THOUGHTS

ON TIIE

RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN,

WITH A VIEW TO

THE AMELIORATION OF SOCIETY.

ADDRESSED TO

THE HIGHER AND MIDDLE CLASSES.

BY EMMA MEEK.

To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

JAMES v. 17.

Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou shalt be no longer stewaret

LUKE xvi. 2.

TO

THE REVEREND ROBERT MEEK,

RECTOR OF RICHMOND, YORKSHIRE,

(LATE OF BRIXTON DEVERILL, WILTS,)

THIS ESSAY,

BEGUN AND PUBLISHED AT HIS REQUEST,

WITH EARNEST DESIRES FOR HIS USEFULNESS

AS A MINISTER AND A WRITER,

IS DEDICATED,

BY HIS AFFECTIONATE WIFE,

EMMA MEEK.