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MEMOIR OF THE REV. BASIL WOODD, M. A..

(With a Portrait.)

AMONG the numerous and highly respectable clergymen belonging to the church of England, at this time to be found in London and its extensive suburbs, Mr. BASIL WOODD holds a conspicuous rank. His name fills an honourable place in the list of those, who, having the work of the ministry at heart, aim to promulgate the truths of the gospel. With such characters, the flock, and not the fleece, is the primary object of regard; they being fully persuaded that unless the consciences of those to whom they preach are affected, their souls converted, and their lives reformed, the great end of their ministry will remain unanswered. A pious minister is a blessing to the parish in which he resides. He instructs those committed to his care, both by his example and his precepts; to the former he unites consistency, and the latter he accompanies with a becoming zeal; and in each case proves that he is sincere.

With many who profess a strong attachment to the church, the regular increase of the dissenting interest has been a subject of frequent lamentation. They have mourned over the instability of the human character, have referred to the indisputable excellency of the Homilies, Liturgy, and Articles of the Establishment, and then turned with affected pity towards those who prefer the worship of God in a conventicle. These limping advocates of the national church have often been reminded, that it is neither the Homilies, the Liturgy, nor the Articles of the Establishment that causes the great mass of dissent, but the base and profligate lives of numerous ministers who fill its pulpits. Inducted under the influence of lordly patronage, interest with them becomes a substitute for virtue, and the recommendation of His Grace either covers up every No. 71.-VOL. VI.

1824.

defect, or spreads a varnish over the grossest enormities.

Nor is this the only cause of complaint that actually exists. Many are to be found, who, though their lives are not stained with any flagrant immoralities, introduce a temporizing theology to their congregations, accommodating truth to the taste of those whom they wish to oblige, if not to flatter, thus robbing the gospel of its characteristic peculiarities, and resolving its immutable principles into the doctrine of expediency.

In catholic countries, parade, form, and ceremonials may dazzle the eyes of an unenlightened multitude, who have been taught from their cradles, that in religious matters, the ecclesiastical order possess the exclusive privilege of thought; and that respecting themselves, obedience and submission comprehend the aggregate of duty. There was a time when such opinions were current, and deemed sterling, in this country, but that day of mental darkness is past, and the light diffused throughout the British community, prohibits its return. Through the establishment of Sunday schools, and the extensive circulation that has of late years been given to the sacred writings, the public have obtained the means of exercising their own judgments; and the result has been, that where profligate or temporizing clergymen fill the pulpits, the churches are but thinly attended, the more thoughtful portion of the neighbouring inhabitants becoming Dissenters, first in practice, and finally in principle, and ultimately turning their respective families into the same channel.

Nothing, on the contrary, can be more obvious, than, that, where the clergyman is "serious in a serious cause," where he preaches by his life, and in his discourses arms himself with a "thus saith the Lord," even though his doctrines may be unpalatable to the vitiated taste of the squeamish few, he is venerated and held in high estimation throughout

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the neighbourhood in which he resides, while his church is crowded with sober and attentive hearers. No theory can instruct like fact. On a profligate minister, his equally, or perhaps more abandoned neighbour turns his back, while the churches of our Wilsons and of our Woodds can scarcely afford accommodations to those by whom they are frequented. Piety, zeal, and sound doctrine in the minister will endear the church to the congregation, and present a formidable obstacle to the march of dissent. Coercive laws and local persecution have tried in vain to arrest its progress. To the torch, the gibbet, the sword, and the axe of the executioner, it has bidden stern defiance. The mind of man cannot be subdued by material weapons, and that church which derives its chief support from them, cannot be of God. Unadulterated excellence is the vital principle which can alone preserve the body from putrefaction; but neither wealth, nor patronage, nor acts of parliament, can furnish a substitute to preserve it from dishonour, or secure it from contempt.

The Rev. Basil Woodd was born at Richmond, in Surry, on the 5th of August, 1760. His parents were highly respectable, and his mother, in particular, was remarkable for her piety. Profiting by her example, the principles of Christianity made an early impression on his mind, and, although their influence was at times obscured by the vivacity of youth, it was too deep to be ever wholly effaced.

On leaving the paternal roof, Mr. Woodd became a pupil of the Rev. Thomas Clarke, rector of Chesham Bois, a gentleman not less distinguished for his piety, than for his literary and classical attainments. This situation was highly favourable to the turn which his mind had already taken, and, in connexion with other circumstances equally conducive to the formation of his character, led him, under divine Providence, to the work of the ministry, in which he has been uniformly engaged, and of which he has, for a series of years, been a distinguished ornament. At the age of seventeen he repaired to Oxford, and became a student at Trinity College, of which he is still a member, and his name occupies the first place

on the list of "Master of Arts," with which degree he has for many years been duly honoured.

On the 10th of March, 1783, Mr. Woodd was ordained deacon, at the Temple Church, London, by Dr, Thurlow, bishop of Lincoln, being then under twenty-three years of age. On September 19th, 1784, he was ordained priest, at Westminster Abbey, by Dr. Thomas, bishop of Rochester, but having no stated sphere of employment, he frequently assisted the late Dr. Conyers, then rector of St. Paul's, Deptford. Shortly afterwards, he was chosen lecturer of St. Peter's, Cornhill, in which situation he continued his services for twenty-four years.

In February, 1785, Mr. Woodd received the appointment of morning preacher at Bentinck Chapel, St. Mary-le-bone, of which, in 1793, he purchased the lease, and in this place he has continued his labours with diligence and success during a period of nearly forty years. Of this chapel he is still the highly respected minister, beloved by his congregation, among whom he dispenses the word of eternal life.

In addition to Mr. Woodd's ministerial labours, the neighbourhood has been peculiarly benefited by his active exertions in establishing schools. Of these, the first idea was suggested to him by a pious and aged woman named Ray, whom he visited in poverty and affliction. The advantages derived from these establishments, baffle all calculations. Enough is seen to ensure an high estimate of their value, but the full extent of their utility we can never expect to know until the earth and the sea shall give up their dead. Under Mr. Woodd's general superintendence, about 3000 children have passed through the schools connected with Bentinck chapel, among whom have arisen four Missionaries, who are at this time labouring among the heathen in New Zealand, and other distant portions of the globe. According to an established rule, the children of these schools are regularly catechized on Sunday afternoons, immediately after the reading of the second lesson, and the improvement which they make under the instruction of their worthy minister, must be obvious to every spectator.

Although Bentinck chapel may be

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