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T&E TRUTH TELLER.
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believe that the . superior manner in which tile children are attended to by the teachers in our School , is the principal reason for such requests . I must confess it has pained my mind very much , to be obliged to refuse admission to so many applicants ; persuaded as I am , ( with the Rev . Dr .
Tuckerman , ) that the rising generation is one of the most important branches of the Missionary cause . In older persons , habits long formed are not easily eradicated , but if the infant mind can be trained , or bent to a right bias , the good arising from it to society may be incalculably great . I cannot cblKjlTTde ^ thirt derived from the effect which a recent statement in the Unitarian Chronicle
seems to have produced ; not indeed in creating a spirit of Christian sympathy and benevolence , but only in exciting or directing that which previously existed into a channel , whence it might flow freely for the good of others . It has afforded another proof to my mind that Unitarianism is not the ' freezing point of Christianity / as some persons have insinuated ; and that Unitarians not only may be disposed to acts of benevolence , but that the feelings which their religious views nakcrally inspire , must lead to
the exercise of that God-like benevolence , which causes its blessings to descend ' on the evil and on the good , on the just and on the unjust . ' I beg to suggest to the Committee , and other friends of this undertaking , whether it would not be advisable to engage another room in the vicinity of the Chapel for the purpose of enlarging the School , and giving instruction to those . who are not likely to obtain it in any other way . My object is not merely to teach the usual routine of school lessons , but principally to inculcate sound moral and religious principles , in dependently-Of human creeds
and formularies , such as agree with the reason which God has given , us , with the revelation which he has afforded , with the individual and social rights and duties of man , such as may impress the youthful mind with a sense of its personal and moral responsibility , with the necessity of using its own exertions to promote and to secure individual happiness , and the well-being of the community . Surely such efforts cannot be wholly lost ,
whilst the present state of society shows , and the particular condition of these children proves , the necessity for such exertions being made , with dependence on the divine blessing for success , ' Respectfully , &c . R . K . Phiw . Feb . 4 , 1833 ; .
The assistance of voluntary and gratuitous teachers , as helpers in this work of Christian benevolence , is very much wanted ; and is earnestly solicited . •
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Speaking the truth in love . —Paul .
iNnrjrlast paper I took a cursory view of the relative position which the Unitarian body holds in society , in orcler to ascertain what trie voice of circumstances , that is , the voice of God , called on us individually and collectively to do . ^ Instead of recapitulating what I then advanced , I shall refer to the paper itself , and ask , if what it sets forth does not call aloud for vigorous exertions ? In the actual condition of society , there is enough to rouse the inert , and more than enough , yet not more than he deserves , to reward the industrious labourer in Christ ' s vineyard . The timid may surely assume now sqme courage , and the desponding take heart and hope . And too much of froth timidity
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68 UNITABIAN CHKONICLE .
T&E Truth Teller.
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1833, page 68, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2609/page/4/
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