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    tates at that im& , that they , being Qo # s vicegerents © & eartb , liberty allowed to the # vassals to do wrong Was guile as had as doinff wrong themselves . Then afgain Came in the selfish spirit ; ^ ibtirSe the ? king ' s * duty iraost be done , ( though it hindered other men ' s performance of their duties , ) for his salvation was at stake ; and the subject must be abridged of bis time for repentance and fature well-doing , lest the king's soul shooid suffer wrong : go thsft , in fact , the monarch took iipon himself the whole moral

    responsibility of his people . If they erred in belief or practice , it was his guilt , for God had given them to his charge . Instead , therefore , of contenting him * self with general encouragements to good , and preserving the peace of society by proper restraints , he put himself in the attitude of the Deity , and held inquisition respecting thoughts and motives . Thus it was that the mere selfish object of securing his own salvation wag continually opposed by St . Louis to the real interests of enlarged piety , which c&n only be promoted in connexion with the fullest acknowledgment of individual responsibility * and by permission to every individual to occupy the ground best suited to

    the growth of a religious character . On the whole , however , the character of St . Louis , as drawn by Sismondi , is replete with so many virtues , that by Protestant , as well as by Catholic , his name ought ever to be held in affectionate remembrance . In his religious regard to probity , manifested by the faithful observance of his treaties both with believers and unbelievers , he may be held up as a pattern to kings ;

    _ and , frequently as mistakes about the extent and nature of his duties as a monarch led him into harsh and oppressive measures , he conferred some benefits upon his subjects by directing the attention of able men to the correct administration of justice , and by curbing the poorer and catting off some of the most pernicious privileges of the nobles . As a political economist , it must be confessed , St . Louis did not shine ; but he set an example

    of personal virtue , which in those times was more needful , and more extensive in its influence , than it would have been at a later period . He gave to duty , as far as he understood it , all the weight of his precepts and practice , and died calmly apd cheerfully , as he had lived virtuously .

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    Another smiling day I see , Another day , my God ! for thee : To thee may I devote my powers * And all these bright and happy hours . Another smiling day I see ! Then let me bend in prayer to thee , And thank thee for my tranquil rest , The sleep thy guardian care has blest .

    Another smiling day I see , And various duty points to thee : Let each devoted action prove Thy child ' s unbounded faith and love . When evening ' s tranquil shades descend , With thee ( his smiling day shall end ; And still the darker shades of night , Thy presence , Lpjrd ! shall gild with light . M . A .

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    310 M&tningH $ mnfw ~ a Ymng Pemm .

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    MORNING HYMN FOR A YOUNG PERSON .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1828, page 310, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2560/page/22/