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    lectures there , to very attentive audiences ; but the room in which the meetings were held was found much too small , arid otherwise inconvenient for the purpose ; on this account much publicity was not given to them , as it would have been impracticable to have accommodated the hearers who might have attended ; hence

    it appeared necessary to procure a larger and more convenient place . The place now opened is a large room , well situated , and fitted up for the purpose in a decent , but economical manner . It is supposed it will seat a hundred and fifty hearers . There will be a regular morning service on the Sunday , which will be

    conducted by Mr . Moore ; and a lecture in the evening , which will be preached alternately by Mr . Moore and others . It is hoped that by steady , prudent , zealous and persevering exertions , a congregation may be permanently established in this populous neighbourhood . Much praise is due to Mr . Moore for his exertions , to which this infant congregation

    owes its existence ; and to the exertions of those friends who have procured this new place for Unitarian worship . It is intended to connect with this little Chapel a Congregational Library , and a Sunday-SchooL Is it not highly desirable that something similar to what has been done at Somerstown , should be attempted in other places in the outskirts of the metropolis ? Mareh 21 . R . W . —^—

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    it was - the object and tendency of true religion to assimilate man to his Maker * whereas the corruptions of Christianity and all false religions have assimilated the Creator to man . On the Thursday evening , Mr . Acton accurately delineated Christianity , in reference to its requisitions and its promises ; taking for the basis of his excellent discourse , John xv 10 .

    With these services , the winter Course of Lectures , which it is the object of this Society to support , was concluded ; and from the very good attendance which there . has been throughout the Course as well as on the services above-mentioned , the subscribers to the Fund have

    the fullest conviction , that their view in establishing it , which tacts to call the attention of the public to those corruptions of Christianity ' , which at the council of Nice ( A . D . 325 ) were voted to be doctrines of the gospel , has been accomplished *

    The friends of the Unitarian cause dined together on the Wednesday , at the Fountain Inn ; after dinner several gentlemen delivered their sentiments ; in the course of which , several circumstances were noticed proving the progress of Unitarianism , highly gratifying to those who sincerely believe that this is the

    faith once delivered to the saints . The company heard , with much satisfaction , from Dr . Morell , that the new chapel at Brighton was in a state of great forwardness ; for . it is peculiarly desirable that our watering-places should be

    supplied with such edifices , that the families of Unitarians may not , while in the pursuit of health , be obliged either to refrain from public worship , or to hear from the lips of our orthodox brethren expressions at which their reason and their piety

    revolt . But while those who assembled on this anniversary had many things to stimulate them to fresh exertions in the holy cause , and to inspire them with an ardent hope that primitive Christianity will be Anally

    restored to man ; they could not but lament that still they form the only Society in our country ( with the exception of the Unitarian Fund ) for the promotion of Unitarianism by the means of popular preaching And , considering that such institutions as the Southern Fund would be most use" 11

    auxiliaries to the London Fund , they can not but earnestly call the attention of their brethren to the propriety of enabling oui ministers , who are settled in populous neighbourhoods , to give lectures either m the outskirts of their towns , or m W neighbouring villages . The lectures at Portsmouth and Its vicinity hare established the two following facts beyona a doiibt : that many will gladly come to

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    Southern Unitarian Fund . The Annual Meeting of the Southern Unitarian Fund Society , took place at Portsmouth on the 5 th ult . The morning service , in the General Baptist Chapel ,

    was introduced by the Rev . Mr . Acton ; after which , the Rev . J . B . Bristowe , of Ring wood , delivered from Dan . ii . 2 , and following verses , a very able defence of the principles of Nonconformity ; and portrayed in lively colours the evils which have resulted from all the religious establishments hitherto known in

    Christian countries . He happily illustrated the state of thraldom in which our Established Clergy are placed , by adverting to the fact , that , though upon the demise of the late Monarch , they , following the dictates of their hearts , prayed on the succeeding Sunday for our Queen ; their voices have since been stopped on this

    subject , from her name being omitted in the prayer , ordered by human authority , to be used in our Churches . In the evening there was service in the Unitarian Chapel in High Street ; when the Rev , Dr . Morell , of Brighton , took occasion to shew , from the words of Hosea xi . 9 , « For I am € tod and not man * ' that

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1820, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2487/page/58/