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used as a mere form , but that the heart ' s own and deeply-felt wants be always considered as the best prayers which can be offered to the Father of spirits . Thus , fellow-christians , it appears to me that our Tract Society may be made useful for the promotion of genuine Christianity and its proper
accompaniments , Christian virtue and piety . Nor shall we , while thus using it , be merely the ministers of good to others . Often , I should think , a portion of the benefit will be found remaining with ourselves . Often , most probably , shall we ourselves receive valuable impressions , as we cast our eyes over the pages which we propose to put into the hands of others . And thus our concern for the welfare of our fellow-men , and our care for their
souls , will be blessed to our own admonition and improvement . I trust there are some of us who , before now , have felt this in their own experience , and can truly say of such charity , ** it blesseth him that gives , " as well as " him that receives . " I earnestly hope that what I have said may be the means of stirring up those who are already members of the Society to make that use of it which is most likely to promote its objects ; and a means also of inducing others
who are not yet members to come and give their help . Compared with the good which may be done by a judicious selection and distribution of books and tracts from the stores provided , the expense of subscription is small indeed . In fact , the charity which I have been recommending may be classed among the cheapest of all charities ; but its effects , if any where it should be successful in making a human soul feel the truth and power of the gospel , in fixing the good principles of the young , in recalling the sinner , in
comforting and gladdening the poor and afflicted , in bringing down the pure and peaceful light of religion upon the paths of the living and the prospects of the dying—such effects , even if they be but rare , will , I suppose , be accounted above all price . Remember , however , my friends—yea , let us all remember— such effects are likely to bear some proportion to our exertions . I call upon every one of you seriously to consider whether he cannot do something towards producing them . And I pray God that every one of us may answer that call as if to him .
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TO AN ARTIST . Lucas ! I grateful own thy pencil ' s pow ' r , The semblance as it saves to distant time , Of her whose virtues blest my youthful prime , And shed mild radiance o ' er life ' s evening hour . Nor wilt thou lightly deem the priceless dow ' r Of genius ; hence arose the lofty rhyme ,
And hence the skill to unfold the thought sublime , Or nature's hues on plastic art to shower . Thus the fair path of honour'd fame pursue , And still thy liberal toil successful prove , Age to portray , intent on life's review , Give transient beauty many a year of bloom , And forms endear'd to friendship and to love Awhile restore , e ' en from the oblivious tomb . J . T . R .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1831, page 393, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2598/page/33/
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