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ship of a society of Baptists , whose worship is addressed to the one God and Father of all , in the name of Jesus Christ , and whose communion is
open to Christians with whom they do not agree on the questions con- , cerning the mode and the subjects of baptism . * In this relation , to which he was introduced in the kindest and
most disinterested manner by his predecessor , and unanimously invited by the congregation , he passed nearly thirty-nine years . Here also he engaged , for some time , in the honourable office of a teacher of youth . A gentleman of great respectability , who ,
at the age of from eight to ten years , was one of his scholars , retains , after the lapse of almost half a century , a lively impression of his characteristic mildness , and of his reputation for active benevolence not only among the several classes of Dissenters at Tauntou but in the town at largest This
gentleman , too , has often heard a relation with whom he himself then lived , and who was a very benevolent man , say that though he abhorred the opinions of Mr , Toulmin ( meanings it may be presumed , those which are generally denominated Uiiitarian ) , yet there was no one whom he would
sooner accompany to solicit the inhabitants on any schema of charity . As early as the year 1769 , he received the degree of Master of Arts from the Baptist College of . Rhode Island and Providence in New
England : and , in 1794 , on the representation of Dr . Price , Dr . Priestley and Mr . Lindsey , he was honoured with a diploma of Doctor in Divinity by Harvard College in Cambridge , within , the same state .
Nearly the last twelve years of his life were spent at Birmingham , whither he removed in January , 1804 , as one of the pastors of the congregation of the New Meeting-house . Though he had previously declined to accept invitations from Gloucester and Great
Yarmouth ; though , on one at least of these occasions , he had yielded to
Harrison , and for a list of his publications , qee the Appendix to the History of Taunton , 30 , &c .
*¦ History of Taunton , &e . p . 32 . f See Lines addressed to Dr . Toulmin ( Mon . Rep , Vol . i . 670 , 671 ) , on hearinghis discourse to the supporters of the Unitarian Fund , tfovettber 26 1806 .
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the importunity of the inhabitants of Taunton , who entreated him to continue his various benevolent services among them , yet the hope of extended usefulness and increasing comfort now overcame every other consideration
In his new situation his sphere of action was much enlarged and his happiness augmented . At Birmingham , as in the scenes of his former residence and ministry , he secured the cordial love of those who were blessed with his instructions and society , and the esteem and good-will of men of
different denominations in religion . In this town , moreover , he exercised his accustomed diligence in advancing , both by his ' public discourses and his pen , what he regarded as the cause of Christian truth , liberty and virtue . At length , in the fulness of years , and with a larger share of solid reputation than is the lot of most men in
the same profession , while they are yet living , he paid the debt of nature , July 3 Srd , 1815 . Having begun to experience some of the infirmities of age , he had signified his intention of resigning his
pastoral charge at the termination of the year . But , though the dissolution of the happy relations which it involved was unexpectedly and painfully hastened , he had been assured , in a manner exceedingly gratifying to his feelings , of the very high place he held in the esteem and affection of
his friends . At the beginning of June , he returned from a long visit in London : and his health , apparently , was more vigorous than usual . His journey to the metropolis had been undertaken , partly with * the view of his making
further preparations for an historical work in \ vhi « h he was employed . At the same ti me * he felt a strong desire to attend the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society , the object and regulations of which he heartily approved , and in the success
of which he uniformly expressed 9 lively interest . J In consequence also of his being in London at that season of the year , he embraced the opportunity of witnessing and gratifying the anniversary meetings of some other religious bodies of which he was a member . ll From his several
iater-J Mod . Uepos . Vol , vii . r &c || Mon . Kepos . Vol . tl . pp . 310 , >
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666 Memoir of the late Rev . Joshua Toulminf D . D .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1815, page 666, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1766/page/2/
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