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    garment , I shall be made whole , '—every form that religion can take in a devoted heart , in an active soul , is found in those women , who , during his appearance on earth , seem to hare been nearly alone in the complete knowledge , and love , and apprehension of the Saviour . The storm did not surprise their affection , nor

    shake their constancy . They came to weep beneath the cross , in the presence of his murderers . They gathered up his remains to pay them their last honours . They watched over the sacred tomb in which his body was laid , while the disciples were dispersed by the tempest and chilled with fear at the voice of a

    servant . And quickly did they receive the reward of their devotion and love , the inexpressible delight of being the first to see , to recognize , to hear , their risen friend . " From hence the preacher proceeds , in a very eloqueut style , to press upon his young female hearers the importance of

    a yet further cultivation of religious knowledge , and faith , and love , appealing to their own consciousness—an appeal which was wisely made , because sure of success—in proof of the harmony between their best and purest feelings and the religion of Christ . We have but room for the concluding passages :

    < e To attain such an end , to realize such hopes , be not afraid of fulfilling those duties which will soon become necessary and delightful . Shrink not from sacrifices , somewhat rigorous at first , but lighter as you advance . The vanity , the pleasures of the world may seduce you ; you can say that yonr lu ; . i t wants something far better ; you will

    find , in that sanctuary or peace , content , a better portion than pleasures and vanity . The surrounding world is corrupt : create in your own hearts , whither you have learnt to turn with delight—create around yon , by the employment of your days , a world , more confined , but more happy , virtuous , safe . Even your own spirits will conspire with outward temptations : take refuge in the bosom of your God : come to speak with him and hear him in his temple , pray at his altars , and borrow all his strength in offering all your love : and make yourselves invulnerable , by surrounding yourselves with those dear and holy duties which are laid upon woman , as her noblest employments and sweetest pleasures . That you may resist evil , be more completely daughters , wives , mothers—be religious and Christian women , and let your eyes , which are distressed by the view of worldly temptations , or

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    moistened by the tears of sorrow , be turned towards the future . " Oh ! if we could be certain that you would lean for ever on religion , on your Saviour , and your duties , in the thorny way into which we usher you , how far more perfect , more pure , would now be our joy ! How many fears would be calmed ! How many sad forebodings

    dispelled ! Come adversity or prosperity , come pleasure or pain , come good or evil examples , come seduction without and temptation within , come the whole world conspiring against you , and evil disguising itself in a thousand forms to pollute and ruin you , we should be

    secure of your future lot . Your faith , founded ou the rock of ages , might brave all these tempests ; and , provided it remained entire , might bear your life towards Heaven and keep it sheltered from the storms which are always destroying those who centre in earthly joys aud attachments .

    " But is it in yourselves that we can place this reliance ? In you , so young , so ignoraut , so weak in the faith and frail in the flejsh ? If we had no other hope , dare we admit you to this holy communion ? Exact from you promises which we should soon expect to be

    violated ? O infinite Spirit ! whose mighty power penetrates all things , whose secret influence is given to souls , to lead them by hidden ways towards that spiritual world where they find the end and the key of all their existence ; spirit of my God and Saviour ! thou alone supportest me in this solemn and decisive moment .

    rear my voice ! O hear the prayer of llic ^ e yet pure spirits who with me wo uld uddiL'ss thee ! Be thou their strength ; be thou their supporter , their com loiter , their master . And in the moment of danger or of suffering , may thy light

    dissipate the vain errors of the mind , the deceitiul passions of the heart , and the traitorous delights of a voluptuous imagination ; that under thy benign direction , trial may bring alacrity and strength , and never weakuess and ruin !"—Pp . 30—32 .

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    Art . II . — The Mediator ; or , an Attempt to remove the Anxiety of Mind produced by the Controversy on Baptism . A Letter , fye . 12 mo . Pp . 75 . Whoever considers that the question respecting the perpetuity and obligation of the rite of Baptism has not been settled by the late publications on the sub-

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    116 Critical Notices .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1829, page 116, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2569/page/44/