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    30 LTON DISTRICT ASSOCIATION . The thirteenth half-yearly meeting of the Bolton District Unitarian As * sociation was held at Chowbent , on Thursday , October 4 , 1832 . The religious services were conducted by the Rev . Franklin Howorth , of Bury , —and-the-Rev- ^ JGhn-Rag-land ^

    oLHindiley , the latter of whom preached from Matt . xix . 17 . The preacher ' s object was to show the folly of trusting to the performance of external rites , and the profession of certain doctrines of faith , as passports to a heavenly kingdom . Holy living , he contended , was the purest Christianity , the best fruit of holy doctrine , and the only foundation for ' The hope that maketh not ashamed . '

    At the conclusion of the services in the chapel , a numerous party assembled to dinner , and to spend a few hours afterwards in the interchange of friendly sentiments , and in the promotion of that social intercourse which it is 6 iiei of this objectsof the Association to encourage . In .

    the absence of T . B , W . Sanderson , Esq ., the Rev . Franklin Baker , of Bolton , was requested to take the chair . The business of the meeting being transacted , the Chairman proposed ' The King , and may h , e never forget those principles which fixed Ijis family on the throne of these realms /

    The Chairman , in proposing the next toast , could not helpcongra , tu . ? lating the meeting on what had been , already achieved for civil and religious liberty in . this country , and in . the prospect of its triumphs being extended to other parts of the world , where it was now only known as one ' of the bulwarks of Britain ' s-glpr . y . It was only to be obtained and

    preserved under a free constitution and ; an unfettered press , operating upon the minds of an enlightened nation . He would give 4 Civil and religious liberty all the world over . ' * The Bolton District Unitarian , Association . ' In giving which as a

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    toasi ; the Chairman would $ xi& . bu £ , & few worcjs . It had now been established six years , and had gon& 0 n its way rejoicing , increasing the haiv mony and friendship of its members ,, and emulating them to good works . Almost every meeting offered some additional proof of its usefulness ; ,

    either in the development of spme nevv plan of benevolence and utility , or in the introduction of such plans into different societies . 11 was , Impossible to allude to these advantages without connecting with tfe Association the names of its founder and its treasurer ^ -the Rey . B . R . Davis and Mr , Robert Heywood . The Rev . B . R . Davis thouerht the

    Chairman had given him more than his du ^ meed of praise . It was true that the first Suggestion Of * the Association proceeded from hirn , but the idea- was instantly adopted by many of his friends , who then made it tjheir own , and gave it a shape and form , wMcli had-made-it useful andagreer able to all the congregations con * nected with it . He had no doubt ,, that as long as it "was productive of so much good it would continue to flourish . ,

    Mr . Robert Heywo / od was gratified to see so large a meeting . He found , by referring to his book , that the attendance had never been so nume- * rous as on the present day . Some- - thing always depended upon the weather , andsomething upon . the locality of the place where the meeting was held , both of which were favourable on this occasion , but he had reason , to believe the meetings of the Association were becoming . more spirited and interesting .

    _ , The _» CJhakman ,.. after ^ pa ^ si « g _ a merited encomium on the religious services of the day , proposed the health of the two officiating gentlemen— * The conductors of the public services in the chapel , and thanlcs to them for the manner in which they were performed / The Bev . Messrs , Raglaxid , and Howorth v briefly ac-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1832, page 236, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1823/page/28/