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INTELLIGENCE.
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meekness , patience and submission truly edifying , being firmly persuaded that " all things are of GeiJ * and that his wisdom , could not err , nor his goodness afflict willingly , and that his course would enable her to finish her power
with joy . With these sentiments she both Jived and died , departing life in the full exercise of all her mental powers by a dismission' so easy that the attendants , though looking on , did not discern the moment of death . The deceased was
truly valuable as a woman and a Christian . Integrity of cortdutt , inviolable attachment to truth in her words , and inflexible perseverance in every thing which she was convinced was her duty to believe or do , were striking features
of her character ; to these were united strong and active compassion to the unhappy and even the wiefced , with mild and fervent charity towards those Christians , who did not scruple to condemn fcer to future wrath for embracing sentiments of the truth , of which she had
received the deepest conviction * She died in her 39 th year , justly esteemed and deeply lamented * W . V . 1810 . Dec . x % At the Manse of f Stevenston , Ayrshire , in the ^ ist year of his age and 55 th-of his ministry , the Rev . Dr . JAMBS WODR 0 W ,
minister of that parish . ~ He was descended , both by the father and mother ' s side , from a long line of ministers eminent for their piety , and many of fnem sufferers , for conscience sake , in tBe persecuting times . His ; father , the Rev * Robert Wodrow , minister of Eastwood , near Glasgow , was the te > borious and faithful historian of the
sufferings of the Church of Scotland . Dr . Wodrow inherited in a high degree that levc of the gospel , zeal for its interests , which glowed in the breasts of his fathers . Allowing to others that right of
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Missionary Society . We re 6 mhe in the present vott&ne the Report of the fAifnonciry Society for 1810 , of which we gave an abstract , as rar as regarded Afruti ' , in our last vo-^ m ^ yvi . tyS- * - ?* This Society is the central point of association to all the « IStiiB jjdicar ftfcrt fe Cdtvmtstic I ) * wstntcrs ; « nd from the number of its
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private judgment , which he claimed and exercised himself , he was liberal and candid to all who differed from him in sentiments , v and numbered among his friends many of the most respectable characters of both parties , into which the church is supposed to be divided .
There were few branches of learning with which he was not insonie measure acquainted , but sacred iiterature was his delight : an immense number of sermons , and a course of lectures on all the Books of the New Testanient , which her has left in manuscript , afford proof of the diligence with which he studied
the scriptures . The style of his preaching was simple , - perspicuous , serious , equally calculated to instruct and to per . suade . In illustrating the meaning of the sacred writers , fie ' particularly excelled ; and it is much to be regretted , th ^ t liis modesty always resisted the solicitations of His friends to publish some of those lectures with which he instruct *
ed and delighted the judicious part of his hearers . He only appeared as ail author in the Life of Dr . Leechraan , prefixed to his Sermons ; and in an occasional sermon or two of his own , la the ordinary intercourse of life he was distinguished by a spirit of meekness ,
gentienefs and unaffected kindness . The society ot [ youngjnen , of a liberal turn of mindvmtended for ^ always gave him the g ^ ea ^ e sft fissure . He erUered iftto their views , assisted them with his advice and directed them to proper books oh the different subjects to wftich their
studies were directed . Though the infirmities of age had obliged h&n lor several years to devolve for the most partj the duty of preaching on an assistant , yet his death is felt as a heavy loss b y ** affectionate congregation . ¥% e Glasgo % & Ccurter ^ Thursday , Dec . % Qtb iSlO .
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members , the largisiie * s rf its funds aftd the zeal , activity "and eontage of its managers cannot be an unfeterestiijp spectacle to any < me who considers religious cBwts of importance , and knowj We Mjflucnce which rfj ^ inajr iiltfniatclf have upon the condition of a country . Otaheit « , thefimscene of this Socicty ^ labour ? , prc » CTit « to the members © o ^ Jtoi ^ ' ptctmcle . Aftor * cr&
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Intelligence.
INTELLIGENCE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1811, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2413/page/58/
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