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INTELLIGENCE.
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yROS ^ -UTION OF MR . STONE .
The case of Mr . Sto * i q is familiar to our readers . We have laboured , not unsuccessfully , to ^ interest them in it . They differ in opinipn , probably , with regard to the propriety of Mr . ' { 3 tone § he
continuing »» a church ^ wnich believes to be antichristum and idolatrous ; but ; there can be but one opinicn with regard to his prosecution ; \ t z * -that it originates in a s \> irit npt con&qjiai with
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the gospel , and indicates a state of e < N clesiastical affairs in this country diame- « trically opposite to that ; of the v apostolic ; churches , , , .. The trial came on in the Consistory
Court , Doctors' Commons ; , ( a court whose ; jurisdiction the apostles , if on eaxth , would scarcely have acknowledge ed , though tfrey might , probably have feltjj on Friday ^ the , i §\ jfo ; ns ^ nta befgm
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28 ' 2 Intelligence—Prosecution of Mr . Stone .
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concerning him- But , alas ! these Expectations were delusive , and parental foridness was doomed to . experience a sore disappointment . He left school perfectly well , on the Saturday afternoon previous to his death , but did not , as was his usuaj custom , return on the
Mbnday morning , owing to a slight indisposition . Indeed , his illness , if it may be called such , was so trivial , that it was not deemed necessary to procure any kind of medical assistance . The weather alone prevented his return to school . On Thursday afternoon , having , in the former part of the day , played
with his brothers , he became restless and uneasy , desiring to lie down on the bed , when he all at once found that he had lost the use of his legs ; his body also was observed to be spotted : a medical gentleman was immediately sent for , but heMjhe only to witness his last moments , foPhe expired in his father ' s arms , about six in the evening , without a sigh ci : a groan ! It is supposed that a blood-vessel bursting , in one of the vis * eera . was the occasion of his sudden and
almost instantaneous dissolution . It must be a great consolation to his worthy parents , that , under this afflictive dispensensation , the amiable youth retained his faculties to the last . When seized with death , he was fully aware of his awful situation . And the expressions which escaped his lips , just previous to his dissolution , weie indicative , of his filial
affection and tenderness , as well as of his entire resignation to the will of heaven . 1-lis declaration that Jje ivas not afraid to die , coming from one of his tender years , must be a proof of an uncommon de *
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gree of fortitude ; indeed , his attainments , intellectual and moral , were beyond his age , and justly endeared him to those who had the pleasure of knowing him . All ^ his schoolfellows loved him ; and his tutor , -who was particularly attached to him on-account of his
love of learning , his uniformly good behaviour , and his engaging disposition , consecrates this tribute of respect to his memory . r The following lines , taker ! from a
pleasing volume of poems , just piiblished by Mrs . IlifF , would constitute a suitable epitaph ; and they acquire an additional beauty from the reference made to the early associates and companions of the deceased .
" Step soft ye youths ! ve maidens hither bring The earliest treasures oi the blooming spring : Let ihe blue violet and the primrose pale Deck the green turf , and scent the passing , gale : For here at rest is laid beneath this stone A gentle yauth , belovM as soon as known .- — / fca-u ^ n saw his virtues with a kind regard , And call'd him early to his blest reward ! ' *
His funeral sermon was preached at the Meeting-House , in Carter-lane , Sunday , April 17 th , by the Rev . Thomas Tayler , who had interred him the preceding Wednesday , in Bunhill-fields . The discourse from JLuke xxvi . 5 , 6 , and 7 , was very appropriate , and calculated to infuse into the minds of the distressed relatives and friends , the blessed cbnscH lations of our common Christianity .
Islington . ' J . £ May 7 , in the 68 th year of his a ^ € SIR JOHN CARTER , Knt . of Portsmouth . ( Further particulars in our next >}
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 282, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/54/
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