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    with trifling expense , given at York College ; fof doubtless that city contains some generous , liberal-hearted physician ( possibly one connected with the Unitarians ) who would , for a very moderate gratuity , every term deliver

    such a course , and likewise examine the students in this branch periodically ; and through him , too , doubtless could be obtained access to the public infirmaries of that city , for the students * experience , observation and improvement : so that they might possess the

    requisite knowledge in medicine ere they leave the College . The expense now proposed would be so small , the probable good so great , that I can hardly doubt but the Trustees would provide for the charge out of the annual contributions . As a subscriber , I heartily approve of it , knowing by

    experience its utility to both the poor and even the middle class of country society- Those of your readers who , like myself , reside at a considerable distance from a town , well know how to appreciate the suggestion , but much more so if int a vicinity where poverty frequently does not and cannot procure medical attendance . I could

    enumerate heart-rending cases of this description , which a minister , not acting from any motives but those of love to his fellow-creatures , might , ( with competent knowledge , ) have been highly instrumental in relieving .

    At an anniversary of a village benefit club , a few years ago , the clergyman , with his accustomed benevolence and disposition to promote laudable objects , consented to preach to them : he embraced so favourable an opportunity to convey instruction , by selecting the

    admirable lesson of the good Samaritan , enjoining on them the duty of assisting and contributing to each others relief in the hour of necessity and disease . Amongst the official characters who attended , was the doctor of the club , who received an annual

    gratuity for his services . The members of the club , as well as auditors , were very numerous for a week-day sermon . When service was over , and the members had reached , in nropesthe members had reachedin

    -, proces sion , the church-yard , an individual , a looker-on in the crowd , fell down , apparently in a fit . The doctor was instantly summoned , and , notwithstanding the eloquent appeal both to

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    the understanding and the heart whH he had just heard from the pulpit , he exclaimed to this effect , — "He had nothing to do with him , for he did not

    belong to his club . " Humanity cawnot help shedding a tear at the bare recital , but this fact alon £ evinces the propriety of the suggestion made ; for if any one would so conduct himself before strangers and numbers , are we not warranted in believing , without certainty of remuneration , many a poor , distressed object would be never approached ? Instances , too , are known where others have refused to dismount from their horses and enter the house

    of the patient till they have received their fee . Would not the minister , in any distressing cases of poverty , ( were he properly qualified , ) be an angel of mercy , could he supply the place of a professional medical attendant ? I shall , therefore , not cease to hope Unitarian Ministers may be in future so qualified . G . D .

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    Clifton , Sir , July 9 , 1821 . YOUR correspondent J . W . in your last Number , ( p . 337 , ) appears to refer to a communication of mine in your last Volume , in his inquiry respecting an Unitarian place of worship at Scarborough .

    I have not heard that any thing further has been done towards the accomplishment of the proposed plan than what was stated in that letter . I believe it is the opinion of some of the friends of the proposal , that unless a

    handsome chapel could be built , and a regularly educated minister obtained , it is better that nothing should be attempted . But in this opinion I cannot accord . It is said to be a proverbial maxim with the Italians , that

    " in governing' others , you must do what you can do , not all you would do ; " and it may be peculiarly useful for those to remember this who wish

    to effect any important change in public opinion . If chapels cannot be built , let us hire rooms $ or if a more costly building cannot be afforded ^ let us be content with the humblest ; if a learned minister cannot be obtained ,

    let respectable laymen devote a portion of their time to the communication of such religious knowledge as they possess .

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    408 Proposed Unitarian Chapel , Scarborough .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1821, page 408, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2502/page/28/