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    man is placed by the present workings of society . As the object of the book before us is to prepare man for the duties of life , it would be fitly followed up by one which should represent him in the performance of those duties , incorporating his religion with his entire course of action , and glorifying God by worshiping him through the interests of man .

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    Offering of Sympathy to Parents * 809

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    A gem in which is concentrated many a " ray of purest light serene , " a well-spring of consolation for the bereaved , abounding in the spirit of the gospel , to which utterance is given in chaste and elegant language . The Editor , the Rev . Mr . Parkman , of Boston , has rendered an invaluable service to the mourner that he may be comforted , and to the joyous that they may be prepared , the first in , the second for , ' the evil day . " The volume should be either abundantly imported , or offered to the public in an English edition . We select , out of many excellent pieces , the following , which we think exquisitely beautiful : ' * In the spring- of the last year I attended the funeral of a child ; one that I had often seen the parents gaze upon with an expression of delight , and seemingly without the least consciousness that it was not an immortal thing .

    I could understand their happiness , but not their security ; for I had shared that calamity from which life is not free , and with a heavy , but I trust an humble heart , had laid my treasure in the dust . I was prepared , therefore , to sympathize with them ' tear for tear ; ' but , in trutb , the heart most unacquainted with grief must have been moved at the sight of a child , beautiful as the morning star , called away from his parents' care and tenderness , and soon to lay his head on a colder pillow than his mother ' s breast . The scene was Impressive , even awful ; the stillness of the mansion which had rung

    with his laugh of gladaess ; the parents wrapt in unutterable woe ; the children gazing with wonder and awe on the mystery of death ; and old men , each pondering as he leaned on his staff , why so lovely a form should be created only , as it seemed , to be dashed to pieces ; all was silence , tlioughtfulness , and death . In the midst of them lay the child , once so tender and helpless , now insensible to all human affections ; his features bore that unsearchable depth of expression which no mortal eye could read ; there was a smile on his lips , and a clear radiance on his brow , that made all who beheld it feel the unapproachable majesty of death . Soon the melancholy bell , the returning procession , and the tomb closing on its creaking hinges , told me that he had passed the boundary that separated the living from the dead ! ** In the summer I happened to visit the burial-place . This is a favourite

    • An Offeriug of Sympathy to Parents bereaved of their Children , and to Others under Affliction ; being a Collection from Manuscripts and Letters not before published ; with an Appendix of Selections , Boston , U . S .

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    OFFERINQ OF SYMPATHY TO PARENTS . *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1831, page 809, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2604/page/13/