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should be supported by six ministers of different denominations and different religious sentiments , wfio might thus pay their last tribute of respect to one , who , by such an appointment , meant to shew the respect and affection which he thought it to le his duty , and felt it to be his -happiness , to
cherish towards all Christians , particularly towards his brethren in tlie ministry . * — A hearse carried the body , attended by four mourning coaches . As the procession passed along the streets , the countenances and manners of the spectators , nor , least of all , of the poor who had come in considerable numbers to witness it , were
visibly marked with regret . At the place of interment , the Rev . John Kentish , tb "Rev . RobertKell , the Rev . Jolin Corrie c-Hards worth , and the Rev . William Field of Warwick , preceded . The pall was borne by the Rev . John Kennedy , a clergyman of the Establishment , in Birming'ham 5 the Rev . J . A . James , the minister of a
respectable congregation of Independents jn t BirmiBgham ; the Rer . Thornaa Bower , of Walsail j the Rev . Richard Fry , of Kidderminster ; the Rev . James Scott , of Cradley ; the Rev . James Hews Bi ansby , of Dudley ; the Rev . Timothy Davis , of
Coventry 5 and the Rev . Rees Lloyd , of Kingswood , near Birmingham . The Rev . Isaiah Birt , the worthy minister of a large congregation of Particular Baptists in Birmingham was invited : but unhappily he was absent-from home . Several id embers of
Dr . Toulmiii ' s family followed as mourners . The coffin was carried into the Meetinghouse and to the grave , by eight of u the ancient members of the church which Dr . Toiilmin served in the ministry ; " to each of whom and to each of the servants employed on the occasion , was presented , agreeably to his desire , a .
copy of Mr . OrtoiTs discourses on . Ltermty , over and above the usual gratuity . ' The service was conducted by Mr . Kentish , himself a deeply afflicted mourner—principally in the Meets rig-house , where several
hundreds of sorrowing" spectators were assembled . The funeral oration , which exhibited a striking- delineation of Dr . Toulmin ** & excellencies drew forth many tears , and the short address at the grave ., chiefly in words which Dr . Toulmin had himself
once used at the interment of a minister whom he loved , was pecularly touching * . On the Lord ' s day following , the very ijuiuerous and respectable congregation , at the New Meeting * appeared in mourning " , and the pulpit was elegantly covered with black clotti . In the morning Mr . Bransby
conducted the devotional service , and read the scriptures , and Mr . Kentish delivered the funeral sermon ; which , though unusually iodjf , was : listened to throughant with the deepest interest , by & crowded' auditory , frptoi 2 John the 8 th ^ y era ? . ¦ " Look to yourselves , that we lose
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not those things which we have "wrought but that we receive a full reward : ' ^ passage from which Dr . Toulmim desired that his dear and respected people 1 ' might be addressed on the occasion . This excellent , lamented Christian pastor , besides requesting that his people might be thanked for every instance of their kindness and
affection towards him , had specified some religions duties , incumbent on them as Christians and as Protestant Dissenters upon which it was his wish that the preacher should insist . These admonitions Mr Kentish enforced with singular felicity and effect , by extracts from Dr . TouhninVown cries ; so that " being * dead " " he ¦
¦/ - ^ p" in a very impressive sense cf tho words , yet speaking" . '—It is unnecessary to enter into a minute analysis of the sermon as it will doubtless , together with the Funeral Oration be laid before the public . — In the afternoon , Mr . Bransby preached from 1 Cor . xiii . 10 . u When that which
is perfect is come , then that which is io part shall be done away . ' Funeral sermons nave also been preached in various parts of the kingdom ; particularly within the knowledge of the writer of this article—at Essex Street Chapel , by Mr . Belsharn ; at the Old Meeting-. Birmingham , by Mr . Kell ; at Bridporl , by
Mr . Howe ; at Bristol , by Mr . Rowe , from 2 Tim . iv . 7 . ; at Coseley , hy Mr . Small , from Acts viii . 2 . ; at Coventry , by Mr . Davis 5 at Cradley , by Mr . Scott 5 at Dudley , by Mr . Bransby , from Heb . xi . 4 . ; at Exeter , by Dr . Carpenter ; at Tauntou , ( the pulpit being- covered with black cloth ) by Mr . Fenher and Mr . Bavies j at Walsall , by Mr . Bowen 5 and at WoYverhampton , bj Mr . Steward , from Acts xi . 24 . iffiaii
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524 Obituary *—Rev . John Jeffery .
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Died , fit Billingsliurst , Sussex , June 14 , 1815 , in the 36 th y « ar of his age , the Rer , Job a Jcffcry . —Though the deep scrrow and rcirret manifested bv his mourning
relatives and their sympathizing friends have assured many of his worth , and of the loss sustained by his death , the hand of friendship presumes to communicate some particulars of this late excellent man , as a tribute due to his memory . He was born at Washing-ton , Decf 7 , 1779 . liis respectable and pious parents , who survive him , have been many years supporters of the General Baptist interest , at Billingsbwrst . The happiest result attended tlieir piou * * in the formation of his character as * »»» » nd a Christian- When at the ag ^ e of 20 , the Society at BilHngshurst being" m ** of a ininiizterhe ex pressed a desire to toa *
, himself useful in , that character . T ? Vr " mote his acceptability as a teacher in » churcji , his father placed him u »< jer tn luitioa of his valued friend the * " *' Evaus , of Islington , who had then nn « M » j ; taken the ta « k df preparing young noen i the pulpit . After two years assiducm * » F
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1815, page 524, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1763/page/60/
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