This hurt him, and had he
the understanding and eloquence of Paul himself, would still hurt him.
He seldom, hardly ever indeed, preaches a gentler well-tempered sermon,
but I hear it highly commended; but warmth of temper, indulged to a
degree that may he called scolding, defeats the end of preaching. It
is a misapplication of his powers, which it also cripples, and tears
away his hearers. But he is a good man, and may perhaps outgrow it.
"Many thanks for the worsted, which is excellent. We are as well as a
spring hardly less severe than the severest winter will give us leave
to be. With our united love, we conclude ourselves yours and Mrs.
Newton's affectionate and faithful,
"W. C.
M. U."
In 1789 the French Revolution advancing with thunder-tread makes even
the hermit of Weston look up for a moment from his translation of
Homer, though he little dreamed that he with his gentle philanthropy
and sentimentalism had anything to do with the great overturn of the
social and political systems of the past.
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