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sham truly says that England , rich as it is in talent , in eloquence , and in genuine patriotism , cannot supply a character fully adequate to fill up the lamented vacancy . That so excellent a public man should have fallen at such a time , and by such means , is one of the mysteries of Divine Providence , before which it becomes us to bow
in silent submission . Mr . Belshani portrays , with his usual ability , and with that generous eloquence which is inspired by the mingled sentiment of admiration and grief , the character of the deceased ;
and though the colouring is high , it does not appear to us now that time lias tempered the feelings excited by his loss , to be at all excessive ; so rich in public virtue was the character described and lamented !
The " Reflections * of the preacher are suited to the melancholy occasion . The concluding one is a caution against despondency , and here appears the author ' s cheerful piety .
What good heart does not respond to these grand and swelling sentiments , which are , in reality , as honourable to the Sovereign Ruler as they are comforting to his short-lived creature
man : li There is a progressive march in human affairs . Knowledge gradually advances : nor is it in the power of bigots , tyrants or oppressors to arrest its progress . But
knowledge is power . And power is liberty . And knowledge and liberty generate virtue . And these combined together produce individual and national prosperity and happiness . "—P . 18 . « though the most highly gifted and eminent leaders of the honourable hand of patriots and reformers of every description , in rapid and sad succession from age to age , fall victims to the inexorable law of mortality , the glorious cause
which they support , the cause * i f truth and virtue , of liberty and happiness , remains iminorta ) and ever growing in the hands of a , never-failing line of successors , inferior perhaps in talent , but equal in integrity and in zeal 5 , and making up in numbers what is lost in ability . "—P . 20 .
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Art . V . —Some Thoughts on Christian Stoicism , an Antidote against the Ji-vils of Life . A Sermoji preached at Plymouth , Nov . 15 , 1818 , inconsequence of the much-lamented Death f > f Sir Samuel Romilly . By Israel
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Worsley . 12 mo . pp . 34 . Corhrnins , Plymouth , and Baldwin and Co . London . Is . fTT ^ HIS is another valuable tribute JL to the memory of public Worth . Mr . Worsley has the same text [ Isaiah ii . 2 2 ] as Mr . Belsham , and pursues nearly the same train of thought . He introduces his sermon with the
favourite notion of the ancients , which he amplifies , " That no man should be called happy , until the last funeral rites have been performed over his grave . " Having strongly , but not immoderately , painted the great national
loss , he proceeds to recommend submission to an overruling , all-wise Providence , and to open sources of consolation and hope . In the illustration of these sentiments , he has some wellconceived arid striking passages :
" whether our attention be directed to scenes of private or of public interest , if the wave of time which passed by us to-day has sv ^ ept away some pleasing object which was within our reach , or some
favourite delight we held in ourarins- everv scene of Providence is pregnant with mercy , and the wave which follows it , will throw into our possession some new , perhaps some unexpected blessing . "—P . 23 .
" It was well observed , wben in a neighbouring" state a distinguished general was slain , There is no want of generals in the lines . * And let us believe that under the able instructions of a few distinguished
patriots whom we have seen or still possess , many have been educating to fill the ranks they have quitted , and will distinguish themselves by the illumination of their minds and the rectitude of their hearts "—
P . 26 . In the concluding sentence , Mr . Worsley appears to allude to the awful manner of Sir Samuel ' s death . This is a delicate subject . Mr . Belshani altogether abstains from it . But must it not be ever lamented that a habit
of religious dependance did not prevent tlie dreadful catastrophe ? To Mr . Worsley s Sermon is added an appropriate Prayer .
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Art- VL—The Trinitarian ' s Appeal Answered , in a Letter to the itcv * Samuel Newton , of Withatn / By a Layman , l&mo . pp . 34 . Youngni ; m , William ; Eaton , London . 1819 . MR . NEWTON , a respectable Independent minister at Withaiu , in the county of Essex , has
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Review . —The Trinitarians Appeal Answered . 065
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1819, page 265, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1771/page/53/
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