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    many parts of the church liturgy ; h& could *> nltr worsh i p rite Xof-d

    bis God , N 6 ' t&retefold being , to be uiiited and separated at pleasure , Vwas the object ^ f his adoration 4 jHe could only" bow do \ vn before the God ami Father of our

    Lord Jesus Christ ; and with feelings similar to those of his late excellent friend Mr . Evanson , h 6 left out of the service all that apj > eai ? ed objectionable * His congregation seemed hy fco irieans displeased w i * b what be did ; indeed the church : wais never so

    regularly well filfe # ak during his ministry in iu J B ( it some person , probably of the neighbourhood ^ prompted perhaps by an attachment to tenets itito ( he scriptural foundation for ' whifch he had never

    eaj $ didly inquired , Wfrote to the bishop of the diocese sta anonymous letter , stating the manner in whi £ ) i the -duty at- Hamvood was performed / This letter , the bishop inclosed in one of ^ mild remon . who

    stt * ance 4 ^ Mrv ; Hkurties ^ on the receipt of it could no longer hesitate respecting the course he ought to porsuje . His living at Gleabwy he had before resigned , on account of a r ^ ijuircd residvhee ; and * the advowson 6 f Htinftood

    being hi « ^\ vn he ifrtthedfat ^ iy resolved to dispose of it , Dtiring his miftist ^ y' in the chtiroh , and omission of many part ^ of the liturgy , be seldom i (

    ever enforced his owft parficiilar o pii ^ i ^ in ® , doubting perhaps of the strict propriety of dEoing so in thflt pl ^ Ce ^ * resti 4 cted # g tB ^ clergy of th ^ e * v ^ aWwhment are , in that tati of

    interpF ^ o * the serfjptu res bu ^ . bt ? fdi > e < h < $ finally quitfitt * it , he judged it necessary to State to hkhbtimW i ( who usually consisted pf d o ** We th ^ nurti be ^ of his parteW ioners , ) what those opinions were

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    which he accordi n gly ^ ir 4 i in sey ^ jp * W ^ ticc ^ ssivie sernjpns * After ihip tfitt ' ie . he regularly " did , duty p ]? k Suhdaj ^ at his own house ^ adopt , ing first ttie form of prayer usecjl 9 £

    the chapel in Esse ^ Street , $ nd afterwards or \ e compp ^ ed for acongreijfefion in the West of Eqgiund , consisting of ten services , A few of his nei ghbours thought with him , ami coo ^ tamly ^ at te inJecT ; but as he seldom touched upoij

    doctrinal subjects , the few s » tr ^ ugers M | bo occasionally dropped ^ p ^ had no chance of having , their preconceived opinions shiak ^ n , and ^ of cobrse , notwithstanding the irapressive mann r in which he d elivered the service ^ 4 ii d the high respectability of his character , the

    number of hi * hearers did not increase , ¦ •' His Life from , this time passe 4 in a succession of useful and hqxw ourable employiuents 4 $ & w . w .- . ^ builder , aplai ^ ter ,, an 4 the kindest and most indulgent of landlords t

    never adding a shilling to the renW of bis cottagers , but on all occa ^ sions desirous of increasing their comforts ,, aod r ^ lievjjng their wani » # Nor were his benevolent exertions confined to his family and neig h , bours : on many occasions , he

    stood forward as the powerful advocate of right and justice , and was happy in being the rpean % more tfian once , of materially benefiting those whose cause aftaft fells to rb ? ground for , want of aa abl ^ and d / sinter ^ sted defender [ ^ w

    His bpdiji ^ frame jl $ strong , and would probably h » v ^ lasted > ong | had it ' not Jtiee ^ i for ^ an iiVt warn ccimplairit , from « vh . ic | i h ^ at timeS sijiflfered qiuch , und w ^ icfek hk was well a ware \ ym likely &bh le ' ngjth C 6 terminate Jh ^ life : bii % lie * hduterf with true dhristifljii fortitude * ardently praying thtfl

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    ' 9 rty'Mmrifr oftfc Rev . Edward Harries * Il #

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 119, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/55/