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Life Of The Right Reverend George Horne,
why are we baotized equally in the name of the Father , and of the-Son , and of the Holy Ghost ? - Let no man therefore deceive you : This is the true God , and eternal Life . " ¦ - The earlier promotion of Dr . Horne to the mitre , would not have been more grateful to the world than it was due to his merit . However , on the translation of Dr . Bagot , Bishop of Norwich , in 1791 , to to the former and
the see of St . Asaph , he was nominated Bishopric , was consecrated at Lambeth chapel on the 7 th of June ; his consecration sermon being preached by his old and particular friend Dr . Berkeley , Prebendary of Canterbury . He soon afterward resigned the Headship of Magdalen College , in which he was succeeded by the learned - DrRouth
. . His health , on this advancement , was but in a precarious state ; and his friends had the sorrow to perceive it-decay rather than improve . He repaired , however , to his palace at Norwich , where his stay was but short , yet sufficient to convince his clergy , and all who had obtained his acquaintance , of how much p leasure and advantage they were deprived in his loss . He was recommended to try the benefit of Bath ; whither his deathfrus
he went . But a paralytic stroke , some weeks before , - trated all hopes of his recovery . On the 17 th of January 1792 , death put an end to his severe infirmities , and to his exemplary patience . The faculties of his mind continued to the very last : he was not only composed , but even cheerful . His speech , indeed , was in some degree affectedas he had not been ablefor a few days previous to his death ,
, , to express himself clearly . Not long before he expired , lie received the- Sacrament , after which he exclaimed , with all the firmness of a Christian , " Now I am blessed indeed ! " In his last moments he seemed to suffer little pain , as he expired without a groan . Thus ended the life of Bishop Horne ; a Prelate whom few have
surpassed iti learning , none in piety . From his first labours in the Christian ministry he was _ a popular preacher . The fervency of his devotion was no less distinguished , than the propriety of his elocution : he felt what he spoke . And while he knew how to : " clothe
_ - " His thoughts in beauteous metaphor , he knew " To discip line his fancy—to command " The heart ; and by familiar accents move " The Christian soul . " His works display a copiousness of sublime sentiment and animated diction , of happy pleasantry and well-directed satire . His stile is parhe convinces with
ticularly nervous . Where he is argumentative ^ perspicuity ; where he is pathetic , he neyer pleads in vain . To some of his figurative allusions objections have , indeed , been made ; objections , however , which weig h but as " thesmalldustof the balance" against themul- , tiplicity of his attainments . That he was one of the ablest defenders of Christianity , by the efficacy both of his example and of his writings , no one will deny . He had powers equal to the severest contests of controversy ; and when those powers were exerted , they were neither dis , -
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Life Of The Right Reverend George Horne,
why are we baotized equally in the name of the Father , and of the-Son , and of the Holy Ghost ? - Let no man therefore deceive you : This is the true God , and eternal Life . " ¦ - The earlier promotion of Dr . Horne to the mitre , would not have been more grateful to the world than it was due to his merit . However , on the translation of Dr . Bagot , Bishop of Norwich , in 1791 , to to the former and
the see of St . Asaph , he was nominated Bishopric , was consecrated at Lambeth chapel on the 7 th of June ; his consecration sermon being preached by his old and particular friend Dr . Berkeley , Prebendary of Canterbury . He soon afterward resigned the Headship of Magdalen College , in which he was succeeded by the learned - DrRouth
. . His health , on this advancement , was but in a precarious state ; and his friends had the sorrow to perceive it-decay rather than improve . He repaired , however , to his palace at Norwich , where his stay was but short , yet sufficient to convince his clergy , and all who had obtained his acquaintance , of how much p leasure and advantage they were deprived in his loss . He was recommended to try the benefit of Bath ; whither his deathfrus
he went . But a paralytic stroke , some weeks before , - trated all hopes of his recovery . On the 17 th of January 1792 , death put an end to his severe infirmities , and to his exemplary patience . The faculties of his mind continued to the very last : he was not only composed , but even cheerful . His speech , indeed , was in some degree affectedas he had not been ablefor a few days previous to his death ,
, , to express himself clearly . Not long before he expired , lie received the- Sacrament , after which he exclaimed , with all the firmness of a Christian , " Now I am blessed indeed ! " In his last moments he seemed to suffer little pain , as he expired without a groan . Thus ended the life of Bishop Horne ; a Prelate whom few have
surpassed iti learning , none in piety . From his first labours in the Christian ministry he was _ a popular preacher . The fervency of his devotion was no less distinguished , than the propriety of his elocution : he felt what he spoke . And while he knew how to : " clothe
_ - " His thoughts in beauteous metaphor , he knew " To discip line his fancy—to command " The heart ; and by familiar accents move " The Christian soul . " His works display a copiousness of sublime sentiment and animated diction , of happy pleasantry and well-directed satire . His stile is parhe convinces with
ticularly nervous . Where he is argumentative ^ perspicuity ; where he is pathetic , he neyer pleads in vain . To some of his figurative allusions objections have , indeed , been made ; objections , however , which weig h but as " thesmalldustof the balance" against themul- , tiplicity of his attainments . That he was one of the ablest defenders of Christianity , by the efficacy both of his example and of his writings , no one will deny . He had powers equal to the severest contests of controversy ; and when those powers were exerted , they were neither dis , -