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    THE CLAIMS OF THE POOR ON THE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST.

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    { A Sermon , preached at Finsbury Unitarian Chapel , November 13 , by W . J . Fox , on behalf of the Unitarian Association , and for the purpose of enabling its Committee to establish Missions to the Poor of large Towns , on the plan purseed so successfully by Dr . Tuckerman , of Boston , U . S . } John xii . 8 : " For the poor always ye have with you ; but me ye have not always . "

    Many parts of this great metropolis , and the observation applies , in different degrees , to other cities and large towns , present a sight which is imposing to the eye , and pleasant to the mind ; but in which we can only feel unmixed complacency , while we forget the melancholy contrast to which a few paces may conduct us . We gaze on spacious streets , gay

    terraces and crescents , and stately squares . We know that the pomp , and ornament , and luxury , and festivity within , correspond with the external appearance . There are the costliest productions of modern art , and the noblest relics of ancient genius . There , according to the varying character of the inhabitant , is all that can be purchased to minister to sense , passion , or intellect . There , menials within and equipages without extend the volition of the master over time and space ; enabling him to say , " Do this , and it is done ; " and the chief toil with which he ia taxed seems that of willing . And at hand is the ever open mart , the diversified bazaar , and the long line of individual competitors , displaying all that industry has produced , or art has invented , or commerce imported , glittering in endless variety and profusion . And at intervals rise the public buildings which tell of the diffusion of science , the amusements of society , the enactment of

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    DECEMBER , 1831 .

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    vol . v . 3 m

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    THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY AND REVIEW . NEW SERIES , No . LX .

    The Claims Of The Poor On The Followers Of Christ.

    THE CLAIMS OF THE POOR ON THE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1831, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2604/page/1/