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A ^ J ^ suMgg ^ c ^ ^ f ^ 49 i ^ ft ^^ l » M |* ft i ^^/ ^ oartw ^ ftMm te rfoo > jp ^ fo ^ ls ^^ writfer ij ^^ jt ^^^ et ^ M 8 ^ Wri ® loifa& > JNt piontto has heaped Ipg ^ befe , $ && £$ & ^ f ^ | l ^<^ % 9 U ^ pti ^ rand with the compound he labours hard tpxCsptt if ^/ ^ i Xjbitaria ^ e ^ i « e * ^ Itoe s * Uy man I Does i& y&t m& t ^ a | lh ^ Jb ^ ss l # ? rev ^ £ i ^^ e ^ pgwim q » p ifi ^^ iwlliqfct le ^ d ipen to endure $ he most < c wretched ' . " loy * r ^ tbet thaii MI in with popujar ertprs ? ; X&an >/ tfaak the : X ^ niteiarv minister is m w ^ tci « s € kf ai % he aeries . The paore ** miserable" his lot , the greater is the proof lie affords of his siDcerity * What assignable motive is there that should keep htm m his . ' < & weteh ^ d" conditioD but a sincere and ardent attachment to the oon ^
victions of his mind ? The barter of his integrity would be at least a dinunation of his suffering , if nat a reversal of his fate . But no , he thinks not of itf He would rather die at his post than even retire to the ifiglorioua silence of piivate life . Though it should prove that he were appointed m s ^ rye Jjn the forlorn hope of the Christian cause—the greater ^^ the dfeiiger she more the honour— -he has a heart for the service , and victory or death k the
watch-wocd of his band . There he stands , an object whom the enemy may pity but cannot contemn . And do others present theRiselves to take theii ' statical as the veterans are called from their honourable service ? Is the wretchedness voluntarily imposed and cheerfully endured ? Ym * Then the men who act thus , whether veterans or recruits ^ act nobly . Strength and purity of moral principle they must possess . The spirit of Milton , of Elijah , of Christ , is in them , and that spirit is not the worse because those who have it are termed Unitarians . How immeasurably are they above the
pigmy stature of persons who faint if they da not make godliness a gain Surely it was in an evil hour that this <* second Daniel" chose such a topic as the ground of his attack on Unitarians . To him it doubtless appeared fraught with terror . Men judge others by themselves , and in the estimation of gne used to the platform , what so terrific as the absence of " thunders of applause" ? Those who live in a crowd , need a crowd to live i » . Not onry
so , but they think every one else miserable in retirement . " Unhappy U » uarians , " —thus , therefore , spoke our orator as lie rummaged his brain for weapons of assault— - *« Unhappy Unitarians , no popular voice cheers you on , no assembled crowds regale , your eyes , no distant tinklings * cliarm your hearts and tinge your thoughts with gold * Unhappy Unitarians , your alms are not detailed to ^ listening omkitiiKleSj your feeneJactions stand not enrolled
with those of peers aadprektes ; retired yocr live * retired you teach , retired you ,: ¦ « eommundcate , ' retired you die . Wretched lot ! Happy I whom success stimulates ,, on whose pasture hundreds ' drop fatness / and into whose ear hundreds pour the * sweet infection of their glad acclaim . * ' * Und ^ r the inilu $ & £$ Qf such feelings , the Eclectic Reviewer may welt wonder w } w ! k i * that suppcorts the Unitarian minister i « the midst of the alleged irrto tl » in ^
fe , li ^ Ue *^ f lot .. That infelicities exist , we do not deny ; that theRe ^ vi ^ w # ^ h ©^ giqas ^ v © v € irated cai * hardly , if oompe « eBt to write on tl ^| siri ^|^ ^^ W But the greater they arev the g « 9 l % -&JRM ^^ i ^ . | yiCfflr 4 * i fine greater the eareeUewefe of the system **^!^ . *««! p&afs % iii ! t . oiI % ^ W . ^» t ^ kwft * e iL d ^ fey m hmg to Apprize the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 770, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/42/
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