On this page
-
Text (2)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
animating In Uie gospel promises : aml s kidced , these are smfllcSently abundant to Chccij } itth ^ paif | 8 ^ | d | 50 ^ c ^ ^ fi | i ^ j ;^^| it uiifoViruTiatery , ' the far greater"pi-typotfidn of mankind err on tthe contrary side ; ttoey have wry slight and superficial -views of sis ) and its exceeding sinftaluess
, " ;" very l } ttlf ., : s } iari ^ , cir aaqsciansness ofi the cKtuu ^ of ^ hei ^^ U ^ gvatitu'd ^ . towairds sheir AlniiglU ^ . BenefacI ^ or ^ aaci where the regret is so . fee b ) $ - < aiLd flee ting ., their sense of the value <} f pardoning niexcy will probably he- e ^ vi ally , soP , 9
, " It i $ v . universally allowed / says the Essay .,, / t , tha-t jn ^ a ns are valuable only as iystfuuieatal to an eaidj and that they should , therefore , be discarded when the cud is obtained , j / 9 aiid it continues by stating tl ^ -were such a maxim acte d on . ( cartU ; wai 3 hi become heaven ; that there would be no tyrants on' slaves , or what is more to , the . purpose , no self-tormentors . This reminds us of a certain
mathematician * wh < Qg after reading an interesting tale , remarked ., £ c what docs it prove ^ J ' Did it » -ev , er occur to the writer , that a little portion < of the art of self-tormentii ^ g , however unnecessary i £ may seem in itself coiisideredc , is sometimes a very useful . fclaiug , considered with reference to peculiar classes of character ? How many persons arc there , who sec their
virtues as through a magnifying , and their faialts as through a diitiiniisSiing , glass who , for want of moral delicacy , and of a habit of raising their views to au elevated standard of excellence , are d ' ontiuuaJly laying th-e flattes'hig unctiou to tbe ' u" souls , aud who feel , in effect , the force of the sayimg ? Ci They that are
whole , Deed not ; a physician , but they that are sick ! " Suclh persons require to bo Hick 3 at least sick at heart , before they can be made wlhole , and when sick oi the in selves ? of their own vain heartSj , aud worldly thoughts , and feeble debires after virtue , how joyful will be to the in the . ' sound of pardon , and how beautiful the very feet of therm that bricig it I
it is , however , aav of the privileges of a , ( Christian , thatt bin views off the divine dispensations temd to re move the bitterest }>; uig even from his reflections on his past . sins for the more he abases hnu-Nclf ,, the more he exalts the mcary of liod ! the greater is his sense of Sais own
unworthjocss , the higher will be Win grak'ful Relight at the thouglnt of the radeinption through Christ ; aj » d who is there that would pot gladly submit to sluuBe and humiliation that his Master might be gloiifted , and , what feelimg is ho Mwe < et ii 8 the conHciousness that wv , arc unities- a , n obligation which cannot be L'sti ' -
Untitled Article
matcd even by angels ? It even seems as if , in this respect , we were fiappieE * than , m ^ fS \ far ^^ tfaeYj qper ^ fmided , ho the ^ y ^/ yef eirfo 11 Jiletf Sle ^ love aod gratitude . - The- concluding observations of the Essay P relative to a future state , appear to me .. very ^ ol ? 3 ^ ijre ( . ^ r } , d . > J ^^ ic ^ ; , ^ i ^ shall not make any connnemts on tncui
but sljalJ conclude- ' - by . observing , that It will be readily admitted by alL ^ . that sliame and § orrovv will bfyye no , :. p | . ace where all shall be purifie 4 3 <\\ d perfect ° but such a remembrance . bfVstu' ' wal ^ n without doubt , exUt 9 a ? j will coutiniuauy enhance the happlue&s and tlmutfulne ^ s of those who , from the high station to which mercy alone has exalted them , look b ^ ck on the sc pit whence they were digged . " For as sin is the saddesft and bitterest grief which a Christian knows , during his course toward * heaven , so the remembrance that it is for ever past , will In proportion fill his soul with unceasing joy and gratitude . OfSgKo
Untitled Article
Mahometan Devotion * To the Editor , Sir , Londo-n , OcL 4 S 1830 . A three Eiionttas' absence from home prevented me from seeing , until ve . rr lately , your number for June in which ( s A Christian JMosIeiu ' requests information relative to the stated religious services in the Mosques , and asks 0 '' Whether the public service Is any where amongst the followers of Mohamet !
conducted in an unintelligible language 2 ^ So far as I am able to Iearii 9 the service of ( She Mosques is every where conducted im the vernacular tongue , ok at least in a language understood by the worshipers , Au interesting account < o ( this service is given by TourneforL , In ttlie second v < oluiue , and sec () ; ud letter ,.. yC his very instructive Ci Voyage into ihx Levant . '" I transcribe from it a few
extracts as likely Vd be satisfactory to your Moslem currespoiidejnt , and intexTStiflig to your readers im general . c <; Of all false religions t ^ xe IVtahonie .- * tau is the most dangerous ^ because it not only strongly flatters l \\ c senses , but an many poiuts also Agrees , with ( phn ^
tiamity . ^ Iahoiaiet \ s 3 « h f ^ u ^^ ted upo ^ i ^ c knowledge of tlip . tru ^ . ( jrod tpn Creator of all thiugsj 9 ; pppn , tne , iqye t ot Qiit ^ ft neighbour , tlie ^ jmrjncation of the bocfy ^ aud a quietj , peaceable life . It abnrirs idols , and the worship of them is afirictly prohibited /' u They ( the Mahometans ) believe .
Untitled Article
Miscellaneous Correspondence . 789
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 789, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/61/
-