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four editions , and has been recommended and circulated by the Unitarian Association : and besides various other testimonies to its merit , was mentioned in terms of the warmest approbation , in an eloquent tetter to the author bv the celebrated Robt .
Robinson , of Cambridge , of whom it wl [ s ^^^" by ^ nt >~ in"cowyetent-JQd ge 7 that ' his praise confers upon all who were so happy as to receive it , true and lasting honour . ' Mr . Marsom , like this eminent individual , maintained the obligation of
Christian baptism on believers ; and his writings on this topic were not only highly valued by the denomination of Unitarian General Baptists , with which he had been many years connected , but by others also , whose opinions on some points differed materially from his own .
He was an indefatigable biblical student . He studied closely the language ,, the spirit , and the harmony of the sacred writers . And with a view to this preeminent object of his attention , he acquired by diligent application , a considerable knowledge of the languages in which the Scriptures were originally written , and also consulted the most eminent
commentators , employing their suggestions in aid of his own researches , and forming an independent judgment from the whole . To the extent arid solidity of the knowledge thus gajnecU a striking testimony was
borne by his distinguished friend , who paid the last tribute of respect to his memory , in an address at his interment , and who on that occasion declared , that he had derived more scriptural knowledge from him than from any man living .
Of his personal character it is difficult to give any delineation which will correspond with the impression left on the minds of those who were most familiarly acquainted with him . The remark , that the strength of any attachment is generally in proportion to the individuality of the object of it , was verified in the degree of regard
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252 INTELLIGENCE AND
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he attracted , and the number andi importance of the iriendshijps hes formed . His habits of thought and I feeling , his mind and manners , "were > all his own . The power of his character was in its simplicity ; a simpli-. city which knew not even the thought ;
of disguise . Its basis was essentiall y a 4 ove-of"t'ruth ~ andr-goodnessT-impart = ing the air , the tone , the soul of sincerity to all his words and actions , and opening his heart to every kind and generous impression . The equanimity and sweetness of his temper were in beautiful contrast with the
energy and even vehemence with which he defended what he believed to be important truth . Never can the friends who loved him forget the guileless and benignant smile which diffused the complacency it expressed , and alternately expanded into the playfulness of mirth , and blended itself with the light of intellect which beamed in the strong and abstracted expression of his eyes .. Not easily
will the youn § f forget the ^ promptness with which he promoted and parti cipated in their pleasures ; the readiness , without art or effort , with which he communicated information and instruction . Never will those who knew him most intimately , and therefore valued him most , forget the cheering and guiding influence , which was as a light on their path of life , now darkened by his removal .
Hiis remains were placed near those of many member ^ T of his farhily , in the burial ground belonging to the General Baptist Meeting-house , Worship-street , Finsbury Square , together with those of an infant
descendant , committed by the hands of parental affection , to rest with him . And an animated and interesting extemporaneous address was delivered b y the Rev . Robert Aspland , to his assembled frieMs and relatives , on the occasion . A . E ,
May 4 , 1833 . At Stamford Hill , aged 82 , William Morgan , E sq ., F . R . S ., late Actuary of the Society for Equitable Assurances on
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1833, page 252, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2619/page/28/
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