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    can be expected to avail but little for the advancement of the Christian cause . A careless or worldlyminded minister , with a fashion * able wife , and highly

    accomplished daughters , whatever his abilities may be , will seldom reform the hearts and lives of his hearers ; for we can hardly infuse into others , that piety which is not the leading principle in our own breasts ; but I should rejoice to see every

    congregation zealous in supplying that

    measure of carnal things , which will enable their pastor to bring up his family in comfort and respectability * If he is satisfied with his own condition , it will induce him like the father of the complainant , to lead the mind of

    his son to prefer the noble and pious pursuits of a Christian teacher , to the more lucrative professions which on all sides present themselves to his choice . A man may from mere worldly motives bring up his son to the Established Church , for it has so much to bestow , that ability and

    good conduct can hardly fail of obtaining high honours and an

    ample income to one who will zealously defend its doctrines ; nay , we have instances of very moderate talents having enabled those who set out from humble

    stations in life , to reach even its most splendid dignities ! But ias a Dissenter , nothing more than an easy competence can be gained by the most arduous and unremitting exertions ; so that the motives which induce a father td educate

    a child expensively for such a destination , or a son earnestly to desire it , must havg something in them very different from worldly policy . v What right then can we have

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    to expect a constant and increasing siippty of such men as are requisite for the demands of congregations , annually becoming more numerous and enlightened .

    unless we each , according to our different means , evince our attach . ment to them , and our gratitude for their services , by something more substantial than ** a cordial

    shake of the hand / ' or C tender inquiries" respecting the welfare of those whose reasonable demands we do not af £$ rd them the means of supplying . If our minister labours to make tis good , let us in return strive to render him happy .

    This is the spirit tbat ought to animate a pastor and his people , and 1 trust it is spreading amongst us . May it speedily reach the complainant ; may the liberality of his flock enable him to give

    up " ¦ te $ frhing Latin rudiments and English grammar , ' and return to those delightful pursuits and studies , which will render him more fully competent to be their friend and adviser with

    respect to the Concerns of this world , and their faithful guide to a blessed immortality in the next . I remain , Sir , Your ' s respectfully , M . H .

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    Mr * Sturch ^ in Reply to A . L . B . on the Scriptures , f December 3 ,. 1813 . Sir , In proportion as the number of your correspondents encreases ,

    t The «« Dialogue on our Obligation to Study the Scriptures , " appeared in pp . 103—107 of this Volume : Mr . Sturch's Animadversions on the Dialogue , pp . 297—30 O j and A . L . B 1 . " Vindication of the Dialogue , " pp-65 O— $ 53 , and 738—741 . JEu .

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    764 Mr . Sturch , in Reply to A . L . B , oh tie Scriptures .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1813, page 764, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2435/page/12/