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jMC rs . Parsons . January 16 , 1809 , died in the 49 th year of her age , Mrs . PARSONS , the wife of Mr . Daniel Parsons , of Dudley . Stie submitted her understanding to the claims of the truth as it is in Jesus ; and her deportment in private life and amidst every day ' s occurrences attested the
sincerity of her faith and obedience . In the circle of her family and neighbourhood , her character was the object of more than ordinary esteem and admiration . It was her happiness to render others happy . Her kind and tender heart easily melted at human woes , and in works of mercy she was unwearied , but her wisdom and discrimination were
equsd to her benevolence . She was ever more anxious to afford permanent , than immediate relief ; studying" to remove the cause of suffering and to prevent its recurrence . From a deep sense of the importance of early instruction , she distinguished herself by her attention to the improvement of the rising generation : and in her lamented death , the
children of the poor especially have lost a protectress and a friend who will with difficulty be replaced . In the chamber of . sickness , her Christian graces shone forth with a most engaging lustre , and piety and faith obtained a signal triumph over nature . With holy submission , and strong and animating hope she
awaited the appointed- time , and at length sunk into that sleep by which , through the divine mercy , Jier powers of activity and enjoyment will , as she humbly trusted , be unspeakably recruited and enlarged . While we cherish the
s \ vcet yet melancholy remembrance of the past , let us bow with reverence to the mysterious will of God , reposing * ourselves on the assurance—welcome , beyond description , to the frail and mourning offspring of the dust—that human virtue shall not perish , and that beyond the \ aie of death there is a
better country , wj ^ ere languor , disease and suffering will be unknown , an £ where friends will never part . Died Feb . 36 , 1809 , in the % 1 st year of her age , ANNE FINCH , daughter of Mr . Finch of Birmingham . If to record departed » merit be the office of the survivors , the death of this amiable young lady ought not to pass without
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Itfiss ^ Anne Finch * . ' . notice . Her person was lovfely ; her temper uncommonly sweet , sympathizing and affectionate . She possessed 3 mind highly capable of- cultivation , and
great quickness of parts as well , as $ > x feeHng . fsr-These advantages she , enjoyed perhaps , in common with many others ; but what distinguishes her character is , that she was early called to sustain trials and to practise virtues more than com'
moniy falls to the lot of . so tender an age . . During that period in wjiicb even virtuous and promising youth is supposed to be sufficiently employed in furnishing the mind and disciplining the heart , by way of preparation for the . graver duties of life , she was . : aiready practising them . Miss Finch was deprived of an excellent mother , the worthy and * J > e >
loved daughter of Dr . Priestley * at the early age of fourteen ; not however before she had deeply imbibed principles of piety and moral conduct , lessons of wisdom , and habits o £ exertion which that mother , during her long decline , > had anxiously endeavoured to fix upon her mind ; knowing the ta&k which would
devolve upon her . She was the eldest child of seven , ' and from that period to the day of her death she supplied her mother ' s place in the family , and was house-keeper , nurse , companion , instructress , to her father to her younger brothers and sisters . It was a touching sight for those who knew her in the
interior of her home , to see a blooming " young woman , her eyes sparkling with vivacity , endued with a quick and lively reiish for all the innocent enjoyments o £ life , as well as a strong desire for intellectual improvement ; caressed abroad ; desired in society ; vrherc her looks , and the ingenuous expression of her quick
sensations diffused joy and cheerfulness , to see her bending her mind to every matron care , every domestic occupation ; the patient instructress ; the prudent manager ; the attentive nurse ; and all this under the pressure of great difficulties
and narrow circumstances , which made the care of a family to her a truly serious and painful occupation . — In the last- of . these employments , that of a nurse , she caught a . lever , which after a fortnight ' s illness , ended fatally , notwith&tiwicKpg the kindest and most un-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 171, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/51/
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