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Eastern Unitarian Society * The Thirteenth Anniversary of the Eastern Unitarian Society was held at Fraralingham , in Suffolk , on Wednesday and Thursday , the 13 th and 14 th of July .
On Wednesday evening , Mr . Byland ( who for the last three months had been supplying the congregation at Norwich ) introduced the service , and Mr , Worsley , of Plymouth , preached . On Thursday morning , Mr . James Martineau , a student at the York College , commenced
the service by prayer and reading the Scriptures : Dr . Philipps , of Sheffield , followed , and Mr . Tagart , of Norwich , preached from Isaiah xxxv . 8 , " The way-faring men , though fools , shall not err therein . " The object of the sermon was to prove that the prophet ' s
declaration could not be applied to the commonly reputed orthodox notions and schemes of religion , since the Scriptures would be searched in vain for any clear and explicit statement of those doctrines which are usually called the essential parts of Christianity .
After service the business of the Society was transacted , Thomas Robinson , Esq ., of Bury Su Edmund ' s , in the chair . The Report of the Committee was received and adopted by the meeting , and the next Yearly Meeting was appointed to be held at Norwich ou the first
Wednesday in July , 1826 , and following day . In consequence of the resignation of Isaac L . Marsh , Esq ., and Mr . Edward Taylor , who had filled the offices of Treasurer and Secretary from the formation of the
Society , Mr . Henry Martineau and Mr . William Newson , both of Norwich , were severally appointed to succeed them . Mr . Tagart and Mr , Worsley were requested to print their sermon ? , but declined ac-
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ceding to the wish of tbe Meeting . The Meeting then proceeded to take into con - sideration the propriety of forming a District Association , to be called the Eastern District Association , and connected with the British and Foreign Unil tarian Association , when it was unanimoHsly resolved that such Association should be formed , and the Treasurer
was directed to pay tbe sum of tve pounds to the Treasurer of the British and Foreign Association . Mr . Edward Taylor , and Thomas Robinson , Esq ., were appointed Deputies .
The thanks of the Society were voted to William Smith , Esq ., for his able and judicious efforts to free the Unitarians from the degradation of being compelled to submit to the marriage service of the Established Church ; for his vigilance in watching and securing their civil rights ; for his consistent support of Catholic emancipation ; and for his numerous and steady exertions an the cause of freedom and humanity during his long political career . Also , to the Marquis of Lansdown and to Lord Holland , for their powerful support of tbe Unitarian Marriage Bill , and for their steady attach , ment to the cause of civil and religious liberty .
The thanks of the Meeting were also given to the late Treasurer and Secretary for the discharge of their respective daties during the last fourteen years . Seventy-three gentlemen afterwards dined together at the Crown Inn , and after dinner about twenty ladies joined the party , as did also several labouring men , some of whom had walked a
distance of twenty miles in order to be present at the Meeting . We believe that none went away disappointed . Perhaps it was the most interesting Meeting the Society ever had . To see Such a number
of individuals , assembled ^ from various and distant parts of Norfolk and Suffolk , in a small market towu , animated by oue common feeling , men of all classes and all ranks , and welcomed and headed by the excellent and venerable minister of
the Unitarian Chapel—to witness the respect which his character claims and receives from all who come within the sphere of his influence , could not fail to excite the best feelings and affections of the heart , and to lay up a store of
reflections which the memory will delight to dwell on . The Chair was ably filled by George Watson , Esq ., of Palgrave ; and in the course of the afternoon the company were addressed by Mr . Tagart , Mi * . Worsley , Mr . James Martineau , and Mr . Edward Taylor . i ^ ii
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428 Intelligence . —Eastern Unitarian Society .
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tice ; and who also believe and expect that Jesus will finally be their judge ; that all must stand before his judgment seat . The candid and solemn appeal wMch the doctor made to his hearers , as to the right of Unitarians to be
acknowledged and treated as Christians , must have been felt by all serious and impartial persons . On the whole , this discourse was well suited to Trowbridge and its neighbourhood ; and , it is hoped , will help to remove some of the misconceptions which so generally prevail there
respecting Unitarians . There is good reason to think that the holdiug of this meeting at Trowbridge , together with the valuable services of Mr . Aspland on the following Sunday , which were numerously attended , will contribute to the advancement of the Unitarian cause . K . W .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1825, page 428, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2538/page/44/
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