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island have cause to be doubly tbankful ; we have been preserved from witnessing the effusion of blood , and the ravage * of war ,
which have spread over the great ., est part of Europe ; and we are dow . permitted , in common with ether nations , to rejoice thus far in their cessation .
In what way , therefore * beiov . cd friends , shall we evince our sense of these unmerited favours ? It is well k nown that we regard it as a Christian testimony , to refrain from uniting in those public
demonstrations of joy , which often prevail on such occasions . We Are convinced that frequently they lead to practices , inconsistent with that meek and quiet spirit which should clothe the disciple of Jesus , and are an inlet to excesses which
estrange the mind from God . It is not , in this way that we should manifest our grateful feelings ; but l > y endeavouring , through the
influence of redeeming love and power , to live more and qnore in the spirit of the gospel , and thus to become examples of genuine Christian conduct .
Public worship is a duty which we owe to our great Creator . And even in contemplating the recent events to which , We have already alluded , we feel engaged to invite
you to consider them as an additional incentive to diligence in this respect * Great indeed ! are the benefits of a regular attend ,
ance of our religious meetings : ance of our religious meetings ; aOd of waiting upon God in spirit and in truth , when thus
assembled . The mind being then abstracted from temporal concerns , and fixted on the true object of worship , aspirations for help will arise ; the upion of a travail of IpirU will be felt , and we ahall be
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more and more sensible erf tbe benefit of so employing a due por ^ tton of our time * If we become thus sensible , we shall be earnest that ail the branches of our families may partake with us ; and we shall not rest satisfied that either
they or ourselves should , once only in the week , allot a few hours to this duty . Let us then , dear friends , entreat you who may have been deficient , to lay these , things to heart , and deeply to consider
whether your practice is calculated to advance you in the Christian course , or render you . go $ d examples to those around you . If the mind be duly turned to the Lord in meetings for worship , the benefits which result will not be
confined to the hours that may be thus occupied . We shall , even in the concerns of this life , be preserved in a degree of the same calm and watchful state of mind , and in frequent retirement be led to examine our own hearts . Thus
furnished with strength from above , we may with increasing , yet humble confidence , pursue our good resolutions , and proceed with calmness and safety in the way cast up for the redeemed of the Lord to walk in . Our desire for
the possessions of this world will be limited within the bounds of Christian moderation : we shall prefer durable riches and righteousness . * The sufferings of our friends in this nation and Ireland amount to
upwards of Sixteen Thousand 1 wo Hundred Pounds : of this sum about eleven hundred pounds arose from military demands : ami tbe remainder , from the support of our testimony against Uibcs aod other ecclesiastical claiins . Ttm of our young men have been u& ~
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440 Quakers' Yamlif Kputlt *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 440, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/56/
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