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REVIEW. " Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame."—Pope.
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Art . I . —Sermons on Various Practical Subjects . By the late Rev . Thomas Watson . To which is prefixed , A Brief Memoir of his Life and Writings . 8 vo , pp . 384 . Longman and Co . 1826 . i 0 $ . 6 d .
OF Mr . Watson some biographical account was given in our last Volume ( XX . 623—626 ) . The Memoir prefixed to these Sermons , which appears to have been drawn up by Mr . Wellbeloved , contains
some further particulars . In a note , pp . iv . v ., there is an historic sketch of the English Presbyterian congregation at Whitby , which we should have extracted if we were not
restrained within very narrow limits , by the length to which the Miscellaneous part of our work has this month been extended . The biographer having stated that Mr . Watson kept a boarding and day school , in the conduct of which he
gave great satisfaction to the parents of his scholars , adds , € C One of these , entertaining a high regard for his talents and his virtues , and desirous of testifying the deep sense he had of the obligations he owed to him , offered to present him to a very
valuable living in the Church of England , that he might hold it for his son , then a pupil of Mr . Watson j guaranteeing a certain and a handsome
provision when his son should be of age to receive that living himself . Had he accepted this offer he might not only have lived in independence during the minority of his pupil , but have saved out of his income a considerable sum .
which , with the benefice his friend stipulated to procure for him on his resign nation of the first , would have set his mind free from all anxiety respecting the pecuniary interests of his family .
But tempting as such an offer must be to a person in Mr . Watson ' s situation , it was steadily rejected . Both of the doctrine and the discipline of the Church of England he conscientiously disapproved : the emoluments it offers could
not , therefore , be enjoyed but at the expense of integrity and peace of mind ; and in deciding to which of these the pitfference should be given , he did not for a moment hesitate . Under the in-
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fluence of the same principles , he afterwards resisted the earnest solicitations of another friend , a minister of tlie Church of Scotland , to return to his native country , and to accept a living there . "—Pp . ix . x .
Mr * Watson was a benefactor to the town of Whitby in a way in which Dissenting Ministers have commonly 44 rendered essential and lasting service" to the community . " In the year 1775 , Mr . Watson rendered an essential and a lasting service
to the town of Whitby , by establishing , with the assistance of a few friends , a Subscription Library . This was one of the earliest of these valuable institutions , which were first introduced , it is said , by the late Dr , Priestley , when settled at Leeds , and which have so largely contributed to excite and to sustain that
general desire and pursuit of knowledge , which has eminently characterized the last fifty years . The Library at Whitby was at its commencement supported by fifty-three subscribers ; the number is now increased to upwards of one hundred and twenty . From its establishment till the year 1822 , the excellent and venerable founder held the offices of
President and Treasurer , " It was tluring this part of Mr . Watson ' s life that he was honoured with the friendly notice of the late Lord Mulgrave , the highly celebrated navigator of the Northern Ocean ; who being fond of scientific pursuits , found in Mr .
Watson a congenial mind . The urbanity of his manners , the cheerfulness of his temper , the variety of his information , and the soundness of his judgment , were recommendations equally powerful to the notice of the present Earl ; and the numerous instances of kindness shewn
to him by the noble residents at Mulgrave Castle and the other branches of the family , contributed in no small degree to his happiness during a long course of years . "—Pp . x . xi .
We are pleased with the statement that when this respectable minister was laid aside by infirmities , 4 * the zeal of his son ( Mr . Thomas Watson , solicitor ) and of his eldest grandson provided for his people means of religious instruction . '—P- xxvi . Mr . Watson is succeeded in the
Review. " Still Pleased To Praise, Yet Not Afraid To Blame."—Pope.
REVIEW . " Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame . "—Pope .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1826, page 680, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2554/page/44/
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