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eyes of all the nations of the earth ! It is enough . Come , Lord Jesus , come quickly I NOTHANKER .
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make him remembered and regretted by you . To some of you he was known in the character of a friend ; of one who is connected in their
remembrance as the companion of their early years , of their youthful studies ; and , since that time , with many a cheerful , many an improving hour . I venture not to speak of other ties ,
which alone would have justified me , in regarding him as one among your number , as one whose loss could not , must not , pass unnoticed by me . ** But why do I now call your attention to his memory ? Not to praise him , though I could say much , very much , in his praise . Not to lament the
Joss which the Christian ministry has sustained by his early removal , though I feel that the loss is great . Not to attempt the language of consolation ; though I feel theaffliction is one which requires all possible consolation . No : 1 leave his praises to be read in the sorrow of his friends . I leave the
consolation of those , whose sorrow most requires it , to Him alone who can comfort—who has comforted . " I speak of him to you for a purpose which I know he would himself be earnest to accomplish—a purpose , to which the latest efforts , the warmest
feelings , of his soul were directedthat of awakening in the minds of the young a serious attention to the consequences of the choice which they may make between good and € vil , between God and the world .
" Only a week before his sudden , and , as it appears to us , untimely removal , he had powerfully and affectingly displayed the dangers , the misery , the continually increasing miser } 7 , of a youth abandoned to the seductions of vice . For the next address to the
same hearers , he had prepared a description of an opposite character . His whole heart was in the work ; and from his heart he could well describe the pure feelings , the ^ strong encouragements , the bright prospects , of a youth early and fervently devoted to God and virtue . But before he
could impart to others the sentiments with which he was animated , he was called to learn that , which alone was wanting to complete the picture he had drawn , and which alone he could not describe—the glory that remains for virtue in an immortal existence .
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748 Conclusi 0 n of a Sermon on the death of the Rev , T . B . Broadbeni .
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Sir , AS your Volume commenced with the interesting Memoir , by Mr . Belsham , of his lamented young friend Mr . Broadbent , and is also to be adorned with his portrait , it appears to me that there will be a singular propriety in inserting , before it closes , the conclusion of a sermon on Mr . B . ' s death , preached at Manchester , Nov . 23 , 1817 , by the Rev . J . G . Robberds , whose Funeral Address is already
before the public ; and the rather , as the sermon is not generally accesible , a few copies only having been printed for the friends particularly concerned .
ft . S « ** These are motives that might well be urged on all ; for all are interested in the truths which give them their force ; all are addressed in the exhortation 9 ' Be ye ready . '
' * But chiefly would 1 urge them on the attention of the young ; for they are most apt to imagine death at a distance . Never would it be unseasonable to remind them of their mistake ; to warn them against trusting to such an illusion : but now I feel it
a sacred duty , not to let go the opportunity of fixing in their minds the solemn lesson , not to let the impression fade from my own heart , before I attempt to transfer it upon theirs . * Yes , I confess an impression , a deep impression , from the events of the last fortnight . 1 speak not , now , of
that which has spread a general gloom : I speak of a nearer grief , another most unlooked-for , more awful change , from youth , from health , from active usefulness , from every prospect of earthly happiness .
"If he , of whom I am about to speak , had been a stranger to all of you , yet I trust you have not found me so slow to enter into your sorrows , that you -would have refused to enter into mine .
But he was not a stranger . From the place where I now stand he has addressed you ; and if I may judge of other hearers by myself , his warm and affectionate zeal in the service of his Master , and his power to impart the warmth which he felt himself , will
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1818, page 748, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2483/page/20/
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