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    servants w&r ^ MutS ^ by Wr ; - Ts ^ a rt oti iffe # ) towiitg < 8 &wl xy : ' A * n impressive ^ and ^ li !^ % ^ Hip ^ te ^ ertTit « i was dfefivere-d "W" tftS sarae day by Mr . Kentish ; , a \ i ^ ty' ^ Mr . ^ S . W . Browne in York-Stf eer'Cfeapel ' ^ L ' cttitfoh .

    The Editor of ' -. thfc Norwich Mercury thus recorded bris deatfi : " ft is with true sorrow we state that the death of this worthy man and good citizen was accelerated by air accident which

    happened to him not long since , while riding in a car , near the place Where he breathed his last . Few meii liave passed a more exemplary life . He was cheerful yet sedate in hte dispositions and manners .

    ] ty . the . application of his hours of leisure from business to literary pursuits , he was continually adding to a stock of geuenil knowledge , that rendered him a respected member of the " Intellectual

    society hi which he moved , and caused his jitd&mcjit to be regarded with deference b ^ the many who had or who took occasion to refer to his opinious . The same

    tasUs and the same cultivation led him early to feel the importance of public character , and induced him to become the advocate of civil and religious liberty , whenever he conceived that his style of argument ( which was alike mild and seuisibte ) might conduce to the benefit of

    ins fellow-creatures . Yet this duty , as all . others , was performed by him in so simple . and unostentatious a mauner that tin ? writer . of this testiinpny to his worth is . probably almost the only person who is ^ cquai ; ited with the e&tent of the good ha thus performed . Regarded for pure

    and consistent principles in public , and revered for his urbanity in private life , connected with an ancestry distinguished by talent , and exemplary in the discharge or ' the parental duties , this excellent man has given every proof how deeply and

    how carefully he endeavoured to prolong that good lame which pertains to a fal ly the most numerous , the most united , and the most esteemed of any or the same place iu society that the country p ossesses /'

    ¦ to -addition to this estimate of his character by a fellow-citizen , I shall be pardoned for inserting the following af' pcnwiate ,.. though I think just , delinea-Um &f \ what he was as a relative and li

    /¦ - — ^ - ^ I HI B ^ V * ¦ * ^ fc *^* ^ B » ^ I ^» ^ k" ^ »* ^ B V —~ ^ " ^ m ^ V ^ ^ " wild ,, accompanied by some remarks <> n-thfe . style of his sacred poetrv . Abstract worth * will always gain re-H ^ ct , but y

    VT > qu < 1 i ^» 8 only can affection move , Aj » u lovp must , owe its origin to love . ' , ^ ^^ M respec t our departed relative nil ? Sr «^»^ d for -Mtiiseif a plao * in ^' rf ^ « W-tnw ^ ity aiwi hi ^ h ? SL ^ "aiities were not tarnished by {)

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    fatrtts- < c ^ t < ttttperr li 21 own h ior , t ) ivell ^ wit h dhl \^ M * % ^ * $ & readifress ^ rhis syiiipaHiy v ^ Hfi ^ hi ^ frM }< U ihsniiU things . -as "WeH " as iu gi& \ fc aim on tlie ^ prompt ' manlier in whf ^ h iM p yfp ^ erinc ^ d . Whatever inigfrt hefM \ Mtd x whether of a joyoirs ur au afflictxve icirid ,

    he neVer omitted to shew tliat he had them in his thoughts ; and ; Avichoat the least pretension , he possessed the art of directing their thoughts into the channel of thankfulness , or pious confidence in Providence . To receive a letter from him on these occasions was always to receiVe

    a lesson either of mild wisdom , enforcing an acknowledgment of tlie Giver of good , or of filial resignation to his appointments . In taking the circuit of u wide-spread family , there wa . s no member with whose sympathy we could so little dispense .

    "It ought to be added , that he was fitted to give pleasure to others by the readiiifib's with which lie himself received it . There was no pie-occupation , no selfishness to his mind , consequently it was open to . pleasant impressions of every kind ^ and there never way a being who

    derived more temperate yet lively enjoyment from all th , e lesser sources of pieasijre which came in his way . Even to the ^ last there was a spirit of hilarity about him , a love of employmeut , mid au earae . st interest in all he undertook , with a determination to do it tnett > which It was delightful to witness . When

    couversing with him , you ravely heard from him those unfavourable comparisons of the present with the past which" maik the old man ; for though abiding by . his own ideas of what was right aixl practicable , in preference to more dazzling i > otious v lie was always willing to investigate unii admit the reality of au improvenieiU . l

    ' His poetical compositions , paiticuJarly liis Hymns , wcie subjected tq-y-e *^ severe revisal ; lie could not e-udui'C ; aii iuhariiioiuous line , aiui-his niasical earjuiadt him particularly successful iu adapting words to any ^ iveu melody ., ln ; coiwposr

    ing his Hymns , it was a rule with . him to make all the stanzas as nearly as liossibte alike in accentuation ai » d pa » j « e ; so that all might be sung as well as read , with ease and pleasure ; and I remember his pointing out to tne a paper , in tire first or second number of the America *!

    * Christian Examiner , as expressing Well his own ideas on the 'composition o « f Hymns intended for public worship , ' Of course , this correctness was attended

    with considerable labour ; yet hife HymuPa liave by no means the appieai attcd iu ^ ' ^ vdi ? study ; they are free , simple ailid sfelrolt ^ bo ^ th in thoug ht nxtd exyvemitaiij -Iftiey also display tlie « aWe ^ gwd ^ sens ^ # l ^ b predominated in his whole character

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1826, page 493, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2551/page/49/