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that there is no express command iu the New Testament that Christians should direct their prayers to Jesus Christ ; ou the contrary , it is certain that Jesus Christ invariably prayed to his Father as his God , ( he could not pray to himself , ) and instructed his disciples to do the
same ; but how far Scripture and the early usage of the Christian Church will bear us out in offering up prayers , praises , and thanksgivings , personally to Jesus Christ , as Head of the Christian Church , as the Mediator of God's appointment , and as his minister in dispensing blessings on his faithful followers , 1 must leave to the consideration of your
readers . N . G . Prayer . tl O most merciful God , and merciful Father , who dwellest in the highest heavens , and yet humblest thyself to behold the things that are passing on earth ; without whose aid all out wishes are ineffectual , all our endeavours vain : look
down , we beseech Thee , upon us thy creatures here assembled before Thee , and prosper this our religious undertaking . Blessed be thy goodness , O Lord ! that thou hast put it into the hearts of thy servants to rebuild and enlarge this sanctuary , % o the worship and honour of thy great name . May the edifice , of which we have now laid the
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Rev . George Augustus Case . 1831 . January 6 , the Rev . George Augustus Case , Minister of the High-Street Chapel in Shrewsbury . He was the son of the Rev . Charles Case , an able Dissenting Minister at With am , Essex , and was educated at the Academy in Northampton , whence he removed to Shrewsbury , in the year 1797 , having been invited to succeed the Rev . Mr . Rowe , upon his removal to Bristol .
He continued to be the sole pastor of his flock until the day of his death , a period of thirty-three years , during the whole of which he lived on terms of perfect harmony with all the members of his congregation . He was an amiable and agreeable man , of a sociable and lively turn of mind , and attached numbers to him by the kindness of his dispo-
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foundation , become the blessed means of promoting true religion among ns , and extending thy kingdom upon earth ; may it , for ages yet unborn , keep alive in the hearts of the inhabitants of this place a due reverence of Thee , and of thy Sou , Jesus Christ our Lord . Here may succeeding generations take their place in
this thy house , and thus daily proceed in all godliuess of living . Hence may the sigh of penitence and the prayer of hope ascend up unto thy throne of grace , and oh ! when thou hearest , forgive . When frequenting thy courts with lowliness of devotion and heart , may thy faithful worshipers pass through this earthly temple into the house which is not built with hands , eternal iu the
heavens . And , O merciful Saviour , thou who hast promised thy especial presence wheuever even two or three of thy devout servants are assembled together in thy name , do thou vouchsafe to hear the earnest supplications of thy people , and grant that those which we have asked faithfully according to thy will , we may obtain effectually to thy honour and glory , and to the salvation of our immortal souls .
" Now unto the King eternal , invisible , the only wise God , the Father , the Sou , and the Holy Ghost , be honour and glory for ever and ever . Amen . " Observer Paper , Sept . 13 , 1830 .
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sition and the affability of his manners . Compassionate and charitable , he was particularly attentive to the poor , and was ever ready to relieve their wants as far as he had the power . As a preacher he was admired , his sermons being free from bigotry and moroseness , atid abounding in liberality and good-will to all men . As a man he was beloved , and his death is sincerely lamented by all who knew him . February 16 , 1831 .
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Miss Maria Fry . Jan 15 , after a short illness , at her father ' s house at Kidderminster p , Miss Maria Fry , aged 43 years . In the former part of the last week of December she was in her usual state of health , but she soon after took cold from the severity of
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Obitunry . —Rev . G . A . Case . —Miss Maria Fry . 205
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1831, page 205, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2595/page/61/
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