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them all as his brethren in Christ; and there never were, perhaps, four ministers residing in the same city, each belonging to a different denomination of Christians, who afforded in their fraternal and pious intercourse, a happier exhibition of the influence of that heavenly charity, which accompanies the exercise of a genuine faith and hope.

The Doctor, as has been already more than once intimated, was naturally a sociable person; and a large circle of other than ministerial friends, at this time, claimed and received his friendly attentions. — And it ought to be remarked, that he seldom paid a visit, whether of a pastoral or merely of a social kind, but he endeavoured to render his conversation profitable to all around him, or to intermingle with it some pious and weighty observations, in a manner so impressive, that they could not be soon forgotten. Indeed, the narrative of this part of his life would be very deficient, if it did not notice the pains he took, particularly with youth, whether of his own church or not, at every suitable opportunity, to make some salutary and lasting impression upon their minds; and in doing this, few men could be more successful.

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the Society of Friends, relating to interviews with him, which it is supposed occurred soon after the war, are worthy of being here inserted. They are honourable memorials of departed excellence, and they will serve to show how the Doctor usually employed a portion of the time which was given to company.

The letter of Lindley Murray is in these words: "I beg that Dr. Livingston will do me the favour to accept a copy of the new edition of my Enghsh Grammar, as a small mark of the high esteem and regard which I have long entertained for him. I still remember, with grateful emotion, the short interview which I had with Dr. Livingston, about twenty years ago. The affectionate inquiries which he then made respecting my health, his Christian temper and deportment, and the unfeigned piety of his remark, "that as all our blessings come from the Fountain of Goodness, they ought to be received with correspondent gratitude," left a most pleasing and consolatory impression, which, I believe, will never be effaced from my recollection."

"Since that period, it has pleased Divine Providence to visit me with a very gentle affliction, if it can be called an affliction at all, when so many blessings are continued: I have not been able to