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    INTELLIGENCE.

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    she was dissatisfied with herself , so perfect was her conviction of the divine wisdom and'goodness , that she endured afflictions with the most exemplary submission . With her it was a favourite sentiment , that a Being absolutely- wise and good , could have no other end in creating man , but the happiness of man . For the same reasons she would ar ^ ue ,

    were afflictions appointed , that by tht proper exercise of patience and submission to the divine will , we may be better piepared to enter hi * presence . Such was . her confidence in the . parental goodness of God , and his essential mercy revealed throueh the Son of his love , to

    all who sincerely and diligently desire to know and do his will , that she never at any onetime expressed the least fear of death or its consequences . On this subject her mind wa& perfectly at ease . Nevertheless I shall not conceal from you , her attachment to , and preference for life , if it had been the will of God 3 and this ; can easily be accounted for /

    Notwithstanding ilJ healthy she had a great relish for human life ; books , with whhli she was liberally supplied , afforded her great pleasure . The ill state of" her health required frequent journies to distant parts of the island , which gratified her curiosity . Her good sense , vivacity , the suavity of her manners , and above all , the virtues of her heart , gained her friends troth at home and abroad , and

    during her last illness , she had sketched out with care and attention , plans of usefulness , to which she seriou ly designed to devote herself in the education of the children of the poor , from which she promi ed herself much happiness . Besides , affection did noc bind others to her more closely than she was bound to them . When she saw the solicitude

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    RELIGIOUS . The Annual Meeting of the SOUTHERN UNITARIAN SOCIETY appointed to be held at Horsham , Sussex , on the eighth of July , was very respectably attended , not only by the members of the society in the neighbourhood , but also by several members and friends to

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    the cause , from Hampshire and London and it is with pleasure we hear that ma ^ ny volunteered rheir aid towards promoting the extension of the pure and simple doctrine of the go > pc , by adding : their names as annual subscribes ^ to the society .

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    of her friends in dohig for her what pfae could no longer do for herself , when she observed their anxiety , perceiving that if any human care or inte cession could avail , they wou d mate ! her from in > - pending danger ; when beheld them sacrificing health , ea . se , ; d rest , to ad *

    minister to her comfort lding nothing dear to them , that if i were the will of God she might be re tored ami ' retained 3 actuated by gratitude and affection the most Lvely , death was an undesirable event , dniy because it was a temporary , separation from her friends . Oh these and other accounts had it been the

    Divine vriil , she would have been well pleased with a further extension or her day . But if she was desirous of life * when the Divine will was signified * when the messenger arrived , she was not unwi ling to die" A-ked by her father , only a few minutes before her

    departure , how she was ? she replied with a composed and frappy countenance , 1 1 shall soon be released / and after wav ~ ing her h * aid for Yjlcx sifter , ( who had : most affectionately watched over her through every stage of her illness ) to leave tlie room , she fell asleep , I doubt not but some present under the first

    impression of their loss , may be disposed to adopt the lana ^ u age of Thomas , on hear * ing of the death of JLazarus , his friend , 1 Let us go , that we may die likewise ^ * but other desires and language are more suitable , Let us live as she lived , that

    when the night of death comes , having finished our task , we may retire 4 s calm , composed and happy as she did ; let us not be slothful but followers of those , who through faith and patience now inherit the promises . " E . E .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1807, page 393, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2382/page/53/