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t * r 4 t beads , the removal or alleyi&tien of misery 3 a&d the p * evention of misery . The latter * from the contagious nature of # ^ l , whether moral or natural , Is obviously the more important ; aa « tfee former' should never he admitted , where clearly in oppo-# tibn to it . Hence it is requisite ^ that in the selection of objects <>( benevolence ^ a decided pre * ifeirence should be given to those whose sufferings are not the con *
Sequence of vice . When ttie prior claims of the unfortunate have been satisfied , then let the consequences of idleness or worthlessnets be alleviated . Let not
tne hand 0 jf liberality nnrecessa-« Hiiy destroy the barriers of virtuW ;—where extended to the vicious * let it be apparent that it is not for their vices . Let not the impression he fostered i * i the mind of indolence , that
subsistence , and even comfortable subsistence , hiay be obtained without corresponding exertions . To be otherwise than baneful , charity must b « precarious . It in list check the habits of steady
industry and ecoiiomy to know that all does not depend upon the formation of them ; and pre * wisely in proportion as the idea pf jsl claim upon charity becomes prevalent , we must expeck the prevalence of carelessness in the
distribution of time , and labour * mnd expenditure amohg the Ja * pouring poop , except where it
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is counterbalanced ^ by pride re * jecting the gift of charity , of fay some higher motive . Indiscriminate charity must , indeed , be precarious to a considerable ob , tent ; but because it is indiscriminate , and is often bestowed upon those persons wha deserve it iiot such persons will be induced to rely upon it where prudence , calculating more just
-1 ^ would deem it a poor re * source ; indefinitely less valuable than the results of industry however scanty * - But ^ though we must not run contrary to the laws of Providence , by too much alleviating the misery ^ of vice , we ought not , for the sake of our
own minds , too rigidly to scan the vices of the distressed , nor depart from justice by lending too easy an ear to the talcs of scandal . There are cases , too , in which we must leciye ourselves * and may do it safely , ta thej m * mediate impulse of benevolence .
The exigency of extreme distress , and of accidental sufFe ring ^ must be attended to ; yet even in these , should be kept in view the above principle . — That the vicious should be made the objects of our benevolence where we have
reasonable hope that we may thus restore them Jo the ways of good-. ness , is perfectly consistent with the more general principle , that the prevention of misery should be the first object of benevolence , ( To be concluded in our ne $ t * J
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. Sja , Newct $ tlc-upon-TfHG Tr ^ eiimg Iat 61 y intt > S ^ cotpuid f . l ^ sited , whilst at Gro ^ nock ,
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the general . subscription library , of th # t place * Amongst their regulatiou ^ I kad peculiar pfea ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1808, page 132, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2390/page/12/
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