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-Ordination Service at Chester , The coaagregatioja asseeaMkig m Groofc-Sireet Chapel feavieg lately ^ leatr ^ d J * r R . Brook ^ Asptead as < tb $ ir J ^ tQjr * ft was
thought -destable to mark fcis temvmce on his new aud impoj&ai&t dtafcteg * by a iiejigknus service . Tketqr « i ^ rfl ^< f ^ 9 « ii « f «^ usedfrom the difficulty of fL ^ i ^ ; a »© feher equally expressive and iifctettigifote 9 and not from any attachment to old names or old customs ; aiid the Chester
congregation do 4 * ot * r © tts * der the »> seke £ * espe * isible for any mistaken ttotioes which andivkiuBls may eenneet -iVi $ x tffoftt term . They willingly , however , endertafee the responsibility of the service of . the 9 th of August , and of the term Ordination , 4 f interpreted with . ; refereuce tfo the < pr , Q > ceedings of that day .
The Rev . J . G . Robberds introduced the service by -reading * a portion of \ the Second Epistle of Paul . to Tiji ) Qfrhy , aftqr which he delivered the ordination prayer ^ which was fei-veut and impressive . Mr . Swanwick then delivered an address on behalf of the . congregation : t . o . their new minister . He expressed in affectionate
terms their desire Xo regard and cherish their minister as their , friencj , their expectation of finding iu him . a diligent and cautious student of Scripture ' truth , $ fearless independence of thought , and fi moderation and freedom from asperity bespeaking his respect . for individual judgment , and his sense of the fallibility ot that judgment . No confession ofrfoith
was required , from a conviction on the pan of the congregation that . early pledges are of little value , while they are frequently a bar to free inquiry and the honest expression of opinions . After stating this , Mr . S . thus proceeded : "I h already stated , my dear Sir , that }() u have been unanimously chosen as
° ur minister . 5 no one-individual of yaur {^ ffrtjgatian has , gone m \ consulted ; aU »? vc been . askcd for their free aud can-« w opinion , and all have given their voice jor your appointment . This we conceive io be genuine oudination . There is no I'Wily power to improve your title , ami wuT * 1118 wiUl y ° urself alai ) e u > s ^ lt 1 that heavenly approbation au < l uncllon ^ Uh which uewe of our brother
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The reply by Mr . $ 1 , B ^ P Pk Aspl ^ d frUpw-ed . IX w ^ s p ;^ { &ft £ e ®© S n ^ d for l ^ e mpst ^ ar ^; $# t ^ & ® m nj ^ vk ^ d iQttt for him i& . ite * aM ^ . Xbe SfrnwR w ^^ iv eic ^ ^ y tl ) e ftey . WiUi ^ m . Shepfrepd , from LvHe > # ! „ 1 ? 8 , Take h * $ d Jipw y # kew ? Ti * &W&m 9 iu na plain and impressive manner ,
pointed out the views £ & £ dispositions which jua&e pro&fc ^ b ls jiea ^ gr ^ , ^ v d -urgeajl ^ eua l ? y ^ 1 ^/ fSofcjjgj p # & po ^ r ^ iftil cojt ^ d ^ ^ - iio »^ A ^ Jfo e wh fe ^ rvjfs $ ^ ^ o be . pr . iate ^ we maj > wUbPI ^ # ^ y teb ^ analysis , jrec ^ mi ^ eud ^ $ soriin ^ , ^ 3 ^ practically useful discourse tp geuer . aji perusal .
The Charge was delivered by the Rev . Robert Aspl&od , -i * om I Tkn . vi . 13—1 € . A iatb ? r add ^ e ^ siiig ^ is ^ pn \ C * ii ^ us public -entrance on 4 rfe "is always an affecting spqcfcaele . » Oa * the present occasion , the solemn silence and deep attention of a
large audience sufficiently marked the interest which ajj : soe ££ tt v the-words , of the preacher . r £ o a son . -they m > ist j ^ ave come home with . ppjporomon . pp ^ r ,, ^ p 0 have , we , trus , t , l ^ ft impressjiofis ppvqr &o be erased or neglected .
The Bey , ^ Vyiiam r £ urn £ r , of Yqrk , delivered the concluding prayer . r-r-St 9 r ] tljy ^ ftqr the conclusion of t | ie service ^ t ^ e gentlqmen of ^ he congregation ,. accompanied by the ministers , and lay-gentlemen who Jiad come frpni rv ^ rip % s distances to be present at the service , jgussenjbled to the number of SQvqoty i ? i { the
Boyal Hotel , where ^ hey qijue ^ l ^ p d § p ^ pt the afterWon ia < i free ^ j ^ d ; d ^ J ^ % ful interchaage pf sqn (;}| iien ^ . | i \ Ir . -Swauwiclc was in rte -chftir ^ ^ d s ^ he . evening owed much of its ani . matian and . pleasure to his eloquence . TJie tog ^ c of ordipatiou services v ^ ry n , atufal | y pcqupkd the , attention of several of the
speakers , $ nd it was remarked by more tha , u one , that never # t a ^ iy , rejigjupus ^ eeti ^ g h ^ d . ^ ie principles of , dissect anjd the right of indiyidual j ^ dgmjQnt ^ ee » niore prominently put i ' orth , or ? .: »» . orc consistently advocated ; and jhat mpjdeni Dissenters , by their clisi a qli nation to these services , cut t ^ ewselyes off from
the most convenient and desjrafrje opportunities of Jmpressing i ^ ie pjuW ic mind . Thrpughqut . tjbe vytole of » jL | ie day , . however , the grqa ^ qst , iaspect wys c ^ preasqd tawarc | s thpse . who were prevented from joining their Chester fi-j ^ mla by CQUScieutiqwa . scrMples . . * Th « sy A arc now . r ^ ib uectfully : iuyltQd tu > he ncrvsal
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¦ s Imell ^^ nee ^^^ r ^ im ( i 4 fi Sluice at Chester * # ^
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vfoxU tfceci ^ iw « a *^ f ^ 'thefy € sjy ^ e at ob * Ljde M ft&yfar th ^ sp ^ ad of Uhtoirhm sentiments in this parfcof the kingdom There e ^ st& every reasonable probability that the cause here , i £ freed from all eii ^ ttttibrajnces of this nzfinrfy would receive great accessions both in mimber ^ and respectability . a ^ GEORGE LEE , Pastor of the jfrQve Congregation . Boston , Aug , 2 hp 1 ^ 2 &
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1826, page 569, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2552/page/61/
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