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S elves p , n my return . But I have Jong discovered that I could not go on upon the old plan ,, and must have some other means of keeping my family irojp want .
My wQ £ tpy parent gsed to say , that a ijxinititex of the gospel ought to have no other employment than the care of his people ; and should visit axnong them , and make himself well acquainted with the state
pf their minds , and their proficiency in Christian knowledge * I thought so too , and adopted this jpaxim of my father ' s , ^ . nd conti nued for some y ^ aijs to act upo n it ; until I found that I could not
liye by visiting my friends , bu > t JQWSjt employ my time in gaining a little mor $ money . And , ftl <* Jt&owgh tjie education of yputhi i § £ . jfcas ^ in which I was lotfci tQ en-£ & ££ « vet , as it was the only one
vrhich offered , any ad v ^ ru ^ ggs , I ijDtimated to ipy fri ^ nci k , l&e i > £ ~ cessjty of having recourse to it ; apd ha , ve , in consequence been debarred for several years from the
pjes . si . pg $ nd edifying conyersafXQ # Z in which I had long been in the habit of indulging . In this J 3 pJrea 4 y f ^ el a loss wfcich ipy books f ^ n 4 g * y family cannpt compensate , even whsn I steal an ocsasiQ # ftl
hour to devote to them . For , in jtruth , Sir , this ceusI necessity of sacrificing the greater part of ipy time to teaching Latin rudiments and English grammar , has
routed me of the mwas I before epjjpy ^ d of making in ysp \ f acquailed with men ajjd the ways of the world ; and pf obs ^ rvipg i , ^ influence of the temptations of Jife ; it has stolen from me those sweet
hours which I was onqc f ^ ccus . % om $$ to ^ pe ;^ , ^ wrroiincled Ipy i ^ y pQQkfy ackd qQ ^ v eirsj ng w * th tfoW » JWT je ^ m g * by th # igU ^ f tfce
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names lettered on the backs of them , those trains of thought wl ^ ich an Atteibury and a Clarke , a Locke and a Hartley , had first impressed upon iny mind : and thi ^ s it has transformed me , froflji a student of nature and an observer of jnan , intp a mere plodder in a day- ? chooj , is > which the same
d , uil round is 4 « ily gone through , my temper is sopred by the per verse dispositions of my boys , an < J my best relief is tp sit quietly down ifl the evening with my pipe ' jfflfi ipy cup pf October . I am told that I am become more
crabbed and hard to be pleased , since I have taken to school-keeping ; and 1 ani sometimes afraid it will b ave a tendency to niake me view
the bumaa yace through a false niedium , and that the doleful lucubrations of ]\ Jr . Wilbeyfarce will sx > on cease to fee held by me in all the horror tl ^ ey ^ ow appear to de .
s ^ rve . I k ® P > Sir ,. I ? m right in ascribing this sad change of my lot tp necessity . The times aje much h , a ^ 4 er than they were fi fty years $ go ; 3 in 4 , yj ^ t wy worthy friends are so kind as to subscribe as much
tp tj ^ e support public worship as tlfteix father i ^ sed to do befo re t ( berp . Th , ey have experienced na ^ ny priy ^ ions of the comforts of better times ; yet have not reduqe 4 ^ heir offerings to the church
3 L ] Qtd thv g ^ eat rich men , who h ^ ve ? pn # ig « P W ) CQ ^ sfiqqepce of tfce chwge pf systeip , apt sp h ^ p 4 son ^ e . ly ky tfte as to , subscribe as much as tk $ old st ^ adaf rds of the congsegftpon . I hftv ^ npt a word to in of
toy o ( tJjL ^ lP th $ way bfenoe , I only few tJUey fcrget , that , ^ W they ure ot > l > g ^ d to give tfe * ee UTOes . a ^ mwM fer ^ hQproywoiis qf tfeeir tobies , gospel fooii ff ^ lwmP
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$ 68 $ he jpissenting Minister ' s Cotpplaint .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1813, page 368, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2429/page/12/
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