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thing, however, which I cannot pafs ovet 
here without fenfations of regret. It is 
undoubtedly highly beneficial for the 
moral conduét of the pupils in a board- 
ing {chool, to be carefully attended by a 
great number of mafters ; but furely, whilft 
the teachers of a {chool are indetatigable 
in their zeal to promote the welfare of the 
youth intrufted to their care, they fhould 
not be fuffered to Janguifh in poverty, as 
I have been informed is the cafe in this 
fettlement of the United Brethren.——-— 
The {chool is pofleffed of a fmall but 
choice colle€tion of books; and for the 
improvement and entertainment of fuch of 
the inhabitants who choofe to read, a va- 
riety of periodical publications are regu- 
larly taken in.—Befides this, a Mufeum 
has lately been opened by Mr. Stein- 
hauer, for public infpelion ; and as it 
is well fupplied by the Miffionaries in 
the Englith dominions abroad, it exhibits 
a tolerable colle&tion of valuable curiofi- 
ties.—-Although it is in vain to expe to 
find in a village all the fafhionable amufe- 
ments of the town, fuch as plays, routs, 
affemblies, &c. which are likewife con- 
trary to the do&irine of the United Bre- 
thren, yet concerts are regularly per- 
formed every week in Fulnec ; and I have 
yore than once been prefent at a mufical 
performance, which, though not to be 
compared tothe efforts of acity-band, far 
furpaffed my warimeft expectations. The 
general tafe for mufic, which prevails 
not only in this but in all the fettlements 
of the United Brethren, is certainly to be 
attributed to the great part which mufic 
forms in their religious worfhip: nor have 
they been deflitute of able compofers, 
particularly in Germany, and the names 
of Worthington and Latrobe are in high 
veneration among their focieties in this 
country. 
As Philanthropy and univerfal Charity 
feem to be the leading principles of the 
United Brethren, it May eafily be ima- 
gined, that the fettement of which I 
now write, is notremifs in exercifing thofe 
noble duties, the due obfervance of which, 
the Divine Founder of the Chriftian reli- 
gion fo warmly enjoined to his followers. 
alndeed, fo prudent and effective are the 
regulations which haye been adopted by 
their congregations in general, to fuccour 
the diftre(s and relieve the miferies of their 
oppreffed Brethren, that a real mendicant 
has fcarcely ever been known to dwell 
among them. Nor is their charity con- 
fined to perfons of their own denomina- 
tion alone; by an agreement of the leading 
perfons in Fulnec, a foup-fhop was open- 
ed during the late fevere winter, and this 
Account of Fulnec, a Moravian Settlement. 
‘Aug. i; 
nourifhing article was liberally, though 
not without certain reftri@ions, diftributed 
to the poor of the neighbouring villages. 
Since then, ] have been informed, that a 
Sunday-fchool has likewiile besn begun. 
for poor children of both fexes, which, 
from the well-known perfeverance of 
the undertakers, promifes much fuc- 
cels. 
It is difficult’ for a perfon wnac- 
quainted with the nature of the eftablith- 
ment of the United Brethren to conceive 
the bare poffibility of the aftonifhing re- 
gularity and order which are fo con- 
{picuous in every thing ; but, if he reflects 
that a perfe€t unanimity in doctrine per- 
vades the whole Society (for none but. 
perfons belonging to the United Brethren 
are permitted to live in their fettlements), 
his aftonifhment will, perhaps, fubfite, 
and he will recognize the potent fway 
which congenial fentiments, particularly 
in religion, bear over mankind. Unbi- 
affed by thofe petty animofities which fo 
often originate among illiberal minds 
upon fubjects of a religious tendency, the 
inhabitants of Fulnee and. other fettle- | 
ments of the United Brethren are able 
to carry the. moft arduous undertakings 
into effe&. Of this, their extenfive mif- 
fions in the remotett quarters of the globe, 
which could never have been executed 
without the joint concurrence and fup- 
port of the whole community, is a convin~ 
‘cing proof,——T heir implicit obedience to 
their lot, and their refignation to fubmit to 
the decrees of the fame, even in cafes 
which reafon or human prudence are fuf- 
ficiently able’ to decide, evinces, in my 
Opinion, a firm belief in the divine guid- 
ance of it, ftrongly tinétured with myftic 
enthufiafm.—How far the feparation of 
the fexes can be approved, I (hall not pre- 
tend to determine. --The fentiments of 
the celebrated author of ‘* Wanley Penfon; 
or, ibe Melancholy Man,” wpon this tub- 
ject, are probably weil known to the gene- 
rality of your Readers, He fpeaks, if I 
miftake aot, in favour of the Siffers’- 
houfes, as an afylum for that fex, which 
is expofed to fuch numerous dangers; but 
condemns the Brethren’s-houfes, 28 an 
hindrance to marriage, and even as preju-, 
dicial to the interefts of the ftate. The 
manners of the United Brethren, as deferibed 
by this author,, though certainly taken: 
from life, are, howeyer, far from being 
a faithful reprefentation of the United 
Brethren of the prefent day, and can only — 
be applied to the ftate of their congrega- 
tions fhortly after. their eftablifhment in 
this country. It is true, thofe principles © 
are ftill in force among them, which di- 
rect 
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