Wharton Hall-The Ancestry of the first Baron-Thomas, first Lord-Thomas, second Lord-Philip, third Lord-Philip, fourth Lord (the Good Lord Wharton); his father, Sir Thomas of Aske; his brother, Sir Thomas of Edlington; his own household-Thomas, fifth Lord, and Marquis-Philip, sixth Lord, and Duke-The extinct Barony CHAPTER II. ... ... THE LIFE OF THE GOOD LORD WHARTON. His early life-Beginning of the Civil War-Triumph of the Parliamentary Army-The Westminster Assembly of Divines -Friendship with Cromwell-Retirement from Public Affairs-The Restoration-The Act of Uniformity-Sympathy with Nonconformist Ministers-Declaration of Indulgence-Committal to the Tower-Absence from England-The Act of Toleration-Swaledale-Ravenstonedale-His old age-His favourite Psalms-His death-His Benefaction to Nonconformist Ministers ... ... ... ... ... 59 CHAPTER III. THE BIBLE CHARITY-ITS EARLY ADMINISTRATION. Origin of the Charity-The Founder's own Management-The Assembly's Shorter Catechism-Lye's Catechism—Alleine's Sure Guide-Trust Deed-Original Trustees-A Protestant Dissenters' Charity-Instructions-After the Founder's death -Early changes among the Trustees-Unchanged administration ... ... ... ... ... ... CHAPTER IV. THE BIBLE CHARITY-ITS DIVERSION. Change of administration-Churchmen alone Trustees-The INTRODUCTION. THIS volume is based upon a pamphlet windi Ind for private circulation in January, 18, and contained the following Prefatory note At an inquiry held by the Charity Commission at b or three years ago [January, 1894], the late Var bedr remarked (after some dispute had arisen on an cerning Lord Wharton's Bible Charity, from war. on the Holy Scriptures: "I presume no one w is a distinctly Church of England Charity, fr I := Catechism to be learnt." His remark was dores e god. faith; it did not occur that another Catechia sfeer ma of the Church of England was meant by the sun, et unfortunately there was no one present capable of affunding amuser information concerning the origin and purpose of the Cry The account of this Charity, which is given in the folowną sa will show beyond dispute that it is not what it was about the occasion above mentioned; and will, I hope to un towards restoring it to its proper administration the Charity, if they are preserved, and were cardig My attention had been for some your un directed to the manner in which the Canva administered; and, although I found o obtain satisfactory information on the weath tured to place a Memorial before the Cryin missioners, setting forth the main facts of the |