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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE MEMOIRS OF MR . SAMUEL BOURN , It came not within the design of that work , to take particular notice of those who succeeded the times of Mr . Bourn ; much less
of living characters , otherwise it would gratify the author ' s feelings , could he have been furnished with ample . materials for a biographical memoir , to dwell on the character and virtues of Mr . Hawkes , who was chosen into a ministerial
Connection with Mr . Blyth , on Mr . Bourn ' s death in 1754 , ai * i resigned it in r ^ SO . It is a subject of sincere regret , that " a determined and uniform habit of retreating from the observation of the world , " 1 ms left us scarcely any materials for a memoir of him .
He was born at Deritend , in the parish of Aston , adjoining to Birmingham , and received academical learning under Dr . Latham .
at Findern , in Derbyshire . He was highly respected and beloved , and will be long remembered with esteem and affection . As a man
and a Christian , he was distinguished * by a mild , unassuming suavity of manners , by great modesty and humility of deportment , by benevolence of temper , and by
a conscientious integrity , which was carried to a degree of scrupulosity , in the opinion of many unnecessary , $ nd to his ownf mind often distressing . As a tnih&ter ,
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he was distinguished by the talents which adorn and exalt the effice : his addresses from the pulpit were the fervent , affectionate , and
pathetic exhortations of a judicious mind and feeling heart : hi ^ prayers , in a flow of suitable and ardent devotion , raised the hearts of others to heaven : his
sentiments were liberaL the result of much reflection and free inquiry , unrestrained by authority or habits of thinking . His carriage to his brethren in the ministry was peculiarly friendly , cordial , and hospitable , Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit .
' « He died lamented by the many and the good . " Frances Horace . Tire writer of this , though his interviews with him were but few , can add , that he never recollects those interviews without senti ments
of a mournfully and tenderly respectful nature . It was an instance of the fortitude and nice sincerity of Mr . Hawkes' mind , that , when in the riots of 1 7 < A 2 ^ some person , with a friendly officiousness to protect his house
from violence , had written on his door * Church and Kino , " the Shibboleth of the day , he strictly and irrimediately commanded his reluctant servant , to wash the characters entirely away wittfwater . JOSHUA TOULMIN , ¦ ' M ; i * " . li '' ., ( ¦ i ' t *"
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t > rz Toulmi ? tj on his Memoirs of Bourn . 659
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vqi ^ iv * 4 xi
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 659, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/9/
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