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%° * p *< W Ql ^ 9 % <* # p ^ rpq ^^ s , ^^ finpd by ail apostle , of pure and un < ie ifiled reli ^ oni before God ^ the eowkn&h # nd gracious Father ofkdi mankind ; ^ * Itet&eii ^ cases ^ indeed , > ^ feyetyMttiiJjig unites , tending to exdte sympathy in
the humane bre ^ fc , arid ready assistance when ' aMlffcy adi&iK T «^ e was ofte class of jfedbte among tfoe , first behevers hTJesus , to \? hom peculiar at (^ ttowi > ^ £ .. b ^ ei ^ lebice were shewn by their brethren ; these were indigent widows . The objects of this charity are the same in kind y and as in general
we may rank them among serious and sincere professors of the gospel ; they stand iin > that ( pcfcaBar and endearing relation td ; us , which is implied Ml the title of ^ CJhristiitav They atfe members with ourselves of that spiritual feotf ^ of which Christ is the head . - * i ; n >
They are the Necessitous Widows and Children of Protestant Dissenting Ministers . Is it asked , what peculiar claim * for reliefthey have on that account > Let the 'following statement be duly considered . The Dissenters , as
a body , it is well known , are at considerable expenses , by their voluntary annual Contributions , in supporting the cause they have-espoused . Deem ^ ing it * however , to be the cause of Christian trtrth ^ nd liberty , and calling no man - M&tigr ' on earthto whose
, spiritual decisions they are bound immiditly to bx > w , ** otie being ^ ir Master ; eVfen 'Christ , ^ Jthey act i conslstetit arid con % cieritiriu& part . They Wm it . iAcWbfent oil tfiem , ^ adDy to ssicrince tib&sxt ' wbridlv interest on ox
the altar of integrity ^ which some of thfeir Ancestors set them a noble example . ? Great , however , fets are their necessary expanses in erecting " meeting-houses , arid maintaining their respective modes of worsliip , the salaries
of * their ministers do not \ n general eriab ; l 6 thfeni to provide for their families ¦ - oii thblr removal , tlxe ^ efore , these , If destitute of any other sotii'ce of fcmpply , must be left in iri&i&tyit circutnstances . Iiet thfe' appeal "Be matde
then to the dictates of the understanding and the pure feelings of the'b ^ art , whether they have riot ; daims on ^ fhe ^ gfffl ^ w . « m *> x 9 M ^ M 9 w % # ^ Mp ^ ? ^ ?^ ^ R ^ fifflP ^ r '^ V ^ J W cl ; : f V * ^' '' \' A ^ r WSfl ™; ^^^ : » * !* P
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Sofeiety latelyestablishedfor th ^ JRelief ^ ^ % e # ^ ii # &n ^ m ^ mm sentiifg Ministers m NeceisSg Circumstan ^^* ^ re nearly ^ lie ^ t ^ each srJujf ? 3 \ HlnSgi' ^ ilHIMSiRi W ? ifiSP ? ' ^ IIWpP ^ , p ! i « fffc l ^ fyp ^ - . i m ^ mM % iw thepa ^ e » fea » 9 Wf > 4 eftt ^ tf »^ if » aiBfii » .
man aid brides , hand in hand ^ they throw themselves on the pit y ^ and benevolence of the Pix > testant Di ^ iBentfers , without t whichl ^ itoey > knw&& sinkH ? nito decay and expire , ' Sureil ^ Hhi ^ w ^ P ^ dt be permitted . ¦ The £ ffl 5 & ; vf ^ K ^ ritfy but
will b ^ reMHjr BftetettM f& ? ilMc relfe&brbt ^ itm '&k perma ^ t > ti-« # ' % ,. ^ ft ? # o ^ fi V lW ^ sp ^ * o descend xmpn you , ^ ye friends to the Aged , Infirm ^ nd Indigent Minister , J&e destitute Widox ^ and the fatherless CJwld . ' .. ; . ' .. J- ; .: ** •; ' «•>¦ * . vi ;» ' ¦
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» t * , Clapton * Sir , December 3 , l 82 & WAS not a little surprised to find I that your respectable correspondent ( pp . 642 , 643 ) had thought it just and proper to reeord &l the ' Monthly Repository his censure-of my (< remarks , ^' published , exclusivel y ^ in the Christian Reformer , afc having " appeared ** to himself "and many others unreasonably severe . ^ After ttii $ r * M £ ffox 2 k a course of prbceefliiib ivWdK jfefci ftifUl ' not , I beUeve , ui&iT mMmv 0 p& think quite re ^ I ^ , 1 ^ M-p i ^ fpr tried impartiality to ailbw nji ^ the following quotation , verbatim , of the two short letters which contain . the whole
subject of difference between your respectable correspondent and myself , and will thus give information to any of : your readers who may not have seen the Christian Reformer : * *
•• I have often hea ^ d the 4 ^ owiplaint , thftt the CMbsa ^ wt ^ rs ,. ajq ^ p ^^^ >! % > ^ HRP ^ - ?^ s ^ nd , th ^ t they . haye ^ ^ n | m ^ ib # a ; j € | f union . Cw !* er ^ pe , { fto ^§^^ PJi ^^ r | > pBd , pf urii w th ^ a ^ pffl ? RP » 'W jin t ) jg | s ^ Rjport M < ;^ f ; fflSffr' «! R ^ TO » iS ? to 9 ocipt ^ , ^ % to ^ % fffb fifl ^ mfln . r ^ fef ^ Ki ^ lf lf ^^^ iw **** JWHfw f JfS ?»* WWi %# * ^ th ^ yn ^ ail % ^ ipiMM | M ^^ . WW ^ . ^ lRPw ^ n uR wviti" tv ^ t hinr
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1820, page 725, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2495/page/37/
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