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      DOMESTIC . RELIGIOUS . Oldbury Double Lecture . Thb Annual Meeting of Ministers , denominated " The Double Lecture , " took place at Oldbury , in Shropshire , on Tuesday , ( the second Tuesday , ) September the 10 th . The Rev . John Small , of

      Cosely , conducted the devotional service , and the Rev . Edmund Kell , of Birmingham , and the Rev . John Kenrick , of York , preached . Mr . Edmund Kell ' s sermon was founded on Heb . xii . 14 : ** Follow holiness , without which no man shall , see the Lord ; " aud Mr . Kenrick ' s ^* » - * TV / l r * 4- ^ "m * ir « »* 1 D * ( ft A . % r % JM 1 * - * Mattxxiv 12 ' * And Jesus went

      on . . , : out , and departed from the temple : and his disciples came to him to shew him the buildings of the temple . And Jesus said unto them , See ye not all these things ? Verily I say unto you , there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down . "

      Both the sermons were listened to with much pleasure by a very respectable congregation . The ministers and several of their friends afterwards dined together ; Henry Hunt , Esq ., of West Bromwich , being in the Chair . J . H . 1 > .

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      Testimony of Respect from the Unitarian Congregation ^ Tenterden , to their Pastor , the Jttev . Lawrence Holden , on completing the Fiftieth Year of his Ministry . 15 , Russell Streety Covent Garden f Sir , October 10 , 1822 .

      A few months ago , the Congregation of the Unitarian . Chapel at Tenterden , came to a unanimous resolution of presenting a piece of PJate to their highly , respected Pastor , the Rev . Lawrence Holden ; he having completed his fiftieth year's ministry at that Chapel . The

      plate selected was a Cup ; which was presented a few Sundays ago by the two deacons , after the afternoon service , the congregation being present . The paper enclosed is a copy of the inscription upon the cup , also the addresses of the dea- * cons , and the reply of Mr . Holden .

      The Tenterden Chapel is endowed with p , piece of land , which lets ^ for about 120 / . per annum ; also a house and garden close to the Chapel far the minister ; likewise a small burial-ground attached to the Chapel * A Charity-school had been established some years for educating a

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      Welsh Unitarian Quarterly Meeting of Ministers . The Welsh Unitarian Quarterly Meeting of Ministers was held on Thursday the 26 th day of September last , at Panty-defaid , Cardiganshire . There was service at Capel y-Gfoes , on the preceding

      afternoon , where Mr . J . Griffiths , of Llandybie , introduced , 3 , nd Mr . Thomas Evans , of Aberd&r , preached from Job xxxii . 9 , 10 ; the object of whose sermon was to shew that it is n 6 t the duty of Unitarians , iu . present circumstances , to support Missionary Societies . At

      Pant-y-defaid , on the 20 th , Mr . B . Philips , of St . Clears , introduced , and J . James , of Geili-Onnen , delivered a discourse t * u Original Sin , from Eph . ii . 3 ; and concluded with a short prayer . Immediately after , an open conference was

      held , Mr . J . Thomas , the minister at the place , in the Chair . The question proposed at the last summer meeting by Dr . Thomas Rees , namely , Whether it be proper that the Lord ' s Supper be administered at our Meetings of Ministers , in which all that wish may partake , was , iu

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      the absence of the proposer , moved by * J . James , of Gelli-Onnen . And after «* long , a very interesting and friendly debate , in which a greater number of persons took a part than the writer has ever witnessed at any of our meetings , it was at last unanimously agreed to adjourn

      the question to the Annual Meeting at Capel-y-Groes in June next , when the subject is to be reconsidered , and the Lord's Supper to be administered , if it be then thought proper . There were present about twelve preachers The audience was numerous and seemed very

      attentive , aud the writer does not know that any man went away till the conclusion of the conference , about two o ' clock , and service began at ten . Though the time must be at least four hours , no one seemed impatient or inclined to complain that it was long .

      The next meeting is to be at Aberd&r , near Merthyr , on the 3 d of January next . Mr . John Davies , of ^ G ^ pel-y-Groes , to preach , and Mr . B . Philips , ^ St . Clears ^ to preach in the evening of the preceding day . J . JAMES . Fardre , October 22 , 1822 .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 709, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/53/