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$fj$ Obituary .-*~Mr .W. Alexander*—Samu...
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Mr. W Alexander,, On Tuesday last died *...
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Samuel Brent ^ Esq * Died, Sunday, June ...
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Mr. John Fuller. Oil Wednesday, May 25th...
vixtiWS * the generous and benevoiefH katetest he took in the concerns of others , his unostentatious lujt interesting manners , will leave a lasting impression of heartfelt esteem and regard , which , while if is mixed with sentiments of the
deepest regret , is jet full of eon . solnti ^ n and hope . May they , in the removal of this so great an earthly treasure , hear the voice which solemnly warns them to lay not tip for themselves treasures on earth , but in heaven , where dis «
ease will wever waste , nor the spoiler death destroy * E .
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$ fj $ Obituary .- *~ Mr . W . Alexander *—Samuel If rent , Esq .
Mr. W Alexander,, On Tuesday Last Died *...
Mr . W Alexander ,, On Tuesday last died * at the house of his son , at Yarmouth , Mr . W . Alexander , upwards of 50 years Resident at Wood bridge , bifct during the last five , at the former place . He had entered Ott-thd eighty-second year of a
lifey marked by strict integrity , ua & ffected piety , and a spirit of pare benevoltnce * A firm believer ftv the Chrstian doctrine , and uniformly influenced by Christian principles ; his constantly prevaiU ing desire , even to the hour of his removal from this first state
of being , was , to avoid giving pain or occasioning trouble to any one ; and , annihilating aelf , his sole ef . fart-4 o add to the comfort of those around hi id . — - ~ Qf him , as of a vej ^ rp ty ^ [ . no an at great moral w < h * K lixtely deceased , it may also be-A & tlily SHid-
—«? Bis life ^ s innocence— bis end was Ipswich Journal s Murch J 2 , 1814 , £$$ & Alexaaocr was a Trinitarian ^ >^ and ^ a strictly orthodox chmttrn ^ nn till about the 55 th
Mr. W Alexander,, On Tuesday Last Died *...
3 ear of bis age * wb ^ n k & be ^ cate ^ an inquirer , and the bs > ult of li ^ truly humblemvestigati «> nsbrought him to the open profession of genuine Christianity <> not at all re * gardingany woridly confeefences * and he continued an irtiproving character to th * last .
Samuel Brent ^ Esq * Died, Sunday, June ...
Samuel Brent ^ Esq * Died , Sunday , June 1 9 $ * * 1814 , at his house , Elliot Place , Blackheath ^ Samuel- Brkn ^ Esq . in the 55 th year of his age . His illness , which was long aiwJ severe , was borne with an exem * , plary resignation to the will of heaven . He was truly benevolent in his temper as well as simple and unostentatious in his man * - ners * He had been brought up by his late venerable lather > Joh *^
Brent , Esq » under a strict sense of religion , for which he always ? professed himself grateful , : a ^ fl which he uniformly cheri ^ bi ^ throughout life by the steady discharge of those duties iaetiniHV bent upon the profeSs 6 rs of CbfrfW
tianity . His desire ta diffuse religious knowledge and to projftote virtaous habits among youiig peb r pie induced him to distribute a small manual , which was printed but never published , entitled , a FatAtr $ Present to lit * Children :
the contents of which demonstrate the truly pious and affectionately domestic turn of bis mind . And his Ust effort of this kind was an
edition of Watts $ fiyiQus Jar Children ^ in which he altered some expressions so as to render them more intelli g ible to the juvenile reader , and in his view more conformable to the sacred writings ^ Such was his pur * and enlightened steal for the welfare
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 366, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/46/
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