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. Vffe hfere jmbUsh , according ji pramUeY Mr . Shfpmatfs Strfetffil ^ - bir ^ ^^ tiial ^ y o ^ tfefe R ^; ¥ f % wi& diic ^ paragraph only of Mr . Shfptnan ' s TetteF !* gifted , ^ Mat : inj | nbtto Mr . T ^ l ^ jbutioi ^ ttofifl ^ pn Afiadq ^ y , ii&iks <^ n- ' fstffiifl ^ sfeftte iav ^ k ^ aM iroii y about ^ mp ^ dcrtficejpttys ik ^^ WTlrtcK placed in a letter assuming to •_ rectify biir mistakW c ^^ imiij ^ fdtik : ' itfc ^ WisS G&tezjch&i'io phise the obitiiary , an < r the letted t 6 ^ &cr ; ^ T They tHH se *^ ^ thatih&tmtf efrir of v ^ hich we are convicted is cfonceinxng Mf . . ^ ; ** ixttlJclnri " jucyet ta admit ^ xniniit « 6 ¥ s " df differeiit sen timeiits from hirbselrVnto lii ^' pw lpit , *' * ; icfitf ' ^^ h ^ r ^ ily tfidnk ' ^^ K in this p ^ icti 6 r ; - 'M ^ . 'g . ^ ail * ^ o ^ fit ^ ofr ' ite efettltktcf iht ^ 1 ^ eetlng . iio ^ e ;<^ rR ^ not' ^^ n ^ llf ^^ - ' ; iitort [ » atnd as to the motives ' of his beinff tirie ^ oFiht thirteen protest 6 fsr ^ e i ^ ! 3 liU ^ nothing | o do withthem , our business having been to record the factr / EXIITOR .
; str , v . ¦ ¦ ¦ . .. , . ., ,-. ; r- . ... _ - ;; In your Monthly depository for December last » ( Vol . L p » 665 ,, ) ther-ejif-Aq " Amount of the Death of the Rcr . T . Towle , with Strictures on liis Character ; ei ^ i ( Jent ; ly iinfrie ^ ndly to the memory of the deceased . He is happily ont ^ of the , ; ^ eat ^ hot these things , and had the facts related been correct , they TYbulcf hzvc .., required po answer . But I trust your readers will in general , prefer truth toj Kii&representatjoh , and they have a right to expect it in ^ publication whi ch appears t 0 be open to free and liberal inquiry . v : ¦¦¦¦ ; itPJfre , account sfays , His Meeting-house being in an obscure situation , lie pre- * . "VaJJeiduJjqn his people to agree to the erection of a new one in a more public ai ? oV ^ jresipcctai ?!^ place ^ and he devised the following scheme for defraying , the ex ^^ ^ ra s ^ ^^ ich was not approved of )> y all his independen t brethren . It was cust om ^ " try ip his , as well as in other congregations , to make annual collections for the fund f ^ r ^ lieving poor minister ^ of the indep en den t denominatioij . ; . /|^ e ^ one | f thus ? CQiIe < : ted was laid by to accumulate , with the view to the bmljiiak c £ Vnew " time Mr . wa 9 able
? pl * c ^; ( Of WprshJ ^ 4 fter some % to accDmp ^ sh his P&rpQ&p * axldvtfee ne ^ w- ^ eeting-house wajs erected in J ^ opdon-wall . ' * Thia r ^ presentat % | , | j& , alt ^ gethcar wi i ^ e of the truth .. There are those , yet living * whojwere ^ jg id e ^^ at the consultations of the Society , respecting their place of worship , and , frotnthctit I have had the following relation . The lease of their Meeting-ho ^ ise was / Cidbucr # * inuOiitj-o f jus ^> eApiring , ^ iKi , i ^ became a niatter of considera tion ( w ^ hj ^ ^ Soci W - % ty whether tjtej st ^ l ^ . pjrpeur ^ ' a new , lease from the city , whicf ^ ^^ i . granted for a short term only , if at all ) and subject themselves to a heavy cxpeqi ^ i % tt ^ ce ^ aiyrrepaip * of the old place ; or vyheth ^ r they should build a new oq& * They adopted tJbe latte ^; and though the Society contributed freely towards th ^ expense of erecting a substantial building , such aa your relator dcscribe ^ i they
incurred a considerable debt . Unider the weight of this expense , and during d ) i conttaMance of that jdeb $ , they thought proper to ojenit tfce makings collectionsibr thciund . Afterthe ftebt was fully dischajRged t apd th / e Society fqt ^ ivl itself ^ in , ^ proper s ^ te to resume it ; f cantnbvtiqns to the fund it did so . This cpnctacf : requires no vindication . And though Mr . Towi ^ as ai > individual , and ooe pj ( tbfir jnuftib ^ r ; , contributed jib ^ fally to t ^ at ^ goodyf ^ r ^ fhebu ^ n eas did not l uCwitfc hiai » v but with the Society . When th y removed tq ^ jth ^ np ^ plac ^ of ; ^ ors ^ i f ^ | up ^ i ^ a »; th « r « lator > tat « s , tajte the < whole service iip ^ n . hnan ^^^ ^^ »\ ight with truth have bec ?» added i he to ! 4 the Soc ^ ty tha | , hp ) rouiq | d 3 ^; nraltiu tnore established than whei * he fir » t rame anjof >« , theno : > , , anid .. fWK ^ igJT- ^^^ Cj ^ reA ; a large debt by building , ne was willing ,, fp pye thjeg ^^^ x ^ cnAerg | a Jfflitffo ing preacher . This proposal he generously acted up to , and the Socieng wer ^ enabled by that means to discharge ( heir debt much sooner than they could otWf * wise have done .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1807, page 167, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2378/page/55/
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