, a printer at Gloucester, deserves notice here as the founder of
, a printer at Gloucester, deserves
notice here as the founder of that useful institution the Sunday School, and as a man whose character is to be praised
for general4>enevoleuce. The live* of such men, however,
seldom afford many particulars, and Mr. Raikes, living constantly at his native place in the regular employment of
his trade, may be said to have passed his days in comparative retirement. He was born at Gloucester in 1735. His
father was of the same business as himself, a printer, and
conducted, for many years, with successful merit, the
“Gloucester Journal.
” The education Mr. Raikes received
was liberal, and calculated for his future designation in
life, and at a proper age he was taught his father’s business,
which he carried on throughout the whole of his life with
great reputation.