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DOMESTIC . Re-opening of Unitarian Chapel , Totnes .
It will be gratifying to the friends of Unitarian Christianity to learn that this Chapel , after an interval of twenty years and upwards , is again occupied by worshipers of One God , even the Father , wider the care of a respectable Unitarian minister . Although untoward circumstances for so many years prevented the congregation for whom the building was
originally erected from assembling in it , nevertheless , the trustees , like men . of honour and principle , were careful to fill up the trust with persons favourable to Unitarian views ; and by letting the Chapel , and in other ways increasing the funds attached to it , as well as by their own individual liberality , they were at length enabled to oiler a minister a very moderate salary . Application was then made to the Rev , Henry Acton , of Exeter , to visit Totnes , for the purpose of re-opening the Chapel for Unitarian worship ; which was accordingly done on the 28 th of March . Mr . Sfuethurst , of Moreton Hampstead , conducted the devotional parts of the service , and Mr . Acton preached , morning and afternoon . The congregation in the morning was encouraging , but in the afternoon the place was crowded with respectable and serious hearers . The Rev . James C . Wallace has been since engaged as the minister for a twelvemonth ; and all appearances promise that much success will reward his able services in . the great and good cause at Totnes .
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Devon and Cornwall Unitarian Missionary Society . Tins Society , the want of which had been for some time felt and acknowledged hi these western counties , was instituted at Oeorge ' s Chapel , Exeter , on Friday , < he Kith of April . Though the day was exceedingly wet and unfavourable , many bilious friends to the cause attended from Honiton , Crediton-, GuHunipton , ttidmomh , and other places . The Rev .
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and tbtfee < chiidre 4 i .. To them his loss vrili be irreparable ; but they may yet experience that calm aod solemn satisfaction , which cannot fail to allay the bitterness of grief , and which is to he derived fro « i the reflection that his memorv will continue to fee cherished with
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esteem and affection , not only by his nearest and Nearest connexions , but by all who had the happiness to enjoy his friendship , or the opportunity to estimate his worth . B . . ^ MflBMMn .
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Richard Wright , who , as a veteran Missionary , was invited to preach upon the occasion , delighted and animated his hearers by the ability and energy with which he defended the claims of Unitarianism to the scriptural title of " glad tidings , * ' his text being Acts xx . 24 . After the sermon , Mr . T . M . Kingdon being called to the chair , the business of
forming the Society was entered into and accomplished . The congregation assembled again in the evening , when Mr . Acton preached . The feeliug created in all minds at the close of the day , was that of confident hope and trust that this society will he highly useful in spreading the knowledge of Unitarian views of the gospel in Devon and Cornwall .
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Intemgenee * " ** Somerset and Dorset Umturian Association * 303
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Somerset and Dorset Unitarian Association . On Wednesday , April 21 st , the Half-Yearly Meeting of the Society was held at Ilminster . A more than usual interest
was given to the proceedings of the day , by the attendance of all the ministers connected with the Society , and by the presence of several gentlemen who reside out of the district , particularly Messrs . Wright , Acton and Smethurst .
The Rev . Samuel Walker , of Crewkerne , preached in the morning , oa Fanaticism , and the Rev . H , Acton , in the evening , on the Love and Honour due to our Lord Jesus Christ .
The interval between the services was occupied with the usual engagements . A few new subscribers were added to the Society . It was resolved that measures should be taken to procure the
reprinting of a tract , written by Dr . S . Smith , and published iu the Christian Reformer ,, Vol . V . p . 361 ; and the Rev . E * Whitfteld , of Ilminster , was appointed to preach at Crewkerne ou the first Tuesday in October ,
The writer of this brief notice . believes , it may }> e tirujy said , ithftt the transactions of the day were productive of one cojBjnfln feeling of gratification an « l renewed zeal in behalf of the pure gospel of Christ . G . £ . W .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1824, page 303, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2524/page/47/
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