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The meeting commenced by a preparatory discoBrse ^ reached in the Cross ^ - Street © hapelj by the Rev . W . J . Fox ^ from the wortfsi found in the' 2 nd Epistle to the O > ri » thiabs r > the 4 th chapter , 6 th verse . > 'Ifi this sermon , distinguished by simplicity of truth ^ -lov ^ liness iff spirit- —* brilliancy of imagery---and power of language , the preacher , wa&chiefly concerned to exhibit the moral excellencies of the Saviour as a portrait of the perfections of the Creator ; and to confute the yet lingering notions of Calvinism , by contrasting them with the spirit , the language , and the principles of Jesus .
Oo . Thursday movaiug ^ ithe Rev . T . Madge , the successor * of fthe Rev , T . BeJsham , delivered * in the same place , a sermon founded on the Epistle to the Hebrews , 10 th i chapter * 23 rd verse ; in which he urged * in a most powerful * iuast # i ; ly , and eloquent manner ^ the duty of all who believe in the simple and beneficent doctrines , of * Unitarian
Christianity , to make , without hesitation , a full -and open profession of their sentiments , and to take all the means which the intellect and the heart can supply for the communication of the pure truth of Christ to their fellow-men . —For ourselves , we should , in common with many others , deeply regret , that the hopes which have been excited of these
valuable discourses being published should be disappointed . ' I hi mediately after divine service , on Thursday , J . T . Rutt , Esq ., was called to preside . A deputation from London presented itself , consisting of the Rev . T . Rees , LL . ]> . ; the Rev . W . J . Fox , Secretary ; the ReviT . Madge ; the Rev . B ; Mardon , Secretary of the Book department ; J . Ti Rutt , Esqi ; J . Bowrinir ,
LL . D ., Foreign Secretary ; T . Hornby , Esq ., Treasurer ; and Mr . T . R . Horwood , Deputy < Secretary . Mr , Rutt having made a' few introductory observations , called- fwpon ^ Mr . Hornby , the treasurer , to * read an abstract of the state of thfe funds ^ atid of the rece ipts and disbursements during the' past * year . The resolutions passed at the late * meeting of the Association in London were then
read . « ( For these we refer the reader to our report of that nie ^ tirig . )' The Chairman their requested the Hov . B . iMiiidow to / read ihe Report ^ of- the tran . sactioiiB tof the Association during the last yca ( r ,-wWichJciontaiii ^ many in * - teresting particulars relative ^) the great progress which Unitarian ChriatiaViityisr now making in many parts of the world , with other details relating to the religious rights and blessings not merely of
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Unitarians , but of many others of the great family . of inan . After the Report had he en retad , the following resolutions were unanimously passed :- * - 1 st . *< That , ' while we offer our best thanks to our London friends for the interesting Report which has just been read ,-we are ; desirous of expressing also our earnest hope , that this day will be the beginniug > o £ ta much t more extensive and powerful union amot ^ g ) the English Unitarians for promotUig the important objects of the Aseociatioo . ¦ - . - 2 di f That Our warm and hearty thanks are due to the Her . W . J . Fox aud
the Bev ^ Thom as Madge > for their excellent services on the ^ preseut occasion . 3 d * f That : this meeting , wishing Ghrwtianity ^ in its just and benevolent spirit , to be trujy ^ part aud parcel of the laws of theser realms , ' deeply partakes in the regret expressed by the * Committee at the failnre of the late effort to obtain for the Jews the full enjoy meat of their civil rights .
4 th . •« That this meeting fully approves the proceedings of the Committee with respect to the Uuitariau Marriage Bill , and would , at the same time , express an earnest hope , that they will continue every seasonable effort to obtain for it the favourable attention of his Majesty ' s Government . ¦ , ¦ .
5 th . ' < That this meeting , convinced of the great importance to the spread of Christian Truth and to the practice of piety and virtue , of the distribution of Books and Tracts , heartily approves of the steps wJiich the Association has already taken ; and recommends that measures may be adopted for securing a niore general co-operation of the several Book aud Tract Societies throughout the United Kingdom , by the establishment ia London of a General Depdt . < , , \ < « r a ' i
6 th . * ' That it ibe most eanitstly reconinienik'd to the GommitMe of the Association , to cousidor vvhvtheli they cannot effect the establishment of City Missions , on a pian and for purposes aiinilJir to those detailed in the Beperts < t > f tbe liev . Dvj Tuckerman ( of Bostoa , LJ . iS . ) ki 7 th ; * ' That the thanks of ^ the
Association be given to th& mtinsjerfe- ^ f tiongregations , c and other frienki *^ vHiiithave made urraugementa > for the p # « s ^ Bt meeU iujjf .- *^/ sf- ' ' ( . ¦ NJi "> - '> ii fv » > s ; , y i At the termination of the business off the meeting , and it * the spirit of that "; ciheeirfulv enii ^ iU'CjK'cll' an « i toeiietokMit Kjli ^ ion" whicL thMy profea ^ fehree h « ndred and tweiity-iiiiif ^ psous of ? Man-i Chester and the-surro «» din ^ dis ^ ict as-i sembled to dine iti' the Town Hall , Sal-
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Intelligence . — UnitarianAssociation . 493
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1830, page 493, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2586/page/61/
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