XXii ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS.

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Former mistakes on this subject adverted to,.234

The chief abuses of almsgiving stated and illustrated,.235

Education, especially moral and religious education, the most beneficial of

all the modes of almsgiving,.238

Furnishing the poor with employment is another unexceptionable way of

benefiting them, .239

Alms given in considerable sums, to meritorious persons and families, may,

under certain circumstances , be highly useful,.240

Alms dispensed through the intervention of hospitals, almshouses, infirma-ries, and asylums, considered,.240

Alms dispensed by charitable societies, considered,.241

Several popular objections to charitable societies, stated,.241

Five special rules given to direct charitable societies and individuals in dis-pensing alms,.242

The administration of alms by a system of poor-laws, examined, .... 248Remarkable statements drawn from the late “ Reports ” of the English com-missioners on the poor-laws,.248

The new act of Parliament on this subject adverted to,.253

CHAPTER VIII. The Duties of Friendship.

The question, whether mankind are accustomed to associate by the influ-ence of a natural principle, or by reason of the mutual aid which they

can in this way derive from each other, answered,.253

The importance of using caution in the choice of friends, 254

The chief duties of friendship enumerated and illustrated, ... ... 255

The chief abuses and violations to which friendship is liable,.259

The duties imposed by the discontinuance of friendship,.261

CHAPTER IX. The Relation of Benefactor and Beneficiary,and its Duties.

The nature of this relation stated, and the chief duties of the respective

parties illustrated,.263

Two ways in which this relation may be abused by a benefactor, . . . 264

CHAPTER X. The Duties of Hospitality.

The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament insist very much on these

duties,.264

The natural fruits of hospitality are, the cultivation of social intercourse,mutual kindness and good feeling, and the removal of unjust prejudices, 265Two manifest abuses of hospitality to be guarded against,.265

CHAPTER XI. The Duties of Good Neighbourhood.

The chief duties of good neighbourhood are, to render mutual aid, and tocultivate friendly intercourse, harmony, and good feeling among those,

whose lot Providence has cast near each other,.267

The chief duties enjoined bylaw among neighbours, stated,.268

The chief causes, occasions, and circumstances, which are accustomed todisturb and injure neighbourhoods, reviewed,.269