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aiif ^^ iW # M |^ rlbeftev&etfc ^ lie f ^| plt ^ -igg |^^^ t to cdtffiri e iiis fc ^^^ f ^ ^ Nipi ^ «* tits of his iBlt # ^ e ! i 2 ^^ ;^ it- ^ # Hto ' set t beiff ifc e ± afl (||| i , of doi n £ | ppod to $ rery ^ % yi ^ Wi ^ f " an oppotfriiit ^ $ fos <^ ed 1 ii&lfv ^ * ' " . *"' ' . ' */ He und ^ iof ^ k Jirftrrh&li the
country witfct the means iff external cominunieatiotf , if v $ 5 M it liad bitl ^ fto been destitile ^ Su ]> plie # miH iiiStruriients aiid jp ^ Wder , ' he lea titit the fohabitattts t 6 blotv up ( he rocks apd to form rtfads . Tt ^ sdI L whjc& frci m
want i > F jjfited | t £ tine . i ^ a sMb chief ^ art tin * cultivat ^ 1 i | fej ^ Ife ^ bjr artificial mms . He Imported from the North die seeds < xfj | pat ^ piost appropriate to ttie liattyMili til ^ scSl , and shortly , owing to fi || Sd ^ r 0 ^ the ari d hills assumed a ttiortt pleasing ay > ect , and stippKedJ sufficient not o ^ . for the wafits of i | te jbotiiitry ; , but ' QkgWise fbrf ^ portattitiri , J ^ products of which :
Cottslintly elfapfoyfetf foi ttie good of his parishioners , ^ he likewise provided fot the ^ t wants in cas e of accidents and sickness ; he taught some to use t \ x& lancet , others to exercise the professSqti of midwifery , and f > eing himself thoroughly acquainted with ihe properties of medicinal
plants , he colfeeted medidncs suited to his count ! ) , ' and gratuitously directed their rippli&tfion . The solicitude of this worthy pastoif for the physical tvants of the inhabitants did not abate his zeal for their
Intellectual aiid moral improvement , and especiuHf fot tlieif religious education , whteh he consitteffed as the most itnp ^ Ubt of thei r necessities . Froui religion lie derived his own motives * irul ertergies , and it was by promoting the cause of religion that he sought to do e : bod . He established
schools in vyhi ^ K by improved metnod ^ , chiWhpdii |> eceived its first instmction , oir youth , imbued with the pnnciples of the gtfspel , acquired a spmt of order , a ioye of industry and
a taste for Virtue . The pastar ^ ( loor ^ as ev ^ r open to the linfortunate ; all who needed it , i ^ cei ^ d frd m him assistance , -advice , support and conso-
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dtar | 4 ftotoi -HM p&fc *> f d ^ ty c ^ r MA # ^ 6 || a With % r ^ liti ^ , fp ^ d or B # t | ife ^ i he ^ u ? e *| kg |^ hoVv t ( t ^ it ^ tefptn B , thto ; id ( ft | ip ^|^ divine s 6 ^? e ^ lpafi ^ blpnee $ i | iii for Mm p ^ toiv Ife ^ nSiMi Hint fbr hfe
adraonitiom , slip hastened to repair the foulfe he lm ^ comiiiit ^ ed . A l aw-suit wa ^ rarely begun amongst thfeytfihabitants of Baa de la Roche ^ ad # wliei the worthy pasto # could not effect a
fecoftciliat ^ n between the cofi tendingf parties , h ^ e has hi m 0 r 6 histances thatt © toe p&id from his owh purse the sum j ^ hich ws& the object of coti te ntion , in order to restore harmony amongst them . Thtis 3 > eco * tte the benefJactor *
and as it were the soiil , of this inte- ^ resting colony , the celebrity of which had successively drawn to and fixed in it several excellent men , he cst-6 rted ov ^ r it the most beneficial influeiice . Ascribing every thing to God md relying on hte dirtne ^ rovideflce , the pastor Ob ^ din , father of a
numerous family , was the zealous promoter of e ^ e ^ y Christian work . Not with * standing the smaliness of his means ( his salary a short time since not exeeeding one thousand francs ) , he macte them suffice for every demand . He had by his example led his parishioners to form the invaluable habit of
laying asidg every week a portion of their savittgs to be employed in chaw ritable purposes ; and thus they were enabled to encourage and support inany institutions framed in the true spirit of the g"Ospel .
The union of so many virtues and good qualities in one man coiild hot long rethaift unknown . Many philanthropic societies were eager to ftbiniriate him ah honorary member ; our first National Assembly pronounced him deserving of the
gratitude of his country ; the Society of Agriculture for the department of tlte Sfcfme , some time after , decreed Mtn a gold medal ; and lastly , Louis XVII I ., on the report of- the minister of the interior , gave him the decoration of the Legion of Honour . However honourable these proofs
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1826, page 669, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2554/page/33/
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