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His birth and early training

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His career and rooms at Oriel :-his marriage
Wilberforce at Checkendon and at Brighstone.-The Great Duke
He is favourably received at Court

Loss of his wife, the perpetual overclouding of his days

Rector of Alverstoke,-Dean of Westminster,-Bishop of Oxford
Summary of the results of his Episcopate

Ferment occasioned by Hampden's appointment.

Wilberforce calamitously drawn into the snare
his ill-advised letter to Hampden, and its results
His claims on the Church's gratitude particularized
Institutes Lenten Courses of Sermons

His method of conducting Ordinations described
His singularly successful method at Confirmations
His share in the revival of Convocation

A day at Cuddesdon described. The dinner

description of what had gone before, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

scene at the writing-table, 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.

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Wilberforce's wonderful power of work:-his Candidates for Orders

the drawing-room after dinner

His letters written in railway carriages

His manifold engagements.

The Bishop at Turvey Abbey

Remarks on the subject

His Sermons and exquisite pulpit oratory

His appetite for hearing Serinons

Power of sympathy, the secret of his marvellous success
His snares, drawbacks, and hindrances

His thorough loyalty to the Church of England

Critical moment when he was appointed Bishop of Oxford

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Devotional side of Wilberforce's character

His manysidedness, industry, and administrative skill

The joyousness of his disposition. His versatility,—and almost boyish

freshness.

Anecdotes of Wilberforce, illustrative of his playfulness

His yearning for love and confidence

Strength of his domestic affections

Wilberforce amid his 'body guard'

His calamitous death,- -on Saturday, 19th July, 1873

Interment beside his wife, at Lavington

His Birth and Ancestry

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Refounds the 'National Society' for Promoting the Education of the

Poor in the Principles of the Established Church
Rev. William Palmer's Narrative

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His Parentage, and the story of his early life

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