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    ^ g tfitorer v mtbn , \\ iih 5 ius p ^ r ^ - sent misery ,, aad incomes ta' ^ Re * IUirr \ H ? gaProdigal . " - ; VNo . 7 , 4 k Xhe Twin Brother ^

    evinces the superiority of * " Govd Conduct , !* or a . steady perseve . ranre under all difficulties , m what is right , over what is called * ' Good Luck ** ' or those adven

    tltious circumstances , so eagerly grasped at , which seem to promise a « ear ^ r road 10 happiness and respectability than the rough and B ^ rrow pat h of direc t duty . ; , Na . 8 , is a Sketch by Mar ^ af ^ tta D rey er , of Norwich , and a *

    it ^ is one . more particularly fitted than any other in the collection , to ,-t&q € ii as we are " now addressing , we ; mean those who have it in

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    their power to aid their poorer brethren ,, we shall pa&se more closely to examine it and to sift itff ^ excelIrrjce , satisfied if haply < M 3 e : should be attracted to follow tfte eKnmple it contains . It is ( he of

    ^ History Emily Willia , ' » a j / Qjing . person , who , educated principally in fashionable accom . pjishm ^ nts ^ had never been taught to tjhtnk i 4 creatures in humbler

    life than herself as worthy of her notice , or to imagine that their jnisenes could or ought to be alleyiated by such as she as . Ala ^! now common is this thoughtless * ness ! w . hat multitudes are ihere , Ijrho , untaught to bless , idle away

    their time in useless occupation * * or in vain amusements . TIk js < are ignorant that a thousand jjleaiures are inherent in active be ne-^ ojence , or they would Hot lavj-h all their valuable moments /> n tri » fling affairs . These know not that Ihe ; education and improv ^ nii'nt of their poor brethren , the comfort-* fl | gjpj , tbe afflictedy tht ; relief of

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    wjth s ^ t i « facti ^ n $ which oujfe w tig ^ a he a 11 ( * yed pleasu res i ^ f tk& world . TRost t * knov \ ledge and in-< lii > try , . where , once reigned ig ? n ^ ran c ^ and si th , t <» v < ev ^ he alth arid happiness dwelling with those who were once haunted by disease and wretrhe < fne ^ , is what the an 4 geN love to look into , but for a man tci reflect that be has parti * CJpated in ? ftecting such a change to know that many of the beings

    m > benefitied are filled with gra--titude to their benefactor , and abov « all to be comeious that God regards him with an approving eye . this is indeed a foretaste of heavt-ri v But of this enjoyment thousands are deprived , not so much fiom want of inclination ^ or

    of opportunity , to be acriv © m well-doing , as from a ^ ntvef thought * , and due consideratior )^ that man is m > t made for himself alone , but that it he will not b $ an unprofitable servant , he must diligently employ himself in doing

    good wherever his hand findethL it to do He will soon discover that the harvest is plentif ul * and that ihe labourers can not be tod . numerous . *• Emily Willis * ' was ; providenriall ) thrown into a sphere of life wht re she was made use ^ lul ; in which objects were presented io her , whom she was taught that it was h ^ r duty and her privilege to benefit , and she

    soon found the luxury of doing go > d superior to every © ther luxury which she had ever previously tasted . O ! that men would analyze the jovs which are presented to iheir grasp , that they would carefully maik such as leave sting * betiind , and spurn them with , contempt or indignation , butyieUt th < mselves wholly and cheerfully to . ^ fpl | . ^ gm-.- SA « t , flulinguiflhed **

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1814, page 508, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2443/page/60/