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rated at Turvey; long will the savour of his affectionate ministrations abide in the hearts of his mourning flock. A singular blessing still attended him. From the earliest to literally the latest, his preaching was visibly "in demonstration of the Spirit and of power."

It was during his residence at Turvey, that most of Mr. Richmond's publications were undertaken. He had previously printed two or three single sermons;[1] but it was at Turvey that his great work, "The Fathers of the English church," was carried on. For the superintendance of this important undertaking he was eminently qualified. Accident, or I would rather say, a remarkable providence, had, in the first instance, introduced him, while in the Isle of Wight, to the writings of our earlier and greatest theolo-

  1. These were, a Fast-day Sermon, and one On the Close of the Year, preached at Brading; and a Sermon on Cruelty to the Brute Creation, delivered at Bath.