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constant and devout attendant in the house of prayer , and thus , as well as by the serenity of his temper , the kindness of bis manners , and the cheerfulness of his conversation , ( qualities which made bis society especially attractive to the young , ) he rendered persuasive in his examp le the religion which he could not teach from the pulpit . In his latter years ,
his voice had so far recovered its strength , that , during the vacancy of the pastoral office that eusued on the death of the Rev . Thomas Threlkeld in 1806 , he was enabled to give the Rochdale congregation his occasional assistance . His services , at this time , are said to have been highly acceptable . After a residence at
Rochdale of more than half a century , he removed to Manchester , where he spent the last two years of big life . During a considerable part of this time , he suffered much from asthma and the growing infirmities of age . But his cheerfulness did not forsake him . It had its source in
principles over which age and disease have no power . It was the light of faith and hope shining around him , and by that light he could behold a refuge near from every pain and every trouble .
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Mr . Thomas Longstafj 1 . Feb . 13 , at Bishop Auckland , Thomas Longstaff , aged 60 , a gentleman well known throughout the three kingdoms as a successful Lecturer on Astronomy , and various other branches of Natural Philosophy . He was a man of plain and unassuming manners ^ industrious in his habits , and strictly upright in all his
dealings . As a philosopher lie was almost altogether self-taught . He had many original ideas on scientific subjects , which he used to defend with consulerable ingenuity . As a Lecturer he was eminently successful . His style was without ornament , but clear and perspicuous . He always spoke extemporary , which he did with ease , fluency , and
considerable energy . His illustrations were apt and familiar . His apparatus was one of the most complete of the kind , and in the management of it he displayed great dexterity and originality . He has left behind him many original essays upon different branches of
science ; and a little before his death he was busy in preparing for the press a work on Theoretical and Practical Agriculture , which perhaps at some future period may be published . In religion he was a consistent Protestant Dissenter , a warm and steady friend of civil and religious liberty . He maintained perfect
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freedom in religious inquiry , acknowledging no power in any man , or body of men , to prescribe what he was to believe or reject . He knew no distinction of name , or sect , or party . He regarded the whole rational creation as the great family of God , and believed that all were designed for and would ultimately enjoy happiness . His religious opinions were
derived entirely from the Scriptures ; for early in life he became dissatisfied with the commonly received notions , and determined to study the Bible for himself . Accordingly he betook himself to the study of the Scriptures ; and the Scriptures only , and after several years' close examination and anxious study of the sacred volume , he became convinced that " there is one God and one Mediator between God and men , the man Christ Jesus . "
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Obituary . —Mr- Thomas Loj \ g 8 tuff . —Joshua Grighy , Esq . 355
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Joshua Grigby , Esq . Justurn et tenacem propositi virum * March 6 , at his seat at Drinkston , in Sii / folk ) Joshua Grigby , Esq .
The death of Mr . Grigby will be severely felt and deeply regretted by those who were acquainted with his many estimable qualities , and l ) y all the friends of justice , liberality and truth . He was a man of steady principles , of sound judgment , and underrating integrity ; of quick penetration , a clear head , and a vigorous understanding . With a high sense of
honour , he was feelingly alive to every virtuous and dignified sentiment . In the intercourses of society he was animated , acute , well-informed , and conversant with the world . His manners were easy , natural , and correct . Habitually polite and attentive , he never forgot the
respect due to others , or trenched on the rules of good breeding , by obtruding on or abruptly engrossing the privileges of conversation , which are free and common to all ; but was particularly distinguished by that urbanity and strict propriety of deportment so becoming and so essential to the character of a
geutieman . Constitutionally active and alert , Mr . Grigby ' s intellectual faculties were always awake , and the energies of his mind were immediately roused to exertiou on every occasion that called him
to the post of duty , as a public man and a magistrate . In decision he was conscientious , deliberate , and just ; in exe- * cution , prompt , irm , aud intrepid ; ever prepared to patronize and encourage , any practicable undertaking which had for its object the public good , or the welfare
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1829, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2572/page/59/
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