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views with his friends , in public and in private , he had derived the exquisite satisfaction which a mind particularly susceptible of kind and social aff ections never fails , on such
occasions , to receive . It is probable , however , that his exertions in walking to widely distant parts of the capital were disproportioned to his years and frame , and contributed to impair his strength .
Similar exertions he thought himself called to make , yet more recently , for the purpose of aiding and soothing some of his near relations in their affliction . Nevertheless , he filled his pulpit on the Lord ' s Day before his death : and one of the last acts of his
life was that of writin g letters of condolence and of friendship . After a confinement of scarcely two days , he sunk , rather rapidly and suddenly , under his complaint , an affection of the lungs . When the power of speech had fled , he was observed , by a
member of his family , who incessantly watched and tenderly loved him , to be engaged in mental prayer : and his looks and manner clearly signified the lioly gratitude , peace and hope which reigned within his breast . " Blessed are those servants , whom the Lord , when he cometh , shall find watching : And if he shall come in the second
watch , or come in the third watch * and find them so , blessed are those servants . "* Asa writer , Dr . Toulmin has long been known to the public . His works are numerous , and may be classed under the heads of biography , history
controversy , practical religion and devotion . They bear the marks of his characteristic industry and good sense , as well as © f that methodical arrangement of his time and thoughts which enabled him to carry on a very extensive correspondence , in addition to h \ s stated labours : and , while they
further exhibit the compass of his reading in his favourite departments of study , t and the ardour of his mind in the noblest of all designs , they present , in the eminently pious and benevolent spirit that they breathe , a distinction before which every other excellence fades away . It were diffi-° ult to mention the author in whose
* Luke xii . 37 , 38 . "t Ecclesiastical biography and history , devotional writings and practical divinity .
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pages we so completely see the man . the sweet and amiable teaiper which delighted his friends in the conversations of the parlour and the addresses of the pulpit , never forsaJces him . His
candour , ingenuousness and courtesy are not to be exceeded . He says nothing to depreciate , nothing to provoke an opponent : he doe * not write for victory , but is always ready to retract statements , reasonings and opinions which he discovers , to be
erroneous ; and the effect of this conciliatory disposition frequently was , that his theological adversary became hia personal friend . A very pleasing instance of the energy of his goodness , occurred in the year 1782 , when he published Letters to the Rev . John Sturges , J in answer to his Considerations on the
present state of the church establishment . In these letters , the argument of which is well unfolded and applied and constitutes an able defence of the Protestant principle , the author , as
usual , is the gentleman and the Christian : and so highly charmed was Mr , Sturges with their urbanity that he invited his friendly antagonist to visit him in Hampshire ; and thus was laid the foundation of a mutual
acquaintance and esteem which both parties cemented by an interchange , in future , of their respective publications . Nor was this a solitary example . " Charity never faileth : but whether there be prophecies , they shall fail ; whether there be tongues , they shall cease ; whether there be knowledge , it shall vanish away—but Charity never faileth . "
Dr . Toulmin entered on his ministerial office with those views of the unity and supremacy of God the Father , and of tiie derivation from him of the powers , the , character and the authority of Jesus our Saviour which the continued inquiries of fifty-four years served to con firm \\ His habits therefore were . formed under the
influence of these sentiments : and by his example , even more than by his writings , their practical efficacy was demonstrated . In their progress he
JThen M . A . afterwards D . D . Prebendary of Winchester and Chancellor of that diocese . Nton . Repos . ii . 622 . iii . 234—237 . ^[ i Cor . xiii . 8 . || Moa . Repos . Vol . x . 228 .
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Memoir of the late Rev . Joshua Toulmin , D . D . 607
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1815, page 667, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1766/page/3/
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