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UNITARIAN VILLAGE MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
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sider every thing as subsidiary to religious impressions , and pursue it , so far only as it may accomplish this purpose . '—In conclusion , Mr . Ware described the happy effects which might be hoped , in thus bringing instruction from various sources in aid of religious truth . — ' We wish to make a child at all times religious , at
all times governed By ~ the sense of God . We must then show hirn God not only in the Bible ; he cannot have the Bible at every moment . He goes abroad in the midst of a thousand objects , which will draw him away from his Maker , unless we can show him that God is in them also . But , if we teach him to see God , and to
feel his power and presence in all things ; in the sun , the air , the grass ; in every animal and plant , and every human form , and every passing event , then he will be reminded of him by every thing he sees , and will never forget him . He will feel his divine presence at all times , and set the
Lord always , before him . This should be our aim , this will accomplish the purposes of the Scriptures , andjthis we shall accomplish , when , having made the Scriptures the foundation , the spirit , the all-in-all , we combine with them , and sanctify by union with them , every thing which God has made '
Mr . Lewis G . Pray maintained that the instruction of Sunday-Schools should be strictly religious . ' But what constituted relig ious instruction ? Some say that it sloiM be restricted to the Scriptures ; but , if in his way to the Sunday-School , a teacher should cull a beautiful flower , and
carry it to his class , explain its formation , its properties , point out its beauty and fragrance , and from this object lead up their minds to the wisdom and goodness of its Maker , would not this be religious instruction ? and would it not be calculated to leave
a deep and abiding impression on their minds ? Or , should he lead them to contemplate the heavenly bodies , explain to them that they are
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worlds , the workmanship of God , and were controlled and directed by his Almighty Power , would not this be religious instruction ? and would they not , ever after , read with greater interest and delight that beautiful psalm - - The heavens declare the glory of God , and the firmament showeth forth his handy-work" , ? - —And is not i ¦— J— ii Mi !¦ m i ¦ i ¦ I n ' i in ^ i ¦ i i ¦ ¦¦ .-- ¦ ¦ ii—i ¦!»» ¦ ii -n i m i ' ii ^ mi i - ! . ¦¦ . ¦¦ W \ b ^___^ f . ' ¦ - ¦ ! :
this one of the best effects of religious instruction V The introduction of stories is objected to by some , but it seemed to him with as little reason as in the other case . They serve to teach children the moral duties , the duties which they owe to one another and to society . Mr . Pray had no idea of morals separate from religion . Morals are religion in action . Mr . Blake remarked—* That there
are some children for whom the Scriptures are not- the most proper book , because they are too young to understand it . Natural religion should be resotted to for that purpose . If we would convince the child of the being of a God , there is ajbetter way than by referring him to the Bible . He readily understands that the toy which , amuses him had a maker . In Tike
manner we can explain to him the motions of the sun , moon and stars ; the formation of animals , their protection against the weather , and by this course of reasoning convince him that God is an adequate cause for these things . The same with regard to his attributes . The child may be made to love God . Why does he love his parents , but for the kindness he receives from them ? He receives
greater kindness from God . Revealed , religion , though paramount to natural religion , ought not to be the only thing taught . '
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Late the Lancashire and Cheshire Unitarian Missionary Society , The Eighth Annual Meeting of the Members of this Society was held in the boys' school room , under the
Unitarian Village Missionary Society,
UNITARIAN VILLAGE MISSIONARY SOCIETY ,
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UNITARIAN 'CHRONICLE . $$
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1832, page 53, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1811/page/5/
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