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We have fully stated our views on the subject in the concluding article of our work: by their accomplishment a real reform would be obtained, and all good would follow in their train. Our last wishes are, that the PEOPLE, to whom we dedicate our labours, will be firm-united-and persevering; and, rely upon it, we are on the eve of as great a social regeneration as the destruction of Feudality, the abasement of Popery, or any other of the memorable epochs which have signalized the progress of nations.

February 1st, 1831.

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INTRODUCTION :-Christianity peculiarly the worship of the people

Conduct of public men in respect of religious institutions

Tyburn or Tartarus the needful moral restraint of some persons

England--the only country to which ecclesiastical reform has not

extended

The un-Christian conduct of the established Clergy--supporters of
aristocratic wars-favourable to the African slave-trade-not
favourable to education-not given to charity-and communi-
cate little useful knowledge to the people
Religious opinions determined by education
Division of the subject

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Lectureships, public charities, surplice fees, new churches, and
other sources of clerical income.
General Statement of church revenues, from tithe, church fees, &c. 52
Revenues of the church monopolized by 7694 individuals
Impositions practised in repect of poor livings

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Question briefly stated-Bishops, Dignitaries, and Aristocratic Plu-

ralists, chiefly engross church income

Church of England without Poor Clergy, unless it be curates

Proportion in which revenues are divided among the several orders

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