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ing , and the friendly feeling and zeal manifested on the occasion , are unerring tokens of the benefits resulting from such meetings , and of their value in promoting and strengthening devotional and benevolent feelings .
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Sheffield Unitarian Congregation . At a meeting of the Congregation of the Upper Chapel , Sheffield , held in their School-room , on the 21 st of December , 1828 , William Newbould , Esq ., in the Chair , it was unanimously resolved , "That the following letter should be signed by him in their name , and presented to their Pastor , the Rev . Dr . Philipps . " " Rev . and Dear Sir ,
" As Unitarian Christians , assembling together for religious worship and instruction under your ministry , we have witnessed with pain the separation from us of some of our brethren . Not professing to know the cause which has
influenced their proceedings , we still cannot but be aware that the withdrawing of a part of your flock must , under any circumstances , have been to your feelings a subject of painful reflection . It is with this impression on our minds , that we thus publicly and cheerfully step forward to sympathize with you .
* ' Deeply as we lament that they should have adopted such a course , we would still bear in mind , that * freedom of thought and action' is one of the fundamental principles of Unitarianism . We are therefore persuaded that you will , consistently with this sentiment , join us in granting
to others every privilege which we claim for ourselves . But , while we regret their absence , we may console ourselves by reflecting , that all things are in the hands of Divine Providence , working together for good , and may consequently trust , that benefit to the cause will be the
result . " We feel it our duty to assure you of our attachment to you , and to the doctrine you profess ; of our desire to promote your happiness and comfort ; and of our readiness , at all times , to co-operate with you in eve 17 measure calculated to aid generally the cause of pure and undented religion , and increase our prosperity as a Christian society .
" That your valuable life way long be spared to administer to our spiritual welfare , is the ardent wish of , " Rev . and dear Sir , «• Your faithful Friends . *• Signed on behalf of the Meeting , " WILLIAM NEWBOULD . "
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N . B . The number of persons assembled at the above Meeting was Upwards of three hundred .
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Anniversary of the Opening- of the Unitarian Meeting ¦ -House ' , Greengate , Sal / brd , Manchester . On Sunday and Monday , Dec . 28 th and 29 th ult ., was held the fourth anniversary of the opening of the Unitarian Meetinghouse , Green-gate , Salford . The religious services on the occasion were
conducted by the Rev . Henry Montgomery , of Belfast , to whom the society would take this public opportunity of tendering their best and warmest thanks for his most valuable services on their behalf , and for the urbane and obliging deportment with which they were accompanied .
Mr . Montgomery preached three times ; twice in the Salford meeting-house , and once ( on the Sunday evening ) in the Cross street chapel , at which the members of the three congregations in Manchester united , when the number of persons assembled far exceeded a thousand .
It was a most gratifying sight to behold so many persons collected together to worship the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , to testify their good-will to a common cause , and around a common altar to learn to feel and act as brethren . Nor can we fail to think it highly creditable to the members of the Cross-street and the Mosley-street congregations , that they availed themselves of this
opportunity to assist a sister society , yet in its infancy , by their countenance and by their contributions . We hope that the good work of mutual co-operation which has thus come forth from the privacy of individual generosity , and shewed itself in a public and gratifying manner , will be encouraged and augmented as year by year the season of the anniversary returns . — The amount collected at the three
services towards liquidating the debt on the meeting-house was seventy-nine pounds . In the sermon which Mr . Montgomery delivered on the Monday morning , his object was to impress hiu audience with a sense of the importance of a right direction of the youthful mind 5 of the extent of maternal influence on the chief
elements of character ; and , consequently , of the necessity of improving the education which females receive . At the urgent request of several persons present , this discourse will form a part of the forthcoming volume of Sermons for Family Use , edited by the Rev . J . R . Beard . After the service on Monday morning ,
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134 Intelligence . — Salford Chapel Anniversary .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1829, page 134, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2569/page/62/
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