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the Christian church , is the earnest wish of , Rev . and dear Sir , Yours truly , CHARLES WRIGHT . To the Rev . George Lee , Lancaster , My dear Sir , Feb . 25 , 1830 . I hasten , through yon , to return my most sincere thanks to the Committee of the Boston Unitarian Congregation , for the elegant and useful set of books I have just received from you , on their behalf , and for the very flattering note which accompanies their present . I cannot but attribute to the kind partiality of my friends the very complimentary terms in which they speak of my late ministry amone ; them ; but as a token of tiieir affectionate regard , and as a testimony to the sincerity of my labours , I confess it has been , in no small degree , gratifying to my mind , and I shall feel it as an increased motive to perseverance and greater diligence in that course which has earned for me their kind approbation .
Boston possesses many claims upon my grateful remembrance . As the place of my first settlement in life , and where much of my experience and knowledge of the world has been acquired , I can never think of my residence there without emotions of deep interest ; and the indulgence and forbearance I uniformly experienced would render it impossible for me ever to forget my respected
friends of that place , did not the last and unexpected instance of their kindness fix upon me a debt of gratitude , which I should hold it culpable , in . the highest degree , to suffer to be obliterated . I consider it the happiness of my life to have been called to labour in the cause of rational religion , and to raise my voice , feeble though it is , in favour of those all-important truths which are calculated to advance the dignity and independence of mau , and to vindicate his claims to similitude with bis Maker
A more suitable gift could not have been made than a copy of the works of Dr . Lardner , one who was devoted to the same cause , without regard to worldly emolument , or to the friendship of men ; and whenever 1 cast my eye upou these volumes , and think in what manner I became possessed of them , I shall feel admonished not to relax in my vigorous efforts , but to expend all the energies that God has given me in promoting the
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moral aud religious improvement of my fellow-creatures . I beg you again , my dear Sir , to assure my late flock , that though separated from them by distance of place , I am often with them in thought , and call to mind the great happiness I derived from their society : and I shall often breathe a
prayer to the Father of mercies for their welfare , both here aud hereafter , that they may continually improve in Christian holiness , and be my crown of rejoicing in the solemn day of judgment . I remain , dear Sir , Yours faithfully , GEORGE LEE . To 7 )/ r . Charles Wright- Boston .
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The Rev . John Watson and the Congregation of Greyabb / ey . This case , which so deeply excited the sympathies of liberal men of all persuasions , has taken a turn that was little expected either by them or their opponents . We insert a short summary of the facts which bave transpired since the time to which our last account came
down . On the greater part of these occurrences , comment would be superfluous . It will be recollected that , in his speech at Belfast detailing the injuries inflicted on Mr . Watson and his congregation , the Rev . Hetiry Montgomery stated it as his opinion that Mr . Montgomery , of Rosemount , ' * had been duped ; had received false information ;" and especially , that some unauthorized
person had forwarded to him , in the name of the Presbytery of Bangor , a request to take those steps which he afterwards did for dispossessing the people of their place of worship . This conjecture ( it was no more than a conjecture at the time ) has been found to be correct . At the meeting of the Synodical Presbytery of Bangor , held at Greyabbey on the 27 th of January , immediately before the exclusion of Mr . Watson from
his pulpit—it was resolved , that preaching should be supplied to such members of his congregation as were dissatisfied with their minister . It was proposed that Mr . Montgomery , of Rosemount , should be requested to give the house to
the Synodical party ; but some members of Piesbytery , who bave not yet discarded all sense of common decency , scouted the idea , and it was promptly rejected . Will it be believed , however , that after the Presbytery had separated , five ministers , wlio remained behind the
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280 Intelligence .--The Rev . John Watson and Congregation of Greyabbey .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1830, page 280, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2583/page/64/
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