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 CHURCH OF HUMANITY, 
 
 19 CHAPEL STREET, IiAMB'S CONDUIT ST., W.C. 
 
 A CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE SACERDOTAL 
 FUND OF THE CHURCH OF HUMANITY IN LONDON. 
 
 Sib OB -Madam, 
 
 Tou wiU remember that after Dr. Congreve's death I 
 undertook, with great reluctance, to fill the vacancy thus caused. 
 
 I did so in deference to the earnest wish of both Mr. Sulman 
 and Mr. Westbrook. Before the end of the year I was taken ill 
 and incapacitated for the time, and the Annual Address, which I 
 had written, was read by Mr. Sulman on 1st January, 1900. 
 Later on I was able to resume my work and to preach a consider- 
 able number of Sermons. 
 
 Mr. Sulman and myself were resolved to carry on the rehgious 
 observances, following the lines upon which Dr. Congreve had 
 instituted, both the Public Worship and the Administration of the 
 Sacraments. To this course there was no objection raised on 
 the part of any subscriber, except in so far as the Liverpool 
 and Newcastle subscriptions, which had come as collective con- 
 tributions, were withdrawn the year of Dr. Congreve's death 
 (1899). Towards the close of the year 1900 Mr. Sulman's 
 lamented death deprived us of an inestimable strength and sup- 
 port ; but with the valuable and loyal assistance of Mr. Westbrook 
 and Mr. Haggard our difficulties, which my delicate health in- 
 volved, were satisfactorily overcome. 
 
 In no degree have we fallen away. The attendances at our 
 Services and other meetings have distinctly improved, and we 
 have had a few new and valuable adherents. 
 
 Without the help that Mr. Westbrook and Mr. Haggard 
 afforded me, I could not have carried on the work so effectively, 
 and we all owe them much gratitude for their help. Mr. West- 
 brook has, I am sorry to inform you, suddenly resigned the 
 
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 tFeasurersliip and secretaryship, and therefore a reorganisation 
 has become necessary which necessitates my addressing you. 
 
 In looking towards the future and having regard to the fatali- 
 ties of life, I have thought it wiser to resign the office and duty 
 of provisional Head of our Church ; not because of ill health, for 
 in* some respects I am better and stronger, though not sufficiently 
 so for the work which under these circumstances would have 
 fallen upon me. I therefore nominate and hereby appoint Mr. 
 Alfred Haggard a« my successor. 
 
 It is incumbent upon me to tell you that in my opinion Mr. 
 Haggard is eminently calculated to fulfil those important duties. 
 He is a man of middle age and has studied Positivism deeply 
 and continuously for many years. He is fully in accord with the 
 views, not merely of the congregration, but of those who have for 
 many years followed Br. Congreve's teaching; and he is fully 
 competent to preserve that which has already been accomplished 
 by the ministration in this Church and from this centre. I need 
 only remind you of his valuable Annual Address of this year 
 (1901), and I may add that his Memorial Service on Dr. Congreve 
 in July of this year was acknowledged on all hands as well worthy 
 of the occasion. 
 
 I trust that the confidence I feel in him will be shared by all, 
 and I hope that we all shall rally round him and give him that 
 complete trust, without which a leadership is almost an impossi- 
 bility. I myself shall henceforth occupy a subordinate position 
 as an Elder of the Church, giving to him all the help and assist- 
 ance that I can, but the responsibility and guidance of the 
 movement will rest upon him. If he desires it I will administer 
 Sacraments. I shall preach the Annual Address for 1902, and 
 such other addresses as I can manage and Mr. Haggard may wish. 
 
 My son, Mr. David Crompton,. has — as at present advised — 
 accepted the duty of Treasurership, and Mr. Crabb will continue 
 the management of the meetings of our Positivist Society. 
 
 With respect to the financial account, that will come in due 
 time, the Circular containing the financial statement being gener- 
 ally late in appearing, owing partly to the difficulty in getting in 
 either bills or subscriptions. 
 
 It is very desirable that subscriptions should be paid in due 
 time, and it is a duty for those who subscribe to pay as soon 
 as they conveniently can, and not to oblige the treasurer to write 
 for them. 
 
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 Owing to Mr. Haggard's circumstances it will be incumbent 
 upon us to provide a small addition to his income. He is obliged, 
 on account of the delicacy of his wife, to live someway out of 
 London, and his means are very narrow ; and although he only 
 asks for such sum as would reimburse his necessary expenses, 
 I should prefer to assure him of an annual sum of <£50 so 
 long as he may require it, and shall continue to fulfil these im- 
 portant duties. I remind you that Dr. Congreve received also a 
 subsidy in the latter part of his life to reimburse his expenses. 
 It will, however, be open to him to take this or part of this sum. 
 Mr. Haggard is giving up his leisure, and practically he is devoting 
 his whole life to this, which, under the present circumstances of 
 our cause, I deem to be of the highest importance for the future, 
 and a great sacrifice on his part to what he recognises as a 
 paramount duty. 
 
 All I would ask you is to be the help and support to him that 
 you have been to me. 
 
 Het^ey Crompton. 
 30, Bedford Court Mansions, 
 London, W.C. 
 
 Subscriptions are to be paid to Mr. Datid H. Crompton, 2, 
 Pump Court, Temple, London, E.C. 
 
 Inquiries or communications of a general character connected 
 with the movement may be addressed to — 
 
 Mr. Alfred H. Haggard, 
 
 19, Chapel Street, Lamb's Conduit Street, 
 
 London, W.C. 
 
 Or at his residence, 10, Spencer Eoad, Bedford. 
 
 Since writing the above, and just as I was sending it to the 
 printers, a copy of Mr. Quin's extraordinary circular has been 
 sent to me by a friend. The statement that I have retired is only 
 true as far as the Directorship of the movement is concerned. 
 Other statements seem to me equally misleading, but I do not 
 wish to say more now. 
 
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