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profitable and even pleasant hours , as veil as render them profitable , and even pleasant , to the bick man arul his friends . Without
professional parade , he may lead to such views of providence , of the intentions and uses of sickness , of the comforts and Mipports of religious , particularly-ot Christian , prospects , as may greatly strengthen the sick man ' s own mind , and contribute to calm that agitation
of the spirits which , while ii inter , rupts the proper pnparation for whatever rmiy be the will of heaven , is one of the greatest obstructions to the proper efficacy of human means . At the same time , -ie is by no means precluded from ¦ administering relief , by such
general conversation , as may not-be -inconsistent with the sick bed . The same remarks will apply in a great degree , to the case of the aged , whose many infirmities , and near approach to a separation from
the jjrebent life and world , seem to render them proper objects of I he particular attention of the teachers of that gospel , which must now be particularly interesti g to them , as -bringing another life and world j to clear , and certain iig ^ t .
I am aware that these duties cannot always be discharged ^ without occasionally exposing you to the suspicion of interested motives . But , if you cire habitually careful , as I trust you will always be , to suffer fio influence of this kind , at any time to actuate your mind , especially , if you rigidly decline interfering with , or being concerned in , the disposal of oth * r people ' s property , you-may safely disregard all tuch imputation * , and xepose in the welHounded
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476 Letter to a young Dissenting Minister .
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consciousness of having never in the least deserved them . There will alvvays , however , be a large proportion of your bearers your intercourse with whom , in
the hour oi sorrow , will not expose you to such imputations , the lower classes , and ( he poor ; whom though you may not be able always to relieve , in the way that
some of your predecessors have done , yet , if you attend to , and sympathize with them , and give them your affectionate advice , along with the consolations of re . ligion , you will at once secure their grateful attatchment , and th < j
unfeigned respect of the rich , vvho&e substantial assistance m your labors of ! ove among the poor will seldom be wanting ; you will find ihe value of your religion enhanced by the noble examples , you will witness , of the supporting influence of Christian principles ; I scarcely need \ o add , that you will enjoy a heartfelt self-approbation , and a hope of the divine favour .
I If - It will be well to have a book j for entering lists of the several classes of catechumens , with the bcioks they are severally to use ; the regularity or negligence ot the individuals composing each class , with the probable causes of either ; their respective proficiencies , qualifications fur a higher class , &c . &c . Of the catechisms , and other books to be put into the -hands of young people , every person will determine for himself ; and every one , perhaps , wilt determine differently . ' 'Ihe Historical Catechisms bf Dr . Watts , cor . rected and published by Dr . Priestley , are very useful for the junior clft&es ; afterivarUs the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1811, page 476, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2419/page/28/
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