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    ? © Fa firm and virtuous mind , rising su-< perior to corporeal sufferings , and shin-« ing forth in all its lustre amidst the , ruins of its earthly frame . In the last period of the life of Mr . Rathbone , this spectacle was most eminently displayed . The moments that could be spared from actual suffering , were assiduously devoted to the consolation © f his affectionate

    family , and the society of his friends , with whom he conversed on his approaching death , not only with fortitude , but with cheerfulness . The faculties of his mind ¦ w ere unimpaired to the last moment , -when without a struggle he resigned his spirit into the hands of his Creator . tl Thrice happy ! who the blameless road along Of honest praise , hath reached the rale of death I , Ar ° und him , like tninistrant cherubs , throng

    His better actions ; to the parting breath Singing their blessed requiems ; Ke the xvhile , Gently reposing on some friendly breast , Breathes out his henisons ; then with a smile Of soft complacence lays him down to rest , v Calm as tile slumbering infant /* \

    His remains were attended to the grave in the burial ground of the Quakers' society , in Liverpool , by a very Jargc concourse of his friends , of all ranks , and of various religious denominations , who voluntarily assembled to

    pay the last tribute to his virtues , and by whom he will long be held in affectionate remembrance . IMr . Rathbone married , in the year 5786 , the only daughter of Mr . Uichard Reynolds , late of Cole-brook Dale , but now of Bristol , who has survived him , a : id by whom he has left four sons and a daughter to profit by his example , and

    to revere his memory . 1809 , March 13 , died at Ditchling , Mrs . SARAH BHQWNE , aged 6 3 years . From her youth she had been a member of the General Baptist connexion , and while living , set an example o £ resignation and patience seldom equalled , and perhaps never excelled . For more than forty years she had so lost the u « e of her limbs that the was con-

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    fined continually to her bed or her chair ; nor could she even feed herself . In this state of afRiction she would frequently say , cc What God wills is best . * She was of a cheerful disposition and fond of conversation , though her speech was much affected , so that it was with

    difficulty she could be understood . Though her body was impaired ., her mind did not appear to be affected ; and she very much improved it !> y reading . History and divinity were her chief subjects . She was acquainted with some of the late venerable Mr . Lindsey ' s writings , and she was one o £ the many who

    revered his memory . In her sentiment she was strictly an Unitarian , and wa much rejoiced in having the opportunity of reading the New Testament in an improved version . It was a very great difficulty for her to turn , over the leaves of a book , yet , as I am informed ^ she read * in the course of last summer , the

    whole bible through . Being zealous for the public worship of God , she was ge ^ nerally at meeting on a Sunday , constantly paying a person for drawing her thither . She was of a liberal generous disposition , and would cheerfully contribute towards the expences of religion . She was interred in a family buryingground at Ditchling on the 17 th , and a

    funeral sermon was preached according to her desire , from Psalm xciv . 19 . " In the multitude of my thoughts within me , thy comforts delight my . soul . ' * Many were present to pay a tribute of respect to her memory : and her body was committed to the ' ground in a modest confidence that in the last day she will rise to stand in the congregation of the insh .

    A . B . March 14 , 1809 , died at Rolvenden , Kent , WILLIAM BRITCHER , in the apth year of his age . He began to iiddiess a public audience during his 16 th year , in an engaging manner , anil discovered considerable abilities for the

    ministry . At this early period he wiw baptized , and became a member of the General Baptist Church at Rolvenden . His mother , a widow , taught a few children to read , and her son among the rc * t $ this was the only instruction he had ei } - joyed , for he was soon obliged to earn his livelihood . His appearance and » c-¦• 1 1 * ceptiir . ee as a public speaker , marked mm out as a proper person to be p laced u #

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    ^ 3 S Obituary .

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    Mrs . Sarah Broiune * TVtt ' liam Britchcr *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1809, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1735/page/62/