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InJ ^^ Mii ^ Ptnai ! SkW&e at Monk Street . 755
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recently engraven ^ ri ;* Mfe 'V $ » fc \ i $ ifte numerous friends and large $ ye ) te pf ^ quaintance ftmured with bis Intercourse , to be ; efpj ^^^ Under ;; TO £$ gg jcir ^^ * epara
the present iiis ^^ " is peculiarly s $ , and much tct lie l ^^ p ^ M ^^ m ^ of topi » g « | e young , toe , r ^^^ B # ^ ^
iWiigtfcu ^ W fPi ^ lH T-ati £ « iif ^ # ' > chil # io ^^ il p <^ il ^^>^ fppft tej ^ g ^ - J ^^ hyraii ^ pftusp ^ nd thanksgiving Jjpi friends and i ^ lai ^ &jw ^ ceded him ill ; j ^ j ^ fearful canflipt , and th W ^ M' ^ fe ^ Il vep ^ Ie ^ irciuix xtH nis
mus * ^ ^ w iq rememnrwce —^^ i ^ Wmi ^^^^ * & * mm * tem » *** ^ mM MmM M&m and vigorous m ^ nhooi—lier ^ accusto ^ i ^ to lead Up , erery succeeding safehatK morn , his family , a » d to occup ^ the same seat and to behold tlie same objects which his father and his father s father occupied and beheld before him—must deeply feel
such a separator * . ^ TfeB . $ & $$% Gypfctim just entering iipoahfe—too soon disgusted with i ^ , jfaJJj £ | £ yiife ;^| ii fitting pleasures : accustomed , , 110611 eiiferiiig this
holy sanctuary with excjtetj passions and de . sponding hotKjs , ^ Jlj ^ ^ Jw ^ ejevjl
passions calmed ^ fiutuJued , and ^ qiiisfi ^ ^ y the <^ eni ^ J |^ p ^ that this life is but a stat ^ of preparation for another , a ^ d a i ^ p ^^^ - ^ no , % ^ tt its pleasures ar ^ cjifefly , « iiicK ^ fev Ju ^ a ni ic ^ pation ancl vanish with possession , and those desponding hopes el ^^ tjp ^ rfr ^ wi earth and fixed pn heaven—must deeply feel such a sepantfkm . Ai ? d is P ;< < 3 | i , | avnister the <) iijy one . t ^ ini ^ i ^ Itot the shepjti ^ . . ^ scattering , abroad ^ , of the obje ^ tl ^ ioif Jiis tare ^ d yvatch ^ lness ^ and for Whom'hp had accepted ^ o ^ re ^ q ^ sihie ^ trust ? ffjie following terirnnatioJi of an admirabie discourse ^^^ p ^ . m ^ # 0 , tyy the
Hev . S . W , Browne , sufficiently ^ hews that he wau ? tio ^ , tiU ^ ^ nly Qne , iiij ? n ^ y : ea , the only indifferent person in the service of ^ fl $ * : > Xx ^ . " ; .. ; . /• - ¦ ¦ ' - - Siich /; iny ? ^ r&i | & 9- jE rieft 4 s ?( re ( tHe consolatiojia .. . ^ m ay ^ expe ^ nc ^ at > fli ^ moment of our dispersion , and amid the
ru ms of a fallen church . Christ * will still be with u « to ' the ' end . of the ^ orld . To the last , we Jhkv ^ boriri e testimony to the truth of his religion iind thg ygl ^ of j ^ s pre . cep ^ . /; . ]^ r '' .. i ]^ ' edl I ^ j ^ tiateirat large , in iiiis nxy laslbx t iojRciai " mscpi | jrsey
on th ^ ^ lptfiyes bjr iyh ) ch | Jh % e fbe ^ ^ ctu at ^ dt in the perforiaance of the . duties l ? xxx invitatip | i jjmplkd ^^ n ^; ty the dis . charge of which I prdmpted , most . nw vvv « happiness . No hours have ever
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'i )| ir ^ . cm . il ^ ra . ^ more r ^ ft ^ fc $ ^^ grauce i ^^||| h ^; .. jqp ^ religious and moral jf | kJ 6 ^^| , " . ;? ipr ' fKave I eyerjfe& fl ^ e ekqmsti | delight than when ^ surrounded by : ypw , J ^^ eioabers of our little iociu I have endeavoured to ¦ l « 3 | fe ^ fl | l ^ l
ju u ^ jia ^\; . _ ^ p : ^ oiBi ^ i |^ MB ^ ^ B&Sg' ^ ilv ;^ f - ^ 5 < S > give- you those cotisolatioiifr which might charmJ $ & : Q : toife ; of ^ ybipf e 0 ^ pil ^ riiici-^^^^ p ^ pe pre ^ pts which might ma ]| e fd ] tt M $ ? 0 &ry ; pf our Christian societies , ^ that our lam p of virtup ipight not 4 ie out , ^ replenished w ^ th joi ^ JC at any ^^ jrl ^ ye seen your countenances
glist-, eiJing ^ vitji enthusiasm , pr melting iato compassipn , Sroi ^ pay feeble rg ^^ ent ^ tlons of human virtues car human woes , I have flattered myself that I was lajnaigi foundation for virtue in the various
stations occupied by the diiFerent members ^¦^ o ^^(^^^ 0 l ^^^ and happy beyond Itte usually giveiL Jot cife human ? happiness shall I esteem myself , if our mutual iirstructioa and advancement in goodness have resulted from the discharge of the sacred functions to which I have here
-devoted myself * If any in our comiexion have been roused by my exhortations to a virtuous activity 5 if their minds have beeii prepared for , and tlieir affections directed towards , the attainment of those . valuable habits which , like the gold purified in . the crucible , are often . evolved from the trials of life ; if prosperity has
been induced to contribute to the welfare of the society hi which we have moved 5 if adversity has been taught to bow its head with placid resignation to the inevitable ills of an earthly course ; if the suffering have been sustained in the conflict of those awful hours in which
the human character is put to the severest test ; if those who have approached the sacred table have dothed themselves with the nuptial ro ] be ; if I have been able to foster that solid virtue the gospel inculcates ;*— such labours have drawn after
them a rich reward . Aware , however , of my difficulties ; aware of the snares wliich are found even in the best path ; aware that the suggestions of vanity mingle even with pur beat re ^ plves ; I trust I have been too far removed from pre ^
sumption not to lament lay weakness ; an ^ % the erro rs and imperfecticms yvhich may have betrayed themselves in mypub ? lie or private ponnexions , in the spirit of Chri 9 tian humility I supplicate your in
du ]( gence , and beg of you to remeinhei ; tha ^ human duties m ^ st be performed / £ jf human beings , and , into if perfection were insisted on , no individual could perform the task . But no ! I leave you ; with flug overflowing . testLmonies of kindness you
have borne to my impprfect services ; and it is , an abundant source of cousolatiou that , though our congregational tie Is
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1824, page 755, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2531/page/51/
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