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    minister at so cheap & x $ X % as itjifc members of tke Church of ; pms&fld . " -- * P . 214 . ^ .... ' - - .. ¦ •* . ~ ; t ¦ - ¦¦ - ¦ ¦• This is surely a very decent jump in the argument . Not only are tithes andtuglqb& . priv&te property ofthe t church , but they are actually not to'be taken into account in considering how the clergy are paid for the perform * ance of divine ordinances and services . Our author wishes to see church fees put on a better footing ; , to us the only reasonable course seems to be to abolish altogether such claims as Easter offerings , &c . We cannot see what the clergy have their incomes for , if it be not to pay them for the performance of their clerical functions : and in those benefices where , from

    accidental circumstances , the stated income is below a reasonable compensation , it should be increased with reference to those circumstances , and not made a pretence for keeping up throughout the kingdom claims vexatious and troublesome to all parties in their enforcement , and not necessary to the proper maintenance of the clergy .

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    My Father ! when around me spread I see the shadows of the tomb , And life ' s bright visions droop and fade , And darkness veils my future doom ;

    Oh ! in that anguish'd hour I turn With a still trusting heart to thee ; And holy thoughts still shine and burn Amidst that cold , sad destiny . They fill my soul with heavenly light , While all around is pain and woe ; And strengthened by them , in thy sight , Father ! to drink thy cup I go .

    Thy wijl be done—I will not fear The fate provided by thy love ; Tho' clouds and darkness shroud me here , I know that all is bright above . The stars of heaven are shining on , Tho' these frail eyes are dim with tears ; The hopes of earth indeed are gone—But are not ours th' immortal years ?

    Father ! forgive the heart that clings Thus trembling to the things of time , And bid my soul on angel wings Ascend into a purer clime ! There shall ho doubts disturb its trttet , No sorrows'dirnf celestial lftv ^

    But these afflieliods of thedust ^ Like shadows 1 of the tiiglit retnbve . Th ^ t'rfdttous'fttoil / m ^ ll ^ y ¦ ' ' A O life of toil , ' a « fl care , ' &nd wbe i ( FM ^ } 6 pr 0 oi linf ^ ''' Td'Hrirf ^ l

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 830, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/30/