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streets of tKis metropolis he viould be able to convince him that human nature , however digDified in itself , was like the traveller inthe parable fallen among thieves , by whom it had been left stripped , wounded , and half dead ' . ( Hearrhear . ) He had stated in the Report , if the Committee / could fmd ~ a ~ niore ^ e ^ eciav ^ ^^^ was willing to resign his situation ; ( loild cries of No ;¦) really this was no form of words . He would be most
happy to see the conduct of the Mission transferred to a more zealous heart and a wiser head . . If , however , the Committee desired him to goon , he was willing to proceed according to the best of Jiis knowledge and ability . He had every reason to believe that whatever benefits had
been conferred by -the Mission had been received in the most grateful manner , and had been distributed amongst worthy objects . There were perhaps some instances of deception , but these formed a small exception . A friend at that moment suggested to him that they were in want of teachers for the school . There were
five or six young ladies who attended pretty regularly , but these were not sufficient , they wanted four or five active young men ; this was all that was necessary to increase the number of their scholars . He hoped he should be able to prevail
upon some of them to come forth and lend their aid . He was . sure they could not be employed in any way more calculated to display the influence of religion upon the heart , or to ensure the lasting approbation of their own consciences . ( Lpud cheers . )
Rev . Samuel Wood thought it highly desirable that an adjourned general meeting of the Association should take place in one of the large provincial towns , and that the Con > niittee should make arrangements to that effect . It was three years since any adjourned meeting had taken place . It would probably be difficult to hold an adjourned meeting this
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summer , but he thought the Com * mittee ought to provide for holding an adjourned meeting' of the next general meeting of the Association at Bristol , Portsmouth , Norwich , or some other large town . He would therefore move a resolution to that
effect . — Th ^ ^ CELnRSF ^ tn ^ ughT ^ h ^ aT ^ t that late hour , and when the greater part of the company had gone , it would be unwise to press such a resolution ; . probably the intimation which the gentleman had given would sufficiently answer his purpose , by calling the attention of the Com * mittee to the subject .
Rev . S . Wood acquiesced in the ( Thairmaii's suggestion . He hoped that next year arrangements would be made for that purpose . Mr . Hornby moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was carried unanimously .
The Chairman briefly returned thanks , and the meeting broke , up at eleven o ' clock .
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March 29 , at Stapeley Farm , near Philadelphia , in his eighty-second year , Mr . Ralph Eddowes . Although he had long ceased to be an inhabitant of this country , there are many to whom his name and character are known , and a few still remain of those
who knew him before his removal to America , to whom it will be interesting to recall the recollection of a valued friend while they read the brief record of his life , which it is the design of this article to preserve . Mr . Eddowes was born at Chester in 1751 , where his father carried on the business of a tobacconist ; . His
family , for several generations , had been zealous Nonconformists , and jhe was brought up in the habits and principles which characterised the Dissenters of that day , among whom an ardent zeal for civil and religious liberty was joined with deep religious feeling and exemplary strict * ness of morals . He received a part
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 215, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/23/
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