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science * sake * " The Minister of the society was as usual chosen President ; Joseph Gundry , Esq ., was requested to accept the office of Treasurer ; and
Mr . Williams , Juiu , of Secretary . The committee consist of these , with the collectors for the time being , and six other subscribers chosen by the general meeting . It was agreed that the Fund should Jbe formed and
maintained by subscriptions of one penny per week , to be paid either weekly or every six weeks , or annually in advance , and also by benefactions to any amount / That this Institution might not interfere with the time or secular concerns of the other days of
the week , the subscribers are requested to remain in their seats after the service on the Lord ' s day , and the collectors go to them and receive their subscriptions . This is done by some of the younger members of my society , and it afforded me the purest pleasure , to observe the readiness with which
they undertook their office . The ineetiivg" of the committee once a month , is open . * for any 6 f the subscribers who may choose to attend . The next Lord ' s day , after the
meeting of the friends to this Institution , I announced to the congregation at large , the formation of a Fellow ship Fund in our society , and affer reading tlifi rules , concluded with this brief
address : " Such is the nature of this Institution , such are the important objects it has in view , and such are tKe rules by which it is to be regulated . It is needless for me , I trust , to urge motives to recommend it to
persons of every description in this congregation * It recommends itself ; and those aniorag us who can afford to spare one penny a week , I may venture to say , cannot lay it out to better purpose than in supporting this Institution . In this mode , a poor
person enters into fellowship with the rich , and co-operates with them in the same good cause . Thereby is formed an additional bond of union , of Christian ] ove and friendship among tl ^ nu And why should it not be
so ? The high and the low , the rich and the poor , the master of the splendid mansion , and the tenant of the claty-fcuilt cottage , if sincere Christians , « are all one in Christ Jesus , ' and equally entitled to the gracious promises of the gospel . * To do all the
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good they are able in thsir re ^ pecti ^ situations , is certainly iiicuifatmiit on the professed disciples of a Master , who both lived and died to promote the caiivse of truth , virtue and human happiness- Influenced by his
example , my friends , * let us nev ^ r be weary of well-doing . As to those of you who sustain offices in the Christian Fellowship Fund just established among us , jou will , do doubt , faithfully discharge them . On the plan we have adopted , this will occupy
your time and attention only a little on the JLord ° s day , and it is not merely lawful , it is also laudable , * to do good on the Sabbath day . ' You will unite with me in fervent pi * ayer to the Father of lights , that he WouM be
graciously pleased to bestow his blessing on this Institution , forttied for promoting his unrivalled glory and worship , the cause of pure religion , the instruction of youth in useful knowledge and virtuous principles , and the relief of sufferers for
conscience sake . About one hundred and forty members of our society have given in their names as subscribers to our Fellowship Fund , and some of the more opulent among them , have added liberal benefactions to their subscriptions .
THOMAS HOWE . N . B . It may be proper forme to mention , that in transcribing iVom my manuscripts for the press , I have seen it expedient to make a few verbal alterations .
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156 Anecdotes of "Okarles II . and James ^ H ., from Evelyn .
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Anecdotes of Charles II . and Jumesll ., from Evelyn . f H iHE extracts from EvelynVDiary ^ JL inserted pp ., < & % 23 , present a picture of the profligate ireign of Charles II . in its commencement ; another extract or two will shiefw that
it was consistent to its close . The following is a Sabbath s < ! kneat Court : " 1685 , Jan . 25 . Dr ; Do ^ epte&c * ed before the King . I saw this everihte such a scene of profuse gaming , &rid
y King in y * midst of lii&'three **» n ~ cubines , as I had toever before SCfcn . ZtiKcurimis dallying and prbfctto&ri eto $ y I . 579-The next Sabbath Was etnjfldyed in like manner , a&'wiii > b € ^ s 6 £ rf'presently * Sdme ^ urt cbiiplfti rt had pro-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1819, page 156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1770/page/20/
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