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w * to render ourselves worthy of thy notice , deserving of thy approbation , the objects of thy Complacency , and the lit subjects of th ine everlasting kingdom . Teach us to place our happiness in
obedience and submission to thy holy will , in the faithful discharge of the duties of life , in the government pf oqr tempers , passions and affections , in the firm persuasion of thine over-ruling Providence , In the imitation « f Jesus Christ
our great leader , and in a firm , unshaken faith in the promises of th * Gospel . Preserve us from all superstitious , groundless fears ; from all enthusiastic , foolish hopes ; and from fruitless wishes : and by bestowing upon us the wisdom that is from above , fill
us with tbat peace which passe th ail understanding . The mercies with which Thou still surroundest vs are far beyond our deserts , and above our praises ; and those which Thou hast in store for them ,
who by patient continuance in well-doing , seek for glory , honour and immortality , are far beyond our most sanguine hopes , or most enlarged conceptions : enable us to stretch our views to the
immeasurable extent of thy dominions , to those innumerable worlds provided for the residence of thy creatures . Enable us , in imagination , to contemplate the endless duration of thy being , and the countless order of beings rising
above one another in knowledge , perfection and happiness , that we may not entertain a doubt of the kind provision which Thou hast made for the improvement and happiness of all , and may justly # OK $ ider death , not as an extinc-
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tion of being and happiness , but a ? an improvement and enlargement of both . And may it be our chief concern , not where or how we shall live , not in what world Thou shall confer thy favours , but consider all places as alike to Thee , and only productive of happiness in proportion as we are obfcdtent to thy law and resigned to thy will . This night and throughout
all the future period of our existence , we commend ourselves to thy protection and blessing . Be it thy care to dispose of us as thou seest fit . Be it ours to love , serve and obey Thee as long a $
we have any being . To thy service we wish to devote ourselves ; to the honour of our Holy Religion we would wish always to act ; ^ . nd to thy name we would ascribe all honour , glory and praise for ever and ever . —Ameja . N . C .
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Unitarians in Transylvania , Jan . 1 , 181 U An Unitarian minister , who has bent his attention to the history
of the Socinians on the continent , would be glad to receive in forma , tiofl concerning a pamphlet published about a dozen years ago , under the title of u A statistical
Account of the Unitarian Churches in Transylvania . ' * It was mentioned , at the time of its appearance , in the Monthly Magazine . The inquirer would take it as a favour if any one possessing the
pamphlet would either lend it to him , if written in Latin or French , or give an account of it in the Monthly Repository . The name of the writer is left with th ^ Editor
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Unitarians tn Transylvania . 31
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1811, page 31, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2412/page/31/
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