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teiarc the caratf ttf £ uj ? e , &ho © r * ttpted reiigkrnv Ttoe notes attjkefideclr to these ; &mEO ® zs& t add WhkfH'lbriai a considefabie part pF tfe «' vdlunid , shew great iicpth of th < ttight i Ittu-eh inquiry into the subject xfiscitsted , and are well worthy tfe attention fcf those who would wish
to £ ee the genuine , Unbiassed opinion a © f a , clergyman , who r £ se superior to the weights with which he was oppressed 4 one wii © wa * worthy to be the f ^ iqnd « f Jebb Bad otheH , -whose names shall never giie . As it was a maxim
with M " r . Manniug ^ th ^ r reUgtoas was the parent of xi * j # libertyy it was to be expectfid that on all pubK ^ c occasions ahd neverite whiclr called forth the energies : © f the two great parties whteh divide "the nation , h& would be found among the friends of tru « Constitutional
freedom ; such he was ; apd he never dispaired of the commonwealth so long as a hope remained that Mr . Fox , whom he considered as a true patriot , would one day direct its councils . Besides cta-ughters , Mr , Manning left two sons ; WtUiam who inherits his
father ^ ingenuous spirit , und who will probably succeed him in his pastoral dharg ^ at Diss ; and T ^ w ^ , whose ttwtbcjiiAticaJ wfitttig ^ have 1 already obtained jxroch celebrity , and who is now wi his return from China , whither a
very strong desire to pen « tirare into the r heart of that empire knd c&lkct authentic ¦ « torC 5 of information about it had led him . T&nx Kbv . % 4 ^ at Manchester , the > JUrv . * LAdLPH HARRi « ON ; He Was the ^ on of the i * ev . W ; H&rrisort , miluster of a » nail sonriety of Prdt ^ tlnt ? Wtmmtttpirt Chii ^ ofi in Uerby ^ hirc - Being originally designed for the Christian ministry , he ente , rc 4 Vpo n ^ a cw r *** t > f appropriate ftudife ae t « c academy in
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J ^ jti ^ y ^ ! 1 , which was then conducted by the Rev . Dr . Aikin , under whose ^ superintendence the institution acquired cpqsidj ^^ le ce ^ ebri ty * ^ 4 s ^ student he * itetok&F , H&iscir with ;^^ ^ dit , and ^ pipii Jeavifig thaj sterruQary , nc _ xc cefvetlftpm mt ^ tor ^ . ig ft ^ m ^ da tiori for tlie exemmarv proPTietv dF hit 3
nibral tfeliaviour Soon £ wr , tae cpjtti-^ i ^ cer ii ^ t ^ , pf' ]^ iJ l ^ ptg ^^ o ^ li - ; c 9 icer 9 he was i pyite ' 4 ta ^ rews ^ ury ,, toi Mi - dertJake , irjc ^ jpri ^ tlqa w ^ t ^^ t | Le R&v . Joseph Fo ^ rie ^ th ^ , pas to | al ^ cjiajr ^ eLpf a respectable spciej ^ jpf f ^ rptest ^ ot I > fssent ^ rs . , - V . " .. " .. /^ .., - :.-t : ' ^ - ' ¦ - ¦< Upon the dcatli of tbe Kcr Jgsfcph Mottershead , in x / T ^ i j . ft p W jasr ^ p ^ en to be one of the jmioi ^ rs ^ a ^ i gWy respectable Society of pjrpt ^ spai ^^ jP ^ ssecters , in Maochester ; ifi \ vAich ^ it ^ ation he co ntinue *!* fiftl w # h . ffi ^ v ^^ weeks of lii $ death , w ^ ipa tjj e : dediaing ' state of hi 3 health compelled him to resign . . '' . ' .. ¦ -..,.- . ,. ; . -. . - - {¦ in the year 1774 , he began a ^ cjiool In
for the education qf ^ yqut ^ i . this arduous b ut h onourab 1 e occupo-tioi ^ fee displayed superior sfcil ^ anjd his ce |^{> Fity , as a teacher , spread jfrr bayp ^ dl . & <* neigh bbur ^ ood in wtiicH he ; resi 4 « 4 , In 1786 , he undertook , ip conjunction with h » colleague m th ^ inini&try , the
late Rev . Dr , 3 * rne « , , tjie ^ important charge of an acactemical instiw «* n in Manchester , the dqiic ? pf ; which Jic fuifiikd in a most sijtiaiactofv ma £ u » er . He has occasionally uppcared before the public as , an author . His j ^ nglish Gram *
mar is perhaps one of the best elementary works in the language * Hi $ two volumes of " Sacred Harmony ** aaro too well Ipnown to require any ejacomilzm . He also published an Introduction to the
Study of Geography , with , a set of blank maps ; a Sermon upoo Education > and a Biographical Tribute to ti * e Memory of uic Rev . Jql >» Scjid ^ n ^ <> nc . ot his predecessors in the pa ^ oxai office at MabcJiester .
As a preacher he w ^ s ju 4 ^ ciou 3 a » d instructive . " HKs coaiyoaj ^ ioii * , which were correct and perspicuous , exhibited a pi ^ asiipg union of rtie argumej ^ Hti ^ c the ice i ^ aa
a ^ d patnetie 4 Jt \ u v ^ elbar an 4 harmonious ^ ius ^ liv ^ ty fiat u * a I and i ^ nall ^ Cjed , and ^ c ; jajcured thd at-^ enuon olj J ^ in h ^ arer ^ - ^ J ai . manner the most serious and impressive . In private life he was uncommonly ^ Ql ^ rfHn . Aa a" husband , a father , a relative , a friend , he wat truly vaiua-
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Obituaryl—lll&Oilalph Harrison . 601
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 601, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2411/page/29/
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