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Th £ former of tfee ^ e S yn opassed the following resolutions :.. . " At the Annual Meeting of the Presbyterian Synods of Mun ^ ter , held in Dublin , on Wednesday , July 1 st , 1818 ,
" Resolved unanimously ,- *— -That we contemplate with peculiar satisfaction , the recent exertions made * by . our brethren of the Synod of Ulster , to extend the Presbyterian interest in the South of Ireland .
Resolved unanimously , —That we will co-operate with the Synod of Ulster , in a » y measures they may adopt , for promoting this desirable end . < c Resolved unanimously , — That the
thanks of the Synod are due to the Rev . INjLr . Cooke and the Rev . Mr . Stewart , who have recently supplied the congregation at Car low , for the zeal , prudence , diligence and ability exhibited by them in fulfilling the objects of their mission .
" Resolved unanimously > —That a copy of these resolutions , signed by our Moderator , and Clerk , be sent to the Moderator of . the Synod of Ulster , to be communicated to that body . ** ( Signed ) Ph . Taylor , Moderator James Armstrong , Clerk .
These resolutions having been accordingly laid , before the Synod of Ulster , were cordially received by that body , who thereupon resolved as follows : < c Resolved unanimously , — -That we will most cordially co-operate with our brethren of the Synod of Munster , in promoting the Presbyterian interest in the south of Ireland . € f
Moved * and unanimously agreed to , —* That our Moderator do write a respectful letter to the Moderator of the Synod of Munster , inclosing a copy of the above resolution , and expressing the happiness w , e feel in the prospect of extending Presbyterianism , and our sense of the liberal conduct of our brethren in the south .
' Resolved unanimously , —That our tvjarm thanks be returned to our own members , Messrs . Homer , Cooke and Sjtewart , for their zealous exertions in this business . " Messrs , Homer , Cooke and Stewart were accordingly thanked by the Moderator .
At a subsequent meeting , the Synod of Ulster resolved , that a committee of thfeir own bo ^ y should be annually appointed * " for Demoting Presbyteriatoism in the south sti * 4 iwest of Ireland ; " The minis-. t ^ s noipi ^ ajtecL on . thia committee , for the present A year , were \
R ^ v , , O Malcome , D . Eh Mod . Syti . IVev , J TJhompspn , Rev , S , Hanna , D . D ., Hkjwt . W , Neilson , D < D ., Rev . H . Henry , I ^ v , H * Montgomery , Rev . R . Stewart , Rev . H . Cooke , Clerk oftheQommktt $ e
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who wece instructed to co-ppetfate with the ministers of Dublin and the Synod of Munster , in preserving and extending the Presbyterian interest in the above-mentioned parts of the kingdom . tn consequence of the resolutions of the two Synods of Ulster and Munster
detailed above , the ministers of the two Presbyteries of Dublin connected with these two bodies , met and formed themselves into a permanent committee for carrying into effect the wishes of their respective Synods . This committee consists of the following members , namely ,
Rev . Philip Taylor , Rev . B . M'Dowel , D . D ., Rev . James Homer * Rev . Joseph Hutton , Rev . J . Armstrong , Rev . Samuel Simpson , Rev . W . H . Druxmnond , D . D ., Rev . Joseph Scott , Rev . James Morgan . R « v . James Carlile , Clerk of the Committee . With whom are associated the following elders and lay gentlemen :
John Barton , John Birch , James Chambers , James Craig , John Duncan , James Ferrier , William Johnston , William Johnston * jun ., Abraham Lane , William Madden , George Proctor , Thomas Wilson * Esquires .
The committee appointed by the Synod of Ulster , necessarily holding their meetings in Belfast , or in some other part of the province of Ulster , the duties which naturally devolve upon them are , exciting an interest and raising funds among the great Presbyterian population of that province , and procuring suitable ministers for
the missions ; while the committee formed in Dublin , having more direct and easy communication with the ' provinces of Munster and Connaught , receive the ministers destined for the work , ap } X * int them to their stations , procure for them introductions and other facilities , keep an account of the expenditure of money , and hold a general superintendance over the
operations . . These committees have already entered fcealously into the discharge of their respective functions . Several congregational collections have been- made ; arid arrangements are in progress for extending this mode of procuring funds . Several ministers have been sent as missionaries into
various pijrts of the kingdom , particularly into those districts where Presbyterian congregations had existed in former times , and are now engaged with vsry prospect of success in collecting and
organising congregations . These ministers have found that ^ wherever Presbyteiiatiism had dedined , indifference to religion ha * incased ; and , ia some instances , they toiM ) fbacy ^ he mortification to discover iicK # Joaif v * ® fathers were of their wmtsffadttfg ^^ a
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ds 6 ^ Register of Ecclesiastical Documents .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1821, page 626, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2505/page/58/
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