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bling apoplexy . Several medical men repaired to the spat , but life was extinct . * ilis remains were interred in the bul ^ ing- groiin ^ belonging to the meeting 4 ious > J , on Thursday , the 8 th . of March . On that occasion , the Rev .
John Horsey , of Northampton , eyigaged in prayer ; the Rev . Benjaihin Edwards , of the same place * delivered the funeral oration ; and the Rev-Robert Hall , of Leicester , endeavoured to improve ^ the providential event by a suitable discourse- A considerable
number of the clergy in the vicinity , and nearly all' the Dissenting ministers of the county , attended the procession , which was rendered deeply affecting by the tears of a vast assembly , consisting of all the respectable inhabitants of the town , who felt on this
occasion that they had lost a father and a friend . * Of the personal character of Mr . Toller , it may be observed , in general , that it was marked by none of the eccentricities which are supposed to be 4 he appendages of genius , and that it consisted of a combination of
amiable and pleasing , rather than of striking qualities . Candour , in all the modes of its operation , wa $ a conspicuous feature . His tenderness in whatever concerned individual reputation was remarkable . He felt as much
solicitude about the character of the absent , as the feelings of the present ; the wanton depreciation of their intellect or their virtue gave him visible pain , and where he qould not speak favourably of either , he was silent . Having * no passion for display , lie was
never tempted to sacrifice his friend to his jest : his gayest sallies never inflicted a pang , nor occasioned a blush . He possessed a high relish for the pleasures of society . An inexhaustible fund of anecdote , which he was wont to relate with a dry and comic
humour , rendered him , in his livelier momenta , a most fascinating companion . A great versatility of features combined with much power of imitation to give a peculiar poignance to the different incidents of his story . His imitations , however , were specific ,
not individual . "Speak evil of no man , " is an injunction of which he '• *» ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - !»— T "! M - I - , ^ -,.,,. J . ... , | ...,, , ... y . . . — -it- - > \ - "' - v - ¦ ¦ " -i ¦ - " * * Mom Repost XVI , 181 ,
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never lost sight ; and , without assuming ! jtlie severity df reproof , he well knew how by an exj ^ ressiv ^ silence to mark his aversion to scandal . He was an ardent lover of peace ; and feu ? men have been equally $ istin £ uishetl
by an unaffected sweetness and serenity of temper . Deeply convinced of the vanity and imperfection of the present state , he was hutch of a practical philosopher ; yielding where resistance was unavailing , and beguiling the sorrows which he coulcLnot remove . He
exhibited the most decided indications of piety . Devotion appearesd to be his habitual element . Seldom has religion presented more of the lovely and attractive than in the character of Mr . Toller : if it did not inflame him
With tlie zeal whiclj rnarkfcd mare actice and enterprising spirits , it melted him into love , clothed him with humility , and decked him , in an eminent degree , with " the ornaments of a meek and quiet spirit . "
With such habits of temper and deportment , it was impossible that he should not fulfil to great advantage the duties of domestic life , and signally enjoy its comforts . It was not his practice to devote much of his time to ministerial visits .
In justification of this part of his conduct , he was accustomed to quote the apostolic injunction , * ¦ ' ¦ Is any sick among * you ? let him call for the elders of the church , " &c . He ppssessed ,
or fancied he possessed , little talent for the ordinary topics of religious conversation ; and his extreme aversion to the ostentation of spirituality * rendered him somewhat reluctant to
engage in those recitals of Christian experience , in whicU many professors so much delight . There adhered to his natural disposition a delicacy and reserve , which rendered it impossible for him to disclose , except in the most confidential intercourse , the se ~ cret movements and aspirations of his heart towards the best of Beings .
Of societies formed for the propagation of Christianity in foreign parts he was more disposed to admire the zeal that animated the exertions thaki to anticipate the success ; ' haying entertained an opinion , tHat tjie final triumph of the gospel over Paganism was destined to be effected by the renewal of those miraculous gifts wWc ] U
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fiemew . —Memoir of the Rev . T . N . Toller . 177
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1824, page 177, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2522/page/49/
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