March, 1793, by the Rev. Samuel Glasse*, D. D. F. R.S. &c. &c. and published by Request." "This truly benevolent Discourse, inscribed, with great propriety, to the King, as Patron of the excellent Institution it so warmly commends, is introduced by an Address to the Reader, which breathes the sentiments of Philosophy enlightened by Christianity. In the Sermon itself, taken from a sublime passage in Psalm 1xviii. 20, after an able statement of the peculiar excellence of the Society, Dr. Glasse proceeds to describe, with peculiar energy, the variety of Charities with which this Metropolis abounds; and concludes with an animated picture of that which gave occasion to the Sermon." G. M. LXIII. 843. + Student of Christ Church, Oxford; M. A. 1759; F. R. S. 1764; B. and D. D. 1769; one of the Chaplains in ordinary to his Majesty, 1772; Rector of Hanwell, Middlesex, 17.. (resigned to his son 1785); Rector of Wanstead, Essex, 1781; Vicar of Epsom, 1782 (resigned 1785); Prebendary of Shalford, in the Cathedral of Wells, 1791; Prebendary of Oxgate, in St. Paul's Cathedral, 1798; and a very intelligent and active Magistrate. Dr. Glasse was a very popular Preacher; and frequently employed his talents and eloquence in exciting to charity the congregations of the Metropolis and its vicinity. Amongst these were the fol lowing single Sermons: 1. "At the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of the Clergy, May 13, 1773." 2. "For the Marine Society, at St. Andrew's Church, being their Anniversary, Feb. 10, 1774." 3. "The Origin of Consecrated Churches, and the Benefits of Public Worship; preached at the Opening of the Parish Church of Clapham, Surrey, June 9, 1776." 4. "The beneficial Effects of Harmony, preached at the Meeting of the Three Choirs in the Cathedral Church at Gloucester, Sept. 9, 1778." 5. "A Second Sermon before the Governors of the Marine Society, 1778." 6. "Christian Fortitude particularly recommended in Times of Danger; preached at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, July 4, 1779." 7. "A Devout Observance of the Christian Sabbath recommended; preached before the University of Oxford, 1781." 8. "The Sinner's Account fairly stated; preached at the Parish Church of Hanwell, in the County of Middlesex, May 6, 1781." 9. "Before the Guardians and Governors of the Asylum for Helpless Orphans, May 19, 1781." 10." Preached at Painswick, Gloucestershire, for the Sunday School in that Parish." 11. "Preached in the Parish Church of Wanstead, July 15, 1787, in consequence of his Majesty's Royal Proclamation against Vice, Profaneness, and Immorality." 12. "Before the Governors of the Magdalen Hospital, London, on Wednesday, May 28, 1788." 13. "For the Royal Humane Society, March 17, 1793." 14. "The Sinner encouraged to Repentance: a Sermon preached at the Opening of the Chapel of the new House of Correction for the County of Middlesex, on Sunday Sept. 28, 1794, before the Chairman of the Sessions, and a Committee of Magistrates; and published at their K 2 Request, "The History of the Antient and Royal Foundation, called the Abbey of St. Alban, in the County of Hertford; from the Foundation thereof in 793, to Request; with a Prefatory Address to Magistrates in general, and to the Magistracy of the County of Middlesex in particular." 15. "A Word of Comfort to the Poor in their present Necessity; a Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Wanstead, in the County of Essex, on Sunday July 19, 1795; humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable, the Honourable, and Reverend Members of the Committees for the Relief of the Poor." 16.“National Liberality and National Reform recommended; a Sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. George Bloomsbury, on Sunday February 4, 1798; published by Request." 17. "Sennacherib defeated, and his Army destroyed; preached at Wanstead, Essex, on Sunday the 4th of September 1803; inscribed to the Million of Loyal Volunteers, and intended to be the Soldier's Manual.-Dr. Glasse published also a Translation, from the French, of" Address from a Lady of Quality to her Children, when in the last Stage of a lingering Illness, 1777," in two small volumes. In 1787 he contributed largely to Mr. Mann-Godschal's excellent Pamphlet on the Police (which he revised through the press); and wrote the character of his friend Mr. Raikes in Gent. Mag. vol. LVIII. p. 11. "A Course of Lectures on the Holy Festivals; with prac tical Remarks on each, and Exhortations to a more devout and serious Observance of them, 1797," 8vo. "A Plain and Practicable Exposition of the Commandments, 1801," 8vo. Dr. Glasse lost his wife, Sept. 17, 1811; an event which he did not long survive; dying, in Sackville Street, Piccadilly, April 27, 1812, aged 79; and, if the uniform efforts of a life to contribute to the long welfare and happiness of his friends and the community at large, claim any praise, no man ever deserved it better of his country. The Rev. George-Henry Glasse, son of the last mentioned venerable Divine, was a Student of Christ Church, Oxford; M.A. 1782; Rector of Hanwell, Middlesex, 1785; domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge, also domestic Chaplain to Lord Sefton. He married, Nov. 17, 1783, Miss Anne Fletcher, of Ealing, whose death he thus elegantly recorded in Hanwell church-yard: "Hic, O quisquis es, paulisper immorare memoriæ Annæ amantissimæ conjugis Georgii Henrici Glasse, A. M. quæ, cum filiam ejusdem nominis, natu maximam, ipsa merens animi et cassâ spe maternâ, ipsa morti occubuit prior; casti veruntamen amoris primitias iterum post breve complexura æternoque fruitura consortio, felix! non unquam, vocante Christo, desideratâ illâ, dulcique filia, its Dissolution in 1539; exhibiting the Life of each Abbot, and the principal Events relating to the Monastery during his Rule and Government. Ex purius aliquid, sanctius, venustius, intravit sedes beatorum. Illa, die Junii quarto, hæc vero ejusdem mensis tricesimo, Anno Domini 1802, spiritum Deo commendavit." Mr. Glasse married, secondly, May 11, 1805, Harriet, daughter of Thomas Wheeler, Esq.; and died Oct. 30, 1809, at the age of about 50.-He was in person short and fat; his face full, and rather handsome, with an expression of benevolence and intelligence. His manner was easy, but not elegant; and to strangers had the appearance of affectation. In talents and attainments he shone pre-eminent. His mind was fertile, acute, and capacious; it had an universal grasp, and embraced every art and science. His taste was more refined than pure-rather delicate than chaste. His memory was accurate and retentive; the facility with which he read and comprehended was wonderful: he seemed to take in every thing at a single glance, and to know almost intuitively what others had obtained by effort and labour. As he lived much in the world, and possessed great discernment, men and manners of every description were familiar to him; nothing eluded his observation; nothing escaped his remembrance. He associated with all ranks; knew their characteristic traits, and accurately sketched their distinguishing excellencies and defects. His conversation was full of spirit and vi vacity; his language copious, and his terms select, enlivened with wit, enriched by fancy, and abounding with anecdote. He composed and wrote, with rapidity almost unequalled, in a style easy, elegant, and perspicuous, though somewhat diffuse. His matter was not always profound or original; but his reasoning was generally just, his arguments convincing, and, when the subject admitted, embellished with a profusion of metaphor and imagery. There are passages in some of his writings which have all the warinth, vigour, and luminous illustration of Burke. With all these talents natural and acquired, he possessed the warmest feeliegs and most benevolent disposition he was manly and open, good-natured, hospitable, and liberal. Having a considerable income, and a large fortune in reversion, he indulged in the luxuries of the table, and in general habits of expence which were highly imprudent, and which involved him in frequent pecuniary embarrassments. These embarrassments, added to some occurrences in which he had been harshly treated, and in which his character suffered through the indiscreet zeal of his friends, and the malignant spirit of his enemies, preyed on his susceptible mind; and, in an unhappy moment, the world was deprived of a man of extraordinary wit, learning, and genius; who for many years had been a blessing to his friends, and an ornament to human nature. His classical learning, tracted from the most faithful Authorities and Records, both printed and manuscript, with Plates, and a Map of the County; Part I. [The Second Part was published in 1795.] By the Rev. Peter Newcome, Rector of Shenley, Herts," 4to. "Ser learning, if it did not rank him with the Parrs, the Burneys, or the Porsons, was among the foremost of the second order. He had a very great facility in writing Greek verse; and his Translation of" Caractacus" and "Samson Agonistes" into that language, when considered as the work of a young man, must ever remain a monument of his critical skill and profound erudition. His Caractacus appeared in the year 1781, when the Translator was yet a Batchelor of Arts; and that of Samson Agonistes in 1788. In 1791 he published "A Sermon preached before the Guardians of the Asylum for helpless Orphans." In 1792, "Contemplations on the Sacred History, altered from the Works of Bishop Hall;" 4 vols. 12mo. In 1793, "A Sermon preached at Hanwell, after reading his Majesty's most gracious Letter in favour of the French Emigrant Clergy." In 1794, "A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, at the Visitation of the Bishop of London." In 1798, Twenty mons on various Subjects; more particularly on Christian Faith and Hope, and the Consolation of Religion:" and in the same year, "A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Hanwell, before the Members of the Volunteer Armed Association formed within the Parishes of Hanwell and Ealing, including New and Old Brentford, as Honorary Chaplain to the Corps." In 1802, he published Louisa; a Narrative of Facts supposed to throw Light on the mysterious History of the Lady of the Haystack.' Translated from a French Work published in the Imperial Dominions 1785." In 1803, "A Sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of the Clergy, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul on Thursday May 12, 1803." In 1804, "The Sword of the Lord; a Sermon preached May 25, being the Day appointed for a General Fast:" and in the same year he published another Volume of Sermons, altered from the Works of Bishop Beveridge. See more of him hereafter, under the year 1799. *This worthy Divine was educated at Hackney School, under his relation, Dr. Newcome; whence he removed to Queen's Col-" lege, Cambridge, where he took the degree of B. LL. in 1750. The Rectory of Shenley had been purchased by his mother in 1742, just before the death of Philip Falle, the Historian of Jersey, and was held two years by another Peter Newcome, and seven more by Dr. Lewis, curate of Hackney, for Mr. Newcome, who held a living for some other person, which was filled before Shenley, to which he was instituted on his own petition in 1751. He was collated to a Prebend at Landaff in 1753; and to a Prebend at St. Asaph in 1764; which last he resigned to his brother in 1766, on being collated to the sinecure Rectory of Darowen. By "The King's House at Winchester, a Poem *. By the Rev. John Wool." "The First Book of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity," Svo. The Fifth Volume of Dr. Kippis's Edition of the Biographia Britannica." "Testimonies to the Genius and Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds. By the Author of Imperfect By the appointment of his friend, J. Heathcote, esq. he twice preached Lady Moyer's Lectures in St. Paul's, and was the last preacher upon that occasion, the institution having been originally appointed for a certain term of years, which expired with his last lecture. His Lectures were so much approved, that he had once intended to have made them public. In 1786, he obtained the Rectory of Pitsey, in Essex, on the presentation of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart. He printed 1787, " Maccabeis," a Latin poem, 4to; and, in 1793, he published his " History of St. Alban's, which has been well received. He died, at his sister's, at Hadley, near Barnet, Middlesex, aged upwards of 70, of an inflammation on his lungs, occasioned by a neglected cold, April 2, 1797. His general and useful knowledge rendered him a valuable member of the community; and his abilities, activity, and impartiality as a magistrate, will make him long remembered in the county of Herts. He made the rectory of Shenley worth near 400l. per annum, and his predecessor improved it by building a very good parsonage-house and offices; and Mr. Newcome left the rectory to his nephew, his brother's son, for whom his father, Prebendary in Wales, presented Mr. Hughes, till he could take it. * The Author of this Poem (which is distinguished both by spirit and harmony) was educated at Winchester, and Fellow of New College, Oxford, M. A. 1794. In 1806, whilst Rector of Blechford, Somerset, and Master of the Free Grammar School at Midhurst, Sussex, he published "Biographical Memoirs" of his old Friend and Preceptor, Dr. Joseph Warton, with his Poems and Letters. In the same year he was elected Head Master of Rugby School; and early in 1807 accumulated the degrees of B. and D.D. For this partial re-publication, the Editor [Dr. Burgess, a bright ornament of the present Episcopal Bench] assigned two inducements; the first, that it was printed some years ago with an expectation that Mr. Schomberg would present it to the Publick with an Introductory Discourse, for which he had prepared large materials, but which death prevented him from completing; the second, that, it was conceived, it appeared at a seasonable juncture, when the great political experiment, which had been passing in France, would render Hooker's general principles more intelligible, convincing, and impressive. |