Missionary Register Volume 7 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ...Bickersteth preached in the Episcopal Chapel of St. Peter. The General Meeting was held in tfce Assembly Rooms, George Street, on Friday the 30th; the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin in the Chair. The Report having been read by tbe Rev. C. H. Terrott, the Assistant Secretary detailed the nature of the Society's exertions in Africa, and gave a general view of its other Foreign Transactions. The Meeting was also addressed by the Rev. Messrs. Almond, Grey, Craig, and Terrott; and by Capt. Crawford, Robert Hepburn, Esq. and by the Noble Chairman. Jt was numerously attended. About 60/. was contributed, including the Collection after the Sermon. CERMONS IN HEREFORDSHIRE AND WALES. Several Churches having been offered for the use of the Society; when the Rev. Henry Davies attended the Annual Meeting of the Hereford Association, which he was then unable to occupy, Mr. Davics afterward availed himself of these oilers, ami was accompanied therein by the Rev. Henry Gipps. On Monday, the 17th of May, Mr. Davies preached at Whitchurch; on Tuesday, the 18th, at "Oxcop; on Wednesday, the 19th, tit' Lpngtbwn; on Thursday, the 20th, at All Saints, Hereford; on I'Viihiy, the '-'1st, at Dormington; on Sunday, the 23d, at Burghill and at Almeley; on Monday, the 24th, at Clifford; and on Tuesday, the 26th', at Glasbury, in the Morning, Mr. Gipps preaching there in the Evening of that day. Mr. Gipps had also preached for the Society at St. Devereux, on the I siii; and at Ewas Harold, on the 19th. The Collections amounted to nearly 90/. 1 At the Glasbury Sermons, Fif'teen Clergymen were present, and the sum of 32/6.'l rf. was collected. The impression made by Mr. Davies's detail of the facts vliidi he had seen, and by his affectionate and solemn addresses to those who hear...