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CANADA : TUB LATE REV. DAVTIT^ HUGHES. To the Editor.
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his patience of faith and labours of love * He still lives and toils for the progress of the gospel and the salvation of the heathen . Besides his own little body of converts at Madras , he has the pleasure of seeing another collected in another place through ^ the ^ instomentality of a native
teacher , whom he himself converted and instructed ; and of . seeing two of his sons preparing themselves to prosecute the same work . One of them still pursues his studies under the superintendence of the Rev . J . R . Beard , in Manchester , and is
spoken of as a youth of promise . His brother is in a course of pre * paration elsewhere , aided by funds from America . May they and their excellent parent live to labour long , and to see the fruit of their labours : not only honoured as instruments in the hand of God to plant a branch of the Christian church in that
heathen land , batalso to stir up in the hearts of their Christian brethren in Europe and America , a deeper interest and a warmer sympathy in that great cause of the extension of the gospel ! It would be easy to add to the pages of this Report by enlarging on the various topics of remark which crowd on the mind , as it reflects
on the survey which we have now rapidly taken . But it cannot be necessary . It is sufficient to remind tfog brethren of the American Unitarian Association that they are not <—as they must perceive—a solitary , insulated body . They are a portion of the company of believers scattered abroad in every region of the globe ; they are members of a community which has numerous adherents and
important interests all over the world , and it is their duty to extend their sympathy and fellowship , and their charity and prayers , to all these their wide spread brethren of a common faith . It should be the result of the
survey wo have taken , and of the meeting we are holding , to enlarge our hearts and excite our zeal , till
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we shall leant to ta * w ai $ Wm all who bear the name of brethren wherever they may ber # n 4 to extend the blessings of that ilame to till who are so unhappy as not yetjto enjoy them .
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2 t ) S ttNJT ^ MAN GHBOKICJiB .
Canada : Tub Late Rev. Davtit^ Hughes. To The Editor.
CANADA : TUB LATE REV . DAVTIT ^ HUGHES . To the Editor .
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Dear Sir , —I beg to submit to your perusal an extract from The Canadian Herald , of a correspondence between a Trinitari-dn- and a ynitarrarj , occasioned by the death df the late Rev .
David Hughes , whb died of cholera on the ldth of last August ; if yotj think proper l should wish it to be inserted iii the ne ^ nicle . At the same time , allow tne to suggest the propriety of an , appeal to the sympathy and benevblefiee of the Unitarian public in behalf of the
bereaved widow and family ot Mr . Hugnes ; In -additidit : ttr 4 he heavy expense attending the voyage to America , ( whither they yvere induced to go in the hope of amending their circumstances , and of doing which they had the most encouraging prospect , ) and procuring necessary ac ^ -
commodations on their arrival there ^ their expenses were greatly ihcresLsed by the death of One bf the daughters , and the dangerous illness of a son . Should any persons be disposed to contribute t 6 tvards the assistance ! of this afflicted and bereaved family ,
they are requested to pay sttch contributions into the hands of Mr . Horvvood , Unitarkn A&sociation Rooms , Sj Walbrodk Buildings , Walbrdok . I am , dear Sir , With sincere regards * Your obedient Servant , Samuel FA ^ oEi'T .
Yeovil , November 16 th , 1832 , We cordially unite in the sug * gestion of our estimable friend , the writer of the above letter . The circumstances are so peculiarly affecting , that they constitute an appeal to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 262, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/22/
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