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    tqjgpdnt jy theirjpreeept and example to a better understanding of the ri g hts o £ conscience , and of the mutual duties which Chxisitmns Owe tp eacli 0 tn 4 V ; t ^^ ayrypn to perfection all that was great ,, and good , / and aityiathe , i&m J principles which their fathers professed ^ ana lor wnichthey sufif&ed : sLtid it would be their duty , from which they should never shrink , to rejp M ' &n& expose intolerance and bigotry , under whatever disguise br pretence they may seek to influence the passions or debase the mind of rri ^ n .

    Though I cannot say that I belong to eitjter of " ijw \ Three Denominations , " I beg to subscribe myself , A DISSENTER .

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    * ' That ye sorrow not , even as others who have no hope . " Oh child of sorrow ! raise thine eye , Thus sadly bending o ' er thy woes ; Behold , where Mercy from on high Descends , to give thy breast repose !

    Weep not , as hopeless mourners do , Who trust to Nature's light alone ; Ruins of time and death they view , And ' midst the dreary prospect groan . Weep not like them !—Faith points thy gaze Beyond weak Reason ' s farthest scope , To brighter scenes than earth displays , And bids thy drooping soul to hope *

    Weep not the tears of wild despair , When conscious guilt alarms thy breast ; Behold the Gospel message there , — " Sinner , repent , —and be at rest I " Nor murm'ring weep , when pleasure dies , And fancied joys th y grasp elude : Kind is th y Father , —kind as wise , — He gives , —withholds , —and all for good

    Weep not , when storpns thy course assail , Wnen Sorrow's gath ' ring clouds come fast ; For struggling Virtue shall prevail , And reach her peaceful home at last . Weep not , desponding , o'er the tomb Where sleeps the friend , belov'd and lost ; Nor let the silent mansion's gloom

    Thy comforts and thy hopes exhaust . To these dark scenes shall light succeed , And earth shall cease ,--Death's reign be o'er;—Then Friendshi p ' s wounds no more shall bleed , Affectipn ' s ties be rent no more ! Then t ; e # d with patient step thy wpy , God ' s faithful word thy feet shall guide ; Nor fear the ills of life's short day , — Religion ' s comforts still abide f H . Hi

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1828, page 535, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2563/page/23/