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good and happy . It was not true of him as of some eminent characters , that like certain large cities , they appear noble only
when seen at a distance , for his habits and temper were as amiable as his principles were excellent . I was very frequently a visitor in the family during the ten years he resided at Catterick , and I never once saw the least
tendency to fretful ness or caprice , or an approach to ill humour on any occasion whatever . It was
the constant subject of his thoughts in what manner he could most effectually benefit the people committed to his care , whether in their temporal or eternal interests ; and to this en" 3 a plan of great frugality was adopted by himself and Mrs ; Lindsey , ( who perfectly acceded to his views ) that they might have
the power of distributing books in aid of personal instruction , of giving medicines to the sick , and food to those cc who were ready to perish with hunger . " But it
Mas on a Sunday evening chiefly , when the labours of the day were over—a day devoted to the public and private instruction of the congregation at large , of the children of those who composed it * of servants and 'others who
attended in his own study , — that the irradiations of a mind so heavenly were the most striking . Never shall I forget , as he walked across the room with cheerful and animated step , unmindful of weariness or fatigue , discoursing perhaps on the beauties of
creation , the goodness of God every wticre manifested , the perfect example of Christ , or on the heroism *] nd virtue of martyrs and confessors gone to their re \ Vnni ; how his eyes would sparkle with dclfght . AV . faon , he would say ,
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will the happy time arrive that all men will be virtuous and happy ? Although Mr . L . had so far quieted his scruples as to continue in the church , he had firmly
resolved never to accept any farther preferment , and had refused repeated offers from others , but especially from the Duchess of Northumberland , who was exceedingly solicitous to fulfil the promise made to her dyinii parent of placing him in affluence . At
length , when the Duke was ap .. pointed to the viceroy ship of Ireland , she wrote to make him an otfer which she hoped he would not refuse , of being appointed the Duke ' s first chaplain , the certain prelude to a bishoprick : —this , she said , did not involve in it fresh subscription to the articles or new
engagements of any kind , and that , far from doing him a favour , the Duke and hei self should
consider his acquiescence as a favour conferred on themselves— that they should want the society of so kind and faithful a friend in a situation so new and untried . I
was at Catterick at the time , and I remember the letter . — Mr . Lindsey ' s reply was full of gratu tude for the offered kindness , but the refusal was firm and de ,. cisive , for he had then formed
the resolution , u the clerical pe-, tition at that time before parliament , should be rejected , to relinquish the church altogether . The DucTiess made cne effort more to settle h pension on him and Mrs . I ,, for their joint lives on the Irish establishment . But
this also was refused in a manner not less firm than the former . — What benefit , he said' / had he or Mrs . L . ever conferred on the Irish , that should entitle them to such a remuneration !
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640 Memoir of the late Rev . Theophilus Lindsey , by Mrs . Cappe .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 640, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2399/page/4/
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