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      » $ S * lrip 8 fe tkfire - ^> c n f , these were opened byj ^ iQ&posl ^ es , an < l 5 « gy ? P « 8 ^ 1 a ^ Jy r ^ aleii iifctfie gospel : -T-thEU ^ f- t | % p i ** claim to the le ? st dc-&miqf )<^ . Wpi&R Hpvertlbciiaitb and ! consciences of others , nor the exercise

      of au < horjty-i « * maUers of religion . Tfren-J&iFning to the yoijng minister , Ijc saicj , you will ask me what you 9 F& %$ & r £ pt * $ 4 * you afe a broth er a ^ oiag you r brethren , a servant among your fellow servants - y but they think you endowed and qualified for the ; $ rork > of i \ ik , $ n \ n } stry , ap 4 have therefore calledi ¥$ » iQ take the , lead among

      ihein , to be tfteir minister . Then he gave t ^ young nia n nxuci > -suitable # ^^ 9 ii : ^? 8 PePtW 15 tne qourse it would h ? Mftper fpr jiirn to pursue , and the n ^ ai ^ ner it ) which he should conduct run > se ljf in , tfoe office to which he . was called .

      r FroB&JBoston , Jfr . V . wenj ; to the marshes of Lincolnshire , where a fe w persons had been excommunicated by the Methodist ^ , for doubting eternal punishment , who . had wri ' Uen to hi in reaue > Ufig be wQv ^ id visit them . il $ . p reacKedl IP t \{ % Town Ha \\ at JL-outh , and 10 several places in the marshes : in pne of the latter , there

      w ^ s a co n gest about ee ^ in ^ -house , Qf which one of the expelled persons \^ as trM ^ tee ,. Mr- V . refused to enter the meeting-bouse except the Methodists § ave their ftce . consent to his cioing U : the ca ^ m and truly Christian manner ip ^ which he conducted hi on self , and his endeavours to calm of

      tjic pcjrJLurba ^ ioq others , excited the ^ admira ^ ion of all parties . He preached in , a . private house , and had many h ^ earers , ^ . nd was t , he first person who ' began tp sow- the seeds o € Unitarianism in tbose marshes . Though his visit there was short , and never

      repeated , the fevr friends who knew him , have ever remembered him with affection . It was when preaching in , country towns and villages , and acting as a missionary , that Mr . V , mjpst excelled . In crowded assembe dee

      blie ^ ply fixed the attention , and the hearers were generally both pleased and instructed . Though some would / be alarmed , and even irritated , even this produced good , -An instance of Uftj&K kivrfi occurred at llutton ; a serious and pious m ^ n was so alarmed and irritated with the sentiments Mr . V delivered ,, as to express hintiself

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      immediately skftitritrihe mttt ^ tkS « rt rnanner - y yet the discourse which so displeased him , te £ > K such hold of his rnind , that it issued in his becoming an Unitarian , which be ever after

      continued , and died , 4 member of the Unitarian church at L . uUoq . The above a-r ^ the principal things w ^ hich occur to me as piraper to cozumunicate respecting n ? y late much valued friend , Mr . Vidler . A Your ^ respectfully , R . WRIGHT .

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      Stourbridge , JDtc . . 31 , 181 C * Sir ¦ ALTHOUGJrf a tribute of resoect to the memory of the late . ius * . Benjamin Carpenter has already been forwarded to you , and a funewil

      discourse by his colleague ha > appeared from the press ; yel % desire of $ ome friends of the decease ^ tb ^ ibllowi ^; biographical memoir is presented ta you for insertion . ; . , - , .. .

      The Rey . B . Carpeater was fcwen at Woodrcrw ; near BrQmsgrove i April , \ lb % . IVIr- John Carpenter , grand father of the deceased , resided at this place , till his de ^ tb , at the age of 4 & ; he wa ^ brathef to the Ben Joseph C ^ pei ^ tej , 6 f Wari | Fick land Worce ^ fcer . fy , . . . . - - . ¦ ¦; ¦ ¦ ., j-

      Philip , father , pjf the fijubject of this memoir , pursued the occupation x > f a husband rim i > ^ t ife s ^ me . place : he married a daughter of Mr * t Lant , a respectable fa rmer , »^ ar Go vcrrtty , ( her sister iparried Mr . Civmpioa , of he

      Newbold , near Leaminglon ^ dead MajT > \ 7 § 0 ^ # ged , jSj 5 , his wictow siirviyed him fp ^ r ^^ q years 1 4 tribute -j bf filial respect was p&id % O hfjr ja&a&WBrf by the deceased , winch waapuWiihed 1794 ' she attained the age . of 73 . :-ij

      Of ^ beir twelve cfeildre , Benj ^ onm lyas the seventh : anoUier ioJheri ^ hlg the paternal name waj * a yowth of extriior 4 ina , rj premise ; he w ^ s suddoaly cut off at ike a ^ e of ^ 3 > ? md > en epp * - r PiMy on , the p 0 » RA ojf enterioc « oil an advantageous qorice ^ jD in .. ^ e . ; . « dl& manufaplpry of SpU ^ lt neJ ^^ G ^ thcrrie , vv hp 4 ie 4 § t the > 6 &&of . 2 &v Mfr s . 1 ., ¦ » . ^ .. - iHLl ( iT ^ l .

      * See succession of miqisters inMtWae ccm ^^ t ^ m ^ u ^ d ^ fKir iakpp Joseph C « rp ^ fite ? BWurk , in the ac' ^( l 6 t book of ^ dl 5 "Di 8 scnting W . conjEnc : cgatiori " ~ m $% trrbrid ^ 1 ^ 06 ^ Wl : ^ %$ cp tais from 1713 to 17 fcO ; arc in his hana'Vntine .

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      £ Memoir €$ thi Hm , J (? . Carpenter .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1817, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2460/page/4/