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tariamsm , having formed a society for that purpose , have agreed to the following resolutions : 1 . That ihis Society be called , "The Somersetshire , Gloucestershire , and
Wiltshire Unitarian Missionary Association . " 2 . That its object be the preaching and otherwise promoting Unitarian Christianity in places where it is not at present known , and reviving the cause where it is on the decline .
3 . That it be supported by subscriptions of four shillings and upwards per annum , and donations to any amount . 4 . That any congregation or fellowship fund subscribing to this Society not less than one guinea annually , shall he entitled to vote by a representative on all questions at general meetings .
5 . That a Committee ( three of whom to be competent to act ) shall be annually elected , with power to add to their number , who shall appoint their own times of meeting , and on special occasions be summoned by the Secretary ,
6 * That a Treasurer and Secretary be annually elected , who , with all the ministers of Unitarian congregations in the district , shall be , ex officio , members of the Committee . 7 . That Sub-treasurers be appointed in
each congregation to receive the various contributions , either weekly , monthly , quarterly , half-yearly , or annually ; and that the assistance of the ladies hi each society be respectfully solicited hi this laudable work .
8 . That Half-Yearly Meetings of the members and friends of this Association be held either at Bath , Bristol , Trowbridge , Wariuinster , or elsewhere within the above-named counties , the time and place to be fixed by the Committee , and due notice of the same to be given in the Monthly Repository , Christian Reformer , and Christian Reflector .
9 . That at one of the General Meetings in-each year , the Treasurer do produce an account of receipts and disbursements , and the Secretary a report of the transactions of the past year .
10 . That it be particularly recommended to the Committee to request the assistance of Tract Societies In granting donations or cheap supplies of their publications calculated to diffuse Unitarian
Christianity . 11 . That , in consequence of losses of property sustained by different Societies , the Committee do take into consideration whether some plan might not be
devised for registering trust-deeds , or other , ¦ instruments left to congregations in tfiis district , and to confer , as occa- ' siou may require , with the Association formed for that purpose in London . 12 . Tl > at Mr . Nias be the Treasurer ,
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and Mr . H . E . Howse , Jun ., the Secretary for the ensuing year . 13 . That any sums contributed to this Association for any particular specified
object shall be sacredly appropriated to that and no other purpose . N . B . This last resolution was added at the first Half-Yearly Meeting , held at Bradford , on Friday the 1 st of April .
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, £ 12 Intelligence . —>« Botton Anniversary .
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Bolton Anniversary , The Third Anniversary of the Congregation assembling in the Unitarian Meeting-house , Moor Lane , Bolton , was held on Sunday and Monday , April 3 rd and 4 th , The morning service on
Sunday was opened by the Rev . W . Shepherd , of Gateacre , and the Rev . R . Cree , of Preston , delivered an admirable sermon on the Evidences of the Resurrection of Jesus , from Luke xxiv . 48 . The afternoon -worship was conducted by Mr . Cree , and Mr . Shepherd preached on the
principles of Dissent and Christian Liberty , Matt . xv . 9 . Mr . Harris introduced the service in the evening , and Mr . Cree gave a masterly delineation of the spirit and tendency of orthodoxy , 2 Thess . ii . 4 . On the Monday evening the Rev , W . J . Bakewell , of Chester ,
introduced the service , and Mr . Harris preached from 1 Pet . iv . 14—16 , shewing that all suffering was for man ' s improvement and happiness . The collections , "which were towards defraying the expense incurred in erecting the schoolrooms and vestries , amounted to ^ 32 .
On Monday about two hundred persons , of both sexes , sat down to a cold dinner , in Mr . Watson ' s Cloth-hall , the Rev . George Harris presided , and Mr . Salter was vice-president ; on the right and left of the president were the Rev . W . Shepherd , Rev . Robert Cree , the Rev . W . Bakewell , and A . Crompton , Esq ., of Lancaster .
As soon as the company were seated at the table , Mr . Harris delivered a short prayer ; and a hymn was sung after the cloth was removed . Then followed various sentiments and
speeches , after which another hymn was sung ; and the Lord ' s prayer , and a benediction being pronounced by the president , the meeting : broke up at five o ' clock .
On Tuesday , the children educated m the Sunday-schools belonging to the meeting-house , and their teachers , were entertained at dinner in the Cloth-hall , rather more than two hundred being present . After dinner , a hymn being sung , they were addressed by M * r . Harris , Mr . Bakewell , and Mr . Knowles , and were dismissed- about three o ' clock ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1825, page 312, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2536/page/56/
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