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this head , therefore , we shall make a few extracts which may interest such as favour os with their notice . By three societies alone , during the past y ear , Hie sum of £ 150 , 000 has been expended . The number of Sundayschools reported to be in Great Britain and Ireland is 9328 , of teachers upwards of 98 , 000 ; of scholars 979 , 093 , and W publications connected with Sunday-schools , sold in the last year , 880 , 853 . Since the year 1799 , the
Religious Tract Society has circulated , in 48 languages , publications which nmotint to one hundred and thirty millions . During the fast year merely , 164 , 193 Bibles and 201 , 231 Testaments have been issued from the Repository of the Bible Society , whilst , in the same time , 121 auxiliary associations have been formed . The Methodists are making still increasing and prodigious exertions . Fn the year 1818 , the funds of their Missionary Society reached to £ 18 , 434 ; now tftey amount fo £ 50 , 000 per annum . Not to 1
meMfon institutions for other religious and benevolent objects , welearn that m > less than twenty-one Missionary Societies have been fbrroed within the last thirty years . These few notices will serve to give some idea of the extent to which Christian benevolence has been carried . How much further it may go , time can alone disclose . Abundance of room is there for its
further expansion , for if men can be brought to take a pleasure , a rational and abiding pleasure , in doing good to their fellow-creatures , they will not , in England at least , find easily a deficiency of means . What thousands yet spend : upon selfish and sensual gratifications—what many who think themselves good Christians lavish * on dress and entertainments—what is wasted
on horses and' furniture , and other extravagancies—all thte may be drawn uporn and with no loss in any way to the owners , for charitable and religious objects ; There wattts but the will , and aburidance of resources , both among tfnifariatns and others , will yet be supplied . Several of the Hierarchy were present and spoke at some of the public meetings . Of noblemen , riot a few ^ either presided or took art active ! part in the bii&itiess df the' anniversaries : arid' w £ observe the riam&s of gentlemen
of high respectability and irifluence among tfie list of speakers . From the speeches wmfch'hsfvebeen this year * , for the first time , published at length in " the Worltii" a' religibuS newspaper , conducted by the Independents , we have been able to form sorrici idea of the style of speaking which prevails on these occasions '; Aridj if the reports be at all a fUil * representation of * the speeches delivered '; we tfiftyk , as we Have already * intirfaated , that mostof tHem were above mediocrtty ; ahd' soirie of them truly eloquent . Fai * have they surpassed our ejepedtatidris , and atriidit rro few defects of sentiment ; they contain
marly remarks' and appeals characterized * alike for propriety of expression , beauty of itiiagefy ; srnd , What is more , important etevatiori and justness of thought . By ttieatis of the reports in this religious' newspaper , tHbiistowte ' will Have their mitidk' ehliglitened and their best aflfectionS wctrmed . Id reports of ptlblit' meetlrigs no body ' of Christians is ndWso'deficierit as Unitarians . Wliy it is sb we know not . In most of our targe towns there ate papers wHidi , due wottUT think , are openUo rejtorteof the public business transacted at our rtioife important meetings . Are tbe editors dr the 1
^ ariage ^ of these societies tbblatrfe , orboth ? The ' -Moftiing Chrdiiicle is almost the ' onfljr paper-tHat detaiI ^ the transactions df iJhttariart aasbd ^ ions , and it of cbt ^ rsfe cottfiriesits notices ta those ^ wliich'dcciir in the rtiettopolls . The conseqrience of thi ^ 'rieglefct inmost sjeriottel Our vie ^ and ^ eritim ^ rif ^ ait limited' to ^ nafrrbw spliere , and precluded from those very person ' s w 1 i 6 , ab 6 ve- atl others , require information . And whertwe speak of views ahd seiKinrtents , we mean chiefly sdchas are vitally inte ' restihg ahd irtipbrthrtt' u
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1829, page 499, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2574/page/51/
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