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No . HI . Present—Ebion Adamson , Barnabas , Elhanan , and Caleb * Ebion Adamson . What news of the City Mission ?
ELttANAN . Good , as fat as it goes . Mr . Tagart has preached for it at York Street * and collected about fifty pounds ; Dr . Hutton was to preach for it at Dublin ; and the example will no doubt be speedily followed . Donations and subscriptions are beginning to come in ; and the Association Committee has invited applications from those who are disposed to devote themselves to this good work .
Ebion Adamson . That is as far as it well could go , at present . It will be a noble office for a man to consecrate himself to .
Barnabas . He will be , like St . John , the apostle of benevolence . Elhanan . And he will not only teach man to love God and his brother , but shew that he himself loves God by loving his brother also , as he must love him to discharge the duties of his Mission .
Ebion Adamson . No ordinary man is needed for the realization of this plan . The mere ytell meaning , kind-hearted , and zealous , may be efficiently employed in it , but there should be in the first labourer in this new field that clear and firm , principle combined with strong feeling , that thorough knowledge of human nature , that quickness of observation and soundness of judgment , which bespeak one who has already made great attainments , and who will consequently have to relinquish high prospects .
Elhanan . If a minister , he can relinquish no higher prospects than will open before him in the faithful and successful discharge of his duties . Ebion Adamson . True . He will be labouring immediately at that work of moral regeneration which many writings and preachments only aim at ^ accomplishing ultimately . And he will have the rare happiness of an undivided mind .
All the powers of his intellect and heart will be concentrated on one object . Caleb . Is such a man likely to be found ? Ebion Adamson . Why not ? " Full many a gem , " you know , and so forth . Look at the records of Providence . When has the work waited for the workman ? Elhanan . Never . He who ripens the harvest sends the reaper . Caleb . But is the harvest ripe ? Ebion Adamson . As ripe as misery can be for relief . The condition of the poor must be
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THE CONVERSATIONS OP EBION ADAMSON AND HIS FRIENDS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1831, page 481, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2599/page/49/
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