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world , what various schemes he formed for your benefit , 6 r th <* prudence and resolution with which he carried them into execution—the youth of the society , what pains he bestowed in , catechising you—or you ^ children , of the obliging ami instructive notice he took of you , when occasionally visiting your parents . How much do you owe to such a minister ! How dear should his memory be to you I
" I need not observe in this place , that his general conversation was admirably calculated to do good—that he was always modest and humble , but never mean—that a decent cheerfulness and a flow of good-nature appeared in his familiar visits , without ever sinking below his character ; so that it might seem impossible for his acquaintance either not to love
or reverence him . You must have remarked his easy natural manner of introducing instructive and serious hints ; so that a person must be grievously wanting to himself who spent an hour in his company , without being the wiser and the better ; that it appeared to be his concern , wherever he was , to be doing good—and his delight ^ "when an opportunity offered , whoever was the object .
" His genius was solid and good ; bis understanding was clear ; his judgment , strong ; his memory , faithful . His passions were naturally cool , and were brought under the most exact regulation ; his affections were warm , and his heart susceptible of the tenderest sentiments ; his diligence , resolution * and perseverance , were uncommonly great . His knowledge
of the world was so extensive and exact s his penetration so great , his heart so honest , his friendship so sincere , and his tongue under such wise command , that he was consulted by his friends in the most intricate and delicate affairs ; and I will venture to say , they never repented of the confidence they reposed in him , and generally saw reason to follow his advice . His usefulness in this view cannot be estimated . This
uncommon sagacity was attended with Jthe greatest generosity and the nicest sense of honour ; so that I may venture to affirm he was never suspected of meanness , artifice , or cunning . In ths character of a son and a brother , he was a finished model : those of a father or a husband he never sustained * but would have shone in both *
" His conduct as a minister , I have had occasion to mention in various views , but have not been able , in any of them ,, to do him justice , as you well know "—[ the Doctor having kept Mr . Clark in his eye , in illustrating the character and office of Christian ministers , as exhibited in his text , Hehr
x \ i \ . 7 r Remember them which have had the rule over you j
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620 Rev * Samuel Ctark .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1806, page 620, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1731/page/4/
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