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nty " , The first and lowest degree is to
give , •?—but with remptance or regret . This is tke gift o £ ike hand * but not of the hearL ,, : 'SXhe ssconji . is , to give cheerfully , hi ^! np ^ | pr 9 por 4 oi ^ tely to the distress of the sufferer ., > ,.. ,.. . . <" - ^ k $ , fjnir 4 U , to give cheerfully and ^ '( kjf ^ naJiJy ' y /^ hii ^ AOt uu tll we are soliciLed * , ,.., ... ... tQ
, VV / J $ * fr fourth is ^ give cheerfnlly , ^ qjj $ ; ilQa ^ ly , and even unsolicited ; J ^ v ^ , u > putt it , iu the . p oor man ' s hajnd : thereby editing in him the paiuful emotion of shame .
"The Efth is , to give charit ) - in Such & ( $ vay that the distressed may receive the bounty , and know their benefactor , without their being known to him . Such w ^ s the conduct of some of our ancestors ,, who used to tie up money in the hind-corners of their cloaks , so that the
poor plight take it unperceived . .. >? The sixth , which rises still higher , 1 ® fp know the objects of our boumy , but remain unknown to them . Such was the conduct of those of our
ancestors , who used to convey their charitable gifts I&to > pour peopled dwelUfigai taking care that their own persons andaftunes should remain unknown . " The seventh is stiD more meritorious ; uarnelyj to bestow charity in such a wayi that the benefactor may not kuow the relieved objects , nor they the
uainc of their benefactor . As was done by our charitable forefathers during the existence cyf th £ Temple . For there was m that holy building f |> la » c ? e cajled , the Xj&ambe ? q / f SMeyce / or Inostentaiion ; w ^ Heui tfce # H ^ 4 deposited secretly whatever their generous hearts succested :
^ yj , fioui which the most respectable rfl oojr families were maintained with equal 8 ^ pi& - ! , j l Justly , the eighth and the most n ^ € rUa ^ jQM 3 ojf all , is to anticipate cha-WM > W ^ H ^^ W poverty ; namely , to ither
, ft \« ;>^^^ W ^» e by a ymmfctffli ^ ^ putting ^ ° S ^ ^^ ' ™* ¦ ^ *^ ^ ll W « /{ - '>« Q 2 Tom , hUu > V / . ^ n » -V . ^ - < ^ v - , T Hence probably the oogiii a C cha-
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M * ^ * fe « ffM ift b 9 i ! P ^ " MKMl may earn an nonegt livelihood ; imd ^^ Kt te f ?«*? d itt ! te Ji ^ ac ^^^ riiad ^ ^ Jjpldi n ^ ja ^ his Ji ^ jL for chanty . X » 4 tp this , jg <^ ipture vJ ^ lfujc ^ , whin , ^ t *» y ^^ f
' Anpif t ^ y brother be waxen poor ^ ad fallen in decay with theei then tjipu sbt 4 lt Wpporl him : ^^ , though he be a stranger or a sojourner ; that he rn ^ y live w ^ tt thee . ' Levit . xxv . 35 . This is the highest step and the summit of Charity ' s Goldeo Ladder . "—Pp . 123—125 .
The Jews , whether ancient or modern , are misrepresented when they are charged with either ignorance or disbelief of a future state : " The Doctrine of Resurrection supported by that of Creation .
" There were discovered on the ^ fragments of an ancient tombstone , Greek words to the following purpose *—?*/ was not , and I became : J am not , 3 > ut shall be , The same thought is expressed in the following reply of R . Galbihd to a Sceptic "A . Freethinker said once to R . G A-
biha , ' Ve fools , wha believe in a resurrection ! See ye not that the living die ? —how then can ye believe that t \ % e 4 ead shall live ? ' < Silly man 1 * replied -Ga ^ biha , i thaa belie vest in a creation . — Well , then , if what never before existed , exists ; why ^ Hiay not that which once existed , exist agaiu ? ' "—P . 105 ,
Prefixed to the " Tales" is an " Essay on X \ xo . stiLl Existing Reraaias of « he Hebrew Sages of a later Period than the Maccabees , and on the Character and Merit of the Uninspired Ancient Hebrew Literature generally /* This is an instructive and pleasing
attempt to vindicate Rabbinical literature and theology , and to promote aacred learning amongst the writer's own people . He confesses the low state of his nation , both religious and literary , and deplores bitterljMcibe fi frightful phenomenon" ' ( J ^ " « Wf )^* f Jewish infidelity . He acknpvyl ^ dgfes that the Talmud " contains many
things which every enlightened , &ay , every pious Jew , mu ^ t sincere ly wis h had either never appeared there , ar should at least long ago have been expunged from its pages" ( p . 34 ); bat he explains at considerable length in what manner the hyperboles and allegories of the Talmudists have be&n first idly received m literal tmtte i arid
then decided ^ s ^ iliy tHBlto : < T ' ¦ ¦ n . -i ? Ji ' *[* w « l \ r > it ? 'w [> -u , \^ , ' " Ai ^ o ^ r fer ^ aour ^ c of miac ^ ficepr tk » n ori ^ loatecl in that natural tondne ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1826, page 233, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2547/page/45/
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