OF THE LATE

REVEREND THOMAS BELSHAM,

INCLUDING

A BRIEF NOTICE OF HIS PUBLISHED WORKS,

AND

COPIOUS EXTRACTS FROM HIS DIARY,

TOGETHER WITH

LETTERS TO AND FROM HIS FRIENDS AND

CORRESPONDENTS.

BY JOHN WILLIAMS.

De mortuis, nil nisi VERUM.

It seems to me absurd, in writing accounts of persons deceased, never
to hint at their failings. The best men have their failings, and they ought
not to be concealed, though it is proper to touch them with tenderness and
delicacy.
Mr. BELSHAM'S Private Correspondence.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.

1833.

PRINTED BY G. SMALLFIELD, HACKNEY.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE Compiler of the subsequent Memoirs has in his possession several series of Mr. Belsham's Sermons on very important subjects, which were heard with deep attention and lively interest by the intelligent societies to whom they were addressed, some of which it was Mr. Belsham's wish and intention to have committed to the press, and also some Forms of Prayer, for public and family worship, which it is the design of the present writer to publish, if he finds sufficient encouragement to incur the expense.

The Author intended to have added a List of Subscribers, and a copious Index, to the Memoirs; but the unexpected size of the Volume compels him to abandon the design.