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th « . ' streets , In which they were lear n ing nothing' but vice and iniquity . How they regularly attend a place of worship ; nor do they simply attend , biit they take an interest in the proceedings . Amongst other things connected with this subject , which he recollected with great satisfaction , was ~ a ^ visit-which-he ^ paid-to-a-friend
at Hampstead , who , fortunately for him , had a large family of boys and girls of all sizes . In conversing upon the subject of the school , his benevolent lady said to him , Would any of my cast-off clothes be of service to your children V ' The very thing I want , ' replied he ; ' my
storehouse is like the proctor ' s barn ^ with this difference , that I have no authority to compel contributions / ( A laugh and cheers . ) The result was that the lady sent him bo less than eighty-two articles . ( Applause . ) Although , at the commencement of the Meeting , he feared lest he might be called on to address them , yet he
thought that had he been permitted to say a few words after the addresses of the two gentlemen whose eloquence had that night enraptured their hearts , and wound them up to a pitch of benevolence , he should have succeeded in gaining from his hearers liberal contributions . ( Hear . ) But , though many of the ladies were
gone , he had still the gentlemen left . ! Now he wanted a great many boys ' clothes , ( a laugh ) and he hoped he should not appeal to them in vain . A great deal of good might be done with very small means . By the ingenuity of some ladies , a number of warm , comfortable tippets had been made from list . It would have done
their hearts good to have seen how delighted the children were with these useful and really pretty articles . He should like now to exchange them for something tasty , and more suited to the summer . One lady had made up a score of silk tippets from an aid gown . He also wanted some boys' clothes , as he had before said , fon many were prevented from com *
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ing to school for want of d ecent clothing ; and if any gentleman , who had some to spare , would favour him with his name and address , be would send for them with great pleasure . Little desks had been erected to teach the children to write , and Rewards
had been given to stimulate them to e-xer fci or * r&n 4—he—was—h appy—to-say that the school had not cost the Committee one farthing-, and he was satisfied they would not want sixpence of the Co-mmittee during the ensuing year for that purpose . ( Hear , hear . ) The Committee had very kindly acquiesced in all he suggested
—they paid the rent of the little place which they occupied . All other expenses had been paid by voluntary subscriptions , principally he -believed from ladies , ( Hear , hear , ) He had received a parcel of clothes
from some ladies , accompanied with a note , stating that if he met with any extreme cases , and would put a letter into a certain seat , in a certain chapel , not many yards fi'bm where he stood , it would be attended to .
He had never made use of the permission so given , and he took that opportunity of saying , that he was extremely grateful for their kindness , and would not fail to apply to them when he found occasion . In another instance , a lady whom he never saw , and whose name he did not know ,
had sent him five pounds . He received five pounds from another lady , and from a gentleman of the Association he had also received five pounds . Now , if ladies and gentlemen would but go on in this way , they would very soon be rewarded by the success which would accompany their endeavours . He granted
they had heard a very beautiful de ^ scription of human nature , a description which had charmed their mind > and excited their admiration . No doubt human nature was a very good thing , but if that reverend gentleman who had painted it in such glowing colours would but take a turn with him through some of the
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14 INTELLIGENCE AND
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 214, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/22/
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