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To the- lUv . Dr . TOULMIN , On hearing his Discourse to the Supporters of the Unitarian Fund . Nov . 26 , 1806 , POR THE MONTHLY IlEPOSITOBY . While grateful mem '» y loves in thee to trace The kind instructor of my infant days ; Tpulmin ! 1 bless the Lord ot life and death-, That cares nor ills have : quench'd my vital breath ; But still , protected by his guardian powV , I share thy friendship in the social hour ; Again 1 listen to the preacher ^ voice , Who bade Religion be my early choice , And taught the worth of Truth ' s celestial lore , JJy precept much , by fair example
more . Truth , welcome guest from heav e n to man bel ® w ,, His light in darkness , and his bliss in woe , To view thy form the child of nature srghM , Just caught a transient glimpse , and doubtfuL died ;
O ' er Judah * s favour land for ages known . Through shadowy rites thy splendours dimly shone , Till heav'n prepar ed Messiah ' s wondrous way , And lo it davvn * d the long predicted day ' Great day , the goal of faith ' s , desiring
eyes , That saw the Sun of Righteousness arise , The Jewibh shades dispel ; d > the pagan night , And they who sat in darkness , hail'd . tlie li p-h t
Prophet of Nazareth , to whom we owe What Natur • Science , Art , could ne ' er bestow , Man's Sov ' reign good , for which the sa ^ e ha * thought *
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The worldling : labour ed , and the warrior fought ; Yet lost in passion > storm or fancy ' s maze , To own their ignorance was their highest praise ; * Twas thine , blest Servant of our Gocfc mo-t high , To teach us how to livs and how tcs die ; Thy life and death describes our duty * plain , Thy rising tells how man shall live again ; Yes , live , his Father ' s mercies e ' er to ? prove , Tliougk roan be erring ; , yet his God as love . Such were the themes which fcelcf enrapt of yore , The fkyour'd tribes on Jordan * s peopled shore ; Such the . glad sounds which at their L © rd * s command
His follow ' rs , Joyful , bore to . ev * ry land I Bade Israel her long promis ed king ^ eliold , Of whom * through many an age , he * prophet told , And rais ed the Pagan from his rites abhorrd :
To serve the one Supreme , aad trust hie word . Thus Truth prevail'din f ^ eav ' ns high- * favouring hour , Nor askM the specious aid of mortal pow ' r , And thus , her gold from human dross refin'd *
Shall spread her empire o * er the wilhng miod ; E ^ en now her dauntless champkms dare cnorage , The Sceptic ' s ridicule , the Bigot * s rage , And , skill . 'd . the depths of science ta explore , Above all learning prize her sacred lore .
Such late was Priestley , " that great injur ed name , ' For this he own'd the generous hope of fame ; Hail'd Truth ' s bright advent with his " latest breath , "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1806, page 670, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1731/page/54/
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