BARLOW'S SERMON,

ON

CLOTHING SOCIETIES.

THE PROBABLE EFFECTS OF CLOTHING SOCIETIES IN IMPROVING THE HABITS AND PRINCIPLES

OF THE POOR.

2

A

SERMON,

PREACHED IN THE

PARISH CHURCH OF UCKFIELD,

ON ADVENT SUNDAY, MDCCCXXVIII.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

A SYSTEM OF RULES,

AND OTHER FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS WHICH APPEAR BEST CALCULATED TO FACILITATE THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE SOCIETIES INTO SUCH

PARISHES AS MAY BE DISPOSED TO RECEIVE THEM.

BY THE

REV. JOHN BARLOW, M.A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

CURATE OF UCKFIELD,

AND ALTERNATE MORNING PREACHER AT TRINITY CHAPEL.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C., J., G. & F. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD,

AND WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY R. GILBERT,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

TO THE

PAROCHIAL CLERGY OF GREAT BRITAIN:

THE INDEFATIGABLE PROMOTERS

OF THE

TEMPORAL AS OF THE SPIRITUAL INTERESTS OF THE POOR;