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however , is by no means an easy one . "To whom , " as you justly observe in your No . for January , p . 48 , " shall the office of preaching to our children be intrusted ! How easy to the mind of the self-sufficient ! To him who has taken a just measure of the difficulty , how arduous ! " Notwithstanding the difficulty of the work , i have been led to attempt it ; and if I have failed , the public will , I trust , shew some consideration towards one who feels conscious of the
inadequacy of his own powers , but who is extremely desirous that some one or other should produce a really good and useable volume of juvenile sermons . I have now written and copied out a set of twenty " Addresses for Sunday Schools , with an appropriate Prayer to each ;" and to enable your readers to form some idea of the nature of the work , 1 subjoin a list of the subjects : I . The Young Persons who mocked
Elisha . II . Humanity to Animals . 111 . A Perfect Heart better than Riches . IV . The Being of God . V . Explanation of
Matthew v . 1—13 . VI . Anger . VII . How to keep Sunday holy . VIII . Explanation of Matthew vii . 1—14 . IX . Explanation of Matthew vii . 15—29 . X . Why we call Jesus Lord . XI . Meaning of the word Gospel . XII . The Tower of Babel . XIII . The Story of Joseph . XIV . The Favour of God better than the Favour of Men . XV . Prayer . XVI . The Providence of God . XVII . God sees us always . XVIII . The Prodigal Son . XIX . What Sort of Books to Read . XX . Easter Sunday . We have still another want in our Sunday-schools , and that is , of Short Stories or Dialogues , which would serve as prizes or library-books . For these there are home good materials in the books lately published in America . ' The Well-spent Hour" is well worth reprinting , and others may probably be found in the same collection equally deserving of attention , or they may be obtained from original sources in England . Should the public judge favourably of the specimens which I have given above , 1 shall be very glad to publbh the two original works which I have described , as well as one ov two prize-books . But next comes I he question , Whence are the means to be derived ? I know of no bookseller who will undertake them on his own account ; and from some experience which I have had in this line , I am certainly not disposed to print them at my own risk , without a previous a « - Miiuucc that I shall be supported by the public . 1 venture , therefore , through
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the medium of your valuable pages , to make an appeal to the Unitarian * throughout the country for their support to a scheme which is broached much more with a view to their advan ~ tage thau from any other consideration whatever . The amount , too , of support which is requested , is , if it come from many , extremely small . Suppose that
there are in our connexion one hundred and seventy chapels ; ( which is , I be-Jiere , about the mark ;) suppose further , that only one hundred of these have Sunday-schools ;—if only fifty will transmit to me an assurance that , upon the publication of the works which I have described , they will each take copies to the gross amouut of £ \ ., I shall then have what I shall consider as sufficient
encouragement to send my manuscripts to the press . The price , I must add , will be , so far as I eau calculate , for the Addresses , 2 s . 6 d . or 3 * . in cloth boards , and for the Bible-Stories , Part the First , I * . 3 d . or Is . 6 d . in cloth boards , or 1 * . in a strong cover ; and there will , of course , be a considerable deduction from the price when quantities are taken .
Such , Mr . Editor , is the proposal which I have to make . What encouragement it will receive from the public remains now to be seen ; but should the appeal which I have made be unanswered , I shall at least have the satisfaction of having filled up a few leisure hours with a most edifying and interesting occupation .
1 shall be much obliged by early communications from those who may be disposed to patronize my scheme , and remain , yours , &c , SAMUEL WOOD .
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Extemporaneous Prayer of the Bishop of Bath and Wells , on Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Church at West on .
To the Editor . SlK , The extemporaneous prayer offered up by the Bishop of Bath and Wells , on laying the foundation-stone for a church to be built on at Weston , and which is here annexed , contains sentiments , that are congenial to our feelings as Christians and as men . But how far the
Bishop is justified in making that personal address to Jesus Christ which he does in the words of ' * O most merciful Saviour , Thou who hast promised thy especial presence , &c , &c , " 1 beg to inquire . Certainly such immediate' addressee to Chrust may be consistently
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Miscellaneous Correspondence . 203
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1831, page 203, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2595/page/59/
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