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    other new Tmtis on the tafcte ; the first , entitled mm **** M ami $ rg * r # t : or , & > bri& § met JFvithfbteess Bvmrded , mm Iroro tb ^ pen of a tody wko feat lcmg t ^ n a subscriber . The second was the ffM ^ tf f&m Jerikiw * h& wye * and thejr Tfrree Children . This very interest injp TBwifCt « pfts written by > tbe late Z > p . B ^ ddoes ; aud frojn its high reputation , successive eoa $ mittees had been desirous

    of its repubHcation , bat could not procure a copy of k . It was stated that this Tract might 9 ja reality , be considered the prolific parent of all the thousands and million * of tracts published by this and previously existing societies ; for it was circulated mo& extensiyeiy before any Tract Society was instituted in Great

    Britain . That an idea might bts formed of Its merit , the Committee observed , they had the satisfaction oi stating thai the amiable and ingenious author of many of the Society ' s most approved Tracts , had expressed great pleasure in seeing the History of Isaac Jenkins

    inserted in the annual Catalogue . The third Tract was from the pea of the Rev . R . Wright , ( author of No * H « , or Essay on Repentance ^) and entitled The Lost Son . It was also announced that Mr . Wright had written a second Tract with the title of The Recovery of the Lost Son and that the Committee had resolved on

    its speedy publication . Besides these two short Tracts , Mr . Wright hud generously offered to write two more in continuation of his subject * Judging from the two MSS . already submitted to them , the Committee anticipated their approval of those promised . By the publication of the four abovementioned new Tracts , the Committee

    had been enabled to complete the Fourth Volume , the whole series amounting to thirty-eight . They also expressed a hope that , as more than an' average number of new Tracts had been added to the list during the past year , the wishes of the subscribers would be amply gratified . The number of Tracts printed And The number of Tracts printed tod

    published by the Society during the last year has been , fts folkhvis r ^ f the four new Tracts , f&W , qa& ttf / tftg rgprfhts , 10 , 509 . The total number pjtinted has been 284 ^ 000 , of ^ hlch QfO&te haye been circulated ; "; - ' ' The < Society ^ tites&it prttoirtjr was stated to bfe tt&fdllows ;— : , ' " ¦ > v » : ¦; ¦; * ^ Due from Booksellers , CS ^ untry Sodletfeg , &c- - - 165 2 W Estimated ralue ^ f stock , on r March 9 th / - - > i 1 -252 11 * . .: . . jg ^ tir 14 4

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    , Brought ; forward - ^ 417 4 Due to the Treasuefcr - - - 12 IB Q I >» e from the Society for paper 745 14 0 <* + Printing aad boarding vo » - l « mes - r 16 6 6 ~ MM * ' 13 6 Balance oi the Society ' s property - - - -,. . ^ gsi 2 a 19

    From this statement it appears that the Society ' s property is about i ? 30 less than at the last' Anniversary . Thanks were voted to the Treasurer , Secretary , Committee , to the late Cohlector the venerable Mr . Marsom , to the Auditors , and to Mr . Wright for hfe literary contributions .

    The following gentlemen were elected into office for the year ensuing : James Esdaile , Esq ., Treasurer . Mr . George Smallneld , Secretary .

    Committee . The Rev . Dr . T . Rees , Messrs . Frend , Hart , Holt , S . Bayley , D . Taylor , R . Taylor , Joseph Fernie , John Bowring , S . F . Leach and the Rev . R . Wright . Mr . W . J . Titford , Collector .

    Messrs . D . GSbbs , j T . Gibson , > Auditors . C . Lean , J Notwithstanding the Anniversary had been so long delayed , and several other public meetings were to be held during the month , sixty-three gentlemen , at the dose of the business , sat down to dinner :

    Thomas Hardy , Esq ., in die Chair . in the course of the evening the Meet * ing was addressed by Mr . Frend , Mr . Esdaile , Mr . SmaMeld , Dr . T . Rees , Mr . R . Taylor and Mr . John Bowring . The sentiments given from the Chair by wbich these gentlemen were colled up ,

    were prefaced by the worthy Chairman in a style which exhibited a heart fully alive to the 'best interests of mankind , and a warm ijbtadhment to this Society as affording means well calculated to promote that moist desirable object . He di'ew a striking picture of the difference of

    between the vfUnc of the qobijity title and that of nttftire . amjl mihe « tatingly confeased , that -be fiad ** found , m % ifeajl Mbi % 4 f rftafct i sftiongthope dim labonriijg ^ aesJ'flW atoong those iieing in wlat are MpJtfi , e sm ^| <« i $ | & oTsodety . " - * p ! Hmw wrdmm ta exefte hfe wameat a (? mSS »^ lNt 'fie Trisi ^ them to epj ^ iS& : p * T « lt 8 of vlttn ^ s i ^ WySHIm

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1820, page 373, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2489/page/49/