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    EASTERN UNITARIAN SOCIETY.

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    The Anriual Meeting of the Southern Unitarian Society , and Southern Unitarian Fund Society took place at Wareham , on Wednesday , June 26 . In the morning , the Rev . J . B . Bristowe introduced the service by prayer and reading the Scriptures , the Rev . R , Cr . ee offered the general prav&r , ^ and—th , e ~ Re- \^~ M . ™ : MAjiR . XiiE

    preached a judicious discourse , in which he ably pourtrayed the duties which are particularly incumbent on Unitarian Churches in the present state of our cause , from Acts ix . 31 . 'Then had theChurches rest through- * out all Judea , and Galilee , and Samaria , and were edified and walking in the Fear of the Lord , and in the comfort

    of the Holy Spirit were multiplied . ' In the evening , the Rev . M . Maurice and the Rev . J . Mitchelson engaged in the devotional services , and the Rev . H . Hawkes , B . A . of Ports * mouth , delivered a Lecture from Eph . iv . 4—6 , in which he eloquently proved , that ' Unitarianism is main ^ tained by all sects ^ of Christians . ' The chapel was on both occasions

    numerously and respectably attended . Between the services thirty-five members and friends of the Society dined together , T . Fisher , Esq . of Dorchester , in the chair ; and the company was augmented in the course of the afternoon by the attendance of ladies , who seemed to take a lively interest in the animating and truly Christian sentiments which were

    called forth by the occasion . At the close of Divine service in the morning , the business meeting of the Societies took place , the Rev . J . G . Wallace in the chair , and the Report of the Southern Unitarian Society was read by the Rev . Ef Kell . The following- were among the resolutions passed on the occasion :

    That this Meeting rejoices in the prospect of the admission of the members of the Jewish persuasion to the same civil privileges as the rest of his Majesty ' s subjects . That this Meeting earnestly desires the introduction to Parliament

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    The twen . ty-first anniversary of this AssociatiojL was . Jiel . 4 at MmMlA on the 26 th and 37 th of Jurje . * service on Wednesday evening , was introduced by the $ ev . H . SquOT of Yarmouth , and the Rev . & M . Montgomery , of Bury , delivered an excellent discourse from Eph . 1—3 ; On the bond of Christian Union ju the Church of Christ .

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    246 INTELLIGENCE AND

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    of a Bill to relieve Dissenters , fronn the necessity of conformingto the ? marriage service of the Church off England , contributing in any way to ) the support of a Church ,, the doc--trines of which they do not believe ,, and from all other grievances , of which as Dissenters they have just reason to complain . ___

    That this Meeting deeply sympathizes in the circumstances which have occasioned the absence of its highly revered friend , the Rev . Russell Scott , the Secretary and Treasurer of the Southern Unitarian Fund Society ; that it expresses its heartfelt gratitude to him for the zeal and ability with which he has for so many years conducted the affairs of the Society , and advocated the cause of Unitariamsm : and that

    it earnestly requests him tp continue in office as Secretary during the year ensuing . The proceedings of the day were such as to give a pleasing impression of the zeal and harmony-which have distinguished the congregation at Wareham in its long and arduous

    struggle with religious bigotry and error , aind in its unassisted and praiseworthy erection of a Temple for the worship of ' the one only living and true Qod . ' It is further to be hoped that they will afford an additional stimulus to all present to proceed in the good work of promoting the

    genuine knowledge of the Scriptures , and the practice of piety a , nd virtue .

    Eastern Unitarian Society.

    EASTERN UNITARIAN SOCIETY .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1833, page 246, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2619/page/22/