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    of a moderate ftegree of excellence * which are to be enjoyed frequently and in abundance ; while those first-rat ^ specimens of conauramale art and skill which alone are calculated fully to satisfy the man who has devoted himself peculiarly to the cultivation of these tastes , occur but rarely ; and at other times it is a chance if he escape disgust . So that beyond a certain point , it may well be questioned whether we do not Jose more by the extreme and

    morbid delicacy than we gain by the refinement of our imaginations . I would not infer from this , that a taste for music , painting , or poetry , ought not to be cultivated j but merely that there is a certain maxirmim 9 if I may use the expression , a certain assignable limit in the pursuit of these accomplishments , up to which it is an advantage to study the refinements of criticism j while beyond it , there is a sacrifice on the one hand , which more than

    counterbalances the increased intensity ( if there be an increased intensity ) in our enjoyments on the other . And this seems ! to me to be a mark which is set upon these pursuits by Divine Providence in the constitution of our natures , to shew that they were not intended to be the ultimate sources of happiness to beings capable of indefinite degrees Qf intellectual and mpral improvement . W . T .

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    Sir , As the review of Mr , Palfrey ' s Sermon on Missions to the Heathen appears by its signature to be the work of a correspondent , it is probably open to com- * ment ; if so , allow me to make a few remarks upon it . It contains an

    observation which to my mind requires at least some restriction , as it appears \ q convey the principle that God will make his creatures happy without the intervention of human agency . " Every argument , " your Reviewer re- * marks , " for the cause of missions which seems to imply that th £ future happiness of our fellow-creatures can be in any degree diminished or hejgjtfr ened by a free-will effort of ours , h ^ as a chilling rather than an animating effect upon the spirits . It is placing an intervening contingency between the ' manifestations of God's love and the creatures who need it , anejl implying

    that he requires our aid before he can make a part of his areation perfectly "h appy ' " 1 do not propose to enter into an inquiry as to what the Creator £ an or cannot do ; but merely to argue from wjbat he has doa ^ that the pri nciple which the Reviewer sets forth requires UmUation . Tfre abstract ques ? lion of the limit of the Creator ' s power is one from the discussion of whiqh Jihle practical goccj can ensue * It is wise , therefore , to confine our imqui-r ries to the ascertained modes of his government ; and the analogy which they present is , 1 apprehend , at variance with the implication that the Creator floes not require our aid before he cajo mate hi » creatures happy /

    Intermediate agency is a universally prevailing feature of the Divine go yernnacnt . If the Divine Being gires us existence , it is through the paecUiw pf our parents : if he sustains us in being , the w , the $ arth , the heavens , ? n < ?> . ^ ° ^ ™ 9 our kindred end our fellow-crieatjures , contribute eac ] b jn lfoeir degree the weans of pre £ er , vatipn » The whple of humap society , as it is the object of the Divine care > so is it upheld and supported by the intermediate agency of man . Scarcely xaj « . jjb * iflKJiyiclual f > e fownd who is « n-

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    ON MISSIONS TO THE HEATHEN . ' To the Editor .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1828, page 298, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2560/page/10/