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mos ^ cwre ^ thviewsEs Satf Jfche : character of G 0 ( 1 . , ~ \ \\ i \' - . V > 4 Vo ft * The funds of the Society , it will be pereeHedi ae # \ ffc * iy ® &sa # atofi& tsstfi # exertions th ^ t are niade iifetije application oT themij' at ** ^ ^ 40 isiiy \ fi ]^ lii > ei ^ ' > 1 « a ^ e the whole of ifoetr ^ stt ^ ctiptJk > ri o |* H ^ e hands of € he ; Committee > & * e $ m&Him ? ¦
likely to ? diminish tritchvThee 6 t ? dek- of books is also food . Among <\ foom wMch they- have added * ' 3 ttt $ tfg ^ the ^ fMSt % &r will be * fotad tflaiiy ^ 6 f ^ ipttt ^ el ^ ^ niofel tendency , which they&nid W ^ £ ati ^ present the most sotrgbfafter ; ifiittle , * fridge d , could have been added in ^ fce' way
of ^ c on troversial reading , torn fhey Wi >* M be glad if a greater nti ^ bep of t * a 6 fs <> f a practical tendency , andstiJt ^ d ^ i ^ dttlt persons , couldr be pointed ^ out w them . The Society is muebr in iVantf al&o © f sortie cheap book , the tendency of Which is to confirm the reader In the belief ? of
the doctrines of Christianity . > ^ s . Your Committee believe that they haw now made such ati arrangei » ettt as wiil insure the regular receipt ? ^ f A * ierican pamphlets suited to their objects , and they hope that am ore exten sire ctidice will affbi-d their successors the ^ op ' pdtftuuity of providing many works whicH will
be acce ptabie to the Society , lu mn - elusion , upon this head your Committee would remark , that as upon their preseut plan they will have on sate single copies of many works which they do iibt ' include in the Catalogue , persons" who may wish to have them can at any time be made acquainted with the contents of th « list . * ¦¦ , *
Your Committee cannot dose their Report without thanking you for the confidence you have reposed in them ; they would , however , remind you that no Committee can of itself give efficacy to the Society : it may be judicious in the application of its funds , it may check useless waste , bat it cannot distribute
tracts , it cannot enlighten the ignorant or reform the guilty—these must be the work of individual exertion , perseveringly and judiciously applied . They therefore appeal to you , om behalf of their successors , to become yourselves ,
and to influence others to become , distributors of the tracts , under the conviction that a blessing will attend the promulgation of his gospel whose command it was to his diaciples- —* ' Go and teach ail men . "
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Twelfth Annual Wfoim ^ nW ttv er' ' ' 't j ^ tw&iiffi t imfcilBkMtjfi Jiihf 5 v - > V ^ i £ s « h -yd r .. p . if ^ fc . f .-f ^ : i'cI " -: . - ;/ . ' ¦ - r :- ? ' ?\ £ .-rz O'W * ' : s - r > . ( nit * yi € . ? . _ ¦ ¦ ¦/ :: \ ¦ ¦ ¦ < 'THkeoMi ^ ikm ^ q t ^ st ^ dnt atteliti ^ to the remarks they have to make upon * $ & ofoW& $ c £ & F > W *\ h ® ftasrt year > an d itta
tlp ^^ ^^^ s ^ * e and jptosipects of i&e « 8 © de « jr 5 >? i ? Pte ? y * cattn *> t ^ resfgb thfeir « t % * e * wftlitfni "expt ^ sin g ^ the ^ oii ^ iction whlah W&f feel ? 6 f ^ the ^ tfeefuiyess of the S ^ cie ^ y ^ ir % ndse aflfalrs they Hmve had the 8 u " pe *^ te 1 Sd ^ ncei Whatthey chiefly regret is , that ^ teiits ^ ^^ 'll of' ^ it ^' geiilsl ^ fly *« aid # -tttyiiapplf-4 b be ^ nefitfii f where lfiaivf # uaP exei ^ fott alott ^ Can be of
service . ' M ° &r as "th *? y have themselves beer * able t ^^ ibiake ^ ^^ e ^ vatiotJ ^ ihey niid ¦ k W ^ gr € kt teiipe ^ d' ready and they can conceive of nothing ivra ^ l * is of ; more impoka i nce ^^ n % 6 -dif ^ c ^ this-desire to ft ^ tfl ? aaa 4 mplF&v 1 iig b 66 ksv They ha ^ e made a grknt ^! -t ^ ao ^ t ^ the Lancashire a % ed > CBe ? snft % ^ BraWcii A ^ ssociMidii to the
amount of 5 ? ., atid one also to the amount of ^ Wi ta tliy l ; aftcashrre and ^ Cheshire ftfi ¥ « io ^ ar ^ Socie ¥ jr , from wtiom they wmtlntie to deceive ' satisfactory accounts " ai $ td teef ase inade- oT the ^ forme ' r 31 . 4 *^ rtH . Fr % h two persons Who kindly coh'Sented % ^ ec < M ^ e the organs of distribu-« I 6 ^ Itt '^ h fe ' deighbourhood of the town , 1 ^? y fcave deceived representations which
Wliiifld at least warrant a belief , that if btHe ¥ ^ % 6 ^ 1 d make the attempt to attract attention to the books of the Society , they Ifrouia riot find their labour entirely thmWn away . To apply the test of a dftangfi of character , or to look for im-^ 6 veiaSent in the moral s of these diswicts , requires a longer period than can at Wr < Bsent be looked back upon ; but
your Committee think they have sufficient ground for hoping that this will ¦ ultimately be the effect , when they know that the hours of relaxation , which to "the labouring classes are the most dangerbus , are inorg or less occupied with reading . They wish it , however , to be ' understood , that the districts referred to Comprise only the neighbourhood of the Potteries and Birkenhead : with the exof th
ce ^ tioiv ese places , they fear few attempts are made among persons likely to approve of the books of the Society to recommend their perusal . They would earnestly soMcSt-assistance , from persons residing in and about the town , ^ in the distribution of books which
enforce the practice of the ptire ^ notality of the gospel / either Without any direct reference to its disputed doctrines , or founded upon what they receive as the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 812, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/68/
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