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exertions of the Association at the Oldham station . The state of the Society ' s funds , ( to which more particular allusion will \> e made in the sequel , ) have seemed to require that your patronage should he directed to places where your inflnence maybe more immediate and considerable . Your Committee , however , are not without hope , that , by the exertions of some of the inhabitants , provision may be made for the recommencement of divine
worship at Oldbam . And although the services of the Missionary Society have been withdrawn from that station , the Committee for the ensuing year will un - doubtedly be prompt to render any assistance which may lie within their power , towards the re-establishment of worship upon Unitarian principles .
" If your Committee had entertained any sanguine expectations of success at Middle ton , in the extension of what they deem the truth , they would now have to record , at least to some extent , their disappointment . No pains , however , have been spared in order to establish the society on a permanent basis . The services of the Lord ' s-day were followed
up for a considerable space of time by lectures on an evening in the week . Mr . Buckland met classes of the young people , with a view to expound to them the Scriptures , and to improve the teachers of the Sunday-school in general information . Considerable good has undoubtedly resulted from these exertions ., In the Sunday-school one hundred
children , upon an average , have been taught throughout the year . The young people of thle congregation have derived advantage from the instructions of Mr . B . \ but the number of hearers at the regular services on the Lord ' s-day ljas rather decreased than augmented since your last Annual Meeting . Your Committee rejoice at the good which has , been effected , and hope that , at the , next
Anniversary of the Society , a more gratifying account of the state of the congregation will be laid before you ^ w , hiie they would call upon all ( jhqse persons who deem themselves t ; o belong to this and to tfr $ other stations —( by tlie punctuality of t #$ ir attendance at djvjne service—by attention ty the Sunday-schools , and devotedjjess to God ) - ^ -to labour together with your Society for the furtherance < $ knowledge and piety .
" The exertions of Mr . Buckland an < J of your , other preachers , have be ^ n . attended with greajt success at Swintou . The number of hearers baa beep ujpon an average not less than seventy , an , i occimoniHh much larger audience , ;? have
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assembled . Mr . 3 . ha& been accustomed , once a week , to preach in private houses also , wherever a convenient opportunity presented itself ; and has found very considerable benefit to result frqm his , labours . The Sunday-school , in which there are 120 children , is in a prosperous , state , and effecting objects of the highest value .
" In terms at least equally gratifying your Committee may speak of Astley . ( Rarely does the congregation fall short of eighty persons , and occasionally i ^ exceeds a hundred ; while the Sundayschool affords the inestimable advantages , of education to 150 poor children . Both
at Astley and at Swintou , the people seem to be aware of the value of religious principles , aud of opportunities for improvement in knowledge and piety ; and it would give your Committee sincere gratification to know , that these societies were enjoying the services of a , settled minister .
" From the preceding statements it will be found , that , during the past year , your Society han extended its influence , to more than 200 adults , who have been , regular attendants at the religious ser * vices of your preachers , and to more tfiaa 400 children , who have received instruction in the schools ^ fostered by your Society . In addition to this , the beneficial ,
influence which your Society has exerted on the population at , large , by the expensive distribution of tracts o ^ a practical ,, as well as . a doctrinal tendency , ought not to be overlooked . For the future ^ however , there is reason to fear that $ ie operations of the Association mu ^ be * in . Home degree , diminished * Although your Committee have taken ever . y means ,
which appeared to them eligible , iu order to increase the flings of t ^ ie Association , th , ey regret ta inform you , tjhaf ; the } r success has been very partial ., Their best * efforts have not } enaWea * them , to meet the deuuuidft of ike current year > Up dev these circumstances , the Com ,-miitee have been ojbiige . 4 tp notify tp , Mr . Bueklai ) d their inability t < o co # tjLnu $ tfteir engagement wMiti Ww . WpwI the present pei-ip ^ You , wi ] J , mr ^ q \\ vour
( Jp ^ n m ^ te ^ , if tjiey tak ^ : thje . li ^ i ;| y to expr ^ s ^ thet ( Jeeo ^ gret ^ ey fqe \ at tfee deftc ^ eucY of yquii reaource&i partici )^ ly a ^ it oWW yqu \ o re % q ^ isji Mr . # /» very ardeut , j , udiciou 8 , and , valuable m > vlce , s X ^ or . c ^ n- t ^ c x om jit tjhi ^ opportftr mfcot tenflering to , tfc at ; g ^ wtieroaD , tb ^ exp ^ asion Qf t ^ qir reject , aofl gr ^ tsuJe -n-T 8 eMtiiwqnts whifih he foas awpiy i ^ e ^ rited by the pkty , aje ^ ap ^ d¨ptt which he has evinced during his labours
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430 Lancashire Missionary Society , fyc .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/70/
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