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The business of the day commenced at half-past two o ' clock with the reading of the scriptures , and an address to the children and their parents , by the Rev . C . Wellbeloved , at the chapel in St . Saviour-gate , in the presence of a considerable
number ^ oL . pexsons , JnGluding _ me , mJD . ers of the congregation and the friends of the children , many of whom have no further connexion with the chapel . All who are acquainted with Mr Wellbeloved ' s little volume of Devotional Exercises , must feel assured of his desire and peculiar ability to
serve the interests of humanity , by presenting to the youthful mind , in an intelligible and interesting form , the precepts and motives , which , if followed by their natural consequences , must infallibly lead to the practice of virtue and the attainment of happiness . Although , therefore ,
a more open tribute to the excellence of the address itself would willingly be offered , it is feared that that gentleman might shrink from an encomium commensurate with the feelings of those who heard it . Hymns appropriate for the occasion
were sung by the children in a very pleasing manner 5 and the service at the chapel having been closed by a suitable prayer , the scholars , together with their teachers and friends , proceeded to the Merchant ' s Hall , Pop-gate , where they were regaled with tea and buns . The distribution
of the prizes followed ; and Mr . Fox in delivering the books which had been awarded by the teachers to those of their pupils who were conspicuous for punctuality and good behaviour , accompanied them with many judicious remarks , applicable to the character and circumstances
of the scholars , some of whom were on the point of forming a new connexion with the world by becoming apprentices or going into service . The children having dispersed to their respective homes , the teachers and friends of the institution , to the number of a hundred , sat down to
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tea , which was provided on the tables at which the children had just before been enjoying themselves . It has been usual on these occasions for the senior student of the college to preside during the evening , and in conformity with this custom , the tea-. thiGgsJhajm Mr . J . R . Commins was Called " ^ lKe
chair at seven o'clock . Various subjects , directly or indirectly connected with the objects of the Sunday-school , were brought under the consideration of the meeting , and spoken to by different persons . Mr . Fox gave an account of the state and prospects of the ' Jubbergate school . ' Mr . James Rountree and Mr . Kingston offered a few observations in connexion with
the subjects of' Welburn chapel and Sunday-school , ' and ' the Maltoft congregation / ' The British and Foreign Unitarian Association / embracing the topic of city missions , was recommended to the best wishes
and support of the meeting by Mr . Simpson . The following sentiments , * Free inquiry without scepticism , and rational religion without enthusiasm ; ' ' Civil and religious liberty ; ' ' The diffusion of know-I r \ r \ r-& s \ r * / imlft r \ * -v 4 * « i / MA « jiin s \» * i \ JI r * t # led of rejoicing
ge a cause ; ' May difference of opinion never interfere with the exercise of a spirit of Christian charity and cooperation , ' - ^ -were spoken to respectively by Mr . Mark Rountree , Mr . Hutton , Mr . Robberds , and Mr . Higginson , members of Manchester College , York . Mr , Stansfield addressed the company , in an animated speech , on * The principles of the Reformation ; ' and Mr ,
Goodacre , lecturer on astronomy , who was passing through York at the time , and who in the course of four years spent in America had been in all the States of the Union , gave an entertaining and satisfactory account of Unitarianism in that country . Thanks were voted to the chairman :
a hymn and short prayer concluded the proceedings of the day , and a little after ten , the company separated , highly gratified with the ra-
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$ 0 JJNITARTAN CHRONICLE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1833, page 90, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2609/page/26/
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