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    what it has not done ; and I must again solemnly disavow here , every appeal to foreign commiseration . I beseech you , therefore , to write to me no more in the style in which you have now done . I respect , I honour

    the signatures of your letter -I 9 render justice to the motives of all y and I dare hope that you will not be offended on your part with my frank disapprobation . None can subscribe themselves with more fraternal regards , Yours , &c .

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    60 Mr . Travis ' s Resignation of the Pastoral Office .

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    which is against us , I am well pert suaded will be kindly continued , until we are able to pay it off . If it had pleased God to have preserved me in health , but a few months longer , it was my intention to have solicited the assistance of our zealous and

    liberalminded brethren , in those parts of the country whjch I have not yet visited , to enable us to liquidate this remaining incumbrance ; and from what 1 have already experienced of the zeal and fellow-feeling of a large proportion of our Society , I am confident 1 must have been successful—but the divine

    Being has ordered it otherwise , and it becomes us to be resigned to his supremely wise and kind disposals . I consider this spot to be an important part of Jhe Christian vineyard in England , which we have in some measure cleared of what I conceive

    to be the corruptions of Chiistianity ; and it never can be imagined for a moment , that the respectable and wealthy body of Unitarians , throughout the kingdom , would be backward

    in strengthening our hands as our necessities might require . To them , therefore , we may conildently look for co-operation and support . Mr . Coates , one of the trustees of the

    Regium ddnum , upon whom 1 called when 1 was in London , very properly considered us entitled to relief , and assisted us accordingly , and I am warranted to believe , from what passed between us , that this assistance

    would be annually continued . It would give me great pleasure to add an annual subscription on my own account , but the" expenses attendant upon my present infirm state of health , forbid my making any

    positive . engagements . 1 will , however , do what lies in my power , to enable you to make good your necessary annual out-goings . And in particular , I will write to Mr . Christie , ( with whom I am intimately acquainted , ) who is the Treasurer of the Unitarian

    Fund , stating to him our situation , and requesting him to lay it before the Committee , that they may immediately take such steps , as may be necessary , to prevent the extinction

    of our interest in these parts , by affording us , from time to time , all necessary assistance and supplies . It may not be improper also to mention in this plaoe > for the information of the Society , that an Association of

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    Southampton , 15 th Jan . 1816 . Mr . Editor , By desire of our Committee , I send you the annexed copy of a letter containing the resignation of the Pastoral Office of our much esteemed friend ,

    the Rev . Mr . Travers , earnestly requesting the early insertion of it in your valuable Repository , as it may be the means , under Providence , of procuring for us that relief and assistance , which we so greatly stand in need of . JOHN TAWKINS .

    Shirley Common , ISth Jan . 1816 . My Worthy Friends , I am greatly concerned to inform you , that in consequence of a severe fit of sickness , with which it has pleased Almighty-God to visit me ; 1 see no prospect of being able to resume

    the honourable and important office of your Minister . But great as my regret is , upon the present occasion , it would be infinitely increased if I thought that this event would put & stop to the pure and rational worship of God in Southampton , which I have

    much at heart , for which we have exerted ourselves so zealously , and upon which we have abundant reason earnestly to implore and expect the divine blessing . Let us not , therefore , T } e discouraged on account of this calamity , but let us redouble our efforts ,

    for ** greater is He who is with us , than he who is against us . " Aud be assured my Christian friends , thai " in due season we shall reap , if we faint no { . " Let me recommend you boldly to look your situation in the face , and

    not suffer yourselves to be needlessly cast down - , only consider what it was a twelvemonth ago and what it now is 1 Our debts then w ^ re about 500 / ., at present they don't much exceed 1 OO / ., such have been our exertions and success ; and the little loan of 85 J .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1816, page 60, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2448/page/60/