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gi&m WM % ^ s j&&mt e & \ &sfe jsqx& ~ be&k ^ vfeu ^ h& sp&s habiifcilJiag fci ^ w-pleadedv and « & © 5 # feaiifaib £ i entered his pre-H $ pkaH $ « © omiaomy defused cheerfulness || po |* gfr <) iH ^ lie whol e circle . He was : ^§ &ld of chikt * eov and on entering a ^ tll&m . where vthey-. wejce immediately e&ftracted them to his knee * His heart was soon ? -af&eted b ^? an y tale of djs-&es % - and in an early period of his * 4 sideiace in London he was much
injposed on by persons affecting an equal degree of distress and of religion ; ^ n such case ^ he so metimes gave away all the raonef that he possessed i * yet if he suspected fmud no one expressed
quicker or stronger indignation . His bodily make , tall and upright ; his step , regular and firm ; and his countenance , open and unvarying , indicated great courage . Mr . Teulon , whose coinmunicalions we have before
referred to , says of him that ' * he was a friaff ~ to whorofear seemed unknown *" ' It * short r his " was the old English chaise tcr , mellowed and refined by the gospel . r As a preacher he excelled chiefly in i ^ ehgth of reasoning * simplicity and ipetspicuity of style and an open , manly eteemion . His voice was clear and
4 irorig , his look penetrating * his attitude erect ioid self-possessed and his person dignified . He would so m ^ - 4 « 3 nes indulge in the pulpit an ironical — — —— - i _ . . _ _ ¦ ' .
* A man . of notorious bad character , vhose name was Jewel , and who sometime ? attended ! Parliament Court Chapel , being ill « ent for Mr . Vidler , who was go affected with the si ^ ht of the distress of biro and Bis family , that not having as he thought money enough to relieve them , he went for
the first time in his life to a pawnbroker ' s shop , and raised upon his watch as much as be wanted for the sqpply of their necessities . The return which Jewel made for Mr . Vidler ' s extravagant charity was waylaying him , with intent to rob him , one dark night , a $ he was going across ! the $ elds to Bitthnal Green : the ungrateful wretch was hindered in his purpose , as lie afterwards confessed , by Mr- Vidler ' s miambltnir as he crossed a plank orer a
ffifh U < 1 striking the board with tbe t > r&w e ^ Qfms umbrella tp save himself wbich ^ V * ret mistook for the knocking of a piitblwad Mlaost a style , and sut > po * fat £ himself P ^ xttered ran awny . His crtiW ^ % rotig « lt ^ fts tiBfertippy creature to nn v&Hfatiti&' & ' ** fS&&&lm £ tor& many yeat » ago .
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-twa ei - # ygjWP JB ^ wt ^ jMi we ^ m in a great measure m ^» e l ^ aguage . ^ T Scripture , and this o&ea . fav %$ fmiB& 0 ' } interesting a ^ pearatice of solemnity . Of the merits of his pulpit seFvices we must judge by * their effects $ and in
this point of view a Jvigh raok naMgt be allotted to him ^ nongst popu lar divines , for tljere litave b ^ en fesp preachers who have been able $ & make upon tlie minds of an auditorTi
so deep an impression , not ot rfeeimg merel y bvit of knowledge-and tr ^ b . * Mr . Vidler wrote and ptfblisliea ) & » tie : besides editions of Paul $ iq $ Pvlk * f Everlasting Gospel , Winchester ' $ ~ j . J $ 20 t loguesy with Notes , and the Tmql ittfT the , TViinesses ; a Preface to IZeudotigp Offend ed * in Answer to Paine ' s AtiK
of Reason ; and the Unweisalmt $ \ Jw& cellany % \ h its various forms ^ t ^ ie f ollow ing publication& are aii ^ jthp ^ ieaja ^> e . 4 raced to him : viz . , - ; , ? j . The Designs of the ^ eatb of 'CiyrUi ; a Sermon , deliyereik . 4 © jOc * -
tot ^ Tj ' 1794 $ j& P $ t } i * mf&& l ( litnrt Chaptd , ^ rtftlgry JUane ^ Lsbsopsgai " ^ % reet . avo J 70 £ - ¦ - ¦ -. j 0 . A Letfer to Ityr . S . B ^ bvirn and &H the Methodist Tjfr&&m $ m % Knaland . ( SoMai 4 tt , ) / r
3 . A Tesunaony of Resnept M -J ^ f Memory of Eyianan Wmc ^ ea ^^ Preaetier ol , tbe % ft ^ fr ^ ||^ e $ tqcatipn f *\ rhQ died at Ji ^ rtford y -ip Ain « 5 rLca , Apr il 18 * 1797 , ag ^ i 40 ^ 1 ^ J % in « th ^ Substa , jaae of a Discourse-d li \ er ^ 3 at Pariiaruent Covarl , i ^ hapel , J ^ ixe | 6 > 1 797- Sy % ( Soi ^ ^ ^ , ) ^ 4 . A Skkch of ^ ie Life ot EShanan of the
Winchester ^ P reacher Uniyersal Restoration , w ? ith a Review of , || is Writings , dvo . j > pw l ^ B . 1797 , 5 . ¦ God ' s J ^ o ve to his . Creatures Asserted and Viadi «? k ^ ed ; being a
Reply to the " Sl ^^ lured upon an Address to Candid and Serious Men . " 8 vo . 1 799- « 6 . Letters to l ^ Ec- Ftilter Q ^ tfee Universal R «» U > ration ^ with a St ^ to * ment ; of Pacts attepdjEng that Qqtfifti' ^ ver « yx an 4 ew ^ e Strictures oa Sa ^ latoftVReviftwu * vo > pp . 18 O . 1803 ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1817, page 200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2463/page/8/
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