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London, England, 1824-05-27 00:00:00

MARRIED.

On Tuesday last, at St. Mary's, Newington, Mr. James
Sexton, of the Hon. East India Company's service, to Miss
Briggs, of Walworth.

DIED.

On the 25th inst., Martha, wife of Mr. Large, Old. Cave-
ndish-street, Oxford-street. •
On Tuesday, the 25th inst., in Cecil-street, Strand, London,
Miss Hannah Kilner, of Ulverstone; Lancashire.
On the 22d inst., at Ramsgate, aged 13, Richard Gardner
Hepburn, youngest son of the late Charles Hepburn, Esq.
On the 12th inst., at his house, Canterbury-plaCe, Lambeth,
Peter Watson, Esq., aged 73 years.
At Paris, on the 6th inst., M. Hurtaut, a celebrated architect,
and Member of the Royal Institute.
At Exeter, on the 18th instant, Mr. Nicholas Loaves Potts,
aged. 2-1, second son of James Potts; Esq., merchant, ' New-
castle-upon-Tyne.-

LONDON WELSH AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIe

The Eleventh Annual Meeting of this Society Was held
Tuesday, at the Paul's Head Tavern, Cateaton.street.
Sir W. NV. WYNN, Bart. M.P., the President, too g
Chair. Ile shortly addressed the assembly, in oPenit:to
business of the day, by remarking, that they were not
es
to support, by controversial arguments, the cause of LPL, t
ciety which they were then about to commemorate, the 8C 1#
which carried with them the nature and force of the veri cF
of
argument, but to receive the account of the Secretarie.geted f
progress of that admirable Institution, which had efi
much good among their countrymen.
The Rev. DAVID RUELL, one of the Secretaries, therr,
the Report of the Committee. It appeared that 30 eqidl
the Bible had, since the last Anniversary, been distributed
the the London Welsh Auxiliary Society, making the nn,,n) intV
Bibles, distributed since its formation, amount to 2,36*" eoe;j
Welsh language. The receipts of the last year had We' at.
and die balance then in the hands of the Treastlrer'who,,
every cxpence was defrayed, was 281. 15s. ; and the
sid
sum remitted by that• Society to the Parent Society, in
the general fund, amounted to 2,3231.
tlid
The Rev. Jonw BREEZE, of:Liverpool, rose to more-,!it
the Report then read be received and adopted, and that o'
printed under the direction of the Committee. In attenu.iiii
the Report, he
.perceived that the principles of that A.apE
Society perfectly accorded with those of the Parent Brinsof
Foreign Bible Society; which • was the dissemination
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Holy Word of God amongst all people, without note or 'et
ment. It had been said that there would be some (11,0'
mixing up the Dissenters with the Episcopalians, and that
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demarkations between the latter and the former, whicnr.lif
conscientiously considered by each as essential to their,a'd po
ous welfare, would be entrenched upon ; but of this he t;•
apprehensions ; .the Dissenters would happily meet the 1,1)latil
palians in a cause where all their various differences wer`,o
aside, and which embraced only those great truths that wer'Aei
believed by all. In allusion to the exertions made by the IPited
in promoting the object of the Society, he most readily ado j to
that they had done much, that their services had prod
he very beneficial : hut, he asked, were they not in the 0,00,
transgressions ? Did we not find that their persuasive P°l
had been the cause of many of the evils existing in the v4)"fold
Then, if they took the lead in error they will increase teend3il
their assistance in the correction and total destruction or nt
error ; and sure he was that their sex could accomplish nit'd
things in which his own would altogether fail; they posse
a power of persuasion and influence over the heart that 70
did not, and which, if exerted in a good cause, would lelo
the happiest results. In looking around him he was At 0
disappointed at, seeing so few present • but a friend had „ toed
him that it was an inconvenient hour of the day for their pilot
brethren, who were necessarily engaged in their calling 1,..a0
that, had the meeting taken place at a later hour, that 1"-
an,
would have been completely filled. The Rev. ,Gentleinto
after urging the necessity of enabling others to learn the titl
of the Gospel, which had so powerfully influenced the
their feelings and conduct, as was evident.by their attend%v,
on the present occasion, concluded by moving the first Resolet`the
The Rev. Joszlin HUGHES, one of the Secretaries otio(4
Parent Society, seconded it. He said they had only to
at the object of the Society to judge of its character. It
eld
of the greatest simplicity; and when he reflected, on it ‘he Odd
not but be struck with the astonishing success that had attenle
it. 411 its exertions were -directed to the distribution,of,et
single volume; there was no complication in the work O',
had perform, to nor did it-at all interfere with or prevent tea,
friends of the Society from going on in their own various enu i,
of doing good. Doubtless 'there were many other Instituq.;,
which highly merited and received their support, in-the-din ,t
ent ways which each of them preferred ; but in order to prey
collision, and to assemble together persons of all opinions, ~j
who, on the great question of salvation, entertained a uniYe_
sentiment, and were all in unison, and who, when they.sP°4l
out said, 7' Now willwe form a grand partnership of univerf
benevolence." It was suggested that the Bible should be tit'o,
tributed without note or comment. The proposal was niatle, ,
the Christian world, and it had succeeded. The Rev. Gentle,
man then detailed to the Meeting many interesting particultL
respecting the operations of the Parent Society, and urging
cordial co-operation of all classes of Christians in forwartlird
their common object of dissemminating throughout the If°
the precious,benefits of the Christian religion.
The Rev. JOHN JON ES, one of the Secretaries, moved
thanks of the meeting to Sir Wynn, President Of to
Society, for his continued patronage and support ; and also it
the Vice-Presidents. In allusion 46 their worthy President!
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became him to state, that Sir W. W. Wynn was President
a Bible Society in that county which he and his forefathers lid
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for many centuries so honourably represented, the county o
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Denbigh ; he was also a President of a similar Society in ?-i d
rionethshire, and was a powerful coadjutor with an Hon. Feno,
`and Relative of his in a like laudable work at Montgol
where his benevolence was continually exhibiting itselt;4lll,lo
need not remind the meeting that Sir W. W. Wynn was, ,ilst
the President of the London Auxiliary Welsh Society, .and ,h
the liberality of his support had alone enabled them to do OW',
of the good which that Society had effected. When he vegff
ed on these things, he could not help feeling it a high anti u,".
tinguished honour to stand there and move the present root'.
tion, which he did with the sincerest pleasure.
Another Rev. Gentleman, by the name of Jolt N JONi0,18;
conded the resolution. In doing so he observed, that when
reflected on the tenacity with which the Welsh adhered to theDt
native language, and recollected that they could not arrive s
religions kowledge but through that medium, he felt it to hale
been one of the most glorious blessings to his countrymen, When
the Bible was translated into their own tOngue ; for then was
his country emancipated from ignorance, and, he trusted, fr?ill
the dominion of that state of mental apathy towards rengio
which the Bible alone could remove. And looking at other us.;
dons, and reflecting that they were equally attached to them
languages, he could not but consider it a most glorious corium'
matron,, when he found the Parent Society had translated the
Book of God into 140 languages and dialects. The result ca
these labours, he trusted, would be commensurate with the belie,
and objects of those who performed them.
Sir W. W. WYNN returned thanks.
The Rev. Mr. .31%,ter, moved a resolution of thanks to the
Treasurer, Secretaries, and Committee for their respective or'
vices during the past year. The Rev. Gent. said, that his ,mo-
tion gave him an opportunity of pointing out the ghat exce!,
lence of their institution, for the gentlemen mentioned in 1;
were of all denominations of Christians ;. some churchmen,
some dissenters of different classes, and yet they all had conl,:
bined their. exertions in the furthering one common cause,shewed at once the glory and grandeur of the society. Ile"-aal'
that in relation to what had often beets expressed by their Hon.
President on former occasions, he himself wished most' eat"
nestly that it could be effected. Sir W. W. Wynn had ire'
quently wished to see a Welsh Episcopalian Churth'in LOU'
don, for they had their dissenting meetings, and thoughls (t4,.1
ker.' Gent.).was himself a Dissenter, yet the Dissenters wished
to see their countrymen and fellow-Christians; who were a'
the Episcopal persuasion, gathered together in a place of di-
vine . worship. He wished and hoped that, by the powerful
influence and earnest zeal of their excellent President and his
friends, that this object could be accomplished. In adverting
to the great benefits that resulted from Bible Associations, be
said it .was obvious that they tended to elevate the minds of the
poor, and to excite in them an emulation to rise above that
vulgar ignorance which once so unhappily characterised them-
And another pleasing feature was, the full attendance given on
those occasions by the youths of both sexes. At the pre-
sent meeting he was happy to see so many young persons, as it
gave them an assurance, tlyat when the present generation was
passed away, others would rise up and carry on the good and
great work which they were assembled to advocate and -promote'
The Rev. R. OWEN seconded the resolution.
The Rev. DAVID RUELL returned thanks. lie said, that
notwithstanding, the astonishing, results of the labours of the
British and Foreign Bible Society, there was yeta vast field left
open for all their exertions ; and in order to stimulate them to
redouble their energies, it would be sufficient to state, that were
a Society to commence from that day, and proceed onward in
the distribution of the Bible at the same rate of progress that
had been made by the British and Foreign Bible Society' ii
would take about flinr hundred years to supply the inhabitants
of the whole world with one copy each. He urged this as an
ar?ument for the uniting of all denominations of Christians in
this mighty undertaking, seeing that it was one which no indi-
vidual class could by possibility attempt, so great was its ob-
ject, to all embracing its design. The Reverend Gentleman
concluded by moving the thanks of the Meeting to the mein-
ben of the several associations, and also to the ladies, for their
zealous, active, and efficient exertions in promoting the objecfs-
of that Society.
The Rev. isr.Es, of Camberwell, seconded the resblirtiOn*
The Rev. MictiAef. ROBERTS moved, that the Meeting
acknowledge, with devout thankfulness, to the Supreme Dig;
poser of all things, the success attending Bible Societies,• and
the encouragement r.fforded was sufficient to animate every_ in-,
divklual to proceed with new and unabated zeal, to bring ;boa
that glorious era, when the knowledge of the Lord should
cover die earth as the waters cover the sea. The Rev. Gentle'
man then addressed the Meeting in a very animated•speeeh iii
the Welsh language.
The Rev. IllictiAEL JONES seconded the resolution--in
speech also in the language of his countrymen.
The thanks of the meeting were then given' to Sir AV'
Wynn, for his kindness in presiding over and conducting the
business of the day ; who briefly made his aeknowledguients to
the company, and the Meeting then broke up.
A handsome collection was made at the door.'

Printed and. Published, for the PROPRIET one, at
• OPFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. GAABTAIAi•

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