238 A Tribute to the Memory of 
the kindness and success, with which he stu- 
died to promote their rational enjoyments. 
It was his constant habit to take a cheer- 
ful view of the condition of the world; 
and on all occasions, when the contrary opi- 
nion was advanced, to assert the superiority 
of the times im which he had grown old, 
over the season of his youth, not only on the 
unquestionable ground of an increased diffu- 
sion of knowledge ; but on that of the wider 
spread of virtuous principles, and the more 
general prevalence of virtuous habits. | 
onesies eee ened 
_ . Without encroaching on topics, which are 
wisely forbidden by the rules of this Society, 
it may be permitted to me to state, that Mr. 
Henry was, from enquiry and conviction, a 
zealous advocate of christianity.—About the 
middle period of life, a change of opinion 
led him to separate from the established 
church, to whose service he had early been 
destined ; and to join a congregation of Pro- 
testant Dissenters. But in discussing differ- 
ences of religious belief, he was always ready 
to concede to others that free right of judg- 
ment, which he had claimed and exercised 
for himself; convinced, as he was, that no 
