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spirits , who were more intimately ao quainted with him , will keenly feel their loss of his edifying converse / His neighbours , many of them , testified their sense of his worth by the manner in which + though unsolicited , they attended his funeral . He was a man whom all
respected who knew 'him . He was modest , diffident of himself , and of much simplicity in his manner ; and the judicious solidity of his remarks rendered his company engaging-, and his conversation highly interesting and improving . He possessed a lively and well-regulated imagination , as is manifested in some
yet ttrnfublisbed productions of his pen , which do credit to his ingenuity , and discover the pious temper of his mind . In a word , he was a Christian , and a ' Christian of the primitive cast , such as we may suppose Nathaniel to have become , of whom our master Christ said , " Behold an Israelite indeed , in whom there
is no guile . " He was one of whom there can be little doubt it may with truth be said , " He has foiight a good fight , he has finished his course , he has kept the faith ; and there is laid up for him a crown of righteousness , which the Lord , the righteous Judge , will give hid at that day . A . M .
1810 , May 8 , at Birmingham , Mrs . PORTEUS , aged 84 , the relict of the Rev . Mr Porteus , many years a dissenting minister at Nuneaton , Warwickshire , respectable for his abilities and character . To his widow were dufe
esteem and praise for an open , frank simplicity of manners and bedevolence of temper , in union with a strong intellect and animated piety . About five months since shebroEeher leg , ingoing down stairs . Though the fracture was ferfectly cured , the long confinement to er bed brought on her death . This
painful disaster , and the illness it occasioned , she bore with more than resignation ^ with a serene cheerfulness ; nay , with gratitude to that Providence which , by means of this affliction , gave her to experience the unexpected attentions of kindMss and sympath y froiii respectable persona , wno she nad been ready to suppose entertained no regard for her ; but whose friendship , in the day of her affliction , was a source of solace and joy .
. .. . " « T . 1810 , Mar 15 , a few da y * after the completion of his 79 th year , Mr . WILLIAM RYJUUH * , of BiriWtuto
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whose progress from this state to a letter having lain chiefly through the sequestered vale of fprivate life , furnishes more copious materials for the * affect
ionate remembrance of the friend , than for the pen of the biographer . Much , very much , that pertained to this excellent man , will be deeply impressed on the hearts of those who knew himV which , to strangers , would be tasteless and
uninteresting . Heir to that best of legacies , a spotless name , and living " in the open sunshine of God ' s love , " he attained , by unremitting diligence , to an
honourable eminence in society ; at the same time affording , by his example , a pleasing proof of the compatibility of serious attention to mental cultivation , with , the steady and successful pursuit of temporal advancement *
A terseness of remark , which , by the occasional and superficial observer , might be mistaken for asperity , but tempered by manners unaffectedly polished , and blended with the sweetest milk of human kindness ; a rich fund of instructive anecdote ; great liberality of opinion :
and a familiar acquaintance with the most popular branches of English literature—gave peculiar interest to his conversation . To the rising generation especially , his company was singularly acceptable , since " He too rcmembcr'd that he once
was young : ~ His easy presence check'd no decent joy . Him ev ' n the dissolute admir'd , for he A graceful looseness , when h # pleastf , put on , And laughing * could instruct . * His theological sentiments were
strictly Unitarian , but it is of greater importance to be told , that the religion of Mr . Ryland , imbibed under the preaching and catechetical instructions of the venerable Mr , S . Bourne , for whose memory he preserved through life an indelible ' and affectionate regard , was in the highest degree practical ; and closely interwoven with the general bias
of ttfft feelings and character . His uoiform attendance , while health permitted , on the ordinances of the sabbath ; his diligent perusal of the sacred writing !; his cheerful , habitual piety ; his blameless integrity ; " and his cautious abstinence from a even the appearance of cvflV bore witness to his entire devoted-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1810, page 262, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02051810/page/46/
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