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    p ^ rr was then prime ) ife ; and had he put forth one-tenth part of his power in the njethods u sually adopted by ambitious ecclesiastics , l | e would have risen by «? K * y a , nd r ^ p id strides ; to the highest honours find emoluments of his church . But he not only scorned to rise by defaming and oppressing his neighbours ; he was always ready to clear the

    defamed and fo suecour the oppressed : and tjie greatness of his mind appeared in this , that haying resolved never to seek promotion at the expense of his independence and integrity , or by the violation of truth and charity , he remained to the end of life satisfied with his choice , and continued his clerical labours in a

    comparatively humble rank , witnessing with a benevolent pleasure the success of those around him , but never complaining that he was left behind . Entertaining the most enlarged and enlightened views of the welfare of mankind , which were tfee * esJilt of profound and rigorous reflection , and which were accompanied by an mfenseness of benevolent feeling , he

    manifested the sincerity of these philanthropic views by his actions and habits of life . He delighted in society as the . means of promoting mutual affection . He . loved to bring together men of different religious sentiments , « uid by shewing to each the estimable qualities of the rest , to induce them to think well of one another . The flow of his kind and

    friendly feelings was strong and full as the conceptions x > f / his mighty understanding , and uncondned as his ideas of the Daviiie benevolence . He uniformly studied to efface those uoatoppy

    distinctions and antipathies , which separ-ate man from man , and to diffuse around him by his preaching and his conversation , his influence and his example , the spirit of candour , moderation , and forbearance , and the blessings < a £ Christian charity .

    "It becomes us to be . grateful to God for raising up so great and good men as our late venerated neighbour , i \ nd , act'OMliiigtoour humble . powers'and limited opportunities , to endeavour like him to assuage among sChristiaus the violence of sectarian , animosity , and to practise our-Helves ixnd inculcate upon others the same spirit of universal benevolence . "

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    March 9 , at Stolte N ^ wing ton , in the 82 ml year of her age , Mrs , /\ NNA _ . Ia / Etitja Babeauld , daughter of the late After the death of Dr . Priestley , Dr . Pair < - > lila # c *] the same congregation , and

    renewed iiis testimony to the virtues and uttalniiu ^ Hijs of > their former pastor , by iJirui ( sMu ^ thi ? 4 iMcrip < tUm- for the itionti - mnt ivectedL . iby . them in-their place of w onshj p .

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    Rev . ^ ohn AjJ $ * S * JP .-JB- » $ nf wuJw pf the ^ Rev . Rocjie ^ o nj ; # ar ^ tld ; s distinguisheid lady >; wjio ^ e &me was ^ ecdxid to non ^ aniOtt ^ g jhyp J | e « i ^ l ^ w ? z \ pex& of her country , w ^ g J tjarn ft ffitfyr&xtin , in flip county of Lelpe ^ te i ^ Pfii Jiiiii ^ 0 € p , 1743- She was iix ^ ibi ^ A to pgr fearn ^ d and exemplary father for tlie ^ pU 4 ioxin

    dation of a literary and classical education ; a boon at that period rarely bestowed upon a ( laughter . In the year 1756 , sli ^ e accompan ied her fami ly io Warrington , in % ancasjiire , where h ^ r father was appointed one of the tutors

    of a Dissenting Acadeniy . She published in 1772 , a volume of poems , wtiicjhi immediately gave her a place in tto ? iir ^ t rank of living poets . f ilie next year , in conjunction with tier brother , the late John Aikin , M . D ., she gave to the world a small but choice collection of

    miscellaneous pieces in prose . On her marriage , in 1774 , she went to reside at Palgrave , in Suffolk , where her Early Lessons , and Hymns in Prose for Children , were composed—master-pieces in

    the art of early instruction—monument at once of her genius and of the condescending benevolence which presided over its exercise . In 1785 , lylr . and Mrs . Barbauld quitted Palgrave , anjti , after a tour on the continent and some

    months passed in London , they settled at Hampstead . Some pamphlets on pub * lie topics , printed anonymously , but marked for hers by a style of almost unrivalled brilliancy and animation , and a poetical epistle to Mr . Wilberforce , on his exertions for the abolition of the

    Slave-Trade , were the principal efforts of her pen during many succeeding years . In 1802 , she and Mr . Harbauld fixed their abode at the village of Stoke Newington , whither they were attracted by her affection for her brother , and desire of enjoying his riai ' y society . A selection from the Guardian , Spectator , and

    Tatler , introduced by an elegant essay ; another from the J \ JS . correspondence of Richardson , with a life of the author , and n view of his writings prefixed , and a collection of the best English novels , with biographical and critical prefaces , served in succession to amuse her

    leisure . A higher effort of her powers was the . splendid poem entitled , Eighteen Hundred and Eleven , which appeared early in t } ie ensuing year . This wasjthe last of her separate publications , but she continued occasionally to exercise her

    poetical powers , which she retained in undiminished vigour nearly to the l atest period of her lift * . She sunk by a gradual decay , without any severe bodily siifferj ^ g , and with perfect resignation and composure of , mind . l | he ni ^ ral ^ li ^ lUies '' of this adinirarjie woinau reflected back a

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    Obituary * —* Mrs , Anna LcetUut Bavbmdd . 185

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1825, page 185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2534/page/57/