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• overlooking * all other efforts made by our body . There are , however , some remarks in this' article , from which , perhaps , some hints may be drawn , Fas est et ' ab hoste doceri . In the first place it is said , that too many objects are embraced by the British and Foreign Unitarian As ~ strcmtfcHrrwto remark . The annual revenue of
this Society averages from 1300 / . to 1400 / . and it is applied to five different objects ; viz . a foreign , a domestic , and a city mission , the circulation of books and tracts , and a congregational fund . For myself , I am certain that , had the city mission been instituted as a separate and
distinct proposal ,. its revenue would have equalled , without diminishing that of the Association . And these five great objects are carried on with 1300 / . annually by one and the same Committee . Their economy and management ought to be unexampled , and their duties must be arduous if
all these are well attended to and provided for . Again at the great meeting of this Association , held in Lancashire three years ago , 80 / . was expended in sending a deputation from London to attend it : an expense which was undeniably too great , and which was never repaid ; for the collection , at Cross-street , Manchester , one of the largest Chapels in our connexion , left them 28 s . minus . When I
mention these , I do not blame the managers of this Association , an institution which deserves the support of every Unitarian believer , but I would urge upon the members to aid and interest themselves more in its objects , and prevent such faults from existing . I would endeavour
to urge Unitarians to show themselves equal to their fellow-Christians in their exertions to spread the Crospel of Christ . If Christianity , in its pure and unadulterated form , is of any value , ought we not to use every means in our power of extending its beneficial influence over
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the world ? Feeble as our utmost endeavours are , these endeavours are imperiously demanded of us . I have thought it right to notice these articles , although I could have wished it had been done by abler hands . I remain , sir , yours , respectfully , O . F / T . Marclr 47-1833 t —__ , ~___
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Mareh-47 th , at Syleham , iri Suffolk , John Dyson , Esq ., in the sixty . third year of his age . A few circumstances connected with the life of this gentleman lead us to think that a short memoir of him will not be uninteresting . Some of our readers first knew
him between the years- 1782 and 1785 , at Palgrave school , which was then conducted with much success by Mr . Barbauld . They need not be reminded of his amiable disposition at that period , and cannot be surprised that their engaging schoolfellow became a useful and respectable member of society .
After leaving school , Mr . Dyson spent several years in acquiring a knowledge of agricultural pursuits . In December , 1791 , he was engaged by the celebrated La Fayette to reside in his family , and to superintend with him a farm near his domain in
the province of Auvergne . Mr . Dyson consequently undertook a journey into France , but , before his arrival at the seat of their proposed operations , La Fayette had been unexpectedly summoned to command an army upon the frontiers . They met at Clermont , and Mr . Dyson
accompanied the general in his carriage from that place to Riom amidst the applauses of the inhabitants . While they were together La Fayette , hoping soon to return , acquainted Mr . Dyson , in the most unreserved manner , with his future plans . Madame La Fayette and the family received Mr . Dyson in the most jhos-
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156 INTELLIGENCE AND
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1833, page 156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2613/page/28/
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