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gannot offend even those who be * lieve ill three ^ except a deficiency in paying homage to the other two supposed persons give urn * brage . Query 1 . If this be the case , how is it that such notices as the
following aregiven 3 n the Monthly Repository : " Observations and Reflections on select Passages of Scripture , &c . ; principally adapted to Unitarians . "—** A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Unitarian Worshipr &c , ' Query 2 . Is there any necessity for these appendages , as the respectable -authors are so well
known to Uaitarians in- general , and cannot therefore be suspected
of introducing any sentiments con . trary to those received ia common by them ? Query 3 . Do not these
distirictions evince more of a party spirit than that body of Christians generally \ faish to manifest ; and has it not too much aa appearance of lietesiarchial separation ?
An Answer to these Queries > # ill much oblige , A COKITKMED UNITARIAN .
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Thee in prayer—with all humility , submission and entire confidence do we clesire always to
acknowledge thy supreme dominion over the creatures Thou feast made , thy wisdom in every event that Thou perrnittest to happen f thy boundless compassion to our infirtnities and thy constant goodness in bestowing so much happiness on us at present , and having
in store so much more for us here * , after . In every situation of life Ave earnestly pray , that all our passions and affections , all our wishes and desires may be under the contrdul of reason and relu
gion : that in every prayer offered up unto Thee , we may be disposed to pay the utmost deference to thy supreme wisdom , which alone knoweth what is best for us , and feel a chearful submission to the orders of thy Providence , the firmest faith in the great doctrines of our Holy Religion , and an unshaken resolution to bear all the
evils of life with fortitude , and to receive the blessings of thine 'indulgent Providence with gratitude . Thanks to thy paternal goodnesi which , indulgent to our ignorance
and infirmities , to the strength of our passions aad the weakness of our reason , to the feelings of thfe human heart and the imperfection of our faith , doth permit us to unbosom ail our griefs , to express our humble wishes , to m ak *
known our numerous wants , and to implore thy divine assistance in circumstances where nothing can afford us relief or comfort , but the hopes of thy favour and
the most steady faith in thy paternal wisdom , power aud goodness : thanks to thy goodness who hast appointed us a High driest who has a > fellow-feeling in our
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On the Dedth of Friends . 'Sift ,
If you think the- following Prayer or Devout Meditation , for the use of a Family , on the de ^ th . of friends , will be acceptable or useful to the readers of
your valuable Miscellany , it is at your service . I am , &c . V . F . Almighty and most merciful Father , to Whom all our hopes and fears , oilr desires aftd wants , * Mi borrows and joys are known , T& « f We ^ 4 fi ? exptctfs them before
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^ mont Meditation on the Hea th of Fr " iends . 'W
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1811, page 29, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2412/page/29/
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