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county , A scrupulous obedience to the Divine commands , and the keeping a conscience void of offence towards God and man , were the rules that regulated his life . His ieligion was without bigotry , and his piety without enthusiasm . As
his sentiments were distinguished by candour , freedom and liberality , he was a firm and decided advocate for the exercise of private judgment in matters of religion , and on points of doubtful
disputation . * Of a humane and benevolent disposition , he performed , without ostentation , many generous and charitable actions ( particularly to the family with which he resided ) that would have dignified a more ample fortune .
In his intercourse with others , his manners were mild and humble , friendly and unassuming ; yet his humility was without meanness , and his friendship without dissimulation : these qualities , therefore , ensured him the respect and esteem of his acquaintance . Naturally of a shy and timid disposition , the tenor
* In corroboration of these remarks on his character , I have extracted from < c The Monthly Repository of Theology / 3 &c . II . 336 , the following conversation which passed between Mr . Haynes and the Rev . Samuel Say Toms , of Framlingham , as detailed by the latter
gentleman . — " Some years since , " says Mr . Toms , " visiting at a friend ' s house near to Witnesham , Mr . Haynes ' s present residence , I met the old gentleman , and entering into conversation , I mentioned that I had often heard my mother speak of a clergyman of his name at Elmset :
he replied , * He was my father ; ' and of Mr , Hopton Haynes ; * Yes , he was my grandfather ; ' and said , his writings were very differently thought of now from what they were at their first publication , and some years after . They are now in high repute with many , as giving a just and
rational interpretation of the Scripture doctrine concerning Jesus Christ . There were warm contenders on both sides of the question . It became every one to examine and think for himself , and speak and act from conviction ; but some were of opinion , that religion was a plain ,
simple thing , and that it was of more importance to insist on it practically , than to enter upon the minutiae of controversy . < He hath shewn thee , O man , what is good , and what , ' &c . ' Thou shalt love the Lord thy God , * &c . ' The
grace of God , which bringeth salvation , had appeared unto all men , teaching , ' &c . On these things hang all the law and the prophets , and those persons think they best preach Christ , who Jay the main stress on them . "
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of his life was retired : he mingled but little in promiscuous company , exce pting at particular periods , when he was the life and soul of the party in which he joined . The powers of his memory were great and in the highest degree retentive ; and
whatever had pleased or interested him either in the perusal of books or the remarks and observations of others , he made his own entirely , and could bring forth his stores , as occasion offered , with the greatest effect . In history and geography , his knowledge was extensive and his recollection of names , dates and
places , truly surprising . The writer of this brief Memoir , who revered his character , and who has been often gratified in his society , heard him , when at the advanced age of seventy-six , repeat without hesitation , the regular succession
of our English Monarchs , with the precise year and month of their accession to the throne , as well as the day and year of their decease ; and , what is more surprising , this stretch of memory was followed by a similar recital of the Roman Emperors .
He possessed a strong vein of pleasantry , and a considerable share of humour ; and to a pun was by no means an enemy . In all parties , where the company accorded with his taste and
inclination , his conversation was animated and amusing ; teeming with repartee , and pointed with wit ; enriched by anecdote , and enlivened by story . His recitations of passages from various authors , whether serious or humorous , were given on tner serious or numorouswere given on
, such occasions with great taste and spirit ; and will be long remembered by those who have ever had the pleasure of hearing him . Many pleasing anecdotes respecting him are in the recollection of his friends , to whom his attractive qualities had long endeared him , and whom he had entertained with as many good puns as had ever emanated from . he
most celebrated wits of the day . Mr . Haynes departed this life April the 17 th , in the 83 rd year of his age , in the full enjoyment of his faculties , and of a tolerable share of health , even to the last . At his particular request , his remains were conveyed to Elmsethis native
vil-, lage , and interred in the churchyard of that parish , under a tree which he had specified ; having always strongly decried the indecency of interment in churches , wisely observing , that " the Church w& intended for the living , and its yard for 1
the dead . * Mr . Haynes was a bachelor ; and «« niece , Charlotte Catherine Anne , the sole daughter and heiress of his elder brothei , Samuel Haynes , Esq ., was marrie d , J » -
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308 Obituary . — Rev . Charles Mem Hayn e * .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1822, page 308, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2512/page/52/
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