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    pillars of the porch of a Unitarian temple . Let Bible Societies send fortli the Bible ; let Missionary Societies send forth their Missionaries to the ends of the earth ; he rejoiced in their success ; for what led men to the knowledge of the fttble and to its study , must ultimately make known the principles of the word of God , which were Unitarian

    principles . He felt from his heart the kindness with which the company had welcomed him after his absence . He looked upon that absence as presenting to him au additional stimulus to propagate the true principles of Christianity ; those principles which not only seemed powerful and glorious in the season of social communication and excitement , but preseived all their lustre in the time of

    sickness and solitude ; which were not only a panoply of proof for the conflicts of controversy , but a staff of support for the tottering steps of sickness and age ; which , when our way of life was in the night aud through the wilderness , were a pillar of fire for our guidance ; and which took their stand , like the angel at the tomb , pointing from the dust to heaven , and declaring a resurrection .

    " The health of Mr . Richard Wright , aud our Missionaries , " was next proposed . Mr . Wright acknowledged the compliment , and declared that he considered it one of the happiest circumstances of his life that he became connected with this Institution .

    The concluding toast was " The Rev . James Yates , and the Stewards , " which was drank with a burst of applause that testified the obligation the company felt to those gentlemen , who , by their excellent arrangement , had so much contributed to the harmony and conviviality of the evening .

    The Rev . Mr . Yates having suitably acknowledged the cordial manner in which the toast was received , the Chairman vacated his seat , and retired amid continued cheering * The company then separated .

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    Annual Meeting' of the General Baptists of i > itchling . The Annual Meeting of the General Baptists of DjtchJing and its neighbpurhood was held on May 31 , 1829- The services of the day were conducted by the Rev . S . Martin , of Trowbridge . The chapel was much crowded , and at . the afternoon service upwards of forty were obliged to remain without . ; Aftejr $ er-Wce the friends drank tea together in the chapel aa usual ; and the meeting was

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    concluded by a short address . It is gratifying to witness the progressive increase of the attendance at these local meetings , 209 having taken tea , being a greater number than at any previous time .

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    Unit arid n Baptist Chapel , at Dover , erected A . D . 1820 . ( See Monthly Repository , Old Scries , Vol . XV . p . 318 . ) Sir , The congregation oi Unitarian Baptists at Dover beg leave respectfully to lay before the readers of the Repository the state of their chapel debt . After having made great exertions at the time the chapel was built , they are still

    oppressed with a mortgage of j £ 500 , of which they regularly pay the interest . Besides which , they have recently formed a plan , from which they expect to raise 25 / . per annum towards the liquidation of the principal ; but they will feel very grateful to the gentlemen who have the management of Fellowship or other funds , if by their contributions they will enable them to relieve themselves more " promptly . They have ventured already to send circulars to some ministers and

    zealous laymen ; and they intend to transmit circulars to others as soon as they can procure the proper addresses * They are happy in being able to speak favourably of the number composing the congregation , and of the probability of increase ; and they can safely affirm that efforts , proportionate to their means , have been made by themselves to extinguish a great part of the original debt . Signed on behalf of the Society , G . CHAPMAN , Secretary .

    Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Mr . H or wood , No . 2 , Walbrook Buildings , Walbrook ; Mr . G . Smallfield , Homer ton ; or by the Secretary , G . Chapman , Printer , Dover . The Society beg leave to add the attestation of a Unitarian minister , who has lately been among them :

    " Having recently been present at au Association held at Dover , and having had ample opportunities of observing the state of the Society there , 1 hare complete satisfaction in bearing testimony to the importance of the above case , and hope that the zealous friends to Unitarianism throughout the comitry , and especially the conductors of the Fellowship Funds , will bestow upon it their particular attention . . T f ,, . " BjbtyAMtN MARBQNl " 6 , Goxilden teirruce , PentomHUer V -. -

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    Intelligence . — Unitarian Baptist Chapel , Dover . 519

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1829, page 519, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2574/page/71/