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    knew not where they were ; no doubt our brother thought it was absolutely in vain to swim , or attempt to conflict with the winds and waves , and chose rather quietly to wait his destiny than violently to struggle against it to

    no purpose . Only one more , a brother of Lord Cromartie , who was sick , stayed behind in the cabin ; nine others , among whom was Sir Alexander Forbes * son , a stripling , swam ; but they all perished except a carpenter . The master and two or three of the

    men hung on the stern till morning , and were saved :, some of the dead bodies were soon taken up and buried . The manner of David ' s death ,

    so worthy a Christian and philosopher , so truly gallant and heroic , swells my soul with sensations I cannot express ; but ought I not to join praise , joy , and gra ^ tulation ? However , 1 may and must mourn , and deeply mourn our loss ; a loss which earth

    cannot compensate . Let us rejoice and triumph in his unspeakable gain , who has so happily escaped from this scene of vanity and sorrow , quitted it with such ease and majesty , and is now a flamjng , enraptured and adoring spirit before the throne of the Eternal .

    And , O my dear friend , let us follow his footsteps , who through faith and patience , and sublime goodness , is now inheriting the promises ; while the thoughts of his death extort from us the tears

    of nature , and friendship , t let us Be Inspired with the ,, jsacrved ^ m . biiioii of imitating him in the virtuefof his life , that we may at ltet J ^^ fe hinV j £ tji | e ttoac % ^ nd ^ WX ^ SMwhs ail , f ^ fe § hm be thankful that we had such a

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    brother , and bad him so long , rather than . repinye &hat we hafd him no more . He is gone indeed , but not lost ; gone before us a little while ; the separation will not be long , and we shall meet again in a happier region never to part again for ever ,-

    Mamma received the fatal news at Biechin . She has felt , she still feels all that such a mother must feel for the loss of such a sou in such circumstances ; you will conceive her grief better than I can describe ; yet her composure

    and decency are great , and do her and religion honour ; and time , I hope , joined with God ' s grace and her own principles , will gradually heal the deep wound in her heart . May God in the mean time support the good woman ' s afflicted soul . You need not

    doubt of our contributing all we can to soothe and comfort her : we came from Brechin along with her for that very purpose . May God preserve her precious health and valuable life ; J hope he will .

    She sleeps little aad eatfrfoss ; yet is tolerably well : much better than could have been . thoug ht * Our sisters , popr souis ! r < are deeply afflicted , and na wonder ; they have lost their best' brother ; and

    I have my sh&re of sorrow , I have lost my most intimate ; friend , with wham I ha ^ of UUe years , entered iatp a peculiar r degree' of confidence a * a 4 * friendships i But we loved himr ^ too wdll , and promised ovu ^ e ^ eatoo mticb ^ a nd to ©

    certain Wisfectioa * ftom him at his returnjr but , * Gpd ^ it 3 £ ems > would not suffer ^ ahru aLv in our affections , and has shfttredhto each

    of us , in ^ U ) $ r *^ ooLM ^^ ffliction , th « \ Wte ^ i * i 10 f M&&iilk 0 tbnfimty of human pleasures and human pros-

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    A Letter , fyc . with a J&fagrap hical Notice by Dr . Toulmin . 347

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1812, page 347, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1749/page/3/