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• have received a blow to return ; it . This disposition God has enabled us to correct , by watchfulness , prayer , and the aid of his grace , which he never refuses to them who ask it in sincerity . But unless parents' will conscientiously perform their duty by correcting the first indications of this disposition in their children , there is little hope that the man will ever get rid of it And let me exhort all , young and old , to a steadfast perseverance in the faith and practice of our fathers , and a thankful improvement of the peace and means of religious instruction we enjoy in the present day . For these
we are mainly indebted to our distant friends , whom Providence has raised uj > to visit us and support our schools . But what is it , my friends , which brings strangers from the other end of Europe to visit us ? Nothing curious that we have here to shew them ; but they come amongst us to see genuine Vaudois , who are deserving of the name , who still maintain with zeal and constancy that religion which they received at the first from the apostles or
their companions , and which their ancestors so often bled to defend . " Last of all , I exhort you to love one another . I bless the Lord on your behalf , my dear brethren , that you all of the quarter of St . Marguerite , who met me here this time twelvemonth , are alive this day , and enabled to join yorir voices together in singing the praises of your heavenly Father ; and I call upon you to shew your gratitude to him , by living in peace in this neighbourhood , and loving one another . 1 might say , consider me , your
pastor 9 as your father , or the elder of your quarter , now present . But I forbear : God is your Father , and is pleased when he sees his children loving , aiding , consoling one another , which may he grant , through Jesus Christ our Lord .
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% i Of Prince William Henry , who was for a long time resident at Hanover , I heard a trait which does honouT to his heart . One day he met a woman leading in her hand a half-naked boy . * Will you sell me your child ? ' asked the Prince . * You may be a very rich gentleman , * she
answered , * but I would not take all your money in exchange for my child . ' ' Why not ?• said the Prince . * Do you know then who I am ? But come to-morrow to the castle , and if , indeed , I am not in circumstances to purchase
your son , at least I can provide for him . ' The woman appeared the next morning , as he had desired , and the Prince not only had the boy creditably educated , but promised to take him into his service , if he should prove honest and diligent . "—Letters from the Continent y by Frederic Matthieson , translated by Anne Plumptre , p . 36 .
" Thy babe is naked , hungry , cold , And thou art poor and famish'd too ; Exchange thy bab y for this gold , 'Twill buy thee bread and clothing new /' i " Sore press'd by poverty we roam , — My babe and I have scarce to eat , — No friend we have , nor sheltiing ' home—Expos'd to all the storms that beat ;
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THE MOTHER .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1827, page 569, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1799/page/17/
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