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ffodefy ¦ ¦ •• Hotrtd be Gontfftmtied io the Ht&ash «***** Foreign Unitarian Association . Though al * united in bestwrshea for tW ^ wd&re of tlite rahiable Association , it vvas abjeete ^** such a disposition of tht ! \ wy limited funds of tfee Society , from the desirableness of having a smalt stun in haftd to untie t aity emergency or
im portant object more immediately connected with the Society ' s pia » s t and it was stated by members of the Committee that the present moderate surplus was not likely to accrue again , as the rule for requiring from every new member an entrance of 10 * . 6 d . ( the . source of this balance ) was repealed . It was also contended , that the meeting was
incompetent , consistently with the rales , to make this appropriation of the funds ; and it was urged that members should individually put down theiir names as subscribers to the London Association . After much friendly discussion , it was decided on a division , that the sum of £ 10 should be giveu to the above Society .
It was determined that the next Annual Meeting should be held at Exeter . It was also resolved , unanimously , " That the warmest thanks of this So- * ciety be given to the Rev , W , J . Fox for the excellent , eloquent and highly-useful discourse delivered this day , and that he be earnestly requested to publish the same , tile Society engaging to take 250 copies . "
The meeting was attended by mem * bers from London , Bristol , Bath , Bridge water , Langport , Yeovil , Ilminster , Crewkerne , bridport , Honiton , Exeter , Crediton , &c . About serenty sat down to a dra-ner prepared at the Castle 1 » h , Dr . Blake in the Chair . After the cloth
was removed , ladies were admitted , agreeably to a notice previously given . Aboxrt forty attended , and were accommodated with seats at the end of the large dining foom . This custom has not been usual tt the meetings of this Society : but it * as a source of much satisfaction to the
nwmbera present , that their femalto friends were favoured with the opportunity of hearing the eloquent and inwresting observations of the various speakers . Each toast was introduced by the worth y Chairman with some very appropriate remarks , and the company were ^ "ghted with the eloquent speeches « f «*• Box and others , upon the occasion w particular toasts . Mr . Fox described fhl jm 8 ° ? Lon <* on Association in zr most animated aud impressive Ian-*« age , when success to that Institution r ° * # * en . Th * present and probable p ^ e «» of UtftariatiiB ul he delineated gwmog tennis T <* the reverb mevol
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mory of Dr . Pvi ^ sttey hf » p aid tftt ettih queut and ( feei&ng tribute * of respect * The tneetrf ^ waf gre&tly inter «» ted in the speeches o # Mr * Acton . Dr . D&rie » and Mr . Clarke were attentively Ha * ened u $ . When " Afese ^ Rt Membehl' ^ -w 6 m
given , partidular reference was made to the present impaired state o € Dr , Car- * peuter ' s healtli , wMch © ecasioned hia absence , and required a temporary stispension of his active duties ; the warmest wishes ft > r his restoration were esr-i pressed . The progress df the Sotoeinst * , Gloucester aad - Wilts Unitarian Missions
ary Association was described as being satislactory . To-tfte good ta ^ te land ^ ood feeling of their resp £ ctal > te and judicious Chairman ., Dr . Blake ^ the pa ^ rt ^ were greatly Indebted for the pleasure thej efijoyed , and m&ny wh © arts ac <* u « tonled to attend these afemMhl assodatioaa
coaside ^ ed that tfbe prese » t meeting eten surpassed ia intierest ( if possible ) those held on former occasions-. Tfe « comparty broke up soon after seven o ' clock ,, attd tea parties were fcrered at ? I > r . Blake ' s-, Dr . Davies ' s , Mr . Meade ' s * Mr . Btov » % &c .
There is reason to believe tbat these annual ^ meetings of Utntari ^ n Societies are useful in drawing persons of oppos » it « semtaments % 6 th « r ^ oMie reli gious $ er > vices of the day , and thus inducing an inquiry into the tenets of Unitarians * or at aay rate in rarrotf iraf som « of the
prejudices which axis * against them . But the gfreatesfc adra * itage arising front them is probably derived by the mem * bers tkemselves in t&c conafort they experience from the fewowledge of tb « gradual extension of Umtarianiferrt , in the rational enaployment of the period
of a social meal ( an hour too often © ui Ited by licentious conversation } 9 in hear * ing the important req&irejagpeiite of their religions creed powerfully enforced , ia having their heart ® awakened aad est * panded by impvassrve elojqueKce t& tte best interests of the hitman race , and , m
the encouragement they thus necetfe , steadily and fearlessly to persevere i ^ l what they believe to be the path of truth and duty . Such at le&&t It is conceived are the impressions &f tfcom who bad the pleasure of attending the late ra £ etif * g atTauuton .
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Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty . ( Concluded from p . 3 J 6 «) On thanks being voted by acclamation
to the Chairman , tbe Mawjnte of LaW »^ ooV ^ nk rose aaiidst laud chee rs of tiNt tts ^ mbly , and eai < 3 , —I fe « l that U tolW M imprtsslble for me to © tilt thfcr r&o *** whtoout cxpre / Wiiig the de ^ p ^ hsu I crrt «^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1826, page 437, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2550/page/57/
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