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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.

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The Life of the Good LORD WHARTON.

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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

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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... ... 109

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CHAPTER IV.

THE BIBLE CHARITY-ITS DIVERSION.

Change of administration-Churchmen alone Trustees-The
Church Catechism and Book of Common Prayer adopted-
Clergymen alone Distributors-Sermons only by Clergymen-
Church Books as Rewards-A distinctly Church of England
Charity-First Report of the Charity Commissioners-An
Exception to the Rule-Further changes among the Trustees
-Sale of Bible Lands-Last Trustees

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INTRODUCTION.

THIS volume is based upon a pamphlet wilci d for private circulation in January, 18, and contained the following Prefatory note

At an inquiry held by the Charity Commisan a bad w or three years ago [January, 1894, the late Var i ba remarked (after some dispute had arisen on ante sa, L cerning Lord Wharton's Bible Charity, from wİNCİ 18 1 accustomed to receive a number of Bibles and the wa. 13 with 17s. 6d. for their distribution and 10%. for patung i petar” on the Holy Scriptures: "I presume no one w dupre to h

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is a distinctly Church of England Charity, fer Catechism to be learnt." His remark was doute faith; it did not occur that another Catechism ofee of the Church of England was meant by the sun. unfortunately there was no one present capable of affordiną zariade information concerning the origin and purpose of the Cuarto

The account of this Charity, which is given in the folowing s will show beyond dispute that it is not what it was assum the occasion above mentioned; and will, I hope to

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towards restoring it to its proper administration Tum the Charity, if they are preserved, and were carriliş would probably furnish a suggestive history of the main many other Special and General Charities han va vou. Some particulars of the Wharton family are a although they have little direct connection

the wint the Bible Charity founded by Philip, the fourth Lars Vara have not thought it necessary to refer to the author

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for every statement, and in correcting mistakes mate y, ten may have fallen into some mistakes myself; but I see bre best to avoid them, and now commend the wvje v to słà judgment of the reader.

My attention had been for some your ins directed to the manner in which the Cary administered; and, although I found o obtain satisfactory information on the sage with tured to place a Memorial before the Carryin missioners, setting forth the main facts of the do

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