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were burning in their temples as symbols of the sunli g ht and the moonlight , and while the worship of the light of the two orbs , the sun and the moon , was celebrating , that Pagan abominiation was totally destroyed about the full moon , when the sun was setting in tgTO , in the division ( i . e . the horizon ) of the heaven to the people of Gibeon , and when the moon was rising over the valley of Ajalon , both the luminaries being above the earth ; evidently shewing to those bigoted nations that even the presence of their idols had no effect in restraining the power of the army of tne Hebrews . " ,
Let the reader now decide for himself , and either adopt or reject the proposed alterations of Mr . Bellamy in Joshua x . 12 , 13 . I wish to bias the judgment of no one : but , if the foregoing observations are true , I cannot pretend to conceal that in abandoning the authorized version we get rid of gross inaccuracies of translation , as well as of " a miracle for which there was no necessity , " and which , when considered , according to the narrative .
as the performance of a mere mortal , " outstrips in point of possibility all that has ever been told in the tales of the Talmud or the legends of the Koran . " JARCHI ,
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The blossoms are wither'd ! we tread o ' er their form On the plain , as we pass , without care for them now ; In their frailty they met the rude shock of the storm , And they dropp'd , unprotected , unwept , from the bough . But lately we gazed on their beauties , and pray'd That the sunbeam would cherish and ripen their bloom , And we hop'd , ah how vainly , for see where they fade !
'Twould be long ere the garden would lose their perfume . Thus often young Genius is prais'd and caress'd , While his morning of promise is splendid and gay ; And bright seem his prospects of fame and of rest , Till the blast of detraction sweeps over his way . Oh , then , how the world views the fallen with scorn ! How it heedlessly tramples the withering mind ! Forgotten the charms which attracted at morn ,
All his worth , all his hopes , are to darkness eonsrgn'd . As dull and unfeeling the hearts of the crowd , To the pinings of Virtue in misery's hour ; In the reign of her sunshine they greet her aloud , But leave her neglected when storms overpow ' r . The many will tread on the best of their race , When ruin ' s sharp blight o'er their prospects has blown ; Or coldjy will gaze on the sufferer's face ,
Then pass on their way without pity or moan . , Then court not the smiles of the world ; they jare vain I Nor trust in ite promises , —/ ear not its strife ; ., But cherish thy conscience ihrougfy sorrow and ( pai ?» And confide in that Being , whos ^ fay ^ r ' i § life . For He , who decrees , a p ^ w fg ripg to app ^ ^ ,,, w , To adorn the sear bough wfb jfeffiMm W ^ mi * Will cause joy to arise jft ^ e ? -icfy firoeglft « flF . Uty r * i , And thy leaf to be green , ^ hen li te > \ yifit , ^ r is , ft , ffr .,. .. , Birmingham , , H . iL
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WITHERED BLOSSOMS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1827, page 576, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1799/page/24/
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