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during the thirty-two years he had been the pastor of the morning congregation at Worship Street , and excited a deep sympathy in the company . [ This Address is inserted in the Christian Reformer for the present month . ]
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Wright , of Trowbridge , should be their successors . Thia office was formerly regarded as having a sacred ness and an authority attaching to it which
pre-eminently qualified those who sustained it to ordain pastors . On this occasion , however , those ministers who acceded to their appointment , did so on the distinct understanding that their office was of human and not of divine institution .
They consider their duties to consist in visiting churches by desire of the Assembly , or at the request of pastors or their congregations , in reference to cases in which their advice may be peculiarly
requisite , and to unite in sanctioning the settlement of ministers as pastors;—not to authorize churches to choose their pastors , or pastors to perform the duties inseparable from their office .
The chapel debts of Cranbrook and Dover were again brought tinder the notice of the Assembly and recommended by it to the renewed consideration of those who had neither forwarded contributions nor the promise of their aid . For lists of contributions either made or
promised towards liquidating these debts , the reader is respectfully referred to the wrapper . In relation to the General Baptist Academy it was stated , that the senior student , Mr . Chinnock , had received and accepted an invitation to settle with the church at Billingshurst , in Sussex ; that a son of the late Mr . Marten had been
admitted into the Institution on probation , and that the Committee considered him well entitled to the farther patronage of the subscribers . Another student , Mr . T . F . Thomas , was also recommended to continued patronage , he having petitioned for an extension of the term of
his continuance at the Academy . His request , it is understood , will be complied with -y but it appeared that there was a necessity for increased aid to the funds of the Institution . * The Ministers , Representatives , and their Friends , afterwards dined together at the White Hart Tavern , Bishopsgate
Street—the Rev . R . Wright in the Chair . In the course of the evening the Chairman proposed such sentiments as were suited to the objects of the meeting , which induced several gentlemen to address the company . Dr . Evans read an address in which he pathetically referred to the losses the denomination had sustained
Subscriptions or Donations will be thankfully received by the Treasurer , John Treacher , Esq ., Paternoster Row ; by the Tutor , the Rev . James Gilchrist ; or by the Secretary , Mr . G . Smalffield , Homer ton .
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Unitarian Fund . The Anniversary of this Institution was held on Wednesday , June 9 th , at the New Chapel in South Place , Finsbury . A very appropriate and interesting Sermon was delivered on the occasion by the Rev . J . G . Robberds , of Manchester ,
from James v . 19 , 20 , and we have the pleasure of announcing that it will be speedily published . The Rev . L . Holden , of Tenterden , offered the long prayer , and the other parts of the service were conducted by the Rev . E . Chapman , of Deptfoid , and the Rev . Benjamin Waterhouse , of Boston , United States , who is
at present officiating for Dr . Rees at Jewin-Street Chapel . For the Report , &c , we refer to No . V , of the Unitarian Fund Register . About 250 gentlemen afterwards dined together at the London Tavern > Bishopsgate Street , Edward Taylor , Esq ., of Norwich , in the Chair , a situation which he tilled in a manner
highly conducive to the enjoyment of the company and the advantage of the Institution .
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366 Intelligence * - —Unitarian Fund .- —Unitarian Association .
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Unitarian Association . The Anuual General Meeting was held at the London Tavern , on Thursday , the 10 th of June : G . M . Davidson , Esq ., was called to the Chair .
The Treasurer ' s account was read , by which it appeared that the balance now in hand was only £ 72 $ s . ; there having been unusual calls on the Society ,
particularly on account of the Parliamentary proceedings on the subject of the Marriage Act , the expenses of which , for the three preceding years , came into the present year ' s account . '
The Committee ' s Report was then read , which will appear with our next Number . On the recommendation of the Committee , the following resolutions were passed , for the purpose of public advertisement under the discretion of the Committee .
" That the thanks of this Society are pre-eminently due to the Marquis of Lansdowne for his distinguished and zealous exertions in promoting the Bill for the Relief of Unitarians from the operation of the Marriage Law , and for bis constant attention to the Deputations of the Committee in their various interviews with him .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1824, page 366, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2525/page/46/
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