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raeters were in every respect the v ^ c ^ . ^ f those I vvs fl&w cajp , t ^^ plating . How often , was Ijjot , ready in secret to exclaim .
\ yith the widowed daughter of Naomi , Where ye live , there would rjiye ; your ; God . ^ hjali he my < jod ; ^ her ^ ye die ^ there \ vould I 4 fe , ; , an $ v tjiere also would I be L V i ' n - Jv
^ In Mr . Lindsey were united the most § nriiable temper , the most unaffected kumUity , thinking nothing qf hunseljf 3 , n 4 his own vario ^ p ^ tfaj prnen ^ s ; , the most ardent p ^ ety > ^ n cj unbounded generosity aijfj benevolence : qualities which
v ^(| re , rendered still more attractive by His ; h ^ ivjing . been early intro-3 uced immediately on his ieaving college ^ to tJbt . 9 i # ost cultivated and h x *> fily , polisbed . sQciety of that day , Jq ; fi ^ e family of the Duke of Sorij ^ rset ; possessi&g as he did the
rare talent of extracting the pure go ^ d without any mixture of the ba ^ e alloy of pride , ambition ^ S £ jf" ? indufgence , or the vaia k > ve of pomp Mnd giaodjeur * A train o , f s ^ dverse circumstanqe ;^ , together tyi \ l \ his great gt ^ iuu os i ty to an
onij £# sjj 5 lpr , had deprived ; Mr . Lindseyof bis paternal patrimony . At ||^ t ti ix ^ e , therefore , they had little more than the produce o / , the liviqg , about 300 / . per ann . with the a ^ Jition of a corpfprt ^ ble house « Ui ( J garden , in a chearful airy s / tuation . wjthout rent or taxes .
f ^ tje then , the strict economy of tujhj , and the extraordinary talents of my friepd jq Ijer domestic a ^ j [ jj ( ijgei ? fient& , we ^ c , ^ quali ies of ly ^^ jfl ^ portaTiqe . During , the renine theft they
i ^ ia ^ mg years con . pS , ;^ Cdtisrick * I was thejr J& . gjl ^^ nt and highly privileged vi-* m * ' ' # « . I ^ sey lj ^ : an . apo . * m ? m \ !!* &&&- > WP $ t ^« W » tt ** P »
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oY medical books dftd crvnsiderable ajkutene ^ s in Ihe di ^ CfMiiiimiion of disease ; to the poor , there fore ^ she- wa $ ua skilful physician , not only supplying and preparing me .
di , qities tor their relief , bur gene * , rally administering them in person ?; and I remember , when frequentl y ^ witnessing as I did , h * T extrat ^ rdi ^ nary success , I was wont to ex * claim , tC How should I exult if I had your knowleci ^ c ? and could
thus apply it , ' ' she would calmly answer , "Exult , you would have no reason ; do you next think that it it were the will of God these poor persons should n cover , he could easily have employed other means of equal efficacy , without my fee * . ble agency ?"
They established a sort of Sun * day School ; the children of the poor , and some of the farmers ' servants were divided into classes ^
and had such r « 'hgious instruction imparted to them , on the Sunday afternoon awd evening , as was deemed suitable to the ir respective a ^ es and attainments M rs . L # . taki *
ing rhe jroungivr , and Mr . L . the elder classes . i hey were rewards ed , according to their proficiency ^ with Tesrarneius ^ Bibles , Prayer Books , Pilgrim ' s Progress ^ the Life
of God in the Soul of Man , and manyothei religious books , wholly at the ex pence of their patron and patriot's : * . But these were not Che only instances of their bounty . Not a case of individual rfistrea *
occurred which th ^ y did not end ^ av <^ urio alleviate , if they could not wholly rrliett * . Will it be in * cMttred . ho \ V chanties *> o extensive
could be accomplished with re s , t > utces $ n extreiu ** ly limited ? I would reply , that the habitual self-denial of the shepherd of the floQ ^ who desired nothing far
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£ Memoir of Mrs . Liniscy . Ill
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/47/
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