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which , according to Mr * Belsham , cannot be questioned . At this admission I am somewhat surprised , for it seems decidedly adverse to the notion of a general ¥ fesur % eclioft ** tfte test <^ a ^ , fcefc&rdtftg to tHe mftfl fo ^ rjfe £ fetio& of the passages which speak , or are supposed to speak , of this great event ; more especially when taken in connexion with the doctrine commonly called the sleep of the soul . If this idea be well-founded , at the time when
Jehovah designated himself as the God of Abraham , of Isaac ^ and of Jacob , they were dead , though destined at some vety remote period , nbt yet arrived to them , any more than to the rest of mankind , to t > e revived . But why , after all , should it be supposed that we are under any obligation to admit the logical validity of this argument ? "The object of Jesus , in the conversation referred to , appears to have been not to place the real evidence for the truth
of the resurrection in its proper light , but Merely to confound and silence the Sadducees ; and this object he clearly obtained . But it would probably be a hasty and unwarranted inference from such passages as these , occurring incidentally in our Lord ' s controversies with the Jews , if we were to found upon them any distinct and definite expectations as to the time and mannefr of our future existence . Let it be enough for us to cherish a well-founded
assurance that it will certainly take place , at the time and under the circumstances which are most suitable to the counsels of an All-wise Providence , ordering the course of events for the greatest good of his rational creatures ; and whether to us the important crisis should come on at an earlier or at a later period , to be prepared to meet it with a joyful confidence in the promises of God to the faithful followers of his Son . Halifax . W . T .
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Rejoice 1 rejoice !—this glorious earth , A far more glorious heaven resembling , Is vocal with the soul of mirth : Rejoice , but O rejoice with trembling . For soon those chords with joy that thrill , Time ' s ruthless hand shall snap asunder , And that sweet music shall be still , Which waked such passion , praise , and wonder .
Rejoice , for there is cause for joy , And warm and cordial be our greeting ; Yet tremble—bliss hath this alloy , That it is far less bright than fleeting . Earth ' s joys are trembling wares that run , Touch'd by the suh-bfcams , gtflc ! and vernal ; Heaven '*— : not the sun-beams—but the sun . High , omnipresent , fix * d , eternal .
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REJOICE 'WITH TREMBLING .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1830, page 243, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2583/page/27/
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