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ft < - % k >» 5 History And Ckdrttcter of the late R& . fPllkam Vidler . [ Ht * Letter from the Rev . R . Wright to t&c Editor . ] Si * * npHOUGH the state of Mr . Vidler ' * M . health , for many months , led nie to lear that his dissolution was
nigh , I was much affected when the n € ws of thai event reached me . We bad he £ n long and intimately acquainted ; our afcquairitance and friendsnip commenced in peculiar circurhsfcg&ggg , Which united us the more flrriily , £ tid fetidered our riiutuat
atfachment thcs stronger and more lasting . Ma * vy sutgeCts in theology did ^ ate investigate together ; our tivinds -vfcgfe opened to each other without * t &eiVe ; -w ^ took otariefet' counsel togethgr ; ourblans and protects for
prortlOtingthe cause of truth and righte-4 $ u * i $ te& # were Communicated to each cMier y arid , as much as the distance d £ out places of residence " would . ad-* £ tf , for seVeral : years We dieted iri 4 ttritii ! tt ; itt « f 6 < ir Ubovus and exertions
«^ " much connected . I shall ever eaft ^ m ? my iiiumacy vs ^ ith this good nSato , a ^ 0 he 9 and not the least , of the rn ^ ni fold blessings which the AN miehty , iri his bountiful providence ^ hath ^ stowed often me . Now , alas ! my b ^ love ^ friend is ho More , his labour * are finished , he rests in the tomb .
bufc hiM ^ oHU will follow him , his re-* f £ ft | is . 5 \ it < L W e shall meet again in brigjlkter sceries and happier circumitkfi ^ ft , where friendship will be rei ^^ w ^ d and perfected , and usefulness mi % & no be
# i ^ 'ii 3 i « « more interrupted . - ^ i ^ acqptaintance vrith Mr . Vidler € Ot » A « 9 ( ieed in thejear 1798 . I was tfocl ^ a very low Sai ^ llian , or more fA ^ KM ^ i ly an Unitatriati ; but still re-«^ tim |^ a' few nibde ^ of expressio n 1 mkfr '>* m& € inconsistent , and in b ^ -
ti ^ n , I brftt oiuy to change a few iftttfcrtfe wit a troHrW idea either re-
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specting the Trinity or the person of Christ . He was at that time a Trini * tarian , but so completely liberal , and so candid in comersation , that I soon discovered that any difference of sentiment that existed between us , would not prevent a pleasing and edifying
iTitimacy . We were both of us Uriiversalists . The doctrine of the final hajfcL piness of all men , the Divine character and perfecfions , providence arid go * - vernment , and dispensations of gra ee ^ as well as the whole work anrf
ministrations of Jesus Christ , as contacted with thifr great sliojectj which seemed to u ^ tb involve atl the beit i nte rest ^<^ F the universe , then occupied our cfri ^ f thought and attention ; arid to tts prb ^
motidn , and the making known its important uses in vindicatting ihe dtfai racter and ways of Cferf , e ^ taSlfehri ^ the troth of t » Virie pt ^ O ^ AJySiiimk moral good of the world , almost thfe Whole of our labours atid exertions were
directed . This became a ^ olnlgrburul arid strong bond of union between us . In the year l ?< j ? , Mr * . Viiffief be ^ wl to publish a periodical \ pwk , caueil the Universalists * Miscellany- In tt * fe latter part of this year , I sent him a communication , which was the first
of the Ten Letters on Election , s } rice published separately by my friends hi Scotland . T was then t < Ha ! l ) r uiii known to him . I sent thfee * or fbui letters , in succession , before he discoi vered who or what I was . At lengtfe learning that-1 was a minister , arid resided in Wisbeach # he wrote to mel
requesting 1 would , visit him , and spend a few wee&s with his congregation , while he went on a jourtiej ^ among his old friends in Susaek . * -i With this invitation I complied . I arrived at his house on si Satut ^ a ^ morning , and Mr . Vidler set otit fo ^ Sussex the following Monday morhirj ^ The two days we spent toge ^ thtfr ^ « d far as the public services on the Sunday left us at leisure , Were eriiployOT
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No . CXXXIH . J JANUARY , 1817 . [ Vol . XIL
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1817, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2460/page/1/
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