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1824 . / Vpril 24 , at his house , Pentonville , Mr . John Fuller , aged 73 . He was a native of Kent , and at an early age was seriously impressed with the importance of religion . He was brought up in the profession of Calvinism , and
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while an apprentice at Seven-Oaks , in Kent , became a member of a Calvinist Baptist Church in that town . He was then , however , of a very independent mind , and thought it his duty , on all religious subjects , to judge for himself .
The study of the Scriptures was his delight . The statutes of the Lord were the men of his counsel . Soon after he had joined that church , the minister * preached a sermon in defence of the doctrine of the Trinity : our friend , not having
studied the subject , heard him with great attention , and in his Bible doubled down every passage he referred to in its support , which he afterwards carefully examined and compared with other passages of Scripture : this not affording him satisfaction , he obtained leave of his
master one evening in the week to pay Mr . Bligh a visit , with the view of conversing with him on the subject , but he soon found that , upon that subject , he was not a very agreeable visitor . Amongst other arguments in proof of the doctrine ,
Mr . B . urged the plural form of the Hebrew word Elohirn , which in our Bibles is rendered God , as a proof that there was a trinity of persons in the Godhead , and that that term was distinctly and separately applied to the Son and to the
Holy Spirit , as well as to the Father ; to which our friend replied , that if that were the meaning of the word , as applied to each , it would necessarily follow that instead of three there would be nine persons in the Godhead . Mr . Bligh soon became impatient and very angry that
his judgment should be called in question , and severely rebuked . him , telling him that it did not become such a young man as he was to pry into mysteries which he could not comprehend , and that he ought to submit to the instructions of his pastor , who must be supposed to
understand those things better than he could be supposed to understand them , and warning him of the danger of such speculations leading him into damnable and destructive heresies : to which , he
replied , that he considered religion a personal concern , which required him to exercise his own understanding and judgment , and to follow the conviction of his own mind , and that he himself . must be accountable for his own actions at the
day of judgment , and not another . The consequence of this conversation was a violent attack upon him and his senti-? A Mr . Bligh .
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1823 . Nov . 21 , at Long Branch , New Jersey , the residence of his son-in-Jaw , Mr . William Reushaw , late of Philadelphia , the Rev . William Christie , in the 74 th year of his age . * Few men have possessed the talent of
* A Memoir of Mr . Christie was given in Mow . Repos . Vol . VI . pp . 193—201 .
expressing themselves with greater clearness and strength of language than Mr . Christie ; and what was not a little remarkable , his memory did not appear to be impaired in his latter years . It was faithful , even as regarded the most
minute particulars . No man could be more inflexible in his adherence to what he deemed the cause of truth , and to the principles of integrity , as applicable to the duties of social life . It was much to be lamented , that his habits were so much those of a recluse ! but it was
easily to be perceived by those who knew him , that he was by no means wanting in many of the best qualities of the heart . His manners , by their peculiarity , seemed to unfit him for social intercourse ; and he appeared to desire privacy rather than
a free commerce with society ; yet when engaged in conversation , it was at ouce pleasant and improving to listen to him , A Christian from principle and conviction , he was in the habit of acknowledging God in all his ways , and of referring all his concerns to the Divine disposal ; thus , notwithstanding many severe trials and reverses , he always maintained that the ways of heaven were just and wise and good . His strength , for a considerable time , had been declining , but his
last illness was only of two days' contiuuance ; during which he was often heard to speak in the most grateful terms of the kindness of his relatives , and to implore on them , and on their young family , the choicest blessings of the
Father of mercies . He might , therefore , be said to have died in the exercise of benevolent feelings , and in the expression of devotional language ; a suitable preparation for the society of the just made perfect , and the regions of peace aud love .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1824, page 363, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2525/page/43/
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