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s uccessor . But this worthy person brought with him the s < : cds of ^ consumptive complaint , which in the course of less than two years carried him off . A volume of his sermons was published , after his death , for the benefit of his family .
Dr . Hood was succeeded by the present minister , William Turner , who , on the recommendation of bis tutor and friend , the Rev , Dr . Enfield , came to preach as a candidate August 26 , 1782 , and was chosen the 6 th of September following . On the 25 th of the same
month he was ordained at Pudsey , near Leeds , by the Associated Ministers in the West Riding of Yorkshire ; and , at the request of the congregation , the whole service was published . —In 1784 ,
finding that the custom of catechising , probably from a dislike to the Assembly ' s , and a fear of giving offence by the introduction of any other , had been discontinued by former ministers , he
reprinted an abridgment of Matthew Henry ' s , which had been used by his uncle , Mr . Holland , of Bolton , and recommended its adoption by the congregation ; who atthe same time readily admitted * small collection of Sacramental
Hymns , which appeared to be Much wanted to give a pleasing variet y to that part of the service . Towards the close of the same Jear , having observed the laudable ^ ertions of Mr . Raikes , of Gloucester , for the establishment of
ounday schools , he circulated a f aper on the subject among the J ou nger members , each sex of i » hom immediately formed a dis ~ tln ct association for establishing , and have ever since patronized , the § ne a school of boys , the other
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of girls * * For the instruction o these children an Abstract ofthe History of the Bible was drawn up , and has since been repeatedly reprinted , with large additions . -In 1787 , with a view to countt -ract the spirit of in difference too natural to young persons , and
to encourage a taste for reading , particularly on religious subjects , he proposed the establishment of a Vestry Library , for the use of all persons attending public worship in Hanover Square . The proposal was immediately embraced , and by a liberal contribution a valuable library was purchased It has since been gradually enlarged by donations , an <] by the produce of a small annual
subscription , by several individual members . —In 1791 , he printed , at the request of his young friends ^ a sermon on the ^ Sufficiency olt Revelation . "—In 1792 , he ventured , at the close of a ten years '
connection , to print and circulate a Pastoral Address , on Public and Family Worship ,
Attendance on the Lord ' s Supper ^ and other important subjects , particularly relating to the religious education of children , —In 1796 > on the occasion of a change of masters , the Rules and Orders of the
Charity School were revised and printed , with prayers for their daily use and a table of lessons before prayer . —In 1800 , he printed a sermon for the support of the New College at Manchester , for the education of dissenting ministers .
* A particular account * f these schools is contained in the Appendix to a sermon preached to the Associated Dissenting Ministers in the northern counties , at Morpeth , June 13 , 1786 , and published under the title of Sunday School * Recommended ,
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History ofthe Hanover Square Congregation , Newcastle . 589
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1811, page 589, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2421/page/13/
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