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Acton?* Lectures* 822
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ACTON'S LECTURES. *
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Fanciful Wishes.
- . ¦¦¦ - ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ . W Jben : Thought awakes , ¦ she wakes to shri ve Herself from follies known , Wliich bur , likefk > wers i & dte ^ g / mpikvb > * ^ j ^ - - ¦ ¦ " ¦ 1 ^ 0 g ltmttterand be goft ' e * ' : - " ^' - u ^\ " - ^ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦" ¦ And thus- it is through life we go ^ - Wishing for what we have . Investing with an inborn glow All things above the grave : Yet wh y forget , that still 3 below * , The ideal bliss we crave Derives its freshness from the flow Of our own fountain-wave ? Oh break not then the precious urn With such deep wealth supplied ! Not all Earth ' s fountains can return One drop of that lost tide . Some boyish dreams we must unlearn— - But let not Manhood's pride That playfulness of fancy spurrr ^ To youth of heart allied * Crediton *
Acton?* Lectures* 822
Acton ?* Lectures * 822
Acton's Lectures. *
ACTON ' S LECTURES . *
Acton's Lectures. *
This little volume deserves to be extensively knowti and read among us , aod we hope it will be so . The Lectures were delivered , the Preface states , " to the author ' s congregation , and to a considerable number of occasional attendants ., in George ' s Chapel , Exeter / ' without the remotest idea " of their ever being published ; and most of them were only partially committed to writing . " Solicitous " that their aim an < I pretensions should not be mistaken / ' he gives the following account of them :
" Tliese Lectures are designedly simple in their object and style : they are meantt for general readers , and the subjects are discussed in a plain manner . Nothing in the shape of criticism , or of minute and l a boured investigation of scripture ., could have been Introduced vrith advantage in popular discourses from the pulpit ; and in preparing them for publication , the author has adhered so strictJy to the original form of the Lectures , as even to throw aside some notes , of an exegetical and controversial character , vyhich lie had at one time resolved to insert .
" If the author may be allowed to express an opinion ; on the most suitable use of his Lectures , lie would venture to suggest that tbey may be safely put in ) to the hands of plain , serious , religious persons , who are hostile to Unitarian views , as it is presumed that they contain littie in eliC way of attack on orthodox doctrines , which can be laken ofFen & iv-ely by a candid mind ; and perhaps they are not !; unlikely to weaken some common prejudices against the truth . "—Pref . ¦ < ' - ^
• ** ' " ¦ " ¦ *—¦"" — ^ ¦ ft Six Lectures on tha Dignity , Office ^ and ^/ otk , of o ^ r Lord Jesus Christ : In Explanation and Defence of Unitafraci Vf ^ WS bf the CMkpel . By Hcairy Acton ,, Exeter , 3830 , Pp . 14 $ . 12 iuo .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1830, page 821, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121830/page/21/
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