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    . children in such a manner as to make them valuable presents to . the coinmunity , or the contrary ? Do you bring them jjp in habits of ^ xtrayagance } . They will be venal , po you allow them to contract a narrow , selfish , money-loving , worlcjly temper ? Thejjf will sneer at the very name of patriotism , and , incapable themselves of . every generous affection , they will not be able even to conceive the reality of it in others . 1 ) 0 you send them into the

    world profligate and unprincipled ? Ypu throw a fire-brand into the bosom of your country , and are answerable for ail the wide mischief that may ensue . Old Eli was a bad patriot , because he was a weak father ; and . the ark of God would not have been taken , but that his spas made themselves vile , and he restrained them not .

    Are you in a situation to have servants and dependants ? What kind of discipline do they meet with in your families ? J 0 o you respect in them the rights of men , and teach them to respect the rights of others ? Have they been accustomed , while with you , to those habits of order , sobriety , and otjedience , which will majte them useful members of society , arid fit to

    build up families pf their own when tliey come to settle in some humble occupation . ; or do they leave your service ready grained to prey upon the public , at once proud and uninstructed , needy and luxurious , fitted by the loose and unhallowed plenty of your house , . and the c ^ ntjempt of order , decency , and religion there , for more daring arwl ^ wjle ^ . outja ^ e- ^ prepared by hours of riot for deeds of rapine , by . the n ^ idriigtt revel for the midnight assault ?

    Another method by which we may shew our good-wiji \ o our country is b y assisting its , po ] ice , and co-operating in the execution ot its laws ; and by giving cheerfully , an 4 without evasion , that portion of our sul ^ tance which the necessities of government demand , w ^ en Regally and constitutionally required of jis . Very different from , this is the conduct of the generality , who are ever solicitous by mean and illicit arts to avoid their share of public burdens , which , so % r as they succeed in avoiding them , must be laid the heavier on their fellow-citizens ; and . who in their dealings

    with the community lay aside those principle of hqnpur and fairness by which they profess to be governed in their commerce with individuals . Hpw evenly and smoothly would the wheels of government run on if we ajl really loved our country , and felt ourselves sincerely disposed , to submit to small inconveniences fpr the ^ ake of its advantage ! If we loved the laws , laws would not need to t ) e multiplied ; and if we acted upon prinqipje , a mutual confidence would take place , which would wqnaerfully ( acityate every operation in the system of legislation . We should likewise rn , ake a

    p oint pf fulfilling with , scrupulous fidelity t > he snialjest public trust that may pe cornjnjtted to us . Jj ^ ew there ^ re ; n any ijespec ^ ble linp of b ^ jness who ( P ^ ss through life without h ^ vin K somet ^ ji ^ g of this kiii d , invented in jtheni ; ( few . who j ^ aye not at oi ^ e tjme or another a share in the qvjl { concerns of : their own borough or town ^ hip-rrin the qhoiqe of its tmagistrates , jn ( he r ^ ana ^ m ent of its fj ^ ncls , yor the t execujiqn pf some 9 fyh e ? H ^ 9 # inate c ^ OSc ^ es pf murijcipal pplice . Xetthejr l ) ehavip , ur an it \ e fhe . test pf . the ^ r par

    . ¦ toW ^ ^ i ^ ih ^< not % d } y imagine , th at tljey wpu \ $ ^ eftrni great fifW&p * j « H make , g |^ at s ^ ' (?^ % es in a mpre & $ & $ } &-. 9 BWP 9 f * ; highsr station , if from indolence , , 9 / ^ jSgard & ^ flfP ^ PS ^ Wfff ™* * * bW suiter abuses in any department . committed to their care , or neglect any business connected with the interests qf the ^ ub ^ ic , though in the meanest and most subordinate department . Those who > re not faithful in a / ew

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    A Discourse , by ^ i n . fiarbwld . 363

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page 363, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/3/