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Exeter , Sir , Ndv . 8 , 1823 . YOUR readers have been informed ( p . 607 ) of the death of my highlyvalued friend Mr . Coraish , the minister of Colyton . , Called upon , by his written request , to perform the last office of humanity , 1 attended his remains to the grave on the 17 th of last month , accompanied by the clergyman and many of the most respectable parishioners . Every one deeply felt the loss the town had sustained
by his death ; and his fervent piety , simplicity of manners and active beneficence will be long remembered with veneration and gratitude . His views of the principal doctrines of relieion were the result of serious
inquiry . While he asserted and maintained the . Unity of God and admitted only one object of worship , he believed in the pre-existence of Jesus Christ . But , however he might differ from others on this and other theological
subjects , his mind . was free from bigotry , and he esteemed it his happiness to number among his friends many valuable members of the Establishment , and particularly the highly-respectable vicar and curate
of his parish , with whom he lived on the friendliest terms ; and it is equally creditable to these gentlemen that they shewed him every mark of attention while living , and of respect to his memory when dead . It is with pleasure I mention these circumstances
so honourably % & both parties . He was strictly and uniformly frugal in whatever related to himself , but very generous where the ; wants . of others required his assistance ^ Ec onomy and benevolence , which am generally a eheQkuppa each other , * tvere m him happitaj united . Bjr the fpj ! -
mer he was enaMed , out of an income of forty pounds . peV aunuin , and the assistance derived jfrotti a fevfc scholar < j ° pay the de ^ y « f hfeufe tli ^ ( wfco < "ed insolvent , and ' indulge in the luxury of 'doQyr ^ M ^ v ; "Hii was a b enefactor to t ^ iO ^ nnt ^ H ^ iAtaJs of
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Devon and Somerset , to the fcutiatic Asylum and Eye Infirmary in Exeter , and to the Widows * Fund arid the newly-established Society fp ^ the Relief of Infirm and Aged Ministers in London . And his brethren in the ministry and their families frequently partook of his kindnesa ;* The memoir which accompanies this was drawn up with a request
that it €€ may be perused by his brothers Manning and , Yeates , and if they see fit , may be forwarded to the Editor of the Monthly Repository and Christian Reformer to insert the whole
or part in either of the above publications . " - •' In compliance with this request of our friend , Mr . Yeates and I have perused the memoir , and , after some abridgment , have sent it to be disposed of as you may judge proper . J . MANNING .
€ c Joseph Cornjsh was born at Taunton , Somersetshire , December 1 6 , 17 & 0- His father , Joseph Cornish * was the youngest of nine sons , vrtio all arrived at manhood . 'Two of these were educated for the ministry , tyl r * John Cornish served a respectable society in Leather Lane , London . His brother , James Cornish , was the pastor of a society at Dulverton ,
So-* His pious and benevolent spirife rendered it nearly impossible foi * hioi to have any enemies ; and the innoceflfce and simplicity of his mauners and the fidelity with which he discharged % he duties of jbis profession , will leave a deep and lasting impre *» jk » i on th ^ Blin ds pi to
his friends- Thus muct ^ a regard truth has led me to am concerning my departed tofena . Few mfc « % ip « ow as t have ftoqg , M& £ ^ JM % | MIy abdt publicly acknbrfti ^ y tl ^ tlfcte Providleircfe ^ iS leatfjhig * rie to an early acqaaintanee xvilh thik' e ^ teut maw , and Wef ^ g ^^^ aK ^ re offhis frteflSlrihip daring fifty ycttrs of ray life * r ¦ » m
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/1/
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