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    INTELLIGENCE.

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    Bolton District Association . The Sixth Half-yearly Meeting of the Bolton District Association was held at Hindley , on Thursday , April 30 , 1829 . In the absence of Mr . Allard , the Rev . Mr . Marriott , of Ri 3 ley , conducted the devotional services ; and the Rev . Francis Knowles , of Park Lane , preached a discourse from Gal . vi . 9 , on the

    encouragement which the friends of pure Chris - tianity have received to persevere in removing the obstacles which still retard the progress of religious truth . The afternoon was speut in an agreeable manner by a numerous assembly of the ministers and laity of the neighbourhood . Mr . C . J . Darbishire , of Bolton , was in the Chair . In the course of the

    proceedings a letter was read which had lately been received from the Rev . J . Kay , formerly of Hindley , now residing in the state of Pennsylvania , in America . The following extract contains information on the state and prospects of Unitariau Christianity in that country , which may be neiv and interesting to some of your readers :

    " Our views of truth are rapidly advancing in this vast country in every possible direction . Congregations are springing up in every state of the Union . About seven-eights of the whole body of Quakers or Friends have lately avowed themselves Unitarians , and separated from the small body which still cling to Trinitarian notions . More than onehalf of the Lutheran ministers are

    Unitarians , and the body of Lutherans in this country is vvvy large . A spirit of inquiry is extensively afloat , and the period is not far distant when our body will be the most numerous in this vast and flourishing country . . From all this you might infer that we meet with little opposition . Such an inference would be very unjust , for we have to contend for

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    proved a real blessing to all who have been favoured with her society . To her near relatives the hallowed recollections of her life and conversation will , if duly improved , be a striking illustration of the truth of the maxim of holy writ , that the memory of the just is blessed . " A . C . Newport , June Wth , 1829 .

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    every inch of ground we gain . The orthodox are more united , more zealous , more bitter , and more unprincipled iu their opposition to our views , than I ever witnessed in England ; and such is the influence which the orthodox ministers

    have over their hearers , that it is matter of wonder that we make any progress at all . We can only impute our success to the simplicity of our doctrines and to tlie mass of evidence which it is easy to adduce in their support . " When I came to this country , Unitarianism was scarcely known out of Philadelphia and Pittsburg . The whole interior of Pennsylvania was under the controul of the orthodox . Now , on both

    banks of the Susquehannah , for the distance of one hundred miles , it is received by large numbers . Since I sat down in Northumberland , three places of worship have been either directly or indirectly built by Unitarians in my neighbourhood ; and two others , formerly appropriated exclusively to orthodox preachers , have , by purchase and a transfer by the trustees , been opened for our worship . Five years ago I preached the first Unitarian discourse iu this

    town , the capital of Pennsylvania , when there were but two Unitarians in it , and one of these not well in formed . Now , we have a neat brick meeting-house , capable of accommodating 400 people . We have a good congregation , and our prospects are favourable . "

    The uext Meeting of the Bolton District Association will take place at Moor-Latie Meeting-house , Bolton , on the last Thursday in September . The Rev . Franklin Baker is appointed the supporter , and the Rev . James Tayler the preacher , on that occasion . B .

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    508 Intelligence . —Bolton District Association .

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    words of the mouth , but the meditation of the heart ; and in this scene of trial and probation , she enjoyed her reward . In joy she was tranquil , iu sorrow resigned ; she possessed at all times a peaceful conscience , and participated in an extraordinary degree in that " peace of God which passcth all understanding . " If her unblemished example be copied into the life , her friendship will have

    Intelligence.

    INTELLIGENCE .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1829, page 508, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2574/page/60/