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    We are ready to admit indeed , and which the author of these discourses amply concedes , that many events , may , and actually do take place , of which we may

    not he able to ascertain the purpose * " also , that there are others which in their first and immediate effect must appear to us as being productive of evil ; but it by no means follows that in his eye who alone " sees the end from the be * ginning * " they may ultimately be so * Innumerable instances are given in these very discourses , in

    the case of Joseph and others , that k % all facts , all temporary re . lations * ' ( again to use his own words ) however overwhelming to the mind of N . D . u are justly aseribable to the direct pleasure and determination of the Deity , " and further tbat they supply a

    strong presnrrrptive argument that in other cases , where the good is not perceived , where it lies beyond the reach of our very limited vision , the same great truth of its final preponderance , and that

    it could not have been equally attained by any other means , will © ne day be self-evident * I apprehend indeed , that no one can have lived lung in the world , and have paid any

    moderate attention to the daily current of passing events , even within his own limited knowledge , without being convinced 4 * that the Lord God omnipotent reigneth " that darkness as well as light are of his

    crcffting and t appointment , and thai without him " not even a patrow falleth to the ground . " Peeling the e 3 < trefflfe importance of thife cctavictton to tranquillity atrtl foappin > sfe , I Wat an the point , Ml-. Editor , of requesting that you * <* 106 * % t > f $ *» ur towtepondtttts

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    more competent than myself f would endeavour to satisfy the doubts which appear to disturb and perplex the mind of N . D « But if he have really read the whoie of these discourses , carefully attending to the whole chain erf

    argument , and this effect has not been produced , I cannot but despair that any additional process either from the history of former ages , from any new train of rea «

    soning deducible from daily observation , or from the uniform language of scripture , can be effectual to clear away the clouds that so unfortunately bewilder and overshadow his mind . I fear he

    must wait patiently for the arri - val of that glorious period whfc& we shall no longer u see ihlwigli a glass darkly , but face to face \" shall no longer € c know in part * ** but shall " know , even as we also

    are known . " A Constant Reader , and Occa sional Correspondent .

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    Anticipations of the Unitarian Fund . January 1 , 1814 * Sir , I lately met with a volume , en *

    titled , * The Christian Miscella * ny , " published in 1 79 ** Tteji was a periodical work , edited , if I mistake not * by an Unitarian minister . It closed with the 8 th

    Monthly Number * apparently for want of sufficient encouragement by Unitarians * Wel&avfe , I trust * improved in spirit , as we certainly

    have in numbers , do ring die taust twenty yearn ; though still , as I fear , you , Mri K < h cor > can testif y * far behind Cbriswans of otber pro * wvotiicHto , in 2 eal to sferVe out- c « ii ^

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    Anticipations of the Unitarian Fund . 407

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 407, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/23/