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Monumental Inscriptions * 63 $ .
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friend [ John Alsop ] observed to me , that he very often had his fears on ' her account , and sometimes imparted them to her . About the time « he applied for her certificate to visit Eng land , he felt more forcibly her danger , and that it would be increased by her introduction to the cities of Europe ; and it was some time before
he could determine to sign her certificate ; but the fear of appearing sino-ular , outweighed his better feelings , and he accordingly signed it . Notwithstanding the very fallacious sentiments she had propagated , I felt chafity and good-will towards her ,
account so much deference was paid , was , ibe informs me , the late John Townsend ^ of London , who was then traveling in America as a minister , with the concurrence and approbation of the Society in Great Britain . He was my wife ' s maternal grandfather , by whose MS . Journal it appears that be " lodged at John Alsop s , " at
Hudson « 11 Mo . [ Nov . ] 30 , 1786 , " after attending ** a large evening * meeting ' at that place . This visit was paid very near that time , and " long" arter she \ Jlrst \ appeared as a ministers' * which was even before the settlement of Hudson . d
Hannah Barnard cannot pretend to say how often John Alsop u had his fears on her account , " but she informs me he never u imparted them to her . " e However " forcibly" John Alsop "felt her danger * about the time she applied
for her certificate to visit England [ in 1797 J and that it would be increased by her introduction to the cities of Europe , " Hannah Barnard assures me , that he expressed in the Committee some months before it was granted , " his unity with her
concern in the fullest manner / " And yet after a lapse of eight years , from the date of this certificate , " 10 Mo . 26 , 1797 , " which testifies the u near sympathy and concurrence ' '' of above sixty members of Hudson Monthly Meeting- with her said concern , " and that her ministry is sound
and edify ing ^ attended with a comfortable evidence of her call thereunto , " John Alsop is represented as declaring" in the character of " a worthy elder , " that " it was some time before he could determine to sigu her certificate . " But that " ibe fear ° f appearing singular outweighed his bet ~ l ^ f € eling' 3 , and lie accordingly signed 1 - ^ What a striking picture of insincerity is this , combined as it is with a ridiculous pretension to superior spiritual discernment ! In common justice to the ot Elders of Hudson Meeting the numerous readers of these travels should know by wb 0 IB it was $ et T 0 I -x ; 4 n
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and called to see her husband ; she being from home . " *
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Monumental Inscriptions . No . III . OVER the grave of Cowper , in St . Edmund ' s Chapel , in the Church of East Derehani , Norfolk .
In Memory Of William Cowper , Esq . Born in Hertfordshire , 1731 . Boried in that Church , 1800 . Ye , who with warmth the public tiiumpk feel
Of talents , dignified by sacred zeal , Here , to devotion ' s hard devoutly just , ^ ay you r fond tribute due to Cowper ' s dust ! England , exulting" in his spotless fame , Ranks with her dearest sons his fav o rite name . Sense , fancy , wit suffice not all to raise So clear a title to affection ' s praise : His highest honours to the heart belong ; His virtues formed the ma ^ ic of his song * .
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No . IV . On John Tweddell , bora 1 st June , 176 p , died 25 th July , 1799 , who lies buried in the Temple of Theseus , at Athens * a translation from the Greek .
Sleep st ihou among the dead ? then hast thou culPd In vain fair learnings flowers , the muss in vain SmilM on thy youth -Yet but thy mortal mould Hides this dark tomb \ thy soul the heav'ns contain .
f A curious way trulv to manifest hi * charity and good-will towards Hannah Barnard 1 I would now publicly submit it to the Editor of Sutcliff's Travels , whether it be not palpably tinjust to exhibit her therein under initials that cannot well
be mistaken , as- the propagator of " very fallacious sentiments" without saying tchat they are , and thereby enabling * the reader to judge for himself of their moral tendency ? After perusing * such a representation , how must any intelligent and candid reader be surprised to find that it principally relates to her avowing an
unshaken persuasion , that in every age of the world , it was the invariable will of God , that all his rational offspring * , ' should act justly towards each other , love mercy , and walk humbly with their God , in strict obedience to his positive precepts ! For this was in substance the offence which incurred the censure and ilisowncpeut » f her brethren .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1815, page 633, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1765/page/33/
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