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ly strfficrent to fit him for the refst' which * re * rriains for the people of Gad . That , I tfoiubt nut , was hftowta idea ,, rfis dyin % words appear to rue to express a cheerfill expectation of awakening from
tWfefleep ofdeath to an everlasting life . If any car \ doubt of this , I wotildr ^ fer them to the * habitual tfate ^ of his mind , ^ expressed' in sfeveral * of his letters , written in the closing krenes of his life , which Mr . Belaham has annexed to his
Utfhioirs of Mr . Lindsey . Same quotations from these woljld be cdif ^ iiig to your readers ^ and m % ht convince" Scrutator of his mistake : and I could almost l ? ope they wolSld cure Messrs . B 6 gue and Bennet of their bigotry ; or , at least , make them ashamed of their gross reflections . I remain Respectfully yourS H j . P . r ,
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Mr . Harrison * s Letter to the Quakers ^ on Mr * IVyviLVs Petition . , : Sir , August 10 > 1812 .
The following letter , from a rhost respectable member of tl # Society of Friends ' , appears 1 to me 1 'well deserving a place in your ' Journal ' , and as I imagine most Of your readers arcj unacquainted with the Cdnstittitinii of thV body to wfiidm it was Addressed at so Seasonitblea in
time ^ impressive & manner , however the ill . success of suchatv appeal is to be accounteel for , « t will give » a bri ^ f account of its origin ^ ¦ Stci <• w > «
* n the yeat * « 1 ' 675 , a tithe of > verty severe ! j peipsecntJonj f tthe Yetirty Meeting > m London ^ ap |> t > ili te a ' a -M ee * ii >§ \ 6 i be fte&A in-that ^ ty , fI ordeb < t to advise : and a » ei j ^ 3 n
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cases of sofferipg for conscience sakt » . > f It is composed ' of Friends under the naThic ' of corn-spoNc ^ ents residing in or near tRe city , Who {aVe thosfen by the Quarterly Meetings - » in the * sevt raI counties * p ut of a ' listof names selected
by the elders and overseers of the several Monthly Meetings in London . These 44 elders and overseers are to meet together annually amf make a list of such Friends' names , as shall be by them approved for this service * ; arfd leave the said
list with the clerk of the Meeting for Sufferings , for the information of the Friends in the country . The same meetings also app o int members of their own in the ca un- try as krorresporidents , who are to attend as occasions shall require .
The names of all these correspondents previously to their being recorded as sucn , are submitted to the approbation of the Yearly Meeting . Such rrien as ard
approved ministers , wherever they may reside , are also members of tfa < i Meeting for Sufferings , which as a standing Committee of the Yearly Meeting is intrusted with " agerrl e ¥ al trare of Whatever may arise during the iritervals of that
meeting aft ^ cting the Society , and requiring immediate attention : par * iicularly of those circuriistancVs which may occasion an appHcation to government / ' ' v ' ^ Stithis the c 6 tetrtt 4 ti on 6 f the
rh ^ otiijgwhich d'eblined to trtke any p fart in opposing Lord Sidrhdiith ' s BUll , ' 6 n the selfish ril ^ a that it did not contain ' any imn ' g which particularly affectedFriends 9 aiid on wrr 6 rri ^ s { a collectivti hod v Mri ^ MarriSoti ^ Yet ttt 'a ^ p ^ aVs tx >
1 " mUlde rM i rh ^ re ^ si 6 V . f H ^ W 1 ' su'C H aft Jtb ^ a ^ h t r ^ liriquis ^ . ^^ ri « f ^ f Utie gch ^ otrijftdiriSs ^« d
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Mr * Harristpn s Litter tot % e Quakers ofi Mr . WyvilPs Petition . 511
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1812, page 511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1751/page/35/
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