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to him that liis end was approaching , and he received the information
without a tear or a sigh . He proceeded with the utmost composure to give directions concerning his affairs , and even concerning- the manner of his funeral , and the spot in which he wished to lie . lie next took a solemn
and final leave of his family , one by one , with e vide at strong affection , but without agitation . Just before his dissolution , he frequently asked the time , and once observed that the scene would soon be closed . When
no longer able to speak his countenance and gestures indicated the happy devotional state of his mind : at length , having adjusted his pillow , as foreseeing the event , he lifted his almost lifeless hand and raised his
eyes towards heaven , with a smile on his countenance , and thus gently and insensibly breathed his last . " Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord ; for they rest from their labours and their works do follow them . Let me die the death of the righteous , and let my last end be like hii . "
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March 1 st . in the 44 th year of her age , Miss Susanna Spurreul , eldest daughter of Mr . Joseph Spurrell , of Grove Place , Hackney , after an illness of jOL few days . Throughout a wide circle of friends her death has made a mournful impression . She
was unfeignedly respected and esteemed by all who knew her for the purity of her principles , and for her prudence , kind-heartedness , affability and piety . Her remains are deposited in the burial-ground belonging to the Gravel-Pit Congregation , Hackney , of which she was a true ornament . I ""—B ^ BBI ^ i '
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^ r Tombs have their honours too : our rents crave P
Some slender present to adorn tbi , grave . r The present memorialist of the late Mr . Partridge may be subject to partiality in the estimate of his worth but others , more advanced in life , of impartial judgment , are ready to
bear testimony to his respectable and amiable character . During a ion ? and industrious life , he was ever actuated by a conscientious regard to the dictates of equity and honour ; to which he adhered in managing '
concerns of a highly-responsible station with uniform fidelity ; and the well-merited confidence of those who intrusted him with the charge . He was endued with the virtues of equanimity and fortitude , and with the graces of moderation , benevolence and
gentleness ; as he had carefully improved the powers of a sound understanding , and regulated the affections of a good heart by the liberal exercise of reason , and the superior aids of revelation .
Having been incited to free inquiry by the writings and conversation of the Reverend Dr . Priestley , whose pure and exalted views of the gospel were the frequent theme of his admiration and delight , he practically adopted his solemn advice : " Let
these views brighten the evening of our lives , that evening , which will be enjoyed with more satisfaction , in proportion as the day shall have been labouriously and well spent . Let us then without reluctance submit to that temporary rest in the grave , which our wise Creator has thoug ht
proper to appoint for all the human race , our Saviour himself not wholly excepted 5 anticipating with joy ^ glorious morning of the resurrection , when we shall meet that Savionr whose precepts we have obeyed , whose spirit we have breathed , whose religion we have defended , whose ctip to f
also we may in some measure drank of , and whose honours we l » asserted , without making them to interfere wijtfi those of his Father- and our Father , of his God and our God , that supreme , that great and awfu Being , to whose will he always \ va * most perfectly submissive , and whosq unrivalled prerogative he a ways shewed the most ardent ztfii-
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IpO Obituary . —Miss Susanna SpttrrelL—Mr . Joseph Part Kick / e .
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March 5 , at Sea-View House , Stoneliouse , near Plymouth , Mr . Joseph Partridcjk , in the eightieth year of his age ; and on the ninth instant , he was attended to his grave , in the cemetery of the Abbey-Chapel , Tavistock , by a select number of his friends and fellow-Christians .
Dut honor ot tumulis : animas p In onto pdteruas , P&nraeque iu cxtructas munera fertc pyrai . Ovid Fast . II . & 33 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1815, page 190, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1758/page/62/
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