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3t2 Memoir of the ReD. Samuel Sfubls.
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Memoir Of Tie Rev. §Amuel Stubbs,.; Birm...
on the vanity of huib & ri life , as to honours and riches , strength and beauty ; as to " whatever is brilliant and illustrious in external
nature and condition , adds : * but by reason what I h ' ave hitherto insisted on is only exterior to us , it cannot be so properly esteemed the glory of man ; the true ornament of whose nature must
consist in the intellectual and ntoral improvement of it . Where there are a fine understanding , quick parts , a solid judgment and tenacious memory , ar > d all these cultivated to the utmost by great
reading , and an assiduous appli . cation to sttidy , —these put a distinction oa man and spread a glory round him far beyond the lustre of extraction , the grandeur of wealth , or the shine of dignity . 13 ut we find all these amiable
qualities lost to the world with the subject of therfi . Sometimes it is true they decay before : but we always lament the damage the world then sustains , when they are taken out of it . ' *
This paragraph evidently conveys an indirect delineation of the endowments and excellencies of Mr . Stubbs * intellect . The introductory and concluding paragraphs are more explicit testimonies of the estimate which the
preacher forined of the character and wnrth of his deceased friend , -who , it appears , had been his pupil . He opens his discourse with this lamentation : *• It is with the
tenderest sympathy for the loss , which you and the church of God have sustained , by the removal of a young minister of an uncommon genius and Abilities , that I now appear on this occasion . I often . pleased myself vmh the
Memoir Of Tie Rev. §Amuel Stubbs,.; Birm...
thoughts of devolving on hhtr an employment which has taken up a considerable part of my life , I
mean the education of youth : for which I knew no one better qualified ^ in regard- of his Vaist erudition and extensive learning . But alas ! how vain are the devices in
a man ' s heart for after all , * thfe counsel of the Lord shall stand : ' It h what the mouth of the Most High awfully proclaims . Isa . xi . 6 7 , 8 , 4 The voice said , Cry , and he said , What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass , and all the
good 11 ness thereof is as the flower of the field : the grass withereth $ the flower fadeth away ; because the spirit of tne Lord bloweth upon it . Surely the people is grass ; the grass withereth , the flowed fadeth ; but the word of the Lord shall stand for ever . ' It is also
what this providence itself speaks , and therefore demands our dutiful submission and silence . All we have to do is to improve the admonition given with so much solemnity , and to receive the consolation afforded us in the latter
part of the text . " The discourse , it is to be regretted , offers no memoir of the subject , and is destitute of all chronological minutiae of his life ; but it concludes with a warm
etilogium truly honourable to his name and memory ,. Dr . Latham having exhorted his hearers to be thankful for the promises of the gospel * *« which areso admirably
adapted to support us under all the tryals of this state / ' adds with an affectionate emphasis , " Among the greatest of which I cannot but reckon the unexpected removal of such % v & tu & ble person as the late teamed and wortby Mr . Sflubfa , It ridight toe
3t2 Memoir Of The Red. Samuel Sfubls.
3 t 2 Memoir of the ReD . Samuel Sfubls .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 322, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/2/
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