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18 $ 2 > Nonr . 22 , E 0 WARD Ai * b& * nd « b * M . IX * of Daaett * Hall * » ear Leicester , after a aerie * of intense and protracted tusfcritgft * whk& were borne with eatem | jiary tortteode and resignation-. As . the particulars of his distiea ^ g case cannot properly be detailed here * k will be suffix
drat to remark , tfcat his * disorder ,, which had long been making insidietts ap * proaches * first manifested itself in J » ue 1810 , and soon began to wear & formida * We aspect * A state of peculiarly painful and complicated disease gradually ei ** sued , clouded aH the bright prospects which his successful medical career had
opeaed tahiH \ iewyaod compelled him to relinquish the practical part of an oe » diftttia& to which he was exceedingly devoted aad admirably adapted ^ The few intervals Dr . A * was permitted to en * joy of comparative ease from agonizing pain , were usually passed in reading ,, meditation and domestic society . Theology
pod Medicine were the subjects to which he principally directed his attention . On these ; he had , for many years * read much , aod thought still more . Bis purity of character froin early 7 life , his extraordi * uary mot&L worth , as well as knowledge and skiH in his . profession , have rarefy been equalled * Noir was his ardent and
TigwtfUs mind satisfied with the exercise of . Ida medical functions only ~ Rising above every selfish consideration , he carried into hfc practice the most exalted Christian Yirtines . He was not merely the ato physician , bat the sympathizing friend and comforter of h $ s patients . He listened tm tfeekr wants and sorrows , was
prompt to aid them by his advice * to pour i& the balm of consolation , or to relicte Jtheis necessities , as their respective situations ami circumstances might require * lq the perforcnauce of Mb pro ^ fesaionai duties he was strictly con « cienlioua . Mo " respect of persons . " did he
shew ; the rich and the poor partook Impartially o £ his care and assiduity . To the latter Ms sertfees were grati ^ tous ^ iuid iikewnsey » a coaaiderablB degree , ta others } who > couM aet , wkhout difflcully , affoni to make him a svilafete retaammra&mu Hi * boant » f « i lia «* wa »
evttr open to * the cdaitti& of th «^ Imffgettt and the oppressed , mnni in . all therein tionsof Me , the sam e ) ardour , the same uprightness and integrity , the same tutwoeoricd activity distinguished his condue * * A remarkable sweetness of di ^
nosiliasi r and strong httetlecttiat powers , w « rc ^ hi him , combkied with uncomfnou •* singleness of heart . " His ? riding prinu ttyto was : love « o Godv diflpftayta in a wanb ^ uid disinterested love of man , wholly free from- f ^ rt y spirit and narrow
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diatincfeioB ^ De «» o 4 i « fc was fcis delightt studying tte Scrfitocrea M » daarc »« « mploym ^ nt , and hJ » liope rested «» the tmsreies of God io Christ . PferhapR , Eht A « did not entirely agr ^ e with any tieno * minatios of Christians ; but serious re * . flecdon said patient investigation led Mm to at rMl eoovictiios of the truth of the
Leadingtenets * of Unitarianroaiy and from the time of fete settling in the victoity of Leiodster , he- joined the congregation as * sem&liAg at the " Great Meeting in that town » in politics , he embraced the liberal side of the q ^ estfoa , and was always the firm ami streoaous advocate of ciril
and rdi ^ ous freedom * M Eveay project for the benefit of his country , and the advancement of knowledge , liberty axid truth obtained hm zealous support . "* His > w % naent of those who- differed from hSkxi was uniformly xiaiidid and gexier < m& > aad nerer did he retain ike slightest mah
tevolent or unkind sentiment against persons from v&om he bad experienced undeserved or injurious treatments—The subject of thi » brief , imperfect ouelkie , was the younger sots of the fete John Alexander , M . D . of Halifax , waa--toon Nov . 25 th , 1767 , and , vetefoe&M&&mnU cal ediieatiott at Hlppe # hoto SekooJ ,
which then vvas > tffid 9 ftHl i » under the svpermteudance of the lley . Bicbard Hadson , who , for more than half a century , has oAleiated b » aft ^ moon lecturer at the parish church * in < Halifax , 1 > . A . pos ^ $ essed the advantage o # being weMmiti ^ ated In the variant brane ^ es ef hLr pro ^ fessionv during h ?» early yowlh . At the usualr periodv her went to Louden to pm ^
sue his aoatbrnieai studies , and there be ^ came a pupil of the late Sir Wm B&ardf . Having accomptishedr Ids object in tike Metropolis , he repaired to- Edinburgh , a » d finally took hie decree at £ reyden ; with the highest honour , in October 1791 . In the year 179 ^ 9 he married hi first cousitt ^ Ellens the eldest daughter and co ~ heire 3 * of the late Samuel
Waterhouse , Esq ., of Halifox , one of the ^ os ^ ticen of the Peace for the West-Hiding of the County of Y 6 rk > and a' Dfcputy-Lieutenaiftlfov the same diatricc . D « r . A . fixed at : Staifbrdv andi waa dfreetly appo ^ rrted
physicians to dke Couoty itfftrmary . He removed huto the < neighbourhood of IM ^ cester ^ October 1797 , wfcere toe corttfimied to resfidei till his d «© ply-litme « rterf deaf h . All who knewr him must regret hinv , and to bis immediate frtead ^ hi » 'loss \ b irre
pavaluei > See Leicester ChjonicLe ^ Nov . 30 w ,
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66 Obhtuoru . —Dr * Ateam&der
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1823, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1780/page/56/
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