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Presbyterian and Unitarian Ministers of Lancashire and Cheshire . The Annual Meeting of the Presbyterian and Unitarian Ministers of Lancashire and Cheshire , took place at Altringham , on the 17 tk of June last- The Rev . William Hincks of Liverpool ,
conducted the devotional parts of the service , and the Her . J . GaskelJ , of Dukinfield , preached from Ephes . v . 1 . After the conclusion of public worship , the usual business of the Society was transacted . The Rev . William Tate , of Chorley , was
chosen the supporter to the preacher at the next meeting , and the Rev . H . HDavis , the Secretary to the general meetings . The report of the Missionary Society was next read , and detailed the proceedings of that Society for the pust
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INTELLIGENCE .
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DOMESTIC . Western Unitarian Society . The Annual Meeting of this Society was held at Bridport , Dorset , on Wednesday the 14 th of July . On the evening
of Tuesday , there had been a religious service conducted by the Rev . Messrs . Bennet , of Poole , and I . C . Wallace , of Totnes : thejatter preached from 1 Cor . Tiii . 4—6 , and made it his object to recommend the exercise of Christian
charity towards those who differ from us hi opinion , and of strenuous zeal for the diffusion of important truths . The Rev . Edward Whitfield , of Ilminster , introduced the service on Wednesday morning ; the Rev . S . Fawcett , of Yeovil , delivered the second prayer ; and the Rev . H % Acton , of Exeter , preached the annual sermon . The discourse was
founded on the words of the writer to the Hebrews , i , 3 , where he sets forth the Son of God as " the brightness of God ' s glory , and the express image of his person" ( or perfections ) - Since the preacher has acceded to the earnest wish
of the Society that the sermon should be published , the reporter will not attempt to do justice to its merits , but will merely express a hope that every one who reads this notice may be induced to peruse the sermon and give it all the circulation in his power .
After the morning service , a number of persons were admitted members of the Society . Sixty-four members and friends dined together—N . Downe , Esq ., in the Chair ; and Dr . Carpenter , Mr . Acton , with several others , addressed the company on appropriate topics .
In the course of the proceedings reference was made to the circumstances which , during past years , had occasioned a delay in the distribution of books to the subscribers , to prevent which as
much as practicable , authority was given to the Committee to incur what expense might be necessary in behalf of the Society in keeping a stock of boolts and providing a depot for the same . And an
intimation having been given that the Rev . John Rowe had expressed his determination to decline taking his past share in the business department of the Society , ( which for nearly twenty years had greatly devolved upon him , ) it was unanimously resolved " That the cordial thanks of
this general meeting be given to the Rev . John Rowe , for his long-continued , able , and highly important services to this Society , from the time of its establish .
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ment , and especially since the removal of it to Bristol , and that as a mark of respect and gratitude , he be appointed President of this Society . " The interesting transactions of the day were brought to a close by ,-a meeting for re ] igiotis worship in the evening . The
Rev . S . Walker , of Crewkherne , performed the- introductory part , and Dr . Carpenter delivered a sermon on the words of Jesus , " I am the ' resurrection and the life . " They must have been bigoted indeed , who , listening to the preacher ' s exposition of the value of the gospel as briugiug ' life and immortality
to light , " and to the weighty practical inferences with which , in a manner full of solemn pathos , he concluded his discourse , could have still maintained that Unitarianism tends to depreciate Christianity in the opinion of mankind , or to diminish its iufluence in the regulation of the heart and life .
The writer of this note is sensible that to expatiate on the general impressions produced on this Occasion would lead him into too wide a field . He has reason to believe that many of those present as well as himself , feel justified in describing it as * a season of refreshing from the presence of the Lord , " and as " one of those heavenly days that cannot die . " G . B . W .
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The Half-yearly Meeting of the Somerset and Dorset Unitarian Association will be held at Crewkherne , Somersetshire , on Tuesday , Oct . 5 . The Rev . E . Whitneld , of Ihniuster , is appointed to preach on the occasion . It is intended that there shall be also a service in the evening G . . B . W .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 484, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/36/
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