" This
may be true of that particular Society, but to deny that neither money
nor food were given, to induce persons to attend the Scripture classes
and proselytizing schools, is to deny the very best proven facts.
In the _Tralee Chronicle_ of the 19th of November, 1852, Archdeacon
O'Sullivan, of Kenmare (lately deceased), published an abstract of a
Report of one of those Missionary Societies which fell into his hands.
The expenditure of a single Committee was L3557 1s. 6d. The salaries of
clerical and lay agents are set down at L382 0s. 11d. What became of the
remainder of the money?
But here is testimony that Dr. Whately himself would scarcely impugn:
Dr. Forbes, in his "Memorandums made in Ireland" in 1852, visited
Connaught, and examined many of the proselytizing schools. He speaks
without any doubt at all of the children who attended those schools
receiving food and clothing. It did not seem to be denied on any side.
Here is an extract: "I visited two of the Protestant Mission Schools at
Clifden, one in the town, and the other about a mile and a-half beyond
the town, on the road leading to the mouth of the bay. In the former, at
the time of my visit, there were about 120 boys and 100 girls on the
books, the average attendance being about 80.
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