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this u Poeiical Epistle , " which may not gaift for the writer a distinguished place in the temple of the muses , but which assuredly entitles him to the better distinction of an enlightened , philanthropic Christian .
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Art . XIII . A Letter " to Mr . William Cobbett * on an Article
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Aug . 26 , 1813 * Mr . John Cross . Mr . John Cross , ( whose sudden and much lamented death was noticed on the Cover of the last Repository , ) was bom at Taunton , March I 3 th , 1745 . His father died while he was very young ; by which event the charge of him and two other children devolved
upon hij mother . She is represented as having been a woman of great worth and superior understanding ; and from her he probably derived the seeds of that piety and conscientious regard to
duty , which seem to have early and constantly distinguished him . He re-• ided for some years with a respectable attorney at Nottingham ; but I do not find that he 1 ever entered regularly into tOC nrnfrfictnn K « w » M ^ 1 P ix 7 u L ~ ... „„ we fession himselfWhen he
pro . was about thirty years of age he was received into the family of William , Marquiss of Lansdown , ( then Lord Shelburne , ) in * nose service , and afterwards that of » m eldest son , he continued till near the death of the latter . He held ( I believe ) we situation of land steward ; but for al
"cver years before the death of the old Ma rquiss t he was rather to be regarded as his confidential agent and secretary , ms lordship spoke of him as his friend , tin * * him with great consideraof a klndnes 8 ; and the recollections w P eriod were particularly interestin g to the good old manas his
, gl * ,, - — - — - » — - ¦*— m-mmmm * M j % + J a *« t 7 scve 1 made him acquainted with Pri ^ T »> . rcat and g ° od *« en , such as S 22 ? . ^ owlcdge of many of those £ 2 ?? - hich arC dl ** n /» ished i » } Jto ^ Is ^ of the times . *»* after Mr , Cross left the Lans-
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in his Political Register , of Saturday , May 15 , 1813 , entitled " The Trinity / ' with
Remarks on his Political Writings , By a Friend to Christianity . 8 vo . 5 s . Mozley , Gainsborough ; Longman and Co . Lon" don A . fit reUuke to a ludicrous Infidel . " *
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down family he came to reside in Exeter , about three years before his death . His amiable disposition , his < vident desire to do good , and his willingness and readiness to be employed in the servce of others in any way in which he could promote their we ] fare —all deriving from Christian principles and affections
that peculiar character uh ch religion alone can give to benevolence , —soon procured him the esteem of all who knew him and were able to appreciate his worth . Among the young he was particularly beloved . Though often disabled by bodily indisposition from the enjoyment of social intercourse , he had none of the peevishness which too
often renders oldage a source of disquiet , and prevents its real excellencies from ensuring the reverence and love of the youthful mind : he had learnt patience and resignation in the school of affliction ; and his piety , founded on just ideas of the character and dealings of Providence , supported those dispositions which made his hours of ease tranquil
and cheerful . He delighted in seeing the young innocently happy ; atid still more in contributing to make them so « Our friend was not distinguished by vigour of intellect ; but he possessed great good sense , and an humble
inquiring turn bf mind ; and as his judgment was not clouded by prejudice , or perverted by selfishness , his views of duty were clear , decided , and correct . The moral character often receives its peculiar features from the mental characteristics ; and his virtues were not of the commanding lcind : but they were
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Obituary * —Mr . John Cross . 619
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1813, page 619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2432/page/59/
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