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a rcpftf tbtfoir &&of a false taste of fiajpphess , Wave dfrcliriecl , ydu have dfe ^ efl . wdll of jfotff cHn ; youaVe a * $ & > & bfchefMoi \ ff ffiffttigh the Miui % of health or &K&& cfctfm ^ riees jftu b ^ bM ^ capable of sufiportrri £ tftesc £ lei % e £ of ybur p ^ oifem , oring therm boldTy in yd * hand to the public , p &e theitt tmder Hk protection ; you hafte a clam upotrtTte honour , ui& justice , the generosity of ^ oiir country ; a cteim which oiight to be disct&r ^ ecl with ai liberal and imgtudfjjpiig spiff *; you have made her the most Valuarife present ; let her aclnwfedgqtente £ 6 yoa be as ample as they may . t eannof heVe avoid mentioning ftidt ndthirig will tend more t 6 check narand than the habit all the
fo ^ r pejuenc ^ s partialitreS ; of considering various ranfe of godi % , tf 6 Wever different tneir ^ d ' ucatidn and employfnents , as united tind&r . 6 ne point of view , and becoming , under the character of a iu'blic , ffie bbjeefs dfoiii affectionate regard . How commbn is it fbi different profe ^ siOTys stod ctes ¥ ^ s of cftiietis" io cdnsidef theriiselves as at war with eacnot&er ! The feriii ^ mif f miffs at the clersryman , the landed and the
trading interest are set in dppbfeittbn , the Mntifacturer and £ he soMief , the town and country , the governor ati 3 the governed , look upon each other either with jealousy or scofii , and think and speak as if the prosperity of the one were built on the depression of the other ; whereas the true love of our country ought to operate as a bond of union between all ranks . It should lead us to consider ourselves ag forming Orie body , an idea which cannot but be familiar to Christians who , as such , are all members one of another . Our country cannot prosper by a partial prosperity ; if the merchant sinks
and the landholder rises , or if the farmer is oppressed and the artisan cherished , our cbiiritry does h 6 t floiirish , airy more than a man cdtild be said to be in health wKo should hare" soitofd limbs and weak eyes , or gbod eyes arid diseased lungs . If we pretend to wish well to out country , w # must wish well to the whole of it , to all ranks and pfofessioiis ; for if one suffers , the welfare of trie whole suffers with it . The necessity of cultivating so Christian a spirit brings me to the last and best means I snail m ' ehtibri of shewing our love for our country , and ihat &
by implonrig upon it the Divine protection and favour . Other exertions of patriotism , even those which bear art appearance of hostility arid political warfare , may be consistent with the spirit of a Christian ; but this is serving it as a Christian . Who can tell how often the lifted hand& of faith and fervour have suspended the vengeance of Heaven and arrested the ruin of a falling state ?—Silent sacrifices , closet duties ; jtorayers breathed in secret ; sufferings and deprivations from corisciehtioils integrity , who can tell your value or the extent of your influence ? Who can tell h 6 w great a blessing
the good riian , in the humble vale of obscurity , may be to that vtefy wbrld which sweeps by him with her rustling pride , and notices but to scorn him ? The sense of mankind , the history of Prdvidence , and th £ character of the Divine Being , concur in ^ erstiading us , hot only tMt virtufe has a natural tendency to promote civil happiness , biit that it is the iirimediate object of the favour of Heavfen ; nor is it superstitious tb suppose that the earnest pleadings of the pious hian may draw down an actual blefesihg 6 n his country . Virtuous characters are indleeid the cement of gocifetifes , whicfy if they
were composed only of Siich , wdiild haVie no inlet to ruin , no brinciple of decay ; and in j > ro |> 6 rtibh as thejjr are seasoned with a mixtitte bt these will be their strength and ptbsjitefity . In religion likewise , and only in religion ^ is found the atitidbtfe a ^ afest tMt Wrrodtng ahiiety whichj tmd&- a gloomy jstate of public affitfr ^ hii ^ ftt ov ^ rwMni m bbisbrti 6 f thfe d ^^ pohdirig datridt . In wfiat calni fecotitjr dbfes tte tttitid of that hiark r&t whb mh 6 ftifctical tbnViaitfn ihat Obd fe dfe Sovereign ahd Parent 6 f tHfe uniVfer ^ e !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page 366, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/6/
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