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wiore we were promoting its adoption dy neisons of other sect * ? To increase the facilities for attending divine worship effected a great good by holding oiit to persons of ¦ dfflfercntreBgiouB tenets torn our own inducements to join us ^ Btttsupp cis e oa calculation that accommodation for
one-fourth of the population only ought to be secured , and that in a population of 10 , 000 there was not accommodation For 2 , 500 persons * surely the Honourable Gentleman would not contend that the vote proposed was uncalled for . In Manchester for example , the population
* amounted to 187 > 000 > which would ( at one fourth ) give 46 , 000 nearly t& bts « u > commodated , whereas there was € hur <* h accommodation in that town for only 22 , 468 - , there therefore remained of the one ^ fo urth 24 , 764 persons to be provided for . In Birmingham , the poput&tfoti of
which exceeded 100 , 000 * giving * as oitefoarth upwards of 25 , 000 to be isupplied with Church accommodation , m \ ty 15 , 000 could be accommodatedi € ould it be contended , therefore , that to provide ftir the accommodation of the remaining
10 * 000 , or some portion of them * was not important ? in Leeds the population was at least 80 , 000 * which gave 20 * 000 for its one ^ fourth , there was Church accommodation for 10 , 000 only ; from aU which statements it would appear that the calculation of three millions referred
to by the Honourable Gentleman Was founded on a fair proportion of the whole population of Great Britain . If it was not possible to meet the whole wants of the country , we ought to do all the good we could , and we ought to hope that from the seeds we were about to sow , a
most plentiful harvest would be gathered . On these grounds the Horn Gentleman ou (* ht rather to have supported than ojh posed the grant . Already had the suggestions of the Honourable Gentleman respecting the increase of Church services been adopted , for in some cases treble services were absolutely perform * -
ed *— -nay , in some cases five services were performed on Sundays . Yet was it true , that in many parishes and districts it was impossible to adopt such a measure as that suggested by the Hon . Gentleman . There were other * services to be perform * ed besides those generally called the Church Service —* these weke - —burials *
marriages , christenings , catechism , and religious instruction , in addition to the administration of the sacrament , which contributed to fill up the whole of the day , atid thus rendered the increased
services proposed by the Hon . Gentleman absolutel y impossible . In point of fact there was littte difference oti the knbjfcct between the Hotimittible Genttemafi tod himsfelf , —The Hon , Oenttehiau contend-
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ed that the eothinnmly ought to have & v < &c& ih the setee&ng of ttietr clergy in all cases where such cotnmtinity should build Churches at their own expense ; much difficulty lay fri the way af the adoption of that suggestion , and he ( Mr . Secretary Fe ^ ei ) doubted the policy 6 € thfe
proposed measure j fbf , as the Whole immunity would be qualified vvithout a-eligious or party distinction , it might happen that broils and feuds would eri-« ufc , and © f the inj ury dofre by these ih popular elections ne man knew bettef than tbe Honourable Gentleman himfeelf .
—He had thus , he thought ^ replied to all the topics advanced hi the Honourable Gentleman , and he sfeouid in illustration of what he had adrauced ^ mid to provfc ttte Btcefesity for th 6 votfe , Select the casfe of Halifax , t » f Walsal ^ Frbme , of toy other populous district . In Frome , with a population of 12 ^ 509 , the ^ e Was only Church accommodation for 1000 . 1 b
Walsalj \ Hiich contatn | e 4 12 ^ 00 Son ] s there was accommodation only for 700 . In Halifax , the population of which amounted to upwards of 92 , 000 > thfcfe Were # 2 ^ 4 8 ( 1 withoai any means of attending divine worshi p * Was there any iiiau * lthefeforei who wo&ld contend tha %
those persons ought not to be supplied with the nieanfe of assisting at religion worship ? After hiaving laboured for alk days in the week , was it not desirable , necessary , therefore * that the Legialaturfe should provide this meatis of religions in-Ch
struction , by supplying ^ ith u i ^ ch ticrommodatitm those people through wh ^ DSe meahs we beeaffle rich > atid rthb supplied tbe sinews of our prosperity ?;— It tliufc appeared to him that no rational objectibn could be made to the rote < la thfe
reign of Queen Anne a liberal grant had been voted fot the ferectidti of fifty ne \ V Ghurehes , of which , ho ^ erfei ' j only elfev ^ h were built * There had been vott ^ d for h similar object ^ withiti these few yckiS , one million sterlirtg onljr ^ yet u pwards df
100 Churches had been built Mth it . U by tbe prdfidsed vote , Accatiimodtitlah ehould be aflbrded for even one nleitibrer only of 86 ^) 00 farmilies , the Gdnilnitfeefe by agreeing to the vote Wdtlld have dtme more sdrvke than could be effected by the expeitditurd of millions iri any other mantieri- ^ Fo r th ^ se rt&sOMi t herefo re ^
he should support the giant * Mr . Jw Smith rbde to support the aniendment > but was for some tittie itiandfble to us * If we had £ 500 , 000 to spate , he thought a much better object could be selected for its application than thte building : ttf Churches , He had always deetufcd th < h Consideratk > H and Atftefiai ^
ti 0 » of the fcotf $ timi i ^ f the J > dt > r ^ s onb of the first duties imposed tiptoii « s . All the authors &f any celebrity Who had
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 499, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/51/
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