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that is , that the words extend considerably both above aud below the Il&e , ' an < J ^ re therefore . more easily caught by-the eye than those which are almost entirely linear , Independently of this consideration , as it Is the system which has long been in use by the mluisters of our deiiomi nation , and as tfherfc are many valuable
notes and discourses writteti in it , it is not expedient to discard it in exchange fur another , without some string and obvious reason . I intend , therefore , to publish a lithographed edition of Che system , as soon as lean prepare it ; and I take tiiis means of notifying my intention in order that , if any of your readers have any hints to furnish resjjecttng it , they
may give me the benefit of theni . The common manuscript copies which are in use certainly require a careful revision ; for , in the first place , there axe some palpable errors which it will be necessary to correct ; as for instance , that " a small horizontal stroke through a woid signifies ing ?* whereas it is not through
a word , but joined to the last letter ; - ^ io the second place , there are many repetitions which must be omitted 4 -r-, and thirdly , there are many of the arbitrary and symbolical characters which are either not often required or xxoX much ia use , or which are liable to be mistaken *
or dipt . materially shorter thau if the worcjs were written in tb £ ordinary way : these 1 shall weed out , aud place iy themselves at the end , -for the use of those who haye to decipher old manuscripts , ; and to the whole I . shall append some specimens of passages written according to this mode .
I ana |* ot without hopes that I shall thus induce naauy young men who arc educating for the Christian ministry to bestow more atte ntion than some of their
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Mr- Aaron Dblacourt . 1829 . June 11 th ,, at Great Yarmouth , in the county of Norfolk , in the 76 th year of his age , Aaron Delacourt , Gent . He , was ; descended from an ancient and highly respectable family , long settled eit Waueham , in the county of Dorset . His great grandfather was the Mr , Delacourt alluded to in the speech of J . B , Brown , Esq . * at the annual
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iwedccessors have done on a method of writing whicJi is a saving of | a £ ar , ^ saving of trouble , aniuv ftbiwe all ^ i , * nr * ing of time * greater than -they who ar § ubi in possession of it jnrtH tetidilj ; £ e ? - li ^ ve ? . l ^ o its use in taking notes at allege , and in preparing seinnoris for iUie pulpit , I can myself bear personal aud ample testimony .
Any hints on this subject will much oblige S . WOQD .
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On the Establishment of the Sabbath by Mtoses . To the Editor . Sib , ,
I havk never seen the opinion advanced , but it stnkes me very iorpfojivy that the establishment of the SabbaUi by Moses is a strong proof of his divine mission . We view it as nothing extras ordinary , but it must be # or waut &t 6 f
reflection ; for whatever ^ ta $ e - society manfciud were in ; to get ^ ie ^ $ bSitn observed could be no easy matter . J ^ us suppose Moses a mere legtsl ^ cir , A ctuated by the piincij > le 8 tha ^ iBflaeVee msii in power ^ caqi , airy > dne '¦ $ & { & ?* $ tie woald have called u ^ on th ^ JeWs ; fo adopt the Sabbath aud otber ir ^ sope observances ? Or ktus cotttemnlateliiiii as a political economist—ia ^ ^ , l if ' '' nl&toM could think the condition of the Jewiiii nation would be itnprOved l ^' ttelr ^ crificing one-seventh pf t&ir uti £ e \ ?^ There are atid hsws ^ Wi iu ' ^ e ^ heti , countries , I suppose , festivals e ^ tab ^ l ^ h ed at diffeieot times to comm ^ ni <^^ e great events ; but I doubt whether ti ^ re is , or ever has existed , a similar ipati ^ - ' tion to the Jewisli Sabbath . l : ' f J : ' ¦ Wt ^; . , 1 : ' ' \ !
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meeting of the Society for tlie ^ Mprctfefctiou of Religious Liberty held oti * J ^ 16 th o £ May last , wlio exposed Itimself to the rancorcHis mali ^ nfty of the juUng powers , ia the re \ ga of Jameft H ; , w burying : the raan £ le& remakis of mSc victims of the iuhaman Jereries , akiA % holding grayer-meeting at his hob * e ; for which he ' vvAft 'ft ' ned , liiA' fUtiiiture sdwd and exposed to piiblic s ^ e ; when ,
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Qbituurtfi ^ -MT . Aaron Delacourt . i % 69
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1829, page 669, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2576/page/69/
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