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POETRY.
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THIS is an able and ingenious attempt to shew , that the system of reputed orthodoxy has not the characteristics of the gospel , as described in the New Testament , but possesses on the contrary the marks
of error and corruption . 1 . It requires the use of unscriptural terms , or of scriptural terms in an unscriptural sense , 2 . it is not any where taught as a system , in the New Testament * 3 . The omissions of the first teachers
of Christianity are fatal to it . 4- Certain important facts , recorded in Scripture , militate against it . 5 . The first teachers of Christianity reasoned
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Sir , July 10 , 1818 , Many of the inscriptions and epitaphs on the grave-stones in our burial grounds , are a perfect burlesque on the most serious of all subjects , and are disgraceful to our country by their deficiency of sense , taste and grammar :
to say nothing of poetry , for that would be a profanation , if the word were applied to the senseless doggerel which is frequently cut on stone . Of a very different description are the
following lines , copied from a monument in the grave-yard of the Old Mefeting-House , at Cosely , Staffordshire , which report ascribes to the pen of ti [ ie very respectable minister of that congregation .
AS Nature fades before the wintry blast , Till Springs revives the desolated plain ; So mortals fade : and Death ' s dread Winter past , So shall the ji ^ st revive and bloom again .
Being' Supreme ! whose power alone can $ ave , We rest in hope , and bow to thy decree : To die , is but to slumber in the grave , Till day immortal bid those slumbers flee .
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LINES Occasioned by the Death of Dr . Thomson , of Leeds , " WHAT tragic tears bedew the eye , " " What deaths we suffer e * er we die !" The . sire oii whom our hopes depend , The tender , faithful , zealous friend Wejnoarn -anti in the bloom of youth Spotless « s fair , ingenuous truth ,
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ma manner which excludes ¦ & . ' 6 * It has been remarkably connected with the allowed corruptions of Christianity . 7 . It breathes a diffeteat spirit from the Nevv Testament . ** , By iiir dications such as these /' sajs Mr . Fox very truly , ( p . 45 , ) ** ' . far more
intelligible , certain and impressive , than mere verbal declarations , the spirit speaketh expressly , * ( this is the text , from 1 Tim . iv . 1 ) : " they are the Voice of Revelation , directing us to the truth , commanding our zeal for its revival and diffusion , and promising its final , universal prevalence . "
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The child beloVd- —in ev ry stage Of this our mortal pilgrimage , From some lov'd object must % ve part , Some tie be severM from the heart ; And oft we grieve for those alone , From Fame ^ s approving plaudits known---The wise , the good , with powers designVl
To charm and to instruct mankind , To whom the choicest gifts of beav ' n , The stores of mental worth wefe giv * n . And warm benevolence of mind , . . Pure , fervent love of liuman kind . When men like these are calFd away , In the bright zenith of their day ,
From years of usefulness to come—Tlie mind perplexed at such a doom , Desponding asks , Could heav ' j » , in vain , Superior excellence ordain ? But not in vain , those lights h&ve shone , To more exalted regions gone- ^—Their memory long shall live on earth And others emulate tlieir worth . L Kendal ^ August 12 1818 .
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PROLOGUE TO CATO , Spoken previous to a private Repre-t sentation . IF in the venerable scroll of Time , One record stands , imprest with powV sji * blime j - > If , ' mid the lengthening gloom one Conn appears To awe , with Virtue ' s grandeur , distant
years , , And youthful breasts with impulse high to thrill—The name of Cato gathers hiatre stilly Still lives , till classic g-lories charm no more , Or Freedom ' s spark expire , on Britaiifs . ¦ ¦ shovei ' ¦ ' ; . ¦»•¦'• ¦ .,
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Poetry . —On the Death of Dr . Thomson , of Leeds ^ Prologue ta Cato . 598
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1818, page 523, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2479/page/51/
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