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gains to the purpose of instructing and relieving our ignorant arid indigent brethren , it at once ennobles our pur-r suits and enlarges our hearts ; we are not only providing as far as we are able , for the future well-being of our own families , but at the same time are
each ether , have ceiltinpaj opportunities of fftert-igiiig m& improving t ^ f benign propensities wbieJi he has grar cioysly implanted within us , a « d fry that means become mere and mort assimilated to his own divine n ^ tur * , of which he hath assured u $ we may
labouring for the untaught , " the fatherless , and him who has none to help him y and what a glow of delight must warm the bosom of one so occupied , on the recollection of his Saviours animating declaration , «« Inas ^
in a degree become partakers-Should you judge these remarks worthy of a place in your interesting Miscellany , I shall probably send you something more upon the same subject . M . H .
much as ye have done it to the least of these my brethren , ye have done it unto me ' ! There is a cold selfishness which they are not themselves aware qf > in the bosoms of some men who are in other respects amiable and estimable , which causes them to mve sparingly in pro-r
portion to their means ; to hoard up without weighty and justifying reasons , a part of that overplus of income , which the moderation of their own wants and wishes render unnecessary for their current use . When I see
such persons , I lament that they should deprive themselves of the rich source of happiness which a bountiful Pro ^ videnc ^ has put into their hands , and forfeit the bright reward which is promised to those who diligently send their Lords ' money 4 C to the ex * changers , " that at his return he may receive his own with interest .
*< Rich men / says the excellent Dr . Barrow , ( and all who have more than their own reasonable wants require , may be justly so denominated , ) ** are indeed but the treasurers , the stewards , the caterers of God for the rest of men , having a strict charge to
* dispense unto every one his meat in due season , and no just privilege to withhold it from any : the honour of distribution is conferred on them , as a reward for their fidelity and care ; the right of enjoyment is reserved for
the poor , aa a provision for their necessities . " " Why / 1 says Basil , " art thou irich and he poor ? Surely for this , that thou mayest attain the reward of benigaity and faithful dispensation $ and that lie may be honoured with the great prize of patience . *'
Thws does the infinitely good Father 0 / - aty * shew that he is indeed " no respecter of persons / ' bufc willeth that weiiia rational offepring should indeed to btathmb , Ittlpgro and bteftsbigfete
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42 $ Burying without Coffins .
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Sir , June 4 , 1818 . YOU may , perhaps , consider H a matter of curiosity , that so lately as the year 1636 , it was x \ ot customary to-bury the parochial poor in coffins . The following is an extract from 3 book , containing the account of feoffees
of charity lands in the parish elWaife , Herts « A . . D . 1036 , Nov . Item , for a coffiu ? to bury John Clarke ' s wife in , that died in her chiJcl-birth , » 60 05 0 and was not fit to b $ buried without a coffin . - J . D . B . C .
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Sir , Chester , April 8 , 1818 , THE following letter is from Mrs , Savage , of Wrenbury-Weocl ,
oldest daughter of Philip Henry , to the curate of the parish * I am told that the letter was published in 30 Irish magazine many ye ^ rs ago , bu t 1 believe it is not known to the readers
of the Repository . The piety , the €$# ? dour , the independence and strength of mind which it displays , entitle it to a place in the Monthly Repository * January 14 , 1 ^ 17-Dear Sir ,
I have long desired an opportunity of conversing with you , aad know not how to excuse for my doing thus , since you are so obliging and egffy of access ^ but only for privacy , aiiiee it becomes such as 1 am silently to lea * a ; yet we are also commanded to be ready to give a reason for thj ? hope that is in us with meekness and fear *
therefore you will pardon my boldnees who thus express nay thoug ht ** Women ' s tongues and peua sofnetimc * claim a freedom which meawh ^ are more wise and reserved will aot urn * It is , or may h * thought , our iinhap ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 428, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/20/
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