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rather an increase , of the spirit of per-. sedition , which extended itself not ouly to him hut to his hearers , and broke-out into art ? of open violence , he withdrew from that town ; having conducted him self , throughout a season of severe trial , with exemplary patience , discretion , and
temper , and formed a small society of worshipers of the One God and Father of all , at Bramfield , near Hales worth . From this place he was accustomed regularly to visit and preach at Wenhaston , Blyth burgh , and other neighbouring towns and villages . An attempt was made by him to introduce Unitarian preaching Into Hales worth , but in vain . Every person who attended was a
marked man , and the disciples of John Calvin in that town shewed , that they had caught his spirit as well as adopted his name . During his residence at Bramfield he published several controversial pieces , which , if their style be not distinguished by much polish , yet contain a great deal of sound reasoning , and display considerable acuteness and scriptural information . His life here was a
continued struggle against poverty and bigotry . c < Every one ' s hand , " except those of his few hearers , ' was against him ; " but he was no murraurer or complain er : he went steadily on with his work , supported only by the testimony
of a good conscience . And he would have continued so to labour in the teeth of every discouragement and every obstacle , had he not been removed to a different station , wherein he spent the few remaining years of his life in peace and comfort . He was invited to become
the minister of Lutton , where he laboured with great acceptance , and commanded the esteem and regard of all around htm . He died on the 26 th of March , his health having been for some time declining , although he continued
his ministerial duties nearly to the last . He was known to few individuals among his Unitarian brethren , but those who have had the best opportunities of estimating his character will bear their willing testimony to his honest and unwearied exertions in the cause of Christ ian truth .
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Obituary . ~ -Afr . Lean . 421
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Mr . Lban . Mr . Lean , late Secretary to the Hon . Hudson ' s Bay Company , was born at Bridgenorth , in Somersetshire , where his father was a respectable mercer ; and his mother , a Harvey , was born in the castle at Bridgeuorth , the family man-
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sion of the Harveys for many generations His early education was at Bridgenorth , under the Rev . Mr . Boroughs , and afterwards at Tiverton school . Being brought up to trade , he pursued the usual course of mercantile life , which led him to the West Indies , where he staid but for a short time , and then was employed in a
confidential situation in an eminent mercantile house in town . At the age of twenty-seven , he married the only daughter of William Le Reuse , Esq ., of a distinguished Huguenot family , which had taken refuge in England from the pei-se ditious in France on account of religion .
The issue of this marriage was nine children , five of whom are still living . About this time he was induced to go to Holland to arrange aud retrieve , if possible , the affairs of a mercantile house , in which bis object was completely defeated ; but od his return to England he entered into the service of the Hon . the Hudson ' s
Bay Company , whose confidence he enjoyed as secretary from the year J 790 to 1817 ; and the business and affairs of that Company greatly increasing , he , then in the seventy-fourth year of his age , solicited permission to retire ; and s » cb was their opinion of his services , that this was granted with the continuance of his salary as secretary , which he enjoyed till his death .
Mr . Lean was among the first members of Mr . Lindsey ' s congregation in Essex Street , having-, from being one of the hearers and admirers of Dr . Dodd , become on conviction a firm Unitarian , which he continued to be till the hoar of his death ; and the extreme cold of last February did not prevent him from frequenting his favourite plaice of
worship . This led him to an acquaintance and friendship with most of the celebrated Unitarians of his day , and the surviving members of the Quarterly Club will remember the regret felt at his leaving it in the year 1824 , on account of the infirmities attendant upon advanced years His religions opinions may be best seen from the following correspondence , that took place in the year 1813 . .
" The following is a copy of a note sent to me by Mr . t on returning the discourse by the Rev . Thomas Belsham , preached at Essex Chapel on the 25 th July , 1813 , being the first Sunday after the Act had passed to relieve persons who impugn the doctrine of the Trinity > which I had lent him .
" My dear Sir , Sept . 20 , 1813 . " Herewith 1 return you the senqon that you had the goodness to lend me ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1830, page 421, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2585/page/61/
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