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Mr*. Elizabeth New. Died At Evesham, On ...
^ SS Gi > iiuary .- ~ Mrs . Elizabeth tfe ® .
y ^ tt tfiSfcknew her , will readily believe , was not attended with any painful feelings of self-accusation ; but on the contrary
brought with it that rejoicing which the apostle speaks of as the happy fruits of a good conscience . The excellent woman whose memory you now embalm with your tears ,
and who will be had by you in long remembrance , could , if any one can , be happy in the thought , that she had served her generation a ' ccordinor to the will of God . To
great prudence , industry and success in the concerns of this life , she added , what is not always the
case , a supreme regard ^ and most diligent , constant , and persevering
attention to the claims of religion . From her youth she had a deep sense of the infinite importance of Christian principles and religious virtue . She was a firm believer in the Unity of God , and the divine mission of our Lord
Jesus Ghnst , being thoroughly persuaded that all our mercies and Christian privileges , should be traced to the free , unpurchased and unnverited love of the Fatber as their fountain . » And you all are witnesses that her faith
was not dead—a body without a soul—it was influential and operative , and therefore of the right kind , for the highest authority has aaid , " By their fruits ye shall know , them , V The relative duties of a friend , a wife , and a mother , she fulfilled with such exeimplariness , that I may well propose / her conduct as a pattern to her sex . ' As a friend she was sincere and generous ; as a wife she was prudent and affectionate ;
as a mother tender and watchful , ever solicitous to instil into the minds of her children , the lessons
Mr*. Elizabeth New. Died At Evesham, On ...
of divine wisdom , and by-ber instructions , her example and her prayers , to train themup inthenujture and admonition of the Lord .
m the way of virtue , of usefulness , of happiness and immoriafity . The speaker himself hath been witness to the nobleness of her mind and th < 5 elevation of h £ r
principles , manifested under circumstances the most interesting to a parent . In her general character , she had , like Demetrius , good report of all men and of the truth itself . Integrity and
uprighteous-ness preserved her . She had a also tear for tender pity , and a hand always open to melt , ing charity . Her charity
prdceeded from principle , no less than soft compassion : it was the effect of love and gratitude to God , as well as benevolence to mad , and therefore was not of the
farward and ostentatious kind , vwhieh delights to be seen and praised of men . It largely flowed -in unobserved and silent tout reft ^ hiijg streams . And , according t % tfre promise of our Saviour * whfcfcis done in secret shall be rewarded
openly . t , 41 Asjnir departed friend would otherwise than derive comfort from a review of the past years $ > f her life , which were all spent , Jin the service of God , arid by > tjie faith of his Son , so when finishing
her course she was happy ir | i || e enjoyment of the . favour of Gpfl , and recommended to her we . epjog family to pjut theiy tr ^ st tn GoJ , assuring them , from happy experience , that they should find him to be a sure and sufficient
support hi every season . During a tedious illness she was patient and perfectly resigned to the divine will , truly thankful Sot the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 368, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/48/
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