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    tiqns subscribed towards the City Mission ; and we have guaranteed the sum of 150 / . a year , for three years , to Mr . Philp , by meeting which , unless we are supplied by JtJje liberality of our friends , we shall be wanting money for all other objects—a circumstance much to be deplored , when we consider how valuable and how

    various those other objects are . ' — Mr . Tagart then moved the following Resolution : —• 7 . * That this meeting , impressed with a deep sense of the religious and moral destitution of multitudes of their

    fellow-beings , hail with satisfaction the presence of the Rev . R . K . Philp in the important character of Domestic Missionary ; that it offers the assurance of its warmest sympathy in his Labours ; and earnestly commends him to the divine biessiriff . '

    The Rev . Mr . Chapman . — <* It is with feelings of uncommon pleasure that I rise to second the motion which has been presented to the meeting . I had last year the satisfaction of seconds ing- the motion for carrying into effect the City Mission , which was then so eloquently brought forward by the Rev . Mr . Fox ; and I now have the double

    satisfaction of seeing the wishes of that meeting about to be executed : the good man that has undertaken the office we have this day present amongst us , and I have no doubt that he is prepared , in mind and heart , to carry into effect that important charge which you have laid on him . When

    you consider the importance of the work in which he is engaged , I am sure that you will be prepared to give him your sympathy in the arduous labour he has undertaken ; for let it be remembered , his mission is to iind out the most degraded who live in this land ofiiberty— -who lire in this land where the laws are so well

    administered , and where I trust they are now nbout to be still better administered . We must not expect that our missionary labours are to be crowned immediately with brilliant or indisputable success : he will have to wait for his

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    opportunities , and we must give him time "to pour his instructions , day by day , and week by week , into men ' s ears , in which way alone can he hope to obtain ingress to their hearts : we should not deceive ourselves , and suppose that he will not have to give

    much time , perhaps even years , to his labours before we can hope to see any great success arise from his exertions . But this is no reason why we should slacken in our efforts ; for the more difficult his task , the more we ought to support him with our warmest feelings , and with such contributions as our means will enable us to make .

    The object which our missionary has in view is not to spread sectarian opinions abroad ,, but to infuse into men ' s hearts the pure gospel as Christ delivered it to the world , and as the scriptural truth of Almighty God our heavenly Father . It will be his duty to propose it to them as contained in , the records of divine truth : it will be

    his duty to propose Christianity to them in its simplest and most-attraetive form—Christianity , as a system of benefits , as a system of universal brotherhood , as a system which has taught us to send him forth to comfort their hearts and to pour the balm of consolation into their wounded spirits . ' It is impossible that the seriousness

    and importance of this work can be exaggerated ; and I know that he fully appreciates the weight of the responsibility which we have laid on him : this , too , I believe—that he will go forth , determined to conquer such obstacles as may be conquered by perseverance , and to communicate the gospel in the true spirit of holiness to all who will listen to it . He has no

    reason to despair , though he has not yet any great successes to recount . The poor are especially God ' care , for they are the most numerous of the human species ; and I had almost said , that they stand most in need of that superintending providence which is over all . It is not necessary to prove that our mission must eventually be crowned with success , f or it is a

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1832, page 109, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1815/page/13/