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£ 7 S Obituary .
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Robert Alien—N-athantel Hulrnc—IF . Dhneyy—W . M c GilL D . D .
March 24 , at Ayr , Scotland , ROBERT AJKKN , E * q . Tins gentleman ^ ivas one of the earliest friends of Burns , who dedicated to him " The Cotter ' s Saturday ni ht , " in the first Stanza of that poem . r l he poet also composed for
hi : ' , friend the following Epitaph which he published in his Pocnis ( i 787 , p . 3 41 ) ** Know thou , O stranger to the fame , * ' Of this much lov'd , much honourd , name ! •* ( Vor none that knew him need be foJd ) ** A warmer heart death ne ' er madecold . " March 38 , aped 7 * NATHANIEL
, HULME , M . D . F . R . S . and A . S . nearly thirty years physieiarfto the i . hartcr House , in the pensioner . ' ground of ¦ which he was interred at his own request . His death was occasioned by a fall down the stairs oi his house , which he survived several weeks in j _ reat
pain . Dr . II . wjs one of the earliest promoters of Dispensaries , for eiving medical assistance to the poor , azid wa ' s We believe the tirrt physician to the Cltfieral Dispensary , the oii ^ iudl institution pi ilu : t kuid in . London .
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ingenious and smart ., ' but appears to us not to contain any new arguments . In the prtceditt £ Tleview it has been our aim to inform o-ir readers fully of the contents of this Vrork ^ the inost original that has lately come under our eye . We dissent from the author in most of "his leading principles , but -we did
13 ot think ourselves called upon to confute him , much less to vilify him * His philosophy and theology are in the highest degree heterodox , but he advances his opinions with a becoming and virtuous diflidence and modesty ; and wears indeed n . all times the demeanour of a sincere inquirer .
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lie informs us in the preface ih&t he never enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education ; but few men will however be found better instructed in the general points here discu .-sed . The style , excepting occasional Scotticisms , is perspicuous , and sometimes elegant . Should this volume be sufficiently
encouraged , the author intends to carry his inquiries further . We recommend his speculations to the notice of such of our readers as have a relish for metaphysics , and should indeed be glad to have them ably and temperately discussed in our magazine . A . P .
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March 28 , at Pluckley , Kent , the Rev . W . DISNEY , D . D . Rector of that parish . He possessed & cu tivated understanding-, and the most liberal
disposition ; was distinguished for his learning , extern ive reading and correct judgment . In private life he was truly amiable , for his piety charity and friend-hip , and deservedl y beloved by his parishioners , and an extensive circle of friends . March 31 , in the 74 th year of his age , and 45 th of Jiis ministry , the Rev , W .
-M ' c GIJLI ,, I > . D . one of the ministers of Ayr , and one of the early friends of Burns , yuJ-j o mentions him with great re-pt'et in his letters . 13 r . M ' c Gill was knwwn to the public about twenty yeais ago , by his " Practical Es ay on the Death of Je&us Christ . " The
efficacy ot which m the salvation of mankind , he described in terms c ^ uite oppo * Mte to thosLr u -ed in his orthodox : ch' rch . iMuh w dereliction of the e t ^ b-Jishcd faitj * cou'duot jjji ^ s uncen urcd . The an hor « . ]' the kL P actical Essa \'* was Colic d b / cTorc his superiors oi the Knk oi ^ Lotland , when we ase sorry to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 278, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/54/
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