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last , at the Hyde , near \ Jpton , the residence of his son-in-law , James , Skey , Esq ., and was buried in the family . vault . ** St . f bijip ^ ChMrch ,
Birmingham , on 3 rd February j but very fevpr of his former ftrieiids survived to attend him to the grave * February | £ » 1818 . t . r :
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tious discharge of his duties as a chri ^ tian minister . These he afcwa ^ fc con - sidered ajs of tii < e first iinportance \ and as such he would iipt altpw h \
iiiself to perform them with carelessness or indifference . Indeed , his talents apd character as a minister of religion were so highly and justly appreciated * that he was frequently sounded oni behalf of congregations who were
without ministers , as to his disposition respecting a change of situation : t ^ ut his modesty always led him to dis * trust his fitness for undertaking any more weighty charge \ and his con- * tented , unambitious ten * per ,, forbad ^ the desire of change .
Following the order offline * it may here be observed that , aa a scholar Mr . Astley ' s attainments \ ve * e held in such great estimation , that , in the year 1779 , he was strongly solicited to accept the classical professorship in the academy at Warringtpn . T ^ ej
invitation of a " Special Geperajt Meeting of the Trustees of th £ C § £ lege" to fill this department , vyt& $ con ^ municated to him by T . ; B . B ^ a yJ ^ y and T . C . Worsley , Esqrs ^ $ s " thje general and heart y wish of the ¥ **** tees ; " accompanied by expression ^ of the warmest approbation on tfee
part of the two other tutors , J 5 ^ j . Aikiu and En field , and by assurances of their cordial friendship , assistance and support . But though this invita ^ lion was given in the most gratifying manner , his great diffidence , toge ^ er with some domestic con $ iderati , ons induced him more than oi ^ ce to declin e
it . Mr . Astley continued to reside a $ Dronfield , till the spring of 1794 , when the cares attendant upon a ^ increasing family , together with thje
discharge of his professional engagements , induced him to relinquish ^ boarding school , and to reside again in Chesterfield . His design no \ v ^ s to have limited his attention , a& stti instructor of youth , tQ his own ch £ f-
dren : but the solicitations of the oa « renU oif some few of his pupils wl ^ had not finished the intended course of education under his care ^ preyc ^ fecl with him to retain them ii > r a year or
two longer ; and tne reqMest of othe ^ fiends in Ch ^ rftplrf lUi ^ edn JSm iq rieceiye Urtder his ^ care a few jyo »^ ig § entlemen as d ^ y-scholars . He s ^ £ oni , and never f ¥ pm choice , had more
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Memoir of the late JRev > Thorpe Astley . Ji 5 '
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Memoir of the fate Rev , Thomas Asiley . [ Concluded from p . 85 . ] SQON ^ after his removal to Chesterfield , Mr . Astley engaged in the education of young gentlemen , whom he received into his house as hoarders . For the fulfilment of the duties of
this very arduous and deeply responsible occupation , he was admirably qualified by the extensiveness and solidity of his acquirements ; and especially by the happy manner he had of
communicating instruction , together with the great amiableness of his temper . His services in this capacity were highly valued , anxiously sought after * and are affectionately remembered .
la December , 1775 , Mr * Astley raarrkd Phebe the only daughter of Josepli Wilkinson , Esq ., of Bindinghai » . * By fee * hfc haa five sons ancj foy ? daughters : vnd n ^ ever were the pious fortitude an , d resignation of the true Christian more strikingly
manifested , than iu the eiemptery manner in which he i ^ u ^ aioed th ^ t great trial * th $ loss of children . Two of his children , a son and daughter , died in th ^ ir childhood ; and t \ vo others , a son and daughter * died , the former 3 ged %% years , the latter fit the age of
III the spring of the year 1777 , circumstances , connected with the increasing reputation qf his school , rendered it expedii ^ pt for h \ m to ren ^ ove tq Dronfield , a village about / ive miles distant fron ^ i his cangregatiaii . The inconvenience , however , which necessarily attended \^ resitliqg so for from hN prof ^ sJQnfJ eng ^ ei ^^ utn , was not permitted hy km fa prevent the faithful an $
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/3/
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