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    Southern Unitarian Society . The Annual Meeting of the Southern Unitarian Society was held at Newport , m the Isle of Wight , on Wednesday , the 5 th of July . TJie Rev . J . Mitchelson , of Poole . introduced the service , the Rev ,

    J . B . Bristovve delivered the second prayer , and the Rev . W . J . Fox preached to a deeply attentive and admiring audience , an eloquent sermon on Religious Liberty , from 2 Con iii . 17 : " Where the spirit of the Lord is , there is liberty . " After service iu the morning , the Rev .

    Michael Maunce was called to the Chair , and the report of the Secretary , Mr . D . B . Price was read , from which it appeared tha £ the finances were in a flourishing , state , and that in the course of the last year , several new members had been added to the Society . One passage of the

    report may be extracted as evincing the usefulness of the Society : If the cause of . Unitariauism is indeed making progress , its first fruits might be expected to appear in oar families and congregations . The increasing desire on the part of our members to receive and make use

    of the tracts from our catalogue , and the fact that the greater number of those selected are works calculated to promote family devotion and the religious instruction of youth , together with the smaller class of controversial tracts , seems to give , assurance that such a progress is really going on . "

    I » the evening , the Rev . M . Maurice introduced the service , and the Rev . W . J . Fox delivered an admirable Exposition on the Lord ' s Prayer , proving that the tenor of it was decidedly Unitarian , and distinctly taught the doctrines of the Unity of God , his paternity , the unpurchased mercy of the Supreme Being and his universal Providence . The con

    elusion of the discourse , iu which the preacher appealed against the conduct of Trinitarians in denying the Christian name to those whose faith and worship are formed so completely in accordance with the beautiful model of devotion left by our Lord , must have produced a powerful

    impression on ail who heard it . Between the services , forty persons dined together on tUe occasion , and strangers were present froua Bath , Poole , Chichester , SouthiiWJpton ^ Portsmouth , Brading , and Ryde . U is hoped ) , that the benefit of tqe . ser-W * P ^^ d Wyl ^^ . ^ P e ^ jperieuced by tjifi nie ^ h ^ rs ^ o ^ , t h < ? § ogLe ^ x jti aji \\ n

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    creased desire to diffuse -ih ^ kpo ^| t » d ^ of divine truth ; and to a < l&rn it-by a-holy practice and conversation , f \ ¦ " - • E vK .: '

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    the Ci ^ wn Tavern * Mr . <^ V . Setby , miuister . co . f the Gbfepfel at l # uli , was iiivke < l to the Chair , and the afternoon was passed in great ChristiaEV harmony . W . STANGER , Secretary , Lynn , JuJy 19 , 1826 .

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    Western UnUariafi Society , The Annual Meeting Was JieM at Taunton , on Wednesday , * then 19 th of July . Instead of aa eve&iHg serrice on the day of the general , meeting * ( en

    arrangement for which there is hardly sufficient time , and which , oa maay ac ^ counts appears objectionable , ) the more convenient plap was adopted of religious worship in the Chaped on the preceding evening . It was cotnmenced by the Rev !

    S . Walker , of Crewkeme , who read the Scriptures and- prayed . A sermon was delivered by the Rev . H , Acton , of Exe ^ ter , from 2 Cor . x . 7 , diMinguished by forcible reasoning and persuasive eloquence . The object of the ^ discourse

    was to repress a sectarian spirit , " aud , from the present imperfection ^ f ^ ou p knowledge , to inculcate the great duty of mutual forbearance and Christian charity . It is difficult to suppose that any person who heard it could fail to imbibe some portion of the liberality which it recommended and displayed .

    * On the morning of Wednesday , the public service was introduced by the Rev . H . Clarke , of Frenchay , near Bristal , and continued by the Rev . H . Acton . Th € sermon , agreeably to the announcement , was delivered by the Rev . W . J . Fox , of London . His text was Acts xrih .. 4 ,

    " And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath . " This eloquent preacher , in the energetic and luminous style so peculiar to him , most powerfully enforced the right and the duty of exercising with humility , but with all the vigour of out minds , our reasoning powers on the

    momentous subject of religion . Those , he said , who advocate the prostration of the understanding in this important concern , fall into the dilemma of making use of arguments to convince others that they are incapable of being influenced by

    arguments ! They , observed the preacher , who adopt religious opinions without examination , and disclaim the propriety of exercising their understandings in > de * tefcmining the truth of their creed , purchase their mess of pottage with the sacrifice of the great birthright of bw

    inanity . " Should the sermon be printed ^ it will prove a valuable addition to the Society ' s catalogue . ^ After the service , the members-mefc iti " the Chapel to transact the businessvrtr the Society , the Rev . Dr . Qavies io ^ m Chair . Several wew . wembers ; we ^ e /^ mitted . A arapositoa wste . ma ^ e ^ fcW the sain ctf i ^ i OO out of ! h < 5 faiad * <> & m ¦ . *! , 'it >¦ . I "

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1826, page 436, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2550/page/56/