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right horse , Mr . Tayler , and say the imposers of these taxes , the accumulators of this debt , the delugers were ever foremost in their professions , it was all done for religion ' s sake . And what is the remedy for these social evils ? submit—be
patient—inquire not—say your prayers alone . Scrutinize not into the appropriation of the taxes and tithes ; mechanic , touch not the machinery of the clock : beseech the clergyman to take your spiritual comfort to his care , and he will generously look to your national existence and freedom .
There is much and valuable advice and abundance of divine precepts sprinkled in every page . But the reverend gentleman would better and more usefully have addressed these where they are more required , viz . among the people in the high places , thus would he best prove the purity and disinterestedness of his zeal . When the poor man and the mechanic sees in the c upper
classes' a practice of those precepts which the author recommends to the poor and hungry man , he will be no more a poor and hungry man , nor a repining , nor an irreligious one . He will drink patiently of the cup which providence dispenses to him , or be more easily persuaded to do so . Let those people in the high , places , the bishops and wealthy rectors , set the example , imitate the self-denial—the abjuration of worldliness and wealth of that
heavenly-minded master whose conduct and doctrines they claim to themselves the merit of defending and teaching ; let them f take no care for scrip or satchel , ' and walk forth unburthened by worldly possessions and uncontaminated with a desire to attain riches and authority , and their glad tidings will be heard with devout ears : then will there be a hope that the Rev . Charles B . Tayler's remedy will take effect—not till then .
How much would it gladden our hearts , and what a lesson would it be to sceptics , were the archbishops and bishops and all bewigged and belawned deans and prebendaries to sell their equipages , melt down their plate , and all rectors gather in their (lost tithes , and pour all into the lap of Christianity ; then going forth in purity of heart proving their belief not only in their
lips but their lives also . ' ihen should we see , perhaps , his piteousness of Eldon , his holiness of Cumberland , his majesty of Wellington ,, his wisdom of Londonderry , and her gentleness of Londonderry , her sweetness of Jersey , and along train of amiables and gentles , and ' condescending , ' sitting at their gates dispensing food to the hungry and washing the weary traveller ' s feet . Only
to think of the array of China basins and embroidered towels , that would be in requisition ! And what a pretty paragraph it would make for the newspapers to let the world be told , that on such a day * the right honourable and most noble the marchioness of Londonderry washed the feet of thirty-seven foot-sore Irish haymakers ! ' and the record would be cut over the gate at Holderness-house , for charity in England is especially partial to
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Social Evils and their Remedy . 739
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1833, page 739, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2626/page/7/
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