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annexed the penalty , if he disobey and reject them , of future punishment The particular nature of that punishment is not clearly revealed , because not necessary for us to know ; but if for a moment we contrast loss of life
with immortality and never-ending happiness , the mind is scarcely able to grasp the idea and comprehend the vast difference ! Let us , then , be careful that we do not . from Dride or careful that we do notfrom pride or
, vain philosophy , reject this gospel ; and may the solemn but cheering declaration of Jesus sink deep into every heart , This do , and thou shai / t live 1 J . S .
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Sir , AM always anxious to see your I Miscellany as soon as it i 3 published . I have been accustomed to regard it as the vehicle of liberal criticism , and the medium to excite the attention of the public to useful and moral subjects . What , then , was my
surprise in perusing a letter from Gloucester , ( p . 392 , ) signed Tkeos . Broicne , in which a proposal was made to Unitarian societies , which , if adopted , would be a perversion of a judicious institution , a violation of a religious compact , and a sanction of
iniquityof iniquity the disgrace of our country , and even unable to be defended by our present administration ! I refer to the proposal of Fellowship Funds purchasing lottery tickets . When I had
finished the perusal of the letter , I retired to bed , but not to repose . The image of departed excellence presented itself to my imagination . I thought I saw the amiable and pious Thomson annroach me : but how changed son approach me ; but how changed
was his countenance , how altered his voice ! The aspect of mildness and benevolence was transformed into the knit brow of indignant virtue ; the soft , affectionateftone of his voice , was altered into the animated , nay impassioned
warmth of offended piety : " Is it for this /* he said , " is it for this I have advised the formation of Fellowship Funds ? Is it for this they have been adopted by so many Christian
societies ? My design was to unite the rich and the poor , and enable each to be helpers of the other ; my hope was , that the humble spirit should receive encouragement , without having to experience the delay of solicitation from
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scattered wealth , or the discouragement of exertion from the refusal of a few whose means might not eqmal their wish to do good . ' But never , never did I suppose , never , never could I
have believed , that a Christian minister would have proposed that Fellowshi p Funds should be applied to the purchase of lottery tickets I Tell it not in Gath . Unitarians ! you will reject with disdain such an advice ; you will , as one man , say , Our funds are sacred
to the relief of our indigent brethren , and never , never will we sanction by our practice the corruptive influence of lotteries—corruptive to individuals , to public bodies , to nations . " I was awaked by the energy in which this sentence was uttered , and I replied , NEVER , NEVER .
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530 A Dream . —Remarks of an Unitarian Traveller . No . II .
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Lynn , Sir , September 6 , 1820 . IN the concluding- paragraph of the report in p , 482 , there is a mistatement , which , no doubt , arose from
accidental error , and I am certain that the reporter , whom I have the pleasure to know , will be thankful for its correction . So far from Mr . Madge having a " numerous audience , " he had comparatively but very few persons to hear him on the occasion
referred to , and for the three following reasons : advertisement of a collection , smell of paint , and a popular fair being held in the neighbourhood . I am thus particular because there were at the time a few of our differing brethren
present , who might be inclined to say , should the Repository come under their eye , that we are giren to exaggeration respecting our numbers . Now , whatever our wishes may be upon this head , our statements should be correct B . TRELEAVEN .
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Remarks of an Unitarian Traveller . No . II . Sir , BEGAN to travel when I believed I the Assembly ' s Catechism ought to be regarded next to the Bible , hong after I found I could not explain all it advanced , I stUl considered it owing to there being many mysteries in revelation which it was impiety not to receive as truths . At that time I reacbea Colehe&fcer on the Saturday , becau se
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1820, page 530, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2492/page/30/
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