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    warn ! and benevolerit heart ; and if charity in the eye of God is to be measured not by the quantity of alms bestowed but by the ineUna ^ ioii and wish * he ^ # ill Jbe » t&nowledgedj by apihafckiie # her , to be unbounded , Her readiness to share what she had

    MtWh&Jistes ^^ the neighbourhood , which * with general kindness * secured universal good - will and respect . Her frequent practice of inculcating , with tears of maternal iolicitude , on her children when young the lessons of religion , from the history of Joseph , Samuel , &c * will be remembered with the most

    ardent and affectionate gratitude to the last moment of mortal existence . A prudent ^ virtuous and religious mother is a blessin g of incalculable worth . When Her secold son :, " ri |* r Davis of Evesham , was paying a tribute of respect to the memory of Mrs . Davis in a funeral sermon * at Llwynrhydowen ,

    Cardiganshire ; the numerous ~ congregation -gave—unequivocal -tokens—of their sympathy , and respect for the memory of the departed , by tears which were not sparingly shed , though her departurej on account of the infirmities of age * was an event rather to be desired than lamented . The

    kind affectibfis of our nature , and those exquisite delights which are kindled by love and friendship , will not surely be extinguished for ever by death 1 The glorious gospel confirms the -blessed- hopei . tnatiliie . virtuous ties which bind together the tender relations of life , and the sweet influence bf which kindred spirits are attracted * wjll be renewed and perfected in the heavens . These are comfortable thoughts on the loss of friends . Blessed be God for them . - . ¦ ¦** - "" - - " " tv :

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    On the 14 th of Aprils aged fortynine , Mr . Thomas Midland Kingdon , of JEJxeter , after a protracted and severe illness of more than six years ' duration , which was borne throughout with that patience and resignation which displayed the character he had

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    supported through life , — a Chris * ? ian . - ¦ ¦ "To delineate his numerous virtues falls not within the power of any pen ' s performance , ' as the records of heaven ' s chancery alone are possessed of the varied acts of

    behevolence ^ that » eonstituted-his _ chie £ . delight ever to have an opportunity of performing . Whether the magnanimity of his soul was called into action to paralyze the arm of the oppressor , and rescue from its grasp the defenceless victim of penury ;—to relieve , with liberal hand and the most refined

    delicady , the necessities of those sufferers whom misfortune had bereft of previous affluence ; - —whether the stranger appealed to his benevolence for relief , his extended views of the obligaiions of humanity were such , that all , of every sect and every clime , 4 Claim'd kindred there , ' And had their claim allbw'd . '

    The pious views he entertained of the obligations ofjnan-to dispense the bounties of his Creator , and with which he was liberally blessed , led him to consider the world his country , and mankind his brethren . In the private circle , he sustained the character of ' the friend that sticketh closer

    than a brother ; ' and when dangers might threaten which would overawe the timid and irresolute , they only prompted him to stem the torrent of misfortune , and , with a succouri ng hand , to raise the object who needed his assistance , The munificerice of

    his spirit opened the portals of the prison-house , released its inmate from confinement , and restored to the dejected wife and defenceless children their guardian and protector . In business , his actions were characterised By a rigid adherence ' to

    conduct the most honourable , liberal , and correct . In domestic life , the husband was displayed by affection the most constant and endearing ; while the authority of the parent was exercised with such felicity , that obedience was the delight of his offspring , towards whom the most ardent and tender re *

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    UNITARIAN CHRONICLE . 143

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1832, page 143, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1817/page/15/