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$ fe ^ lS fr > y < #£ portrayed rft the w arme st l&tigiiage 6 f r&vefence and Affection , and the use of scripture phraseology gave an unction to the service , which failed not to' gratify , "and iVe trust to improve , all uresent . After the busings of the
Associatiori had i > een gque thtfough , about sixty members arrd friends of the Society sat down to an excellent but yet economical dinner , at the Crown Inn . Dr . jVforell was in the Chair , In the course of the afternoon rnatiy excellent sentiments were delivered , and much good
humour prevailed . The pleasure and advantages resulting from meeting's like this have encouraged the ministers in the neighbourhood to hold a Half yearly Meeting at Lewes , Brighton and Ditchling alternately . The service will take
place in the afternoon , and instead of dinner , a tea-party will close the day . The first Meeting will be held at Brighton , in the month of October , when the service will be conducted by T . W . H 0 RSF 1 ELD . Lewes , Aug . 23 , 1326 . ——¦^¦^^
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Presbyterian Ordination in IVaterford * ( From the Freeman ' s Journal for August 18 th . ) The Synod of Munster held their An-« ual Meeting in Waterford , on Wedaeg-< % the 2 nd instant , for the purpose of or ( lainin g | he Rev wuljain M < Cance to c'ie pastoral office in the Presbyterian
cougregation in . that city . As ordination byPjesbyters is of ratlier rare occ |» nrenceinMinister , the public attention ^ wcfe excited on this occasion ; and * ae ^ eeti » g-house was filled with a nu-
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merous and most respectable a ^ w | lnibte g ^ of per&qti *<* r * different i * eiigic « ii ^^ 3 efi |^ p natiorta , amongst whom \ vere the pemr of Wkterford , and other distirigufeRftf fcharacters . ^ ^ The Rev , Mr . Ferris , of Featbardi commenced the service with prayer , and
appropriate chapters from the Old and New Testaments . The sermon was preached by the Hev . Joseph Hutton , of Eustace Street * Dublin , from Rom . viii . 9 , " If any man has not the spirit of Christ , he is none of his . " In his
discourse from this text , the Rev . preacher moat happily delineated the true Christian spirit , as consisting of sincerity , charity and zeal- —in opposition to hypocrisy , bigotry and lukewarinness . He shewed that a conscientious attachment to the
principles of the Presbyterian church is perfectly compatible with the most expanded brotherly love to persons of every other persuasion ; and he disclaimed , in the most emphatical and energetic terms ,
the notion that eternal salvation is confined within the precincts of any peculiar denomination — arguing , that , as the Christian spirit may be found in every church , so , wherever it is found , it is attended with the favour of the Deity .
The Rev . James Armstrong , minister of Strand Street , Dublin , then gave a . discourse on the principles of the Presbyterian Church , and explained the nature of ordination . He shewed in a very satisfactory manner , that Presbyterians appeal to the Scriptures alone for authority
in all matter * connected with the regulation of their Church ; and that , in their rejection of episcopacy , they renounce nothing that is either positively directed by the word of God , or clearly warraoted by the practice of Christ and his apoiM ties . He entered into a minute , able and luminous detail of the circuiustatities
of the primitive Christian Church—explained the nature and peculiar limitations of all its ecclesiastical offices * and iii particular , demonstrated the identity of Bishop and Presbyter , as convertible titles , used to designate the sam « person ; and , in those early days , agreeing in every point of station and function . He
introduced into his discourse some important remarks on " the right of private judgment , " maintained and exercised by the Synod of Munster , on their full and free recognition of a similar claim , as the unalienable right of all their Chris ..
tian brethren of every persuasion ,- and on the effects of , this principle , if widely diffused , in promoting religious liberty ^ in extinguishing bigotry of every kind , and in extending the spirit of universal benevolence . Having concluded hi ^ discourse , Mr . Armstrong detailed th © cii >
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British and Foreign Unitarian As ~ sociation . We are desired to state , for the information of the subscribers and friends ,
that the First Report of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association is published . An Appendix , relative to the Calcutta Mission , with a complete List of Subscribers , has been annexed .
The Report will be forwarded for general distribution in the country ; but as there may be individuals to whom it cannot be conveniently delivered , they may procure it by application at the
Rooms of the Association , 3 , Walbrook Buildings , Walbrook ; or of Mr . Rowland Hunter , 72 , St . Paul ' s Churchyard ; Mr . David Eaton , 187 , High Holborn ; or of Messrs . Teulon and Fox , 67 , Whitechapel , London .
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' MISCELLANEOUS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1826, page 501, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2551/page/57/
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