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letters nothing but mere amusement . This makes my reading wild and desultory ; and I seek refuge from the uneasiness of thought from any book , let it be what it will , that can engage my attention . There is no one whose good opinion I more value than yours ; and the marks you give me of it make me so vain , that I am resolved to humble myself in making you this confession . — By my manner of writing upon subjects , you would naturally imagine they
afford me pleasure , and attach me thoroughly : I will assure you , No ! I have much amused myself in human learning to wear away the tedious hours inseparable from a melancholy habit ; but no earthly thing gives me pleasure , except the ties of natural relationship , and the friendship of good men ; and for all views of happiness , ' I have no notion of such a thing but in the prospects which revealed religion affords us . You see how I treat you , as if you were my confessor . You are in a more sacred relation to me : I regard you as my friend !"—P . 529 .
This ingenuous , painful confession leaves us in no disposition to censure or to make invidious comparisons ; but the promise that " the meek shall inherit the earth" recurs to us when we observe the contrasting overflow of joy with which Dr . Doddridge's life was blessed . The springs of feeling were with him near the surface ; they gushed out to every touch , and there was a sunlight which played on them for ever . He was too humble to grasp at a large share of human blessings , and too gentle to struggle with the jostling crowd ; yet through that very humility and meekness , all thing 3 were his .
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Sunday has its localities , like other things . When Waverley was in Scotland , Sunday never came * aboon the pass ; " and at the present time there are large portions of the metropolis ( and the remark holds of many of our large towns ) where its visitations , as a day of devotion and of rest , are alike unknown . It is banished from both extremities ; from our fashionable squares and our filthy lanes ; and has but a limited acquaintance with the remaining mediocrity . A Country Sabbath is a sight for a Londoner ; and a beautiful
and affectinsr sierht it is . There is manv an out-of-the-wav village , blessed and affecting sight it is . There is many an out-of-the-way village , blessed with a kind-hearted Curate in the parish church , or where Methodism , having been left to do its work on the entire population , unregarded and unopposed , wears its purest and mildest form , which presents , on the Sunday , to the eyes of the wanderer from the great city , a scene of simple devotion , of order and peace , of cleanliness , enjoyment , and improvement ,
which touches his heart with the feeling of a sad contrast , and sends him back full of pleasant recollections , and yet of deep regrets . When may he hope to look upon the like again ? What can transform a London Sunday from the day of dissipation , bustle , uproar , drunkenness , and thievery , that it now is , into a day whose occupations the Philanthropist and the Christian may love to contemplate ? The question is a difficult one ; and we cannot say that the Bishop has answered it satisfactorily . We respect him ,
* A Letter on the present Neglect of the Lord ' s Day , addressed to the Inhabitan t * of London and Westminster . Jiy C . J . Blomfield , D . L ) ., Bishop of London . Second Edition . 8 vo . Pp . 38 .
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Sunday in London , 389
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SUNDAY IN LONDON . *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1830, page 389, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2585/page/29/
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