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meeting ; Jn the galley or back beeches , they would have been obviously on sufferance merely . Let but the Lincoln plan , however , be once attempted , and it will , I trust , speak its own recommendation . If a doubt , inclining to the gallery plan , { existed in the writer ' s mind previously , it was changed by the experience of Good Friday into the conviction
here expressed of the superior desirableness of the plan adopted by our Lincoln friends . Without meaning to disparage one mode , though certainly to give superior praise to the other , I must say , there was a degree of order , gentleness , and propriety , evinced on that occasion , which does not , and perhaps cannot be expected to characterize public assemblies of men only . At a public dinner table of the latter kind , every one takes
care of himself , and no one feels bound to do much more ; but every man at once perceives the case to be altered by the presence of females around him . In one word , the dinner-meeting at Lincoln had more the character and appearance of a party ( a large one indeed ) in a pri vate house , than of a public dinner at an inn . This was obviously attributable to the presence of ladies at the table . And as no one would claim for the male sex
the exclusive right of dining in large parties in private houses , why should the presence of ladies be thought inadmissible at a meeting of religious friends in a public room , where their presence creates those little delicacies of social intercourse which it demands ?
It was highly gratifying to the members of the Association to meet not a few Unitarian friends from various places beyond the limits of the distric $ , « - < -froin Boston , Fleet , Lutton , and Kjrk stead . Their presence served the purpose of linking this Association in friendly union with that of the North-eastern district , — an union which distance renders impracticable , except when the meeting for oue district is held , as lately , almost on the confines of the other . E H u 4 pril 27 , 1831 .
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Christian Tract Society . The Twenty » second Anniversary of this Society was held , at the Worship-Street Chapel , on Thursday , May 5 th , when . the Rev . Robert Aspland was called to the Chair . From the Treasurer's Report it appeared , that although more than £ 270
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them both to make the grants which are desirable , and to meet the wishes of the Subscribers for a frequent supply of new publications . In these circumstances they venture to appeal to the generous consideration of the public . They are persuaded that such little works as William ' s Return , The Twin Brothers ^ Henry Goodwin , and James Talbot , need only to be known to have their value
acknowledged ; and they refer with confidence to what they have this year done in the printing and distributing of tracts , as some pledge that the Society , is in an effective state , and that the money which is contributed will be well bestowed . " The total number , of tracts printed up to this time was stated to be 511 , 781 , of which there had been sent out from the store 440 , 781 , leaving a stock x > n hand of 71 , 000 . The Report having been received and ordered to be printed , thanks were voted
had been received in the course of tht year , there was a balance remaining of only £ \ . 8 s . lOd . The Report of the Com mi ttee was then read . It congratulated the subscribers that their institution appeared to be attracting more of the public attention ; i $ stated , that in the last year three new tracts had been printed , and ten old ones reprinted . ; that there had issued from the store 23 , 000 tracts ; that grants of tracts had been made , or sets presented , to individuals or societies in various parts of England , in Ireland , and on the Contiuent of Europe , in America , Van Dieman ' s Land , and the East Indies : it further stated , that the Committee had thought proper to concentrate their stock , almost entirely , at their dep 6 t in Walbrook Buildings ; and it concluded with the following passage : ' * Although great exertions have this year been made to collect out-standing debts , and to increase the list of Subscribers and Donors , the expenses which the Committee have been led to incur , in order to carry into effect the purposes of the institution , have been morei than usually heavy ; and they are sorry to state , that at the present time they owe ^ 70 , and have not more than ^ 40 available towards its discharge . Some of the expenses above alluded to are indeed such as will not occur again , having been occasioned by the fitting-up of the office in Walbrook Buildings ; yet the Corn ^ mittee are deeply sensible that the ordinary proceeds of subscriptions and of tracts sold are not sufficient to defray their current expenses , and to enable
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4 $ 0 Intelligence . — Christian Tract Society .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1831, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2598/page/70/
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