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MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS.
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as much devotion as ever 1 saw in any roan , and heard , all the time upon his knees ^ tow long
masses . This ceremony I saw , and will always esteem the day holy wherein it was donn , for above this 126 years the like has not been seen in England .
The maior and aldermen of London came on Saturday last , with an address to the King , in name of the city , wherein they promise to stand by him with their lives and fortunes , which I hope will be a good example to all others to do the like .
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Proposal from the Associated Ministers at Morpeth , for a Society for the Relief of Aged and Decayed Ministers . Sir ,
A mong the many public-spi rited institutions , for the support of religion in the dissenting churches ^ it lias often excited the surprise of reflecting persons , that no attempt has been made to furnish some
provision for tjie permanent relief of infirm and aged ministers . We have seen with . pleasure great exertions among the several denominations for the proper choice and education of candidates for
the ministry ; the provisions for the ministers themselves duriog the exercise of their sacred office , considering that they are voluntary additions to the burdens imposed
for the maintenance of the public religion , are in many cases extra - ordinary , and highly laudable ; the assistance , particularly , \ yfeich is afforded to poor congregations
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This is all but my true love t * my dear sister , and all your * from Dear Brother , Your affectionate brother
and servant , J . A price . Note of the Bishop of Lintotn . The original letter is now in the hands of Mrs . Eyre of Stamford and J « Aprice above-mentioned was a Romish Priest and relation of hers ; as also Mr . Lynwood , to whom the letter was written ; Manuscripts in the British Museum , vol . 4-164 3 No . 39 .
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by the opulent members of those bodies ^ to which they respectively belong , is the fruit of a truly Christian spirit , and , perhaps , unprecedented in the history of the church : noble institutions arc
likewise formed for the relief of the widows and orphans of poor ' ministers , when left destitute of their former means of support . But for the minister himself , if
by age and natural decay he cease from his former usefulness , be laid aside at an earlier period by any of those providential strokes , which we may lament , but must submit tOj no provision has hitherto been made * . The several boards
are , indeed , prevailed upon occasionally to grant a small gratuity ~ ¦ ¦ "" j " ' ' ... .. ' ¦*" * There is , indeed , one exception , but that on si very l mited scale , in the excellent Institution for the Relief of Decayed Ministers and the Widows o ! Ministers of the Presbyterian Dcnomination , in the Counties of Lancaster * an * Cheshire .
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394 Relief of Aged and Decayed Ministers .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1811, page 394, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2418/page/10/
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