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THE , ]|(>NTHLY REPOSITORY OF Theology a...
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The , ]|(>Nthly Repository Of Theology A...
THE , ]|(> NTHLY REPOSITORY OF Theology and General Literature .
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Memoir of tie Rev . § amuel Stubbs , . ; Birmingh am * Sir , May \ 4 > > 181 / 4 . Ybtlr very respectable correspondent V . ' F ; rn a note to his ** HfetoHcfcV ^ ccbttnt of ( he
War' rington Academy , " page 86 , of Vol > , Vf f t ek presses the i o terest * fte feels in yovtr Birmingham cor . respondents emleavtowing to as-; @ ettitift ' ifhe blace ' of residence , and
-of education , of the Rev . Samutl -Stulifcs , whose valuable library ~ t < fa $ ^ resefited by Mr . Stubbs , hrs tirbther , to the seminary at AVar' \ rmoton * f have a smcere pleasure
in being able , after some months , to meet his inquiries . \ well recollected that thy eveV respected and intimate friend , " the Rev . John
Ward , of Tauntori , who died the 18 th of Feb . 1797 , ageo 83 ;* frequently ^ poke of Mr . Stubbs , a * the beloved friend of the early period of his life , and in high
terips of his -worth and learning . On the appearance of V . F * s . hints of inquiry , it was suggested to me by my worthy colleague , that % lady , whose name is Newnharti , resident in this town , was a
sur-For a delineation of the character of Mr . Ward , see ¦« The Protestant . Dissenters' Magazine , Vol . IV . for 1 797 > P- 241—*« 50 .
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viving relative to him . From Miss Newnham , who wa $ his niece , I learnt no monj particulars than that Dr . Latham , who entertained sentiments of great esteem for him , and a high opinion of , his abilities and learning , looked forvyard vvitli
hope to his succeeding him in "the direction of the seminary at Findern : and that on the maternal side he was related to the family of the late famous political character , John . VVilkes , Esq . and that his mother ' s name was VVilkes .
This lady has lately found among her ^ papers a MS . funeral sermon by Dr . Latham , tor her uncle , preached at Lpngdon , on the 27 t \ i of May , 1753 , where he also , alternately , preached ; by which
it appears , that he died on the 13 th of the same month , aged 38 . The text 1 Pet . i . 24 , 25 . > 4 * AH flesh is as grass , and all the glory of man as thp flower of the grass ; the grass withereth and the flower thereof faileth away ; but the word of the Lord enduretti
for ever , " hatjh a pointed reference not only to the frailty of human life , but to the distinguishing and promising talents and virtues of the deceased , lost to the world by va premature deaih . For the preacher having eoypatiatQci
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/1/
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