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Mr. Grimshaw is said to have been ‘not rigorous in exacting his dues, but was content with what his parishioners brought him.’ He would say to them—‘I will not deserve your curses when I am dead, for what I have received for my poor labour among you. I want no more of you than your souls for my God, and a bare maintenance for myself.’ Newton’s Life of Grimshaw, p. 124. If he carried this principle beyond its legitimate bounds, yet the spirit of it is admirable. The truth of Archbishop Seeker’s remark will be generally admitted—‘A due measure of disinterestedness is one main requisite for the success of a Clergyman’s labours.’ Charges, p. 248. “I seek not yours, but you” 2Cor. 12.13, 14. See Scott on 1Cor. 9.13-18.