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      erected for the purpose , to which nearly setreaty ladies ami geat ! emeu sat down ; and in the «* v-enmg * ten was provided in the meeting * tor as many as chose to accept of it , ami the day was concluded with that harmony and devotion , which the Christian religion is so em iuently calculated tainspire , ml .

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      made converts from th < 5 wor'd , whose coiw duct was such as might siJence the reproaches of o W « iHlaw . Another noticed particularly the amiable , zealous and unwearied conduct of the Women in their churchy that though there were many men amongst them whoso lives were irreproachable , audsome amonirst these whose Chris

      tian zeal was equal to their means of using ' it , yet he could not but lament that there was not a more general and active cooperation among- all the serious members of the church . A third observed , at our place we are but a few very pour cottonweavers , unable to defray our own expenses , and must loug- since have given ? up our room had if not been for the dona *

      tions sent us by our more able Unitarian brethren , but particu ' arly the Unitarian Fnnd . When these donations have reached us , ( continued he , ) I believe we have felt happier , and thought them of greater value than , if we had received thousands from

      some other quarter and for another purpose . It did us so much good to knowthat , poor as we were , there were some who noticed us and cared for us . Mr . Harris gave an account of the progress cs Unitarian ism at Liverpool , of the

      Fellowship Fund , and the pleasure the members felt in assisting pocrer places j and gave a convincing" proof of this by presenting Mr . Ash worth with a donation of £ 5 ., toward liquidating the remaining debt upon the Rossendale Chapel . At this meeting it , was resolved ,

      1 . That the next Association be held at Todtnorden , on the Thursday , in Whitsuntide-week , and that Mi \ Harris , of Liverpool , and Mr . Kay , of Hiiidley , be requested to preach . 2 . That every society in connexion with this Association be requested to transmit to a committee , now to be appointed , an account of its state and progress , and that this be clone one week betbre the annual meeting * . JOHN ASHWORTH . i ¦¦¦¦

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      v 510 Intelligence . D < — -udley Lectiurc . ^ -Methodht Unitarians—Glasgow CikapeL

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      Dudley Double Lecture * Tb * Anniversary of the u Double Lee towe" took place at Dudley , on Whit Tuesday , June 1 , 1819 .

      The Rev . Richard Fry , of Kiddeimin * ster , conducted the devotional service . Two sermons were preached , the one by the Rev . Thomas Warren , of Stourhridge , from Rev . xix . 10 : " The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy . " The other by the Hev Robert Little , lafely of Gatnsborough , from Psalm viii . 5 : ** For thou hast made him a little lower than the

      angels ^ and hast crowned him with glory and honour' * Fourteen ministers were present , and the congregation was larger than it had been on a similar occasion for several years . J « H . B .

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      Association of Methodist Unitarians . On the 4 th day of June 1819 , was held at Newchurch , the Annual Association of the Methodist Unitarians . Mr . Elliott , of Rochdale , preached in the morning a most edifying sermon , on Christian Fear , from

      Heb . xii . 28 Arid in the evening , Mr . Harris , of Liverpool , delivered an excellent discourse on the Doctrine and Fellowship of the first Christians , from Acts ii . 42 . Both services were well attended , but par * ticularly the evening ^ , that being much the better time for people leaving their

      work . There were present of our friends from Rochdale , Oldham , Todmorden , Bolton , Padihaui , Burnley aud other places . Forty-three sat down to dinner , and many more , whose hearts are strongly attached to our cause , would have indulged in the

      same gratification , but were unable , even though the expense of dining- was only one shilling and nine * pence . These , however , with many of our females , joined Us after dinner . Mr . Harris was called to

      the Chair ; and , accordingto a previous arrangement , in the course of the afternoon an account was given of the state and progress of Unitarianism at all the places forming the Association . Mr .

      Ashworth gave au account of Newchurch , Mr . Taylor of Rochdale , Mr . Wilkinson of Oldhain , Mr . Robinson of Padiham ' , and Mr Sudhurst of Todmorden , All agreed that the doctrine was spreading . One observed , that Unitarianism with them had

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      — m , Case of Glasgow Chapel . To the several Cornmittees ^ of the Fellowship Fundw , established throughout the kingdom , and to such other societies as have for their object the building of Chapels for Unitarian worship .

      At the request of some of your number , I take tlie liberty of transmitting for your consideration , the following arguments , shew the necessity of farther assistance i « liquidation of the debt upon Union Chapel , Glasgow .

      B . MARDON . Exretery August 18 , 1819 . A considerable sum has at different times been subscribed by the English Uniturians , iti order to promote the progress

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1819, page 516, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1775/page/56/