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    vate religious journal . The publication of these truly sacred records must be deprecated , as an intrusion upon hours and feelings into which no-jil&n oufchrto haVea siispici 6 n that Us relKW ^ en ^ ffl ^ Ml ^^ jSS ^ MaSi to pry . The arrangement by whfch Ttf ^ Jt ^ t % raphft ^^ fiM « f ^ mo * theV ' s life monies nearly at the conclu ^ of Which , however , few readers wiB cbfnton ; jft 4 i mdeeig it « WoWdiiave of Which , however , few reader ** wiB cofn ^ in ; ^ t ^ % feen ^ Wo ^ iiave

    been had this most pleasing dofcunient v > ekn omitted * THe tflrsts of simple and natural feeling with which Mr . R ; tmiforfrAV' speaks of the authors of his being , are among the most delightful parts of the book . To his mother , in particular , a high-minded , pious , and sensible Woman , his heart seems to have clung with unchanging affection . His own character was distinguished by intensity of feeling , and an exuberant , but not a very lofty , imagination . To great native purity of heart , and a most affectionate disposition in

    himself , was added the gift of earl y friends , whose feelings , of a like character with his own , were both religiously and morally directed . At college , his chief recreation was music , in which , his biographer says , he was eminently skilled . Fot some years he employed his leisure hours in collecting materials for a great work which he intended to publish , on the theory and

    practice of music . He also formed a society called the Harmonic Society , " the members of which were musical amateurs , who , in turn , gave a con- * cert every fortnight , at which , with the help of two or three hired musicians , they performed pieces out of Handel and other celebrated composers / ' This society likewise published , in 1796 , a collection of glees and rounds , seven of which were composed by Mr * Richmond .

    Intended originally for the bar , Mr . R . ' s father experienced some disappointment at his son ' s ultimate decision in favour of the church . He appears to have been influenced partly by a feeling that he should in the clerical profession be more useful to his fellow-creatures , and partly by his literary habits , which he expected to indulge with greater ease in the retirement of a parsonage . For the rest ,

    " So far , " says he , in a letter to his father , as information is required , I hope I have not laboured in vain : so far as good resolution is concerned , I trust I am not deficient ; as regards my success in , and future conduct in , this important calling , I pray God ' s assistance , to enable me to do my duty , and to become a worthy member of the Established Churcli . * * * The character of a fashionable parson is my aversion : that of an ignorant or careless one , I see with pity and contempt : that of a dissipated one , with shame : and that of an unbelieving one with horror /'

    The Isle of Wight was the first scene of Legh fochmond ' s clerical labours . The adjoining parishes of Branding and Yaverland , including the hamlets of Bembndge ana Arreton , engaged his indefatigable attention . For about two years his opinions appear to have been those pf a moderate Churchman . It is admitted that , dutipg this perkxj of h \ s ministry , an external reformation was produced among his people : but , says Mr . Grimshawe , " the interior character of the heart , the communion of the * soul with God , the love and joy and peace of ¦ the gospel , ' and I the hope full l < xf immortality , these were not experienced and jfejto , because they , were * not known $ and they were not known , because th&y wera not preached * and they were not ^ reached , because they wera » oj a ^ equ at ety understood by tli& preacher . " - * - !? . 34 .

    Now , mere external amendment in the performance of the social duties , without the deep ^ aated feelings , of lovei . ta God and Christ , is certainly what no Christian teacher can be satisfied with ; . but whether all those beautiful

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1828, page 751, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2566/page/23/