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which was taught by Jesus Christ and his apostles , arising from the fullest conviction of its truth and excellence , which nothing can destroy or weaken —this it is that gives dignity ^ to the mind , this it is that elevates its possessor so far above the common level
of mankind , and this it is that produces those substantial differences between human beings which are infinitely more discriminative , important and permanent , than any of those ephemeral distinctions which either titles
or wealth or power can possibly confer . If we would possess the real satisfactions and pleasures which true religion can alone confer , our religion must be founded on conviction , which conviction cannot arise but from serious
and rational investigation . The mind cannot be truly at peace , it cannot be truly happy in itself , unless it be established in its religious principles j especially in regard to those grand , fundamental principles which will affect the whole superstructure of religious faith and practice .
< c It is the thoughtful , consistent Christian , whose religion is not the religion of fashion , or custom , or education merely , but is derived from an attentive and impartial examination of the records of divine truth , that has
peace and joy in believing ; that is best qualified to combat with the difficulties of life , and to overcome the temptations of the world , and that is most likely to be steadfast , immoveable and always abounding in the work of the Lord . Let us then stand fast in
our Christian profession without wavering . Let us on no account surrender that liberty with which God and our religion have made us free . Being fully persuaded in our own minds of the truth and importance of those views and sentiments which we
conceive to be the pure doctrines of the gospel , and which we cherish as the foundation of the truest peace and of the most animating hope and joy , let us never be ashamed to avow these
our principles to the world . Let us not be afraid of differing from the multitude around us in a good cause , remembering , that , for all our religious opinions and conduct , we are each of us accountable not unto man but unto
God /; This is an example of the fervent and pious strain of his discourses on
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this and on kindred subjects . And of Civil Liberty , too , he was as ardent an admirer , $ s powerful an advocate and as eminent a friend . He has finished his work : he has terminated his earthly course ! His life was honourable : his death was
peaceful ! There is no sense of the word in which he was not a faithful Christian , and the reward of Christian fidelity will be his . May we who have been united to him by the tenderest ties , and to whom his memory will ever be dear , animated by his example ,
endeavour to obtain as well grounded an assurance that it will be ours ! And may his congregation , for whose welfare he never ceased to be anxious , and who cannot think of him but with veneration and gratitude , prove by the
eminence of their virtues , and their steady adherence to the cause of uncorrupted Christianity , that they are worthy of him , and that he has not spent on them in vain the labour of his life I SOUTH WOOD SMITH .
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On the Formation of the Festival of the Rose at Rechieourt-le-Chateau . ( Translated from Chronique Religieme , Tom . V . pp . 504—507 . )
JOSEPH-BENOIT MARQUIS , born at Herny , near Delme , in the diocese of Metz , and nominated , in 1767 , curate of R ^ chicourt-le-Chateau , near Blamont , merits a place in the annals of virtue . History , wearied with the recital of the crimes of so
many men who have disgraced the world , dwells with complacency on the small number of individuals who , devoted to the happiness of their fellowcreatures , have benefited them by their good deeds and consoled them by their benevolence . At the opening of the States-general , in 1789 , a'l the pamphlets of the bailliwick demanded the improvement of the condition of the curates . This class of men , generally revered , was particularly so in the country in which the pastor lived who is the subject of this article . He
was distressed to see his parish infected with a spirit of libertinism , the more difficult to be destroyed as it was propagated and supported by the numerous domestics of a great nobleman belonging to the court . The curate , indifferent to the opinion of wen .
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268 On the Formation of the Festival of the Rose at Rechicourt-Ie-Chaieau
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1821, page 268, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2500/page/12/
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