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lomed to extemporary prayer . For at one time his whole prayer would consist of adoration , at another time of confession , at
another of intercession , &c . &c . but he never allowed himself in any expression that looked like familiarity withtheDeity ; and though he was so eminently qualified , he could never he prevailed on to
engage in this office of religion anywhere but in his own house , and even there never in the presence of strangers ; for spiritual pride and ostentation in religion were what he detested above all things . la business , he had not much energy , but he was industrious and careful , and strictly fair and upright in , all his dealings . Indeed , he so detested every thing that had the least appearance of meanness , that he was often inclined to forego what he was entitled to , rather than incur the risk of any imputation of duplicity or selfishness .
In company , he was habitually cheerful and facetious ; and having travelled much in most oi' the counties of England , in his younger years , he had great var iety of anecdote , and a good memory generally enabled him to supply an appropriate taie to any subject that happened to be the matter of conversation . This habitual urbanity and cheerfulness continued with him as Ions ; a $ he
was enabled to enjoy company , and insured him a sufficient number of visitors to the last . A celebrated physician , now no more , who wrote the following lines , as descriptive of a certain old man , could not possibly have described the deceased more accurately , if * had intimately known him ,
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Obituary . —Mr . Samuel Parkes . 435
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than they describe him : I shall therefore not hesitate to apply them to him . " TW old , he still retain ed
His manly sense , and energy of mind-Virtuous and wise he was , but not severe ; He still remember ed that he-once was young ; His easy presence checked no deceit joy . Him e ' en the dissolute admirM > for he A graceful lightness when he pleas \ l put on ,
And laughing could instruct . Much had he read , Much more had seen ; he studied from the life , And in th' original perus'd mankind * " Generosity and benevolence were also very prominent features in his character , for nothing delighted him more than the opportunity of serving a fellow-creature . Til is divine disposition sometimes led him astray ; tor , ever actuated by it , he has otten exceeded the bounds of prudence ia his beneficent acts .
Although he had ' always been a member of a congregation oi Dissenters of the Arian persuasion , his connections for ihc last thirty years of his life were such as to lead him to imbibe those , doctrines which arc he / Id by what are called the moderate Calvinists . But it is very remarkable , thai when he came within the near view of death , not a single expression escaped him that had the least reference to Calvinistic notions , or that might not have been . uttered by the ino ^ t consistent
Unitarian . The writer of this article is authorized to say this , as he was much with him for a fortnight immediately preceding his dissolution . A proof this , that however a man may have amused 'himself , or attempted * to deceive himself with the jargon of imputed righteousness , nothing , on th *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1811, page 435, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2418/page/51/
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