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    Memoir Of The Rev Mr. Benjamin Goodier (...

    pressed tiiy obligations tto you , during the long time th & t you were doing so ftittch for me . The truth is , I have ftlWays thought that my common language would do injustice both to

    yodi' generosity and my own feelings , and when I have attempted to speak , ihy -Words have been stifled in their birth . If it please the Great Disposer bF events , who killeth ^ and maketh alivfe again , to continue and perfect that , restoration to health which he

    has begun , chiefly by your means , I tHist you Will long live to see that your kindness lias not been in vain , atad that ihy conduct will best speak the iieality of my thankfulness . Ift the mean time , I rejoice in the

    assufa / rtcie , that a day will certainly arrive fia Which the benevolent Jesus , the judge of Jquick and dead , Will say to £ 11 who resemble him , * Inasmuch as j ^ e hav e done it to one of the least of these my brethren , ye have done it

    niilo me , ' & c . " Although dependence upon such bfctlefactors could have nothing in it that was humiliating , MY , Goodief

    laudably fcittied a plaii for supporting hitoself by his own exertions , as soon as he should become capable of doing so . In a letter dated May £ 9 , addressed to the wife of the gentleman to whom the former was written , he

    says : * ' I am very sensible of your Jtitadtaess and generosity in offering itae further pecuniary assistance ; but at present I have a sufficient supply for eight months to coYne at least , and

    in that time I trust to be enabled , by the divine blessing , to earn as much by teaching English as will pay my expenses . " Had he been spared till tltfc period he here contemplates , lie trotiM no doubt have been successful

    Jh this Undertaking , as lie had a great aptitude fot the acquisition o « f languages , and would have been a . patient atrd judicious teacher . He knew tiothmg of the French tongue till a shoi * time before he left Hackney ; When , itfith a little assistance from a friettrd ,

    he ettabled himself to read it ; learning thett , as lie said , by wa ^ y of relaxjftion from severer studies ; " add sooft after his arrival in France , he say ' s , * yctai will be able to judge o ? my ffrbgrfess in French wfaen 1 tell you ttytit 1 understood the sermon and pt ^ yefs perfectly , at dhurdh /' NtttWrfhstandimgihiB separation from hfefrtetods , ixtid tlifegreat 1 bod % fctiflfe * -

    Memoir Of The Rev Mr. Benjamin Goodier (...

    iiigs which bcctosioilally th r *^ dlotxA over his feelings , we find him , ift hte corre ^ potidence , cherishing the s & ftife pleasurable emotions as when -in

    health . Fine weather and brul * a * it scenery always inspired hitti VPith thfe glowing delight of an animated child- ; whilst , at the same time * the beau tits of creation raised his soul to Hith

    who formed them . In the abovequoted letter he thus writes * from Monta , uban : " On the 7 th of April , I left Bourdeaux for this city , which is delightfully situated on the banks

    of the Tame * in the mklst of a rich and extensive plain , cottiftiandiiig a delightful prospect , which is bou ^ tJed on the souih-west by the Pyrenees , Which even at this distance ( 1 O 0 mites ) excite a most vivid idea of the

    vettfcrableness . and gfandewr of n ^ iteirfe when throned on iiioutitaitts * capped * with clouds . I catt give you but & faint idea of the richness and m ^ gttifi ^ cence and li veliness of the scenery which surrounds me .. The wedttref

    is in general delightful , though hi-thte middle of the day too h < yt ; the harvest is rrcli itt pix > m rse , and as fafr At regards hay and dtover fe a ? tieady commenced partially . The grovels

    are filled with nightingales , ttrefteidfc with larks and cuckoos , the gtasa witti chirping insects , all of which vie with each other in singing the pleasuiefc off life and of spring , —a song which , however varied in form , ii * the e & t b £

    a religious man tvho delights to regard in nature the " mirror of the X > feator ^ goodness , is a

    in-terestingobjectis tb him . H ^ e e'crtrtirmes tltfus : w But the tmidtttKfc idf the climate and beauty < tf tte vavtoftry are not a ? H ^ e charift ^ s tvflrfch ttty present situation possesses . TMwHcm ban is th'e seat of fP roftestainrt iu ^

    hHictioti in FramM ? . Their only 'tttfttegfc for the education of youtrg mi * nii ^^ rs is here . ft is a large , convtwteflfc tittilditig , ftyrmeiiy a comveiit ; 1 tfhe * e are apward ^ s of ttiirty fft txdtetfbs ^ wft six professor of tfhe vftrioDfe fej > r « rti ^ h ^! fe of learning . I had a letter of mfcro ^ dtfcrton t 6 tlw-ij ) riwcif )^] . pi ^ fe ^ r > r , as a y < mhg mitti & tet ^ f the IteftftfijtoJI Ckttrth ^ ^ K ^ feWd . fa *' wM <* ft fhb

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 22, 1819, page 72, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_22021819/page/4/