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General Baptist Assemhly . On Whit-Taeisdaty , May 28 th , this Annual Meeting was'held ' at Worship Street , London . Mr . Cft&pfndn , of BUlfngshtirst , offered up prayer ,-and the remainder of the service was conducted by Doctor Evdns , of Islington . The ^ preacher choSe his text from Matt . xxv . 21 : " Well doire thou < good and faithful servant , " Sec :, and ,
in illustrating the passage , paid a welldeserved tribute of respect to the memory of two very old members of the Assembly , the Rev . Stephen Philpot , of Saffron Walden , and the Bev . Sumpson Kirigsfdrd , of Canterbury . These gentlemen died within the same month , each in the 70 th ytfar of his age , £ fter having endeared themselves to their congregations , the
former by thirty , add the latfer by fifty years' faithful services , Dr . Evans alluded to the krss of his son , the Rev . Caleb Evdns , whose ministerial course had been terminated by death , in the short space 0 f one yeftr . On this affect ing event , tKe befeaved parent touched briefly and delicately , but with a fortitude and resignation Which sensibly affected his hearers . ,
The Report of the Committee contained some pfteasing intelligence of the success of Mr , Hard ing ' s Missionary labours in Kent ; and the EUstern part of Sussex ; and the . letters from the churches at York and Selby , spoke of a considerable accesskm of new members . This increase had taken place chiefly at Selby and hi
the neighbouring Tillages . Two of the churches reported to the Assembly that they admitted Open Communion , and that in one instance ^ some who had previously beety communicants had submitted to the rite . of immersion ; and in another , that ttyey had . baptized more since than before they allowed the communion to he free . Thus the church at Dover , last
year , and those of Godalming and Selby this year , have reported that , though they regard adult Baptism as an ordinance of divine appointment and still binding on believers , they do not consider themselves at liberty to exclude from the Lord ' s Table tjipse who cannot , view the subject of Baptism in the same light with themselves .
Two churches "in Kent—those of Chatham and Bessels Green , were reported to be in want of ministers . The former had hoped to obtain the services of Mr . Squiery from the Unitarian Baptist Academy , under the superintendence of the
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Rev \ JtiMes Gildhrist , at Newington Gredn ; but Mr . Bquier lia ' s accepted an invitation from the trrfTtarfan congrega - tion at 'Edinburgh , in the hope of being able to prosecute his ^ tudi ^ s there advan - tageously , in adoption to the discharge of his ministerial duties . iThe futids 6 f the
Academy Were again stated to * be lowand the fact tha ' t the tTlfee Students Who have recently quitted it to settle with congregations were fotfn Q tb be accepta - ble occajdbital Supplies in ~ ahfl ^ bb ii t the Metropdfis , ahd the consictertitibn of one for
6 f thein beirig abfcut tb occtt ^ y sohie time a 'station of cbirsitl'drable Ifofwirtance to the Unitarian caiitfe , ra ^ y f > erhajis , be thought ^ uffictemft to j ust ify an earrfest ap {> e ^ l to the friends 6 t that cause , on behalf 6 f the Institutibn at
Nevvirigton Green . * The Tninister % and their frfcnds afterwards dined together at the White Hart Tavern , Bi ^ hbpsgHfe Street , Mr . Gildirist in the chztir . In the course of the evening several gentlemen delivered addresses to the meeting on subjects connected Hvith the peculiar Objects of the Bapr tist cause , ^ and oh the great and
interesting t 6 pics of civil and religious liberty . #
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^ Unitdrian t ^ iind Anniversary . The Sixteenth Anniversary of the Uni tarian Fund was held on Wednesday , Mas ? 9 , at Parliament-Court Chapel . The
Rev . George Kenrick , of Clifton , and the Jlev . Russell Scott , of Portsmouth , conducted the religious services previous to the Sermon , which was preached accord ing to appointment at the former Anniversary , by the Rev . Dr . Morell , of Brighton . This Sermon , as might havo been expected from the preacher , cod
tained many'valuable remarks . Wees pecialiy notice , and our limits will allo ^ v us uo more , 3 . very luminous representation of the distinct properties of zeal and intolerance . We trust that the una nimous wish for the publication of this truly appropriate discourse , will be speedily ' gratified .
? Contributions-or Subscri ptions nag 11 be transmitted to the Treasurer , John Treacher , Esq ., Paternoster Bow , London ; or to the Secretary , Mr . Ge ( "V Smallfield , Homerton , by either of wnon they would be thankfully received .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1822, page 378, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2513/page/58/
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