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Tous neighbour % qod . —Bradford 9 § epte ' ixi . ber 1 p . H ere I p reached to about 3 pO people irr the Pres-Bvtrnan meeting-house ; they are without m preacher . Dr . Eatlin has supplied ! them for the last half year , one Sunday in the month , either by himself or deputy * The
population here is upwards or 10 , 000 , and only two miles and a half from Trotvbndge . —Beckington . Here is a small congregation under the Rev \ Mr , Howell ; a ^ geptleiTian of extensive literature * I preached here on Wednesday . —Frome . I . meant : to have preached here on I he Thursday , as a gentleman had promised to procure a placed but failed in his
inteiitidp . —War minster * Here J [ preac ! ied $ ? # *• ' 13 th and was invited Jo stay over Sunday ^ but I had determined to devote that day toSalifSur i / i a place that calls for particular attention . There is no preacher at Salisbury , and no congregation ; .. ' , jhe place of worship Will iidldj iQtoO people ; to it tnereis attached an excellent
dwelling-house . The gentlemen at Warrhinsttr would come forward towards the support of an Unitarian preacher for a twelve month ; there
are considerable endowmen-is ^ I uiiiersta . nd , belonging to the place , for putting but apprentices , belortging to the congregation , besides several bequests to the poor . IJ preached three times on the Sunday 9 Sept . lpth— -the congregation amounted to from 50 to about
ICO , Tbt ? re are four trustees " ^ n £ 5 Henry Wansey , Esq . of Wfyrmitvicr , is one , and Mr . Jo ~ * epi Voo £ ef o ( Salisbury ^ is amother J ^ e other two are unknown to me . " ^ On tins tour | I have travelled 9 $ 5 T miles ; ; prejEic ; hed pn 21 placg ^ a ^ d-42 turn's ; and have beea 6 ut •^ the nussion 10 week * .
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Intelligence . —Military Chaplains . —Missionary Society * 735
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, Missionary Society * ^ i ^ rzpm The Report of tfi < Qir 0 Ctor 4 # f , th * Missmary 'Qtni&foTtmitJB ^ ] a « t ^ nnPS * ^^ i « tiiii « iMbl ^ f *|^ less sanguine than the pr « ceding reports * Otakcitc is entirely
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< JMilifaryCfi 0 pi&iiis + > - ^ The ^ OMMA ^ I ^ BfR-iNUGHBEFl ( his R , H . tha lDluke , of ¥ prfci ) i anxious for the piety aadgoodll ' morals of the Soldiers , has latel y ^ announced to the army , the nevm establishment of Military ' Chap **
lains , who are raised to theiool ~ ing of Field Officers . The circi *^ lar letter Which contains the hotim ' fication of this new appointmeHl ^? informs the army that jhe Chap *; lains have been 4 ' selected with tbe utmost care and circumspection by the first Prelates of the eoan-u t ry * " Some regulations foMour with respect to the performance of divine service , which , it is £ > i > dered , shall conclude with *? a ?
short practical sermon ^ suited tpthe habits and understandings of soldiers . " la reference -to the * practical sermon ^ the letter add s ^ -, t 4 To this last pturfc / of Hge-serJ : ; vice , the CoMMANJ > E ^ -tN-C ) BU ( Fv
attaches much importance , as being in conformity to the custom of the Established Church , aftd more than ever required ; at this : f time , which is peculiarly marked by tbe / ex £ rtioa » and inierferencel i of sectaries © f various descripti * ^
ons / ' 'We admire the Cora * - mander-in-ChiePs zeal in hehdlfs of morality , and hi $ fears from the anti-moral preacher ^ ( as lie no 5 doubt esteeips the Sectarfes ) ^ ^ mky&
we hope that these ate gooq ^ symptoms 1 may we' interpret tb < 3 m 4 as signs of a conversion to ^ tfrt&G # l $ - followed ^ according \ to evadedW cal command , by nn attempt ioX strengthen the btethrm 0 ¦> -a &l b ^ 1 Mm ii ml . ' - ¦ - - l lS ' - * < ± , A <
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1811, page 735, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2423/page/31/
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