On this page

• Text (1)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    Untitled Article

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    Untitled Article

    gregation , and obtain a stated pastor , under Whose ministry they might worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences . Messrs . Dick and Getty appeared as commissioners . After a good deal of conversation , it was resolved that the prayer of the memorial be granted . Adjourned at six o ' clock . Thursday , Sept . 8 .

    The Report of the Presbytery of Bangor was read , which contained m thing worthy of particular observation except the case of Mr . Osborne . This gentleman had been formerly under the care of the Belfast Presbytery connected with the Synod of Ulster , and had been exaniiued and approved of by the Synod ' s

    Theological Committee , so that he was ready to receive licence from the Presbytery . Wishing to emancipate himself from the yoke whicli the Synod had lately imposed upon its licentiates and ministers , he applied to his Presbytery for credentials to enable him to put himself under the care of the

    Remonstrant Presbytery of Bangor ; but , though the Synod ' s Presbytery were willing to license him to preach the gospel , had he continued in their connexion , they , without assigning any reason , refused the necessary testimonial on his own application , and did not condescend to answer a letter written to them on the

    subject , by the Moderator of the Presbytery to which he wished to attach himself . He had since been licensed by the Presbytery of ttangor , from their own personal knowledge of his highly respectable character and literary attainments .

    A question having been put to the Synod , by the Presbytery of Hangor , respecting the course of theological study to be pursued by their Students , after some conversation , it was resolved , that , until the Synod shall be able to

    appoint a professor of Theology , it be left to the option of the students whether they shall undergo periodical examination upon books to be prescribed to them by a Committee of the Synod , or attend lectures on divinity in any of the established seminaries .

    The Report of the Committee appointed at the last meeting to collect subscriptions in aid of the funds of the " Association for the Protection of the Kights of Conscience , " was read , from which it appeared , that considerable sums had been raised in Belfast and its vicinity , as well as in England .

    Untitled Article

    It was then moved and unanimously agreed to , " That the thanks of the Synod are due to the inhabitants of Belfast and its neighbourhood , aud also to the friends of civil and religious liberty in England , for the promptness with which they have answered the call made upon them to aid this Society . "

    When the Report of the Armagh Presbytery , and the Minute of last year respecting Warrenpoint congregation , were read , Mr . Nelson briefly alluded to the Minute of the General Synod , and animadverted on the * ' management " of the affair by the Dromore Presbytery . It was moved and unanimously agreed to ,

    " That this Synod highly approve of the conduct and zeal of the Preshytery of Armagh in this matter ; and that they be directed , under our fullest sanction , to continue taking such steps as may be necessary for the securing of the just rights of that much-injured congregation . " Mr . Montgomery then moved the following Overtures , which were unanimously agreed to :

    " That this Synod respectfully propose to their much-esteemed brethren of the Synod of Munster and Presbytery of Antrim , to unite with them iu the appointment of a triennial meeting of the three bodies , for the purpose of friendly counsel and co-operation , and the advancement of the great cause of Christian truth and Christian liberty , without , in any degree , trenching upon the established usages and jurisdiction , of each body respectively .

    " That a respectful letter be written , in the name of this Synod , to that illustrious stranger , the Rqjah Rammohun Roy , of Bengal , congratulating him on his arrival in Britain , expressing our admiration of his splendid talents and attainments , our high satisfaction in his accession to the cause of Christianity , our

    deep sense of his invaluable exertions for the diffusion of the gospel and the vindication of the rights of humanity in ' his native land ; and assuring him that we should rejoice to see him in this country , and to receive him with all the respect and cordiality so justly due to his distinguished name , his philanthropic labours , and his unsullied reputation .

    " That in a letter from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America , addressed to the General Synod of Ulster , and published in the Minutes of that Synod for

    Untitled Article

    Intelligence . ' —Meeting of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster . 793

• Citation
  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1831, page 793, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2603/page/69/