“And to suppose that men will care for any matters of faith, be they what they may, when the bread of these men is taken to uphold that faith—it is folly!” “Worse folly than any faith can be, I agree with thee in thinking. This is what we call shutting up the kingdom of heaven against men. It occurs to me, friend, that though thou hast a taste for being singular, thou art of the same mind with some who took these matters to heart very long ago. I ask thy pardon for observing (I know thou dost not like to agree with any thing in Scripture,)—that some one said before thy time and mine, that the Lord is not pleased with offerings, such as thousands of rams and calves of a year old. He had rather have justice and mercy. I wish the church could be persuaded to go back to this old Scripture.” ------------------------------------ London: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke-street, Lambeth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS OF _TAXATION._ --------------------- No. III. THE JERSEYMEN MEETING. =A Tale.= BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. --------------------- LONDON: CHARLES FOX, 67, PATERNOSTER-ROW. --- 834. LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke Street, Lambeth. THE JERSEYMEN MEETING. =A Tale.= BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. --------------------- LONDON: CHARLES FOX, 67, PATERNOSTER-ROW. --- 834. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE 1. A Phenomenon 1 2. A Legacy 18 3. Life in Lambeth 40 4. The Phenomenon again 61 5. An Economical Project 76 6. Lessons in Loyalty 93 7. Harder Lessons in Loyalty 109 THE JERSEYMEN MEETING. CHAPTER I. A PHENOMENON.