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      at the outset by the well-fdunded conviction , ' such a religion cannot be of God , or if so / he is not a God of universal love and justice . ' I need not point out how far more fitted to excite true practical devotion is an undivided than a divided object of wot * ship ; how far superior must be love of the Deity in those who regard ¦* his tender mercies as over all his works , ' than in those to whom he appears an unrelenting exacter from his own creatures

      of what he never gave them power to perform , and who are taught to regard themselves as created totally depraved , incarnate fiends , without one genuine virtue ,, . and their nearest and dearest connexions as condemned to eternal torments , to the infinite glory of the Blessed God ; but , by exhibiting ^ ore and more in our lives that the spirit of Unitarianism is preeminently that of Christianity , let us practically refute the violent attacks brought by Dr . S . against the Unitarian body' as les , s moral and pious than other Christians , which are at the same time so inconsistent with the general charge of preaching ^ up personal justification . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; ; : ¦ ¦ LN ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ - - - ¦ - ¦ ; ..

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      • - ¦ -. ¦ ' ' " ^ AG ^ ES CLARKE . " ¦ . ' 273 "

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      We introduce the following quotation from the life of Dr . Adam , Clarke ,, notstrapLy because it .. contains a beautiful and interesting anecdote , showing the strength of the love that subsists between parent and . child , and the budding of early piety ; but because it

      is a practical comment upon remarks that we have occasionally made respecting the religious education of children . This most important part of education ,, begun indirectly by the example of parents and others , should proceed as occasion serves by direct instruction . We say as occasion serves , because no positive rules can be laid down which shall meet all cases . Both the matter

      and the manner of instruction must depend on the minds and hearts of the parents as well as on those of the child . They who are in earnest in the business ° f r ^ i g | ous . ® d [ Jcation ^ . "will however not neglect the opportunities which present themselves of leading on the mind to higher things continually . They will seize on them

      as * precious moments for whose right and diligent employment they are accountable . These opportunities will often be best afforded by the child itself , as is shown in the conversation which will be seen below between Mrs . Clarke and her daughter , and the result which followed .

      Mrs .. Clarke appears to have been every way worthy of being united to the eminent man whose wife she was , and of being the mother and instructor of his children . Her tenderness never degenerated into weakness . Her compassion never caused her deep sense of duty to slumber . In the midst of Agnes's pain , debility , and drawing near to death , when one of less strong mind , and less enlightened piety , would have only sought to divert her

      Agnes Clarke.

      AGNES CLARKE .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1833, page 273, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2621/page/17/