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spring following ^ as soon as the season would permit , he undertook a journey to Hexham in Northumberland , where his eldest son was settled as a physician , and his friends were not without
all hope , that he might have been restored to his former strength and usefulness ; but his disorder returning , he died there the 8 th of
June , 1752 . He was buried in the south aisle of the Abbey Church of Hexham , where a mural monument bears the following inscription to his memory .
To the Memory of Caleb Rotherham , late of Kendal , D . D . Who successfully united The Force of Genius and Industry In the Cause of Religioh , Truth , and Liberty . The Holy Scriptures
Were his Favourite Study , The Doctrine which he taught , And the Rule of his Life , With ardent Piety , Extensive Knowledge , Unlimited Benevolence , And rational Affection ,
He adorned the Characters Of Minister , Tutor , Parent , and Friend . He died June VII . MDCCJLII . Aged LVIII . Mr . Daye , of Lancaster , who preached his Funeral Sermon , sums up his character in the following words : p . 18—21 .
u As a minister , his abilities were great ; his delivery graceful ; his performances instructive , lively , and entertaining ; his sentiments
nervous ; his argument strong ; and his expression just . With these talents , together with great moderation , impartiality , and calmness of judgment , he became
not only a popular preacher , but was equally applauded by the most judicious . Studying with unwearied application ,, and labouring his compositions , at the
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same time preacher to himself , he gained that experience in the practice , as well as theory of Christianity , by which he always had a thorough acquaintance with his subject , and treated it in a masterly way
u His friendship with his brethren in the ministry was truly cordial * And I do not know whether I may not justly call him the ce . mei ) t of love and harmony in the friendly association of the two counties . His learning , piety ,
sincerity , experience , and good sense , gave him authority among his brethren , whom he always treated with affection , freedom , and respect , and mostly found the same returns of respect and esteem from them .
' * As a tutor , his capacity was equal to his department . His public spirit , desirous to propa- * gate useful knowledge , and his tender concern for the interests of
young persons , inclined him to take upon himself the direction of youthful studies , for which he wai excellently well qualified , and , therefore , encouraged by great
and good men , and chosen as the mean of carrying on their worthy designs of enlarging useful knowtedge , and propagating rational and religious light among men . He was of a most communicative
temper > and his lectures were rather the open informations of a friend , than the dictates of a master . As he was an impartial lover of truth , he encouraged the most
free and unbounded inquiry after it , in every branch of science . To this may be chiefly ascribed his great success in this undertaking ; which appears from the number of those who have been raised to & degree of eminence among th «
I2© Sketch Of The Life Ef Dr* Caleb Roth...
i 2 © Sketch of the Life ef Dr * Caleb Rotherham .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1810, page 220, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02051810/page/4/
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