A Letter of affectionate remonstrance addressed to the members of the Established Church in Norwich and in Norfolk and occasioned by the proposed exclusive system of infant education

Transcribed from the 1836 J. Fletcher edition by David Price.
In Norwich and in Norfolk,
AND OCCASIONED BY
THE PROPOSED EXCLUSIVE SYSTEM
INFANT EDUCATION .
BY JOHN ALEXANDER, MINISTER OF PRINCE’S STREET CHAPEL, NORWICH.
“There are still some who wish to confine the element of water to their own well, and to find the full ripe corn only in their own fields. With them, I confess, I have no sympathy.” Samuel Wilderspin.
NORWICH:
SOLD BY J. FLETCHER; JARROLD & SONS; AND THE OTHER BOOKSELLERS. 1836.
Price Fourpence .
It would have been most agreeable to the author of the following letter to have published it anonymously; but he thought that, however insignificant a writer might be, it was more respectful to the parties addressed to affix his name to his publication. His object, in writing it, he can truly say, has not been to offend, but to convince; and, though he feels deeply on the subject of the letter, it would have been highly unbecoming, when addressing a respectable and influential body of persons, to convey his remonstrance in any other language than that of affectionate fidelity and firmness. He has never yet come forward, on any occasion, to widen the distance which may exist between any denominations of Christians; and he feels, increasingly, the importance of employing his single talent in promoting the salvation of sinners, and the holiness and peace of the Christian Church.
Norwich , March 28 th , 1836.