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s || m } with some , whose . religious * , senti * Clients were very much at variance with his own : ancl sucti were his conciliatory and engaging manners that every acquaintance became a ifrieiido And though he never
comsealed hi ? religious principles , bmt ^ vowed them upon every proper occasion In the sBost open manner , and defepded them with great animation ^ yet siich was the goodness of his heart and the courtesy of his behaviour that
he never gave offence : nor did a difference in religious speculations ever create the least shyness in social intercourse . His youthful appearance sometimes excited a prejudice against him : but this soon wore otf with
those who had opportunities of conversing freely with him \ for with , a youthful countenance he possessed a manly understanding and a matured judgmento His niorals were perfectly correct * and His virtue unsullied with a stain *
With all the gaiety of his lieart and tfee vivacity of his qaarjner , no expression bordering upon indecency , indelicacy or profaneness , ever escaped from his lips . His regard to truth and honour was sterp and inviolable : nor could he restrain his indignation when he saw what he
conceivecl to be the least approach to an infringement of these sacred principles in any who called themselves his frierjds * And upon such occasions as th £ se , 9 s well as upon any ether when ho thought it necessary , he would administer rebuke with a gravity and digqity which were highly Impressive $ nd generally efficacious .
The virtues of his character were founded upon the piety of his principles * His faith in the Diyine existence wags the result of rational conviction , ^ r id it was firm and up ? t ? averijtig . His conceptions of the Divine character and government were just and
sublime , encouraging and practical . They produce ^ in his mind an habitual awe of"the Diyine Majesty * wbich iyas apparent in the deep solemnity of his public adclr ^ sjses to the Supreme
B ^ ipgv He had thought pjucU upon the subject of the Christian religiop . Ije had stu died the evidences of diyjbpjB ireyeJaLtibp , t > otfr e ^ tejy ^ l # ] ad ift-| e * nal , witft gvpd attp ^ % p . " . JfeVpfflw ? 1 ^* $ > $ m w »»» fete ? y 5 am mtk
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ih < p most- delibeicafee and inihe ^ it ^ tiiig conviction ^ he submitted to Jesus as his Master , and bowed to his authority as a teacher sent from God to reveal the doctrine of eternal life .
He ; had paid uncommon attention to the great controversy of the age concerning the person of Christ : and after very serious and diligent inquiry he attained a clear conviction of the simple humanity of Jesus Christ . But while he regarded him , in respect
to his nature , as in all respects like unto his brethren , he at the same time viewed his character with the profoundest reverence and veneration as the gi : eatej § t of the prophets of Go < J « It was also his wish , to the best of his abilities , by calm reasoning and gentle
persuasion , to contribute his part towards reclaiming the Christian world from the gross errors in which it has beea so long involved upon this and other important subjects . But though pppositior * to aotiehristian errors is an important duty , it did Bot , in the judgment of this estimable yoatig
marij , constitute the whole or e ; vejn the principal part of the work of a Chris ^ tian minister * He regarded the doctrine of Christ chiefly as a practical principle 5 as the great message of God to man enforcing the praqtice of unir versal virtue by the awful " sanctions of a life to come . As such he felt it in
his own mind ; and as such it was his ( Jes ^ re to inculcate and urge it upoii tljioge who might attend upon his ministry . This he plainly evinced ] by t&e last discourses which lie composed for the pulpit ; both of which will * I trust , be shortly communicated to the public- And it was the great object of his virtuous ambition to devote his
best powers through life to this important service . Thus eminently qualified beyond the common lot of his brethren for distinguished usefulness , it was in his heart to build a house to the name of
his God : and he did well that it ~ wa $ in his heart . It was his wish to be useful in the church of Christ ; to instruct his fellow-mortals in truth , in piety and in virtue . And it was an
honourable design 5 as acceptable in the sight of him to whom the heart was known , and the life was devoted ^ as if the offer had been accepted , apcl the desire fulfilled to its utmost extent *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1818, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2472/page/3/
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