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Letters to Liberationists
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Monmouthshire, and the congregations of some 40 chapels situated in the other border counties, numbering perhaps 8000 worshippers. The other bodies do not, as far as I can ascertain, make returns of their total strength. Then, further, you have understated the population in 1881 by about and you have omitted to allow for any increase Of the population between the date of the Census and that of the returns you quote - a difference possibly Of You have largely over estimated the number Of the children under 4, who form not a fifth but less than a ninth Of the population the excess amounts to no less than according to my estimate. Allowing for these various errors, you, should have stated the number of Churchmen at about or more than double the number you have assigned to them. I am not myself either asserting or denying that this is the true I am simply pointing out the effect of your own figures. You state, in apology for having adop'ted this method of calculation, that you can find no return of the Church population. The Church does not pretend to make such a return, for the simple reason that it Would be impossible to make it with accuracy, or at all events to prove its accuracy to the satisfaction of adversaries. Churchmen have expressed themselves ready to concur in the only plan by which the information can be gained, namely, by an exhaustive Official census. Nonconformists will. Have nothing to say to such a plan, and I commend their prudence in this matter. They are wise in their generation.
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Monmouthshire, and the congregations of some 40 chapels situated in the other border counties, numbering perhaps 8000 worshippers. The other bodies do not, as far as I can ascertain, make returns of their total strength. Then, further, you have understated the population in 1881 by about and you have omitted to allow for any increase Of the population between the date of the Census and that of the returns you quote - a difference possibly Of You have largely over estimated the number Of the children under 4, who form not a fifth but less than a ninth Of the population the excess amounts to no less than according to my estimate. Allowing for these various errors, you, should have stated the number of Churchmen at about or more than double the number you have assigned to them. I am not myself either asserting or denying that this is the true I am simply pointing out the effect of your own figures. You state, in apology for having adop'ted this method of calculation, that you can find no return of the Church population. The Church does not pretend to make such a return, for the simple reason that it Would be impossible to make it with accuracy, or at all events to prove its accuracy to the satisfaction of adversaries. Churchmen have expressed themselves ready to concur in the only plan by which the information can be gained, namely, by an exhaustive Official census. Nonconformists will. Have nothing to say to such a plan, and I commend their prudence in this matter. They are wise in their generation.
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.
61 pages, Hardcover
Published March 9, 2018
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