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REVIEW.. ¦•* Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame."—Popk.
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A Memoir of the Rev . T . iV . Toller . fey Robert Hall * A . M . London , Published by Holds worth . 8 vo . Pp . 71 . 1824 . THIS Memoir is prefixed to a posthumous volume of Mr . Toller ' s Sermons , which we hope to notice in some future number . A
biographical narrative , having such a subject , and proceeding from such an author , rnaj f well be considered as meriting a , distinct review . Thomas Nortkcote , son of John and Mary , Toller , was born at South Petherton , in Somersetshire , in the
year 1756 - Both his parents were year 1 / 56 , Jttoth his parents were eminently pious : and , like many Christians , and Christian ministers , of high , attainments , he always thought himself indebted , under God , for his first religious impressions , to the tender solicitude of his mother for the
promotion of his eternal welfare . At the early a # e of fifteen , he was sent to the academy at Daventry , in Northamptonshire : here he passed five years ; four of them , under the tuition of Dr . Ashworth—the last , under that of Mr . Robins . * He began to
supply on October 1 , 1775 , a Dissenting congregation at Ketterin < p and his services proved so acceptable , after repeated visits , that he was invited to take up his permanent residence with them ; with which
invitation he complied in June of the ensuing year , and was ordained pastor , May 28 , 1778 . On this office , the weight and responsibility of which were not a little increased by some dissensions among the people for a short time before his visits to
Kettering , he entered with fear and trembling , and with that unfeigned distrust of his own sufficiency , and heartfelt conviction of the importance of his charge , which are the surest omen of success . Little variety must be looked for in
* Mon . Repos . Vol . XVII . 196 , 198 . XVIII . 605 . Mr . Robins was successor to Dr . Ash worth , as theological tutor at Daventry ; not his " assistant . " Mon . Repos .- V . 362 , &c .
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the subsequent sketch of Mr . Teller's life . As he seldom travelled , or mingled in the scenes of public business , as his habits were domestic , and his disposition retired , years glided away without presenting an occurrence of sufficient magnitude to entitle it to a
permanent record . Through a long series of years , he persevered in the exemplary discharge of his spiritual functions , among a people , wKl > iw proportion as bis talents unfolded themselves , regarded him with increasing love and veneration , as well
on account of his ministerial qualifications , as his amiable , prudent and consistent deportment . In the year 1793 , he entered into the married state with Miss Elizabeth Gale , of Granford , in the neighbourhood of Kettering . By this lady he had two children , John , who died ia
his infancy , and Thomas , who still survives him , and , under the most pleasing auspices , succeeds his father in the pastoral office . This happy union was of short duration . Not long after the birth of her second
child . Mrs . Toller betraved svmDtoms . child , Mrs . Toller betrayed symptoms , of consumption , arid , after a lingering illness * expired on the 15 th of September , 1796 . For some time previously to this event , the health of Mr . Toiler
himself had been much impaired : and serious apprehensions were entertained of his being far advanced in a decline . By an excursion to Cambridge , hawever , in the course of which he met with the most flattering attentions from all quarters , his spirits were revived , and from that time the
indications of disease graduall y vanished . He continued a widower till the year 1803 , when he took for his second wife Elizabeth , the eldest daughter of Mr . William Wilkinson , of Northampton : by her he had five sons , all of whom , together with their mother , survive him . * '
In the year 1799 , the congregation assembling in Carter Lane , Doctors * Commons , London , under the pastoral care of the Rev . ThoniasTayler , wanting a supply for one part of the day , applied to Mr . Toller , and offered
Review.. ¦•* Still Pleased To Praise, Yet Not Afraid To Blame."—Popk.
REVIEW . . ¦•* Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame . "—Popk .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1824, page 175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2522/page/47/
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