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    the resources we shall obtain lying heavy upon any one j because , it may be hoped , that each one will give according to his ability : while those of our friends who are in easy circumstances will take a pleasure-in giving

    liberall y * they , upon whom the burdens of Kfe impose the obligation of doing less than they would wish to do , will consult those obligations , and give accordingly . And they will not

    forget , that the widow ' s mite was seen to fall into the treasury of the temple with satisfaction , and with the promise of a reward from him who is appointed to judge the living and the dead .

    I must be allowed to add one thought more . What can give credit to your cause ; what can raise its dignity in the scale of human estimation ; what can call down a divine blessing upon all you do , and prove

    that you are indeed taught of God , « o effectually as your own virtuous , upright , honest deportment in those relations of life in which you are allied to your fellow-citizens and fellow-men ? But observe , I am not pleading for what in the world is often admired

    under the name of devotion and sanctity- External devotion and sanctity serve , upon some schemes , as an apology for tricking , for lying , for sensuality and for infamy . And you have known , as well as myself , noisy professors , who have actually thought lightly of palpable vice in those who are believed to be the elect of God *

    Away with such flimsy pretexts from our ranks ! Our principles warrant no such measures . Our creed refuses to hear any apology whatever for a breach of the laws of integrity and of virtue . Let him carry before him the ¦ dark lanthorn of hypocrisy who is

    afraid that the stm should shine on his actions . Be yours the safer course of spreading forth the scenes of your lives before the midday sun . Since there is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed , let wo part of your conduct need a concealment . I > o th « t

    which i » right between man and man : check the violence of passion : put a restraint upon self-love : mind every n&an not only his ortrn fbiirgs , but every matt ateo the things of others Let it not be said tlrait , while you ai * e professing to serve God you do injury

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    to man . For he serves and honours God the best , who respects and instructs and benefits most the creatures who bear his image upon earth . Finally , if in these ways which have been pointed out , and in others which will suggest themselves to your own

    minds , you endeavour to teach the way of truth to those who lie in error , can you doubt that your labours will be acceptable to him who came into the world for this purpose , ** that he might bear witness to the truth ;" who so often directed , " he that hath

    ears to hear let him hear ; " and who gave it in charge to his apostle , " strengthen thy brethren '' f If it be his command , feed the hungry , clothe the naked ; would he not have you feed the hungry mind , clothe the naked understanding , and furnish food and

    the means of animation and vigour to the intellectual principle , which is given to adorn human society here , and to enjoy the high gratifications of the heavenly banquet in eternity ? Small indeed is the value of corruptible food , compared with that which endureth unto everlasting life > and great will be the solace , and rich the reward

    of those who are the instruments of making their fellows true worshipers of the one living God , and enlightened heirs of everlasting glory . I am happy to add , that these

    thoughts , with others it may be better to suppress , delivered to a congregation of my friends , have been instrumental to the forming of a society on the plan proposed , whose subscriptions are even more liberal than I had

    hoped for ; which will enable us not only to embrace the four objects I have referred to ,- but also to give a steady help upon any other proper demand being made on us . The same plan has been pursued in several places in the West of England , and I hope it will be generally adopted . A FRIEND TO THE SPREAD OF TRUTH .

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    720 On the System of Mtdtkus .

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    Facts and Observations ttnth regard to the System of JMaltkus . Sir , Dec 2 , 1817 . T is not possible for m&to express Ithe satisfaction with which I ha * read the reflations of your most elegairt a * nfr accomplished Correspondent T . N . T . [ pp . 471 , 55 % 660 , ] oDrfW

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1817, page 720, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2471/page/24/