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      that the ministers in bis own neighbourhood would not suffer so venerable and important an institution to languish for want of their personal attendance . That the design of the discourse might the more effectually be answered , Mr . Manning- was urged to lay it before the public ; and with this request of his brethren he promised to comply .

      In the afternoon , the business of the assembly , which consists principally in granting * exhibitions from a fund Taised for that purpose , to ministers of small congregations , was transacted in the vestry . The Rev . Edmund Butcher , of Sidinouth , presided as Moderator , and opened and concluded the proceedings with prayer .

      At seven o * clock on Thursday morning , the Rev . James Hews Bransby , of Budley , conducted the devotional service , and preached from Acts iv . 19 : "But Peter and John answered and said unto him , Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto

      God , judge ye . * ' The object of the preacher was to explain the scriptural grounds of Protestant Dissent , and to inquire bow far it is justified by the present circumstances of oar country . Speaking of the means to be adopted for the preservation of Christian liberty , Mr . Bransby warmly recommended the encouragement of every plan

      that is truly catholic for educating ministers in the knowledge and love of those principles which have procured for us all that we now enjoy of religious freedom ) and in this part of his discourse he alluded with much tenderness and feeling , to a thousand recollections of the season when

      life was yet in its earliest spring , and to a thousand emotions of gratitude and regret , which endeared to him the spot where he then stood . Y . ¦^^ 1

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      both sexes , partook of an economical repast , John Mace , Esq . of Tenterden , beiagin the chair . Several sentiments were given out , which occasioned some appropriate observations froin different individuals , amongst whom were Mr . L .

      Holden , Mr . S . Dobel ^ Mr . Pyall , Mr . C . Ellis , Mr . T . H . Durrant , and Mr . Cttndill . The company separated early , and though some differences of opinion had given rise to animated discussion , the wish to promote the interests of true religion , and the real welfare of the human race , seemed to pervade every bosom .

      Maidstone ^ July 14 , 1 S 18 .

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      South Wales Unitarian Society * The Six lee nth Annual Meeting : of the South Wales Unitarian Society , was field at Pant-y defaid , « uid Capel-y-Groes , Cardig&nshire , on the 24 th and 25 th of June last . At Pant-y-defaid on the -24 tb , Mr . David John and Mr . B . Phili p * , both of St . Clear ' s , preached ; the farmer from 1 Peter ij . 2 ; and the latter from Col . i .

      15 . Mr . Evans , of Aberdare , preached on the 25 th , at Capel y-Groes , from 2 Cor . xiii . 14 ; and Mr . James , of Gellioimen , from John viii . 32 . This meeting was numerous and respectable , and about seven * teen preachers attended it . The place where the next annual meeting is to be held was left to the committee to

      determine , who are to send notice of it to the different ministers , three months before it be held . After the business of the society had been transacted , an op * n conference was held in the meeting--house , and almost all who had attended the tenuous , waited till tbe conference wa » over , and continued throughout very p Ueati ve . The * i * l > j < $ ct < U * - cussed was , tbe dwtiactt&n between docr triaal and practical preaching , and whether

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      Kent and Sussex Unitarian Christian Association . On Wednesday the first insfant , the Annual Meeting- of the Kent and Sussex Unitarian Christian Association , was holden at Battle , in Sussex , when a very judicious and appropriate discourse was delivered by Mr . Horsfield , the Unitarian minister of Lewes , from Jude , ver . 3 : " That ye should earnestly contend for the faith , which was once delivered to the saints " The devotional parts of the service , reading the Scriptures , &c . were performed by Mr . Harding-, of Sevenoaks , and Mr Holden , of Tenter den . The report of the proceeding's for the past jear was then read , whidi chiefly related to th £ number of tracts' whidh had been « listrit > u * 4 < l . Th « comf > ftriy affcfcrwArdss repaired t& thcteeorge Itmi , # liVre about a hundred and forty of

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      Welsh Unitarian Ministers * Quarterly Meeting . The Quarterly Meeting af the Welsh Unitarian Ministers ^ was held at

      Rhyd-y-Park , on the 17 th and 18 th of June last . There were present ten preachers , four of whom delivered sermons oh the occasion . Mr . J . Thomas , of Pant-y-defaid , Cardiganshire , preached on tbe 17 th from Ps . cxlv . 9 5 and Mr . Evans of Aberdare , Glamorganshire , from Matt . iv . 10 . On the

      18 th Mr . Evans , of Carmarthen , preached from Matt . xxii . 42 ; and Mr . James , of Gellionnen , from Rom . iii . 25 . The next quarterly meeting was appointed to be held at Blaen-Gwrach , on the 23 rd and 24 th September .

      The subject discussed at the conference was , the distinction between doctrinal and practical preaching .

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      Intelligence . — South Wales Unitarian Society . 467

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 467, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/59/