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    if yott hs # e fesbjyed to devote to this object the energies of your mind and the labours of your life ; if you have determined that whether your talents be five , or two , or only one , they shall be actively And perseveringly exerted to tnii-end i fear not ; a field of usefulness wliV ttotr be warning to yoti—God will find some spot of his vineyard for you to cultivate and eiiVich with profitable labour * Your ambition , since it is not to

    be great oi' wealthy , or to shine in the eyje £ nf your fellpw ^ meu , but simply to serve God fn Christ and to do good , shall lie gratified , add shall carry you forward life your upward way to a rich * eV ^ ard , Ves , Gentlemen , 1 venture to asfcertPthat tn * FC is not one of -you now before me , who shall enter upon and pursue the Christian otfoistry froin tridy rQfirUiutnmotfoefy Xhstt shaJl be condemned t&Ml a barren soil , or -fifMl-your-iabour unrewarded fit the end . Without these

    motives , tmguided , unsupported , and tincheered by piety and virttte , the man of greatest talents will do nothing ^ * rifk these tnotives , th ^ e nian of moderate abilities , strengthened frtitn above , shall jp on lii ^ ivay rfej ^ ciiig :, and In the day of retribution fttfall be found to have browght * 4 'hUiShe& ? e& '< with hiin . If you would * Stfece % d 7 % kt * n , iti ^ the high and holy

    ob-* jec «? ^ fv y 6 tir &m& I tnist , as well as of ^ oar choice ; ffe ^ nently review , and , ^ l ^ e fkit 1 is tfceesSary , ' rectify the ^ motives ^* whi 4 * r-thkt choice has * b ^ en decided . 'Whenlt % a ^ ft » 9 t mode , you Were younger than < yoti now are / >' andy in the case of sotbe of you perhaps , ^ our'tnotiv ^ s , even th ^ ugn wh ** was $ oofl in them may have ^ bSnd ^ fftteit , Ww& hot Altogether

    on-Mlikft ^ with bafter'matfcer . Tho ^ htlessiy itiif oMi tly , or g ^ od- ^ flturedly , a ^ uiescing fti 1 the * # !« he » 'of >^« friend * , yo « inay » bt ^ eri # s % tft ^ vgitoto L « 6 th « sttbject that serious ^ di d ^ Hbera ^ - ^ tteurion x ^^ l 5 # ^ 4 lbjte ^ lfattt [ e ^ nkatKr ^ ^ « r you ¦ infty 'hftvt *^ rm { f « ed * tt olives in ^ fely tern - ^ W ^ ith « c oiftsM ^ rH 4 lon , fo ^ instance , of - the ^ niaum ? r itf whi ^ h Vbut Worldly pros-1 ¦ ti in

    'pisittyY 1 ; T * fllt ^ ' an *^ 8 n ¥ 4 lf 6 n ; eocfety , -wertf Hke % t 6 % e ijtflefetedy to ekert an tan ^ te ^ flu ^ nce- t ^ t ^^ &n f ~^ r yottfr acejal , though « iifere ^ ind e ^ tt » f »» Serious charWcter ^ ttifty iio t h 81 % bent thfttpute fttid h ^ iy ^ ttl fvhlr h a lo r ^ will av ail to ^ ufjpori ; ytt « Mi ! ht < klgh all 4 he trials , dHH-¦ ' mm&i $ nd < -pQimiV privntteti& n * a Ch ^ titttf p 6 stot * s life ; it may 'have been at zeal rathei * foi * the 8 peciilative

    iMh the ptactieal ; the itifiellecttial' than tfhe ^ l ^ itn ^ l , esteTcfdfe of your |> tofession ; Vdtttey for CTiHtariatrfeni th ^ n for Uiii-

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    tartaft Chrigtianity ^ Should auy ou © of these suppositions , or of others of a similar nature which might be ma 4 e , prove true , your motives wijl need revision . If , on the other hand , they be altogether excellent , and pure from : everj ^ worldly mixture , you cannot seripusly , r | BFie . w them without gaining fresh strength to

    run your course successfully . You have already put your hands to the plough , pay friends , and nothiug but a solenaq aud deep conviction that you , could : ; serve your Lord and Master , better and xuoie acceptably in some other field of virtuous exertion , would warrant you , hi turaiu ^ back again . If from ; any toorl ^ lu naot ^ ye

    yon were now to forsake his servicerjoji might well fear to be ioisake ^ by fTim If you were to become ashaoaed , of Woa , you would have reaaon to apprehend , th ^ arrival of a day when he mua ^ declare himself ashamed of ypiit _ y MYr o )> ik ? then , i « to induce yo ^ v to , c ^ cirlsh refl ections , under fcfce infiuQi \ ce of wii <^ i you

    Witt advance witfe gvow ' wg ardour-4 M , mat course of virtuous ^ ei-fi ou % \ ppn wJj w I truat you , lmise afe <^ y- «^ ter ^ d wJi ^ enlightened « n 4 « i : « M : a } i 4 *« gS ^ tod m wiljlug minds , Your character and , \ cooqii p ^ j ? our respectability mi ssucc ^ ss ^ ja ^^ s ^ deuts ^ I hesitate not to say , will be 4 ^ - terially affected by ^ he Ught . in ;! w ^ wi you view your future destination , aiid ^ jjtie reasons which determine you . to deVofce yourselves to it . Review , then , witl f eerioilstiess your motives for e ^ t ^ ing r i ?* tp

    the n > iaistFy . Cherish a deep se « 8 £ r of your personal responsibility ., ; Cul ^ vite personal holiwess . 4 ad we ^ liall , sje ^ . JtK& frtti ^ in you r diligently , prosecuted ^ nidies , m your conscientious aud cheeij ^ l conformity to discipline , iu your girqwi ^ g proficiency in knowledge and in vitt ^ . ) And hereafter you wi U , re , ^ p { them ygt more abundantly ^ i « the salvation of yxwr own kowIs aud tj > ose ^ f your ^

    rethreu . Oeutleuaeii , we congratulate ypM most cordially on the spirit of good order and mauly suJK > idiuation which we understand has taken place of those boyish follies and irregularities tp which , o « some former occaiiojoS j it ha ^ : been

    painf | Ui to ma to advert * I Jwavc o ^ aei-v ^ l wrth pleaaura ^ -tuwi * ia jkiuppy Ip ft ^ y ^ t the experience of j » yye # pec ^ acpUea ^ ue contiriiisiimy oiwir ^ a ( Oo ri « idcural > le ini - provemcnt itt youv ttiQftwerUtg a . | , t | e preafent eoouuination ^ I wpuld conclude as usuiil with fcajrueat eKhQrtatioos .. to

    virtuous perseverance , widi .-wlth tho ^ rdial ejeprejwiott . q 6 ftffectionate good wishes for yoor welfare ,:, ¦ . , ; v

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    fi * te { # g > ene& — + Dr . Hutton ' 8 Addrets . 8 II

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 811, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/67/