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cable in the compositions which bent an Unitarian pulpit . We wished , in short , for an opportunity of saying many things to our orthodox brethren , by way of lessen ing their prejudices against us , if we could not hope to win them over to our doctrines . And this opportunity we were rejoiced to find they so freely gave us . They filled up every vacant seat in our
meetiug-house , and lent us a most attentive hearing . The result of such a meeting remaius to be seen . We have , however , in the mean time determined to adopt the plan at our future meetings in this district , and confidently anticipate one good result from every occasion of acquainting our Trinitarian brethren with
the true principles of our belief , namely , that , whether they receive or rejept our opinions , they will understand that we ourselves feel powerfully interested in them and religiously affected by them , and will cease to question ( as they are apt to do in ignorance or prejudice ) whether any good thing can come out of Unitarianisra . EDWARD HIGGINSON , Jun ., Secretary . Hull . April 20 , 1830 .
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Moor-Lane Congregation , Bolton-le-Moors , Anniversury . On the 11 th , 12 th , and 13 th of April was held the Eighth Anniversary of the Moor-Lane Congregation , Bolton - le-Moors . The Rev . Dr . Hutton , of Leeds , conducted the religious services of Sunday morning and evening ; aud the Rev . E . R . Dituock , of Warrington , those of Sunday afternoon . On Monday , eighty persons , male and female , sat dowu to dinner in Little Bolton Town-Hall . The
Rev . John Cropper , A . M ., was called to the Chair , and toasts were proposed which led to the expression of sentiments which were strictly accordant with an affectionate concern for the happiness of man , and with a high sense of our duty as Christian professors . On Tuesday , the scholars of the Suuday-school assembled to dine in the same room , and after dinner were addressed by the Rev . John Cropper .
In looking back upon the exertions and the sacrifices which this body of Unitarians has made in the promotion of the common cau&e of Christian truth , it is highly gratifying to see the strength and purity of their motives in their having abated nothing in their zeal , though they have suffered equally with others frdm the pressure of the times , and the luktswarninesa of supposed aud pretended
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friends . It is equally cheering to those who labour with them , to see them affording a living testimony in the bosom of their families , of the power and value of the principles which they believe to be sacred , and which they have made it
oue of their important objects to communicate to others . In a word , it is a reward to the mind , more valuable than that of wealth , to know that they exemplify by their continued zeal and regard for the doctrines which they advocate , the truth and firmness of their faith .
And if any thing need be said to them , through a communication like the present , we would exhort them to continue united and diligent in their calling ; and to prove themselves by personal righteousness in every way trustworthy of the
talents which Divine Providence has given them to improve . And in the event of this , they will by the excellence of their example read a lesson to the slothful which they stand in need of , and lay up for themselves in the kingdom of Christ a reward of eternal felicity .
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Northumberland Unitarian Association . The Secoud Meeting of this Association was held at Alnwick , on Sunday , April 25 , 1830 . The Rev . William Turner , of NewcastLe , conducted the morning and evening services . The
congregations ou both occasions were numerous and respectable . The Association Meeting was held , in the Chapel , iu the afternoon , and notwithstanding the absence of several country friends , owing to the unfavourable state of the weather , the attendance was more numerous than
on the former occasion . After singing and prayer , John Holdsworth , Esq ., being called to the Chair , stated the object of the Meeting , and the importance of Christian Uuitarianism—its tendency to exalt and renovate the human character . He noticed the advantages of co-operation , and pointed out some of the motives to perseverance in the work of Christian reformation . The Report of the Alnwick congregation was then read .
It noticed the improved state of the Society , and , as a necessary consequence , the favourable state of the pecuniary affairs . As the revenue of the congregation arises chiefly from seat-rent a aud weekly collections , at the commencement of the year 1829 , a Fellowship Fund was established in order to meet the Interest of the debt , aud , in case of its liquidation , to defray the expenses of missionary preaching . The result of one year ' s experience haa
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Intelligence . —Northumberland Unitarian Association . 425
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VOL . IV . 2 H
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1830, page 425, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2585/page/65/
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