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Dr . ( tteu Mr . ) Prie st ley , ajfc Niiiup ^ wicb , Having completed Kls ^ c ^ demicaJ ^ eH tian at &xeta £ ,, ifier a isw ^ eVrs ' , Eesi * de&ce at Liverpool as the ininieier of the society then asseanbling ai Bep ' & Gardeu , he was chosen a minister of the
Presbyterian Congregation , Eustace Street , Dublin * My father was the eecoud sou * In 1758 , he was put to school to Mr * Akers , of Hindolvestort , under * vho « Q care he acquired many of those requisites which so eminently fitted friiu tat a man of business . One reason for my
grand father ' s placing him there was , that lie aright regularly attend Dissent wag worship at the neighbouring meeting hi Guestwick , where the Jiev . John Godwin then preached . The celebrated author of " Political Justice" was . this gentteman ' s son , and was ray father ' s school * fellow * In the same year , the Rev . John
Hoyle was elected to the < mr& of ? th& congregation at Norwich , as snece ^ ar to Dr « Taylor , who surged his renioml to Warriagton but three yearn . He dhd March 5 ,-1761 , aud was buried aidiowbetat . His sou died the followitig year . Oa this event I find the-fallowing-record among my father ' s papers s •> . ....
' < Aug . 7 , 1762 . Ob this day I lost my twceellent father , 1 was thea twelve years-old , and at school at Uindolvestoo-. Young as I was , his death made a deep aud la&ting inipiessiort upon me , for I loved nud hoikoaired him greatly . He possessed , far an eminent degree , the art of gaining the affections of his children .
He was a good scholar , cheerful in conveirsation , warm in his affections , upright in his dealings , and devout without austerity in his religion . In his business he was singularly ingenious : success was not his lot , hut the most perfect subinission was his prime virtue . Tortured by a istane fixed in his kidneys , he bowed
w ^ fch man ly composure to the will of God , and in his lat > t moments called his wife , his children and his friends to receive his dying regards and admonitions , and to see how a Christian could triumph over d « aih . I shall ever regret that I
lost the advantage of such a scene * He was 42 years old . By his death the congregation at the Octagou Chapel lost a most valuable member . He engaged much in superintending its erection , and most of its aecular concerns were placed under his manage mem . "
Ae ~ Michaetttia&' my father was removed frotaa school Iti order to assist his mother in eat ryiug on her business . In 1765 , he wdS appreirtlcfcd to Mes «? rs ^ Martin and WUigfiVltl , tnrtunfiictHren * 4 h Norwich . ltrf&ifrjttifa uai ^^ Mir . 0 avld M ^ wifi ^ aif , diod at the age of 42 . Thus were these
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similar exaiaplejs ^ rThe ^ mv ^ L \ $ j father ' ^ eldest hjrotheir | roii Ir > lfij ) $ jija : der his pat « r i ^ . i i » Qfi ! VV ^ Jalv ? a ^^ l ^ U ^ with joy by the riqeotyer ? iP | tb ^ se u ^ ^ fawjilicii ,. and wae . J ^ be ^ igual , £ or > he ^» ta assemble and Lo weicoooc hua with eyerV mark © f HLffeci&oa * Tifee deaih of his
uncl ^ i was oiue ihe , fitst sublets t ^ at seems ta have em ployed \\\ y f ^ tj&er ' s nuiae . A ft er the tet naiuation of hV apf prenticeship at Nforwicil , he _ sp ^ ut , tfee two following years ( the onl y two , ki his life which vrore tint passed urider ilie game roofj in London , as a clerk ia ihs bankiwff-bouEe « of Dimsdale . &rqtie * aud
By&e . During Jbis resldencq in Londaa he Ava * ao occasional poetical contributm ^ o theMorningChroiucle . lo oneuf hisptece ^ * ' Versus writtei ^ on the Back af , a Baiak Note , "/ be Ascribes , with coo ^ iderable humour , the person or uaauner of mo ^ t of the cashiera at the principal bankinghouses . X ** October 1773 , he neturiwjd to Norwich and entered into the business # f
a yarn-rjaiaker ^ iu p&rtaershtp with hi $ bro ^ ther Richard . In April 1777 , he married Susaaua , the -youngest daughter of Mr . John Cook , of Norwich . lo how exemplary a manner she di&chargexl the dink * of a wife , a mother a » d a friend , those who knew her best are best able * to testify . But this was not all . The vigour as well as the cultivation of her wiiiitL her
4 treugth of character , and her clear and correct judgment , emfittently At ted iierto be my father ' s compaiiian and ad * wer . *> At this time Mr .-Robert Aiderson and Mr , George C . Morgau were the iiiinigtei'S at the Octagon . The following year my father was chosen otie r > f the deacons of the chapel , an office which he ^ onti « we 4
to discharge for nearly half . a . century . ; and if there was one object which , next to his family , engaged his care and attention before ail others , it was tiie prosperity and peace of the society wliiclj worshiped thereto . Att » cjbe 4 as fee vvjis from principle and GowTictioti t to $ » # i > are system of Chnstiauity which tety ^ es
the strict unity of God , aad hi « tirtaeMV * purchased love to all hi « ^ re ^ UOT S , W *« delighting to g © up with bfatetmiy t *^ house of God , he felt m adej *^ i f HWW " in th « welfare of tha 4 > « ocit ? iy rinrW ^ W his Generated ancestor had so wft ^ ftw laboured ; an interest which cootm . i ^ sa wkhoul the « m « ait ?« t ifHe U « W ® ^ ^ abaleme »^ t ^ % h $ \ end of ^ t- : / T ^^**^
• See Mon . Repoe , Vol . XXr ^ 4 g « >
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1826, page 484, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2551/page/40/
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