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he . xts and fervors of imagination and inspire a spiritual pride and self-complacency , there is nothing to attract , to wiu —nothing in their view to compensate for the sacrifices they are required to make . It is too pure , too intellectual , for their taste .
The brethren of whom I am speaking , find a further bar to their progress in their incapacity to support a minister who shall give his nndivided attention to their interests . Their insular situation is another cause of their ill success . Unconnected with the Unitarians of England , they are not onlv deprived of their
sympathy , but also of their aid . They are left to make their way alone , and , to use a figure suggested by the scene in which they live , are tossed about by the "wave and shattered hy the tempest , without meeting the friendly pilot who shall aid them in reaching to the haven of their hope .
The first minister from England who Iia . s officiated in their place of worship , I was gratified by the attention my discourse received from strangers as well as from the regular attendants , and assured that a continuation of such assistance would be greatly beneficial to them . Hence 1 would suggest to my brethren of the ministry a voyage to those who
feelingly exclaim , " Come over and help us , " which would recruit their own health , worn down by study and exertion , and give strength to the cause of true religion in the island . To the Unitarian Association I would suggest the circulation of tracts on the leading doctrines of Christianity , aud the employment , for a short period , of an able
missionary , whose exertions would stimulate curiosity , gratify that curiosity , and contribute to strengthen , extend , aud perpetuate , the yet infant cause . Such an employment of its energies and its funds would , in my opinion , be more successful , and produce more immediate fruits , than the operations which embrace a much wider , but more distant field . E . WHITFIELD . Ilminster , Nov . 28 , 1829 .
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Salford Chapel Anniversary . On Sunday and Monday , Dec . 27 and 28 , was celebrated the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Unitarian Meetinghouse , Green Gate , Salford . In the morning of Sunday , the Rev . Dr . Carpenter preached in Salford on the character of the Bereans , to a numerous congregation . In the evening , the Rev . Dr . Hntton delivered , in the Cross-Street
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Chapel , a most impressive and interesting discourse on the death of Christ as contrasted with the death of other martyrs , to a very large assembly of persons of various religious sentiments . And on the Monday morning , Dr . Carpenter
preached in the Unitarian Chapel , Mosley Street , a valuable sermon on the efficacy of the death of Christ , which he has kindly consented to publish . The collectious on these occasions towards the discharge of the debt due on the Green-Gate Meeting-house , amouuted to . £ 71 . 12 s . ; in addition to which , the Rev . 11 . B . Aspland , of Chester , put into the Treasurer ' s hand the sum of £ 7 , sent by his congregation . On Monday afternoon , the subscribers and friends of the Salford society , about 140 in number , sat down in the school-room of the meeting-house to a comfortable dinner prepared by members of the congregation ; Mark
Phillips , Esq ., of the Park , Prestwich , in the Chair , the duties of which he discharged highly to the satisfaction of the company . After dinner , various sentiments of a religious character were proposed by the Chairman , and the company were addressed on the state , the duties , and the prospects , of Unitarian Disseuters ; on the A rian separation in the north
of Ireland , and other topics suited to the occasion , by the Revds . Dr . Carpenter , Dr . Huttou , J . R . Beard , J . G . Robberds , J . J . Tayler , R . B . Aspland , C . Wallace , aud other ministers ; and by Messrs . Richard Potter , J . E . Taylor , Robert Phillips , Richard Collins , and G . Gill . In particular , the interests of the Monthly Repository were strongly recommended ,
and , it may be hoped , not without some good effect . We should not do justice to our own feelings if we did not express the satisfaction we felt at the unity of feeling and the brotherly kindness which prevailed at the meeting—the natural result of that entire harmony which exists among the ministers of Manchester and the great portion of their congregatious . We were also pleased to find that the meeting possessed on this occasion a
decidedly religious character ; and the only thing we felt the want of was an opportunity for those who , from various causes , were prevented from attending at the dinner , to hear the interesting and instructive addresses which were given at this religious festival . It is surely desirable to interest as large a portion of our body as possible iu the great objects pursued on occasions such as this . If so , the addresses delivered iu towns where the Unitarian portion of the population is comparatively great , ought not to be
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136 Intelligence . — Salford Chapel Anniversary .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1830, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2581/page/64/
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