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Rev . J . Yates , rather than prolong the discussion , would withdraw the resolution . Considerable discussion then took place respecting the propriety of separating the City Mission from the Unitarian Association ; but the motion which was made to that effeGtr and-. an ™ amendment ,-were ^ nally withdrawn .
Rev . R . K . Philp said , that when he came to this Meeting , he was full of fears , for , as had somewhere been expressed by one of our poets , " Conscience makes cowards of us all . " On the last occasion he met them there , he said that , at the end of twelve months , he hoped to tell
them , not a longer , put a better tale . If they were to ask him what he had done in the course of the past year , he should say that , in a certain sense , he had done nothing—comparatively nothing , —very little indeed ; it must , however , be taken into consideration , that it was at
present a Herculean task . Wneri he said that very little had been done , it was certain that much good had been accomplished , which had been briefly explained in the words of the Report . Di stressed individuals had been relieved , consolation had been given to the suffering and afflicted ,
instruction had been given to the young and to the ignorant ; yet when he compared the means of the Mission with the demands upon its benevolence , when he took into account the mass of society in the heart of the metropolis , and the state of the young
and the old , it appeared to him that he was placed in a sort of forlorn hope . Yet he did not despair , believing , as he did , that no welMn-^ nded effort , persevered in , could fail of doing some good , And if he were not mistaken , there were more than one or two individuals in that
v assembly who , if they had the courag e , could say , what in their hearts they acknowledged , that they had derived much benefit from the tostitution , which the benevolence of
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the Association had set on foot . One of the best features of the establish ^ ment was the opening of a place of worship , and the 'Sunday School held there . No doubt much good had been effected by this means . They had 136 children on their books , and the attendance varied generally fFom-eig'hty ™ tG-ninetyr ~ -I ^ th ey ™ eou j : d ^ see the state of the little ones when
they first commenced , and compare it with their present state , he was sure they would feel their hearts throb with delight at the good they had accomplished . ( Hear . ) He did not take any credit to himself , for he had been assisted by younger and more active minds . He said , the last
time he met them there , that some unknown friend had sent him fifty articles of coarse clothing , to be distributed amongst the poor , which had been received with great gratitude ; and he took the . liberty .-of appealing to the best part of humannature for the continuance and
extension of similar behevbleiice . For six weeks he received nothing . He began to despair , and thought that his eloquence was gone , and his influence amongst the ladies at an end . He was , however , mistaken , for ( of
course owing not to his eloquence , but to the goodness of the cause ) he had received , as they would see in the Report , 500 articles of clothing , which had been distributed ; and he could show them the individuals who
a few months ago were apparelled in rags and tatters , now comparatively decent and comfortable , owing to their kindness . It had been a matter of regret that , in many cases , the parents of the children were prevented from attending divine worship , because they weve unable- to
come decently dressed . The case was , however , now different ; and owing to the assistance of the teachers , some of whom were then present , the children had been materially improved , and afforded a pleasing contrast to the state in which they were when taken wild and untutored from
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CORRESPONDENCE . 213
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 213, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/21/
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