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Wmtud * *» «» e , 1 s given are often neglected aRogether , v £ ^ r ^ &ia fttipUiote is 111 tbe fruition of deferred d&tgtte . TOs , ^ teo tbe heart turns tt > tax itself about the tiast , < wilfW do r they now deem that they are doing tpeir duty , that they are <^ u * £ w sufficient affection ; the day wUl come in w hich th ^ y w ^ ft not ^ link so ; memory wil l knock at their he arts , and remorse witt answer to the summons . Memory will require of them 3 II that they did , all that they said , and then ihktl
the hfUe good that they may have done , the little kindness they may have shown , appear chaff * , while every neglect , every omission , shall rise up in judgment against them , and leave them without consolation ! Let us write up in our hearts and houses the divine precept , 9
f iqNsac ONE another , for a night cometh in which vre love in vain . Lc * us set the precept upon our doors , our mantel-pieces , anil when we feel it ( ailing of effect , when faults offend us , when benefits feebly move us , let us shudder for the time to come ! W p wls , looks , tones , and actions , which in the familiarity of habituaK intercourse seem , if offences at all , verv venial offences a ^ aihst Tivriig love , will grow in the shadow of death udto a gigatttic
growth ^ and spread round us a darkness dense as despair . Let us give while we may , forgive while yet we can , nor wait ; till the pale and parted sleeper says * I want you not ; I have iiiffefed and am gone , where ^ p rther w rong cannot reach nie / rtO r fiitut ^ remorse affect me . ' It is the peculiar property of the grave to give forth the virtues of the . departed in bright contrast with itself ; they shine as they hem shin
never did when the daylight of life was rou ^ 4 f ; they e mocking the night of death , and proclaiming ttie immortality of # oarUi- Before this light , how shrinks up self-esteem ! what appears the poor merit of which once we were made proud , because , in tnis scene of moral bankruptcy , mere duty , the payment of comqioii dues for benefits received , is regarded as merit by reason of its rarity ? In this light , what appear our offences and defects , ciilr thantfpsssness , our indifference ? They strike the heart with and it
leproey ^ make loathe itself . . jSotlet ine not speak alone unto those' about to be bereaved ; __ I ^ me abo nteak to them over whom the shadow of the scythe JoT ^ a « £ a ^ 1 i ; -passing . I would entreat them to be less aiutfryus ^ jJW «; eurrent events ' and present interests ; I would entreat' them '' MtWteare Iton the memory of those who shall mourn thtftti , thilti ^ attracted all the bitten and few of the sweets froin ! the ¦
, ci ^ maiji ^ of life . '' <> / biil&ra ^^^'^ the field how they grow ; they taH * dt , , & ¥ h / k ( , Mober ¥ 0 in . . ' ; > ' | " - jmt'ii ) uifiB > Sio » whiih commences with these words , TuH of tHe JDPrirr .. of troth , and the truth of poetry , * w&J not ' uttered W'ih-^ S ^^ tpii ^ firl ^ e ^' mdm ^^ m-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1835, page 712, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2651/page/20/
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