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tbority , K am inclined to think that they arc in some respects superior- to their idolatrous countrymen of the same rank and station , and perhaps in other respects inferior to their former selves . Speaking in a general way , so as to admit of exceptions , it may , I think , be said with
truth > that they have improved more in the active thau in the passive , in the social than in the personal virtues ; in selfrespect and in benevolence to others , than in humility and self-government . The former are those virtues in which Hindoos are most deficient : hitherto the
native Christians have been most wanting in the latter . But although this is contrary to what might be wished , it is nothing more than what might be expected . It is natural to the human mind to pass from one extreme to another * Such was
the case , although in a less degree , with the tirst Gentile converts to Christianity , and such probably will always be the case with those wEo suddenly change their religion , and who , with the errors , are compelled by intolerance to relinquish also the habitual restraints of that in
which they have been educated . If'I were to adduce facts iu corroboration of the less favourable view which I have given of the character of the native Christians , I would refer to the
comparative frequency of suspensions and excommunications from church-fellowship , and of apostacies from the Christian faith and profession , i . e . the frequency of these compared with the actual number of native converts /'—Pp . 47 , 4 S .
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TO THE MEMORY OF THE VENERATED A . L . B .
The graceful humour , exquisitely light , Thoughts , young and fresh , that savour ' not of yearS p . The golden fancy , the poetic flight , Thte- ^ iv id sympathy in joy or tears , — All these were thine ; but more than fancy bright , Or various pow e rs , in largest measure given , Was thine uafailing purpose to unite
And spend them ail for virtue and for heaven ! And thus it was that , gentle as the flow Of crystal streams , thy stainless thoughts came on ; And the same tongue which pleaded long ago With infant hearts , more manly spirits won To truth and beauty , and the holy pow r Of mild religion , in thy closing hour .
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Here we must suspend our account of this very valuable publication . We hope that What we have already cited from it will induce many of our readers to procure the Correspondence for themselves : and for tliem it must be
unnecessary to continue the review of it ; but for others it may be desirable . The subject is not one to vvhich the Unitarians in England and America can soon become indifferent ; aad yet it is expedient that our attention should be frequently called to it , till
some effectual xneans are devised to promote the spread of the gospel in that form in which alone it can become universal : for when J-ehov-A& is king over all the earth , in that day Jehovah shall , be one * and his najvie one *
* We have received some recent numbers of the American periodical ? , from which we hope to give our readers some information in the next Number . We must take this opportunity of adding , that in our enumeration " of American
writings republished in England , we omitted to mention Dr . Channing ' s Sermon to Children ) printed in a cheap form fQr distribution ; and Memoirs of the Rev . J . S . Buckrninster and the Rev . & ., C * Thacker , from their discourses .
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Poetry . *—To the Memory of the venerated A . L . B . 179 *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1825, page 179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2534/page/51/
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