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the son of Abraham . " They assign the emblem of the lion to Mark . *' The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the son of God ; as it is written in the prophet Isaiah ; ( our received text and version have in the prophets ^ Griesbach , however , fcM ^ j 4 PM ^^ JSlSlo ut hesitation the
reading of Jerome , ) The voice of one crying in the wilderness , prepare ye the way of the Lord , make his paths straight . " That of the ox is given to Luke ' gospel , because he begins with the priesthood of Zacharias .
That of the eagle to the opening of John , who , rising to sublimity , commences thus : ¦** In the beginning was the word , and the word was with God , and the word was God , ( et Deus erat verbum . y '
The description of Ezekie ] , as is evident from chap . x . 20 . refers to the cherubim that rested on the lid of the ark , an account and engraving of which may be seen in Milman ' s History of the Jews , ( sol / i . p . 104 , second edition , ) and the same thing which suggested the language
of Ezekiel , may have given rise to the imagery in the book of Revelation , It is possible , however , that the latter may have been taken from the words of the prophecy . That Herder , who was familiarly acquainted with Jewish antiquities , should have an allusion to this in the
passage which your correspondent has quoted , is , I think , extremely probable . To inquire into the grounds of the analogy , between these figures and the four Evangelists , is quite another matter . On this subject , Jerome must be left to answer for himself , for it is feared that we must wait until
we are blessed with an imagination like that of Jerome before we may attempt to explain all the features of the similitude . The most important , perhaps the only point of resemblance lies in Ezekiel's having mentioned four animals , and there having been four Evangelists . J , R . C . Manchester College , ' Toxfci
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94 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE .
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On the 14 th of January , at Warminster , in the 84 th year of her age , Mrs . Wansey , relict of William Wansey , Esq . Distinguished through her long life , by a steady attachment to those p ¥ inci ]) l ^^ M ^ h ^ T ^^
this publication to uphold , she adorned her faith by a Christian practice . She was independent in her cha ^ . racter , moderate in her desires , beneficent to the poor , and zealous in the assertion and support of the great principles of civil and religious liberty .
For nearly thirty years past , she supported at her sole expense a Sunday-school , established by her husband so long ago as the year 1785 , and which is considered to be among the very first after that of Mr . Raikes , at Gloucester . Not content with merely giving alms , she took a warjn interest in
promoting among the poor any schemes of usefulness or good management , by which they might themselves contribute to their own advantage ; and those who once partook of her bounty , if deserving , she continued to remember .
It was some proof of this , thafc while she positively forbade any of the pomp or ceremony , so often uselessly resorted to at interments , she directed that sixteen bearers , selecfcecl from among her old pensioners and poor neighbours , should attend at her funeral , and receive a liberal donation .
No one was more aware than she was , of the value of mind ; no one more willing to allow to others that free exercise of it , which she claimed for herself . No one contemplated death more philosophically , or acquiesced more submissively in the lot of mortality .
The retirement of a life so private as hers , affords little to lay before the public ; but it is a satisfaction to those she has left behind , to pay her this tribute of respect ; and a
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1833, page 94, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2609/page/30/
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