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irmiitjv . but refloated , expanded < / embellished . AM soit tf Mffi ' ^ ^ ' . ciples of spiritual pbifosfj ^ ih ^ ^ rf € ^ «* S& i ^ Sf % §^ en to the \ T essence , not 4 o t ^^ fqrros ^^ r ^ o ^ ft # ! ftte % yer b ^ fnua % ^ e # ojent employraeitt of raoral phite ^ eth \ f $ tfor 4 be information and guidance *> fhkifi&ol&mimdst ^ h&gJmU ftfy y such systems are the instruments of important ^ o ^| ' ^ but ^ i ^ tfcli ^ % ^^^
rendered permanent they wcwld ^ philosophy qf one age is too mean for the ^ ciapabiKtiesEiof ?> aai&rt 8 e ^^ * Osi ^ ^ iKe priiwple ^ oC ^^ as they undottbtedly ^ ake ^ dratin ^ JttiD outli ve the heavens and the earth , still # iey ; must , like 'all other > £ rkt © fpt ^ be pfetj ^ tiiJ ally inoidifiediby the results of experience , e ^ aiad ^^ ^ growing faculties , and embeHjbhed ^ tbatr the ^ maysstimi ^ l ^ e the ^ ertio ri ^^> f religious feope ; embeUished ^ not -hyueaflbly deco ^ atiotis , ^ bii |^ by grd ^ irfa
manifestations of that < jelest « tl beauty which vi& # mteined to ^ feei ^? ad ^ lly feyeajec ( 5 lest our ^ eak yisio n should b ^ ^ Waafce ^ withi % xcess of li ght ^ f ^ " , _ ,, 3 t c ^ niipt ; lie ior an instant supposed that we are adiroc ? itin | riaxity of pHn - cipj ^' Qjr ipdependenceof ^ itg-gjaidanqfeit It is because we wish thfe ^ nhBtpte of sglptqial phiiosopby ^ to bestrtet a ^ cbht ^ nS for thei ^^ being ailowed ^ lMU ante fteeescop ^; c ^ We ^ wdold dfeetrtan gle them ftbm fetter ^; we wpuW pujl <> ffi whatever maslc « iriay disfigiire ^ fhem ; and beseech them toshew ustfoe w ^ y to life : and having dotiie so ; we wd « ld
follow them , cheerfully and undeyiatingly , delighted 1 ^ wateb tbe | r ? gi * rwing radiance and not afraid to recognize them araidst the . glprv . pfwtbeir succasf stve transfigurations . """" "^ '¦; . " " .. . „ , ' .:.,,. > ,- ,.. „ . 'v , ^ . v .. - ^ ^ Thus only can hope become to usr'tfife ^^^ €% ^ 1 ^^ y ^^^^ et ^^ ' V ^^ F infinite good . Thus only can our natural setise of tlie insujpqWigqv of * pT ^ - sent objects tosatisfy the soul be made the incentive ^ Bi ^^ aiBSraj ^ s and the xjonscionsness that we are not already ^ p ^^^ ijs ^^ ^ s ^ ' ^^^ after , to reach forward , to press on , till hblines ^ and pMc e ^^ jmuT ^^ T The importance of the agency of hope in pr niotin ^ ^ ou ^ j sj ^^ ua ^^
vancement , leads on to the inquiry whether' ^ s ^ c ^^ ageii ^^ i ^ x ^^^^^^ d for ever . We think probably not . We shall dou 0 ess |^| 0 r few ^ r reading ' forwards to higher objects , but not under the same mfl ^]^ riMiMte tt e ) . % 'e ^ cessary here . Even here , our insight into futurity becomes iWbte dislihct a * well as more excursive , as the soul grows iii-vigoai * j' : ^ d > --ift %% ? ' % h ^ aid > ' *' ' ^ we may rationally anticipate , so far paitiGipatertoi ' | th #% Hi ^ Qt € fe ^/ ffiv 3 BltV
as to see things that are not as though they # ere , the Tutu ^ f W 9 \ }\ Ke . ^ ttfe past ^ ibe embodied in the present , and the office 6 f'fto | e ^^^ !^}^ n 4 e 3 . ** Hope that is seen is not hope . * Let ^ lisi ' npt , ^ however , shnh ^ fit Ae s ^ p position that this guide of our lives , this soother of our sprrpws ^ ^ bis irieod of our souk , shall be annihilated , lier existence wil } merge inMbat o £ in superior power , fter union with faith ^ ven h ^ re becomes-so ; dose ; that th £ same ^ tributes way be aacribejd . to each . la heaven they shall tee trtfey till anbther change shall pass uponvthen % and' tbey « ball stand f&fth iri ^ ublfrri ^ f dignity apd flaore radiant beauty , ia the form of ohe % h ^ e Min e "We f& know nol ^[ but whose office will foe * to CtffiVtace ?^ ttir ' glalff smrits ^ TOaf thf same law ^ wbich constitmes ^ us tte yt&tteAf ' V of Gqd ^ H ^ e ^ alt ^ ' BM ours , xiatuw and providence ^ life atidde ^ t fctk ^^ QW * " , . .. . ¦ ¦ ' ( . ¦ ¦ ,,.:,, ¦ , ' ¦ , ¦•" ,,: ! , ; v . i Ui '¦ : ¦ liV ' .-. ;; ¦ . j' U 1 \> JtL « f : / O U > ' i ' - v ¦
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672 Essay on the proper Use of the Prospective Faculty ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1830, page 672, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2589/page/16/
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