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An Argument for Constitutional Reform , suggested by Mr Yorke ^ in his Speech upon the Catholic Question , recently brought forward by Sir H . Parnell ^ in the House of Commons , Some Doctors swear thro' thin and thick . Our Constitution Catholic , But Torke maintains , Vainst any
layman , Our Constitution ' s only Pagan . If this be true ' tis time to seiM it To Christianity to mend it ! British Press .
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Died at Towerhill , near Horsham , April SQtb , 1814 , in the sixtieth y ear of his age , the Rev . John Dendy , Pastor of the large and flourishing General Baptist Church in that town . He was the son of Mr . Richard
Dendy , and was born at Hor $ hatnt May £ 6 , 1754 * He began to preach in the year 1775 , though be had no preparatory education for the ministry . His first seruion wa » delivered at Headcorn in the same year , from GaJ . vi .
15 , " Attd as iliany as walk according to this rule , peace J > e " &n them and mercy , and upou the Israel of God . Having been for wiauy ; years assistant to the venerable ^ id much respected Mr . Everahed , he wns ordained over the Church at Horsham , Sept . 19 ,
1796 , by Messrs . Win . Ever&hed and Benj ^ B % ia EKobeU , of Cranbxook . His ftWt a # d p ^ tieuce were deeply exercised by the losa of several amiable children , of w 4 * aoa he was bereaved % ta period * vh
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Winter . HushM are th ^ encbaotin ^ notes of s » ylv $ « love , N " o light-w in ^ M minstrel echoes througjt the grove r
No more the tepid breeze Fans with rni ! d wing the leafless trees j The vivid flowers forget to blow , Chain'd fast with ice ; and drifted snow Bleaches around the sod , the awful scene ^ And joyless winter now begins his horn .
reign . See ! mists obscure Aurora ' s beams ? The mid-day sun that faintly gleams , And now the shades of evening fall , And darkness with her sable robe encircles ail . Harlow . C . S .
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both he and his partner in life could declare , " The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away , and blessed be the name of the Lord . " Mr . Dendy » last sermon was preached at Horsham , in March , 1814 , from Luke x . 41 , 4 % " And Jesus answered ajiid said unto her , Martha , Martha , thou art
careful about many things , &c . " About a month after , he for the last time administered the Lord ' s Supper ; and he was always observed to discbarge this part of the pastoral office with peculiar felicity . About a year previous to his decease he suffered from
a severe attack of the asthma j in the paroxysms , he brought up a quantity of blood j this occasioned a debility from which he never thoroughly re * covered . His disorder , however , was not deemed immediately dangerous till about a week before his death .
His mind appeared uniformly calm and tranquil uftAer his sufferings . In a gentle siumoer and without a strug--{ r ie , reUiuiug his wu w the beloved
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ObitiKary ^^ Rev * John Dendy . @ 5 g
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That felt not—firM not to the tope , Till Davtd ^ Lyre grew mightier than his Throne ! ft told the triumphs of our King—It wafted glory to our God — It made our g-ladden'd vaileys ring—The cedars baw—the mountains nod — Its sounds aspir'd to heav ' a , and there abode .
Since then tho' heard on earth no more—Deyotion and her daughter Love Still bid the bursting- spirit soar To sounds that seem as from above , In dreams that day ' s broad light cannot remove *
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" ^ B W ^ g ^ B ^ v * Curran t s Repartee * Curran , a name to Erin dear , And Norbury , the judgfe severe , Together were at dinner
placed-Where Irish beef the table g * raced . My lord with curious eye observ e d it , Then calLM to Curran , as he carv'd it , 4 i If yonder dish ( you sit close by it ) Contain hung beef , I think I'll try it . " Curran replied , with ready tongue , ** If tried by youy ' twill sure be hung "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1815, page 655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1765/page/55/
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