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be wrong * For you say you sincerely wish that I may be saved , therefore , if you had the power you would save me . Now , God has the power , but wants vour good will , or your doctrine
must be wrong /* Here the matter rested ; and these temperate and friendly disputants parted to meet no more before the great day , when their differences will be decided , it is hoped , to their mutual satisfaction .
Other accounts of the above nature would occupy too much room . It i « hoped that these are sufficient to shew , that neither of my dear departed friends wanted a due regard for their professed views of Christian truth . But the explanation which 1 intended
to offer , why that truly great man D » J . Rees , did not , like his young friend Mr . Thomas , bequeath a sum for the support of religion where he belonged , must be grounded on their very different circumstances , and the well-known views of the former as
to the ultimate tendency of such legacies . Although I am willing to hope , that the able writer of the obituaries did not intend to make an invidious comparison , and accuse David Jenkin Rees of indifference to
truth when leaving the world , yet ,. as I think many would be very ready to avail themselves of your Correspondent ' s antithetic language to countenance that idea , 1 must assure your readers that it is altogether unfounded ,
and ascribe the blamed neglect to its proper causes . Mr- Thomas was a single man , of about v , having no near relations dependent upon him , or likely with increased means , to supply his place in the society . D . J . Rees was a married man of about
fifty-six , having " , besides his justlyendeared partner , many other near relations greatly dependent upon him , and , with increased means , likely to be very helpful to the cause which was ever most dear to his heart . He
would not deprive them of the pleasure , and advantage of voluntarily aiding that cause , by putting the means into the hands of others , who would solely do it as a duty , devoid of
such pleasure and satisfaction . Our excellent friend had so high a relish of the ' - ' pleasures of voluntary beneficence , that he would take no step to deprive others of it . He had his reasons ; whether just or false > for his
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long-entertained opinion , that such , legacies jai-e ultimately more a detri ^ ment-than- support to the cause of pure religion . He had often remarked and lamented that the trustees of such
testamentary grants too commonly abuse their trust ,- and exercise unbecoming authority in the church of Christ ; that such endowments are often a bone of contention , " a source of mutual jealousy and ill will ; and that among congregationsvin general ,
that religion which costs fotit little , is seldom highly " valued . He remarked , on ^ the other hand , that where there is a proper regard for religion , where it is onde tolerably established , men exert themselves to support it ; and that this exertion itself is a valuable
means of satisfaction and improvement : for , as men from habit are careful to well-apply their means , they will be more likely to see that their minister be worthy of their contributions , and more anxious to secure a return in their own improvement . My amiable young friend might not
have these views , but they are well known to have Been IX J . ReesV ; and these excellent persons may have manifested equal regard for truth ; the one by withholding what he thought inexpedient , and the other in bequeathing what he considered beneficial . At any rate , let those who ever maintained the unbroken
harmony and affection of father and son in life , be not divided in death ; for their pious and enlightened friendship will again , 1 am persuaded , transcend the deformity of the grave and flourish in immortal bloom when death shall
be no more . Then shall those hearts in which their memory is now embalmed , which emulate their excellences , while they melt at their recollection , be again revived and
gladdened with the renewal of their friendship , and shall for ever beat in unison with theirs , through the everprogressive career of uninterrupted and endless improvement . JOHN EVANS . —^—
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v . Additions and Corrections to the Memoir of bKCoij / an , fy e * 105
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- Clapton , Sir , February 9 , 1819-THJE follbwiiig additions and corrections which have occurred to me on reading your last Number , are At your service . Page 1 , q oi . 2 P ad Jin . In one of
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1819, page 105, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1769/page/37/
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