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tarian writers . He read with great satisfaction that important and convincing work , the Vindication of Unitarianism , in reply to Dr . Wardlaw , by the Rev . James Yates . '• But his religion was more
practical than speculative . It was im" pos ^ iMe ^ to ^ ciOTiverse-with ~ him ^ with out feeling that , although the language of religion was not upon his lips , its spirit was in his heart . If he could not accord with the majority of ' professing Christians , and with the creeds and articles of the
Established Church , in his religious belief , and if he saw much to disapprove in the institutions of his country for the instruction and discipline of its youth , he reserved the fulness of his indignation for those violations of truth , justice , integrity , and candour , which fell under his notice in the
characters of the selfish , the weak , and th © worldly around him . The pla . ce-lj . gig . ter , the time-server , those who seek for office at the expenseix > f honour and truth , whose words and
actions are directed by a principle of depraved self-interest , and a desire to make themselves acceptable to a patron and the public , he viewed with a scorn which he took no pains to conceal . Satisfied with his own
moderate competency , the titles , ho ^ nours , an 4 riches of the world had no charms for him , although he might ? hay v e adyance 4 to the highest rank which the service of his professjoiji could bestow . In the whole course of his career , bis pure ancj manly mind never once stooped to anything which does " not become
a man , f It is not necessary , if it were possible , to record thevarious instances of his private unostentatious generosity . But the place which
money held in bis esteem was mam- * tested on one or two striking occasions . A characteristic anecdote is mentioned by the writer in the United Service Journal ; " It is little more tjnan three years since he called upon us owe morning , haying juat
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discovered tjiafc upwards of frOOdl ^ obtained from him under false pretences , and which he had advanced under the idea of benefiting the son of an old friend , were fraudulently
^ involved in an insolvency . While relating the way in which he had -been—deceived , —Jie ^ sudderily ex ^ claimed , * But it is not the money I care so much about , as that it gives another proof that we cannot trust one another ! '• " With similar
feelings he contemplated another more serious affair . Some wily minions had taken advantage of the weakness and peculiarities of an aged relative , and under circumstances of a peculiarly grievous nature , during the
time of his last severe bodily sufferings , a very large family property passed away from his wife and daughter-in-law , whom he tenderly loved . His spirit , which in the degradation of human nature for a moment felt
itself degraded , could not brook the . wrong , but he exclaimed , vie wing his relatives with warm affection , " -Thank God , they will have enough , and what need they more 1 " —while a smile of grateful satisfaction passed
over hjs countenance , a beam from the light within , which spoke of his inwardly committing them to the care of a good and bountiful Providence . * . * Jt was not so much that he knew not the worth of what the
world Jjas to give , as that fye priced at a higher rate the freedom and tranquillity of mind which it cannot give . It was not in ignorance , ' so much as with a good-humoured
contempt of the proffered rewards , that he let the stream upon which so many venture with eager competition pass by him ,.. without unmQQtinghis own little barfc from the quiet harbour of his contentment . ' '
* Aniong the last subjects of Captain Heywoocl ' s reflections was the question , * ' Whether the profession of arms is consistent with the principles am } belief of Christianity ?" B . q was engaged in reading a MS > controversy on the question ^ occa-
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246 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 246, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/6/
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