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POETRY.
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Youth warned of a future Jii ^ M en t OEccles . xi . p ) , Repentance ( Matt . ' iv . 17 ) , The fear of God ( Ps . xxxiti . 8 ) , Prayer ( Philipp . iv . 6 ) , Public wor ~ skip ( Ps . bbcxiv . l ) , The ways of virtue ways of pleasantness ( Prov . iii . 17 ) , False signs of a good and a lad characters and the true test of loth
( Matt . vii . 20 ) , Rich and Poor mutually related : their reciprocal duties ( Prov . xxii . 2 ) , The y ear crowned with Godsgoodness ( Ps . Ixv . 11 ) , Whatsoever things are true , fsfc . ( Philipp . ir . 8 ) .
It thus appears that these Sermons treat of * topics which , as the editor observes , are miscellaneous , and € i entirely of a practical tendency : " we further agree with him that * perspicuity ** marks the preacher ' s
illustrations ; and we consider it as highly honourable to Mr . Simpson ' s memory that he inculcated from the pulpit , in a plain and serious manner , the great duties of religion — while , from the press , he favoured the world with his admirable Essays on the language of the Scriptures *
An extract from the discourse on brotherly love , which was preached , in 1804 , for the benefit of some charity schools , will be a good specimen of the writer ' s style of address , and will shew the state of his judgment on those institutions which maintain as
well as instruct the offspring of the poor : ** Id tbe institution -which you have
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Lines occasioned by reading- € < JDt . Smith on the Divine Government . " Brightly dawn'd the Christian morning , Passing reason ' s purest ray , Revelation ' s sun adorning Ages dark , and all was day ! Sat scarcely were his beams diverging O ' er the world in splendid light .
Ere bigotry ' s dark cloud emerging , Wmpp'd again those n | ys in night . Then men enchain'd in superstition , Evil passions unconnn'd , £ toew their God without commission , Fron their warp'd and sickly mind .
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£ 4-2 Poetry . —Lines occasionedlnftem&ng ¥ )* . SH ^^ * Dhtnne Government . "
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established , J >? gvtfng children so * ne present at ^ otaini&dati oG s of fo od , habitation , and raiment , goo& instruction is rendene ^ i more impressive and effectual . The bounty that is felt by the . immediate relief w ^ j ^ h it affords to bodily wants , attaches sensible minds to their benefactors , and
disposes them to regard their counsel and advjee . Being tatyght tbe arts of reading , writing , arithmetic , and needle-work , they are early inured to habits of industry , and are better enabled to provide for their future permanent support and comfort in the world . This will eminently
contribute to preserve their morals , and to secure that constant application to their proper business and duties , which is necessary to preserve habitual tranquillity , contentment , and cheerfulness in their
own minds , and to render them respectable and useful members of society ; for in order to prevent , as well a . s to cure , evil habits , persons must be accustomed to regular employment , and tbe outward condition must be rendered comfortable . "
76 , 77 . The * ' inaccuracies" which occur in this volume , are evidently owing to the difficulty of decypherinlj the authors short-nand ** With ' 66 r , rectness . " But the pious attention of the
editor to his father ' s memory , claims our respect : and to those who had the happiness of witnessing the t ( meekness of wisdom" "which characterised the late Mr . Simpson these posthumous Sermons will be particularly acceptable . »«———— ' A
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POETRY .
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_ . — . ¦ . . ,. .. •¦ > Yes—children of the same grept Goc | , From tiie " me ^ rcy * feuV Were driv e n \ And the few who seiz'd the ferd > Proudly arrogated n ^ av ' n . But hope again is , dawning bri ght , r Tfs thine to chaSe those clouds away , ' Tis thine once more with reason ' s light ? To harbinger thtTsu n of toy . ¦ Before thy ngrrou * pen they jalL
Before thy brea ^ b the ph ^ utoni ^ fiy , The branch of peace tbou be » r '« t tp < r // , Thy ^ r ^ at credentials from on high . For \ a that sacredJbook t \ & found That none 'believing- disobey , Tho * zealots would that t * Xt confom » d , Andbtind it ^ to ^ b ^ Jr owivdavk w » y .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1817, page 242, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2463/page/50/
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