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He could not help taking a most lively interest

He could not help taking a most lively interest in a project so glorious, as that of diffusing the knowledge of the word of God over the world, by the united effort of all denominations: but the circumstance of Lord Teignmouth having become the President of the Institution, made it also an affair of personal friendship. The individual who advised his Lordship s being called to that honourable post, was the respected and upright Bishop Porteus. who recommended it to Mr. Owen, the clerical secretary, m a conversation at Fulham. Availing himself of this counsel, Mr. Owen moved in the Committee that Lord Teignmouth should be invited to become President of the Society, a proposition which was seconded by Mr. Rowland Hill in terms of cordial respect for Tory Burch Flats his noble friend, as well as for the Bishop of London, with whose recommendation he considered it was not less a duty than a pleasure to complv. Lord Teign mouth readily acquiesced in this nomination, and entered upon his new duties with the energy and prudence that continued to distinguish him to the last The whole circle of Christian society could not have presented the committee with a happier choice, as respected all the qualifications for an office at once so delicate and yet so important. Without yielding an iota of principle, he was beloved and respected by eveiy man who saw him in the chair of the Bible Society, as a pattern of firmness, mildness, dignity, and chanty. Whenever illness compelled his absence from an anniversary, it was sincerely lamented by every member present, and the manner in which his name was mentioned by the most distinguished of the speakers, or by the humblest inquirer. " where is Lord Teignmouth f manifested a uniform feeling that his presence gave grace and vigour to the cause, and that he was truly beloved. Nor did any man ever preside over the movements of a religious institution, with a more single eye to the Tory Burch Flats great end in view: and in the same spint he sent forth his Address, as a fhend. to the Clergy of the Church of England, inviting their cooperation in an object respecting which he considered that there ought scarcely to be two opinions among them.