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    INTELLIGENCE.

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    When Death ' s cold hand those charms concealed , And snatch'd the Flower away j Thus hiding- in a transient doom What ' s destin'd to immortal bloom . R . F . Kidderminster , July 8 , 1818 .

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    THE LITTLE CHIMNEY SWEEPER . Whence does that sound mine ear assail , When nature tir'd would sleep ? All me ! it is the piteous cry , Of yonder little sweep .

    Rous'd at the summer ' s earliest dawn , He quits his straw retreat ; And in the winter long * ere light , He wails thro' every street . By few his plaint is heard , poor child ! Where many soundly sleep—Cold stones his tender feet oppress With pain , that makes him weep .

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    DOMESTIC . Religious . Society for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Protestant Dissenting

    Ministers . It has long * heen matter of surprise and regret , that while some provision has been made for almost every species of distress , so little attention should have been paid to the case of aged Protestant Dissenting-Ministers , who have spent the greater part of their lives in endeavouring to promote the best interests of their fellow-creatures .

    It is scarcely possible to conceive any objects of Christian benevolence , possessing stronger claims to our sympathy and aid , than are to be found among persons of this description . Some are wholly incapacitated for public service , and in the decline of life find themselves in a dependant ,

    and even destitute state 5 and ot | iers , who do not wholly discontinue their labours , experience from the loss of friends by death , and other causes , a serioujf diminution of their income , when , in consequence of their growing infirmities , an increase of it ia needed . And in some instances their

    painful feelings are heightened by the thought , ( which will at times force itself upon their minds , ) that they are supposed by many to retain it for a mere subsistence , when they are no longer useful . The

    prospect of such an issue to a long 1 life devoted to the ministry , must excite anxious fears in the breasts of younger ministers , and tend to damp their zeal . To alleviate these fears , and , at the same time , to afford some substantial relief to

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    Whilst children at his early age , Are sportive , happy , free-He must some nanow flue ascend , Wounded in back and knee .

    Shall we then view th' ignoble stain , A stain so foul , and deep ; Yet seem regardless of thy woes , Poor hapless chimney sweep ? Oh , no ! thy tone—thy trembling limbs , Some ready friend will find ; Thy wrong's that mark our sad disgrace Shall interest mankind :

    And mild instruction chase the mists , Of ignorance away ; Whilst vice , and evil habits shrink , Before its powerful raj . What ! tho' no kind , parental roof , May now thy shelter be ; Yet still be honesty speak the truth s And God will think of thee * Bishop Wear men th 1818 ,

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    the sufferers themselves , a few individuals directed their attention to a plan for the assistance of aged and infirm Protestant Dissenting Ministers in necessitous circumstances . After several meetings of Dissenters of the Three Denominations , it has been deemed desirable , and found practicable , to unite their efforts as in the 1

    " WidowsFund , ' * to carry this design into effect . A society , accordingly , has been formed , its officers appointed , and a liberal subscription already commenced . In aid of the funds of this institution , the contributions of the friends of religion and humanity are respectfully and earnestly solicited .

    At a General Meeting , held at the King's Head , in the Poultry , on Tuesday , June 2 , 1818 , to establish a Society for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Protestant Dissenting * Ministers , John Gurney , Esq ., in the Chair , The following- Resolutions were passed unanimously :

    That a Society he formed for the Relief of Ag-ed and Infirm Protestant Dissenting Ministers , of the Three Denominations , Presbyterian , Independent and Baptist , in necessitous circumstances , and that the title of the society be , A Society for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Protestant Dissenting Ministers .

    That the objects of this Institution be Protestant Dissenting * Ministers , accepted and approved in their respective denominations , who are incapacitated by age or other infirmities . . That a subscriber of one guinea annually , be a member of the society .

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    454 Intelligence — Aged and Infirm Protestant Dissenting Ministers * Society

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 454, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/46/