The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

LETTERS, THACTS, l^C,2^3of fpeakiiig hi public *,it will, by the ufe of the pitchpjpe,greatly alter and improve our church mufic ;and it is a wife and laudable mean of gaining fomethingconfiderable to ourfelves. 1 havcjwxitten thisfrom the very fentiments of my heart ; and have honeftly,and without refervation, laid open to you theviews we have had 5 and I hope v/e jQiall have yourapprobation. Had we erecfed a churchj and madeup a legal feflion from among ourfeh/es, our ftudents,an and in this refpedl wcv/ould be juil as we were before. Young lads v/homwe can turn off at pleai^.ire,will of courfe preach politely,and make it their principal ftudy to keep offany fault which any of us hath been fo much as fufpccledof. Their own intereil will teach them to bemodeft and difcrcet. Such diicretion and politenefswill raife our elteem of them, and it may alfo recommendthem to the good liking of feveral congregationsin town and country. And further, as we do-^i^p.only a chapel, there is no necslhty of giving the communionin it, which will lave us the price of the elements.On thefc occafions, we will jufl ftep intofome of the town churches, and take as much as wepleafe, whtre the magiftrates are to defray the expence.But I fear it will be a year, or even mere, beforewe can get a fpacious chapel erected. However,when October comes, we will meet for worfliip in'.\x own large hall, where we will have room enoughY