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No. €IiYHI.j FEBRUARY, 1819. [Vol. XIV. ...
BIOGRAPHY.
Memoir of the Rev MR. BENJAMIN GOODIER (...
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BIOGRAPHY .
Memoir of the Rev MR . BENJAMIN GOODIER ( whose death was announced in the Monthly Repository , XIII . $ &&») was born April 25 , 1793 , at Hollinwood , near Manchester . He received from his Creator a peculiarly
happy disposition and excellent abilities : these , during hhs childhood , were cultivated © i > 1 y by his affectionate and judicious parents , whose care he amply repaid by his growing virtaes . His fondness for books at a very early age has been attributed to the
establishment ^ at the chapel which he frequeBted , of a library for children , of whicii he became a member when five years old , and the librarian when he was not ri ^ ore than twelve ; and this supposition is sanctioned by the particular interest he always took in the formation of children ' libraries .
Though apparently destined by Provide & ee for the humbter walks of life , beiag brought up to his father ' s business , which was that of a weaver , he negfected no opportunity of improving bis own mind , and promoting improvement amongst the young persona in his neighbourhood . It was he wh
He was always distinguished by industry , charity and prudence in the regulation of his personal expenses . His virtues were the offspring not merely of a happily-tempered mind , but of well-formed rules of conduct
and rigid self-examination . From the age of seventeen he accustomed him-* e & f ta keep a journal of his actions : this fee considered the tuoat effectual preventive 4 rf waste of time and im-
Benjamin Goodier . proper use of money ; he well remarks , that " spending penny after penny , and taking no account of it , is the way to be poor , " In the" yeac 181 . 2 , Mr . Goodier ' s talents attracted the notice of some
gentlemen of the Unitarian persuasion , who heard him , before a numerous assembly , engage in a conference on doctrinal subjects , with several Methodists , and the preachers of tlie New * Jerusalem Church in his neigh * bojurhood $ and a subscription was entered into in order to furnish him
with the means of preparing himself to become a Chris-tian teacher . From this period , which was the month pf August , till the ensuing April , when he was placed at the Unitarian
Academy at Hackney , he devoted to stud y all the time Jjie could spare frorn his daily avocation , and made considerable progress in the Latin tongue , under the kind and gratuitous instruction of Mr . Jones , the minister at
Dob-lane . The following extract from his diary , a few days after his arrival at Hackney , will shew the proper feelings with which he began Ifis new career . " 1813 , April 25 th . On this day I shall complete my 20 t } i yean
It becomes me to consider the many blessings I have enjoyed in the course of my life , and also the improvements 1 have , or might have made of them . In this period the goodness of God towards me has been great indeed ; the mercies I have received have
been greater than I can value , and more than I can number . Who is it that caused me to be born in a country where the glad tidings of the gospel are heard ? Who is it that has given me parents who have educatecj
me to consider the gospel as the best gift of God to man ? Who in it that amidst the many corruptions of Cfcrbr tianity , Has so appointed thjngs that 1 have been brbujgxit up in the ^ nowtedge of the only true God and of
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