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self stated' in the preface ^ to a iermoi *}* pmtofeliedafc tfateir-reljiiest and expense * i « cOBseqtiemce * of hearing with fairness and candour what he had to advance in favour
of thereligiotis opinions which he had adopted , as well as reading die arguments which have been urged ^ m support of the Unitarian doetfines by others , no small
number of those who were at first , greatly prejudiced against them Were brought to embrace them from' a full conviction that they wae tfce genuine doctrines of th « Gh * is timi revel ation . ' '
It may not be improper to add , that ^ ince the pu blication of this Sermon * Unitarranism has made a still greatejr progress in the society at Gockfey-Moor , indeed it has
been aso generally embraced , that * ith the exception of fewer < han a dozen ' individuals , the people itavei heettt unanimous , since the lamented death of their excellent
pastor , in expressing their detertarnation to choose a strictly UnitaTian successor . ¦[ Sinefe thedeath of Dk Barnes ,
Mn Beaiey has had the principal snahagettientf of ' the Widows' Fund , bfelbriging t ©^ as ihfey are comnsonly called , the Presbyterian 'ministers of \ Lafcncashrre and Che * ^ sfrke ; « nd frdm ' the ii » pulse of fthe vttm » , benevoknce of his heart ,
^« tod 5 by his singtitar aptitude for business , he supplied the place ^ af hisf active and energetic pre - J # etJessor in conducting its affairs , yrt a nrranner that entitled him , to
-w ^ h at ^ he ^ rtfeii ^ yn possessed > we &i&exn * ? atid # gi ^ atiftrde of 'ev ^ ry H ^ mber df t ber itotttuhon . With > ' I % r | f f : ' . ¦ » . ¦ f . \ ¦ » f - ^ 1 ' \ ¦ ' ¦ ' I - * , * fchriBt / Man of borrows . [ Re-% ie ^ vdd \> P ^ i ^ annuls of ihc present Vol . Ed . ]
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stich diligence and success ditl this wise and sfciMaJ ^ thJ 8 rgoodiand faithful serva&t of Jesus Cjiwt ^ labour in the service ^ of-hris gie ^ t Master ; aaid fro «» the * general state of bis health fort the - last several years , Bad his standing in life , his friends had indulged the pleasing hope , thai kht ehuroh and the wwld Avould have erw joyed the benefit of his example and services for a cpnsidera'We time to come * But it pleasied aa all-wist * Brovidence U > 'cte 4 ei ? mme other % vise ; an 4 a ^ I we had i > eea taught by the life ef this ? excel lent man how the Christian ^ &nd Christian niiDistefshowid UtQj av , in h * ' 9 d ^ a th we , *^ se ^ how the
Christ 4 an -can > dir ^ * ' though tafeea -away in the - « ridlatt &f Jhiis 4 ^ 8 , reputation and UM »^ tlli ^ sa >^ : < , v :. \ As v ^ fhi le ^^ wi ^ g he fe ^ d exW * bited a pattern < &f , be&pmiri& ^ al
for the prbnifclion : &filtr&m % > &frhv displayed its powetc to Support t » nd cheer the « iind * vv hen dyiiXg . Mr-Bealey ^ vas r ^ i ^ e d fyy ^ a * was pronounced-, a wryotmfewr f 4 boat Midsun ^ me ' i te » t , fc ^ veral trmes
during the inontti of Jul y * bis friendn thought him % c ^ tterr ^ W < 1 his nearest relaHves had nwfti $ v& > hensioa of his death , till e J * itte more than a week 4 ) eforjb < fchat nvelancholy event took ? plac 3 *
'He died August ^ $ he ^ tb y it \ the 57 th year of his age- His frctme of mind vrs& sFemwk ^ » £ ren <* and happy through his whole illness ; % { i q result of 1 nn entirie resignatiofi to the ? \ yill > < rf
God , & ., « euse of Md favoun and ik& hope of a blrased immvftftbtyr * ' I have ao "wisb ^ ^ m dx b ^ , t 0 >» n ^^ r and bel < aived'fekitiyia ^ MJ haive iw > ^ bih v » # ^» i ^ ed ^ 6 i ^ th ^ jwill oiOoti ^ ifc . ^ q ^ ll » e ^ Jp & ««•» me from the world , ^ Aa ^ is my
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75 S Mtmoir of the Rev . Joseph Bealey .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1813, page 758, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2435/page/6/
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