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i ; . : - >^ , ' , ' ¦ , f -, " - fatter J ^ Jvom ' T } r * Do ddrUIge tv Rev . * ? «' . Alan Toms . ^ " * N&rika 3 npttm , J * ed . 2 , 1750-51 . My Uear avd Worthy Brgthrr
AND FrXENX ) , YO UR better received in a chamber of illness ,-has revived my hea * t aad awakened my joy and my thankfulness .: Blessed be you of the L . ord , s * iui blessed , be your counsel ; and may hein whose * Jause you have exerted a meal > so truly Christian , not only
accept it , as he undoubtedly will , but anticipate the reward that awaits you above , by giving you now to see the happy success of your scl * eme . I remember my faults this Jay : 1 have read and . heard a great deal of the sufferings ot our Protestant brethren in vFranee . I have conversed with
? diose who saw their assemblies dissolved and their temples ruined , their dead bodies torn out of the graves and given to . the fowls of the air * I have xead ahe letters of their pastors and * hose of their martyrs , and the incompaJable , discourses of Superville and 4 > aurin , which so pathetically represent . Iheir . sufferings , and one of the last was ir before me whew your leiter
came ; and yet alas I I have in a great measure forgotten the afflictions of Joseph ; and now and then a transient prayer for them , the telfing of theimsad sorrows ( with , a- few lears ) which J have often done to my pupils , ehifdfen and friend ?? , has been all , the
fruit of my compassion ; while you- — : bttt I . will say ^ no more of that , by the 4 § r « ace of God you are what you arc , and I hope his grace will be more abundant to you . to preserve this , thing itpoiM-he imagination of < he thoughts . < nfyour heart = and to guide your coun-^ rlvwitU rep 5 » rd to it . And to tti e I trust yo « r ^ l tt ^ r will not be entirely ffa ^ ^ . iraia-: it ha « in soine measure and
a . wak'en ^ d ¦ -i \\ y cpn ^ passion my praye r ^ .. afl * l yoyi > f \ vill fii ) d me ready to ^ ct m sfxy litUie sphere to promote tbe . t ^ Q ^ l iepd yoju , proppse . } have considered of the matter seriously , and I have looked up to God Sot direction in it , and the result is this .
I cannot take upon myself the cout duct oCthis general design . My want of leisure for it , especially in this pre-
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^^^^^_— ¦ ¦ ' * >; ¦ f - - - j sent crisis when I am so bufjriedViih pre ]> aring my , Family J 5 ? B 9 § ito ^ t " the press , is something :, but it is more that I am but one minister in the country , and think it would fee gTP ?* p res un > p lion to suppose that tny brethren , in London and elsewhere
should act under my direction . The plan that has offered itself to me is this . That you should go to . London as soon as you conveniently can , and consult with some of . the principal ministers of all denominations , particularly Mr . Barker , Dr . . Guyse , Mr . Steni ^ et and IVl r . JBurrouglis . You see I take in General a . 3 well as Particular
. Baptists , and though I mention these fuur , % whom I look upon as * men of disanguished wisdom and piety , I mean riot to exclude any . otners .
You . may if you think it will be of any avail communicate to them what 1 now write , and -you * may know-j ^ f them whether they in general approve of the design and will be ready to join their counsel au ^ l efib rty for
bringing it into execution . If ^ tb ^ y do approve it and will authorize one io do it , 1 will then | apply U ) sonte ^ f the principal ministers of fidit ) - borotigh , and to the . Earl of Leavej * and CouHiiissiop ^ r of the Qeneral A ? - serobly , acgu ^ intipg them with what is working ; in our hearts , atui cfeVlrJifg
tliey woujc : . attempt to j > rocure a motiorv i 1 ^ the Assembly for a day of fasting and grayer Qn their account / to be ordered throughout Scotland * : artd if timely notice be given of ft , I tMuk the in ^ fluence of those gentlemen ftie&-tioned above , in concurrence' wlffli
> everal leading men in the country , to wpouxwijfi . this foundution wemayfeasonably apply , will certainly make it As genera ! a thing as we can reasonalfcjly suppose any thing of this , sort among the Protestant Dissenters can be '; aaid our concujvence with onr breihfeii bf
the Scotch establishijienf , fhr wiiomlis an establishment those of otir xJvin have sometliiiig of a regard / will make the thing less e ^ ce ^ iptiabie . And on this foundation it rriay fclfco be extended to Ireland and our plantations in Am erica- If God spates my life \ will preach , Liud if it be thought proper will publish a discourse ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 137, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/9/
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