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      tV imfiiortal mind they never can subdue , — O ! still be thankful for ydur destiny . Hold fast your glorious privilege , and impart Where ' er ye may , the liberty wherewith

      The Gospel makes you free . What though for this Bigots alarm , and superstition scowl , And friends desert , and calumny prepare Her scorpion whip , —yet tremble not , nor shrink , Nor deem the contest doubtful . Ye have heard

      The hol y call which none may disobey , Receiv ed the badge which none may disavow . Say , —if the spirit of Truth , descending , place His fiery symbol on your honour ed heads , Can ye , with ev ' ry energy awake ,

      Each power exulting , glowing ev'ry sense , Under his influence , —can ye forget The language he has taught ? Can ye despise His holy revelations , or desert The little band of friends who bear his mark ?

      Can ye forswear the gifts of heav ' n , because Earth ' s tyrants frown , earth ' s children mock , and griefs , Perils , and snares , are thickly strewn around ? O , no ! Ye cannot choose but speak the things Your mental eye hath seen , your favour ed ear Intently , heard . —And if for this , the storms Of life should gather round you on your way , Ye shall not shrink defenceless or

      afraid-Conscience is nigh to shield , to soothe , to cheer . Should poverty impend , and natural tears Be shed , when the fond partner of your cares Grieves for her children ' s lot and fears for you , Conscience shall dry those tears , dispel that grief , Sweeten the bread of virtuous poverty , Beam consolation from your children ' s eyes ,

      And echo sounds of gladness from their tongues . Around your heads , if Conscience still attend , The lightnings of the world innocuous play , And form a crown of splendour for your brows . Conscience can bid the muttering storm be still

      And make from jarring discords of the earth Celestial music ;—strains which shall expire Only in death ;—strains which your waking souls Shall recognize , when from the tomb ye rise , And see heaven's portals open to the sound . V .

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      30 Address to the avowed Arkns of the Synod of Ulster .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1828, page 80, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2557/page/8/