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POETRY.
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to 'see that great use is made of the letters of Mr . Cooper in our last volume , and that deserved reliance is placed upon his testimony . In a debate upon the subject in the House of Commons , an attempt was made by one individual connected with the West
Indies to shake Mr . Cooper ' s credit ; but in the only report that we have seen of that gentleman ' s speech , he is represented to say nothing more in reality than that pride prevented the Missionary from endeavouring to do
any thing on behalf of the Negroes besides preaching . This charge was oddly followed , by an acknowledgment that the speaker knew nothing of the person of whom he was speaking . Mr . Cooper ' s own letters are sufficient refutation of the aspersion , and every
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HYMNS .
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one that knows him must smile at a reproach which belongs HleSs t > eiiiaj > i to him than to any persoil U ^ ing : But slavery is to "be defended and of course every one that takes part in the abolition is , as far as possible , to be lessened in public estimation . Is there still , however , a mass of
inhumanity at Bristol which must be represented in Parliament ? We thought not ; but if there be , we should not expect to find such a representative , and the representative of prejudice and
bigotry in general , in a gentlemaa who was brought forward by the liberal party of that cMy , and especially by the Dissenters , of whose party , we know not with what truth , he is generally reckoned .
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242 Poet * y \ -r * Hymns .
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4 t Blessed are the poor in spirit , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . " Matt . v . 3 .
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Happy the man whose humble mind , To heaven ' s Almighty will resign'd , No wild commotion knows ; Who , free from pride ' s tumultuous fears , In silence treads this vale of tears ., Rejoicing as he goes !
In vain does Wealth her charms unfold , And court his gaze with gems and gold , And all her store display - y In vain Ambition shews her page , And boast 8 her deeds from age to age , And tempts his feet to stray .
In vain dp pleasure ' s silken sails Expand before the swelling gales , And prosperous breezes blow ; In vain do Fame ond Glory rise And spread their charms before his eyes , In gay , delusive show .
Pure are his joys and calm his soul , And , while he hears the tempest roll , And sees the mountain riven , Patient he sits beneath the vale . Nor fears the vengeance of the pale , But humbly trusts in heaven . J . C . W . Chesterfield . i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 242, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/50/
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