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uncouth . He had by dint of great assiduity overcome , or lesscried , a natural defect of utterance ; and this had produced an effect , which at first appeared like mouthing . It seemed forced ^ and not quite natural . To this we may add , that his delivery in the pulpit was very slow ; and though sufficient labour was employed upon it , and though the emphasis was strong , and in general just , yet it was not calculated to produce a strong or
animating effect . The reason was satisfied , but the heart was not warmed , For these reasons , Mr . T . was not a popular preacher . He was esteemed by the judicious ; with respect to whom , the peculiarities of manner soon disappeared ^ and they saw and heard only the humble , pious , and amiable Christian . JJut he was not in an equal degree valued by the ignorant , or by the common hearer . Among them , this light shone in
darkness , and the darkness comprehended it not . The writer has often endeavoured to trace , if he could , the manner in which his friend joined together those dates and facts , which were deposited in such amazing number and order in his memory . Mr . T . told him that he classed them together by the year , and referred every new entry to that which lay nearest to it . He endeavoured to explain himself by saying , ¦ " The year you have just mentioned , was 1631 . In that year Mr , Philip Henry was born . I have therefore laid up that name along with his ; and they are now ' so . associated together , that whilst I retain the one , I shall not forget the other . "
It has often been the object of the writer of this account , tp urge his friend Mr . T . to turn those wonderful powers which he possessed , to some public and lasting benefit . But the modesty of this good man rendered every such attempt abortive . And all these treasures have died with him !
A mind continually active seemed , at a rather early period , to have brought on a premature old age ; and soon afterwards * to have nearly worn out the earthen vessel in which it was placed . Disorders of a distressing kind had long given him considerable pain and inconvenience . At lengthy he was seized with a sli ght paralytic stroke , which , though short in its continuance , -jft a very perceptible degree of Aveakness and decay behind it . This was , after a pretty long interval , followed by another attack , yvhieh in three weeks terminated his mortal life . He died without pain or struggle * placid and calm to the last , and with his astonishing powers of memory apparently unimpaired to the last moment .
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Memoirs of the Rev . T . Threlkejd . 175
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1807, page 175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2379/page/7/
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