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    ness or reflection ; performed from habit , from convenience , from the requirements of our office , or froi ^ warjdly motives . These are actions still more common , and we perceive them even ia the holiest callings . Reflect seriously on ~ this subject . We repeat devotional cpnvpositiojis , xepJete with the noblest sentiments of faith , hope , benevbkjrice , afcd

    piety 5 of confidence in God , and submission to his will ) but perhaps , after we have been thus employed during whole hours , we na ^ e not for one moment been influenced . by ) falthy hope , charity , confidence , or submission . And why ?¦ H is , that by all ojir lips ' pronounced our hearts were untouched . We appear tefor $ the altar of the Lpvd , and prostrate ourselves with ' apparent huriiility y anS possibly ; , in aft the

    jtime we have professed to spend ih ~ devotion , we have not performed fOiie act of religious worship— -we have ri © t pnce lifted our hearts to our treat Creator , nor felt that religion consists , next in the' attitude of the ody , or the-humility of the countenance , but ' m lowliness of mind . ¦

    . Others may visit hospitals jandprisons , console the afflicted , relieve the sick , assist the poor ; and it may be that those who on suetv occas ions she , w the greatest assiduity and zeal , are in reality the least in-r fluenced by Christiaii charity , but 'are actuated by riaturial activity , affected by instinctive compassion , or led by habit : the will of Gbd is not the principle which directs them .

    & % r = fc = fc * % r * # % " * * * * * * :. ' # . " Ah ^ . Christians ! when we appear before the tribunal of our Soyeareign tfu 3 ge , to render an account , not only of our crimes and sinful habits , but likewise of our virtues , how will he then act ? Wjll-he prDnpupce our eternal dcK > m , from viewing our exterior conduct ? lias he not threatened by his propbets and apostles , that he will exa-^ ni ne every secret thought , design , and wish ; that he * will search Jerusalem ;* that he v will bring to light the hidden things of darkness , and wi \ l make manifest the hidden cpunsels of theheatrt ^ that ^ he

    -will weigh usin the balances of the . sanctuary , and condemn us if . we are fovjnd wanting ? H ; ow many false prophets will adyarice to cl ^ im the crown of' glorjv to whom he will reply , I never K ^ xew ^ -you . ' They have prophesied—they have ' done many wonderful' workis 'they have eaitied the estefem / admiration , anrf confidence of the people

    by their eloquent discourses , their specious acts of piety , their charitable institutions—they have been spoken of and extolled in the world '•—whote provinces , whole kingdoms , have resounded with their nanles : but they will be disowned by the Almighty ; for their piety ha % bfeen equally spacious and unreal , and at the * day of the Lord' it will

    disappear , so that riot a testige will remaia : which he will deiga to notice- ;¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦¦ . ¦ . ¦ ' . . . '¦ ' ' -- ' ' - . ; - . . . .. . ; -. , ; ,. , .- ; . . . ; ; ? < c Let us then , my bretliren , form , more equitable ideas : letusToI low the apostle ' s advice :, Whatsoever ye do m word or deed ^ do all in the name of the Lord Jesus ^ giving thanks to God and the 'Father by him / The ark of the Lord wasDt 1 piiregold within and wi'hbm . ;*

    an emblem of what we ought to be . ; If we .. rest contented , likfe the Pharisees , with purifying the outside of the vess e l , and neglect the rest , we expose ^ urselves to the malediction they inciurred . . ; .:.. If we woulcl uqe ^ uivocally devote ourselves to God , we- must oiferi to him that which is most excellent , most noble in ourselves ; that is ; the

    heatt- Vet thisioftering be our first , our continuakourtysta ^ of devotion \ for true piety consists nof in outward form : thtj ^ ea ^ t ; alo ; i e is ^ sacrificp acceptable , weli pleasing to God *' ' , ; ^ . / jft > 'be . continued ) / : ' : i

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1806, page 483, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1728/page/35/