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    folly , to moderate the temper of our enjoyment ? , to call home ou ^ sc ^ t | er $ d and wandering thoughts , and tune our minds to notes of seriousness . As a national calamity I intend not now

    to speak of it , I feel that any political observations , mingled with , the few brief reflections which I am able to offer to you , would be an intrusion upon the sacredness of }> our sorrow . Be that reserved for other times and

    other occasions . The one uppermost feeling , and , a feeling , which , as it is honourable to the nature we bear , I would encourage you to cherish , —the one uppermost feeling is deep and heart-felt regret at the loss of a Princess who was affording to the nation the interesting and delightful spectacle of the union of the sweetest charities

    of life with the finest of its virtues . This is not the place for flattery , and still less is it the place from which we often have it in our power conscientiously to hold out to your imitation the example of those who stand so high in the scale of society : t > ut in the present instance , if all that we

    have heard can be credited , and there seems to be no room to question it , I can truly and honestly say to you , be as she was in simplicity of heart , in strength of affection , in purity of manners , in kindness and benevolence of disposition , in the observance of religious duties and , attention to the sanctities and decencies of the

    Sabbath . What the effect of her example might Tiav ^ e been in repressing the gross immoralities of fashionable life , it ? is impossible to say , but there is reason to suppose that its influence would have been great and extensive .

    On every account , therefore , her los ^ is to be deplored . As human beings , sharing' in common feelings an $ l com > rnon sympathies am ) , common endearments , we sorrow for her sudfjen ancj ' premature departure . As . moral beings conscious of tte noble instincts r and high duties of our naWre , an . d esp ^ ciWff ^ interested in t he : preser vation * of the domestic and privatgyirtues , we lament the removal of one wto redacted honour o »« botl ) . Ang as religious beings- conscious of our heaven fy origin anq-our immoral d&ftfuatidtt , knowing that we came ' from * G' 6 di # d ttiatfW ^ ail go ^ d ^ r W ^ ve t ^^ M ^

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    nence of her station , could exhibit t * tht ^ viewj of , a , whole , nation the bea £ itiful character of a rational piety , 1 » gone to a place , where there is njejthe ^ knowledge nor working , nor dev ^ e . It is pleasant , to be , able , to speak ^ of the virtues of the great , and this hunibfe though feeble trib \ ite u of respect to the character and memory of that

    illustrious Princess ^ who occupied so large a space in the public eye , and who had made her way into the hearts of all people , I pay willingly and sin" / cerely . Over her ashes let the . tear of pity fall . On no h ^ man , g ^ aye ca $ it drop more naturally or , more .

    gracefully . She , however , is gpne to her rest , and her soul is in the hands of , that God with whom do live for ever the spirits of the good . With her [ therefore , all is well . But there is me who survives , lately the rejoicing , companion of , her few short happy ' days * and nowthe inconsolable heart /

    stricken mourner who demands from , us the _ expression of our tejMJJerea ^ sympathy T And he Juts it Ob ! thai the knowledge of this fact m . ight injpart to his darkened and sorrowing

    bosom . one ray of light and of comfort . But I know that , for tW ^ W c ° n ^" tion and suppprt he , mjistlook to a , higher source . To tnee ^ p GocJ WJ 19 , canst at all times disperse the clpucjjt , of sorrow apcj g } y& Hgnt to them , w ^ sit in darkness ,, / tc ^ thee he Will loofe

    up in humble dependence on thy goodness , and do thou in mercy listeni to his supplications and send : an answer of peace . Hearkep , we beseech , thee , to the prayer ^ of the cpi ^ trite ^ . and . give ear to thejdes | re of , su , ch a # < be sorrowful ^ Anij { . if any humaA voice could at this time reach » him , j

    would say to him , niqurn for m the d € ? T parted , but mpurn noffis those ., who , have no hop ^ . Think nof t ^ a ^ s ^^ ., los £ When the bo < 3 jy fa % , into du § t the spirit retujrns to Ctpd wjip gave it » ThinkJt not p . vain th , ingJ : Q Jiave cuV tivated kiac ( affections , and ^ virtuous ,

    love . fefovST am ^ ll a m ^ n ^ ent hasy $ t to pass an « dl we all as ^ 3 emb ( e in ( th $ world of spirits t ^ % « i ; S . yP ur W 9 * be ^ t ' . preseiit cheerles ^^ th fl ^ it b not stre ^ ed ^ wito ^^ wers ^ jor wat ^ a wl * t-S * $# f * » i ye % fe ^ :., no ^ trust ^ Godi he will hot leave tnec - o ^ rWl ' sakfe thee . In due time tl | e , day W aggKi dawn and the shaqowg J > f $ m& ~ n % f&ri $ fi& ' fmit

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    ! 06 Conclusion of Mr . Mafygfji jScrmon on the Princess .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1817, page 706, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2471/page/10/