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particular " drift of all the-addresses that are delivered to the children , either in the school teaching , or in the religious exercises . There * " is great reason to . hope that some good is effected . Many of the children have materially improved , especially -jEKhfituJtj ; S __ c ^ nsid ^ red , _ that S u n d ay
teaching is all the . teaching that many of them can get ; and when we take into'the account , the ex-, amples which during the week they are exposed to , which tend to pervert or destroy the useful knowledge sought to be inculcated on them ; or the good impressions that may actually have . been made on their minds . Two classes have been formed from .
the most improved and the best behaved of the bo ys and girls , who are taught writing and arithmetic during the week . The gicls on Wednesday afternoon , by a female , and the boys -on Friday evening , by a male teacher . I consider that the individuals thus engaged deserve great praise Jov their regular , excellent , and gratuitous services .
* It has long been a subject of regret to my own mind , and the minds of others engaged with me , that we are so straitened for room , as not to be able to organize the school we already have , so well as we could wish ; and also that we are so often under the painful necessity of refusing many who are anxious to be admifcted ; nor have I been , able to .
avail myself of your kind vote , authorizing me to hire a . larger place , within a certain specified rent . If a suitable room could be obtained , I am satisfied that a well-organized and effective school might be formed j and lectures on different interesting subjects might be delivered to advantage .
* On Sunday , IQth jnstant , in the afternoon > a meeting of the , school teachers . was held , to discuss * the propriety of a month ! yweek-eyening lecture oh some literary or scientific subject , interspersing them on the alternate fortnight with one on a
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moral ox religious , subject . Two very worthy and capable young men volunteered their services for the former object , and solicited me to . take the alternate fortnight lecture . The discussion . has been postponed
at my suggestion , as we did . not know whether such an object might ^ neFt ~^ llT ~ Efce ^ committee , and as some little ad- ditional expense might be incurred in carrying the project into execution . — v .
' Both myself and the teachers are - much pleased by the kind occasional attendance of some member of thecommittee to witness our proceedings ; and shall be happy if they willsay , for the information of those . gentlemen who have not visited us , what they think of the institution . ' There is an occasional increase of
numbers at the Sunday evening service ,, but this is often prevented by affliction and poverty . Yet ^ ver ^ here , nptwithsta-nding the humble means employed , some gooA has actually resulted from the experiment . True , it is but as a drop of
water compared with the mighty ocean ; still , it is a drop , and will , X trust , form a part of that mass of good which I hope the united efforts of the philanthropic and the zealous , under the Divine blessing , will eventually effect .
'I am happy to be able to inform the committee /' that the friends of their benevolent -design have not discontinued thei ' r kind assistance , notwithstanding the well meant , bufe ( as I deem them ) the injudicious suggestions of some political economists . Parcels of useful articles of
clothing have been received from diIferelit persons , accompanied r byexpressions of interest and' good wishes , which are , in my estimation , more valuable than cold contribu--tfons . The Fellowship Fund of the * Bridjjort congregation lately voted a small sum for this object , with which the ladies of the congregation purchased materials , and with ? their cMvn
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378 INTELLIGENCE AND
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1833, page 378, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2627/page/26/
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