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    Baron de Gercmdoy with an Introduction by the Rev . J . Tuckerman , D . D . Edited by the Rev . J . R . Beard . London : Simpkiti and Marshall , pp . 191 . The names appended to this volume must recommend it to our readers _ rnore than any thing we can say . And a glance at iUxon&IIU&JiaflJa ^ ufficte — 'Aim and Character of Charity . ' c Characteristics of Real Indigence / c The Classification of the Poor . ' c Virtues of the Poor . ' ' Moral Amelioration of the Poor . ' 6 Means of obtaining the Confidence of the Poor . ' « Education of the Children of

    the Poor . c Begging . ' ' Wise Distribution of Charity . ' / Who should be called to the office of Visitor to the Poor . ' 6 Spirit of Association . ' * Of the Co-operation of Young People in the Establishments of Humanity . ' In connexion with this subject , we have great gratification in presenting the following letter to our readers ^ which has been sent to us through the Rev . J . R . Beard , ' Boston , March 1 st , 1833 . * My Dear Sir , —A few days ago I received from Mr . Beard the grateful intelligence that you have begun the work of a minister of the poor in Manchester . I cannot express to you the joy which I feel in this ^^ t v ___ I __ Jba ^ . p ; u rJfcie . axeiily .-Eathe-r that 14 iave : lived to hear of . it . " May He enrich you more and more with all the gifts and graces which will qualify you , for this most " honourable and blessed service ! May He make you an instrument of extending the healing influences of the word of life to many of our broken-hearted fellowbeings ; of preaching Christian deliverance to many captives , and of bringing them to the liberty of the sons of God ; of opening the eyes

    of many that are blind ; and of hastening among the neglected , the oppressed , the despairing , and the reckless , the glorious and acceptable year of the Lord ! I pray for you with my whole heart , and I ask your prayers for myself , Our ministry is indeed but one in the series of measures arid means , by which the objects of Christianity are to b ^ Bpcom ^ li ^ s ^ ij ^ MW . ywxlip But it is a means indispensable to the end . The established ministry of Christendom , almost universally at least , by the very principles of its organization , is in a great degree confined to those who are either proprietors of the buildings in which their weekly social worship is held , or who are known to ministers as worshippers in these buildings . And who are they , and how many are they , who have no connexion with these places of worship j or who , if they occasionally stray into them , are neither

    known to the minister , nor kiidw a being on the earth whom they can call a Christian friend ! Who are they ? Are they not , like ourselves , men ? Have they not within their breasts as many deep passions , and as many conflicting interests , as are within us , and those united with u »? Have they fewer moral exposures than we have ; fewer temptations to combat , and fewer trials to endure ? Have they less need than we of the controlling , exciting , and directing power of Christian principles ? They are ignorant , it is said ; but from whence comes their ignorance ? Is it their fault , or ours ? And they are

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    NEW PUBLICATIONS * . 239

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1833, page 239, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2619/page/15/