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miglity God ) strictly enjoins us duly to remember and respect the person , character , spirit and example of our frevered and blessed Master , the Lord Jesus Christ . Though this scheme then doth not hold up to the
communicant ' s view an exaggerated and idolatrous idea of Christ ' s sufferings and death , as the only or chief object of eucharistic contemplation , — yet ; it presents to the sincere and serious Christians mind such abundant
considerations and motives to love , respect , imitate and obey the Son of God as are every way suited to his high and important rank and function in the divine scheme and sacred duties of human redemption . Quaere , —
what was chiefly wanted in the world at the time when Jesus Christ appeared in it as a divine prophet and teacher ?—Answer : Right notions of the character , attributes , and government of Almighty God , and the universal , true , spiritual and social
worship of him , founded , upon and perfectly agreeable to those notions . And doth not the gospel furnish us , in due measure , with all those requisite sentiments and principles , and most powerfully enforce the practical application of them ; for the effectual over-
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Lines by a late Princess . f Communicated by J . W . 13 , ix Mo . 1815 . ] TTNTH 1 NK 1 NG , idle , wild and young , *^ I laugh'd , and danc ed and talk'd and sunn * , And proud of health , of freedom vain , Dream * d not of sorrow , care or pain , Concluding in those hours of glee That all the world was made for me .
But when , the days of trial came When sickness shook this trembling" frame , When folly ' s g-ay pursuits were o ' er And I could dance and sing * no move , It then occnrrM how sad ' twould be , Were this world only made forme ! Amelia .
JiAnes written in Remembrance of the late Mr . Joseph Partridge , of' Stonehouse ; who died in the eightieth year of his age . [ See M . Repos . p . 190 . ] ct Dolce premio alia vjrtu d ' lin padre b de figli l ' atnore . " Metastasio . If filial lo » ve be virtue ' s iweet reward , Whose bliss re < juite » a fatherVfcmd regard ,
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throw and cure of superstition , idofe . try and vice ; and for the universal introduction and diffusion in every age and nation , of true knowledge , purity piety , peace and benevolence ? if these things be true , was it not most fit , and worthy of Jesus Christ , to set
up or institute the Lord ' s Supper for purposes so essentially important and requisite at that peculiar juncture and every way so well adapted and ' adequate to their full accomp lishment 3
But , at the same time , is it not a matter to be greatly regretted that all the intended objects and effects of the New Covenant were not , in the first instance , more fully and openly stated and avowed in the eucharistic law > —
No , no 5 it is not at all to be regretted : for duly considering all the circumstances of the case , the state of the world , the changes which the gospel was intended to produce , and the agents appointed to produce them , —perhaps , the indirect , concise and
occult method adopted by our Lord Christ gradually to accomplish his designs , —was , in reality , the wisest and most effectual , and certainly the most pacific and conciliatory measure that could possibly have been framed and applied . P , K .
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1 o crown with joy the rosy hours of health , And shed the balin of peace , the pur ^ t wealth ; His labours sweeten , or his pains assuage And prop with care the steps of drooping age ; Anticipate his wants , bis fears repress , And prompt his trembling lips with thanks to bless : ¦ u " «—» Pu' * . V" ** P ** W «
To smooth his pillow on the bed of death , And watch his closing" eye , his parting breath : This recompense of worth was ever thine , Dear , fionourM shade , our Father : — name benign ! While seasons change to renovate th « year , Thy children ' s hearts thy virtues will
revere 5 Thy noble mind , simplicity and ease , And manners fonnM the old and young *> please ; Devotion warm " the Wisdom "& * above , , With Faith , and Hope , and m ****" Love ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 574, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/42/
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