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dressed the God of heaven and his affectionate , friends , in the new meeting-house , for the first time , on the 281 n Jacu t * l $ 3 * Iffere Be Continued his ministerial duties Without jntB'niptibjni nearly to the day of his death . ftlariy were addfe f l to th ^ tiiuixiber of hearers arid members . But by thje maAus ^ fiptJ alreadiy adverted to , I iind that several t 6 whbtn \* n £ re administered
tender reproofs for misconduct , were offended , and wfere readily received into communion ' at Hengod . C > n the 23 d of April , 1113 , in the 73 fdyear of his age , this good mannested froit ! his labours , and died with compostife , leaving behind him a wido ^ and two small female children , who were too young to estimate the dignified worth of his character / The loss ' of htm was lamen ted by his affectionate congregation , arid by all Who were
properly acquainted with him . The above-mentioned Historian says , that " while Mr , W , continued " to efxercise his function at Hengod , he was deemed a pious and an intelligent man , and of a peaceable temper ; that his conduct was admired , and that his doctrine * was calculated to edify / ' His sermons were not like those of most of his
brethren , the effusions of the moment , but the effect of study . Some years after his death , I examined many of his notes , and have some of them by itae at present . They contain divisions and subdivisions illustrative of the several texts , and not farfetched , but plain and practical inferences , drawn from theijx . I never found one of bis discourses written at full leiigth . Of Jiis deHvery I have some recpIlectiQn . It was in general calm and always free . His utterance was clear and distinct ; not very sonorous , but rather quick . More pathos and energy would have been more engaging in that country . But few could administer so much entertaitxmsnt to his old hearers , as himself , which proves that his sermons were not so much like " old tales , * as some injudicious hearers represented them .
Many who were his auditors for 4 Q years , admired him to the last . They used to say , He did not idly hammer about , but struck the na , il upon its head /* In his latter days , he was not very free in the company of strangers , but engaging and instructive in that of his friend * . Itinerant preachers it should seem , dreaded , for they avoided him : and he disregarded their bustle . 1 believe he never made it his business to attack those who
differed from him , but firmly stood his ground when himself was attacked , AncJ why should this man have been cast from the communion of a Christian society , but because some are fopd of lording it over the consciences of others ; without considering that the Bible alone , and not any confession of faith , contains the religion of Christians . Tell it not in Gath ! But the ministerial character was not the only one supported
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Rev . Charles Winter . 1 X 9
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 119, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/7/
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