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    AN INQUIRY.

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    transaction of business , which is often however of a very interesting nature . The forfeits imposed for absence without excuse , and the unfunded m embers' subscriptions * of from sixpence to two shillings and sixpence per quarter , constitute a surplus fund , which provides medical attendance

    for the sick members , and pays all other incidental expenses , so that ~ iKr expense whatever falls upon the proper benefit fund . The fund at the end of 1832 ( nine years from the

    society s commencement ) amounts to nearly 2001 ., the present number of members being seventy-three funded and fifteen unfunded ( including the Revds . W . I . Bakevve . ll and Henry Hawkes , the ministers of the two

    Unitarian congregations in Norwich , as honorary members . ) About-the month of July there is an annual social meeting of this so- ? ciety , at which the members , with their wives and families " , to the number of- _ 120 or more ,, assemble early in the day in a large barge adapted

    for the purpose , and sail some miles down the river to a large space of open country , consisting of hill , dale , and plain , which skirts its banks , and where running , jumping , cricketing , bathing , and every species of

    diversion and recreation is enjoyed by young and old , male and female , throughout the long summer day . The whole party assemble at the requisite meals > . which are conducted with the utmost order and social

    enjoyment ; and their return home in the evening is enlivened with songs , sentiments , and speeches , and abundance of fruit , and cups which cheer but not inebriate . These meetings have never btien disgraced by excess of any description , but have invariably excited the most lively emotions of brotherly kindness among the members and their families ,

    many of whom reserve themselves entirely for this one festive day in the year , and deeni it aU-sufticient for their enjoyment . In short , the whole scene exhibits the mopfc per-

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    fect social union among different classes of society , and makes the heart feel ' how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity . ! ' On two occasions an interest has been superadded to these meetings by the presentment of , 1 st , a handsomeccilecjion _ of

    volumes to the founder of the Society , and 2 dly , a silver cup to the secretary and treasurer . From such simple and easy beginnings do societies of the first importance to the intellectual and moral welfare of the community arise ; and it would seem as if the gracious Father of all the families of the earth

    poured the continual dew of his blessing upon them . So great and beneficial is the . success of societies of this de «* scription , that I cannot but ardently hope that ere long there will not be a Unitarian congregation in the kingdom without such a valuable and

    easily acquired appendage . The present plan may indeed be much extended and improved ; but I trust that it is based on a good foundation , the universal paternity of God and fraternity of all his creatures . If any of your readers should wish

    to make any further inquiries , it would always give me particular pleasure to answer them through the medium of your valuable Chronicle . I am , Sir , yours very respectfully , Bemofhiltjs . Norwich , 11 Jan . 1833 .

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    Sir , —Allow me , thrcragh the medium of your instructive Magazine , to solicitsome information respecting the four animal figures which , in paintings and engravings , are represented as attendants on the four

    Evangelists ; namely , a lion , an ox , a man , and an eagle . The three former I observe are zodiacal figures . Have they any allusion to astronomy ? Have they any emblematical meaning as attendants on the Evangelists ?

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    UNITARIAN CHRONICLE , 53

    An Inquiry.

    AN INQUIRY .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1833, page 53, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2607/page/21/