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    logues on Education , " a treatise on " Moral Philosophy , ' * first given to the public in Dodsley ' s < c Preceptor , " and which has passed through several editions j

    < Theodurus , a Dialogue concerning the Art of Preaching , ' ' and an essay entitled , " The Temple of Virtue , a Dream , " published

    by his brother 1757 , remain as monuments of his genius , abilities and literary attainments , and witnesses of his manly and fervent piety .

    Dr . James Fordyce , after he had pursued a course of studies necessary for a minister of the gospel , was appointed second minister in the collegiate church of Brrchin , in the county of

    Angus ; and after some years sptiit there , accepted a call to Alloa , mar Stirling . In 17 ^ 0 , or 1761 , he was invited , on a visit at London , to be co-pastor with Dr , Lawrence , lo a

    respectable congregation of Dissenters in MonkwelI Street . In 1782 he distortimiefd his public services : the remamftef of his life was spent , first in ^ # Wtei 4 ta * y of the Earl of Bute , irifdanipsbire ; and then at Bath , where he died , October 1 ,

    1796 , in the 76 th year of his age . " Sermons to Young Women * , " and " Addresses to Young Men /' besides smaller productions of his pen , perpetuate the celebrity of his name ; shew the powers of his genius , imagination , taste and

    eloquence ; and attest the ardent p iety and the zeal for the interests of virtue , with which his heart glowed , and which diffused force and animation through his discourse *» and writings . * . I am , Sir , Yours respectfully , JOSHUA TOULMIN .

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    The Letter . Oct . 3 . 1751 . Dear Doctor , I presume that by this time it will be no surprise to you to hear , that we have now the certain account of the worthy Professor ' s death . A death to us

    mournfulto him glorious . There is a letter come to town by this day ' s post with the same account ; which I write to you with a mixture of grief and exultation , —After liaving been tossed about for three days in the ship bound from Rotterdam to Leitb . the Captain

    finding her just ready to stave upon a bank near the coast of Holland , called the crew and passengers into the cabin to consult what they should do . Our dear 'friend , having been a quarter of an hour by himself , joined the rest ; prayed with them ; commended him .

    self and them to heaven j took a solemn farewell of all ; told them he was perfectly resigned to his fate , and that he resolved to meet it with the greatest composure ; then went to bed : soon after the

    cabin bursted * Oh ! my friend , what greatness ! what dignity was here ! He died , as he lived , with a noble , with a superior mind What an eternal lustre must such an exit throw upon his memory ! How must it silence detraction

    for ever , and convince all that nothing but the truest virtue and sincerest piety can produce such a decency and magnanimity in circumstances naturally the most

    tremendous and shocking to humanity . It was about two o ' clock in the morning ; quite dark ; they

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    346 A Letter , SfC . with a Biographical 9 Notice by Dr . Toulmin *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1812, page 346, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1749/page/2/