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tend the business of domestic edu--cattrcm , in tire Ramifies placed under his pastoral c&tfe * This tiffRce is foimdfett upoto a sense of the necessity for such a su '
perintendance , in a Country where the means of education are so greatly limited by the poverty of the people , and the dispersion of their numbers . " — An interesting in .
stance of the attention with which this duty is exercised * in Iceland , is given by Sir G . M . in the jour , nal , p . 143 , in the case of Mr . Hialulin , pastor of the parish of Saurbar , adjoining to one of the Fiords , or Friths , near the western extremity of the island ; and I wish to solicit for thk whole
account a place in your / useful miscellany , not only that yoar pages may iiave the honour of recording the name and merits of a most exemplary character , but that 1 may have the opportunity of exhibiting
to your readers a specimen of a more complete register of a minister ' s congregation , than I had an idea of * when I Wrote tiie Letter to a young Minister , which yqix indulged ivith a place in your last volume , p . 4 * 72 .
" At 9 , short distance from the shore of tfval Fiord ( Whale Frith ) is tfye residence of the parish priest of Saurbar , Mr . Hialtalin . He has been settled at this place twentyfour years , with a stipend of thirty dollars $ and as much land
as maintains a small stock of'Cow'S and sh ^ eep . , . Upoa this stender provision he has contrived to suppor £ a very numerous family . His habitatipn entirely resembles the common farm , ho uses of Iceland , except that k is somewhat cleaned and naor ^ comfort ^ bk in the tatfc ^ ¦* . . , , i
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rior . The sitting-room , which is small and ill-lighted , is furnished with a stove , an article not coin - nrpn in the houses of the Icelanders , and possesses a considemfcrJe collection of books . —In the course of the evening , we J ^ ad much
conversation with our worthy host , who spoke Latin exceedingly well . We ohtained ' from him , some interesting particulars relative to hi * parish , and had much reason to
admire his paternal care of the flock committed to his charge . In a population , varying , in different years , from two hundred to two hundred and ten . there are fifteen
rriarried couples . The average annual number of births is seven , and of deaths , six or seven ; of marriages , below one . The extent of the parish is sixteen miles in length and ten in breadth , so that the population doets oot exceed 1 4 r to a square mile .
* We were gratified with a sight of Mr . Hialtalin ' s parish register ; a very interesting book , in whichp For his own satisfaction , he makes an annual record of the state of each family within the district of which he has the
pastoral charge . He permitted us to copy part of this book $ and th ^ e following is a translation made by his assistance , of the first page of the regiateff for 1805 . ( I have only dopie&orie example . ) u This example 6 f the attention and pious care with whlcli the duties of a ate
county ^ ri ^ t performed , in so remote a' ' corner of roe Christian world ; may excite a blush in many of his brethren ! of rhore feirtundt ^ 'cdttrrftfes aW inorb opu-Ien ( e 4 tablishfn ^ nts . ¦ ^ ' ¦ . » ¦
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Fartsh Priests of Iceland . , 1 & §
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 159, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/23/
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