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Warwickshire Unitarian Tract Society . The members of the Unitarian Tract Society , established in Birmingham , for Warwickshire and the neighbouring counties , held their Annual Meeting at
Kidderminster , on Tuesday , July 2 , 1822 . The Rev . Samuel Fawcett , of Yeovil , whose presence , on such an occasion , in his native town , was peculiarly gratifying to his friends , began the religious services of the day with prayer and reading the Scriptures . The Rev . James Hews Bransby , of Dudley , offered up the general
prayer ; and the Rev . Joseph Hutton , of Leeds , preached from James ii . 18 : (< Yea , a man may say , thou hast faith and I have works : shew me thy faith without thy works , and I will shew thee my faith by my works . " The preacher was evidently heard with the most lively interest ; and the writer of tliis brief notice ventures
to renew the expression of his hope , that Mr . Hutton will prevail upon himself to print his discourse , in compliance with the earnest wishes of the meeting . About forty members and friends of
the Society afterwards dined together , J . T . Smith , Esq , being in the Chair ; and in the course of the afternoon several gentlemen addressed the meeting , on subjects connected with the interests of Christian truth , liberty and virtue . J . H . B .
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Unitarian Association for Hull , Lincoln , Doncastcr and Thome . The Annual Meeting of this Society was held at Hull , on Wednesday and Thursday , 3 rd and 4 th July . The Rev . W . Bake well , of Chester , introduced the service on Wednesday evening ; and the Rev . G . Harris , of Bolton , delivered an
eloquent and most animating discourse ou the Causes of Infidelity , from Isa . lii . 5 . The preacher having noticed the great alarm lately excited by the supposed prevalence and increase of scepticism , particularly that species of unbelief which is known by the name Deism , and having admitted that such sentiments did exist ,
much to the injury of society , and that they afforded a just subject of regret to all pious Christians , proceeded to shew in what they originated , and for what they were still indebted for their support . He stated two of the principal causes of
Infidelity : the first of which was to be found m the gldomy , repulsive and contradictory sentiments of reputed orthodox writers , which , having been too generally identified with the genuine principles of the gospel , had caused the understandings
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of reflectrve men to tetolt , and had Induced them to discard the Christian system . The argument was ably supported by a review of the opinions expressed in the writings of some of the most celebrated orthodox divines , by a referenpe to the system of religious belief established in those countries which have
been most distinguished for the growth and spread of infidelity , and by an appeal to the declarations of Deistical writers themselves . Another of the causes to which Infidelity was said to owe its origin , was the illiberal and persecuting conduct of the professed believers in the gospel .
On Thursday morning , the Rev . C . Welibeloved , of York , preached from Philipp . ii . 5—9 . The discourse was fraught with sound criticism and judicious
observation , and afforded a most satisfactory explanation ot the manner in which this much controverted passage of Scripture ought to be understood . The difficulties on the side of Trinitarianism
were shewn to be irreconcueable ; while , upon a more rational principle of interpretation , the text appeared to convey a consistent , appropriate and beautiful meaning . On the same day , the friends of the Institution dined together , in number sixty-nine , and were much gratified with the strength which their cause seemed to have acquired since their last meeting .
In the evening the Rev . G . Harris delivered a discourse from Luke vii . 22 : " To the poor the gospel is preached , " in which he endeavoured to shew that the doctrines now improperly termed Evangelical are not taught in the writings of the Evangelists ; but that they are directly at variance with the sentiments contained in these interesting portions of the sacred volume .
The three services were numerously attended . On Thursday evening , the Chapel in Bowl-Alley Lane was crowded to qxccsh ; and so strong was the interest excited in the minds of the inhabitants of the town , that on the Sunday following , when Mr . Harris again preached , numbers of persons were unable to obtain admission into the chapel .
This Institution has already been productive of important effects in the town and neighbourhood of Hull . It has brought into more general notice the sentiments of Unitarians , and tended much to diminish the prejudices formerly entertained against them . In the end it will , no doubt j prove eminently serviceable to the cause of rational Christianity . W . W .
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448 Intelligences * -WarwickshireUnitarian Tract Society .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1822, page 448, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2514/page/56/
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