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i * g . In Cornwall and other counties where the Methodists have made wonderful progress by what are caUed their Class-Meetings / some clergymen encourage social meetings of the well-disposed , for reading the Scriptures and
prayers * and find them very useful in perpetuating the attachment of the people to the Church . At Oakbampton , where I was last Sunday , I was much gratified with another judicious improvement . After reading the prayers in the afternoon , the minister continued in the
desk , and when the psalm had been sung , he expounded a few verses in the Epistle to the Hebrews , in a very sensible manner , without the formality of a sermon , which I < understand is his regular practice during the winter months . It is allowed ou all hands , that expounding the whole ,
or part of a chapter in the Bible , was the primitive mode of preaching ; and nothing can be more acceptable to the common people than a plain explanation of the Scriptures ; learned disquisitions they hare not ability to understand . I
ought to have stated , that a few worthy clergymen expound in the poor-houses of their parishes , and at their own houses , on Sunday evenings . Every thing of this kind is very commendable , and I cannot see why clergymen should consider them-
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With respect to the design and the execution of the Monument , I wish to add , for the information of distant subscribers , and in justice to the artist , that the only sentiments I have heard expressed , have been unequivocally those of admiration and entire satisfaction . Mr . Chantrey has rendered the Monument highly interesting
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selves restricted from adopting prudently such measures as hare an . evident tendency to the salvation of their parishioners and the general good . Still we want the aid of the Convocation to put the Church at large into some little
competition with the Dissenters , by regenerating the whole of the Book of Common Prayer , and administration of the sacraments of the Church of England . I hope this will not be delayed for ever . " I am yours sincerely ^ " GNOTHOS . " Launceston , Dec . 19 , 1820 . "
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and valuable , by introducing a Medallion , containing a profile likeness of the subject in bass-relief , which , in the opinion of several of his most intimate mends , is considered as bearing a very strong resemblance . I beg leave further to state , that , in addition to the subscriptions reported in November , 1818 , amounting to
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Halifaw , Sir , January 16 , 1 . 821 . BEG leave to announce through I the medium of your publication , that the proposed Monument to the memory of the late Dr . Thomson having been completed by F . L . Chantrey , Esq ., R . A ., was erected about three months since , in the North Gate-End Chapel , Halifax , conformably to the resolution of the Committee .
As it will doubtless be gratifying to the friends of the deceased to see the Inscription that has been adopted , I subjoin a copy of it for their satisfaction .
TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN THOMSON , M . D . BORN AT KEN DAL , AUG . 16 , IJ 83-AFTER A RESIDENCE OF NINE YEARS IN THIS TOWN , HE REMOVED TO LEEDS , AUG . 1817-WHERE HE DIED , MAY 18 , 1818 . AGED 35 YEARS . IN TESTIMONY OF PUBLIC RESPECT FOR GREAT TALENTS IMPROVED BY EXTENSIVE LEARNING , AND EMPLOYED IN THE FAITHFUL DISCHARGE OF DUTY BOTH TO GOD AND MAN ; FOR UNWEARIED ACTIVITY IN THE EXERCISE OF AN USEFUL AND HONOURABLE PROFESSION
. WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RICH OR POOR ; FOR ENLIGHTENED ZEAL TO PROMOTE THE PURITY OF CHRISTIAN FAITH , AND ESPECIALLY THE PURITY OF CHRISTIAN PRACTICE ; FOR ANIMATED ELpQUENCE ALWAYS READY IN THE SUPPORT OF PLANS OF ACTIVE BENEVOLENCE , OF SEMINARIES OF USEFUL LEARNING , AND OF THE PRINCIPLES OF RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL LIBERTY ; THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS OF NUMEROUS FRIENDS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE KINGDOM .
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24 Monument to Dr . Thomson .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1821, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2496/page/24/
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