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it , ' * that , for several years before his death , he wa * in a very infirm state of body » He probably took no active part in
congregational affairs Be that as it may , he left no " legacy to Temple-street Chapel P- and there is not the shadow of evidence , thai he disapproved of the application of his grant to the Meeting-hquse * in
JohnVstreet-I beg leave here to remind the readier , that the sura of £ 100 . was bequeathed to the Meetingrhouse , in JohnVstreet , by Mr . Corson , ( a member of Mr . Griffiths's congregation *) whp
died in December , 1799- Mr . Mander does not profess to main * tain that this sum was designed for the support of Trinitarian worship .
It was also during the ministry of Mr . Griffiths , that various improvements were made in the Meeting house , at an expence of ^ 200 . raised by voluntary subscription , among the members of the society and their friends . Of these sums , then , —in all £ 700 * I have not the least
he & itation , after having " read and investigated" Mr . Johr * Mander ' s *« statement , " quite as " carefully" $ s he could wish , in once more repeating my conviction , that no part was con- ? tributed for the support of Trinitarian wprship . And I am free
to add , that Mr . John Mander must « ' throw a peculiar colouring" indeed " of justice" over this part of the case , before % shall regard the measures which he and bis friends have adopted , with any feelings but those of unspeakable shame an ^ disgust .
With respect to the « 2 £ 40 O * for which the congregation was indebted to the kindness of Mr . Marshall and Mr . Hill , I have already acknowledged my mistake , in supposing that sum to
have been " bequeathed , while Mr . Griffiths was the minister /' or indeed to have been bequeathed at all . I have endeavoured ,, to show that the rqistake was unimportant ^ and I hope tf * $
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 22, 1819, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1710/page/8/
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