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pniate / iffc&uqn ^ e ^ we shall learn tiding&h \ &ismi % m tidings mdfte aMQh&baacpvmi ghost disctased at dead of fright ; tri 6 re s **« e 42 thaa ^ veisfeiiy breathed in forest glade * nnrore Ifc ^ ithart evet ^ otn ^ s si ( g geat € < 3 v © fcaijEyvoices confirmed ; t 3-: 1 c - ri ^^ usi b &b iud . j ^ o ^ im ^ quz to rffSdineaiiBQtoBe ^ f affe ^< ren yei ariwilliBg- to felmepdisfy the b ^ iefithat
depa * tc * i < £ pirils may hold communion with d ^ vi ^^ f ^ o ^^ i H ^ ll 6 dlr ^ 4 tf ^ s )|^ ( iii ^ ter ^ p ^ rse is ) natural aa loiig as the survivor and th ^ d ^ p ^ ed ^ 6 ^ ofrtceivfedt < i hold the saaie relation to each other as formerly « , as ]< 7 ng as the spirit is ii&agfeedbtc * obe invested with some of the attributes of tirairt&ft ^ poshioh ^^ ofii ^ co ^ hiziag ^ kf supposes also soae m ^ nifestatic « i < # identity ^ - If this shouWj ^^ o pervading as to preclude all doubt , a-Hrfear , all difficulty '* of coninionication ; ife-moreover vre could choose tfi € F ^ tkne ? uhd -place , we
woitWbalDftdst l ^ r dowa © ur own life for the sigfet of a ftimiliar ^ fettst , We would iiot choose a time or place itself furnishing associations Which need b 6 inferiffiTitGckone-iii rtiultitude and ^ ower . It would he awful , frnu mountain tbpi to hears a still ,, smfaW voice distinguishable m the ^ thunder of the a ^ ancfee ^ to sefi a forla rising through the mists whieh tuAblfe * below , 6 r ^ we 0 piirg « fhy : bh the blast ; but here the forms and utterance of ^ nature are of
sublime ^ andf where the voice God is pot forth , ik > other should be heard . Nor should v ^ e choose the hour when we are basking on the httK * sidej cofltemplatiDg the blue distance and stretching our gaze so-At iftfio thfe World of mind that > we would rather decline foreign md till we have Ascertained what we cai ^ accomplish for ourselves . Nor would we seek ¦ ¦ 'that aid iti a moment pf rpefplexity and difficulty , when the mind is not sufffeientty open and caltn for ^ rsuthjco rBinuniott as we should wish to institute . Least of all should we
cboose ftfe ^ Jiour of death , when , if ever , the soul should desii » e to fee alone with 2 its ! iMaker . ~ We would invoke a spirifc when in our sdlitar ^ Meharabei * \ when fhei affect ions are stirring , and the intellect is not pre-occ « rpfed . We would entreat it to appear , not in stern solemnity , ttot surroondbd by u » in ^ telligible attribiates , but , however wiser than ourselVCSj ftot ^ avef ; thottgh pureri « not colder * We would seek to know ? , net do mtich whal' the future
has in store as what record of th 6 post is preserved itt theaff € c ? tions of a spirit ; what is taking place at present inthe unseen world , attd especially , whether any qhange is going on in the released sotrl ^ ^ wMch ^ shall waiter its relation to ourselves in consequence of oiir p *» olon * ed ft 6 si « fentfe ?< heVe . ^ --Sttch questions , however , never have heeti answered f Itid * We flifrjr thetfiefore conclude , independently of argument , that they rjev ^ eatv be An swered in this world ; for it is not possible itoat the s % litrigs , tte y ^ rriih ^ th ^ fraye rs of the bereaved should have been thus long unheeded . ' ! f ! x ( teli eB
Happily for us , there are manifestations of the departed ^ h n weve r be obscured w hile it ig our vi « ilf to preserve theo * , ^ brrtls » 'f ^ eietii fefd to 4 he mental eye , voices eloquent to ttte lattetitiv ^ sout : ^ ! If ! toge ^ he ^^ We ' hdVe watched the changes of nature and le&Wwd > th 4 languagia ^^«!^> tytlS { ^ U ^ companionshi p cannot be deAt ^ yed by death ; Th « * p Mt dbittefijlilie ^ tJ ^^^ oh the slahting sunbeam ; but not , lifcfe Wm , liairfeg ^ de ^^ walks its nightly round with u » tmder thfe brira 4 iig" **( & ^ fe ^ e ^ d ^^ Slfe tKe lark when Bhe springs >^ om' her loWh ^ s ^ bii ^^ df ^ v ^ n with awhisper theditt oF tfee tsrovfedi t& e ^ MfJ ^ iW ^ i ^ pui % m tfee ^ vditt <» nt >
^ and ifclory of the t ^ 6 rld * * - ^ Thi ^ ' ^» iruty ^^ if ^ l , ? Cl »^ gfRlhWa W [ feQl « ttfl « il presence : and . ntt one ^ fecr ^ hasi ^ e *^^^^ ^ i ^ ei ^ ^ doQ ^ y ^ a ^>^ ^ b ^ tt&r adapted toipdr ^ oB es od ^ fc ^^ the fonfryy Imwever l ^ atttiRilv o ^ any shdddw ^ of' snj ^ rstitfoii ^ htiwet *^ i * J & teripus and sublime . f ^ : <* ' - ' »¦ ¦ ¦ . > f . o ^ t ' : ¦ - . hw w W ? .. ? . ¦/• - h : u .. } i \ -: hi \* ~
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 759, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/31/
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