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List of D , r . RofAeram ' s Pupils * 327 '
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23 , _ Smith , Settled at Selby , where his son is now minister .
J 74 O . 24 # John Hqlland , Born about 17 SO , at Mobberley , near JCnutsford , in Cheshire , where his father resided on l | is own estate , highly esteemed and respected by all who knew
him . He received his grammar learning from Mr . Isaac Antrobusj an eminent schoolmaster at Knutsford , under whom he was thoroughly grounded in the Latin and Greek languages , and laid the foundation of that purity and elegance of English style for
which his Sermons , particularly those on Intemperance , are so remarkable . After passing through his academical studies at Kendal , he removed to Glasgow , where he greatly distinguished himself * On his return from Scotland ^ he was not hasty , to settle with any
particular congregation ; but through the indulgence of his far tfrer , he was , enabled still further to prosecute his studies at home , with a constant yiew to the more
creditable and useful exercise , at a later period , of the Christian ministry ; , at the same time , rca . dily accepting occasional engage * ments for the accommodation of
neighbouring ministers or congregations * The longest of these was at the High Pavement , NoU tingham , as assistant to Dr . Sa * ihuel Eaton . Dr . Ben $ on was very desirous to have prevailed with him to settle in London * At
length , however , in 1751 ^ he accepted , an invitation from the congregation at Cbewbent , near Bolton , Lancashire . Bttt , just
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before his removal thither , he was carried oiF by a violent fever , in the 31 si year of his age . In compliance with the wishe& of the younger part of the Nottingham congregation , he had published , the year before his death , Two Sermons on the Folly and Guilt of Intemperance , in which he may fairly be said to have exhausted eyery argument which can be
drawa ^ either from reason or revelation against that debasing vice . That part of the second sermon , in which he trapes the intemperate man through every relation of domestic and social life , and shows how unfit * he renders
himself for every one of them , is particularly striking , ' After his death , at the earnest request of numerous friends , the family were induced to publish two volumes of his Sermons and Prayers , both
of which he always made a prae ~ * tice of preparing and committing to writing with equal study and care * They met with a very favourable reception , and have long been out of print . Several of them have been reprinted m
various selections , particularly iu the Protestant System ^ '' and irt the iC English Preacher . " Next to the general praise of excellent sense expressed in elegant language , the Sermons of Mr , Holland are particularly remarkable for the skill with which their
author has interwoven , anci , # s it were amalg ^ t ^ ated ^ tfee \ fi nes t passages of the best Greek and Roman writers , with hi * onttt compositions ; jiij ^ a ^ clesbf ; yfhifijti may be found in almost ffioty sermon , but particuWly ia . those on FrieiKlship atid Old AgCi
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 327, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/7/
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