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h © wevejr r rather to allure than to ;¦ ihrt&fcfcn / Mn& thought it far more consistent with the fc 4 spirit of Jesus" to draw men to goodness with the cards of love , than to
drive them , from vice with the rod of terror . He was very attentive to * existing circumstances" hoth public and private , and extremely sappy in his endeavours to improve ihem by religious counsels and considerations * He had a
natural eJoqiienfce which shone with peculiar lustre when he was called forth upon public occasitms , . and even whejl he had na tirpe for previous preparation ; irt sMch cases his language was
generally strikingly appropriate . As a companion and friend , his loss will fee severely felt by numbers ; ne was no enemy to innocent fjiefcrfttlness 5 and'his memory was Well stored with both useful and
enterrairiiflg : an £ 6 dotes . His comp&ny arid his preaching were very acceptable to young , people -. it has-oftfen' been remarked of him that he preached to the young , and it is not easy to pay a higher ctohiplintent than this , either to
th ^ heart or the head of a minister ; if lie can gain the attention and lovd oft the young , he may hop £ tb dp some comparatively lasting Stood , , ata « l may * console himself under the indifference of middle , life , and the frequent apathy of old age .
Mr . Worthington ' s reputation as w preacher standing so high , ifris no wonder * that he was often callbd upon , to advocate the caufce of distress , and to plead for the ^|> pon of those various charitable institutions to which ihe Loiw jW cTi ^ htfe ^ So liberally contri - •^^^ i ^ h (;^ C ^ r 6 eLy necessary to * g& # * t j | u % & such cams > he
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was a willing and a sticcestfub pleader . He was fully sensibly of the value of co-operation in the pursuit of any object , and , upoi *
this principle , he was a greai friend to * ' meetings of ministers , ' and occasional , and stated LeCtures . For many years he wasan active member of what was
termed the 44 Buckinghamshire Association , * which wa * holdea twice a year in different parts oC that county . He took his turn it * what was termed the MerchanU * Lecture , " on a Tuesday , at Sal tier s Hall : and when that
wasdropped , in conjunction with somfe other ministers , he engaged , fo& some years , in a Lecture on the Wednesday evening , at the same place ; this was confined to the winter season ., and to once a ^ fa&t »
night . He was no friend to Lexr ^ tures oti the Lord ' s Day evening * but as he thought them admissitd ^ in large towns , if any whepe , an 4 as his own services were always acceptable , he was , for many years , one of the preachers a £
the long established Sunday evem ing . lecture at Saltcvs' Hall . . < One part of Mr , W * conduct ought by no means to pass u « no ^ ticed . He was always read y * to promote the wishes of serious and
well disposed young men who were desirous of becoming ; mi * nisters of the gospe 4 .. He gava them the best advice , procured them pecuniary assistance , andj in some instances , personally ai ( i # ed their preparatory studies * St * r
veral ministers who are now , and have been long , use * £ fii 4 y eropioj ^ ed in their IVIa'st ^ r ' s wor ^^^ woukly perhaps , nev ^ i Jiave e ^ t 2 t ? r ^ ciup < i | % . it had it n ( H been ^ far ^ tb ^ eai ^^ encouragement , ;^ u \ dr Ahqs * a 6 fo $ pr q ^ en t aid oi tW pa » v ^ p > or ^ 9 lto # •/¦ ' . ¦ .- ¦ ^ &t * *; K , vj v- ^ v
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Obituary * ^ -- f ^ e e * Jfvgh Worthington * 547
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1813, page 547, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2431/page/59/
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