. The pilgrim's wallet;. s not said to commend or palliate hiscourse. He never so defended it. He felt his freedom,as well as his sin, before God. But we must rememberthat it is more tolerable in the day of judgment for theSodoms and Gomorrahs than the Capernaums of greaterlight and privilege. And we, who have a free and equalsociety, a public opinion approving of total abstinence,and a religion that is based on human liberty no lessthan on the equal, universal potency of divine love, can-not shelter our sins under those of Burns. Had he had ^our light, he would have repented long ago in sackc
. The pilgrim's wallet;. s not said to commend or palliate hiscourse. He never so defended it. He felt his freedom,as well as his sin, before God. But we must rememberthat it is more tolerable in the day of judgment for theSodoms and Gomorrahs than the Capernaums of greaterlight and privilege. And we, who have a free and equalsociety, a public opinion approving of total abstinence,and a religion that is based on human liberty no lessthan on the equal, universal potency of divine love, can-not shelter our sins under those of Burns. Had he had ^our light, he would have repented long ago in sackcloth \and ashes. He did repent, we hope, unto life eternal. He will ever be loved for his wide and tender sympa-thies, which embraced the despised flower, animal, andeven insect. Yet more will he ever be loved for hisgrand views of the rights and equality of man. Hismonuments are teachers of the greatest truths and ! that they are compelled to warn us to shun hissins, while inviting us to emulate his V.
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