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Co llege , a rank which includes the office of divinity professor . Hece * as befofe afc WtarriftgtofcV '''
srtej especially in the historical , moral and theological branches . He had perhaps moreorigirial genius , and force df mind than Lardner . He had a most n ? & * $ rk 8 bTe talent of selecting what was most important or most striking on ev « rrsubjcet he handled ; so that his were
a ^ g ^ ntients neyer specious , but solid £ not founded on speculations , but facts ; ¦ ur £ ed , at tficl same time , with a degree of warmtfr- which carried the h ^ Lf ^ rs along ^ vith him ; for they were addressed equally to the judgment and to trie heart . In fine , the exertion of these -distinguished talents was
stimulatcd * Yid heigthened by a spirit of manly demotion , which he never concealed , butj , gave way to , on all proper occasions : and though the effects of this We ¥ e transient on many , yet it left such im | Sressions oil some minds as will never be entirely effaced . . v J ? f ; ^^ chinanfsiacae and success as a teaciier ^ was such as might be expected f ^ rti f stfch talents and virtues , The
IWvimty Hall at Glasgow was crowded iniiis time with a greater number of scholars than any otfe $¥ * n Scotland , if is labours there contributed to encrcasc tt j j ! e * fi sih £ rcputati 6 n qfihat University , aa # did-eimnent service to the church ; esfciecisify by inabmng young minds with
a& ||( ioyf /^ truth , cherishing a spirit oCingi ^ rv af ^ er it , and diffusing rar tiodal aha liberal sentiments of religion ia £ rm corriet of the country . Even they&tt&gitneft deigned for the minisdj ! ^ Ainoi | g ^ lic seceders , who are con-• itoed , as the most rigid sect in Scot-1 » W j ^ iqndea Dr . Lcechman > lectures inr * t < sn « lde * afiie numbers ; and thus tnatsifiSfjML a tftim for knowledge , and a ! Ij ^ a ^ ty ^ f mind , which did them m ^ cji bw ^ ut . Maj ) y i ^ fnious young men , fxpf a EnglandanA Ireland attended hii lectures , and impirovcd under bis ot
tuttto ^ several whom have since dist ^ J ^ iAeci tl ^ iasclv ^ C both among the ipis ^ cx ^ eTf and in tA ^ ^ urclu Hia numerous . ach ^ laxs , however the ^ v ^ ight di ^ % thcrr senumenU oi ^ peada ^ rte th « a ! o ^ ittdtflMrf ^ h ^ vernBicn ^ were all flo ^^ ly imi ^ dj > i » 4 ifi » affisttio ^ andL . TcnccAicioii ^ £ omc < , tbciXrt ^ oli ^ i iraa 3 tftr > lroKbTO early 4 ndrcui » cd to , the Mm /' J - ^ f ' ts ^ - ^ BSSP ^^ -
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I h \ s ^ tn 4 ie « W&I& various ; but th ^ alogy was hi& fa vourite putsirH , and u no fes ^ fro m mcrin « 4 tioa * thairr foofti ^? ^ nsc 6 f w # ^
fesiorial duty , he made everjK thing subserve to his fidv ^ nceiBeti ^ in that science , tbe most inrpotte tant of all tbe scienees ^ f Und er the emit » Bt tutors , befereBftmed , at both places , be laid the founictation of tbat eminenee to whicb
he afterwards attained in theote * gical knowledge . * To tfie latest period of his Kftf ^ ' he rejoiced ( hat he had been so early led to tbaso studies wfeicli belong peculiarly to tbe Bairiiafterial character ; and especially ihat he hod beeti m eireumstto ^ ei ^ t
pursue theologicat trutbi li ^ l i ^ f unbiassed by professional intje * £$ t but also unfettered toy > $ ute » € r % &-tion to articles rjf faith . 1 Hi& 1 ^^ gard to this last poin-t was strongly manifested in his solrcitude sdfe
ascertain what was the truth , wheu a few year * Ago it wfe intimfrfed ^ to him by a friend ^ tbat \^ Iie r > && was admitted a student in the University of Giasgo ^ be ba 4 subscribed to ceFtain articles Sf
religion , incorporated mth 1 'm& statutes of that learned Bociety * It turned out , much to his satisfaction , that bis iriemi lrad been niisinformed . t f - From the ( period of his leaving G fosgow ( 176 ?) Mr , ^ ini ^ oitt
' . J : 1- ., 1 * lL-. *^ 2 i ;> lC .. 11012 ^ Dr . Wo ^ faw atatcs fcfi ^ ito&M * 1744 , Dr . ( then Mr . ) l >« € dbtafia viait ^ London and was introduced to I-aidm ^ Beqson , a ^ 4 x > tlici ;^ miii ^ x ^^ o ^ js ^/ the aisscntcjf ^ : hjC ^ dd ^ J ^ t M $$ ^ vards comnaenccq aa acmiaijitanfe awl coorc ^ pondeAce witkDr . Fric ^ , awcltfci ; bttmsw ihesa -two occiput mtn 9 , lfe sincere friendship continued tj ^ noijg ^ & * ::. ' ¦ ¦ :. , " - . . i " , " > ^ ' f ^ & W&f + Sciftt ^ n , j ( . U ^ 4 % v J Idt ifflrj p . 10 ,
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a ^ Brief Memoir of the late Rev . John Simps tm .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 82, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/10/
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