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Art . VIK Memoirs tf the Rev . Samuel Bourn , formany years \ m ~ ofihe . Pastoxs of the Unit e d Congregations of the New \ J \ feeiljw in Birmingham ^ and of the Meeting in Coseley ; with cm Appendix consisting of various Papers and Letters , and Biograp / dcal Nol tices of some of his Contemporaries ^ and a Supplement containing - , Specimens of his Historical and Catechetical Exercises . By Joshua Toulmin , D . D . 8 vb . pp . 390 . Johnson , London . 1808 .
' Mr . Bourn was a truly respectable nonconformist minister of the k * st century . In our first volume , < N " os . 6 $ 7 ,-8 , 9 , ) we published a correspondence between him and Dr . Doddridge , in which , if we
mistake nat he appeared to much advantage . He possessed great information on subjects relating / to his profession , a sound judgjnent , a lively imagination , firm - ness aad activity . Dr . Priestley reckoned that he had contributed
. not a little to the reputation for Jiberality , which the Dissenters m& Birmingham have so justly acquired . <•¦ The life of Mr . Bourn is not
characterized * by much variety of incident ; but his able aud diligent biographer has collected together all the . particulars that are now known of him , and has given us the portrait of a righteous man— -
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" rSopi ott the 3 d October , died at the house of her mother , at Ghard , in Somersetshire , Mrs--LANE , age 4 2 . 8 . By watching coastantl y at the pillow ^ of her husband , who died of a consumption about t w <* years since , she became infected with
the same disease , and-at last fell a victim $ P it herself . " Religion bore her spirit up" during the whole of her illncfs ; and in the hope of meeting again the object of her affection in a future itate , * hc frequently contemplated her » ppro » ghing < i «^ h , vlq % wly vtixh urnx *
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the character of one of the excellent of the earth . Dr . Toulmin has enriched his volume with , biographical notice * of several of Mr . Bourn ' s cotemporaries , inthe ministry , among the Protestant Dissenter ^ ; a race of
men , of whom the present pro * fessors of their faith and worshi p may fairly boast , as lights of the world . The Catechetical Exercises fu r * nish some excellent lessons foi
youth , and models of instruction for Christian teachers : more , however , are published than wa $ necessary for mere specimens ; which we , in some measure , regret , as the present size of the volume may hinder that wide circulation of it which we think it
ought to obtain , $ . nd to which , we hope , by this article , to contribute amongst our readers .
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quillity , but with joy . If ever she kit a . wish to live it was from the ide ^ that sb # might be of service to , h « r aurvi ^ fPg friencU . She wa $ buried tyy , her h ^ awd at Ashprington , in the South qf Eky ^^ the same stone covers them , and < feath > the
which had for a short time divide ^ in » has now reunited them for ever . 7 1 On Saturday , Nov . 4 , ~ at $ t . Oeorgc ' l Hospital , THOMAS ^ qAP ?^> - rf * kite of 3 . rattl ** sq ( tke * It app a ) TCj 4 by tfrf Cofoaer ?^ loquc ^ t , # w $ tps Aec # && TO » ^ carpenter ; and was called in on t » 9 ¦•*•
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 692, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/42/
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