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CORRESPONDENCE . : \ 379
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Jiatids made up k yariety of useftil articles , suited to the poor for ihe coming season . These are just received . Parcels have also'Jbeen received from one kind lady at Hampstead , from another at Newington Green , and a third at Walt-. hamstow . 'I am well aware that much cau *
tion is necessary to avoid imposition gnd to-prevent abuse . It is also too true that many of the poor are highly improvident ; and that others may ahuse your bounty , or make professions in the hope of gaiii ¦* but why should this be charged to the poor
mans account only withiseverity ? How many of the comparatively rich , who havenot the plea of-necessity to urge thern on ^ seek to . share the " loaves and fishes / ' and . profess , only , or priJicipaii ^ , with a view to worldly advantage ? Poverty and its attendant wretchedness
abound , in what we call , pur happy country ; - these are , in , many cases , - doub t-lessy the ^ frui ts of -idl en ess , -ofvice , or of improvidence ; but there " is much poverty and misery that canftot be charged-to the individuals themselves ; occasioned by
circumstances over which they had little or no control ; to tjiem it came unsought , and was-unavoidable . While this state of things exists , surely sympathy and benevolence are not only virtues but duties , an'd chanty cannot be a " h&trtkirigf Besides , if the -worst eharactei ^ - are
abandoned by the affluent awd the religious , what can be expected but an awfu |> increase , of crime , and a widely spreading spirit of depredation ? ' I grant it is not a pleasant . thing to enter the abodes of poverty , and . ! v ? ret ^ h $ , 4 B 68 a ! . ;_ tq i witness ; t ( ie . ejdsi-. epce of disease and suffering ; much less of vice and intemperance : still these wretched ' -abodes-contain hit- *
'man beings , our brethren of man-^ kind ; children of the same common parent , destined with us > foi * * another life ; . Surely these "things ought to awaken our sympathies and call fovth
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our exertions ; and should ( in my opinion ) especially lead to strenuous efforts for the" improvement of the-rising generation , to save them * if possible , from the contaminating * influence of that vice with which
they are surrounded , and the alluring , but fatal examples of . depravity tliat _ aiie ^ almo , st- __ cOiis . taiitLyL _ befoi ' e their eyes . I am , Gentlemen , ' Respectfully , &c . ' R . K . Philp . After the Report had been read , several members of the Committee
who had visited the Sunday school , expressed their high satisfaction at the stateMir which they found it , and the harmony and confidence which manifestly subsists between the teachers and the taught , showing that the spirit in which instruction is given and received is that of love . The following among other resolutions was also passed :
' Resolved—That the formation of classes for-fortnightlydiscussionsv as suggested by Mr . Philp ' s report , be left to his discretion , the Committee being anxious to co-operate with their City Missionary in his plans for the improvement of the poor . ' Measures were also taken for
obtaining information from the ma- , nagersof other Missions to the poor , in conformity with a . previous resolution of the Committee , reference being made to Manchester especially , where Mr . JohnAsh worth is labour- * ing in the holiest of all vocations . We hope , therefore , that in a future * number of the 4 Unitarian
Chronicle , weshall ^ be able to give additional accounts of the proceeding of the work of evangelizing those who are sitting in the darkness of % norance , and in the shadow of moral death . " Any information or assistance that should enable the Committee to provide larger accommodation for the School , &c , would , we feel convinced , be highly acceptable . Editqji .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1833, page 379, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2627/page/27/
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