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career of Samuel Prideaux Tregelles was ended. We must not 
omit to mention that when the arrangements were being made for 
the Revision of the Authorized Version of the Bible, as a matter 
of course Dr. Tregelles was invited to join the New Testament 
Company, but his refusal was inevitable. 
He died at his house in Portland Square April 24th, 1875, 
after passing five years in more or less of bodily prostration, and 
with a gradual decrease of mental power consequent on the disease. 
The religious opinions of Dr. Tregelles it would be out of place 
to discuss here ; but some reference must be made to them. Although 
born of Quaker parents, he did not continue a member of the 
Society of Friends. He vas connected for many years with the 
Plymouth Brethren, and frequently took part in the services. 
The last years previous to his illness he attended the ministry of 
the Rev. Joseph Wood, of the Presbyterian Church; and at Charles’ 
Church (the Rev. H. A. Greaves). The whole of his writings show 
them to be the productions of a man imbued with strong religious 
feeling. From time to time he joined in the proceedings of insti- 
tutions formed in Plymouth for the alleviation of the religious and 
temporal necessities of a large town. 
He had been a member of our Society for many years, and was 
elected an honorary member about 1850. -The few lectures de- 
livered by him, upon the special subjects of his study, were of 
the greatest interest and value. Their substance was afterwards 
incorporated in his printed works. He used to join freely in the 
debates, and the writer recollects his evident enjoyment of the 
conversaziones and anniversary mectings. Indeed, he was fond of 
gatherings of this kind; and in company he was unbending and 
genial to a degree. In conversation no subject was foreign to him. 
He was able to shed a light upon any topic that might be introduced. 
A relative used to say that it was dangerous to ask him a question; 
doing so was like reaching to take down a book, and having the 
whole shelf-ful precipitated upon your head. 
Those who knew the subject of our memoir in his later years, 
and heard him speak then, will find it difficult to believe, that 
before his throat became affected, he was a fluent and distinct 
speaker. 
The life of Dr. Tregelles was an uneventful one, and presents 
few points for the biographer to dwell upon; but this sketch is 
due from us, and may serve as a record of the labours of a member 
