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DOMESTIC . RELIGIOUS . Manchester College , York : Annual Examination—and Ordination of Rev . W . S . Brown , at Hull . On Monday , June 27 , commenced the Annual Examination of the Students in Manchester College , York , and continued till the following Thursday evening ,
before Abraham Crompton and Daniel Gaskell , Esqrs ., and the Rev . John Yates and John Kentish , Vice-Presidents ; the Rev . William Turner , Visitor ; the Rev . J . G . Robberds , Public Examiner ; the Rev . J . J . Tayler , Secretary ; and Robert Philips , Jun ., Assistant Treasurer ; and Messrs .
Bealby , Bell , Brownbill , Dawson , Heaviside , Martineau , Mead , Philips , Pratt , Talbot , Taylor , Tottie , R . V . Yates , and the Rev . Messrs . Gaskell , Lee , Mallison , Smethurst and Tate . On Monday afternoon the three Hebrew Classes were
examined together , by written papers , for three hours ; and the three Mathematical Classes in the same way , for an equal time . Tuesday morning the Greek Classes were examined in a similar way , from eight to eleven ; after which , Orations were delivered by Mr . Paget , on " the Origin and Effects of Chivalry ; " Mr .
Philipps , on " Ecclesiastical Establishments ; " Mr . Dawson , on " the Use of Machinery in Manufactures ; " Mr . Darbishire , on " the Tendency of Berkley ' s Theory ; " Mr . Squire , on " the Institution of the Jesuits ; " and Mr . Higginson , on c < the Influence of Sects and Parties
in Religion , Philosophy and Politics . " Then followed a vivd voce examination of the Ethical Class ; Orations , by Mr . P . Crompton , on " Fortitude ; " Mr . Rankin , on " the Reformation by Wickliffe ;" and Mr . Bayly , on " Penal Laws in Matters of Religion ; " and the business of the day concluded by an examination , in
writing , of the Belles Lettres , and Senior History Classes . Wednesday commenced with an examination , in writing , for three hours , of the Theology and Evidence Classes ; which was followed by Orations by Mr . freeman , on " the Comparative Advantages of Public and
Private Education ; " by Mr . Busk , on " Innovation ; " and a Sermon by Mr . Worthington , on Phil . iv . 6 , 7 . After a short interval , Mr . Martineau delivered an Oration on " the Necessity of Cultivating the Imagination as a Regulator of the Devotional Feelings ; " Mr . Crompton , on " the Imagination considered in
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reference to the Works of Nature ; " and Mr . Tagart , a Sermon on Acts xvi . 31 , The Junior Latin Class was then publicly examined for nearly two hours ; and the business of this day concluded with Orations by Mr . Talbot , on " the Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus ; " and by Mr . Ketley , on " the Comparative Evidences and Nature of Christianity and
Mohammedism ; " and with a Sermon by Mr . Wreford , on Isa . xl . 6 , 7 . On Thursday , the Senior Latin Class was publicly examined for nearly two hours ; Oration * were delivered by Mr . Lee , on " the supposed Unfavourableness of the Roman Catholic Religion to Civil Liberty ; " and by Mr . R . Brook Aspland , on " the
Pulpit Oratory of France ; " and a Sermon by Mr . Brown on Deut . iv . 9 . The Junior History and the Logic Classes were then examined vivd voce , and the examiation concluded with an Oration by Mr .
Howorth , on " the Charge against Christianity , that it does not inculcate Patriotism and Friendship ; " and Sermons , by Mr . Beard , on Matt . xi . 5 , and Mr . Mitchelson on Eph . ii . 12 .
After a short interval , for determining the prizes for the best Oration and the best delivery , ( it having been previously notified that the fifth year ' s Students did not wish to be included , as not considering Sei raons proper subjects for a prize , ) the Visitor delivered the following Address :
" Gentlemen , — I am now called to the office , which I discharge with annually- in ereasing pleasure , of closing this long and highly satisfactory examination with our best thanks for the patience with which you have submitted to it , and the many evidences which you have given
us in the course of it of the improvement you have made of the advantages here afforded you . I feel particular satisfaction in the highly creditable appearance which has throughout the week been made from the desk , as to both the composition and the delivery of your Orations and more elaborate discourses . It has
been particularly gratifying to us all to observe , that you have , nearly without an exception , made choice of subjects which shew your regard for the propagation arid spread of truth , virtue and religion , and this upon the firm basis of Christian principles ; these principles , I trust , you will carry with you , from tins place , and make the rule of your conduct through life . f " With regard to the Lay-Students o \ this year , let me be permitted to say ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1825, page 420, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2538/page/36/
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