PATRONS, PATRONESSES,

PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENTS,

AND

GOVERNORS

OF THE

Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear,

AND

THE DEAF AND DUMB,

THE FOLLOWING SERMON

Es inscribed

BY THEIR OBEDIENT,

HUMBLE SERVANT,

GEORGE HENRY BATH AND WELLS.

Palace, Wells,

Sept. 12th, 1835.

A SERMON.

LUKE, xiv. 14.

They cannot recompense thee; but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

THERE are few obligations more generally allowed; and, what is of far greater importance, there are few more generally practised, than those, which have for their object the relief of the suffering part of the community. Amidst a too prevailing corruption of manners -amidst a luxury which exceeds all bounds -amidst the decay or extinction of many sterner virtues, Charity is still left to plead our cause with an offended God, and to lead us onward in the road to heaven. Almost every argument and every principle which can be adduced in the recommendation of any duty, all concur in enforcing the

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