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He se * es a " spirit of gobd even in laaUWhtiL " - To Kim rite human j ^ nn '^ p ^ urtr niajesti c , even in rams . He ^ mc ^* t < fc rrnfcP t ^ iaf there are some feelings , and those the holiest with wfttcB feayen has Messed us , to he foaindr in every land where the dwel-Jirigs of nian can be traced—high
instoctt of cbhjtigal devotion , ' of parenl ^^ enderfiesV of filial love , of roman-^' aJfectfoii , &nd of veneration , howev € t * 61 in < J , ^ r a superior intelligencewMcli provfc * to him ** that we have aM ofttsl # ir » fftfMAN heart . " *
;* w ^ F Wordsworth arriy ^ this concfysk > p , i » -l ^ s " Old Cumberland Bfegg ^ r > * $ 8 &T ^ ^ n , of philosophical poetry , as Waatijifyl ^* ever t he purest heart and the holiest iraagination suggested , lie
takes lift mean an object as the country in * S * i « fi nis ' sWene islfdd conld supply . A f xtor dgftjl mendicant regularly visiting the sca&ttired hamlets to receive alms , and tr £ e € * d ; 0 int his importance to tie general ^ € fffar ^ f , and ? the useful purposes ibr which he litfes . Hte exhibits him as a record
wJbach fcitui * together the memory of past ch ^ ajbwa ^ » unpeiliag the viUagers tp go otfnea ^^ j ^ ^ r indR ^ jMJcesaity of use , and as giving " the " first kind touch of symparthx f an 4 \ ovfV ^ o ttje youth amidst t ^ e moipt ^ ic ^ . -r | n t ^ ie xaidat of these reftectyto h * £$ m ?> to
< Maa jus ^ iear wan ; - — Uie poorest poor LpJ&g |^ B sqi ^ . ^ o |^ ei | ts in a we ^ ary l i ^ e ^ kP % 4 l «§ y c ^ Jyio ^ if and feel that t ^ ey . ,. U » . > . % Wgi '"Taeig ^ dives | tfl « 9 ar Fer ^ , aud tl ^ e dealers iWfl . V ' . ^ tSW . WP- * # ? W /? i— - > been p : . ^ dxbVtnos . e ( Wko , We&e ^ rtertdness ' —for this single ^ * cause , ;
Tfttfti ^ e ^ a ^^ atl ^ f tis one hum ^ n heart . " C-t-TTT bv / : rtr ^ . j > r , ^ . In the § an \ e . noem * as an example of the bl ^ dnW of this * liUmble chatity , he giv ^ el the pictiite' of oiie' pbpf Svoman who , + < Wn ^ i ^ ek ' ^ ersfelf T * itn : ber dim iwffitjn W ^ > !^]^ ekd 1 cai |^ maik ^ his week-^ mn ^^ eit ^ e rafetf ^ ith ber dim w ^] ^ s ^ iiieiidicaijtr m ^ e * his unreel dJ
ly ^ Bf * « 4 fies % tje ungparkng ben 4 tul for M fiS ^ n ^^ Wth ^ iv ^ ar ^^ Sifiytiy Wfee anaV ^ ld ^ W iitoe in
-ftlH % WlfiWF ^ W ^ W 4 ^ Vi ^^ ^ ifmOjn < ? H ^ t , V 6 l L ^ M £ i ? T a ^ bKl *^ r ^ MM a' ® % - ^ s reality ; and ^ F ^ ir ^ HI 11 ^^ fr ^^ -f ¦» -mfojMED& ^ ti mi tC ^ r ^ CSAj umm . K ¥ _ JUfikMwJbAMMU \ - 4 M ™ - - r' t " ipr ^ i ^ cff pu x / wtfB ^ wftmw 1 . cywi upuinv pjp luaurr **
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Notieof these emotions can a € aiu vmist ctgo ^; except in spite of hi » creed . True- it is tlmt nature , moiB powerful than opinion , makes him Feel all these things at peculiar seasons : but his vietfjr of thetn is perpetu . aHy shaded vy the Areary colouring of his faith ; his soul is checked in the
midst of its noblest impulses . Surely then that system whicn has its origin in a belief that man is radically corrupt , must be less an object or pleasure , even to the imagination , than one which has its foundation in the original purity of our nature , and which cherishes die grandest hopes of our future condition .
The < 3 alvmists and their sceptical allies ate perpetually exhorting us not to build our religion on the cold understanding , but on | he feelings and intuitidiis cS ther heart . In this case ,
we may taunaptisuitly employ their own language . If there is . any ground for the fond veneration with which wfe contemplate the mighty deeds of the times of old—if $ * e grandest effotts of human virtue are not empty shadows- ^—if the sweetest recollections
of childhood ate not mere delusionsthen isi : he main d& £ tinn& of CJalvrnfem TA . * j&& , ' \ > j how specious arguments soever it m . ay be ^^ uppo ^ ted . Before one touch of genuine 'en ^ otron from thejbys ofinfefi ^ - —cme gush of innocent delight * ro * ind b ? htert oppressed with the fe ? Ver of die Worl 4— -liow dd
the scholastic reasonings , the ingenious quibbles , the strameil ~ constructions of scrrpture , b ^ which the original guilt of-ikfeii is maintained , crumble and vanish ! We take our stand on th « J best affectjoxis of man ; on the deepest ofhis feelings ; on the most universal and deathless of his ^ sympathies . And we trust the foundatidn on which we
rest is hot to ^ be despised merely because the understanding may be also witfet ' . , S . N . P .
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* 8 & Correction of an Errm ^ ke lqfe qf ike hate Francis Webb , Esq
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S ? K , Bridport , [ May 17 , lBlQr 1 ' AM hapjojrkcy correct any mistakes , r Which , in bbnsfeteence of either inkecuwe irifr ^ li 3 pition or fa ilu re of my 'ft ^ ftedftft , ' I taki haVe madfe , m myM&rf ^ t sketdh'Hf the life , ch *~ n ^] W £ i ^ tU ^ 4 » b » late Francis
thc ^ Utt ^ WonlcJWinor ^' th ^ iati answer tq the trtolk ^ kiqiient e ^« % ^ er ^ Hon 9 W cottW
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 280, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/28/
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