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Somhern Unitarian Fund . The Annual Meeting of this Society was held at Portsmouth , on Wednesday , the J 4 th of September , when the Rev . Benjamin Mavdon , A . M ., preached an interesting discourse at the General Bap-^ t Chapel in the mo rning , * On the Stability and Perpetuity of the Christian Church / ' frolii Matt . xvi . 18 . In the evenfo the Rev . B . Mardon delivered the Annual Sermon before the Society at the Unitarian Chapel , High Street , n-om John x , 34—38 , on the argument arising from oar Saviour ' s conversation
with the Jews in favour of the Unitarian In ?" ' He animadverted upon four urei-ciit theories presented to the reader " i > r . Wardlaw ' s " Unitarian ism Inca' ^ of Vindication /'* to explain this Hwage consistently with the views of
* P . 142 .
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Trinitarians * and £ atte £ actpr 4 y shevyet that > they w ^ re aH s « ck - ' -a % n | f ^^ BteiS ^ by Unitarians , would be characterised | ty their opponents as , arbitrary and farfetcked-interpretatiQiis of the word , of God . He proved by a reference to Psalm lxxxii . 6 , from which this quotation of our Saviour is taken , that in that passage the terms " Gods , " and " sons of God , " are words of similar import , and refer to the high office , not to the nature , of the persons to whom they are applied . From
various other passages he shewed that these appellations are frequently in Scripture given to humau beings , and consequently that the title Son of God does not imply the deity of Christ ' s person , but was used by our Lord simply with reference to his office as the Messiah :
the parallel between the two applications of the phrase Son of God being destroyed , and the whole argument of our Saviour rendered nugatory , if in the one case it is to be considered as applied to human beings , and in the other as expressive of the Divine nature . The devotional part of the services of the day was conducted by the the Revds . M . Maurice , J . B . Biistowe , and E , Kell .
After divine service in the morning , J . Crosby , Rsq ., was calLed to the Chair , and the business of the Society \ yas transacted . The object of the fund is to promote the diffusion of Unitarianism by missionary preaching , or by granting pecuniary aid to small congregations , which without such assistance might not be able to support the expenses of public
worship . During the past year , these objects had been kept in view , and it is hoped much important good had been effected . The Society had been the means , under Providence , of strengthening the hands of brethren where from peculiar difficulties the cause might otherwise have languished , and it had promoted an increase of zeal and attendance
in more flourishing congregations . At the recommendation of the Committee , the Society resolved that its principal efforts during the present winter should be directed to the population at Portsmouth , where a Wednesday-Evening Lecture will be- delivered once a fortnight ,
by one of the neighbouring ministers , on some topic of controversial theology . The Committee were authorized also to apply the resources of the Society to the support or ' establishment of Unitarian warship in any other part of the district connected with the Association , which may appear to promise a favourable re suit .
The friends of the Society afterwards dined together in the Green How Assembly Rooms , J . Young ^ E ^ ., of sfciactoney , iu the Chair , it Avas chteriwg to
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sarV ' f&Hifti * M . ttteir respective homes , hbWtig tftat ftx&r ex&trifiie would be followed by different denominations of Christians ; that the same good spirit might prevail among them ; and that , however differing in opinion , in agreement with one of the s ^ ntunems , * ' Christian Union might prevail among them , founded on the basis of Universal Liberty and Charity /' ¦ ¦ I * . HOLDEN . Tenterden , Sept . 6 , 1826 .
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Somerset , GfavGe # ler md Wilts Unitarian Missionary Association . The Fourth HM ^ early Meeting of this Association was held at Calrre , on Wednesday , Sept . 13 , and was nume * rotisly and respectably attended . The Rev . R . Wright introduced the morning
service , and the Rev . B . Waterhouse , A . B ., delivered a sermon on the Cha * racter of Christianity and that of its Author , from 1 Tim . i . 11 . The business of the Association was transacted in the Chapel after service ; S » Viveash , Esq ., in the Chair . More than eighty persons afterwards
sat down to a plain dinner , many of whom were ladies * H . E . Howse , Esq ., kindly consented to take the Chair . The accustomed hymn of thanks Was sung , and the Chairman proceeded to propose several appropriate sentiments , amongst which was " The British and Foreign Unitarian Association , " which was received with applause .
The minister of the day introduced the evening service , and the Rev . S . Martin delivered , to a crowded audience , a serman on the Liberty of Christianity , from John viii . 36 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1826, page 567, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2552/page/59/
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