distributed since its establishment are in number upwards of 2000 , many of which were printed by the Society ; the remaining were purchased from the Warwickshire Unitarian and the London Christian Tract Societies , to both which institutions we subscribe . Our
subscriptions are generally from 1 * . to is . Gd . per quarter : they are collected monthly by persons appointed by the Committee for that purpose . The frequent collection of the subscriptions is an inducement to many to become subscribers who would otherwise be unable so to do ; and the frequent distribution of tracts ( which is quarterly ) keeps up a iwW
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1821, page 564, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2504/page/60/
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