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6 SG Obituary . —Mr . George Coldham . — -Rev . S . Cory . —Mrs . Allen .
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and distressed partner of his life , he breathed out his soul into the hands of his Maker . With respect to his religious opinions he may be said to have been a disciple of the old school . They were what is usually denominated the middle scheme . He was
often he ^ rd say , that his sentiments "were similar to those of his friends Mr , J . Evans and also Mr . H . Worthington , excepting baptism . His ministry was not only acceptable but verv useful . He was serious and impressive in his pulpit labours . And the writer of this brief memorial can
bear testimony that whilst he was firm in the maintenance of his own peculiar sentiments , he breathed towards others the candid and liberal spirit of Christianity . He was succeeded in the pastoral office by his
son-in-law , the Rev , Thomas Sadler , who had been for several years his -assistant ; and whose ordination took place Joly 31 st , 1814 . An account of it may be found in a former number oftheMonthly Repository . [ ix- 515 . ]
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The late Mr . Geo . Coldham , of Nottingham . { See p . 597 . ) When de' ^ th deprives the world of one who held an important * public station , of one who was at once disinterested and humane , generous and
benevolent , the blank left in society by the death of such an one , is not easily filled up . A strict integrity marked his dealings with the world , he had a hand ever open , as well to
the alleviation of private distress as to forward every scheme of public utility ; to give , was to him , to indulge in those pleasurable sensations which attend genuine philanthropy . His abilities were rather solid than
shining-, apparently unconscious of possessing talents above mediocrity , they shone chiefly when important occasions called them forth ; in the midst of the most violent political animosities few persons would have steered so clear of ill-will , and no
person could less deserve it : his enemies could only be men of little minds who either could not behold sterling worth without envy , or who could not without malice permit another to differ in opinion with themselves . Enjoying the esteem of the liberalminded he numbered amongst his
ac-* He ww town-clerk nearly twenty-four years .
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quaintance men of very opposite political sentiments . A judicious and sincere friend ; a pleasing and welMn . formed companion - y it were vain to attempt a description of that poignant distress which must long be felt in the
friendly and domestic circle . A Dissenter on principle , he was well acquainted with the grounds of dissent , A firm believer in the Christian religion , his aim was to do and to follow what Jesus commanded and
taught . He was a zealous member and a frequent attendant at the Unitarian Chapel on the High Pavement in this town , and there not least will the last of his active co-operation and judicious advice be deplored . Nottingham , Oct . 5 , 1815 ,
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Sunday , October 22 , at Royston , Cambridgeshire , the Rev . Samuel Cary , of Boston , in the United States , aged thirty years . Mr . Cary was the associate of Mr- Freeman in the ministry of the Unitarian Episcopal
church at Boston . He had taken a voyage to England for the benefit of his health which had been long declining , and expired at an inn at the above-named place on his road to London . He was buried , at the request of his widow , who had
accompanied him to England , in the burial ground belonging to the Unitarian Church , Hackney ; Mr . Belsham by desire of Mr , Cary himself , expressed a little before he died , officiating on the melancholy occasion * The funeral took place on Friday morning the 27 th inst . Of this much-lamented young minister , we shall be happy to insert hereafter a fuller account .
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On the £ 3 rd October , 1815 , died , most cordially beloved and most deeply lamented , Mrs . Allen , of Prescot , the relict of the late very excellent Mr . Allen , of Stand , near Manchester .
This amiable Christian , yesterday terminated a career of suffering almost unparalleled in the annals of suffering ? mortals . Her complicated and heavy afflictions were borne with uniform and
pious resignation , and unshaken fortitude ; in a manner indeed which astonished and delighted her sympathising friends , and which indicated genuine her piety and the happy frame of her mind . Ip her general deport-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1815, page 656, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1765/page/56/
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