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Mrs . Fawcett .
tfee general loss sustained by his death , no individual can replace ; nor can any yne singly , occupy the station he filled- in society . He has left a widow and six children to lament the loss , of one of the kindest and most affectionate of husbands , of one of the most attentive and fondest
fathers The oldest is married to * Captain Eveleigh , of the Koyal Engineers , the yecond to Captain GifFard , of the Royal Navy , and Lieutenant-governor oi the Royal Naval College , in the Dock-yard . The remaining- three
daughlers are unmarried . His son is a minor ; a young man of very amiable' manners and the most promising talents * he was educated under the modest but classic Cogau , of "Higham-hili , Walthamstow ; ar : ci is row studying at Trinity College ^ Cambridge , for the common law . Portsmouth .
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ployment , and fehc has left behind her valuable memorials of her patient industry and unwearied perseverance-Strict in the observance of the forms of reiigion , she ^ vas not , as is too often the case , a stranger to the benign power of it . So far from having * spark of that pharisaic spiritual pride , ' tlie language
of which is «* st 3 nd thou aside , for I am holier than thou , " she was eminent for humility , a pleasing ard amiable trait in her character . When her spirits were not depressed by bodily infirmities j or by tender recollections of her children , who were snatched in early youth , from their affectionate parents , by the unsparing hand of death , she was ' not only inno * cently cheerful but even facetious .
Trained up in the school of affliction , she had learnt <* to feel another ' s woes . " She was sympathizing and compassionate to the afflicted , and more frequently "went to " the house of mournings than to the house of feasting . " The last visit that she made was on the
Sunday preceding her death , to a respectable lady confined by sickness , the wife of IVIr . Joseph Downe , of Bridport . Before the close of the week , they had both finished their mortal couise ; and the same day on which the one was interred , the other was conveyed to her
silent mansion . How precarious is human life I Ey what a slender tie do we hold our deare t friendships on earth * and how valuable is the gospel , which , by revealing the doctrine of immortality , and gi ving a sure pledge of it in the resurrection of Jesus Christ , affords Christians an abundant source cf
consolation on the death of their pious friends , and in the serious contemplation of lheir own dissolution ! Whut sy > tcm of either ancient philosophy or modern infidelity , can in this point of
view , be compared with Christianity ! In religious sentiments , Mrs . Fawce . was a professed Citlvini ^ t , Her regard ;* however , were not confined to person * *> f that respectable class , hut extended to Christians of other denominations .
Though the views of the writer of this short sketch , differed on &ome points of religion- doctrine very considerably from those she entertained , he never experienced from her ( during the 13 years he had the happiness of living with her and her beloved partner , his much respected friendj the least slight on account
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On Saturday evening M ^ y 14 th , died in the 6 ist year of her age , Mrs FAWCKTT , the wife of the Rev . Samuel Fawcett , of Mountiield-housc , near Bridport . She was in 5 o good a \ state of health the piecedin ^ Lord ' s day , as to be able to attend public worship three times . A fever seized her on the Monday morning , which baffled all medical skill to stop its progress . For the first three days , she had the perfect ut > e of her rational faculties , and though very
restless and in considerable pain , expressed a cheerful resignation to the divine will , respecting the result of her disorder . On the fourth day , the tVve ' r affected her head ^ and she was from that time generally delirious till her death . Her remains were , on the
su . ceeding Tuesday , deposited in her family vault in Cicwkherne church . Mrs . Fawcett was very generally respecter ! * but her intimate friends who were bent nble to appreciate her worth , most hijihiy e > teeir . ed and valued her , for the excel cnt equalities by which she was < jisYingui * hcd , She so regularly distjva ge'd . the various duties qf life , as to "be always prepared i ' or every event . With rcuspe < t . to devotional exercises and cJon . iestiv occupations , no one could Niore closely < $ h ¦ erve the apostolic precept , * let all things he done decently and in order . " Her aversion to indolence , induced her to devote a considerable part pf her time to sonic useful active coxx
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346 Obituary .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 346, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/54/
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