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    C l ergyman , inserted in the Appendix to the Memoirs . In 177 8 , when Dr . Gregory settled at Liverpool , the African Slave Trade -was in its glory , and that town had long been its head-quarters . Here , like his friend Wakefield and Mr . Roscoe , he

    conceived an abhorrence of the traffic , which he never ceased to feel , and which he testified in verse and prbse , through various periodical publicatiens , and also in one of his * ' Essays Historical and Moral , " written expressly on the subject . Mr . Clarkson , in the first volume of the

    of his " ^ iistory Abolition , " &c . just published , refers to our Author ' s papers , and adds that , "by means of the diffusion of light like this , both of a moral and political nature , Dr . Gregory is entitled to be ranked among the benefactors to the African race / ' Mr . C .

    afterward mentions our divine as one of a very small company , who in 1787 , formed the first meeting at the house of Mr . Wilberforce to promote the Abolition . ( Hist pp . 99 , 250 . ) In 178 a , Dr . G . removed to JLondon , and was appointed Curate of Cripplegate . Here he became so acceptable to the parishioners , that in 1785 , they

    chose him morning preacher , and on the death of the Vicar , in 1802 ^ unanimously requested that he migfrt succeed to thebenefice . -This request to the Deais and Chapter of St . Paul ' s , the patrons of the living , was unavailing . So little did these " nursing fathers ' of the Church regard the inclinations of the flock , in their appointment of a shepherd .

    Jn 1785 , Dr . G . published his' * Essays Historical and Moral , ' * of which there Was a third edition . In 1787 , he rendered accessible to the English reader that celebrated work , the " Praslectioiies" of Bishpp I * owth . This translation , entitled , " Lectures on the sacred poetry of the Hebrews , " was enriched with the notes of Michaelis frojm the

    Gottingen edition of the original ; the translator added the notes of two learned friends and some of his own . In X 7 % 9 r appeared his «• Life of Thomas Chatterten , with criticisms on hi * genius and

    "writiogs j and a ^ concise View of the controversy concerning Rowley ' s poems . ' This life , which was first published separately , was afterwards Inserted in the fifth volume of thet jBiographia Eritanuica ; having been written for

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    that-work by desire of Dr . l £ ippis , whoy in his preface mentions Dr . Gregory in very- respectful terms as his " ingenious , and learned friend . " ; Through the following- years o £ his life , down to its conclusion , Dn G ,

    continued to display great literary industry * in a variety of compilations , replete witk important instruction , and which have been well received . His station among cotemporary authors is perhaps » ot unjustly assigned in the following passage of a short account which appears to have been drawn up by one of his lite- * - rary friends : 4 < Dr . Gregory was one of those useful writers , who without

    aiming , except rarely , at the reputation of original composition , perform real services to letters , by employing a practised style , an exercised judgment and extensive information , in works of compilation or abridgment , adapted to the use of that numerous body who desire to obtain knowledge in a compendious manner . " ,

    Dr . ( Gregory ' s emoluments as a Clergyman appear to have been but moderate till 1804 , when the Premier , Mr . Addington , now Lord Sidmouth , a * s almost his last act of ministerial influence , procured for him the valuable living of West-Ham . A Noncomformisc might srnilc , if he were not too serious ,

    to behold an exemplary Minister of " the best constituted church in the world , " highly respected by those who attended his preaching , yet almo-t neglected for five and twenty years , fry His ecclesiastical superiors , and at length berreficed by

    a Prime Minister for services ., most probably , merely political ; Services , however , very honourably rendered , for as Dr . Gregory un iformly detested the war sy * trem of Mr . Pitt , he might jusvly welcome and aid Mr . Addington , a ^ a Minister of Peace ,

    In 1789 , Dr , Gregory married a Lady of JLivtfrpool , whose disposition and accomplishments were well calculated . to insure his domestic felicity . In the bosom of his family , he appears to ha * e received and communicated the truest enjoyment , He was , indee'd , peculiarly happy in conciliating the affections o # the young . Not only his own children but the tadrcs under his roof for

    education , delighted in his society , anxiously watched over him during his illness swxd were deeply aghctcd by the event of

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    Obituary : 21 %

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    Ceorge Grtgvry , D . J& . JF . S , A *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1808, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2391/page/47/