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sure my aunt can give you some In stances ) that have been preferred " on ao count of some very trifling a-: i » ons , in which they have shown f . htii * a : ' ivenesa and care , I would have you s ^ tid all the time you . can reasonably spare from your business , in reading . 1 sj . ealt
not only of religious book *? , ( though- i would have them to be your chief care ) but of such as will innocently divert . or fit you for company . You are young yet , and I hope nothing of ill is so rooted in you but may easily be wore out . Take care you harbour nothing of envy , hatred , malice , covetousness ,
revenge , detraction . The world is so full of the last , that I am sure , sister , you and I and every one ought to be on our guard : be sure you never pollute your mouth with any such thing : rather turn off the discourse , or excuse your neighbour as charitably as truth will allow . I believe it will be neither an useless
nor false observation , that whatever a young person applies himself to at first is commonly his delight afterwards * : what I argue from hence is , that if you and I perform our duty to God , our neighbour , and ourselves , as well as human infirmity will admit , and at all other times be discreet , active , and
cheerful , we shall receive more satisfaction than the most voluptuous and delicate person , and it will be infinitely to our advantage in this world and the ensuing eternity I beg of you not to neglect the sacrament ; for assure yourself ,
no pretence will excuse you before Christ at the last day . But in this and your spiritual exercises , dont think God requires the time , but the heart . If you forgive all men and be in charity , be thankful and humble to God , and such
like , your short prayers and fasting , where they are inconvenient to youf , will be accepted ; and without these , the longest "will not . Pray give rny duty to my aunt and uncle ; I beg her pardon for not behaving to her as I ought , and return her thanks for all her care and kindness . Dear sister , accept of my best advice and love : you may observe I recommend cheerfulness and
* Hence we see how early in life Dr . Hartley ' s attention was directed to the principle which forms the basis of his inestimable work . His * Observations on Man , * are but a beautiful illustration of this maxim . S . $ , Y . f According to copy , but surely incorrect . £ o «
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LETTER IL cc Bury , March Z , 1734—J . " Dear Sister , ¦ * ¦ xc I received your ' s some time ago , and wrote the next post to my sister Sarah , and directed it for her at Mr . Dearden ' s , near Halifax ; but asl had a letter a post or two agitfrom my brother John , which mentions nothing of
her , I am afraid my letter to her has miscarried . Pray inquire about it , and let me hear how she does . I am glad to hear you go on better this time than you did the last . I wish you a happy minute with all my heart . Don ' t you
want a god-father ? Pray make use of me , and let me know by Mr . Gibson what you have given forme- My little boy is very well . Mr . Walton and I manage our house tolerably well : we are both of us very abstemious , and drink neither ale nor wine , which
besides the advantage it is of to my health and-spirits , keeps me from a great deal of troublesome company , and saves a considerable expence . I study much harder than ever I did , and am much more cheerful and happy . 1 have lately gained the knowledge of some things in physic , which have been of very great
use to me ; but my chief studies are upon religious subjects and especially upon the true meaning of the bible , I cannot ejepre 9 S to you what inward peace and satisfaction these contemplations afford me : you remember how much 1 was overcome with superstitious fears when I was very young 5 I thank God that he has at last brought me to a lively sense
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qui '" knees to you , as what I fear , both you are - defective in I . am , Your ' s , &c . D , H / RTLET , I am turv . c J r , r ? M «; her , as agreeable to
the d-y , in th \? ] ett r ; but if you will send me an answer , the next shall be i-nore-ep £ - ? rt 3 i : ; i . rj £ i am in ^ ood hop es to rel fifteen or sixteen pounds a year in the university , and am fitting nry \ self for thz * h onourable society . Pray pardou haste . " - I l | _ III IM 1 HJ
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1810, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2401/page/8/
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