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both have been warmly approved and encouraged by the class ojf persons for whose advantage they
were principally undertaken ; and it may be presumed that they hav *? in many instances fulfilled the editor ' s design , by enkindling and cherishing the spirit of pure clevo « r
tjon . SoUa after the beginning of 1795 he printed "An address ty > young men , &c . which has been published since his death , in the first volume of his discourses .
In the year 1799 Mr . I £ enrick printed a sermon which has for Its title , " The future existence of infants assented ;** the immediate design of it was to offer consolation to an afflicted family ; , and
being now published * , it may serve to communicate the same comforts and hopes to Christian parents in a similar situation . About this time he entertained
the serious wish of again undertaking the office of & tutor . To instruct the young , was an employnqtent congenial to his mind ; and his delight in it , added to his
conviction of the urgent necessity of such exertions in jthe cause of learning and religion , now induce 4 him to project the re-establish - ment of an academical institution
at Exeter , principally with the vjew of providing for a succession of Dissenting ministers . In the summer of 1799 he opened his house for this purpose ; having obtained the able co-operation- of tjbe Rev * Joseph Bretland in the classical and mathematical
departments . Some of the students were designed for commercial and civil life ; and all were under the immediate *> up # rin tendance of Mr .
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Kenrick , in whos $ family most of tlfiem resided , and from whonv they received lectures in lQgic , the theory of the human jnind , and the evidences , doctrines and
history of natural e&d revevaled religion . In general , the course of instruction and discipline pursued in this seminary resembled that which had been followed with suc- ^
cess # t Davcntry . By the assist * ance of some of Mr . Kenrick ' s friends , in his immediate neighbourhood , and of others at a dis *' tance , exhibitions were given to ' a few students in divinity ; and to jthe sQ . me liberaliiy he was indebted
for a small but elegant set of phjy losophical instruments , . and for some valuable books , in addition to the use of an excellent library with which he was obligingly -ae commodated by the trustees of
the former academy q , t Exeter , Most of the young men who were placed under his care jj . re noyf fillipg respect ^ blp and pseful sta T . tions ; and the cordial regard ' which they express for his memory is a sufficient indication of the
merits of the tutor anji the gratis tude 6 f the pupils . Considerable and various sacri * fices were made \ yy Mr . | Cenrick ^ with a view to the effectual disch a rge of the duties qf jbi § | -e ^ tion * Nor should £ he oVligatior ) which Jie thus conferred on t l ^ e
friends of learning , religion and free inquiry be lightly estimated . Had his senqinary been situated in the centre of the kingdom , it woulc | probj a ^ ly b ^ ve attracted | reatef attention , and been move exten , siyely advantageous * Such ^ how-, , even * , was the reputation : &f it ? tutprs , that it obtajped incfe ^ W Qg ;
* Discourses , No . xxxyi .
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< & Itfkmoirs ^ of the late Rev * Timothy Kmrick .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1808, page 62, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2389/page/6/
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