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Mr . Wright-an honourable , and , also a useful testimony of the gratitude and approbation of the Unitarian body at large . I leave it entirely to more comthe mode
petent judges to regulate of collecting and of applying the subscriptioir , so as best to suit the object of the subscribers , and the feelings and wishes of their benefactor .
Solicitous to forward this design , fain would . I invoke the aid of those powerful pens which have so frequently adorned the pages x > £ the Monthly Repository . Surely the subject is worthy , and the ground inviting ! Both gratitude and zeal are implicated . Gratitude for acknowledged important
services ; andzeal , in stimulating others to emulate so noble an example , so worthy of the cause , so nearly approaching to those of the apostles themselves , in the labours , hardships , difficulties , opprobrium , and malevolence , over which it rose triumphant . And could I flatter myself with
obtaining the aid of him alone , whose intellectual mirror holds up so bright an image of Christian zeal , and whose tribute of praise has excited me to this attempt , 1 should hope every thing from the co-operation of so masterly a pen , guided by so warm a heart .
As I am not aware that an appeal to Unitarian zeal or generosity was ever rejected , I will take for granted that able advocates will be forthcoming to give shape and energy to this pro * posal , and that the list of subscribers
Mill be numerous . In this persuasion 1 request that J £ & may be placed against my name- ANTECURSOR . i i ^ MJ ^ MfcMi
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— - " ^^^ MB ^^ On . the € < Appeal in behalf of the Christian Tract Society . " * ' Blest is the man who nought expects , says Pope , For lot that man shall not be disappointed . "
Pjetjer Pindar . IN reading in your last Repository , pp . 234 , 235 , an appeal in behalf of the Christian Tract Society , much ae I gave the writer credit for the
sincerity and goodness of his intentions , I could not altogether acquit him of a certain quality , which I shall here « enoini npte Eutapianism ; a quality which every gji ^ knotvfc id v $ ry liable to subject its possessors to many " *§ t \ r
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ous inconveniences , by leading tjtenvto form ^ ijd and visionary - plans , and to indulge foolish and rooa ^ ntic expectations . That this has been the £$$ gr m the present instpncey I expect . t& be able clearly ta prove ; and I trust the
writer will not only pardon , but thank me for endeavouring to cure him of a failing , which might otherwise subject him to so many mortifications and disappointments . He seems to expect that Unitarian congregations will set ; about making collections in aid of the Christian Tract Society , and he
engages in that case to contribute two sovereigns towards it . I dare answer for it that his two sovereigns are per-, fectly safe in his own possession , and I much fear that they will remain uncalled-for till the great day of account shall . have sealed the doom of this , and every other earthly institutution . He admits that " Unitarians
have many and pressing calls upon their liberality $ " but he does not appear to be aware that the greater part of us staad in need of every shilling we can procure , to maintain our families in tolerable comfort ; and that those of us who can advance a little
beyond this , see new wants continually opening upon us , which were unknown to , and unthought of by , our forefathers . They , for instance , could sit contented and happy on a brick floor , surrounded by oaken chairs and tables ; whereas it is absolutely necessary to our comfort and respectability , I had
almost said to our very existence , to have out floors covered with Turkey , or at least with Brussels carpets ; our wails decorated with costly hangings , and our rooms filled with the mosy elegant and expensive mahogany fui * - niture . Our forefathers could enjoy the affectionate and social intercourse
of their friends over a frugal meal , consisting of one or two plain and wholesome dishes ; and could meet and return the smiles of friendship perfectly well by the light of two candles . But ( sad reverse ) our eyes are
grown so dim , that we cannot see to entertain a few friends without eight , ten , or a dozen candles ; and our stomachs are become ao delicate , that it would be an affront to invite our
friends , without making our tables groan beneath the loads of expensive and unwholesome delicacies , which are uoiv become tht absolute necessaries
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On the " Appeal in behalf of the CfhrUtmfk Tract Society . ' £ 9 f |
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1823, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1784/page/37/
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