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« Considering all circumstances , your Coni xnittee are of opinion that ^ although the occasional employment of a missionary in the district is highly desirable , it is not at present necessary to employ one constantly . They confidently rely on
your granting the needful pecuniary aid whenever it shall be deemed advisable to make exertions of this kind . It has been suggested , that such exertions may be made from time to time , in connexion with the British and Foreign Unitarian Association , which would gladiv receive
contributions and afford missionary assistauce in return . Your Committee are persuaded that such a connexion will , under the Divine blessing , be productive of very beneficial results : they therefore strongly recommend the adoption of the measure in that mode which may be
deemed most expedient ; and in retiring from the post you assigned them , they cannot but express their confident assurance , in which they are persuaded you will cordially join with them , that the glorious system of redemption which
began i » the Divine benevolence , and is designed to promote the everlasting improvement and felicity of man , shall universally prevail . " Among the resolutions passed on the occasion were these :
That the thanks of the Meeting be given to Dr . Davies for the vejy excellent discourse delivered by him this day . That the Rev . E . Whitfield , of Ilminster , be appointed Secretary of the Society .
That the next General Meeting be held at Yeovil , on Tuesday , Sept . 19 , and thaj the Rev . Mr . Lewes , of Dorchester , be requested to preach . Upwards of forty members and friends of the Society dined together , and in the course of the afternoon appropriate
sentiments and healths were given from the chair , which called forth some pleasing remarks . In particular , Mr . Wawne thanked his friends for their expressions of sympathy in a very interesting speech . The Report of the North Somerset , Wilts and Gloucester Association was also read .
The devotional part of the evening service was performed by Mr . Hughes ; and Mr . Walker , of Crewkerne , preached from the words of Paul , 1 Cor . viii . 6 , " To us there is but one God , the Father . "
io all the persons present the meeting was very interesting , and the visitors were alike gratified by witnessing the Judicious zeal manifested by a flourishing co ngregation , and the attention with which strangers listened to the exposition of doctrines they had been taught to
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regard as unchristian . May these doctrines , they are synonymous with truth * be received into honest hearts and bring forth much fruit ! E . WHITFIELD .
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Somersetshire , Gloucestershire , and IVi Itsh Ire Un it aria n Mission a ry Association * The third half-yearly General Meeting of this Association , was held at French ay , near Bristol , ou Friday , March 24 , when there were present friends from Bristol , Bath , Oakhill , Trowbridge ,
Caine , Taunton and Thornbury . The Rev . R . Wright read the Scriptures and engaged in prayer , and the solemnity , ardour , and impressiveness with which he performed this very important part of the religious service , commanded the fixed attention of the whole congregation and evidently produced a considerable
effect . The Rev . Matthew Harding afterwards , delivered , in a very able manner , a judicious , argumentative , and interesting discourse from 2 Cor . xiii . 8 : " We can do nothing against the truth but for the truth . " The preacher instituted an inquiry , What is Christian
truth ? This question he answered first negatively , and then affirmatively . In prosecuting this part of his subject , Mr , H . adduced reasons why the doctrines of the Trinity , the two natures of Christ , the personality of the Spirit , satisfaction for sin , election and reprobation , and the endless duration of future punishments ,
cannot be Christian truths ; and why the unity , supremacy and exclusive Deity of ( he Father , the subordination of Christ , and the free mercy of God , must be . This was succeeded by very suitable observations upon the power of truth , the certainty of its final triumph , and the folly of attempting to impede its progress . The whole was closed with some most
appropriate remarks upon the advantages of endeavouring to accelerate the progress of Christian truth ; and the necessity imposed upon those who believe Unitariairism to be the " truth as it is in Jesus / ' to unite zealously to disseminate these doctriues among mankind .
At the close of the service , Samuel Hobbs , Esq ., was called to the Chair , and the Secretary read the Committee's Report of their proceedings for the last half-year . The Members and Friends
of the Association , upwards of sixty m number , males and females , then repaired to the Bell Inn , Stapleton , where they partook together of an economical dinner . On the removal of the cloth , a hymn of thanksgiving was sung . Mr ,
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Intelligence .- ^ Somersetsh ir e ^ fyc , Missionary Association . 24 S
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1826, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2547/page/57/
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