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      MEMOIK OF THE LATE REV . WILLIAM WOOP , OF LEJSDS , BV MRS . CAPP 1 S . To the Editor of the Monthly Repository ,

      sir , York , April 17 , 180 S . HAVE been desired to supply I you with ar memoir of my late invaluable friend the reverend William Wood , and were I able to delineate to others , with any

      truth of colouring , a faithful re semblance , pf that vivid portrait of his majiy talents aiid virtues engr&veij for ever on my own re * jnembranee , I should with the grea . test alacrity take up my pen ;

      for what means more likely to call forth every latent energy , and to strengthen ajid invigorate every virtuous resolution , than the frequent and serious contemplation of departed excellence ? But

      though f cannot do fhis as well as I should wish , I will attempt it as well as I am able , and leaving it to others to draw a finished picture , will merely

      sketch oijjt a few leading features which may be soothing to the sorrow of those by vyhojn he was most justly esteemed and Ueloyed , and useful to others who did not

      enjoy the privilege of his friendship $ nd acquaintance .

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      Mr , Wood was distinguished , during the period of his academic cal ediiqation at Hox ton , for the vigour and comprehension of his mind , the integrity and sobriety

      of his character , the ardour of his pursuit after knowledge , the vivacity and quickness of his imagination , and the perfect regu * larity of his conduct . He was early introduced to the late eminent Dr . Price , who well kqew

      how to value and appreciate his many uncommon endowments ; and a vacancy taking place at Mill Hill Chapel in Leeds , in the year 1773 * by the reinaval of the late Dr . Priestley to superintend the education of the two Sons of the Marquis of Landsdowne , ( then

      Lord Shelfrurne , ) he was warmly recornmerided to that congregation by Dr . Price , and unanimously chosen by them tp become their minister . Here Jae remai ned stationary to the tijpe pf his death , ; w ) d how acceptable he was to his people , how highly he was esteemed i beloved ! and honoured by them , thd veneration in whicji

      Biography.

      BIOGRAPHY .

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      No . XXIX . ] MAY . [ Vol . III . ; %

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/1/