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zeal and ttffcanity , b ^ James Carter , Esq ., Mayor of Portsmouth , who , in addition to many animating and instructive remarks , pointed out the circumstance that the minister who had that day favoured the society with his services , stands in the relation of grandson to a former vicar of Portsmouth , jyjz- 5 the Rev . Henry Taylor ,
author of the celebrated ' Letters of Ben Mordeeai / who , by his learned inquiries , and still more by his open avowal of their results , had rendered essential service to the cause of Unitarianism . The chairman observed with satisfaction that his own father
( who was an active magistrate ) had been the means of bringing that excellent man to Portsmouth . A vacancy occurring in the incumbency of the parish about the middle of the last century , he requested of Bishop Hoadley , with whom he had some
acquaintance , to select for it some clergyman of good character and liberal sentiments . Mr . Taylor ' s appointment was Jhe . consequence of this application , who , in accepting it , made a considerable pecuniary sacrifice .
The Kevs . Russell Scott , Maurice , Malleson , Fullagar , andKell , Messrs . A . Clarke , Hotham , and other friends , took part in the proceedings : the attendance from neighbouring congregations was encouraging , and the public services were well attended . D . B . P .
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Mrs * Dean . On Monday the 12 th of March , died at Stand , near Manchester ,, Mrs . Dean , in the 78 th year of her age . She was the daughter of the late Rev John Smithy of Bradford , ' in
Yorkshire , and relict of the late Rev . John Dean , of the same place . Trained up in the way of early religion , she added to her young impressions the confirmations of reflection , and the habitual study of the holy scri ptures . The course of moral dis-
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cipline , through which she passed ^ called her piety into -exercise , and enabled her to prove , in manifold afflictions , the sustaining power of Christian principles and her complete reliance on the wisdom and goodness of Him , whose dispensations to his servants , whether of- joy or sorrow , arejthe messengers of mercy and of love . The mosF ^ m ~ a ^ e"d ^ fe ^ alufe ~* irF
her character was the unsubdued energy and alacrity , with which she rose again under every disappointment and affliction , and still present at the call of duty , devoted herself to the good of those around her . To the great and estimable qualities of her mind , she joined an habitual cheerfulness of temper and kindness of mariner , which won and secured the attachment of all who knew her ; and of these , by whom she was alike beloved in life and mourned in death , there were both the old and the young ,-her immediate connexions and more
remote acquaintance ; those of her own religious society , and those of a different faith ; and it is only those who , knowing the social graces and endearing kindness of her walk among them , can estimate the loss which her removal has inflicted on the little
circle in . which she moved . Her fellow-worshippers saw in her a warm attachment to her religious principles , tempered by the moderation of Christian charity . They saw , above this , the fruits of faith in the unremitted discharge of religious duties , in the energy and delight with which
she promoted the interests of their society , and in the cordial affection with which she regarded all its members . Nothing could prove more , and more consoling to those who feel her loss the most , the power and iuestimable value of Christianity , than the perfect composure , with which she looked forward to the hour of
dissolution and the beautiful and cheering anticipations with which she contemplated her arrival in ' a better country . ' How dear to sorrowing hearts are such recollections ! How new and
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UNITARIAN CHRONICLE . 63
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1832, page 63, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1811/page/15/
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