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    and I also know that , independently of any " remembrance ' ¦ ' of mine , it is in his power to demonstrate , notwithstanding the " pledge of honour" preferred by " those who were interested at the-time , " and who peradventure are ^ interested even now !—that

    the Meeting House was open for religious service as usual , and that Mr * Jameson , finding that a supply was provided for the pulpit , went to West-Bromwich with Mr , H anbury , to preach for Mr . Hanbury ' s brother-in-law , the Rev . J , Humphrys . 1 will now pass on to Mr . Steward . Of his settling here as a

    ' -minister , a pretty full account is given in the Monthly Repository For February 1818 * I beg , in the outset , to have it understood that I never had any personal enmity towards him , I opposed r his coming ; but that opposition was dictated by no hostile or malignant feelings , although Mr . C . Mander is pleased to say I

    was " his bitter enemy / ' I disapproved of him as a minister ; and , without taking to myself credit for any wonderful sagacity , I formed that judgement of his talents and character which subsequent events have so fully justified . I shall not detain the

    reader long with the history of this gentleman , in whom Mr , C Mander's penetration has discovered so much " mildness" and « o much of the € t Christian spirit / ' It is public enough ; and in the very face of the fine encomiums on Mr . Steward , scattered

    here and there through this " Appendix / ' I will be bold to say that only one opinion exists about him * . He came to the Society an avowed zealous Unitarian ; he continued such till the end of the three years for which he was invited . As the individual through whose hands the endowments passed , at the expiration of that time , I paid to Mr- Steward what was due ; informing

    • We cannot refrain from expressing it as our decided opinion , that Mr . Steward , who engaged with the congregation to serve them as a Unitarian , was bound fb relinquish his possession of the pulpit , a $ soon as he found he could not occupy it according ; to the terms of his original contract—whether those terms were expressed or implied- "—See Review of Pamphlet * on the \ Volverharnpton Case , in t" " fie Chriitian Instructor , or Congregational Magazine , for February 1819 . * ' Mr . Steward was guilty of a deplorable violation of honour and justice . " See ** Irrfrineemcnts of Religious Liberty exposed , " by James Robertson ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1819, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1709/page/6/