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self , as well as bis vvjfe , wras ^ penetrated with pure and sincere piety , yielded to the persuasions of his friends , and $ he young Goepp w ^ s sent to a boarding school at Strasb ^ rg . He w ^ s accompanied by the tears and the ( blessings
of a mother , who had not only watched over his infancy with -tl ^ e jtepderest solicitude , but who , fby i her . Christian life , and her simple ap 4 ^ ^ i ng manner of familiarizing h } m . with sacred history , had given rise to ( th ^ t . vivid sentiment of religion w $ hich no worldly
event , no pressing danger has been able to deaden in his mind , and which has been his consolation and delight in the evangelical miqistry to w ^ ch he was called .
It was in the month of August , 1783 , that M . Goepp exchanged the residence in the country jn which his first years had been past , for that of the city of Strasburg , He there frecmented the Gymnasium : in the seven classes of that establishment , through which he passed rapidly , he wade those acquirements that were preparatory to the hi g her studies of the University , of which he became a member at
Michaelmas , 1 / 87 . The professors of that day , under whom successively M . Goepp studied , were m&tx <> f great eminence ; of this number were Messrs . Oberlin , Lorentz , Herra , Schneider , Schweighoeusser , Blessig aud Haffner , Messieurs Oberlin , Schweighoeusser and Haffher , the two latter of whom
are still living , honoured him with their friendship and special guid ^ tyce ; ^ nd on every occasion he takes pleasure in testifying his gratitude to them . On Whit-Sunday , 1790 , M . Goepp
made his first attempt ajt preaching , jja a village near that iit which he was born ; this was followed by several other attempts in the cijty , which confirmed his inclination for fjbe pulpit , and gave some promise of future 3
Uccess . But already the Revolution hjewi burst forth ; it interrupted t ^ e peaceful occupations of M . Gojepp , as well as those of other literary men ; in fi ^ ct it nearly turned him for ever frowx his
profession . Thje young i » en , who ^ e naturall y inclined to q . life of bustle and excitement , were reqiWlWl **> eater the service of tl * e NatiwqJ Guard . The theological stucjejjts were not excused from this servjpe ; tfaer £ was a period when even their iwred afld veiie-
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. rable doctors were not exempt : \ tifa < a musket $ r pijte sm their shoulder they mounted ^ guard with their pupils » and it sometimes happened that he who
had beep the [ learner in , the momW gave instruction in the evening to ih ^ ^ professor ; tWs was the cage for some years with i \ J . Goepp , and more tfoaa once he passed the night , amid&t the nois . e and emoke of his companions in
arms , in racking a fair copy of the notes he had written during the day from the lectures of the professor , or in preparing the lessons of the follow . iBgday .
In the month of August , 1793 , appeared the law on the requisition , which called on all young Frenchmen , without distinction , from , the age of 18 to 25 , to take up arms . Strasbmg , as a fortified place and a frontier town , might indeed have claimed exemption
for its youth , who were ncjeessary to its own defence ; such a claim , however , would have been cBsregarded ; for the party then dominant in France had resolved to send away the « ob $ that they might more easily oppresa the fathers . All the theological students under 25 years of age were comprehended in this requisition . M .
Goepp , appointed captain of a company , quitted Strasburg on the 10 th of September , 1793 , to repair with hia battalion to Fort-Eouis , seven leagues below that city . Two months after , Fort ^ Louis was besieged and burnt by the Austrians , and the garrison became
prisoners of war . The officers were sent into Hungary ; there M . Goepp passed eighteen months . He was exchanged at B 41 e , in November , 1795 , after two years' imprisonment . Some theological and other literary works ,
which he had purchased in gorog through Germany , were his coasofation during this exile ; at the same time he assiduously studied the military art , not knowing whether he should ever be able to return to his first
profession ; the quitting of which , however , he h $ d not for a moment ceased to regret . On his return to France , M . Goepjp * most urgent wish was that of retiring from a profession which he had not
embraced willingly , and of returning to the studies in which he delig hted * He was fortunate enough to have bift resignation accepted ; but thip dm not prevent him from perpetual iirqtuetiwe
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268 Aii Accomt cfthe protemnt Chureb ^ m Pork .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1820, page 268, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2488/page/12/
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