Author: Thomas Chalmers

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-07-12

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9781333047863

Excerpt from The Sufficiency of the Parochial System: Without a Poor Rate, for the Right Management of the Poor The substance of the following treatise was delivered in occasional lectures to students of Theology, for their instruction in one branch of parochial manage ment - on which should they proceed in after life, it will exempt them from those secularities where with the office of a clergyman is too often overladen; and enable them to give themselves wholly to the ministry of the word, and to such other duties as are strictly ecclesiastical. This will account in part for that style of per sonal address, from which it will appear that the work has not been wholly delivered, in its transi tion from the chair to the press. But there is another species of personality which requires an explanation, if not an apology; and for which I must throw myself on the indulgence of the candid reader. I mean the egotism which per vades the whole narrative of the operations that took place in the parish of St. J ohn's. This, in some respects, was plainly unavoidable; but might perhaps have been forborne in the treatment of certain objections and on which many resist to this hour, the important lesson to be drawn from the success of our experiment in Glasgow - now become experience; and capable, with the most perfect certainty and ease, of being realised in all other places. The only defence which I can offer is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.