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4 fe < ii * M 8 A& 4 ff the eo ^ mtry , ftttd ***<•* equally destitute tfffcM frtftftja ' comforts . ; A-stow , ' or plate tor containing fkef is scarcely ever *** b © found in them : often * there b
oirfy one apartment in the housey to which th « light of the son has free access , 01 wh re there is any flooring but tfce naked earth » j and the / wr « iiure of this room seldom
comp * ehfcndsr more thawi a bod , & broken table , one or two chairs . > aad a few boxes , in which the ci& * he $ vf < the family are preserved . Suck is 4 » he situation during life of
the Io * l * uadic priests ; and amidst ^ tl this ^ ret ched nes s and these f > dL v&tiam ^ anius , learning and moral egt ^ eilef » ce > are but too frequently eiUorabed ,
Ib # ordinary service of * the ( topte -in Iceland consists af BHP 9 PFV psal « ter a sermon and msstlipg * imm the « cri fituresr The praj ^ r ^ ^« d readings are rather dt ^ u ^ ted than ^ sp © keni 4 > y the driest / of
who-pei ^ foirms cai $ par t the sen ^ g ^ a | the altar of the church * Tiie sermons appfe ^ Lr ; m general ta be pr ^ vitHisly cjom po 3 ed ^ ^ nd are deJiv ^ fed fmm notes , t Of the style awd ^ clj ^^ Qt ^ r-of ihese cora ^ osU weuhml acrt
t *^ l ^ . the . - meamvofi farming an accurate judgment ; but i » tbo » e ia « taBiles * where we attended- thfe pttMjc ^ rb rdup ^ the country , it seemed * fjcoij * the WfyXmcf&nd em&mKiqned manner of
tfeeir deli ^ very ^ « ndk frdfrr ttM fre . qa «? JU u $ e oft ^ fee ^ figtn ^ ; of inter-. rog ^ tioll , that a jw > werfttl appeal was uiade to the ieelinga ^ as w ^ ell af tQ the unde ) Gstodidtnfg 9 of tbte au . diei ^> p . la the cdrfdifcct of tbe
re-I ^ g ^ te service ^ , mikct decaruiu is g ^«^^ ljt twaintadned * > Onestriki ^ ttb ^ teiiee to ? tlift ^ o « trajryo 6 cUTA red mdeed to o ^*\<^ ermiURCZ hut thq ; ca # e was a » rngular one ,
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asiA ttiust ^ be- Tfecrt ^ 6 dr ttierel y ^ in th 0 light q f a * r lextfepttdii io «¦ gtiiV eral statement . ¦ " ¦ ' "* ' ' " : - ¦ ¦' . ¦* - '• • •
. * TT 4 e'iiortiI' and reH ^ oti | - ' habte of * tfee < jw » opfe at large , tiiky be spoken of In term * « f ttie niort ek 2 alted commendation . lti feis dt&riy tKe
mes ^ e ^ apakn ; jeiiander per . foitms ^ al I * fh % ; da ties which fate situation T ^ ed ^ i resv or renders pos ; - sible ' and * i # hile fcy the- stvcNr € labour of his fean < h s ' h « obtains a
provision : of food for his childi ' etr / it is not less hfe tiarrf W- cottVey t <> their minds the inheritance eft ' knowledge andr virtue » la his intercourse with those around htm / bis tcharacter displays the stamp ?
of honour and mtegrity . liismi ^ iigioius duties are perfo rmed withcheerfttlnes and ptinet uarifyy astd this even amkkt the iiumeti&ik 6 bstaclfes , ^ hich-aife horded by the nature of theetmntry fJK ^ 0 W ^ climate undear ^ h ^ cii he Ivvfes .-l ^ b * Sabbath ^ se ^ toe ^ ajfc art ^ Iceia « dic
chtipch ; ^ i indeed , eme of f hd mo « t ' singular and interesting kintt . Th ^ little edifice , ^ bnstructed df woo « f a » d turf , is situate d * pcrira ^
amidthe Fdgg « d ruins of ust realty of lava ^ or beneath nu ^ krdtti ) vrbioh ape cor ^ r ^ d " ^ i ib ^ emVtH ^ mekihg sttows ; in a sj > ot Wto&tSf th £ ^ mind ftlnrft « 5 t $ in&s ti ftder cliir
silence at ^ I diesolaticfo ^ arrodtid * iDjg nature , fv H ^ ie the Ici ; land ^ rl ? ai ^^ m btee io ^ peffo rte tiie duties faf theif ^ EdigMu ^ Agroup of rtiiil ^ a « fcA « feniale 1 peisanis may be seek ' gathered * about * che ^ ehtiTeb , urartu i » g . tHe urriva ? lr « oC > tWic ^ pastor { all > habited in theid bc ^ t a tti r ^ ,
aiter ^ thd-lnnnfter o * fttie \ to \ xxitf ^ their children iyi ) Lb ihem 3 tfupll the horses , which btought them r $ om ^ hetr respective h otne ^ gracing quietly around th ^ little as * temhly . The arrival <* f & nom
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Prewnf SXxtft efReiigiw in Ichteml . ? 7
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 77, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/13/
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