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^ — A Letter Written To A Friend, In Rep...
subject you refer to , it will be easy for me to remove all anxiety from your mind on the account of it , by stating
what is the . actual situation of commercial concerns with us now ; for , I suppose , I could not by any exertions obtain even a chance of placing him in a tolerable situation in these towns .
But I fear , rny — , that your mind in the present state of it will not be much easier if he goes any where else . Believe me , it is not our having our will in this or in that circumstance
of life * that will give peace and satisfaction to the mind . It is the mind itself being so enlightened ns to the dispensations and ways of God , as will keep it steady and at rest , let whatever storms arise and whatever evils
threaten to assail us , Truewiews of God , above all such as are freed from superstition ' s yoke , the most galling of alJ , can alone serve as ballast for the man amidst the trials and fears which he meets with in this state of
preparation for a better world ; and 1 sincerely pray to your God and mine , that you may be permitted to ^ know and to delight in these in the same high degree that your friend and s . does .
, LWI will subjoin to the above letter , which leaves me this day by the post , with a prayer for the Divine blessing upon it , a passage from a well-known elegant writer :
u gen & reux Henri ne put eacher ses pleurs . Ah ! s' iV est vrai , dit-il , qu ' en ce sejour d'horreurs La race des humains soit en foule eingloutie , Si les jours passagers cT une gi tristtfvie ITiin eternel tourment sont suivis sans
retour , Ne v & udraiUiT pas mieiix ne voir jamais lejour ? Heureux , V ils expiraient dans le sein de leur m & re ! Ou si ce Dieu , du ttioins , ce g-rand Dieu si s £ v £ re , A rhomme , helas ! trop libre , a va . it daign £
Le pouvoir naalheureux de lui desobeir V * On compte plus de 950 ^ , 000 d' homines sur la terref ; le tiambre des Oatholkiues va k 5 O , OQ 0 , OOti i si
la vingtigtne partie efrt cielJe des &***« <; est beauc onp ; done i ! y a i ^ etueltem ^« t » of terre 947 , 5 OO , ocb hoUimes ^^ fttifi ^ s ; aux pe * ft ^ ttevtoiiUte dk Y enter , m , xs & mtm le g ^ nre It hntari ti ^
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repare € jnvi . ron tousles vingt jsii ) s , inettez , r \ xx \ portant l ' autre , les tettips les plus peiiplfes avec les moins peupl ^ s , il se troiive qu k ne cotnpter que six mille ans depuisla creation , il ya d & jh SDO fois 947 millions de darnn & j . Ce
calcul meritoit bien les larmes de Henri quatre . . JLet the same mode of calculation he applied to our self-called elect .
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On the Ohituurk * of Mr . T . Thomas and D . J , Rees . 1 oB 4
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-, Evesfiam , Sir , Januanj £ 5 , 181 9-PAS 8 AGE in the obituary Aof Mr . Thomas Thomas , of LJandissil , QX 1 II . 77 O , ] appears to reqiiire a little explanatioh . It is this : " In this respect , " of not
bequeathing a legacy for the support of religion , " the great and good man , D . J . Rees , was no exception to th £ generality of our friends . The cause would have derived no small comfort
and encouragement , if , when his most important influence vvas withdrawn , a small part of his property had been devoted towards compensating , in a little measure ^ for the loss which in himself the society has sustained . Mr ,
Thomas thought of the interest of truth when he was bid to consign it to the care of those who yet survive . *' If the expression , " Mr . Thoiha $ thought of the interest of truth , ' wais meant to insinuate that D . J . Rees
"was indifferent about it in his last hours , 1 am anxious ,, without loss of time , to contradict the insinuation ; and to bear my testimony to the irtfly Christian and enviable posture of
mind with which these departed tvofthies gave in their accounts , as they resigned their breath , into th ^ ir Maker ' s hands . 1 had the happiness of their friendship for many year ' s j aftd Providence so ordered , thstt I had the
painful satisfaction of personally & tteiiding on one , the Fast fortnight , an 4 on the other , the last week of his mortal course . With both I Had interesting conversation about th £ l * temporal as well as spirit Ml cbiicertts ; antel can assure \ otit Cbrresdent that in neither was waiiting aA ardent zreaT foi the truth of the
tftiitari ^ vn fai ( h , perfect satisfaction irtth its i « 6 * i sol ^ tion 6 in the face of de & t 1 $ f and sk full , thoiigh rticklest , < ouficfenc ^ in A happy tesultteetitiA to Ithtiibttaliiy . Beiiig toy ^ HJ for Wb I diy * rVt ^ vi < Vi ^ to the dissoftrttbii of > . X
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 22, 1819, page 103, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_22021819/page/35/
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