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tm-lTA&IAN CHRONICLE , 67
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Gentlemek , —In reporting to you the state of the Missionary" cause ambngsfc the poor in the district which I am in the habit of visiting ; although I cannot state a rapid advance , yet I hope it-is slowly progressing . There is at present amongst them touch distress , arising from the want of emp loyment . This is increased by several cases of affliction , which renders their situation still more deplorable . I am , however , much pleased as well
as surprised , to find amongst t'KeH so much patient resignation to their hard lot , and such manifestations of good feeling for any little relief that is afforded them in their distressing circumstances . I do not mean by patient resignation , careless iiidifference , indolence , or a disposition to rely oh the charity of others : on the contrary , in general , their wish is to obtain employment , and to supply their own wants , rather than be dependent ; but their utmost exertion , especially where there is a family of children , is barely sufficient to provide necessary food , whilst their clothing is scanty and wretched iti thfe extreme .
I am indebted to the kindness 6 f certain individuals for contributions of clothing j both new and old , Which 1 have found exceedingly useful to the poor , and which thei dofibrs nave giveninthe true spirit of the gospel , voluntarily aM priiatiry 1 ct > nTcealing th ^ n ^ n ^ mes , even frwn me , wTO Was W be the horlotired almoner bf their bounty . Since my last report in Novem * her , I have ^ received u ^ w&rdsof two hundred articles of various kinds , foiit all useful and highly acceptable . With these , I have been enabled to ebVer the almost naked ! with a garment ; from the liewly-borri infant to the feeble bed-lief * through ^ exti'e ^ ie old age oi ? bodily infirmity .
I have lite # is ^ e received some contributions of money and books for the use of the School in Sjiicer Street , and the benefit of the children who are there , under a course of , I hope , useful moral and religious instruction , as well as receiving the first rudiments Of knowledge , suited to their station and capacities . . On Christinas day , the ' children Were assembled in the Chanel , when an
address Was delivered to them suited to the occasion , and they were dismissed with each a small pluni
children , both by precept and example : arid they Were invited to attend the religious services of the Chapel , which were instituted wholly with a view to their own and their children ' s advantage . Those children who had been the most regular in their attendance , and had made the greatest improvement , were then rewarded with books : and afterwards , every one of the remaining children was presented with a small bopVa ^ aJC ^ risi- ^^
During the Christmas week , also , through the kindness of a benevolent friend , ( whose , name I am not allowed to mention , ) upwards of forty families were supplied with a portion of bread and coals , which were received b y them with every mark of sincere gratitude . ^ The number of scholars on the School books at present is one nundred and twenty ; of these , the average attendance is from sixty-live to ninety ; upward ^ of forty have been refused admittance for want of room , whose parents have brought them , earnestly requesting their admission . Though other motives may influence some minds , yet I have reason , to
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tO THE COMklTTEE OF TtlE BRITISH ^ AND FOREIGN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1833, page 67, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2609/page/3/
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