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o-ospel fervour , as well as received in gospel simplicity ; why the holy and venerable name of God should , not awaken in our bosoms emotions of the deepest , purest , most reverential piety . Give activity to the heart as you have done to the head ; let the emotions be cherished which ally you with God and eternity ; regard coldnessJi ^ rjelig i ^^ on which an acceptable sacrifice can be offered . Make it a part
of your public and of your private devotions to kindle and feed the flame of a deep and glowing piety in your own breasts , and to transmit the holy glow to the hearts of your fellow-believers . But without God's aid how can this work of God be done ? Pray , therefore , especially that He would quicken the dormant energies of your souls , and fill them with the kindling efficacy of his Spirit . What is man ? Not a creature of flesh and blood ; not of pure
intellect ; but of heart and soul as well . He was created to feel as well as to think . He is allied to eternity as well as to time , * to what is spiritual as well as to what is material . He has cravings of the bosom , as well as thoughts of the head , or impulses of the body . There are in him , planted of God , the elements of feelings which find no satisfaction on earth , and create a restlessness to the
disorder of his whole frame ., if averted from the objects on which they were destined to settle . One pf the most prevalent errors of the day consists in practically denying these truths . The political reasoner , in his labours for human regeneration , looks scarcely beyond man ' s animal wants and capabilities . The moral philosopher reproves the politician's mistake , and discourses as though he had to do with a mere reasoning machine . The spirit of
scepticism which has so widely and fatally imbued the thinking part of the present generation , extends its regards at the utmost only to the affections which bind man with man , forgetting that we have a spiritual principle in the breast which makes us long for immortality , and feel after , if haply we may find God , as he was heard of old m the cool of the day , or walking in the garden , or sweeping abroad in trie ' tempest , or making darkness his pavilion , or smiling in the sun ' s * radiance over the whole face of nature . If , hpwever , 1
man was- made to feel , who sees not that feeling is essential tohis happiness ? Without religious emotion there can be but little if any satisfaction of mind . Without it there must be a sense of want , a craving for something higher and better , something more noble and sustaining . The . heart is the life of the moral , as it is of the physical nature . It is the source and spring of existence .
In its pulsations vigour circulates through the frame , and happiness keeps pace with vigour . When it is strong arid health y * eye is bright , the countenance glad , the bearing erect ; you see Prod ' s image impressed on every feature , and hear indications of its existence in every uttered word . Even the mind itself is braced and kindled to loftier soarings and noblqr results ; while in all the nian you see diffused a sense of satisfaction and dignity which say
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THE TRUTH TELLER . 227
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1833, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2619/page/3/
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