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cable spirit that prevailed on all sides , afforded the highest gratification , and , we learn , conduced largely to the edification of those who were privileged to be present at the religious jubilee . The subject of missions to the poor
was dwelt on , both in private and at the dinner ; and there seems to be considerable-promise ^ that ^ th ^ Uiritlifians of Manchester , should they be able to find suitable persons , will speedily have in operation two of these benign undertakings .
At the conclusion of the meeting , Mr . Thomas Potter , with that benevolence which distinguishes him , offered to guarantee the support of an infant-school , in the room in which the company were assembled .. He
and his family have , we learn , since contributed munificently towards the object ; and there is no doubt that this room , as most Sunday School rooms might be , will soon be employed during the week for the benefit of the infant poor .
On the Monday following , the school room was crowded to excess , by 250 children belonging to the Sunday School , about 100 of their parents , and many of the congregation , when an address was delivered by the minister , —the scholars supplied with refreshment , —and prizes , to the number of forty , distributed to the most deserving .
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Congregational Tea-party , Stockton . The anniversary of the Unitarian Congregational Tea-party , at Stocktonon-Tees , was held in the Freemason ' s Lodge , on Thursday , December the 29 th , when the children of the Sunday - School , connected with the chapel , assembled at an early hour in the afternoon , and were treated with tea in the usual manner .
A second tea-party , consisting of the members and friends of the congregation , to the number of about 100 , afterwards sat clown to partake of a similar repast , at the same table at which the children had been previously regaled . The Rev . ( 3 . C . Nutter hav-
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ing been requested to act as chairman on the occasion , the following senti * - ments were proposed for consideration , when the kindly and Christian spirit which breathed through the addresses of the several speakers were calculated , in no small degree , to warm the heart with brotherly affection and
universal pEilantiiropy : — - 4 The Congregational Tea-party , and may all our social meetings more firmly unite us in the bonds of Christian love ; Unitariatusm in Stockton , and may the best means be adopted to promote its success ; The chapel
library ; The Sunday School ; may the congregation take a lively interest in its welfare , and may the teachers be unwearied in their efforts to promote its success ; The young people , may their hearts be united , may their friendships be permanent , and may their interest in the welfare of this
society be deepened and increased j The Fellowship-fund Society , and may its members be united in heart , and sincerely devoted to" the important ends for which it has been formed ; Signs of the times with regard to the progress of Unitarianism ; Success to Unitarianism all the world over ; Dr .
Priestley , and may the illustrious defenders of our cause be embalmed hi the memory of every lover of rational Christianity ; Success to Unitarian associations throughout the world , and may Unitarians , as a body , be more firmly united , more actively zealous , and increasingly devoted to every " good word and work /"
The speakers were Messrs . Randyll , Richmond , Bald , Heaviside , Fallows , and others . The meeting concluded with singing and prayer , and the party separated , not only gratified and improved by the entertainment of the evening , but more firmly united in Christian truth , friendship , and love , C . C . N .
Stockton-on-Tees , Jan . 14 , 1832 .
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York Sunday ^ School Anniversary . The sixth Anniversary of the Jub- -
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1832, page 27, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1807/page/11/
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