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prostrate at his mercy , the recollection of Britain spoils his amusemetii ^ and makes his infuriate eyes turn towards bier , as to the huntress whoni he fears . Every step he takes over the carnage of war > reminds him of his lengthening distance from the Paradise of Freedom . Every obsta- * cle he overcomes , increases his ambition to rifle it of its sweets , and rob us of the enjoyment of them . "
Dr . Y . gives loose to prophetic conjecture . We have not ( unfortunately for us I ) the eager ken of his far-famed auditors * and cannot therefore profit and console ourselves with his visions of futurity *
" The flood may be permitted thus to swell and overflow , in order to demonstrate with what facility it is capable of being reduced within its proper bounds . " The green bay tree'' may have attained its present elevation and extension of deadly shade , in order to evince the might of that arm which shall hereafter apply the axe to its root , and precipitate with an alarming crash ^ its honours to the ground *"
We close our notice of this truly loyal and patriotic discourse with the author ' s panegyric on the much-extolled Nelson . " On no occasion , did England look with more solicitude to that TRANSCEND ANT GENIUS , whose example always lifted up the spirits of his warriors to a level with his own ; or expect" with greater confidence , " that" under such a leader , " EVERY MAN WOULD
DO HIS DUTY . " The event justified her expectations ; but her re * joicing came mingled with sadness . The victory was our ' s $ but , alas ! the Hero had fallen ! The triumph was proclaimed ; but * ah ! the conqueror who had won it was no more ! He whom Providence had early pointed out as the champion of his country ; ovei ' whose life it had in so many conflicts , watched with a parent ' s care 5 whose very name had become terrible to his enemies , and arisen to the highest pinnacle of his nation ' s praise—BRAVE NELSON FELL !
cc His name shall live for ever ! " Even from his tomb the voice of pa * triotism cries ; " and among the richest legacies—which he hath bequeathed to his country , is the spirit he has infused into the British bosom , and the pledge it seems to offer , that c Britain shall be free ' . '
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ARTICLE V * Zeal in the Cause of Unitarianisrn recommended . A Ser * mon , delivered at Newport in the Isle of Wight , 16 th July 1805 , be / ore the Society of Unitarian Christians , established in the South of England for the distributi on of Books * By William Yonait . Vidler .
This is the second Sermon which the Southerri Unitarian Society brought out in the course of the last year . That by Mr . Marsom , was a clear and able statement of the duty of a paramount regard to the approbation of God in religious services ; this by Mr . Youatt , is a manly and zealous exhortation to his brethren to cultivate a steady zeal ' for * the faith once delivered to the saints . ' Both discourses , we . think , would have
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160 .. Yoiiatfs Unitarian Sermon .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/48/
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