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Excerpt from Peter Bedford: The Spitalfields Philanthropist

Another part of these sketches is copied from notes taken down in shorthand (with Mr. Redford's permission), on the occasion of two evening visits, by T. B. Smithies. His visits were suggested by Mr. Samuel Gurney, m.p., who felt very desirous that, at least, a part of the instructive experiences of his venerable friend should be preserved for the interest and benefit of others.

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Excerpt from Peter Bedford: The Spitalfields Philanthropist

William Allen, Basil Montague, William Crawford, and William Forster, also with Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., Count Von der Recke, and the Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, the venerable Judge of the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts.

Whilst gifted with a warmth of heart and an earnest devotedness to charity, equal to that of any of these more generally known excellent personages, Mr. Bedford was, on several accounts, precluded from appearing so prominently before the Christian public as it was their lot to do, inasmuch as his educational advantages had been, comparatively, very limited, and his social position, also, less favourable for so extensive an influence as theirs.

The Society of Friends (to which religious community he belonged) occupied, throughout his life, a considerable share in Mr. Bedford's interests and efforts. And, although not a public preacher in that body, be was very frequently engaged in various arrangements, journeys, and auxiliary undertakings, in aid of its ministers, especially of those whose labours partook of a missionary character in foreign lands.

The sufferings of the poor, the temptations of their ignorant and neglected children, the rescue and reformation of juvenile delinquents, and the amelioration of the treatment of criminals, were very prominent objects of Christian solicitude and effort with Mr. Bedford.

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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.