The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-24 00:00:00

Oct. 24, Ift43,

THE SCOTCH CHURCH IN LIVER?O

Chuit
A meeting of the friends of the Established cotottui'
Scotland was held yesterday, at the Clarendotrot y to
tie
this town, for the purpose of forming an 8131i.1 with lie
Lay and Missionary Associations in couneetionook
Established Church of Scotland. The meeting en,
for one o'clock, and saortly after that houriteppb,.„'
others present, we observed the Revs. nr• 1, Wol,
Dii r
Gs ,i
babn,d Thompson,l3Jo.gie,sangi
ba ellble, rrißAadcled..nereteneb.a,n
ittNin.atipoiNerprneooec:Arretheeleassitietro#oooo:l;tv
Mathewson, R. Crawford, J. Boyd, A• l'Avi."
Rankin, .1. Bell, John Mll & &
On the motion of Mr. DUNCAN GIBB, 'LI . It%
Nicol was unanimously voted to the chair. fly. flor_m
The CHAIRMAN, haying called on the Rey-Alvd ~., et;
who opened the meeting with prayer, proceeded ye
the object for which they were called together',, to P 7,„
it was, according to the circular calling iL, Aossel,l
statements respecting the operations of the LAY c,.betv;
tion in support of the Educational and MissionarY_lt e her
of the Church of Scotland, and to consider 115g00015,
means of the friends here co-operating with,t,beChn
tion in their efforts to promote the interests 0.1%.0 sa. 0
of Scotland in the peculiar circumstances in w"iyi bl flbo
at present placed.' (The circular wag signe of
Ralph and Mr. Robert Penney, the Secretarft 000
:b
seWesternre d
th
aßt
hr Branch
wc ha s Layno t
iAn s spoocsisaet'si os
ens nn
il no r
Schemes of the Church of Scotland.") ~ Etter
4.'1
tion than any one present, and therefore the:by/be ee
would be to call upon his friend Dr. Ralph' ld de'
afford them all that was required. , t.„ AO de
Dr. RALPH then came forward and said "",,d the:rs
tain them but a few minutes whilst he expla',flithey "ihs
ject for which they were convened. He otT" isee they.
0
aware that owing to what had lately taken P.tb ts?
Church of Scotland many of the clergy and 11100° Of
considerable body of the laity had left the e eststjd
Church, in consequence of which they wreopPa" it
desirous to seek from other sources, aild In ,-,tesettl•
their institutions. He said he happened to bei rettesoj
when
meetingcbheenm me schemes of
measures
unr
nEsdwi
benevolence,
Edinburgh, r ga hd
0,
pwt hedi c which
andw asa,nn
cuArnh
sues
:roc!
a..„.
i,vio.rte7(oo.f:i bg, 0
je :
by an influential body of clergymen, for Ord Sea,'.', ea
which the .0g Y; ohs
had been for some time so laudably prosecal foo, bit
greater efficiency than hitherto, and in fatherly Ord Do
view an Auxiliary had been formed in GlO flehloo-
was hoped would be folio wed in all large towng°
tholT,e thel
doubt from what he knew of the liberality el till" itir
nweocutledd
notwith
b
e Scotland,bebindthe
g rresident
ent
towns in Lio vf eg:tlyoctibt;l:b6-40
ephour
rt
cohf
wsuhcichhahnalducsotintfuetriorendabsieitsssinegstsaoboliet
must entail in its fall the most disastrous bt trtitineer
They were aware that it had lately been brouPt;,010:0
severe trial, but she now possessed peace Withi OW° 06
quently great vigour on the part of those whohe WO
gy,
—and every hour showed the folly of those 011001 of
body generally) who in a moment of exeit.ellai)itslifyote
of
the
parated from her. Many Scotch Indistil nee' be
1.0
1 Liverpool had obtained great wealth at a supP° ps'
their native land, and he called upon them to
a id je probes
missionary institutions of their fathers--to gteptebed,
gating the gospel in our Indian and Cohen i'l le Of ngCO
more especially amongst the ancient Pe" 0 srrn.yett
(Hear, hear.) The plan of subscribing Was 40 ohlo•
that they might subscribe to ail one ef t.,thegee'" tbefeirfeer
the association had in view, or they might ruje, the- Of
nations at the disposal of the committee• the safe
begged to move the first resolution. (See ,acts
fi, ...
ment in another column.) o the te`
Mr. PENNEY, of Glasgow, the secretarY t vas n° , (of
which it
had
donbdeeedn
itnhternmdnoetieodn.by He said it be object it/
cessary for him to enter into any details of t trasriecept
ble ei
which they were assembled after the B-A ctOr. 00
wfohratthbeaednbceoeunragdeomneenitn o
Gf tl
ahsogsoew
.ptrheTes ewroel .giluolfreleregthieivoings :rig
Edinburgh had attended in that town'
panteredd ie'''
called, not larger than the present, which "pd, sn I,dor
into the subject ; an association was fbrm: os in,
was promptly subscribed. The subscriPtlebot IV
burgh up to the present time amountestun roe iall Or
and he had no doubt before the co • Or°th°6B
vember it would reach 41000. He 'intrusted a lijialtall - tbit
sociation would be formed in Liverpool, sea in
belonging to Scotland, or who felt an incl em' dill
cause, would give as the Lord had prosperel be Pt,. sa'
The resolution, which with the others wl` be eh°
our advertising columns, was then put from, t 10
passed unanimously. obi°
Mr. LowE proposed the second resolutiop,
then
seconded 101° thB"
seconded by Mr. RANKIN, and passed nonarrited,ted•
An acting committee having been aPP,-,Eepti.
were voted to the chairman, and the Eneet'n°