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otvfiiiciisGilons of tnioe ppints in th ^ ou > g 3 f or popular representattohs . ^ qf favourite subjects in the religious wprld j or indeed in any wjaic calculated to fascinate the public attention , and obtain an ektensive spread : vet all his pub *
Jijiatjdns have one grand character ^ via . a manifest tendency to usefulness * and for the most part reTigk » u « improvement ; and it i $ ay be said , that he has never s | mt J ( a 5 single pamphlet into the wfold , but what was adapted to riifckejai ^ n wiser and better , and
would rnaJve any man $ o , if redd vuaattention and candour , and . to ^ certain amount- has produced th ^ f ^ effectv ! * jWEile Jiis lanind was studious
aftq active ^ be : did not cpnfine his ex ^ tipns to his study * his pen . or njsSpvlpit : he was a , man formed for various species ofpiiblic utility ; Ke ^ ce ,, from a knowledge of his worth and abilfty , he was choseiik iri several instances , a § , a supporter
dr trustee to institutions of general importance ; for the discharge of tile duties of which his judgment , < jiutrqr ) , and benevolent activityy acllnirabVy qualifial him # He was
the father of the Sunday schools Established in this place , and the zealous frfend of others of similar tendency . Indeed he was nev ^ r ^ ackward to lend a helping hand tq any good work ; at the same timt , I have often thought * that
in the capacity of a , private J ' riend \ yas exhibited his raost shining ciafactLT . He was a visiting ftiepd among his bearers , e&pe » - ' Cially when such visits ate most likely to be useful , viz . in " seasons of aflB ction . He entered into ^
and sympathized > vitii the sortows tf tfe distressed i 'he hfetd a ten ? to drop at the tale of woe ^ and
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a cordial \ t < y ^ nd t |*^ hlSiirf > ei ^ of sicls n ^ s * ' . ^ js tBfe ditftri balcif W public ebarities , th ^ alnt < 5 i > er ^ the bou ^ 6 s of other *» i ati d in ^ fhe '
benefio € fit comnftunicg ( tioa © f m # owi > propjerty ^ h ^ fie It the tttttii off the maxim * and acted upon it * - * realitjr , y w ' * tbkt it is 6 ^ mbr ^' blessed t 0 > give than to rec ^ iyei- ;
Siflce ! the d # y of his departure from tfie academy ^ h ^ e h as ¦ •* • beeit r the afFeetionate adviser $ m& pati ^ a ^ of ^ tud ^ nU i artcf young ihinisters ^ who looter } up to bim as la fafhe ^ and a most kind and ^ ttltjgntiiriS *
friend and- ; helper to hisp&ot&fi brethrieo in th £ ihibi ^ rjfi VM ^ , ^ It is . "iiotdr ; about forty ^ t wo tfeirffr feinte I fits ! saw him i ihfeifeotf ^ descending franfciiess a ^ d fitftiiliair # ity of his' betmvitmr at ^ a ^ SW ] tt ^
heart ; from ihvti detf r V ^ M h ^ v ^ a mutual attachment . V& ' ofc / -plalfeSj * which has cdfititiiifed v ivltfioufr ' -lt mumefitV intetrujDtidn ^ " to- t . M-1 time . Me was biie dfthfe ^ d ^ stk
most judicious ^ sleacjj ^ p faiirliFuf » and affectionate frieirdsy ' ; * t iiv&i had . Though thei * e \^ a $ a -a fretfi do « i of speech , * Which h& sotliefe rimes Used in his inteifedfurii ^ SteiiSi
his friends ^ \ Hfhich ^ toti str&i ^ g < # , had tile « p |) earanfeTe of hat- ^ h-nesi , yet they who knew him ^ st wei « th ^ le ^ st Affected by tfao ^ e scemitig severities , kndWing tlie 4 tcne $ ty and ficfodws ^ of his hsarr . ' J % r h
myself ^ I e lost tke ^ ftifend" " ttf irty ri ^ ht hatvd ; itntl my inclrna - ' tion woutd almost lettfl ' i 4 kei * <* & t , his octasiorij to j d&ve tMs poi ^ it , and take t « iy ^ tatioh in y o » der pe-Mr , mingling my teerfe wttii ^ ifee fA * thefrless and tile # idow ia tb » t
bereaved mmil y * Though he fead lived fceymid tlife ag 6 t ) f man , yet hte death rbighi lie * said , an a Cerise , to be pixinature , siiddeli and uliexptCU
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 76, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/4/
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