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    Anniversary of the Uhithfian Meetings hQUtf 9 Green Gate , Stilfofd , Mart tfh&ster . On Sunday a ** 4 Mo » day , January 1 st and 2 nd , was held tfre Anniversary . of J ^ he Opeaiog of the V ^ cifijin Meet ing-house x Green Gat ? 9 Salforj , fytahcfiester . " * rtie

    Rev . E . Higginson , of D | er $ > y , and the ; lieiTf J . H- Brans ^ y , of Dudley ,, delivered highly able and impressive discourses on the occasion . 0 a the j ^ qpi ^ fy so ^ ne fri&nds to the promotkin of pure ^ fcristiauity , to the aroquruof 140 , $ at dovvn to a dinner provided iu the ^ clipoJUrooin of tlie chapel . . Richard Potte ^ , % 4 \ & $ ^ charged the duties of President \ vift

    jir-V anity jand judicious seaj . Punng the aitehnoon the meeting listen ^ t ^ nh tlie . highest gratification ,, \ p k a ^ reasf $ from the &ev < ls / £ , Higsinsp ^ , J j H ^ Br ^ bsby T W . Johns , W ! g nepnerdVX 6 ruria ^ . G . Robberds , J . 4 i , WwtlH « gt 6 « , T , O , ffcriland , T . Howarth , aqd J . ft- Beard i&ie pastor of the congregation ^ ^ W ^ i ^ ret that our limits do not permit us to give even an outline of these addresses . But

    aniong tlje faa » y excellent remarks with tvhiqh the Chairman p ** efaogd the sentU metJts whrdi he ^ ug ^ s t ^ d to tke meeting thete are one or two that we ^ cannot refrain from mentk ) Hing . Mr . ^ PatteF , to proposing to t * ie meeting t-b ^ « ent 4 ment , w To the most sacred ofaH rigli ^ s ^ fflberty of conscience , " remafked , ft wais gratifying to know that tlris principle seemed well understood by the fraroefrs of the

    rising governments across tbe Atlantic . Two documents he had lately met with which he wauld read ; fheH ^« st was the project of a law transuikted b y t ^ e ^ Executire of Buenos Ayren to t-he Hoifee ^> f Representatives , and was as follows i * ' The right which every latfaft tos % q WoV * - ship God according to iris o ^ h oonsokmce

    sha'll be inviolable hi the te 4 iife « wrjf p ^ 4 ht s pravince ; " and , in a law reegn tty before the state legislature t ) f Marylau ^ - ioV re-Tnoriug the restrictions oti ' tke fewts , U id declared , " That no governHlttiit Hp ^ a the face of the earth l has a i % ht to pr& * scribe a » y Sect cki aeeount © f ttieir tellgknts tenets , sd lonfe fete ^ ose tenet s d ^

    5 iot interfere With ovwdattgerite & * afoStttf i > r perraaiitencei its * no timn can be tlghUly lieM accduntabte ^ cv aft earthly tribunal for Ms belief , exedpttftat belief tends to the destiuctibn and ruiu ^ jf public morals ; it is to a higher tribunal that the co ^ ni ' zance of such tlHwfes'beings ; m man ittfe impious in the extreme to interpose his feeble-and puerile efforts against the faJth

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    of Ins fellow , who is jiist as competent to * % e ss hin ^ eW ^ ^ The im ^ m Veii aho $ fe t > leaswre tb h ^ at fjrdiii Sir . I ^ ottier th-dt Mr ; Hi £ gtosoii , bbtWi ^ $ ^ iidtQg his laborious ministerial engagements .

    and the eq dally arduous and important employments of bis $ mly at ^ ca ^ fqp ^ , had , in War ieal for the welfare ef Society , found time , ojr rather created time , to take an activer- ^ nd very -frequently a leading part in originating apd advocating ail those objects and Insntutions which have

    had a tendency to Elevate the character and augmept the happm 5 ? s $ of our fellowcreatures . His l ^ st ^ ubtt ^ effort ' was an address delivered ' . re ^ ry ; recentlyaft the opening of the D ^ Ay ^ ebhamcs ^ Institute , a !» a sinc ^ ipriiiteS , ** f 6 ih % " § aid

    Mr . Potter , l i ^ ivfttt ^* t | cu 4 ar $ ratificatioi as pertj ^^ M 'most eloquent production wbte | f ' 'Wb ? Jiftjierto appeared m * 1 $$$ f id t % ^ 8 v&luaftrie ''' establishi nents ^/ : ' p : " * '""¦' * ' l

    w-lftc ^^/^^ : ' ^ tHr ^ ert ^ 5 n propoilhg ^ health o ^ Mr . Braj&sby ; ( ^ the other yti&phfy oif tte uqcasiou , ) € Is it every mdivTd tml ^ rho : lias the fortune to be placed in ^ ircwniyfHif tc ^^ whictt ^ iEO-ve tfie ^ ncerity of his principles , by inaking his adherence to them a source of personal sacrifice . Such , however , I

    understand has been the fortune of our excellent friend , M r , JBxawsby- Be has been tried in the balance and not found wanting . As the steady and consistent friend of ^ vjji ato £ rel ^ ious ia > er 4 y ^; he ^ as claims upon t ^ respect of t % e meeting which cannot fail to have been greatly

    8 treng $ i <* netf by bis very valuable services o » thepaesent occasion . " . The * oeetti * g- < hause in Salfard stands m ^ he mhlStf of a very dense population „ e ©^ ft [ M )< sed 3 ihielly of the workiog classes . With k view to the enligbtebmedt of

    these the building was erected . It has been ^© q « eatly objected to Ouitarianism tfeat fos piiaciples ane not suited to the dapadtFies aud wants of the great bodyi of the people . The oaly way effectually to tef&Ge iiite giatuitous asseiTtion is to

    propose Uwlar ) au ChriBtiamty to tftem in ij . ll its moiiai beauty and cogent evidence . Vh \ % the minister and members of the fealford oowgregation me anxious to do . ^ Piey ^ ejdide that so man y able serrauts of Cb ^ to ftr € imui ^ teri iig to thd spiritual ko ^ rc ^ fc'tBetH ^> f the hlgtaqr classes , . wliile Uhey ^ deet » it ^ d > ity to proclau > i igjad ^ dlti g « more especially t ^ the poor . Nor have tliek- labours been unattended by

    the DiVnu > bleesiivg . The coanoioa people a ^ ain Itekr gladly aud befte # e unto rlghteousfiess . The « oeBti « g-liWWise iwis ^ only been opeaed one year and tafcreacly the average number of the congregatioa is , at the very least , 150 . A Sunday-Sehool ^ coufeisting o * f 1 X )( I children , and

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    58 Intelligence . —Amivtrsary ofite ^ fn ^ kri ^ etttng ^^ s ^ , j kifftfrd .

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    operate as a seasonable aid and encouragemeot to tliis jntere ^ ng effort for the furtheraoce of genuine : Cnrj ^ anitv .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1826, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2544/page/58/