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t ) ie pulpit , took the opportunity of expressing his purpose of devoting himself to the service of his people , as a Christian , an Unitarian , a Pastor , and a Friend , concluded by adding his own wish , in accordance with theirs , " that our friends and fathers in the ministry would afford their advice in the commencement of our
Christian intercourse . I know their sentiments too well to suppose that they could vrfsh to claim any authority over your decision , as an independent Christian church , or over my faith , as one enjoined by that gospel which I am called upon to teach , c to stand fast in that liberty wherewith Christ hath made me free .
Mr . Brown having retired from the pulpit , Mr . Turner , of Newcastle , whose pupil he had been before his commencement of his academical studies , exhorted him ( from Colos . iv . 17 ) to take heed to his ministry ;* ' and afterwards earnestly recommended him and his services to the kind notice and attention of his people .
Mr . Robberds then affectionately and fervently recommended both minister and people to the blessing of Almighty God . Mr . Well beloved ( Mr . Brown ' s Theological Tutor ) represented to the
congregation , in an excellent discourse , the duties which they owe to the minister of their own free choice , and to each other as members of a voluntary religious association ; and pointed out a variety of particular circumstances in which it would
be in their power , by proper dispositions and behaviour , to render their religious connexion mutually beneficial . In the evening Mr . Robberds delivered an excellent discourse from Rom . xiv . 19 , on the duty of " following after the things which make for peace , and things wherewith one may edify another . "
This account of the services of this day is respectfully submitted to the consideration of the numerous readers of the Repository , and particularly to our excellent friends Messrs . Johns and Rutt , in the hope that none can disapprove of any sentiment uttered , or any circumstance which took place , in the course of them .
That they were eminently successful in promoting a spirit of Christian love , not only in the society particularly connected , but in the minds of many who attended from a distance ; and that the eyes and hearts of many were opened which had formerly been shut against us , I believe is already well known at Hull . The only
objection which I at present perceive against such a religious commencement of the connexion between minister and people is , that it has not hitherto been observed , except when young ministers have been first settled $ and this seems to continue to it the air of authority , which , no doubt , in ages properly ecclesiastical , was
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attached to it : and though there may not be ail the same , yet there would still continue many reasons why it should take place on every change of connexion between minister and people ; for ministers , at whatever age , are , or ought to be , conscious of the many imperfections of their former services , and disposed to renew their resolution of discharging their duties better in their new
connexionand there is one reason why it should be observed , peculiar to such occasions , that It would entirely do away with the idea of ordination as an instalment , or as giving or confirming any authority , ff it were carried to this length , it might be a means of multiplying the opportunities
of friendly acquaintance with each other , the great gratification and benefit of which many more than one have experienced during their late excursion ; and instead of joining in Mr . Rutt ' s wish , € e that we should hear no more of these things , " there is one , at least , who does not despair of gaining him over to join in the hope that no new connexion may in future be
formed among Unitarians , between congregations and their ministers , whether old or young , without some such religious observance , some friendly welcome of this kind by the neighbouring societies and their several ministers . Surely such c < givings of the right hand of fellowship " would eminently tend to the promotion of truth , of virtue , and of Christian unity and love .
It would have been gratifying to the present writer to have gone through the business of the remaining part of the week , and to have reported the highly satisfactory meeting of the Unitarian Association of this part of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire . But probably this will be undertaken by some one more
immediately connected with it . In the mean time , he cannot conclude the sketch already offered for insertion in the pages of the Monthly Repository , without expressing personally the entire satisfaction which he felt in all the proceedings of
this annual celebration ; and his hope that , on some future occasion , if life ana health be spared , he may have the privilege of renewing his attendance .
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East-York and Lincolnshire Unitarian Association .. On Tuesday evening , July 5 , the Annual Meeting of this Association commenced at Hullwith a sermon by the
, Rev . J . G . Robberds , of Manchester , from Acts ' xWi . 19 , 20 ; in which , having first observed that the Lord Chancellor had , on a late occasion , expressed himself in nearly the same words with these Epi cu-
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424 Intelligence . —East-York and Lincolnshire Unitarian Association .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1825, page 424, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2538/page/40/
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