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proved the utility of this fund , as it lias so increased the receipts of the Society as to make them equal to the expenditure . In the Report it was also stated , that the Chapel debt , which is a distinct account from the general fund , is now
reduced to 163 / . 12 * . During the last two years , by the exertions of the congregation and the liberality of distant friends „ nearly 150 / . have been paid ; the mortgage npon the Chape ! is removed , and the sum now due borrowed upon a promissory note , granted by the Committee . As the holder of the bill has
kindly consented to take the sum in payments of 40 / . or 50 / ., the Committee hope , through the continued assistance of the Unitarian public , that the debt will soon be removed , and the congregation relieved of an incumbrance which has Ion ? pressed heavily upon them .
The Librarian ' s Report stated that the readers for fhe past year had been more numerous than during any similar period since the establishment of the Library , to which several additions had been made . The Rev . J . Wright noticed the progress of Unitarianisra throughout the extensive county of Northumberland , by the circulation of tracts and occasional
preaching . Phis county presents a very extensive field for missionary labours , but the expenses of travelling , &c , render it impossible for Mr . W . to do more than attend to the villages in the immediate vicinity of Alnwick .
Several gentlemen belonging to the Alnwick congregation addressed the Meeting , urging the necessity of union and zeal , and the superior tendency of ovr religious principles . The progress of Unitarianism in Alnwick and the neighbourhood during the last four years , has been more than its most sanguine friends could have anticipated . In this towu it has been shewn to be suitable io the wants and wishes of
those who move in the humbler walks of life . The business of the Meeting was concluded by flinging and prayer . The Rev . J . Wright conducted the devotional serrices . Tbe interest excited by the Meeting , and the zeal and Christian spirit toairifeitfted on the occasion , are inriicattoris tof the good that may be effected by « ucn Associations . M . A . yf * wW <* , May 13 , 1830 .
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Polton jDtstpct Unitarian A 8 $ oc ' Uttion . Th * Eighth Half-yearly Meeting of he Boltou District Unitarian Association was held at Park Lane , oeai Wigan , on
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Thursday , April 29 , 1830 . The Rev . Jolin Cropper , of Bolton , conducted the devotional services , and the Rev . Franklin Baker preached a sermon on Christian Liberty , from Gal . v . i . In the course of the afternoon , which was spent in a very agreeable manner by the
Society and their friends assembled from a distance , the persecution of the Unitariaus in the North of Ireland formed a subject of much interest to the Meeting , and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted as expressive of their sympathy with the sufferers . Resolved .
' That the proceedings which have been carried on in the Synod of Ulster , aud caused the secession of the liberal party from that body , cannot be viewed by the friends of Christian liberty iu this country without a deep and absorbing interest . " That the ministers and lay members of the Bolton District Unitarian
Association have watched with much anxiety the progress of this struggle ; and they deem it their public duty to express their admiration of the intrepid firmness with which the spirit of persecution has been rebuked by the Remonstrants ; and also ,
to record their cordial approval of the untemporizing and truly Christian conduct which the Separatists have displayed in resisting the imposition of the proposed test , and iu so ably asserting and exemplifying the right of private
judgment ic That this Meeting deeply deplore the harassing and unchristian treatment which the friends of religious liberty have encountered from those members of the Synod of Ulster who would have deprived them of the liberty wherewith Christ had made them free , and entangled them with the yoke of bondage .
" That the sympathy of the Association is deep and ardent for the Rev . Mr . Watson , of Greyabbcy ; whose sufferings they as greatly commiserate as they applaud hi * , integrity and Christian temper , and whose character they now regard as combining the spirit of the martyr with the virtues of the saint .
" That it is with feelings of grateful praise to the God of truth , that they contemplate the issue of this struggle between intolerance and Christian liberty ; and while they rejoice in the measure ot success with which it has been crowned by Providence , their thoughts naturally turn with admiration to that chosen band
of confessors through whose integri ty * zeal , aud eloquence , such a noble stand has been made in favour of the sacred
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426 Intelligence . — Button District Unitarian Assoexation ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1830, page 426, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2585/page/66/
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