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re * ti did jm «; Resign Jam ^ WKfiOVr nistrjr , fror endeavour to * cultivate the taste for study which ^ appeared i $ him at a very early age y they c ^ ntint ^ themselves with fosteti ^ his pio $ & disposition , which , in theitfcyes , was
all that is essential to man . The young pupil was so distinguished for love of study and aptitude for the sciences , that his schoolmaster ijras accustomed to call hijn the nuriister of Chareatpn . The religious zeal of his to
family fed them ^ sometimes afford an asylum to thfc pastors , who , not being aWc ? to occupy any fixejj dwelling , were compelled to wandejr from house to house , and more frequently
to seek refuge among the woods and the rocks . One of these ministers of t %$ desert , ( so called , bec&usethey in fact lived and performed ^ their ministry in deserts , ) having Men welcomed into the house of Rabaut , thought he
perceived in the youth the disposition of an apostle , and he _ was not mistaken ; for , ' since the days $ F the apostles no man ever possessed'more of their spirit than he . The pastor invited him to
enter the ministry , which amongst the Reformed had at that time no other recompense to offer than a wandei ^ g life , anxiety , suffering and martyrdom . Young Rabaut was but sixteen ye ^ rs old , and . hjg preliminary studies had not been sufficiently profound ; yet he felt himself called to the profession .
and from that moment ^ ev ^ ted his powers to it with astonisM ^ atrdoiir : he" abandoned , with no other iregrtet than that which filial tenderliess inspired , the tranquil sweets of the paternal abode , to brave the dangers of
a fugitive and proscribed state . He wished to begin a more regular course p |* Stiidy ; but the continual agitations to whi ^ h he was exposed , and the precautions he was obliged to take , rendered this laborious and even
inkpossible ; for $ ie persecution was so barbarous ^ ndMnsparing , that every mjuonster . who coxilq be seized was led to tl \ e gallows . Unable Ja remain many days successively in the same house , ^ rid frequenting only , remote cottages , R 9 . bavit possessed no nieains of iijdi-PJf ^^ Wg himself in the learniiW peculiar t ^ ii wofessi ^ n . The neepfUfj Mooks M ^ fc ^ gp ^^ y - WQt ^ mMJbp tit wr n ^ P ^ ^ - K ¥ . ^> wiw ^ K ^ 00 fM ** $% ? 9 & mstWCfon prdpx
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the qjugj&iep * $¥$% k ^^ W ^^^ ed , who had not himself studied deeply . Whilst going from house to House among his hospitable friend ? , the sub ^ ject of our narra . t ; ive met with i £ youiig lady at Nime ^ s ^ ho tad the courage willingly to share \ m fate and partake
of ms-daaigers ; and the house from which J h ^ received L thi ^ beloved wife w ^§ a ^ We vw #$ many tin ^ s pre . seifvcyi ! p 3 |^ life . He was only a student at the time of his marriage , and he felt that , to render himself more worthy of t ^ k ordination to be conferred by the
ijoiposition ^ haiids , it was necessary tot perfect Mao ^ lf in the ^ tudy of theology : for that purpose he went to Lausanne , and after some ^ time , he was inyested ivith the title p | minister of ^^ Pteg ^ lii- ¦ ^ of
The dreadful fat ^ a great number of ministers in Friance did not deter Rabaut from coming back into his , country . He settled at Nimes on his return . He soon distinguished himself so much that people flocked from all parts to hear his preaching . A sonorous voice
and distinct pronounciatio $ enabled him to be heard at a great distance ia the open air , by an auditory which wa ^ always numerous , and sometimes com- ^ posed-Of ten ortwelve thousandsHJs
, ^ . sermons \ ye ^ e i ** hi ® r ^^^ . ^^ As abundant zeal and pui-e morality , th ^ n for jrjletorical ornaments , or for a display of erudition that was not req ^ red
by his subject ; but he possessefi . the erudition most essential to his ejtfjing , —a profound knowl ^ jjge of the Holy Scriptjir ^ s . H | s eloquence was joH the best Jcwid , the eloqwc ^ ce of the heart ; andm ihat Slorie he fredu ^ nWv Wilted
all his auditors into tears . But it w ^ in prayer that | iis qhief ^^ lle ^ e tyy ; no pn ^ ever , addressed tKe Divine Beiig vyith more hupaility , fervour and , ^ bc : tioijij he n $ v ^ failed to t ouch thej ^ eart and elevate the qouI : he had also the
happiest talent fpy ; exhorting the sick and ih $ dyipg , | te succeeded at length g ^^^ ^^^ f ^ W thou ^ th ^ B ^ Im $ , . ^ tf . p £$ m mm 9 who , m evw ^ & ^ , j ^| t \ tfgp ** wk fh ?^ m \ $ * m ^ m vmww > ^^^ M ^^ fiftBW ^ fe ^ TO ^^
who / r ^ qW |» ppe 4 fifflg ' ^ m the means ox ei £ ectin ^ r a reconcl- iation , Or OIL , OtllC ^/ o BUDiejCltS . i CAlCliUll € N 3 i . * O . * * . <• - * Tti ^^ F ^ y ^^^^^^^^ X ! Sp ^^* wP ^*^ i' ¦ ^^ * r » n xtfl ^^^^ uff lS Vi" * i ^^ Btwffl ^ r ^^ ^^ tv ^ i ^^ if S ' y ^^ jWWW ^ ff ^ iRPi *^^ l r \> v " * * 1 ¦ '; . > 7
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" 130 biographical & $ M $% of Pa $ l Rabaul *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 130, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/2/
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