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tisfied in attending public worship at those places where they were under the necessity of hearing many things which they could not approve ; and being firmly persuaded , from a careful attention to the Holy Scriptures , that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is the
only proper object of religious worship , it was finally agreed , that we should meet together at the house of one of our friends on the Lord ' s-day , for the purpose of uniting in the worship of God , in what appeared to us a more scriptural way than we could find elsewhere . We now began to feel some inconvenience from the waut of proper hymns to assist us in singing the praises of God ; those to which we had been hitherto
accustomed now appeared to us as highly exceptionable . We had heard of Mr . Aspland , as the respectable Editor of the Monthly Repository , and took the liberty of writing to him for his advice respecting a Hymn Book . He , in the most obliging manner , replied to our request ; and haviug subsequently had an opportunity of seeing his " Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Unitarian Worship , " it
met with our mutual approbation ; we accordingly sent for a few copies , and Mr . Aspland had the goodness to send with them a present of various Unitarian publications , including several copies of his own published Sermons , which was to us a most valuable acquisition , not only confirming us in the belief of the truth as far as we understood it , but also as it increased our means of
information . We shall ever feel a grateful remembrance of this kindness , and also his further kindness towards us shortly afterwards , in procuring for us a donation of books from the Unitarian Society , which were transmitted to us by Dr . Rees , the Secretary , who kindly added to them some of his own Tracts .
Our meeting for worship was at first rather of a private nature than otherwise . We met together for singing , and prayer , and reading the Scriptures . The brethren in turn also read a sermon . We had , however , excited public attention , and soon had occasional visiters at our
meetings , until at length circumstances appeared favourable to our opening a place of worship in a more public way . We therefore thought it expedient to form ourselves into something like church order , aud mutually pledged each other in the fear of God and as the disciples of his Son Jeuus Christ our Lord , to submit to certain regulations , unanimously adopted for our church government , discipline , &c , which was inserted in a book , ( which
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we call the church book , ) to which we all signed our names , and solemnly engaged to walk so as to please God , by carefully guarding against every thing which we know to be contrary to his revealed will , and , by a conscientious discharge of moral and religious duties , to maintain consciences void of offence towards God and man .
We then had a room fitted up for the public worship of the only true God , in the name and as the disciples of Jesus Christ , whom he had sent . We also commenced preaching twice ou the Lord ' sday , which we still continue ; our congregations have never been large , but they have been in general regular , from
five-and twenty to thirty , upon an average , and seldom more . It is now something more than nine years ago the Guernsey Unitarian Church was formed ; and haviug obtained help of God we continued to this day ; our present prospects are not very cheering—the disadvantages under which we labour are well
described by our excellent friend Mr . Whitfiel I in the Monthly Repository . As you have seen this , there is the less necessity of my entering into a more circumstantial account in regard to this particular . I pray God to continue his goodness towards us , by keejnng us in the right way , that we may stand fast in one spirit , with one mind , striving together for the faith of the gospel .
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Locke ' s Monument . On Wednesday , Feb . 9 th , a Meeting of the Subscribers to a Fund for the erection of a Monument to John Locke , was held at the Freemasons' Tavern . The subscription for the undertaking commenced in the year 1808 , when a small sum was collected . In 1816 the
amount in hand was 455 / . 8 * . 6 d . which was invested in the Funds , aud , with the accumulations , now amounts to 846 / . 6 s . 3 d . In consequence of the large sums demanded for fees , the Monument could not be erected in St . Paul's Cathedral or Westminster Abbey ; and it was therefore proposed that it should be placed in the Hall
of the London University , to which it was stated there would be no objection . The Monument is to be similar to that of Lord Erskitie , in Lincoln ' s Inn Hall ; the expense of which was 1200 / . Mr . Westmacott is the artist . The subscription has been augmented by a donation of 100 / . from Lord King , the faithful biographer of the great metaphysician .
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Intelligence . —Locke ' s Monument . 215
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1831, page 215, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2595/page/71/
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