attacks of Popery,-whatever they may be,-it must ever of necessity bear somewhat of an indefinite character, remaining always to shape itself according to the events of an unknown futurity.

In conclusion, the Committee of the Protestant Association find it necessary to observe, that liberal pecuniary contribution is essential to the very existence of the Association,-in which simple statement they persuade themselves will be found a sufficient appeal to the zeal and bounty of the Protestant public.

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS of the PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION,

SECOND ANNUAL REPORT

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OF THE

PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION,

DELIVERED MAY 9, 1838.

To which is appended,

THE ANNIVERSARY SERMON,

PREACHED IN

ST. CLEMENT DANES CHURCH, ON THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1838,

BY THE

REV. J. T. HOLLOWAY, D.D.,

MINISTER OF FITZROY CHAPEL.

Second Edition.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY A. MACINTOSH, GREAT NEW STREET.

M DCCC XXXIX.

AT the Third Annual Meeting of the Protestant Association, held in the Great Room, Exeter Hall, on Wednesday, May 9, 1838;

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF WINCHELSEA,

IN THE CHAIR,

The Rev. Dr. HOLLOWAY opened the Meeting with prayer; and, the Report having been read, the following Resolutions were unanimously adopted :

Moved by LORD MOUNTSANDFORD; seconded by HENRY BLANSHARD, Esq.,

"That the Report now read be adopted, printed, and circulated, under the direction of the Committee; and that the following clergymen and gentlemen be the Committee for the ensuing year."

Moved by J. E. GORDON, Esq.; seconded by the Rev. A. S. THELWALL,

"That this Meeting feels called upon to enter its decided protest against the endowment of Popery at home or in the colonies by the Government and Legislature of Great Britain, being convinced on the authority of the Holy Scriptures, and by the uniform testimony of history, that such conduct is calculated to draw down the judgment of God upon our country.”

Moved by JOHN HARDY, Esq.; seconded by CAPT. FORBES, and acknowledged by the Rev. Dr. COOKE, of Belfast,— "That this Meeting deeply sympathizes with the Protestants of Ireland under the oppression and persecution to which for several years they have been more and more exposed, while it rejoices at the increase of piety and missionary zeal in the ministers of the Established Church in that part of the United Empire."

Moved by W. S. BLACKSTONE, Esq., M.P.; seconded by JOHN DAVID HAY HILL, Esq.,—

"That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Earl of Winchelsea for his kindness in presiding on this oceasion, and his zealous and unwavering exertions in the cause of Protestantism."