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~ p [ < a ^ ofthe Rev . . ridler . ^ E ^ JUyy ^ A-M y iDLER was born V * at Battle , in Su&sex , May 4 , 1 $£ & * the te * uh child © f John and Ki *© febeth Vizier , of that place , who in the ^ r humble rank of life we re highly respected for their virtues . He "was of so infill ** -a bodily constitution that his parents were apprehensive
that tkey ° shouM « ot- rear hin > to maturity . At the early age of nine years , he w ^ aSBIi&ted wttl * an asthma ; and this disorder 'was followed at the distaru ^ of a few years , b y a rheumatjc fevi& * ig ^ ich de prived hirn for a tinie of the use of his limbs , and doomed Mlllsfe&QM * < 4 $ 4 * 0 ii 3 confinement . He vsqm ^ iri ^ M ^ ds subject to . frequent att&eks H&f disease * These infirmities
laid the foundation of his character ; f&Mfeh&agli they prevented his enjoyil ^ g the common school education which the circumstances pf his
parente allowed them to coutemplate , they were the occasion of his acquiring a taste fer books , the only amusement by ^ wrbich he could beguile the wea risomeness of a sick chamber . He
read every book which came in his way , a * uL whatever was the subj ect or plan or style , it was remarked that he always went through t \ $ . llms jf £ ftviilg an early indication of that intellectual resoluteness and perseverance
wfoiph strongly marked his character m ^ e whole o £ his life Bfcit * rfmtlthe book $ which . he niet \ wim > the Bible was hi * . favourite &UHJta ? : * moat h& was encouraged Jn ctiU ^ U ii ^ an acquaintance with the Scriptures by his mother , who was sincerely pious according to her degree
of ftrt ** - . ? ww * M- 9 8 ^ m ^ mf l mstrtfewb-n ^ the ¥ on on rns dea th-bed acknowledged to the writer that he owed incalculable obligations . He was in the habit of reading aloud , and thus formed that clear and distinct manner of speaking which gave him such a command over his auditory am
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a preacher . His jeputation as a reader , together with a naXural seriousness of disposition , which was strengthened ty Jlis penpal of the saciped bdoks i led ^ his ianuly and neigh * hours to foretel , in one , of those
halfserious , half-jocular predictions , suggested by an evident bias of early character , which are so frequently fulfilled , that he would one day ascend the pulpit . In tqe general habit of his mind , Mr . VSdler may be said to have ^/^ am God . from his y 014 th up , J > ut there were
sea sops when his religious imDre ^ sipns , were particularly strong . He nintself , in a memorandum before us , dated August 4 , 1784 , attributes hi ^ : decided sense of religion ^ 0 t ^ e ^ ffltic- * tion , to ^ whieh we liave » lr « a ^ referred : he says , ** 1 was taken itt with the rheumatism while I wa 9
afc-Hooe" ( a little village near Battle ) " preaching . 1 was very ttouiiied " get home again , being afoot . I rejoice that rny ^ Father found rne doing the work which ] be had committed to me . 1 haitre - " great reason to be quiet under affliction of body ,- and I think thi
particularl y und ^ r s disorder ; for J . was visiteel with " this same cbmplaint about eleven ySaftf-ago ,, by means of which God was pleased to awaken my stupid -soul to such a concern for eternity as never left me ' ull ^ J had ^
tasted that he was ^ raciou s ^^ and r ^ ii ^ the illness whic * h ; I ha \ : e bad &omthat day to this , has more ot fesi b ^ n a blessing to rne . The Resent ( $ fo »^ order is very painful ; but I eari truly 9 ayv The wtU of God be dime "* At the usual age , Mr . Vidler was put to his fat her * * business , vvh | cji w ^ that of a stolie-mason and bricklayer ; a laborious employment , scarcely suited to his weak state of body . ¦ H < p devoted bUnseJf to it ^ how ^ ver , a » far as \\ is strength permitted , working . with his father long after tje conimenced preacher . 411 health only ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/1/
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