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shall be renewed in brighter worlds ; aidrd tbiat * the Happiness awaits yon off behol ^ iag your charge advancing rapidly fin an interminable course of knowledge , piety and virtue . fiut it were vain to make the
supposition , that you have yet ceased acutely to feel a heavier loss , in which / seem to have a peculiar claim to condole Wilh you . It were useless for us to attempt to conceal from ourselves , that
there are wounds which time heals but tardily . Although the anguish of grief be passed , the he ^ rt long experiences a vacancy , which inclines us to exclaim with the poet , when he had lost an ultimate friend , —
"la vain to me the smiling mornings shine , And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire , The birds in vain their ainorous descant join , Or cheerful fields resume their green
attire ; These ears , alas ! for other notes repine , A different object do these eyes require , My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ,
And in my breast th * imperfect joys expire . Gray . My own persuasion is , that when we allow our spirits to sink greatly below their level , it is for want of
having our minds stayed on that which is the main support of the afflictedthe hope founded on the merciful character of the Deity , and the declarations of the gospel , that the distressing separation is only temporary , and will be succeeded by a happy meeting * and
an eternal re-union , which will be joyful in an incalculabl y greater degree , than the separation has been painful . Other aids may be employed with advantage and success when this is secured—business , exercise , company , change of scene . But if this main
pillar be wanting , every other prop must successively sink under the wei g ht which is laid upon it , Eet it be our business , therefore , ray friend * to have this eternal and delightful truth deeply wrought into our minds , that " all that are in their
giwi& shall hear the voice of the Son of matf / ftnd they that hear shall live . " Instead of attempting to obliterate what is indelible , to forgfet what can
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never be forgotten , let us loqk steadily at our real conditi on as deprived , by the wise dispensation of Providence , for a season , of the society in which
our souls delighted , to be prepared for an everlasting abode in the mansions of our Father ' s house , where not a shade shall intercept the rays of his countenance , not a tear be shed for
ourselves or others , no cares for the body interrupt the pursuits and enjoyments of the mind . To be deeply persuaded of this truth , is to enjoy a perpetual feast . When the mind , retiring into itself , can enjoy this transporting prospect , none of the cares and accidents of life can ruffle its
serenity . Whatever wound is innieted , the balm is always at hand : such is the powerful efficacy of the Christian ' s hope . And it becomes us to place ourselves in those circumstances in which
this hope may be most effectually cherished . Adopt whatever methods your own judgment shall direct , for keeping alive in the heart the impression of this rejoicing truth of which the daily business of life is too apt to render us forgetful . If such methods are
persevered in , I am persuaded no other traces of sorrow will remain upon our minds , but a certain tenderness of spirit which , while it gives no interruption to our happiness , is highly favourable to the cultivation of devout
and benevolent affections . That such may be your happy experience , is the earnest wish and prayer of , My dear Sir , Yours , with every sentiment of sympathy and friendship , [ Letters III . and IV . in the next N 6 . ] —^—i
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Liverpool , Sir , Dec . 20 , 1821 . YOUR correspondent , Mr . Rutt , ( XVI . 643 , ) makes some remarks on a pamphlet , by Or . John Taylor , entitled , " The Scripture Account of
Prayer , " published after his death , in 1761 , which he thinks was written under the influence of feelings not exactly in unison with tiiose displayed in some of his other productions . , T ^ bnt this nublicatipn <^ i ^ at ^ f jty&r p < culififr circumstances . 6 ^ $ ti $ (< h $ < MWfe from remarks made % " jfe $ JaWJJflW author , which dert ^ injy , ^ jrora' tjjty . w isten ^ e at the tmie , Of fioubfe briduii-
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_ * - / A S& Account of the Lancashire Controversy on Prayer .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1822, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2508/page/20/
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