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Obituary.—Mrs. Blake. ?5P
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J8xo, April A, At Dover, In The 87th Yea...
a second perusal of them . Besides these , Mr A published several small tracts , and the fruits of his industry are farther manifested by a number of manuscripts on various subjects . The principal of which are , A Common * Place Book to the
Bible > and e The Lazus if Moses digested , fife . Both are the work of much time and industry , and were given by the will of the deceased to the author of this liibmdir . * ' In the year 1757 , Mr . Ashdown married Miss Pyall , daughter and only surviving child of the Rev . Robert Pyall ,
it that time pastor of Dover church , a yolingiady of a most amiable character ; by her he had two sons and four daughters , several of whoixi survive him . Mrs . Ashdown died in the year 1786 , most sincerely regretted by her family and friends , as well as by the church to which she belonged . Her great attention and useful qualities had justly
acquired her the appellation of tbt mother of the people . As a' member of sotiety , Mr . A . was esteemed a man of inflexible integrity , the religious society to which he belonged found him not only a firm supporter of its worship , , but also of its interest in ; pecuniary matters . As a minister , he was indefatigable ; and , although nit sentiments did not accord with those
of some others , yet all believed him to possess a sincere desire to promote the cause of truth and virtue . Like his master , his aim Was to do good , He was a strenuous advocate for the worship
of the One God , the Father of our JLord Jesus Christ . His disposition was exceedingly liberal , ancj he lived on terms of intimacy with several respectable clergymen of the establishment in the neighbourhood . He was a faithful adviser
and a sincere friend , ever alive to the attention of his friends , and especially young persons , who found in him a most cheerful and agreeable companion . Mr . A . had not the benefit of a liberal education ; and when it is considered that he had to contend with a mind
naturally violent and irritable , it will probably be acknowledged , that more merit rarely falls to the share of man . He was very temperate , enjoyed a remarkably sound constitution , and , although he had for . many years lost the sight of one eye , yet , at the age of 80 , he couljl read the smallest print without die aid off glasses . Hit death was the effect of
• Many of Mr . A . ' f worfcs arc referred to in KJppit ' a edition of Doddridge ' t JLecturei
J8xo, April A, At Dover, In The 87th Yea...
a gradual decay ; and retaining his fa * culties until the last , he expired withxnit a groan ! He was interred in the church burial ground in the neighbouring parish of Guston , where his wife with her
ancestors and several of their children , had been deposited before him . A sermon was preached on the occasion at Dover , on the following Sunday evening , to a large and respectable audience , many of whom put on mourning upon the occasion . B . M . Barfrestotiy near Dover May 16 , 1810 .
1810 , April 8 , within a very fetf weeks after the , birth of a daughter , Mr 9 . BLAKE \ wife of the Rev . William Blake , of Crewkcrrre , in the county of Somerset ; and on Monday the 16 th her remains were- deposited in the fanjijv vault , in the chapel belonging to the
Protestant Dissenters in that town . Tfes funeral service was conducted by t & p Rev . Joseph Cornish , of Colyton ; anjcl on the Lord ' s day following , two very excellent and peculiarly appropriate discourses were delivered by the & ei £ . Thomas Thomas , of Wareham : in the
morning , from Ezekiel xxiv . 16 . former clause ; and in the afternoon , to a numerous and attentive audience , from x Thess . iy . 13 , 14 . The following sketch of the leading features of the character of the deceased , is not drawn by the partiality of affection , tbut is given as the result of the attentive observation of the uniform
integrity of her heart and life . " Her piety was sincere , habitual , ux \* ostentatious . The Word of God wall her guide ; in her private reading , the perusal of a portion both of the Old and New Testament was her daily practice . Her religion was practical , not speculative ; the religion of the heart , more than of the head ; and thus its influence
was visible in the whole of her temper and deportment . The benevolent affections she eminently possessed ; ' to her domestics and inferiors in station , she was peculiarl y kind and attentive ; to her nearest friends and dearest relatives , she was tender and _ affectionate in the
highest degree . Influenced by that Christian love which scekcth not her own , she had learned to forego her personal gratifications , in order to be better enabled to supply the wants , and to alleviate the distresses of others ; -it wa « uniformly her object to promote th $
Obituary.—Mrs. Blake. ?5p
Obituary . —Mrs . Blake . ? 5 P
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1810, page 259, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02051810/page/43/
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