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    redeeming power of the Lord , and by continuing in his fear and under his guidfttice , we become settled in these holy dispositions « j— -if , to use other words , with gratitude , watchfulness , and lovvliee ^ s of mind , we improve these holy gifts oi grace , they . will never be taken from us ; but will remain and expand , wjien the veil of fiesh shall b « removed , ands a nearer access he opened to the Fountain of Love , in a blissful immor * tality .

    . At these annual assemblies , " when we are receiving accounts of the state of themeetings which this Yearly Meeting super in tendsr we have too often occasion of grief , in Jiearing of defects which do not comport with a people professing to be . ; spiritually minded . Such are from various quarters reported * to us this

    year * Yet ) we are not disposed to enumerate them now , though we can readily trace their origin . But let us remind every one amongst us , that it is better to be willing to trace each the origin of his own defect , than to compose his mind by conskkring it a small one . The more we can abide under a sense of our own wants , the readier and the more earnestly bhall we apply for help to Him upon whom help is laid . And probably the natural unvrillingne -s there is in the creature to feel in itself a testimony to its own unworthiness , is one great reason why no more are raised up as testimony-bearers to the Lord ' s all-sufficiency and goodness . It can

    scarcely be denied , that faithful labourers in his vineyard are still wanting * "We noticed , * in our last year ' s epistle , the removal of many , who , according to our power of spiritual perception , might bear that appellation . The information of the piesent year has added to the list of the dead , who , we doubt not , have died in the Lord ; and is a repeated call to the living to look well to their foundation s Thi 9 call also has additional force * when we consider that other faithful servants are verging to the same solemn period : a period which , though to them it may be unspeakably blessed , will deprive the church of their labours , and of the secret travail , sympathy , and prayer of their spirits It is certainly not easy to cotnprtfss the "wants of the church in one comprehensive term ; but it seems as if one of the watch-words , peculiarly worthy of

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    attention in the present day were . Indication . Remember , dear visited friends , that when Christ invites you to submit to h ^ s yoke , he declares it to be easy ; while the yoke of disobedience is knuwn to be heavy . Thus , while we are inviting you to faithfulness , by the losses which we are ready to deplore , in the departure of servants and of handmaids ; and by the joy that opened on

    their view as they were entering on that nearer union with their Lord ; with Him " of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named ; " * we may truly say , Brethren , Sisters , " ye are all called unto liberty , "f ' even " the glorious liberty of the children of God / ' J And it is with thankfulness that we

    percqive , as also we hinted last year , that very many of our belojfred young friends of both sexes , seem sensible .. that the Lord ' s preparing hand , is upon them . How then do we desire that these may persevere in the path of dedication ; yea , that in their love and service , they may " go on from strength to strength ;' ' § until , having fulfilled their due measure of suffering , every one of them may " appear " with final acceptance " before God in Zion '' II

    The amount of the sufferings reported this year on account o'f tithes , priests * demands , and those called church rates , and for military demands , is upwards of twelve thousand six hundred ana seventyeight pounds . In our fast gear ' s epistle we adverted to the inft ' nsbnmeht of a few young men , under the militia laws , and expressed our apprehension that more cases of that kind would follow . Our belief of the attachment of many of our youth to their peaceable testimony , induced this-apprehension , and it has been verified by the confinement of several more on account of the local militia , arid

    of one for the common militia . Though these temporary sacrifices of liberty demonstrate a disposition which endears them to our hearts ; nevertheless ^ we cannot forget that they are yet but iti the beginning of their course of devptedness ; , apd , as is the case in various ways with many others of Our precious youth , are now only u gkding on the harness . ' * If , dear youths , you are allowed to receive a peaceful -reward for your early submission to tfuty , gratitude prompts you still to keep your eye to your holy guide , for further manifestations of his

    ? Eph * iii , 15 . f Gal . v . 13 v \ Rom . viii « . § Ps « lxxxiv , 7 . 1 Ibid .

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    366 Intelligence + ^ 'Qp . akers ^ Yearly Meeting *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 366, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/46/