A Letter from J. Fothergill, to a Friend in the Country: Relative to the Intended School, at Ackworth, in Yorkshire; with a Plan and Elevation of the Building |
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Ackworth affiftance affluent circumſtances againſt amongst anſwer attention Befides beſt buſineſs cern children of Friends chofen Chriſtian circumftances Clerkenwell Committee conduct confideration confidered confifts deferves defign defire difpofition diſcharge diſcouragement diſpoſed diſtance divers eafy efta endeavours eſtabliſhment extenfive fatisfaction fatisfied feemed feet fend their children fervice fhall fion firſt fituation fome Friends FOTHERGILL Friends children Friends fchool fubfcription fubject fuch children fufficient fuitable fupplies Gilderfome greateſt houfe houſe inftitution inftruction intended ſchool intention of Friends intereft itſelf JOHN FOTHERGILL juſt laft leaſt lefs likewiſe London matter meaſure Meeting for Sufferings mind moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary neceffity number of friends obferve objection occafion parents perfons poffible premiſes preſent progrefs propofed provifion publick purchaſe purpoſe raiſe reaſon reſpect reſtraint ſcarcely ſchool-maſter ſeen ſeveral ſex ſhall ſhould Society ſome ſpect ſtate ſuch ſupport themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion truft uſeful whofe whoſe wiſdom workhouſe Yearly-Meeting
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Page 48 - NB — Gifts by Will of land, or of money or stock to be laid out in the purchase of land for charitable uses, are void by the Statute of Mortmain ; but money or stock may be given by Will, if not directed to be laid out in land.
Page 4 - Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me : left I be full, and deny thee •, and fay, who is the Lord ? or left I be poor, and fteal ; and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 4 - full, and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord ? or left " I be poor, and fteal, and take the name of my God in " vain," On the fame thing is founded the advice of Solomon, with regard to the fin of fenfuality : Proverbs xxiii.
Page 48 - EF of the sum of to be raised and paid by and out of all my ready money, plate, goods, and...
Page 19 - ... entreaty, admonition and reproof. " In this place it is hoped that endeavours will be used to form in the children a temper widely different, equally remote from a culpable fear and servility, and an audaciousness that knows no respect for order or authority. " There is a circumstance in the bringing up of Friends' children, which has been, and yet is, of greater importance to them than perhaps is generally apprehended, and I mention it, as in the proposed Institution it will doubtless be particularly...
Page 15 - It is agreed that as the school is intended for the education, maintenance and cloathing of children, whose parents are not in affluence, that they shall be instructed in reading, writing and accompts, as fully as the time allowed them will permit. Some useful employment may be provided for the boys, according as their age, strength, talents or conditions, may require.
Page 61 - ... such tuition, in degiee, with the discipline of wisdom. Though the improvement of the children in learning, their health, and other suitable accommodations are matters of great moment in such an institution as this, yet there is one of a superior nature — to promote a tender, teachable disposition, inuring them to bear that yoke in their youth which will moderate their desires and make way for the softening influence of divine good will in their hearts, fitting them for the faithful discharge...
Page 18 - ... from many temptations are thrown down, and all the allurements of vice and folly suffered to seduce their affections to their ruin. When they cease to be distinguished from others by their garb and deportment, they too often cease to be distinguished from the world by their morals, and the rectitude of their conduct.
Page 16 - ... spirit of truth which naturally leavens the mind into a teachable, submissive frame; yet to those whose condition in life makes a just subordination a duty, a temper of this kind must be an invaluable blessing. Perhaps there is nothing in the common course of public education in the world that so unfits men for that humble attention to the Divine monitor within, that renders them such perfect strangers to the spirit of Christianity, and all its happy effects, as the cultivation of a bold, unfeeling...
Page 20 - ... the sallies of their youthful dispositions, is no small point gained towards fixing a habit of patience and recollection, and a regard to decorum, which seldom forsakes those who have been properly instructed in this entrance to the school of wisdom, during the residue of their days. Did the subject of this letter admit of it, it would not be difficult to shew, from abundant authority, and reason itself, the vast aid afforded to the improvement of the human mind, by early habits of silent attention....