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Are there such on the earth , and where ? I know not if there he ; but I know that there might be . I know that it is no dream which has entranced my sense : it is a vision , and not a dream . It is a vision of that which shall be done , if , indeed , it be not at this moment fulfilled in some
bright region of some Christian land . It is the winding up of that tale which the years of our life unfold . These are the messengers of God , commissioned thus to speak to such as will hear . One by one they approach to take up the narrative , and leave no pause . When their circle is completed , their swelling chorus of thanksgiving on man ' s behalf visits and cheers the contemplative spirit that keeps watch beside the sepulchre .
I will rejoice , therefore , not only in the holy repose of this star-lit plain , but in the destiny of those who are watching or slumbering in its dwelling ?? . There may yet be presences in yonder wood which may sanctify it from the defilements of murder . The time may come when an infant may sleep at midnight in its shades as securely as the cushat in its native tree . The time may come when the hewers of wood and the drawers of water
may prize the Sabbath repose of the body , chiefly because it aids the activity of the mind . Let me trust that even now the tumults of passion have been stilled , the intrusion of low cares forbidden , as the silent night descended upon every threshold ; that there are no stirrings but those of piety and love , —of the wakeful spirit that prolongs its Sabbath devotions , or of the mother above the pillow of her child .
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We have here an account of a dispute between the Company of Pastors at Geneva and one of their own body on a point of ecclesiastical discipline , the question being simply whether the said member ought , or ought not , to teach the catechism prescribed by the church to which he belongs . Such is the question discussed in these pages ; and many of our readers will doubtless ask , what can be the use of discussing it also in the pages of the Monthly
* Expose Historique des Discussions , elevens entre Ja Compagnie des Pasteurs de Geneve et Monsieur Gauss en l ' un de ses membres , a l'occasion d uu point de discipline ecclesiastique , addresse * par la Compagnie a 1 'Eglise de Geneve , et accoinpagn £ des pieces justificatives . Geneve et Paris chez Cherbulier , 1831 . 8 vo .
Pp . 160 . An Account of the Discussions which have taken place between the Company of Pastors at Geneva and Monsieur Gaussen , one of its Members , on a point of Ecclesiastical Discipline ; addressed by the Company to the Church of Geneva , and accompanied by the necessary Official Documents .
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The Pastors of Geneva and M . Gaussen . 607
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THE PASTORS OF GENEVA AND M . GAUSSEN . *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1831, page 607, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2601/page/31/
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