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    reg * 0 t Aafc ^ the ; call made by their predecessors tit , fem mw $ m assistance for * that publication ( the Re | K > 3 itoryy has not beTefa answered iti ? fche way that q ? as deswed ; aad they deerc * it proper to add $ ifeir exhortations ; to : those who thiok it of im ^ ott ^ ttc ^ that the Unitarians of thte ccrtwtf ryshouMj havfc ; a jteriodieai worthy of the deiipfflitfation ^ td aid it by ttefr $ terafl ^ contributions-, £ nd ^ afeovfe alt , by active endeavours to extend the sale in die ? cra ^ e , * ofhtfofcfc ,- acquaintance . " The > latter i * of rtiosf importance ; ^ for

    thatwould ttifailjrbly ^ cttrethefbrffifer * Asie is * ministers tfnd others who have tile ability cannot ^ gffoid tar ^ aw iVom their occupations the time necessary t < $ aid thaiwo * fc with Kterriry ^ contributions . A minister ' s time is his estate , aad ^ he cannot ^ and he 6 iight not , to be called on to sacrifice his means of subsistence for an object , however laudable it may be . The wonder indeed is , < rtfct the Repdsitoty has been enabled to support so respectable a character , as-ajLitei ^ i-y production , as it has borne and still bears , considering the ; marly , engagements and limited means of thdse of our body who , by their education and experience , are best fitted to contribute to its pages .

    ; There ^ are , however ^ a hundred pens in the kingdom of skill and power to f render the work far more interesting and efficient than it has ever * b £ eny which tire Editor , by an increase of pecuniary resources , would be able to bring to his aid . But we put it to every man * s conscience , whether those wJk > Wield them can be expected to divert their time and talent fr 6 nv a same what profitable to a profitless employment . How would a merchant

    Oi ? a tradesman look if any one should call uj > oh him so to act i So ^ would ? the baksce of their accounts siand with them at the end of the- y ^ at ^ ifGa ^ irfpartof their time had been occupied , not in the coantin ^ - ; n 6 x ^ ej but in thp study ? And since the whole of theW time arid tal ^ t is-Jeft t » theip ior the purpioses of their calling , it is not ' much to ask a small flnag ^ if r&ht . of . their gain for the promotion of a cause which is or ot % ht to be as dear to them m to tfre ministers of the gospel .

    i ^ rom what hais already fallen fronV us , something 2 may be collected * as to th ^ f ene rgies which are available in this kingdom ' for the promotion of tTriitaim » Christmnity . It will readily be seen tfeait whatever exertions ha \? e beea nrnde are the work of the few , not the many—the woi'k of the poorer an 4 middle ^ n 6 t of the richer arid educated classes . But we wish to present tWs subject under a somewhat different aspect , considering the pecuniary

    exertions which are made for the support of the truth as it is in Jesus . We says then , without fear of contradictio *> $ that the Unitarians are , Jfbr their nuwiberSy the riche&t body of religionists in the kingdom , and contribute least toF # ligiQu& obyekts ; and again , tbat tlidr ministers will not suffer in comparison wiith tboae of any class of Dissenters , as to eithetf learning or talent , and yej > receive of all the teachers of religioil , ignorant or learned , the scantiest

    remuneration * Into the grounds of the latter statement we cannot now proceed . Whoever knows any thing of the religious world will at once admit its truth . This being assumed , the former assertion follows as a niStter of course , and we iterate the fact , that the Unitarians are , for their numbers , the richest body of religionistfe in the kingdom , and contribute least to religious objects . But the full evidence of this assertion is not adduced till it *

    be stated that : perhaps one half of the insignificant stipends paid to their ministers proceed from the charity of preceding agesi We do not , w ^ think , over estimate the amount of endowtaenrs in possession of Uriitarfaii trustees . In many instances the whole of the salary proceeds from end ^ w ^ - ment , and though the minister i 9 obliged to unite two arduous prbfessifrite in order to find the means of a humble subsistence ; or , where a scho' 61 is

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 767, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/23/