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    • STUDENTS' MISSIONARY SOCIETY, MANCHESTER COLLEGE, YORK.
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      proceedings of tins interesting and satisfactory meeting , J . R . C . Manchester College , York ; June 8 th , 1833 .

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      "TSJrCollege Missionary Society once more venture to intrude themselves upon the notice of the public , to return thanks for the liberality by which they have been enabled to carry on the objects of the society , and to furnish some account of the

      nature and extent of their operations . During the whole of the present collegiate session , the chapels at Welburn arid Malton have been supplied without a single interruption . ^ A : t Welburn the ie&ertions of the members have been received and answered in the best manner they could possibly desire . The congregation has rather increased than diminishedJupljnuinher , and the

      zeal of this exemplary Christian society is as attentive and as lively as it ever was . Of Malton , the Missionary Society have not the satisfaction of being able to make so favourable a report . The number of attendants , which at the outset of their labours frequently exceeded a hundred , has latterly dwindled to thirtyfive or forty ; and notwithstanding a short course of controversial lec ^

      tures } . > ylii ^ .. > yasjun . (; 1 ^ ak eii for . the purpose of stimulating inquiry , and exciting an interest in the cause of truth , there has been no permanent increase in the congregation . They cannot , however , forbear to express

      their conviction , that under more favourable circumstances , Unitarian ChristiUnity mig h * tf tfe very ' iu ccessfully disseminated ifr the town of Malton ; at the name time they enr courag e the hope that the efforts which have been already made , have not been entirely thrown away .

      • The Missionary Society feel happy ln having this opportunity of acknowled gin g the prompt assistance as a

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      On Friday , June the 21 st , the Annual Meeting of Ministers for the counties of Derby , Leicester , Nottingham , and the south of Yorkshire , was held by appointrneiit at Ghesterfield . The service was introduced by the Rev . E . Higginson , of Hull , and the Rev . CHABL . Es Berry , of

      Leicester , preached an excellent sermon from Luke x . 27 , on the Duty of Habitual Devotion . On the evening of the preceding day , the Rev . T . 0 . HoLLANp , of Loughborough , deli vered an able discourse from Isaiah liii . 4 , intended as a reply to some remarks , contained in a sermon by the late

      Rev . Robert Hall , on the Doctrine of Vicarious Suffering . . On Friday evening a large party of friends met to tea , in a commodious room prepared , and kindly lent for the occasion . Several interesting speeches were made by the ministers and

      laygentlemen present , pn the state . and prospects of the Unitarian body . The business of the evening concluded with singing and prayer , and the company separated about nine o ' clock , highly gratified with , the proceedings of the day .

      It was resolved that the next meeting of the Association should be held at Leicester , :

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      supply , which on two or three en 1 ei > gencies they have received frotn Mr . Simpson , schoolmaster of York . They also beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of 5 / . worth of books and tracts , granted them for distribution by the Western Unitarian Society . The total receipis _ ci ^ je ^_ Sj ) nLei ; y

      dunng the present session , including 11 / . 3 s . 6 d . handed over to them by the former Treasurer , have amounted to ... . . £ 45 6 0 Their Disbursements to 32 16 8 i

      Cash in hand .. £ 12 9 3 ± Josephus R . CoMMiJsrs , Treasurer . Manchester College , York ; June 20 th , 1833 .

      Students' Missionary Society, Manchester College, York.

      STUDENTS' MISSIONARY SOCIETY , MANCHESTER COLLEGE , YORK .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1833, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2619/page/21/