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    rels , and to rise up again in the light of a holier virtue 1 How glorious is the prospect of mighty minds , on earth benighted , bursting into the full enjoyment of truth—ol unknown energies unfolding their native grandeur—of genius nere debased or unknown , tasting of ever fresh inspiration from " Siloa ' s brook that flows fast by the oracle of God !" X Around those who are enabled to

    realize the doctrine of Universal Restoration the arrows of misfortune fall harmless . The malignant passions can find no resting place in their bosoms . They look on the most wretched

    and depraved of the human race as brethren , as ultimately destined to become worthy of their esteem and affection , as erring children of their own Father , who will finally bring all the wanderers home . The ills of life and

    the burden of all material things are lightened to them by the fond belief that all are parts of one generous system of fatherly compassion . To them the face of nature seems enlivened b y new smiles , for all the beauties whicn surround them appear , indications of that universal eoodness which will

    harmonize all the jarring notes of this discordant world . Hvery summer breeze whispers to them of unutterable love . The " splendour in the grass , the glory in the flower , " which delighted them in childhood , ' seem almost to sparkle

    again before them . Their virtue is imimpelled by fear and un mingled with pride , for its origin and its essence is joy . Death seems to them as a p lacid slumber , as a genial repose which will take away all evil thoughts and desires , and Will leave them refreshed from

    their labours , and purified and fitted for heaven . When they weep over friends whose eyes they have closed for awhile , no sad misgivings will disturb the serenity of their sorrow , or cloud

    over the sweet remembrances which they delight to cherish . To them the memory of buried love will have all its unearthly charms , for the sanctity of their grief will be unbroken . Ihey will be elevated above the world , and

    yet taste with more exquisite relish all its genuine blessings . Their delight will be to look on the better and more engaging parts of human nature ; they will follow the domestic affections to their loveliest seclusion , trace out the nice and delicate indications of good-

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    ness , which others pass by unhecd 4 and derive from them all fresh mr of the noble destiny for which we 7 created . They will rejoice in the W of all men , trace the progressive If vancement of truth and virtue with honest pride , and catch , as if it ^ the music of angels , the low breathed voice of humble gratitude , or the nm hspings of infant

    prayer*—- " to which God ' own car Listens delighted . " Here I might conclude these Essays . I trust I have , in some degree , shewn that the poetry of religion is not con .

    fined to the orthodox creed , nor the best feelings of the heart exclusivel y possessed b y the followers of Calvin . But let me not offend my Unitarian friends , if I entreat them to cultivate

    and cherish those emotions to which , I apprehend , thdr opinions should conduct them . Let them not think that man is ennobled b y his reason alone , or that abstract truth is the only object he ought to pursue . Let them remember that he has imagination to be called into exercise , veneration tok

    bestowed , and tender affections to gratify . Let them not return persecution with scorn . Let them never despise prejudices which are honest , or spak with contempt of doctrines which nave consoled the hearts of thousands ,

    because they regard them as erroneous . Let not the pride of reason or the fastidiousness of criticism pollute the sources of their joys . Let them remember that the toleration is imperfect which is not extended to intolerance

    itself ; and that even in the bigotry of those who think their opinions dangerous , there is a feeling of zeal lor their welfare to venerate and esteem While engaged in the defence o ( truth let them remember that it is of more

    consequence to feel right than to argue well ; that the best orthodoxy is that of the heart ; and that while sentiments and creeds and systems perish , the bebt and purest feelings of the soul remain

    unchanged — the same in all sects , countries and generations—and tna they will continue while God hirn ^ H endures . \ S . Ni ^ -

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    Sir , July 1 , 18 ' YOUR Correspondent , An Occasional Reader , ( p . 323 , ) refers apprehend , to the 3 d Book of '

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    £ 10 Young ' s Last Day . —Jeremy Taylor ' s Coiiteniptatioiis

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1816, page 510, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2456/page/10/