Gos 
not. patientlv. acquiesce in the humble situa- 
tion of a curate, He engaged in various 
plansoffarning” knew little of the subject ; 
Was constantly imposed upon ; and in all 
uasnuecessfr!, This as miay well be ima- 
gined was aco: tinual source of anxiety to 
an affectionate parent; who seemed to live 
enly for him. She always preserved,-how- 
ever, a chearfyl equanimity of temper, the 
yesultof pious resignation, and ef the habit 
cf ocenpying, herseif constantly in little acts 
of indness to all within her reach. ° In the 
wear 1 &2 she came to reside im the city of 
Yak . and, five years afterwards, received 
an account of the death of him-who had 
Jong been the co stant ob*ect of ber anxiety. 
He had relinquished farming, end had once 
more accepied of a curacy inthe west riding 
of Yorkshire. His death was eccasioned by 
a fall from his herse ‘** Well (she said), 
the will of God be done WHevhas not. [ 
hope, ©een tmmotal, although he has been 
-unfortunate; perhaps his temper wou!d not 
have borne prosperity ; let him be brought 
hither to be buried, and, when ! die, let me 
be laid by him’’ From this period. may 
fairlv be reckoned the commencement of her 
most tranquil days ; she had no anxiety but 
that she might be enabled to fulfil the whale 
will of God, and, safe under his protection, 
hi-d_no wish either to live or die. The early 
part of the morning was usually spent by her 
inreading in the bible and in prayer. Wy hilst 
she was able. it was her delight to call upon 
her neighbours and friends, to do them gcod, 
and to attend, to the very utmost of her abi- 
lity, to the wants of the poor: and after- 
wards. when she was no-longer able to do 
this, those who knew her well will bear tes- 
timony to the unruffied: serenity of her tem- 
per, the unbounded benevolence of her 
heart. the sincerity with which she sympa- 
thised in all their joys and griefs, and the’ 
cheariul comp!aisant smile ‘with which she 
always feceive: them bus did her days 
and fights glide smosthly along, happy in 
tlie tind atiention of a friend who resided 
with ber, and cf two faifhful attendants, 
Who coustaitly aiiticipated ber wishes. On 
Tuesday tie 4th ef Jine she was seized 
With a shivering fit, followed by a great ac- 
€e,s10n.of fever, ani never spoke after. She 
dusec agreatceal, sometimes looked up and 
Siitlec 5 and on thé Saturday morning fol- 
tc wing breathed her last, without a s'ruggle 
‘or asigh, If she had lwed til! October next 
she wouid have entered her goth year. _ Her 
Voice was music. J, aod Ip her you !: she was 
wncumuonly beautiful, of which consider- 
ab'e tiaces reniained io the very la:t. Her 
face was not wiinhied ; her fine coniplexion 
had not wholly lest its bloom ; her dark ha- 
Zcleye still retained some portion of its viva- 
city a d fusiie, aid the sweetness of her 
countenance was not at all impaired 
youthfu' beauty shoul cast ber eye upon 
this simple narrative, ‘iet her hence fearn, 
that there have been those, i their day as 
aliactive 4s heiself, who have been gene- 
rll, idmized without feeling one partic.e of 
Vanity , who have preterred the humbe 
Wali of domes-ic duty to theicle a¢mirsation 
Of the crowwdea assembly; whose latter days 
have been free from mortification and dis«p- 
Account of the Rew Dr. Paky.. 
Lf the: 
[July =, 
pointment; who have been rewarded in this 
world by ** that peace of mind which passeth 
al understanding :’’ and whose future pro- 
spects respecting that which ts to come were 
‘- Soll of hope, rejoicing in the expectation 
of.immorta! glory.” PR she, cz, 
At Bifhog. Wearmouth, In the county of 
Durham, on Saturday the 25th of May, af- 
ter a violent iHnefs of three weeks, the Rev, 
Dr. Paley, fub-dean-of Lincola and rector of 
Bifhop Wearmouth.~ This dittinguifhed lire- 
rary character was born at Peterborough im 
1743. His father’ who held a fmall living 
near that place foon afterwards removed to 
Gigglefwick in Yorkthire, where le was ap- 
pointed to be mafter ‘of a grammar ichool, 
and continued to act in that capacity until his 
death,. which happened in the year 1799. 
Dr Paley was edcucated-under his father’s 
care, until he became a ftudernt of Chri Col- 
lege, Cambridge, in-1759. The-firft opy tre. 
tunities he enjcyed in the univerfity of difs 
plaving his. talents, brought him into confi- 
derable notice. About the middle of their 
third years, the fenior fophs (as they are 
called) cifpute in.the public fchools on quef- 
tions. of natural-and.moxal philefophy, . In 
theie exercifes Dr. Paley was.diftinguithed for 
his extraordinary quicknefs and fagasity, and 
whenever he was expected to difpute, the 
fchools were crowded with his admirers. © In 
the earneftnefs and intenfity of thought he 
was fometimes led to difpofe himfelf into un- - 
ufual attitudes ; and a drawing by Bunbury, 
who was a contemporary, is ftill remernbered 
at Cambridge, in which one of thefe-is hap- 
pily defcribed, and in-which Dr. Watfon, the 
prefent bifhop of Llandaff, who then prefided 
in the fchools, forms ancther very prominent 
figure. In 1763 he took the degree of batche- 
lor of arts, and in the previous examination 
had the honor of appearing the firft man of his 
ies i 9] a i. 
year. His ftudies now being comipleted, and 
no other engagement offering, he went to be 
affiftant in the fchool at Greenwich, _In that 
fituation he remained nearly three years, and 
then, upon being elected fellow of Chrift Col- - 
lege, returned to a refidence in the univerfity. 
Fis élection into a feHowthip of the college, 
was very foun followed by an appointment to 
be one of the tutors of it. Though the duties. 
and ufcfulnets of the tutor of a college are 
inthe prefent fate of the univerhty alnot 
imaginary, and. the progrefs of the young 
_ fudent depends upon his own induftry or on 
private alliftance; this appointment was of. 
very confiderable importance evensin its lite- 
rary. conlequences. -Dr. Paley did not.con= 
tent himtelf with repeating over-every: year 
the-traditional learning of the college, but, 
endeavoured to convert the opportunities 
that.were afforded to him into means of exe 
tenduig his reputation. His lectures on mo- 
ral aud politicai philolephy and on the Greek 
Teftameut contained the outlinesof the works 
by which he has fo much benefited the world, 
and his old pupils preferve im i 8 . 
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