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is .. generally understood , nothing is so degrading : to a Jury a 3 to : have it supposed they , are mating under , or that they yieia ' their conscientious judgment to , * any directions whatever .
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Bristol , Sir , July 10 , 1822 . IJAj you allow me room in W your valuable publication , to bring : to the recollection of your
readers , the very praiseworthy and Interesting * congregation who assemble to worship ; one God in one Person , at ^ ewchurch , Rossendale , in Lancashire , and to set before them some particulars of their present situation ?
It must be fresh in the remembrance of many , that within ^ the last twenty years they , were ; all Wesleian Methodists y ' but , under the guidance of their honest . and inquiring minister Mr .
Cooke , were step by step , without being themselves aware of it , led on to more rational , and , as we esteem them , more ^ scriptural doctrines . Though dependent upon his profession for a maintenance , this lover of truth persevered in a careful examination of
the sacred writings ; and zealously instructing his hearers according to his own convictions , was far on his way towards Unitarianism , though he had not reached it , when called to a severe account , and dismissed from the Methodist connexion .
A large number of his flock were attached to him , and to the doctrines they had heard him deliver , and tjbese , separating themselves from thesest , chiefly with borrowed money ^• xecjte . d the chapel at Newchurch .
The painful struggle which he had gone through , and the harsh usage he had received , was more than the tender frame of Mr . Cooke could sustain , —he fell into a decline , and died soon after ; bearing witness to the last , in the cause for which he had sacrificed
his little share of jtUis world ' s goods , believing it to be , the caupe of Christian truth ; and jn full confidence committing his v widow and h ^ l plqss infants to the ^ lrjughty Protector
who never forsakpth those . who tru ^ t iajbiai . Tihe , congjce # aXiQtt , tjhpn , as L it > ^ ow does , consisted entirely of p $ r § Qns getting their living by hqrd _ Iv fypur . Ijrade ^ in . co&sQou&ncs p £ « thefc war . was
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TOPldly becoming , \ v # rse ;< $## & £ , tbe interest of the debtt ) Qn . tl ^ ir jChujqh became oppressive J& tkqm , % nd " tfay could offer nothing tqwar ^ s the ^ upport of a new minister , i ^ h ^ n pne whose merits we can -&ever . tgo highjy
appreciate , was raised up from amongst themselves . JVtr . John ^ # hjwprth , a woollen-manufacturer , uude ^ tqok tlie office without a pro ^ pept pi p / epuniary recpmpence . H 9 W well qualified he was for the undertaking , the rgeneral
good conduct , the increase , and the regular attendance of the congregation , together with the high ., estimation in which he is held ^ vhereyjer known , will best testify . Wh ^ n he and his people became known to the late excellent Dr . Thomson of J ^ eeds .
an annual stipend of \ 2 L was bytl ^ at gentleman obtained for him , from what is termed " Lady Htewley ' s Fund ; " but with a disinterested Jiberaiity not often equalled , he declared his determination regularly to
appropriate the money to the necesaary expenses of the chapel , or the gradual extinction of the debt . When this " litjtle flock'' of . worshipers of Him who is One and his Name One , was made known through the medium of the Repository to the
Unitarian public , much interest was excited , and a subscription raised which reduced their debt to less than 100 / . Had the times been less unfavourable , it would ^ no doubt , ere npw have l ) een done away . But , notwithstanding the good management of
their pastor , the necessary repairs and regular expenses attendant u , p < on carrying on worship , and providing for the early instruction of the youug * hitherto prevented its being brought under half the above-mentioaed sum , of
The ca ^ e this exemplary congregation was , in t \ ie course of the last year , laid before the members , of the Bri ^ tpl Fellowship Fund , a , nd in addition to the i particulars just related , they were informed that a yunday-200
sp . hool , con ^ i ^ tingof children , who were taught rea / ling , writing ., , and ac counts t was ipa ^ TJie ^ j <> n in the r bpdy > oi the pjiapel i ^ t , ^ qii ( y | ll :. tito necessary for t \ us ; . i # ere . furm $ h £ d ; ffe e of expensetQ , the . parents , hut a
li-^ brary of , wellr ^ pl ^ tpd t | -a ^ ts , ptc . , ws ^ dded fpr , tiie ^^ pf . ^ he ^ m ^?> man y of whom toak ^ re at . ^ iw ^ * re ^ mg . Some \ o £ t \\ $ S >\^ t ™ W& e
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464 Unitarian Con&restation , l ¥ ewchuvch , j RQ £ &ewfale .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1822, page 464, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2515/page/8/
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