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    years past , and as in the same proportion the labours of the Secretary must increase , it becomes the members of the society to contribute as much as possible to share them with him . This may in some measure be done , by one of the subscribers id a town or village where there are two or

    three members and upwards , kindly undertaking to receive and deliver the catalogues and tracts , and to collect and remit the subscriptions to the Secretary . This plan is already adopted in some places , and with respect to others the writer is persuaded , that a word to the wise is sufficient .

    Thirteen ministers were present , and forty-one gentlemen dined tog-ether . Thomas Colfox , Esq . of Rax . House , near Bridport , in the chair . After dinner the toasts usual on these occasions were given from the chair , introduced with suitable observations . The health of some of the gentlemen present , especially of those who had taken part in the morning * service ,

    being drank , they returned thanks in short but appropriate speeches . An account v . as given by one of the company of the excellent " Institution just established in London for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Protestant Dissenting * Ministers , '' which it is hoped will meet with that encouragement from the friends of piety and benevolence which it justly merits .

    The evening service was introduced with singing :, the Rev , Mr . Fawcett , of Yeovil , giving out the hymns for the day , which were well chosen and appropriate to th ^ occasion . The Rev . Mr . Yates , of Birmingham , then engaged in prayer , and the Rev . Mr . Butcher , of Sidmouth , preached on 2 Kings x . 15 : " And when he ( Jehu )

    was departed thence , he lighted on Jehouadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him , and he saluted him and said to him , ' Is thine heart right , as my heart is with thy heart ?* And Jelionadab answered , * It is . * c If it be , give me thine hand . ' And he gave him his hand ; and he took him up to him into the chariot . ' * After making * some

    ingenious and judicious observations on the peculiar excellencies of the manner in which the events contained in the scripture histories are related , and noticing- the taking of the hand in token of friendship , as ^ a custom of ancient times ; the worthy preacher was led by the narrative he had

    chosen for the subject of his discourse , earnestly la recommend to his hearers , cooperation with heart and hand in prompting what they deemed a good cause . IJe skewed that DmlaiiaiiKsm was justly € $ ^ -- l ° ^ V * appellation , and gave * ™ $ VtA * 4 * pjicH account of its doctrines , ^ 9 & > H ^ <* the »* generally entertained by ra : jm > ressors , though not essential conthe these

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    ments of the wicked will be corrective , of which he himself expressed his decided conviction * In urging on bis auditory an , open avowal , after due examination , of what

    appeared to them to be religious truth , united exertions to promote it , and more especially , as of unspeakable importance , to adorn and recommend a pure faith , by & consistent disposition and conduct , this zealous advocate of the Unitarian cause

    was peculiarly animating and impressive . The congregation in the evening was much larger than in the morning . The usual attendants iu the Unitarian Chapel at Hminster , ave not very numerous , but truly respectable 5 and none could enter more thoroughly into the genuine spirit of the apostolic precept , with respect to the

    friends to the cause , of other places , who were present on the occasion , use hospitality one to another without grudging . ' The religious services of the day appeared to give general satisfaction to those who attended them . The pleasures of this kind , together with the gratifying feelings excited by social intercourse with old friends , and also with worthy persons of

    whom one has before heard , but not perhaps till then known , are of the purest nature , and present an inaperfect emblem of the heavenly state . They animate to diligent endeavours to cultivate such pious and amiable dispositions and habits as qualify us for ranking with the wise and good here , and for ever associating with such characters hereaftev .

    T . H . * * * The next annual meeting is to he held at Bath , timely notice of which , as also of the person appointed to preach , will fee given in the Monthly Repository .

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    466 Intelligence . ^ -Assemblyr of ' Minister * in Devon , and Cornwall .

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    1 ' ^ '" ^ NUli ^^ ftkMtoh ^ v Assembly of Ministers in Devon and Cornwall . Oy Wednesday , June 24 , 1818 , the Annual Assembly of Dissenting Ministers ift the counties of Devon and Cornwall , was held at Georges Meeting , in Exeter .

    Fifteen ministers were present . The devotional service was conducted by the Rev . William Hincks ; and the Rev . James Manning delivered a discourse , which was heard with great interest , from Heb . x . 25 t " Not forsaking the assembling' of ourselves together / ' Mrv Manning began with an apology for employing this passage of scripture in a sense different from

    that in which it was used by the writer : ho then pointed mit the advantages to be derive from the occasional interviews of mititaters with each other ; traced the history of " the Assembly" from its origin to the present time ; recommended the efitablfglmient of similar associations in other distric t * of the kiugdojn and concluded with expressing an earnest hope

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 466, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/58/