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    Provincial Meeting of Unitarian Ministers in Lancashire and Cheshire . On Thursday , Jane 22 d , the Annual Provincial Meeting of Ministers was held at Warrington . At eleven o ' clock A . M * ., the religious services were introduced by the Rev , Mr . Tate , in the absence of the Rev . J . Whitehead , the appointed supporter . The Rev , C .

    Wallace delivered the sermon , from \ Timothy ii . 5 . In an energetic and perspicuous manner the preacher pointed out the inconsistency with reason and Scripture of the popular doctrine of the union of a divine and human nature in Christ , and the pernicious consequences which the doctrine tends to produce * by perpte&ing the mind of the devout

    worshiper a * to the object of hb worship . The clearness of argument , novelty of arrangement , and propriety of expression which were conspicuous throughout the sermou , excited in the audience high admiration and pleasure * After the service , the Rev . J . J . Tayler was appointed supporter to Mr . Whitehead at the next Annual Meeting , which will be held at the Paradise Street Chapel , Liverpool .

    At two o ' clock , P . M ., about fifty gentjemen sat down to dine at the George Inn * of whom thirty- * bree were ministers . After dinner , the health of the King having beeivgMfe » # / the Chairmau ( Mr , Wallace ) gave , f < Prosperity to the operations of the Provincial Meeting in its new chwaotet' of : 'T&e North Western District > Association . '" . The Secretary then i-ead the report of the Committee appoitited at the last Annual Meeting to form ; the Association and commence its

    operations :-rrfrom which it appeared , That the Committee had made every artvaftgemeftft that lay in their power to establish that union of the different miuor societies already iu existence for the promotion of Unitarian Christianity in LancwkittNtinii Cheshire , which the Assotiation contemplates .

    ,: Tha * i they * i had ascertained from the Committees of the " Lancashire and Ohtohire Unitarian Missionary Society , " and the < l Manchester Unitarian Tract ^ ocifi ty ^ " that their operations were not so ; < exteftt » ivtf nor so successful as they might ) be ; if co-operating under the direction and assistance of the Association ; that in their present separate stale , their operations cannot be made so important

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    as to induce the public to support them with that pecuniary assistance which is necessary to enable them to improve the numerous opportunities which already present themselves of exteuding their usefulness ; that therefore a union with the Provincial Meeting , which would then become the central point of uniou and the general anniversary , seemed to them highly desirable .

    That ( being sensible that the unity of operation which would ensue from snch a coalition would produce little advantage unaccompanied by pecuniary assistance ) they had directed their efforts towards raising a general , f oud , to be at the disposal of the Provincial Meeting ; without which the Provincial Meeting can offer no inducement to those societies which have funds * to unite with it *

    That , although they had taken the best measures tliey could devise to effect this important o > jec $ , tjhey did not expect that it would be immediately accomplished , as they knew the objects of the Association were not yefc sttffiicteiitly knowu to the pubKe to ensure their general support } they therefore , although theyjiad received several congregational avia ,

    individual subscriptions , could not state that they had been so successful aa to justify them in reporting the accomplishment of the object . But , believing that many suspended their offers of assistance from the cause already assigned , they begged leave to direct the attention of the Meeting to several other important objects , besides the great object before

    mentioned , in aid of which a general fund would enable the Provincial Meeting to extend essential assistance . Among several enumerated in the report , one most important object was the connexion of the Provincial Meeting , as a District Association , by an annual subscription , with the British and Foreign Unitarian Association , which has already experienced the benefit of coalition in an extension of usefulness and an increase

    of funds ; a connexion which would , at a trifling annual expense , secure to the Provincial Meeting the assistance of those societies which have been formed for the protection of the civil and religious rights of Protestant Dissenters . The report concluded with an abridged report of the state and operations of the * ' Lancashire and Cheshire Unitarian Missionary Society , " and the "Man-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 763, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/51/