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truths he comnfcunr <*^ e $ iftfh ^ t ^ the heart and life .- ' - - £ vr Jubit * . > i ; b > wow /? - > : H ; : . L < ¦ - ""'« * io ^ l' 9 >^ ^ n ) jfnou- ^ % ¦ But further * though Yt ^ W * & fa ri ^ mentat ] rtirths aM ^ # nfcie $ % religion tfM &f
should be the cftief or ^ 6 & % F IrMrucW ffe ^ ¥ < 9 dtig ; f etf ^ r df ) p 8 fYunities occur ; thfe Umiariati > PastS £ - irtlV-- « fi * tr « fely < feft ^ tb ^?^ ib'lbrtftfi ^ Id ^ i&iti& youthful friends fddp ^ ctitigite pritifcipi ^ which / se parate th&r r % l !^ uV s&bijety from others , atid shew the' riea ^ ons arnd valli ^ of fhertt : Bind ^ idugh'he should be cautious ( 6 avoid exciting prejudices against the ojDiftiofiS of other denominations , and exalting beyond their dtoe rank tte imWrfanfefexJp ^ ir
own , he will carefully guard against the influence of thai spurious caiidotfr ftr liberality , which so often leads to indifference as to the ^ peculiarities of r 6 fH * - gious belief , and even as to religious principle altogether . Supposing a ; Minister so fortunate as to find the younger part of a Ttefieiaus Society ( either through the influence of their parents , or their own right dispositions and desire of information ) ready to place themselves iihder his guidance ^ to exercise a cheerful industry in the object he prescribes to them ,
to make his labours pleasant by the punctuality and propriety of th&f Sttfehtlaufce upon his instructions , and that he conducts them through sttefr a fcdtfrfce of religious knowledge as is suited to their age and abilities , and besj fitted to promote th ^ e gr eat object he has in view , their present afi < J e ^ r ^ &iting welfare ^ —it n » ay reasonably be expected that the public services * 6 Fr £ lfgft / n , From being better understood , will be more interesting and efficacious V < Hkt the Virtuous motives and dispositions of the young wiit be Strerigtrferi ^ d fcy his influence and the recollection of his concern for them *; tfi& £ s& fix \ t £ s
belief is concerned , they will be enlightened Christians ; and that ; ( ftaymg convictions which will stand firm against the sneers and cavils ; as "fafell a ^ the arguments , of the unbeliever ) they will be without that wavering a ^ fr trtfefertainty which add to the power of sinful inclinations j that tH ^ y w > lf iiriderstan ? d and 1-value their privileges as Dissenters and as Unitari ^ iis ^ J J th ^ t''fli ^ y will feel attached , not merely by habitual attendance * but on ^ in ^ tblS 9 \ o 4 ainty which add to the power of sinful inclinations j that th ^ y wilt iinderstan ? d and 1-value their privileges as Dissenters and as Unitari ^ iis ^ th ^ tfli ^ y will feel attached , not merely by habitual attendance * but on ffiint $ i } l 2 } \ o
that sofciety with which their bonds of union are so close- awd ^ toBhig , and that they will hereafter be found among the most steady anci ^ iiscffttf ^ aiid therefore most valuable and respectable , of its members . t 1 - ^ ' : We must add , that such instructions as those which wy ha ^ e ' fcri ^ jfry BkiKched ; will not only increase the pleasure and profit of i ) iiJiHc ? w&f 9 Bb to
and fh ^ disposition attend upon it , but will oftert lead \ hef J ^ ii ^ WJi / m in the Lofd s Supper , considered , according to its obvious irrtpbf ^ F aS ^ -p ^ 6-fession of Christian faith , and a voluntary acknowfe % ni | iBnt 6 P tWj ^ ^ utBorSy of o \ ir Saviour , and of their obligation to live as to disciple ^ . Tn ^ f ^ 4 s no mysticil charm in this interesting service ; but it has < jasi ^| ilS ^ i | a natItfal « 'frkac ^ to cherish every disposition and habit ihatife ^ ' ^ on ^ is ^ nt , " IrtrfWe ^ k thdse Which are inconsisterit , with the spirit of ' tfete ^ Gbs ^ eP ; W ^ ttio ^ tf ^ ne dfeciple of Christ to the moral image of his Lortfy arid ^ 6 ^ i dr ^ fels ^ ffil ^ ir grateful attachment to him , and their zeal for rYte cW ^^ a ^ d for flitf ^ loWSof the great Bei » g who sent him * On founded 'p ^^^ miim k ^^ i ) ¥ uWky frota the Lord's Tdble who would d 6 WdTtotak ^ aH ^ r ^ tWtt ; ^ fiaTfer the preparation which woiiild be had lit ada # ^ at ^ R ^ m ^ i ^ , ( h | JfraTisiti 6 n woul < J be ^ asy to the ordinance 6 f Christian be no © light recompense for a Minister'siab ^ il ^^ t ^ W ^ W !)? a r ^ loy ^ Wat they had not beeri * okt . A 4 th ^ pres ^ nt ^ Wte of tei ^ plWt ^ % rsW SftSWes thryOwtog , to ^ cuMar ^ m ^ ral dahg ^ r ^^^^ rrf ^ t 1 *^ gi ^^^ facV ^ H ^ Wfty past ^ alf ^ iencd to t s ^ 'tl ^ m ehei 4 bfet ^ , M ( ^^^^ i ^ d ^^ hr % rylh ^^ ple ^ Wrlri ch likflf ^ abl ^ tH ^ J ^ ft ^^^ 69 mfeafeu re , lit ^ fiS i ri whotrl-ttey love
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Horsefs Lectures to Y < mng Persons . 677
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1829, page 677, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2577/page/5/
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