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ivhich QU * SarMW casae into the world to establish . All th # aatjoas engaged in , the late disastrous conflict caUthem $ eJve 3 Christiai ^ ,, yet how is it pQssibte , that Christiaus
should fee employ e d in nmtmal destructipiu Let us , not , be deceived . The apostle has , tqld ^ us , what are the fruits , of the spirit , what those of the flesh , and if we ha $ e not thie
spirit of Chrit st we are none of hjs > Awful words ! Leteyery man bring tbqvk borage tp his o ^ n . bosqrn * and if he i&reajly ii ^ u earnest , w hi $ reli * giqus , s € ii £ mKJl ££ , ; l ? e cannpt doubt
tfrat qh ajl sides , hav ^ e bceni in the l ^ te conflict nqauy departures , from tfoe truly Christian spirit * and to t ^ eni are to b $ > attributed the ? evil s tfrat havje desolated Europe .,
Rnt by . thq w ^ qerful acts of pnovjidence the , gfjeat tyranny i » r de » stjioye 4 which threatened tjhje sub * jygatipn . of body ap ' dj mind to nfiijir t ^ ry despotism ^ Twejve ; hundred thousand men in arms were at one at of
tirft ^ beck one individual * X $$ system mide ^ r vyJtwh Kurop a lojp § ha ( i beeugrp a ^ iag ,, was pushed to its utmqst extent , ami it ha ^ been b r oken tp . pieces , The nations had been n ^ mngs up standing , armies , each-within itsrow « iHmits » aii < l thus i
proclaiming to t ^ i ^ o rl q ,, tfcatthey were ever prepared for , war , for war against their neighbours , or agaiwst their own subjects . A . warrior aros ^ aiidesta ^ Usheci a sta ^ ndiag armyv fa *^ beyond whatever entered ipto the imagination of hi § predecessors ,, By
this all Europe , was to be brpugjil intot subjection to his will , ancl difr feyexxt nations a ^ d language ^ combjned to give validity to his designs This power is broken , after having djsp . layed to . ttie . wairld ^ every , things great and terrific that war cau
ofodju . ce ; all that the depraved state of mankind caljs glorious , all th < p ^ e sgpri ^ s of desolatiojuan , d destrMctio »* ^ ich ^ ought to , Jb ^ r pleasing ojaly to deropas ^ mqI to . rational beings , Thie
sysjena js broken W hat is left fo $ ) future sovereigns to do , but * ten c §^^ a way , frpu * th ^ ir mi ^ ds their notions of fa ^ e g- | oiry , and tojraiatfc ttmv p ^ opte ^ npt by i > ru ^ yl fo rca . < ' ^ eiciaecl * ipQ ^ . iH ^ ir neighbours of s
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their own subjects , but by G © ltivating the betieF feelings &S the heart , and encouraging industry , com * tnerce * aiad tfa ^ e arts of peace . A dawn of hope arises , that the hearts of many axe influenced by
these sentiments . In taigland thepeace itself has . lost much of the gratification which it is calculated : to excite ^ from ; the strange arficie in the treaty , which * provides for the renewal of the slave trade fbr
fiv . e yeaysp- Agami&t this degrade tian of huinaiiityv thisr vro ^ tion of the ( Christian religion , the people of this country hav * e united , we might almost * say unanimously , to
enter their solemn protest s * Petitions have been sent to parliament from every district and t&wnship , and the signatures to th ^ em- exceed * we believe * in number those
offered upon any other occasion . Here then we see a . genuine expression of-tile : best of feelings , which acknowledges that in pursuing our own gaod # we are not ) to be forgets
ful > of that of our neighbou r * If we * rejoice ; atthe deliverance of Europe ff *> nn a dreadfull tyrann y > can we * but inourri , that the 5 return of peace * tp u $ { should be the signal for warsr and : desolation in . Africa * Let us
hope * that this : expression of thepublic feeling in England will not b ^ W'ithontf its effect in the aprproachingi congress of th& sove ^ reigpsb of Europe . That there is a favourable disposition in the mind of the French king : may be collects
ed from his permitting the debates oa this subject to be inserted in the Parisian newspapers ; and ^ we shall hope that the Committee ^ for con * ducting ^ tha petitions ^ will take eare - that ai ; good account of the p ra * cceAtftgs relative td them , together with such - extracts as manifest the '
sentiments , of < thi » country- may beciicw lated ^ th raugrh Brancev I ^ Vom thie- greener : pi » bltc Grentnwet are compelled to tuiri asi ^ e tto % notice ciraumwta ^ icesr . wilh whichr we , tould have wished the p » Mrc n € « vet !* to hwte > beeaacquainledJ It if % h but too uotorioua th ^ at there is aaAinhap ^ y diifcrence between thfe priiuie and priiseess ^ of Wal ^ s , from :
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Stat& of Puhlic Affairs 44 * &
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 445, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/61/
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