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    ' ,, VA » D . 1814 , C ? on ^ CoiL ^ Np . 92 ., Amount of the Co ntributions , « £ 8 i 7 5 llf ¦ , , . I $ i 5 , ditto , 124 dil $ o , . v- " . i ' " 6 ^> - ^ & - ** ..., ' , ;; ' ,,, ., 1816 ,... ditt < fc 25 ditto , J ^ 2 rH 4 1 Q ' ,. ;•' , 1817 , ditto , 17 , ditto , , ' , ; , , 128-0 Z : . 1818 , ditto , 32 ditto , 421 2 9 1819 , ditto > 24 dittd , , lO ? 2 9 1820 , ditto , 12 ditto , * 43 12 2

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    Let the reader particularly remark , that in the year 18 , 15 , one hundred and twenty-four congregations contributed to the Widows' Fund , and this last year , not more than twelve . How is this lamentable deficiency to be ^ accounted for ? Can it be supposed that

    the Protestant Dissenters , who are in the constant habit of making costly sacrifices to their convictions of duty , need ? be reminded of the apostolic observation , " it is right to be zealously affected always in a good thing" ? When I consider their readiness in

    gejieral to contribute very liberally to v pious and benevolent institutions ,: it would be both unnecessary and presumptuous in me to admonish them , * ' never to be weary in . well-doing . " The principal reason for their suffering this cause to decline arises , I am persuaded , from their not paying due attention to the claims of this

    Institution . That many are obliged to diminish their usual acts of beneficence , from the pressure of the times , there is no doubt ; and this would account for the collections in the respective

    congregations being less ; but that none whatever should be made in them , must be attributed to the cause just assigned . Is it supposed that there is not at present such an urgent call for the Relief of the Widows and Children

    of Protestant Dissenting Ministers as formerly ? Is the number of those of them who may be ranked among proper objects of charity less , or are their necessities ,. by a concurrence of providential circumstances , greatly

    diminished ? Were this really the case , the present plea in their behalf would be wholly needless . * Before'the reader , Jipweyer , determines this point , * let him peruse the following * extract from the . report of the , managers just published : ** A'minute iriquiry , was made last year into the circumstances of the

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    Widows relieved * and the accounts from many , very manyy tvfere truly distressing . Many are ^ wholly aiipported by charitable institutions . Many have not any other support , but what they receive from this Fund . Some are supported by - the dail y manual labour of themselves and their children * and

    obtain from 2 s . 6 d . % & 1 CW . per week * and some are obliged to seek relief from their parishes . Their distress speaks feelingly for itself , and the managers trust , that it need only to be known that it may be relieved /*

    . The number * of Widows annually aided by this Society is on an average about 190 , besides the sum of ^ 10 , which the managers are empowered to give occasionally , for apprenticing out any child of a deceased 'minister . It is pleasing to reflect on the sad evils and calamities which have been either

    removed , or at least alleviated , by this noble Institution 5 hpw many " Widows ? hearts have been made to sing for jfoy ; " how many fatherless children , who might otherwise have fallen victims to ignorance and vice , have been hereby led into the paths of virtue , and brought

    up to such honest employments as to enable them by their industry and prudence to provide decently for themselves , and to be useful to society . Were it possible for us to see all the good which this charity has produced from its first establishment in 1733 to

    the present time , the view would afford every benevolent heart purer delight than the contemplation of the celebrated exploits of the most renowned heroes of either ancient or modern his * tory . The object of this address is to

    prevent the sphere ; of its usefulness from being cqntztacted r of which there is imminent danger ; its design * is to enlarge it ^ and , ^ bymakifig greater provision for " thte fatherless and widow in their affliction , " more iflfecttially

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1820, page 724, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2495/page/36/