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mgnesS ) which we have rarely observed in funeral discourses . We extract , with pleasure , the following brief memoir of Mrs . Phoebq Swain . * ' She was born at Wolverhampton , in 1740 , of pious parents ; and early imbibed a strong sense of religion . When her father , less attentive to his profit than , to the excellence of the articles
which he fabricated , and through a fire wnich consumed great part of his property , became unsuccessful in business , she piously and nobly resolved to exert herself in order to assist in supporting her parents ; and her efforts , through a divine blessing , were not in vain . She established a school at
Burton , in which * her first concern was to instil principles of piety and virtue into the minds of her pupils . Less care was bestowed than there is in the present day , on those secondary accomplishments which occupy that time and attention which ought to be devoted to more important attainments . But the
number of respectable females now living , who were brought up , under her care , bear testimony to the goodness of that system which she adopted . When confinement became injurious to her tiealth , and she had acquired what she
thought a sufficient competence for herself and her father , they removed to this tovm in the year 1785 . Here her unremitting attention and affectionate attachment to her father , under his growing infirmities , shone in a veiy conspicuous manner . Her active mind was
* till directed to the instruction of the young ; and she paid a constant and assiduous attention to the Sunday schools , which were instituted the same year in which ^ he came to reside in this f > lace . ** She was always ready to visit and 'Comfort the sick , and to patronize to
the utmost of her ability every benevolent plan , and was regular in her attendance upon public worship . Undoubtedly she liad her peculiarities and defects ; which I think , arose from want of judgment and from , not attending to
tbef observation naff the wise man , that ** to ievery thing there is a proper' season * " -But notwithstanding these defects , -I hold hex fortji to the young as an example * of dutiful attachment to ^ parents . I hold her forth to trie teachers and / visitors of Sunday schools , as an
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example of unwearied assiduity . To the rich I hold her forth as an example of benevolence and hospitality , rather exceeding her ability ; and to the worshippers of God , as an example of regular and diligent attendance in his house . She sometimes looked forward
with painful anxiety to the bed of sickr ^ ess ; and prayed that when her last change came , it might be speedy . Her request was granted : having breakfasted as usual the stroke of death came upon her . Whilst supported by an attendant
one of her neighbours observed that she had been a good woman . cc Yes / 1 she replied , " I am going to receive my reward , through my Lord Jesus Christ . " After this she spoke but little , suffered nothing , and in the evening expired in the most serene manner . " ( pp . 2 l- ^ 23 ) ,
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Art- IV . The Rights of Conscience asserted and defined ^ in reference to the modern Interpretation of the Toleration Act . In a Discourse delivered at Essex Street Chapel \ February 5 , 1812 , being the Day appointed for a General Fast 9 to which are annexed Notes and an Appendix , illustrative of the Toleration Act . By Thomas Relsham . 8 vo . pp . 41 . Johnson .
This is an admirable assertion and defence of * the sacred un . alienable rights of conscience /* which the preacher shews , 44 extend to the adoption , the profession , and the peaceable
promulgation of religious principles . " We wish , and perhaps shall not wish in vain , that this able argu - ment for religious liberty may find its way into the hands , and impress the minds of our ~ magis ~ trates , senators and statesmen *
Some notes on the Toleration Act are appended to the Sermon , which we shall take the liberty to quote , and probably to consider , in another department of our work , on a future occasion .
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3 M Review . —Belsk&m ' s Fast Sermon'
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 324, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/44/
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