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# w ^ o fftaBy eompefitors for ts ') && % of ferae in the metropolis , tt \ e l ^ v ^ . of x * ov $ ltv a > nd the fasxidi o ** $ -
fee&s of capmoe wi fceawrs is so t * &tttpered > thai it rarely happens ftittt any preacher , however excel-JU ^ 1 » c&n > for jpany yoars secure tbe azttemiaao ^ of a numerous au .
# ftory . Those who knew Mr . ¦ t&OTttiirartpri , ' however , and were ^ c ^ ua ^ tejd wMh the pe ^ uliaf vi-*» cifcy an * J i ^^ piressivsttess of his ift&fmer , as well as tke excellence 4 of his master , will , in a great « ft £ asu 3 B £ c *? &se to wonder a £ t , he
effects wkieU i&-produced , &ad the mea 4 y afctecfetaetiitto his ministry Whiicjbt it secured , His ^ pulpit ta . tet&s 5 *^ c e of # xftry- Jbuig b p ^ dex : he vias qo o ^ pyi ^ t ; Ins mamier was truly original , and it was ^ all Tirs own , Thj ? ce we ^ e great pecuiiarities , but there was no affecta *
tton about him . His devotional services were various , pathetic ^ and , often , unusually apjyojpjrij ^ te ^ and yet it was not always the l ? e $ t style of prayer which he adopted . $ ie wa ^ greatly under fche influ ^
# nc « of his feelkigs , and in the poi ^ it be frequ eti Uy fek with un . odmmon force ; bence , many of 4 lio ^ short ex tem poraneous effus-ione m which , upon the spur of the occasion » be poured forth the fel * H > ss <* £ his « pirU an 4 said tkings mhhchseiztxl wi 4 h irresistible farce
on t&e mecnory , and penetrated the very hearts of his bearers . He ^ lid not stand lik « u statue in the fftttljMt ; his action , especially ip the e ^ rfkr partof his life , was some * iimies exuberant ^ and never par . tidular ^ y gvaeeful ^ but it was notuiul to him ; it was the unstudied
« q < Jinn of a -man in feitFnest , and , tbcm ( bfe ^ M exce pt to so n ** very fa $ & ^ « m ^ k ^^ mm ^ nw ^ gv ^ ^ fi « n € e « H it ) qy « T wa » p « cali » rly
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^ h ^ searching , inS ^ i even J 9 ttye latter pa , r ; of >^ l ^ fe ^ U | n hje t tqqk > ff his sp ^ ciaicles , ifa m-
fieinating glance htlj > e 0 t io no ^ rB atl < iegre ^ to rivet the aptecH ion to wj ^ at lae was s ^ y ipg . JBis < iis « co . ^ irs . es were c ^ jrtainly , ^ ap f « np .. cieis of correct coj ^ posUkm , but there was an unction -and arder
ab ^ oiit then } whi < : h uierA ^ prre ^ tpes ( s /^ o ulc jl nevfcr H ^ to i ^ ac ^ ; j&fwi , ia almost pll ca&e # ^ had the outline been Ailed up . as well as it was defined ^ they would , even
$ £ cprppos ^ tions , have been eutu tied to solid praise . He was , geijjeraHy , vej y ^ hamgr in seizing Upon tfe pe < : ^ iar fej $ . £ ip of his 1 % ^^ ^ ed hi ^ msmn ^ r of dividing
a subject was simple a « d perspicuous . He wajs a ^ bet ^ ex . textual lb ^ ri topical s ^ pif ^ fi ' r ^ , ^ ji xaiip , hoiwx \ er , grasAly WgS ft tfc ^ a ; . aU this is his due . His maid , . object was the best interests owns bjearers ^ a . nd bis discourses were CHlcula- ?
ted to mend tbe heart ajo 4 ; re ^ u *» late the affections , ^ he morality of the * gospel , in aji it « rumifica ^ tions , whs the tfae «* e <^ i whic ; H he delighted to dwell , and thcton * sideratiofis by which he pressed its practice were truly evangelical . His inteFCQurse with mankind wat
considerable , and he availed himself of the fenowiedge of * human mature , and of real' life with which it furnished him , to corn * &k the consciences of his auditors When he attacked vice he was no
flatterer . He did not prophecy " smooth things' * to the vicious or the impenitent . He was no vulgar preacher of damnation , he had too much sense , and too much jnety for that ; but , whtfj hi « subject CaHed for Aero , he did not keep out of siglit * lh % WJ- " row orthe L * aF tte ^ TbVecf ,
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tb and JL 46 &bitoary + ^ Rev . Hugh PPart&ingten .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1813, page 546, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2431/page/58/
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