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    they bold his mernory , and the te * rs . of % nfeij | n ^ ^ drrow ^; h | cb . yet bedew his new-made grave , will amply testify . He died on Friday , the first day of the present month , of a $ iniiammation of the

    bowels , in the 64 th year of his age . He had a most severe attack of a liver complaint and of the gout m his stomach in the autumn of 1806 , which brought his life into the utmost danger ; and at the very moment when

    little or no hope remained of his own recovery , Mrs . Wood , with whom he had been happily united almost 30 years ? was seized with a violent fever , which terminated her life in a few days ; this heavy and deep affliction , when his friends durst inform him of it , he

    bore with the greatest resignation and fortitude : he considered her as having only anticipated him a little time—it was but to perform jsl few more duties , and they should again be united in some nobler mansion of their Father ' s house .

    JI « was reduced to such extreme feebleness , that for many months after this trying event , ho was unable to walk down stairs , and during the whole of that rime

    one of his own sons , who is a merchant in Leeds , and three other young gentlemen , members of his congregation , took regular turns every morning and evening ,

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    and £ sjjrrie 4 Idfti from l } is ow $ apartr ^ ent | in | o hi ^ sitil ^^ rgom ^ It was not until the following July that he was able to resume his ministerial labours ; but his mental powers wece ne ^ r impaired , and although fie was transformed from great apparent vigour , to the semblance of a venerable old

    fnan , yet he seemed so entirely recovered , as to afford the most sanguine hope of many prolonged years ' of usefulness and comfort ; he could again enjoy the society of his friends , delight them by his wonted cheerfulness , and iiu

    struct them by his edifying con * versation . He preached twice , the Sunday preceding his death , with a degree of animation which astonished all wko heard hinj ; his morning subject was the sediu cibUity of the human heart , the

    danger of ambitioli , and the ex * treme importance of frequently and seriously examining our own real character . The text was taken from the 13 th vers « > of the viii . chapter of the 2 nd of Kings . When it was afterwards remarked

    in the vestry , that Mr . Wood had this day even surpassed himself , a gentleman present replied , " He has indeed been admirable ; but it strikes me , th ^ xt the whole of his manner , resembled the bright and vivid light of a shining taper * a few jrioments before it expires . '

    • Of one of these young genrlemen , who is now on a voyage to a distant country , I shall mention the following anecdote . He is the eldest son of a very numerous family , and his maternal grandfather having bequeathed hvm a considerable estate , which he was to possess on the death of his parent ^ hye rnjuj e a ^ eed of gift unknown to them the moment he came of age , which should enable his father who is a merchant , to throw it into trade , or to dispose of it as he

    pleased , for the equal benefit of his twelve younger brothers and sisters . His disinterested generosity is repaid by the gratitude and thorough confidence of all his family , and , the whole of his conduct toeing equally exemplary , by the esteem and regard of all his acquaintance . I would ask my young readers whether any mode of mere self-ijaduigenpe could have yielded so pure and ^ uTalim e J \ r enjoyment ?

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    230 Memoir of the late Rev . WJW < tody of Leeds , by Mrs . Cappe .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 230, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/2/