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      found to consist in Hove to God ,- and in acts of benevolence towards our fellow-creatures . To you , my friends around me , permit me to say a few words . We are met here on an occasion , which will , I trust , produce a beneficial effect upon us all . It ought to teach us who are old , that it is in"the * power of every one td ^ maKe

      old age itself amiable , by being kind and useful to all those who may be connected with us . Those , whether young or of middle age , who are in the vigour of life , may learn from it that best of all lessons , that they can only secure their own happiness by promoting the happiness of others .

      And even the youngest of those who hear me , though they may not fully understand what is passing before them , may at some future periodrecal this scene to their recollection—may remember that they saw their venerable minister reaping the fruits of a wellspent life , ancLbe thereby induced to follow his example . ( Applause . )

      INSCRIPTION . This Salver Was presented to the I&eberwfc William Cumr , by the Unitarian Congregation of Hanover Square Chapel , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , On the occasion of his entering into the

      Fiftieth Year of his Ministry , As a Testimonial of their unqualified Approbation of his Services during that Period ; Of their sincere Respect and Affection for Kim as a Frit / nd j And of their unfeigned Admiration of him as a Man and a Christian .

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      Mt , ' ' ¦ : ; ¦ return you > my thanks &r the very friendly and kind manner in which you have discharged the commission entrusted to you by this most respectable assembly . To convey my thanks to them in any adequate expressions , I feel to be impossible . It becomes me

      to look back with . fervent gratitude to an All-preserving ^~ GM 7 that I Fave been permitted for so long a . time to hold a pleasing intercourse with you all , my friends , as your minister , and to recollect the kind indulgence with which you have not only

      overlooked , but even most kindly accepted , my services with all their imperfections , which , it becomes me to acknowledge with deep humility , have been many . I was received amongst you at first , an inexperienced youth , with cordial marks of esteem and even af *

      fection ; and during the whole period of almost fifty years that I have resided among 'you , I have been favoured with uninterrupted testimonies of respect . I have been , at liberty to declare my sentiments without offence ; my proposals for the ~ establishment of Sunday-Schools ( the first in the north of England ) , for the formation of a

      vestry library ( also the first in this neighbourhood ) , for the introduction of a more regular plan of catechising , and of more extensive plans for the religious instruction of the young , the remodelling of the Psalm-book , the Tract Society , and the Friendly Association for Mutual Relief , have been cheerfully complied , with and liberally supported . In private life I have ever experienced a hearty welcome , and

      have had every respect paid to my family as well as to myself ; and as to pecuniary concerns , my income has been gradually increased until it has become double its original amount ; and that without my having ever once hinted , or even thought , that it was not , at any time , equal to the services performed . And now cornea this splendid testimony of your regard , which can never be recollected without the most grateful sense of obligation , It becomes me also to acknw-

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      0 NITARIAN CHRONICLE . .. . ¦ 9

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      The Subscription on this Occasion , Confined to Members of the Chapel , Having accumulated to the Amount of Three

      Hundred and Twenty Pounds , It was resolved to invest Three Hundred Pounds of this Sum in Securities for Mr . Turner ' s Benefit .

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      That this Faithful Shepherd may long live to enjoy the Tribute of their Affection and Esteem , is the Earnest Prayer of his Christian Flock .

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      Presented on the 9 th day of January , A . p . m . uooo . xxxii . The Rev . W . Turner . — Permit me , my dear Sir , in the fust place , to

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1832, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1805/page/9/