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suJ * $ efci $ > $ ofefe trf * # ceii ^ rit * iiccession of fon&gmembers / 'Mr : MdtttiOhd ^ ohsidfia-fed , j oa the oaiculbftiott of the Northampton tables , to bel adequate to l ^^ faWfti ^ rOl ^ heidUlllVvJi ~ d ; lo ; ?; .-: ( " q < - ;; ! ' a . ¦ a . - / ¦ .: ¦ ¦ ¦; ,, >¦ .. ; ¦ ¦ : )> :.: ;•¦ , ¦ tlf ^ kfj ^ smA r ^ ulatiofis off tfo& { Fixryey Club resemble , in most respects , ftffl fims ^ fewfe ^^ Sp ^ ties ^^ iMi soine additions- and amendments were naaae ^ ftMft Kichniond too impprtaht to be omitted . /* rirst ; nopersons of immoral character were admitted , or such as were
Mety ' to' disgrace the Society by habits of drinking-, impurity , cursing and shearing , or other notorious crimes . " Secondly ; a careful superintendence was maintained by Mr . Richmond and the officers of the Society . Offenders were admonished , and , after three admonitions , if unreclaimed , were excluded from the benefits of the Society . " Thirdly ; the practice of assembling the members at public-houses , and spending * a portion of their funds in liquor , was prohibited : and their
meetings were held in the vestry of the church , at which Mr . Richmond constantly attended . By this arrangement nearly a fifth part of the funds were saved , and the temptations of the public-house avoided . " There is an interesting letter , giving an account of one of the anniversary dinners of the Turvey Club : but we have no room for more . The Editor ' s account , it will be seen , is far from complete . He should have informed us at what period after admission into a club , a sick member is allowed to draw upon the Society ' s funds ; and it is also left uncertain whether , upon the
expulsion of a member for immoral conduct , he incurs the forfeiture of his previous deposits , as well as the future benefits of the Society , In May , 1809 , Mr . Richmond preached his first sermon , in London , for the benefit of the Churqh Missionary Society . We have hitherto taken no notice of him as a writer , and it is remarkable that so popular a preacher should have left behind him only three sermons composed for the press . As the author of " The Dairyman ' s Daughter , " and " The Young Cottager , " he is well known to the religious world . The copies of the former tract
which have been circulated in Xhe English language alone , to the present time , are supposed to have been between one and two millions . It has been translated into most of the Continental languages , and has obtained a wide circulation in America . In this little work , the character of the author ' s mind and feelings is , we doubt not , very faithfully depicted ; but besides our positive objections to some of the doctrines , we must question the good tas ^ e and keeping of the piec * . It seems to us much too ambitious , and fat frdrii sinapJe . It is overloaded with descriptions of scenery , some of which , in
thbugh ^ ap tifijl themselves , are out of place in a tract for uncultivated individuals . Besides all this , the numerous personal reflections give an egoistical ak to , the whole . Still , there are passages of great and touching beauty . From the time , however , that Legh Richmond devoted himself to missionary objects , his name was principally celebrated in connexion with
them . He travelled far and Wide , preaching and speaking for the Jews and the Church Missionary Society . During these jdurrieys he is known to have collected from £ 800 to £ 1000 ; nay , on one occasion , the ( putts ' were £ 1200 . Though thesa " engagements took him ipnuch from home , he used all the ifleans m his power to . prov ^ e fpr his peppje . , A curate was always engaged too $ 93 ate ^^ and he frequently pressed pastoral Jettars to Jbis people .
; We fhave already noticed Mr . Richmond's strong attachment to his mother . In 1819 , he lost this cherished parent , and deeply does he appear to have felt on the occasion * But he was destined to be more severely afflicted . His sdn had , contrary to Mr * Richmond ' s wishes , evinced a
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1828, page 754, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2566/page/26/
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