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BOLTON DISTRICT UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION.
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ANNIVERSARY OF WELBURN CHAFER
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sists in the privilege of conferring the honorary titles by which universities ordinarily distinguish those of their alumni who are diligent and successful in their studies , that institution is unable to take the rank and exert the influence which its merits warrant , and _ the good of
many of His Majesty ' s subjects require . * On this ground , and because your petitioners earnestly hope that the day is for ever gone in which one portion of these realms shall be honoured and privileged to the exclusion and degradation of another ; and that the era is come of equal
laws and equal privileges to all who continue to uphold the social frame' Your petitioners pray further , that your Honourable House will , at an early period , send up to His Majesty an humble and urgent address , beseeching His Majesty , in
the exercise of that paternal care , of which impartiality is _ the best characteristic , to grant to the London University all the powers and privileges which may place it on a footing of equality with the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge , and conduce to the advancement of mental
freedom and energy , free inquiry , sound learning , and a virtuous and holy life . 4 your petitioners will ever pray . '
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doxy , it has a greater tendency to promote holiness of life and character . The Members of the Association and others of their friends , afterwards dined together , and passed the afternoon in the discussion of topics connected with the views and objects WthTHeeTin ^ T'Tfie ~ Re vTFRANKLiN Baker , of Bolton , was requested to take the chair .
The Autumnal Meeting of the Association will be held at Cockey Moor , on Thursday , the 26 th of September .
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The eighth anniversary of the opening of the Unitarian chapel at Welburn , which from the time of its erection has been under the care of the Missionary Society , belonging to .. the students , of the . ManchesterjColle ' ge , York , was commemorated on
Monday , May 20 th . Several visitors from York , Malton , and Barton , were present , though circumstances prevented the meeting from being upon the whole so krge as on former occasions . In the afternoon , Mr . J . R . Commins preached from Mark iV 28 . * For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself , first the blade , then the ear , after that the full corn in the ear ; ' and a collection was ixiade
on behalf of the Sunday school , which amounted to 21 . At the conclusion of the service , about seventy children belonging to the school , who are indebted to some highly valued members of the congregation for instruction , rerired to a room fitted up for the purpose , where the ^ weTeYegaled with tea and buns ; and after above forty other persons had partaken of a similar refreshment , the meeting was adjourned to the chapel . Mr . Commins having been called to the chair , various seruirnents were proposed and spoken to . A hymn and a prayer closed the
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244 iNtMLLIGENCE ANfc
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On Thursday , April 25 th , the Halfyearly Meeting of this Association was . ' held , at Chorley . The Rev . Francis KNOWLES , of Park Lane , and the Rev . Franklin Howorth , of
Bury , conducted the religious services of the day . The latter gentleman preached a discourse from 2 Cor , x . 7 , on the nature and superiority of Unitarian Christianity ; showing that , in those respects wherein it differed from what is called ortho-
Bolton District Unitarian Association.
BOLTON DISTRICT UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION .
Anniversary Of Welburn Chafer
ANNIVERSARY OF WELBURN CHAFER
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1833, page 244, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2619/page/20/
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