Christian philanthropy exemplified in a memoir of the Rev. Samuel Wilson Warneford, LL.D., late Rector of Bourton-on-the-hill, and honorary canon of Gloucester and Bristol : wherein an attempt has been made to shew the diversities of its operations, but the sameness of its spirit; the varieties of its form, but the universality of its principle / by...Vaughan Thomas ; illustrated by extracts from his letters.

  • Thomas, Vaughan, 1775-1858.
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1855
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Credit: Christian philanthropy exemplified in a memoir of the Rev. Samuel Wilson Warneford, LL.D., late Rector of Bourton-on-the-hill, and honorary canon of Gloucester and Bristol : wherein an attempt has been made to shew the diversities of its operations, but the sameness of its spirit; the varieties of its form, but the universality of its principle / by...Vaughan Thomas ; illustrated by extracts from his letters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    P R K FAC E. We have been recently taught by the Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, in his admirable Sermon upon the death of Joshua Watson, Esq. D.C.L. “ that the consideration of good examples among men is a duty rce owe to God; that examples have a potency and virtue which rules can never possess; that they inspire love, excite admiration, stimulate energy, arouse courage, and kindle zeal.” Such considerations would alone furnish reasons suf- ficient for writing this Memoir of Dr. Warneford. But when in addition the Writer (an old friend and fellow-labourer of Dr. Warneford) lias been honoured by the joint requests of many distin- guished associates of this munificent Philanthropist, in all that he did to raise the name and fame of Queen’s College, Birmingham, to its present emi- nence ; and honoured in the like manner by a similar application from all the worthy Members of the Committee of Council of the Queen’s Hospital in that place; he should think himself wanting in the respect due to those, whose rank and virtues, position and relations in society, en-