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it was mentioned , were growing- up , had taken-sittfngs in the gallery , and by their conduct did credit to the instruction which had been bestowed upon them . Considering tliat all this was done by persons who gain their daily bread \> y the labour of their hands , and who , till within a few past months , could with difficulty procure a sufficiency of
the necessaries of life , such exertions could not but be deemed most worthy of encouragement and assistance , and the sum of 10 ^ . was unanimously voted towards the liquidation of their
debt A . short time before the meeting of our Fellowship Fund in May last , Mr . Ashworth , in a private communication to a friend here , mentioned that the Sunday-school had so much increased , that there was not room sufficient for
teaching in the bottom of the chapel , and himself and his friends being * convinced that money could not be better bestowed , had come to a resolution of removing this difficulty , though in so doing they must considerably increase their debt . He added , that it was no
small proof of the estimation in which the people held the religious instruction of their children , that they had raised more than 30 / . amongst themselves , towards defraying the expense of the proposed alterations .
Ihis letter was read at the meeting , and a very general wish to give some further assistance warmly manifested . A sum was mentioned by one of the committee , when another member proposed that the business should be suspended till further particulars were obtained , and that if these were such
as we anticipated , we might then , by setting a liberal example , and stating their case to our brethren at large , hope to induce other Fellowship Funds and individuals who are able and
willing to help in so good a work , to come forward and do something effectual for their relief . This plan was agreed upon , Mr . Ashworth applied to , and his answer laid before the
meeting . It informed us that the Sunday scholars then amounted to nearly 300 , and that , to make the ne ~ cessary room for their accommodation , and also to increase the number <> t sittings in the chapel , which was likewise highly desirable , thev had re-
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solved to take down one end , inclose a bit of ground , which is their own , adjoining it , and gallery it across . The expense of doing this ( not less than 200 / . ) he owns is large , when compared with their very small means ;
but he feels convinced that it ought to be incurred , —that the objects in view call upon them to encounter it , —and though disposed most thankfully to accept of assistance , he does not wait for the assurance of it , but has
actually begun the work , trusting in the liberality of his brethren , and still more in the blessing of that Great Being , to promote whose holy worship , and more widel y to diffuse a knowledge of whose righteous laws , this exertion is made .
This statement was most favourably received , and not only unanimously , bxlt I may almost say by acclamation , the sum of 20 / . was voted to the Rossendale congregation . Should other Funds in proportion to their means , and individuals also .
" do likewise , " these highly meritorious people will be happily relieved from a heavy load of debt , which must otherwise lie on them , and cripple their praiseworthy and most useful efforts in the noblest of all causes .
Few of your readers I am persuaded will hesitate to say with me , that * 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished / ' Should it be effected , it will be a cause of heartfelt satisfaction to , Sir , Yours respectfully , MARY HUGHES .
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Sir , May 20 , 1822 . fTP * HE following letter was put into JL my hands for perusal , by a very respectable member of the Society of Friends , from whom I afterwards obtained leave to copy it , and satisfactory evidence of its authenticity . I withhold the name and residence of the
writer , that I might not be the means of exposing him to the inquisitorial visits of busy and injudicious disciplinarians . The Society of Friends is , I trust , nevertheless , gradually learning
to estimate more justly the vast importance and real value- of those great principles of Revealed Religion which are plainly laid down in the Scrip * tures , and on which all Christians are agreed , when compared with the pro-
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State of Religious Inquiry amongst Quakers . 465
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1822, page 465, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2515/page/9/
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