Legh Richmond

Name: Annals of the Poor
Author: Legh Richmond

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“Annals of the Poor”, published in 1829, is a work by Legh Richmond. It explores elements such as Turvey, Christian and pulpit.

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Legh Richmond, Annals of the Poor (1829)

“ I cannot however forbear to say, that in Legh Richmond's writings, more than in those of perhaps any other author, you behold the character of the man. His beautiful simplicity, his lively imagination, his tenderness of feeling, his devoted piety, were the characteristics of the man which enshrined him in the affections of all who knew him. And who can read a page of his Annals, and not recognise in those interesting narratives the same simple plainness, the same glowing fancy, the same touching pathos, the same ardent piety? ”

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Legh Richmond, Annals of the Poor (1829)

“ Jane "the Young Cottager," lies buried here.
During his residence at Turvey, Mr. Richmond became extendedly known to the public as the cordial friend, and ready advocate of the different religious societies, which have within the last thirty years grown up amongst us. His persuasive and pathetic eloquence in the pulpit or on the platform, when awaking Christian sympathy in behalf of the idolatrous Gentile, or the unbelieving Jew, will not be readily forgotten by the multitudes who have, so often, delighted and instructed, hung upon his lips. ”

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Legh Richmond, Annals of the Poor (1829)

“ I believe his earliest appearance in this character, was on the ninth anniversary of the Church Missionary Society, before whom he was appointed, in 1809, to preach their annual sermon. This sermon may be appealed to as a fair and characteristic specimen of his powers in the pulpit; though I must be allowed to say, that to his flowing and harmonious language, his graceful delivery, and sweet expression of features, beaming with love to God and goodwill to men, imparted a charm which the mere reader of a printed sermon can by no means duly appreciate. ”

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Legh Richmond, Annals of the Poor (1829)

“ Let me be a dispenser of spiritual support and health to many! Like this stream may I prove the poor man's friend by the way, and water the souls that thirst for the river of life, wherever I meet them! ”

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Legh Richmond, Annals of the Poor (1829)

“ He admits us to his retirement and meditations, shows us his hopes and fears, and presents us with all the secret workings of his soul. We admire the gifted minister of God, who in the deep humility of his spirit disdained not to listen to the voice of admonition, though it reached him from the lowly cottage; we cannot withhold our affection from the man.
If I were called on to say which of the narratives I prefer, I should most probably be inclined to fix on that of the "Young Cottager." ”

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Legh Richmond, Annals of the Poor (1829)

“ Richmond in a totally different character. In the summer of 1797, he became, within the space of a very few weeks, (to borrow his own words,) "academically a master of arts, domestically a husband, parochially a deacon." He had been originally destined to the law; but having imbibed a distaste for that profession, his attention was subsequently directed to the church, and he was now admitted to the sacred office. Brading, a secluded village in the Isle of Wight, was the scene of his earliest pastoral labours. ”

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Legh Richmond, Annals of the Poor (1829)

“ He was ordained to the curacy of this place and the little adjoining village of Yaverland; and in Yaverland church he delivered his first sermon.
These scenes will long be dear to Christian remembrance. Lovely in themselves, and consecrated by the pen of Legh Richmond, they will be viewed with no ordinary feelings: and he who disdains not the "simple annals of the poor," while he treads the sod which covers "little Jane," or visits the lowly cottage of the "Dairyman," will not fail to glorify God for those who here have slept in Jesus, and "though dead, yet speak." ”

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Legh Richmond, Annals of the Poor (1829)

“ Richmond was appointed chaplain to the late Duke of Kent, by whom he was honoured with a share of his Royal Highness's friendship. In 1817 Mr. R. was presented by the late Emperor Alexander of Russia, with a splendid ring, as a testimony of the approbation with which his Imperial Majesty viewed the narratives in this volume.
Many peaceful years were passed at Turvey. Happy in the bosom of his family, no man more excelled as a pattern of domestic virtues than Legh Richmond. ”

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Legh Richmond, Annals of the Poor (1829)

“ The SCHOOLBOY'S MANUAL, and YOUNG MAN'S MONITOR; being a Collection of Scriptural Extracts, and other Moral and Prudential Maxims; designed as an Antidote to the Corruptions of the World and of the Human Heart, in the early Stages of Life. 18mo. 2s. boards.
EIGHTEEN MAXIMS of NEATNESS and ORDER; to which is prefixed an Introduction. By Theresa Tidy. Nineteenth Edition. 24mo. 9d. sewed.
A SPONSOR'S GIFT; being Familiar Essays on those Things "which a Christian ought to know and believe." In a Series of Letters, addressed to an absent Godchild. 12mo. 3s. boards. ”

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