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    tracts , I k »^ w from repeated experience $ m $ tfcPY would of their own free choice b ^ induced to spend man y hourain jtbe pe ; rusal of them , which w ^ u 'H s - ^^ flF ^ yi 8 ^^ spen t in idle or in vici ^ s purs uits . And the good iin » r $$ » pf $ 8 . thus derived would not with theuiel

    teniiin ^^ ^ ves , but would be ^ m ^ m ¦ ' ¦ $ & ty& posterity ; and thus , by % *§ $¥ _ ftiftwg expense and troubte ^ j $ k might {> e qpnferring the most inipOTtatit benefits on future generations , &ad ^ o&tinue to be doing good long a ^ flfer our bones shall have mouldered to a ^ es .

    But , alas 1 truth aompejs us to acfvaovvJedee that the present state of the funds q ( ; t | $ f- ; . institution bears witness a # ainsi M of our apathy ?« $ & want of zeal in its $ uj > port . A request was some $ o ^ Hj ^ ^ ij&e by th # eom iBittee , through the rnedjum of the

    Monthly , Repository ^ that Unitarian congre ^ atious would ^ adeavour to aid them , by making coUeetious in their behalf ^ but to this Just , reasonable and proper request , f fear but little attention has been paid . I know it to be a fact , that these are many

    persons in t £ e Society , to whiph I have the happiness to belong , wjUo are warmly attached to this institution , and who would exceedingly regret to see it sink for w ant of support . If these person ^ wquld agre e to make a congregational collection in its behalf ,

    I would pledge myself to contribute two sQVcreJgns to tke collection ; and if I foil ifi this eXigageinenf , I will freely consent fqr t % & j ^ iitor of the Monthly Kepository to ^ qpose my name , wit& ^ ^ e odium whkh such an act of pe ^^ K w » wW * rae *? u But if I fulfil wy engagements , I depend upon hi * honour tQ keep it a proiutind jal

    secret . A ^^ d i ^ ^ propp ^ should be the ix ^ eang of inducing onl y a few Unitarian societies | jp maKe suuch collections , I ^ hafll th inly this moju ^ y better employed than any 1 have ever yet exoencfed . Bfut . this , perhaps , 4 s in-^ " ^ ing vanity tqo ffa : yet . if our

    Almi ghty Father hafr \ t is * ; view . " to bless and prosper fhis wi&titution ^ he can do iijr by means of tb ^ bum ) W € }» and most obscure instruments ^ as well « 8 by the iwst foriUiaat and splendid . At WWfe ' i < » eewf yery ^ i ^ Wt , feh »* unle ^) some ci ^ we ^ nt 5 are a ^ d ^ pted , w mwt fcctfr -jb& ioAelibfc disgrace

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    of suffering one jpf die most useful institutions anapng us to sink to the ground . .. .,. ¦ , I am aware tha |; Unitarian congregations have many and ! preasinjj cjjlls upon their liberality . But this is ft way in which so much good roay be

    done ut such a trifling expense , taiat p cannot help strongly hoping it may be thought entitled to some share of their attention . If every Unitarian society throughout the kingdom woulcl average a cpllection of one pound / it would probably set this excellent institution free from all its difficulties ,

    and place it upon a comfortable and a respectable foundation . Our contri-J ^ utions ought not to be wholly enjifrosaed in endeavouring to make pro-^ elytes to our opinions . Let us never forget the paramount obligation of endeavouriner to induce Unitarians to

    apt up to their principles , and become jornament 3 of their profession . ISTeither is it necessary that these congregational collections should be gratuitous . On tfre contrary , I think it highly desirable that every society , sending a collection , should claim tracts , and distribute them in their

    Sunday-Schools , and among any of their members to whom they may b $ jikely to be most useful . This excellent institution needs not the aid of charity for its support ; all that it

    requires , is a sufficient number of active , zealous subscribers , wfyo will industriously distribute their tractsr A FRLEND ( TO REHGIOUS INSTRUCTION . *

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    Mr . Rutt on the Bharacter ef th ^ late Mr . L ^ win . 235

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    Clapton , Slr , Jtpril t 9 , 1823 . jElAVE too long neglected to gra-I tify liny just respect to th £ memory tht

    of t ^ e $ ^ Ir , Lewin , by offering you an addition to the Obiit $ ary p . 57 Thpse who kneiY my ex ^ eltent friend must , I $ hink , have perceived and tegrette (| an e ^ trpjpie diffidence tvbfcfc too often witnlV ^ ld from his associates much pf that various J ^ owl&d g'e i ^ hfch he had derived frO « P lo < ig observation ,

    • The name of oar correspondent is given to u *» stod ^ e tbink it proper to state that the writer \ & wholly uoc ^ aijjec ^ with thtf pa ^ aagepi

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 235, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/43/