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REVIEW. " Still plea3ed to praise, yet not afraid to blame."—Pofe-
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A rt . I . —Memoirs of the Life of the late Mrs * Catharine Cappe . ( Continued from p . 167 . ) NOT the least interesting portion of these " Memoirs" is that which relates . to Mr . and Mrs . Lindsey , with whose private life Mrs . Cappe was intimately acquainted . A great
part of what she here communicates was given by herself to our readers < Mon . Repos . III . 637 , and VII . 109 ) ; but some further particulars are added . On this subject the writer lias feit warmly , and expressed her
feelings witji considerable energy ; but jnuch as she admired Mr . Lindsey , she could not overrate his moral worth . It has been ppLdly rejnarked , by a livings orthodox divine , that he did no jnore than his duty in quitting a church , whose doctrines he had ceased
to believe . True , but though every virtue is a duty , some virtue * are of high praise , and the highest praise of all belongs to that integrity which , fox the sake of a pure conscience ana far the glory of God , welcomes the prospect of poverty and degradation in
society . Mr . londsey , indeed , was not suffered to remain in obscurity or to endure wajit ; but when he xn ^ de his magnanimous sacrifice of his ecclesiastical rank and emoluments , he went out into the world " not knowing . whither he went /'
Mr . Lindsey had no private fortune ; his father , who had been proprietor of flome salt-works in Cheshire , had been deeply injured in his circumstances by the extravagance of his eldest son , the child of a former marriage ; and the , rejna ' wlng propert y * which wpuld haye
devolved on ; him , he had generously given HP * O 1 R Ws conxicg of age , to his only £ * gter ^ wfco was married , and had a fymity ijfi ^ eicestergbire . Mrs . liindsey ' s fortune was also at this time very inconsiderable , and they had not saved * any
part of their income ; it being their constant habit to give away in books and medicines , and sometimes in money , whateyer they could spare to the sick and needy in the parish . Neither ,-did they at this time make any alteration in
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other benevolent exertions ; of which the intention now carried into effect a £ ii > o _ dilating , at * their own expense , for the small-pox , then very fatal , all the poor children of Catterick and its vicinity , is a decided proof . This undertaking was begun by Mrs . L . during the absence of her excellent husband on the business of
the petition , to whom , m zeal forauwearied usefulness ,, in ability to accomplish it , and in utter disregard $ f naoaey , whether for its own sake or a $ the means of procuring any selfish indulgence , she was not inferior . "—Pp . 150 , 151 . "
It is well known that the fate of the Clerical Petition , in 1773 , decided Mr . Lindsey ' s mind . He was in London . attending its presentation , and the memorable debate to which it gave rise .
* One characteristic anecdote of Mr . Lindsey I must here mention , merely for the purpose of shewing that he excelled as much in the smaller as in the greater and more exalted virtues . After the fete of the petition was decided / anxious as
he was to return , oppressed by disappointment and harassed by fatigue , he yet took the trouble , on the morning of his leaving town , of going to the Tower to purchaee a 'quantity of new half-pence , to be given-to the poor children as ' rewards for taking their , medicines . "—Pp .
151 , 152 . Amongst ] YJr . Linjclsey ' s friends was Mr . Mason / * &e poet ; and this gentleman used all his influence to prevent the conscientious divine f jom plungipg himself into worldly difficulties by a step which probably appeared to him the tan at ids m of virtue .
" Qnq # f th < 3 fir ^ t pers o o ^ X believe , to wliom Mr ^ JUiii ^ ey fi ^ y ^ n ^^ iw icated his l ^ tejuicm of resiraipg , hi p liy ; ng , wae lits former college friend , ' the late Rev . 1 m . IVJasott , who was at that time precentor in the Cathedral of York , and so jlietly celebrated for Mis fi « e $ oet ! caf
talents . It happened m the foliowkig manner : Sir Marmaduke WyvHl , a friend of Mr . L . ' s , being ^ High mastiff , he was requested to preach -tti& afislze serHion ifl the Minster , in July , 1773 ; and , being invited to lodge in the-rhouae t of Mr . M- > their former intimacy induced Air . I * , to impart to him the resolution he had made .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/46/
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