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f Stafford , which vhappened in the banning of the yea * 1795 , the number of the trustees of the ebapei was reduced to three , aud in consequence of this a new trust , comprising the principal people of the congregation , was formed , and the deed was executed before the expiration of that
Notwithstanding this had been effected , several members of the congregation left the chapel immediately afterwards , in consequence of the minister having contracted habits of intem perance ; and from that time other persons left it by degrees , until
the place was entirely deserted . The building was then let to the members of the Established Church for a school , and was occupied by them for many years ; during which time it suffered very shameful dilapidation , and became unfit for a place of public
worshi p * I was , however , surprised a few months ago at being applied to' as one of the trustees , respecting an intended revival of the oM interest , and
craving my co-operation and assistance . Since then , I am informed that some of the old members have obtained possession of the building , and that the roof was taken off , only about
a fortnight agot preparatory to its undergoing a thorough repair ; and that the Presbyterian body at Newcastle are determined to exert themselves to render the chapel comfortable , and to procure , as soon as possible , a regular minister . But as their lumbers are small , and the
expenses of repairing the building wilV be very considerable * I believe they do not expect to realize their intentions without the assistance of other congregations . S , P .
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Waltharnstow , S ** N December 4 , 1819-ALLO W me to join Mr . Howe , [ p . 661 , ] in recommending to the attention of our Unitarian friends
the Society for the Relief of Aged a «< i Infirm Dissenting Ministers . For J ™ at reasons they have hitherto been backward upon this occasion , I have * ° nght to inquire . But if there are afty who think that it will wound the
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feelings of ministers in distress to be relieved by this Society , I can . only say , that -to me this apprehension ap * pears altogether groundless . It wiil not , I conceive ., wound any man ' s feeliiiers to receive assistance from a
fund which was not raised in consideration of his individual case , but with a prospective view to the case of all who should be circumstanced as he is ; nor will any man be ashamed to acknowledge himself poor , whose profession has been known to exclude the
means of rising above poverty . The situation of Dissenting Ministers , who are solely or chiefly dependent upon the emoluments of their profession , does not appear to me to have been sufficiently considered . Their
sensibilities we commonly somewhat refined by education ; their office introduces them to the intimacy of men comparatively rich , and thus they contract a familiarity with the comforts and accommodations of what are
called easy circumstances ; the whole of their active life is not unfrequently one continued struggle with difficulties ; and , at length , when overtaken by age and infirmity , they may ,
without any fault of their own , be thrown upon the support of precarious charity . Surely , to men thus circumstanced it will be cheering and consolatory to find that , while they are labouring to promote the best interests of mankind , the peculiarittea ^ of their condition are not overlooked , but that the more wealthy part of the Dissenting community are cheerfully
contributing to a society , which has for its object the support and comfort of their declining years . It will be to them & delightful argument that they have not laboured in vain in
inculcating the lessons of that Master , who left it as his last * injunction to his followers , that they should love one another . What objectians of any weight can be urged against the Institution in question , I am unable to conceive . But I shall , I trust , be
excused if I remark , tHat those reasonings ought to be founded on clear and certain principles , which are allowed to stop the hand of charity . Benevolence may , indeed , be exercised indiscreetly ; but it i * better for a man ' s self that it should be indiscreetly exercised , than that it should
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JWfr . Cogan on Aged Ministers * Society * 733 i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1819, page 733, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1779/page/17/
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