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' * " ( ¦ om ^^^^ H ^^^^^^^ Ordination of the Rev . Frafiklin , Baker * The ordination of the Rev . Franklin Baker took place iu the Bank-Street Chapel , Bolton , on Thursday the 23 rd of September . The service commenced
at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , with an introductory prayer by the Rev . Charles Wallace , of Altrincham . . Afterwards a few questions were proposed to the young minister by the Her . J . G . Robberds , of Manchester , in which he was requested to state what were the views with which
he had undertaken the duties oi the pastoral office : to these queries he returned a very modest and sensible reply , declaring his conviction of the truth and importance of the Christian religion , and his determination to make it the rule of his teachings and practice . Another prayer
was then offered up by the Rev . Mr . Tate , of Chorley , for the mutual happiness of the pastor and his Hock in the connexion then solemnly ratified between them . The Rev . John Kentish , of Birmingham , next delivered an excellent charge , abounding with the most judicious
precepts and affectionate advice , which was listened to with the deepest attention by the whole assembly , and must have been felt peculiarly edifying by the numerous young ministers who were present . The charge was followed by a sermon from the Rev . Mr . Bransby , of Dudley , who preached , in a very animated
and argumentative strain , from Acts iv . 19 and 20 , upon the principles of Protestant Nonconformity , [ and , in conclusion , made a touching application of his discourse to ^ tfee peculiar circumstances of the occasion , A short prayer from Mr . Bransby terminated the interesting services of the day . In the afternoon , the
congreg ation , the Banisters , and several lay-friemls from tfoe neighbourhood dined togeth er . The s ubject of the Revival ° f Ordiuatipn ^^ rvides amongs t Protestant Dissents was discussed in several speeches that Were delivered after dinner . There seeihed to be but one feeling as to the agreeable and salutarv impression
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Intelligence . —Ordination of the Rev . F . Baher . —Unitarian Donations * $ 31
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The Winter Quarterly Ivleeting was appointed to be held at Nottage , Glamor , gaushire , on the last Thursday in the present year . And Mr . J . James , of Geliionen , was requested to preach the
sermon . The following question was proposed to be discussed : —What Proofs can be had * that the Holy Spirit works immediately and snpernaturally y on the heart of a Sinner , in his Conversion ? > J . T . October 15 / A , 1824 .
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produced by the services of that day ; and guarded , as the ceremony of ordination is in its present form , from the liability of abuse to superstitious purposes , it was
thought that the general revival f > f it would be attended by many beneficial consequences * . It is understood , that the gentlemen who officiated on tne occasion j have consented that their services should be printed .
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Methodist Conference . The Eighty-First Annual Conference of the Wesleian Methodists was held at Leeds from Wednesday , July , 2 dih , to Tuesday , August 10 th / Upwards of three
hundred and sixty preachers , and an immense number of strangers , were present , The clear increase of members at lioine and abroad is stated to be 8 ^ 678 ^ r fhe number of members in the American Societies when last taken was 312 , 540 , and the number of preachers 1 , 214 .
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MISCELLANEOUS . [ Advertisement . —The Deputy Treasurer of the Unitarian Fund has received a donation of Two Hundred Pounds , from a Friend , for the general purposes of that Institution . -
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[ Advertisement . The Treasurer of Manchester College , York , has received the sum of Two Hundred and Forty-six Pounds , a donation to the College , from " A Friend . " Manchestery Oct . 20 , 1824 .
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The Corporation of London have unanimously resolved to establish a Library * in their Guildhall , and have granted . £ 500 as an outfit , and £ ' 200 per aim . for the purchase of books .
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A volume of the matters obtained by unrolling Herculaneum MSS . will shortly be given to the public .
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Midland Catholic Association . Sept . 22 nd , a public meeting of the Catholics of the midland counties was held at the Royal Hotel , Birmingham , ( Edward Blount , Esq ., in the Chair , ) for the purpose of forming a Catholic
Association in connexion with that established in the metropolis . One of the resolutions entered into was to the following effect : " That the basis on which . this Association is founded is the right which every mau possesses of worshiping God according to the dictates of his conscience , with-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1824, page 631, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2529/page/55/
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