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UNITARIAN Cfi&ONlCLE . ? 95
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On the 28 th January , 1833 , at Glasgow , the Revd , Dr . Dick , of Grey- Friars Church , and Professor of Divinitjntisithe United Secession Ch " urch 7- ^ He w ^" educa ; t ^ d ™ ut"Ma reschal College , Aberdeen , and studied under Dr . Beafcfcie , the preceptor of Sir James Macintosh , the Rev . Robert Hall , and the Revd . Dr . Waugh .
At an early age he entered onthe work of the ministry , in the village of Slateford , a short distance from Edinburgh . He there wrote his ' Essay on the Inspiration of the Scriptures . ' He afterwards was appointed first assistant , and then successor , to Mr . Pirie of Glasgow . It
was chiefly by the advice and influence of that gentleman , that he was elected ; for his powers were not those of a commanding' pppular eloquence . Until his clear and masterly exposition of Divine truths opened the understandings and impressed the hearts of his audience , his
preaching was rather tolerated than esteemed . It is high praise of him that it is said , * The most illiterate peasant or mechanic became intelli * gent under his instruction . ' This was using as a Christian minister should his confessed learning and knowledge ;
In addition to his other labours at Glasgow , Dr . Dick delivered a course of Lectures on the first Sun ^ day in each month , on the Acts of the Apostles , which attracted a vast concourse of hearers , many of whom afterwards continued to attend his
ministry . These lectures , subsequently published , greatly contributed to extend his fame . He next delivered a course of lectures onthe divine Attributes , which were attended by a numerous and respectable audience , of various sects , as well as by the most enlightened and pious ministers in the city . It was after the "union of the
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Burghers and Aiitiburgliefs , by the abolition of the burgess oath , that he was chosen Professor of Divinity pftheUnited SeeessionChurch . The lectures which he delivered to the students were the accumulated information of a life of intense study . Tl ^ y ^ arejirij ^ publication .
Dr . Dick held that the conscience is accountable to God alone . Con sequently , he was a strenuous supporter of the most extended religious liberty . He claimed for the Roman Catholic , as well as the Protestant , the liberty of acting in religion according to the dictates of his own
conscience . Entertaining the opinion that the civil magistrate has no right to impose his creed , or the creed of any sect , on the community , or to tax it for the maintenance of religion in any form , he was
conscientiously opposed ta all national or state churches . He deemed the command of Jesus ; ' Freely ye have re * ceived , freely give / to be a prohibition of a forced maintenance of the ministers of the gospel .
He was a man of pure and elevated piety , of a clear and powerful understanding , of extensive , profound , and various information . He had great talent in simplifying , arranging , and condensing his conceptions ; and he never employed more words than were necessary for the expression of his sentiments . ^ --A bridged from theChristian A dvocate .
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Order of the Funeral Obsequies of the late Dr . Gaspard Spurzhexm , Saturday , November 17 , 1832 , 1 . Voluntary on the Organ . 2 . Prayer by the Bev . ~ Dr . Tuckerman ; 3 . Eulogy by Dr . Follen . 4 , Dirge , 5 . An Ode , written by Rev . Mr . Pierpont , and sung by the Handel and Haydn Society .
ODE . Stranger , there is bending o ' er theo Many an eye with sorrow wot : AU our strickeu hearts deplore thee : WJio > that Jtuew thee , can forget ?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1833, page 95, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2609/page/31/
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