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tpeq for kinder feelings than he expressed . " Eut little attention ^ ' to the present convenience and inclinations of others formed the inferior part of his shining character * His heart r was constantly bd | it lipbri 4 oing suhstantid and lasting service to all vriih whom * he had tiny connection ; and this ^ ie attempted , upon many pecasionsj at the expense of unwearied labour , and sometimes at great inconvenience to himself , and no small injury to his own private fortune . Indeed so numerous fiha so costly were the geqerous effort ^ of Bis heart to relieve the distresses of others 3 —and so inattentive was he to his own interests , w&en . the interests of his friends were concerned , jhat at one peripti of his life , and this at ijo great distance , he had made such deductions from the ample fortune which" he once enjoyed , ' as induced Hm to fonn tjie design of retiring into a situation better suited to his
contracted circumstances . And this design he would probably have exec ii ted , had not soine generous friends , who were actuated by a spirit like his own , and one in particular , who loved him as a brother , and who neither in life nor in
death has been long separated from him , kindly interposed to prevent it , Some may be ready to suspect the prudence of our deceased friend in making such costly sacrifices for the interest of other ? ; but the truth is , that animated by the
spirit of his beloved Master , he made it his delight to go about doing good ; and , like him , he looked at the object aqd the best means for accomplishing it , not iit the labour and . suifqrings it would cost him . And in the success of his benevolent endeavours be found an ample reward . Nor did he confine his
compassionate feelings , cr acts of beneficence , to persons of any particular name or party ; to be an object of distress , was all that was heeded to excite his compassion ; and nothing ever prevented him from granting relief , but a total inability , and that he would sometimes lament , with the feelings ot the sufferer .
•* Amidst the multipjicity of occa-• iona on which such a wide extended liberatfty was exercised * to say that he wafc not sometimes mistaken 'in the choice of its object ; o * that fre always m £ t with tfcpse grateful returns to which he ^ w ^ s entitled ^ would > m jthe firsj ; ca ^ e , l > e attnfcing a ckrgrec ^ f ¦ coohicss and
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deliberation to his judgment * which the strength of his benevolent feeling- would not admit ; and in the last case it would be expecting from men wha £ they deay to God , and their Redeecner * - £ ut this may be said with justice , and a eonyiacing proof it T ^ as of that meek and forgiving spirit , which he had learned ^ rotei the doctrine and example of hi ^ merciful Saviour to cherish , and which the humility of his character enabled h&n the more easily to * exercise ,, that he never angrily resented any unworthy treatment which he met with from , those whom he had laboured to serve ; but either passed over their -defects in « i « - lence , or would make some kind apology for them . After a long ^ and inti * mate acquaintance with him , for more than forty years , and going hand in hand with him through many intricate and some unpleasant paths in our journey , I do not recollect any instances of neglect and provocation , from , the tj ? a * vcllers we . met with , that ever drew an unguarded ajid passionate expression from his lips . If ever any thing lik ^ resentment escaped him , it was for the offences which he * thought were offered to his friends . Religion , when exhibit * ed with such a temper , shines like a precious-stone that is well set and highly
polished . And this sweetness % nd gentleness of temper , I am persuaded , contributed much , under God , to the lengthening out ~ of his valuable life to so advanced aa ag-e ; and it served , in a hag * py degree , to relieve his mind 3 under the cares and fatigues which he suffered from the unremitted attention he paid to the rr . my laborious engagementswhich his ambition to become useful
drew upon him . " Few persons in private life have been employed in more numerous or more important offices of trust tl > an our departed fjrknd I And how faithfully and ably he discharged the duties attending them—what anxiety he
discovered to remove every - difficulty tha ^ arose w the management of their concerns ; and how much ue rejoiced in , and contributed to their prosperity ^ many now present can bear ample witness . So attentive was he to this branch
pf his duty , that in his declinin g years , when his growing in £ rraUie ^^> blig « d Jxim to decline engagements < J moire fri ' ehdstiip , fie was as punctual as ever in the duties of the . trystf whi ^ fi he $ til | coritirrucd to retain : and when those in-
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Obituary . *~~ Jotepk JPaicey Esq . 6 OS
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 603, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2411/page/31/
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