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daughter of th& church , «» Ufce many of Ij ^ learnedsofis ^ can discover no mistakes , defects or redun ( J&itfefe& « The publications of Mm Trimmer ftad &lrnpst entirely grown out of her attentions to the instruction of a mitivef-< &s family , for in the maternal character , she appears to have beerri exemplary . @ttr aathoress tao ^ r ad Veriturtd further
evfcn to ( discuss the subject of national , education , with , a great authority upon that question . In 1805 appeared this her last publication : c < A Comparative Vtefo of the New Plan of Education prttfitilgated by JVfr . Joseph Lancaster ,
& his Tracts concerning the Instruction of tbe Labouring Part of the Community ; and of the System of Christian Rtlitcatioh i Founded by our pious Forefathers , for the ibrtiation 6 f the Young Members of the Established Church in
the Principles of the Reformed Religion . ^ This cojnpreheitsiVe title sufficiently points out Mrs . T * s . objection to the plan of Mr . Lancaster , as unnecessary . She abpears to £ ave supposed that an . Act of P ^ Tiafhent , to make the multitude wise and gbbci , would be as efficient as one to
maaie tnem pay their taxes . Hence Mr . L . and his plais are to be discarded , because there is in the Act of uniformity * a clause enacting ; the education of the : poor . To this it has been "well- answered—* - " if there are nii Dions of Englishmen who cannot spell thejr own names , or read a * ig » -post :, . yvhieh bids them turn to the ri & ht or left , is it any answer to this < ft >
ftloratye ignorance to say * there is ^ n act * f Parliament for puMic instruction ? to Wv t , he - » ery lane and chftpter wJisjhs « c ting , lords a and zoqanpons , in P ^ riia-^ ent as ^ endbled , pirdain the univeraaHfcy ^ reading aqd waiting , wh « W » cf * iturtc « « tcrwards ,. thcpk > ughjcaa , xi ; is . do more of or
^ pable the one ^ e ojther , tkm w bean which he drives . " < E ) du > . JUv . tf Mrs . T . is accurately quoted 4 ft the ^ ftrk just mentioned , ie hfts «^( 4 e 4 other objections , of as little w ^ bjt ; ,
a ga 4 asHjhe princ % > ks and pr ^ tical j ^ SLu e ? cerf Mr . L ' s , Sy ^^ a . Tl * $ e ^ bjec u she entertained in common , even jWi some learned dignitaries who , like Ac * o& } d ^ 0 t ttti « br $ t » nd how * icfral *? * &t < sll $ j £ WQl 6 # n < fit 8 migbt fee ccww J W wtthow : tfe ? i » fcwy « B * ion of m c reed or a priest . Those literary " men •* mi ght / ' however , the Edinburgh
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Reviewers , hsnw s 4 fl ! gl « & out * thfe lathr for the eas ? jr task of e ^ loiihg 1 *^ iir ^ rments , and , perhaps not ahwflKft ^ 1 ? 0 < BsJ > ky tkeiremi « etttskHf fa br ^ tii ^ a b ^ ttetflyupoti the wheel 9 thotig ^ ^ iey ^ - « ori % c thfetir ^ vfew of * kh wort it »« W& ! k attd ttHldaess /* att offeiony We -a |^^ - h * M&i ^ cti ^ ar 4 ^ tl ^ nisei ^ esi We k ^ oW
Jwt , iitd ^ clv **** in ^ feitobM leflpt ^ re % # ^ re ih re ^ erVei H&Ving ^^ iy ae ^ ttit-^• fet . 6 f fcfgh-ehurch hyp&rftr these tettsots ^ d ^ *^ f we co ^ d ^ ati ^ fy o&rselvefe that such wtre Hfafe-ieA vibw © t Mrsi Trimmer , atfd ' ^ t * htr wer ea ^ able ' ef-5 ifch ba ^ ehe ^ Si We wbui ^ d have dt ^ wnbidod firbifi h ^ it etnerir ^ itie , ^ d
left her % i a -statfe Bff # altyrttem , more pfteous thanth ^ it df St ; Uba . ** X - " *• > k . iio . ) S&eh was this lady ' s harrow escape , for having published the « Cbtnparative Vievv ; " a deed whith , we are rather disposed to excuse as one of th ^ itistances of defective judgment , in advanced a > ge , which a pbet . has , denominated , " grand cliniacterical absurdities . ' *
Mrs . Trimmer was peculiarly favoured in the circumstances of her dissolution . rt Whilst sitting in her chair > perusing the letters of a deceased friend , she sunk , as it were , into a peaceful si amber . She was buried at Easing * aod a funeral sermon preached on the occasion of her death by JVTr . Harerfield , at , the church of New Brentford I . CKU .
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D ^ ed at Whitworth , on the day on which he had completed his thirty » se > - cond year , Mr . JOHN , HEVVITt , Merchant , of ' SjbefRe ] d . He was a man of < lTstihguislied piety and virtue ; wd as
a h . usbancl > a father and a friend ^ \ & % Piemory will e ^ er be held most d $ ar by his surviving family aad by all wh ^> Syeie acquainted wU ! h the excelleac © & € his disposition and the sterling WQfjfo of rjls character , trie was boxii at No **
ton in the county of DerT > y , op the * 9 tjt Of Feb . * 77 £ - At a very early : age *^ miqd accjmred a , religionf s ^ jist > . wad $ fe ha ^ l iiot pa ^ ed ^ fe / uSth yvfrh > # P * e l « e bipCAtxic i » tiina ^ ely , ay <^ q » ai » 4 «! d wt& * o&a& sftitiiis pers « n $ s who were , m < mket y ^ the society conimotLlv called M ** hoin t
Ots ^ , amongst wKoni , ^ e course ^ 1 t ^^ eafs ^ he ^ e anje H pwl ? lic . / i »«^ rift )^* 0 jr ! It wasto , tfcfit branch of [ th } s c 4 f 9 « o i ? ija 4 ti a wfeph is Ga % 4 fi ^ cr . . Nie ^ ^ oji : ^ A ^ tTpn , fl )^ t )> e attache ^ , hi ^ atfjeife mj heFulfinea the duties of a . preacher w ; ith that diligence , ability and success wUicM
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Obituary .- ~ Mrs > Trimmer * 317
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1811, page 317, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2416/page/61/
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