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tfjtr pofsess pu' ^» bwmillty of imind , i and a heartfelt faith : but these are net sufficient foi \ us , whos ^ office it is to heal so maay wounds , and to provide for so many wants . To execute all our commission , to convince the incredulous , to refute the impious , to strengthen him who doubts , to bring back him who wanders , firmly to establish the faith in the
minds of the young , and to revive the faithful himself , we have need of a cultivated reason , of extended information ) of deep and conscientious researches , of all the arms of intellect and knowledge . "We must be ready to answer every thing and every person , when we are called upon ' to give a reason for the hope that is in us . ' Beware , then , of regarding
your ministry as one of servile transmission , in which but little has been left for your understandings to do . Doubtless , all knowledge as well as all grace comes from the Father of lights ; doubtless , * his word is truth , ' and there is no other : but this is the very circumstance that makes it of importance to
know that divine word effectively and for yourself ; not to take for it what is not it ; and to separate it , with a firm and steady baud * from all . human , dross , and from ; y # ur owa paginations ., For this purpose exert all the powers which you have , received ; study the gospel long and constantly ; compare it with itself ; call to : youi * . aid : > the study of the language ,
the country , the manners , and the times of the apostles , iu order that you may distinguish ** hat ought to be distinguished 3 Jet yflur tftutson serve you as a rampart against'the ¦ charm of 1 human author rity > , whioti hafliso great ft power over a mode&t ^ pirito and an affectionate heart ; let it > , pyesurvi ^ i you fiioitt » the wanderings and thei jllu 3 i <* ii& < of imagination and >«? i *
s 1 bility-- ^ hosc . ( noble and precious pov * u ersvl , whi 4 » givo ^ the itrueh faith its' life j nu (\\ i \ ts fuiftUityyi but which' are ^ oi un ^ i stafeJtaMld * f % eeUfau % that they touglnVnut > to Jt ^ ailovved to hoW th < fihtclni xrfouTii BOuJtev hep * n » e etfrxnr hab almost uBinirch influence ^ , 0 v « r , tlienl last truths '—l ? Jw 8 * +- * ' - ¦ lO o ^ n '/ i ' JKUu ' . ' Ulli ' H ;^ •' ¦ ! H { l . niX-N rt ( 1 /» U TW Prayer < wlrkh follows thpi ttlai ^ coujrjitti * , [ perhaps better in its kind tl ^ iu j any tbip £ ; * v hidl precedes ii * . We trui ^ H' >
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late the fiesr part < rt Xt ; tek& ^ ecltfien of the < fe ^ eAt ^ ahdwdeWttoal { T 8 ^ i b # >« he Geniyratcfefgyf ^ arid ^ w ^ baf add ; 6 f # lftft avprayerought ^ lic ! - - ^ - ^ / *^ ^ ^ M Father of oiir Lord J «?«^ Gh ris * and of the believers , thou great God , w % 6
hast made thy light and thyfavottr W shine ui ) 0 « us , who hast chbseu « S to be thy people , to know thy will , to % eek ^ face , aud to inherit thy glory *—since thdu hast instituted' the holy ministry for the preservation of thy church and the edification of the Christian body , bebold hete
a new servant whom we present unto thee . He wishes to consecrate himself to thee ; he wishes , after the example of thy Son , to preach the gospel of the eternal kingdom , and to point out to his brethren the path of salvation . Oh t who is sufficient for such things ? No one , Lord , is sufficient : but * what is impossible with man , is possible with thee . It is thou who hast called him to
this holy charge ; it is thou who wilt render him fit for it . O God ! accept and confirm him ; shed upon him thy spirit in abundance ; ( here the imposition of hands takes place ;) glorify thy power in his weakness ; open the eyes of his understanding ; put thy love in his heart , and thy word on his lips ; so that he may preach it with full assurance ^ that
he may not fun in vain , that he' may hot labour in vain , but rather that he may enlighten , touch and convert the souls of men , arid be to many a sweet savdur unto life . ' Strengthen him thyself for this great work which thou givest him to do ; arm him with such patience and courage , . that he may come out triumphant from all the difficulties which shall press around him . Sustain his heart in
temptation ; let him shew himself approved by thee in all things , and abundantly provided with all sorts of good works ; let him take heed to himself ; let him keep his body iu subjection ; let him fender his ministry acceptable to all f . ineny 1 and 1 when the great day shafy come , may he be able to say to thee with confidence and with truth , ' I have glo-• lifted'thee fwi the e ^ irth ; I have finished
'thy- ' taKJrk ^ M m 6 w , father , glorify "me . * uMaWthfcf'Swpi ^ iiie 'Pastor then give him lian ' irt ^ dr ^ tttrle ; t * r 6 wh , and the testidtnony of a good and faithful servant . " » i « lh > cMblm&tii"we'have to express not oonly ^ out h « pe " ^ 'ftut bt / r exp ectation , that *< M . Saitfte ^ wilil 1 M 6 t be ihe oriJy oiie of » i $ he French Catholic , 61 eV # y who shakes oft t ^ ft ^ Wek of * to enalaving faith , and KiAvaHft ** rfm ' 6 elP 6 f ali thelife !) t ; and liberty , ttkud > % V 6 rytHf aVPr ^ teftmtffc ctfmirifltiforit
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1828, page 780, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2566/page/52/
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