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call upon me to da my utmost to remove this hardship I . am , Sir , Your obedient servant , VASSALL HOLLAND . August 12 > 1625 . To the Rev . John Fullagar , Minister of Unitarian Chapel , Chichester .
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Southern Unitarian Fund . The Annual Meeting of this Society was held at Portsmouth , on the 20 th of September , when the Rev . Michael Maurice , of Southampton ( Jate of Frenchay ) delivered two useful and impress
sive discourses ; in the morning , on the scripture doctriue of Regeneration , ( from John ill * 7 >) and in the evening ^ ( from I&a- liil . 7 , ) he encouraged his audience to increased efforts in publishing this " good news of peace and salvation" to the whole race of man . The introductory and devotional services were conducted
by the Revds . J . Fullagar , W . Hughes , J . B . Bristowe , and E . Kell . An interesting report was read by the Rev . Russell Scott , the Secretary . The Society has persevered for several years past in giving popular lectures on week evenings , in hired rooms , and inviting public attention by means of
handbills . Although there are two old established places of Unitarian worship iy Portsmouth , experience has shewn that by pursuing tins plan in the adjoining town of Porteea , and the suburbs , many persons have heard the word of life and peace , and received it gladly , who would never have strayed fro in their accustomed
folds-on the Lord ' s Day ; others , attracted by mere curiosity , have had their feelings interested , and their minds directed to religious inquiry ; even orthodox watchmen who came to detect the supposed sophistry which was seducing sheep from their fold , have by thiri means been transformed into zealous defenders of
Unita-. The Society has been and is now anxious to extend its operations to other towns . In one situation , two individuals offered their houses for the purpose of lectures ; but the Committee , finding on further inquiry , that oue of them was in
dauger . of being turned out of doors , and the other deprived of a principal means of support for his family , if their generous offers were accepted , could not consent that these worthy persons should be the victims of their Christian sincerity and zeal .
By unanimous recommendation of the Committee , the Society resolved to ally itself with the British and Foreign Unitarian Association , by ^ subscription of $ /• & ? .
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A numerous party partook of a friendly dinner together , which was enlivened by addresses from ministers and other members present . The Rev . M Maurice , in acknowledging the cordial thanks presented to him for his services on this
occasion , said it was tnaly gratifying to him , compelled as . he is , by the afflicted state of his family , to separate himself from a Society endeared to him by the ^ closest bonds of religious and social ^ fellowship , to find himself this day reassociated with two companions of his early years , whom he had not seen for thirty-eight years , when they were fellowstudents with him at the Orthodox
Dissenting Seminary at Hoxton 5 he alluded to his venerated senior brother Mr . Scott , and his beloved class-fellow Mr . Hughes , for whom , soou after their first acquaint , anee , he had conceived the affection of a brother by nature as well as by grace . Mr * M . eloquently enforced the duty of union ,
and rejoiced in the centre of union afforded by the British and Foreign Association . He had seen with regret ^ chapels and chapel funds wrested or diverted from our cause , because the charge of contesting for them at law was too great for individuals , however , zealous , to incur ; aud since Unitarians had learned to act
on a principle of fellowship , he had also seen the spoils wrested from the grasp of the spoiler . The cases of Marshfteld and Bradford had come lately within Ids owu immediate notice ; their property would have beeji lost for ever , but for the Society for protecting Unitarian CivU Rjghts ; and now that it is redeemed , bv the
assistance of the Unitarian Fund and the aid of neighbouring ministers and congregations , the good work is going on most encouragingly in both places . The public services were well attended . The primitive simplicity and apostolic energy of the preacher , the importance of
the subjects brought before the Society , and the freedom aud ability with which they were discussed , the presence of friends from Newport , Chichester , &c , and the zeal and cordiality generally evinced , rendered this meeting one of the most gratifying we have enjoyed since the formation of the Society .
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Birmingham Unitarian Tract Society The Nineteenth Annual General Meeting of the Unitarian Tract Society , established in Birmingham for Warwickshire and the neighbouring counties , was held iu the New Meeting house , Birmingham , on Wednesday 27 th July , at 11 o ' clock A , M . T&e Rev . James Hews Bratisby , of Dudley , commenced the devotional service
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568 Intelligence . —Birminglmm Unitarian Tract Society .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1825, page 568, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2540/page/52/
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