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    Essay on the Difference between Classical Greek and the Greek of the New Testament , ( for which students who left the College at the close of the former session were allowed to compete , ) to the Rev . Francis John Rank in . An Address from the Visitor was then delivered , which we are obliged to postpone till next month . The examination closed with a short

    devotional address , and the company adjourned to dinner at Etridge's Hotel , highly gratified with the business of the three days . After dinner the President took occasion to pronounce a high but well-deserved enconaixrtri on the late Samuel Shore , Esq ., of Meersbrook , " who , during the course of his very kmg life , * uuifonnly maintained the character of a consistent Protestant

    Dis-* See Monthly Repository , pp . 66—70 .

    senter , and a steady and earnest friend to civil and religious * liberty ; in whom our academical institutions at Warrington , Hackney , Manchester , and York , have always found a zealous and enlightened patron , and in York ) particularly , for many years , a highly respected

    and efficient President ; and to whom these annual meetings were particularly indebted for the pleasant urbanity with which he superintended the business of the examinations , and presided afterwards iu this place . " The memory of Mr . Shore was drank with due

    solemnity ; after which his son , Samuel Shore , Esq ., of Norton Hall , made a due acknowledgment for the respect thus shewn by the meeting to his venerable father .

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    North-Eastern Unitarian Association . The annual meeting of this Association was held on Thursday , the 25 th of June uft ., at Boston , in Lincolnshire . On the preceding evening a sermon was preached by the Rev . W . Selby , of Lynn , from Matt . vii . 16 , " Ye shall know them by their fruits . " The object of this dis-> conrse was to display the injustice of pronouncing u £ on the tenets of any religious-sect from the ill conduct of

    particular members of it . if this mode of judging werte admitted , the preacher ar-£ ueo % the opinions" of no deuomination , thetee even most conducive to noliness , Would escape' condemnation . Refigious principles ate undoubtedl y chiefly useful iu regulating the conduct , * but the mitid requires preparation for receiving uftem , it wa » observed , in the same way as the soil requires to be prepared for

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    the seed : and if Unitarianism does not always produce the results its friends might wish , or allege it is calculated to do , the blame is not in the system , but in the temper of the individual himself . On the Thursday morning the Rev . Hugh Hutton , M . A ., of Birmingham , delivered an admirable discourse from 2 Pet . ii . 12 , " But these speak evil of the things

    that they understand not . " It contained a masterly reproof of the self-styled orthodox , who so frequently misstate our sentiments from the pulpit , together with some valuable instructions to the calumniated how best to disarm the hostility of their opponents and promote the diffusion of their own sentiments . The same preacher officiated again in the

    evening . The sermon , which was from John xix . 30 , ' * When Jesus , therefore , had received the vinegar , he said , It is finished , and he bowed his head aud gave up the ghost , " contained an examination of the circumstances attending the death of our Lord , and pointed out the sources of consolation that supported him ; and , by way of conclusion , some inferences were drawn from his

    behaviour on the trying occasion , and the fortitude he displayed , with regard to the nature of his person and the divinity of his mission . Both this and the preceding discourse were delivered to large and deeply attentive audiences , and seemed to make a lively impression ; indeed , they were of no ordinary excellence , and could not fail to be instrumental in

    dispelling the prejudices that unaccountably prevail against us , and in removing the reproach that we deny Christ . In the afternoon , a party of ninetyfour , including ladies and gentlemen , dined together at the White Hart Inn ,

    Mr . Hut ton in the chair . Many animated and interesting speeches were delivered o » the occasion . The meeting was truly catholic iu its spirit ; the warmest wishes of success were expressed for the welldirected endeavours of all religious denominations in the cause of human

    improvement . ; aud the peculiarities of the Unitarian faith were merged In and used as synonymous with the grand D / incipk of good to man . As a proof of the interest which the meeting exeited , the party ftas resumed at the inn after th 6 evening service ; and when the company at length separated , it was with feelings Of pure ** love , and in eager anticipation of the return of their anniversary , t 6 meet again their friends from different parts , ana refresh their zeal in the catiae of trutty by renewing their social Intercourse . The gentlemen who a&oke after the

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    5 & 4 Intelligence .- —North-Eastern Unitarian Association .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1829, page 584, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2575/page/66/