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The time now drew near when the fate of the petition would be finally decided . —Mr . L . had long anticipated the probable result , and was making silent and gradual preparation for the event which
was to ensue;—not however by saving a purse of money , for both he and Mrs , L . continued their accustomed chanties , and had tnis year . the additional expence of inoculating all the poor children in the parish , the small pox being then very fatal in the neighbourhood . Mrs . L . attended
them , in person , gave thorn all their medicines , and was so successful in her attendance , that she did not lose a single patient . The final close of Mr . Lindsey ' s labours in the established church-- — — - ^— ^^ - ^ ™— ^^ —¦— ¦ —^ - - ~ r - ^ - ^ — ^^^ —¦ - ¦ — — - ^ p * - — - ^ - ^^^ ~ a ^ ^^^ ^ - ^^^ -- m VH
together with the reasons which led to it , are detailed at some length in the " Apology , " already referred to , and are well known to the public . But no one perhaps" who was not a witness of the
scene , can duly appreciate the di . iJicu . lty and " magnitude of the sacrifice * Some of his feelings on this trying occasion ., are afifectingl y adverted to in the following passage of his farewel address to his sorrowing parishioners , which he who can read unmoved must
have a heart of no common texture . iC To leave" he says , u a station of ease and affluence ., and to have to combat with various straights and hardships of an
uncertain world , is but a dark prospect . But we must willingly submit to this hard lot , when not to be avoided without deserting © ur duty to God and his truth .
And we have great encouragement given us by our divine master and saviour Christ , Matthew x . 32 . * Whosoever shall confess jtne before men , him will I also
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confess before my father whaJs ia heaven . ' And Mark x . 2 £ , 30 . 4 It is of small concern in what outward circumstances we pass
over the short term of life , if we can but obtain that blessed ap * . probation in the end—* Well done , good and laithful servant ;—enter thou into the joy of thy Lord . * Matthew xxv . 23 . " But these
risks and privations were far from being ; all which on-this raemora ble occasion he was called upon to endure : —the coolness of some ; the direct opposition of others with whom he had long been in *
timately connected ; the alienation of friends ,, and the ridicule and contumely of enemies , were all brought against him to destroy his peace of mind and to attempt the ruin of his character .
Respecting th-e first , for a very short time they did succeed . But the attack upon the latter was instantly repelled by the faithful testimony of a life uniformly spent in the constant discharge of every Christian virtue . On leaving
Cattcrick- Mr . Lindsev '' s furni - Cattcrick , Mr . Lindseys furni - ture , plate and china were all sc > ld to defray the expence of their journey to London , and to provide for the subsistence of him * self and Mrs . Lindsey after theif arrival there , until some other
plan could be adopted . Even the greater part of his valuable library which he had been many years in collecting , was sent to York and disposed of . Well do I remember his farewel sermon , taken from the 20 th of Acts and the
32 nd verse ,-and preached to & very crowded congregation , and never did I witness or experience such heart-rending sorrow : —the
preacher alone was calm and collected , for it was extraordinary that with a sensibility the most
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Memoir of the late Rev . Theophilus Lindsei / , hy Mrr . Cappe . 6 *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 641, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2399/page/5/
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