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from his father the following remarks , among others , on the report which he had sent him of those of his new associates with whom he seemed likely to form a parti-66
cular intimacy . —The Mr . Hankinson whom you call your friend I suppose ! o be of Hale or Ashley , in Cheshire , and of the same stock
as was a Mr . Hankinson , a minis * ter of great abilities and character , who died early in life at Wirksworth , in Derbyshire , and whom
my father succeeded there . One of this family , if I remember right , married a sister of Mr . George Whitelegg , who was my class-fellow at Mr . Antrobus ' s
school , in Knutsford , and class , fellow also for four years at Dr . Latham ' s ; afterwards preached a short time at Partington , but fell into a consumption , and died at his father ' s house , at
Hale-barnsgreen , almost forty years ago . He was a grave , serious , valuable young man , whom I loved much $ and with sincere regret attended his interment in Bowden
churchyard . Is your friend a descendant of this sister of my friend ( whose meek and modest countenance before her marriage I well remember to this day )? If soj I heartily wish he may inherit all the abilities , virtues , and piety , of his
worthy predecessors , and enjoy a inuch longer life and usefulness in the church of Christ than they "id ; and may your friendship be wore durable , as well as improv-* ng , than mine with poor George Whitelegg P
Alas , this benevolent paternal wish was not destined to be realized . The writer ' s amiable friend was , like his predecessors , cut off in « arly youth . Though not of first-^ It natura l talents , and perhaps
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below par in classical and mathematical acquirements * he had devoted very fair abilities , under the direction of a sound judgment , and with the most persevering application , to the studies peculiar
to his profession , so as to qualify himself for becoming a scribe wellinstructed to the kingdom of heaven , and capable of bringing out of his treasure , as occasion
required , things new and old . And he pursued his studies , and afterwards adorned his doctrine , with
such strict propriety and amiable simplicity of conduct , as gained him the universal respect and esteem of his fellow-students , and the warm attachment of those , whom he served , for so short a time , in the capacity of a Christian minister * At the close of his
academical course he was chosen to succeed the Rev . Thomas Threikeld ( No . 15 ) at Risley , a small but respectable country congregation , five miles from Warringron ; Dr . Enfield and he , at the same
time , with the full concurrence of both societies , making an arrangement for their alternately supplying Risley and Warrington , During the only winter season in which he continued in health ,
they also alternately kept up a Sunday evening lecture at Warrington . But the seeds of the fatal hereditary disease , which had deprived the world of his excellent uncles , in two former successive generations , were- meanwhile ,
striking root ; and after a gentle gradual decay , supported with a sweet and patient resignation , illustrative of the excellent principles of that gospel which it was his uniform desire to teach both by precept and example , and beautifully affecting to all beholder * ,
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Students educated at the Watrington Academy . 527
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1814, page 527, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2444/page/3/
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