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in the near approach of death , *< I have the Jiappiness , " observes this faithful friend , " to say his joy and assurance in the , prospect of death were steady and uniform to the last moment of his existence , for he was sensible tq the last , and nis triumph over death and the grave appeared complete . '* During his illnessy he expressed , to his friends , and indeed this was what he had done before
to his acquaintance often , his entire and high satisfaction in his Unitarian sentiments /* To him * they appeared full of harmony and consolation . He was often known to observe to his friends , that whilst he retained Calvinistic and Trinitarian opinions , he felt great perplexity and difficulty in performing acts of
devotion , and in keeping his , view on the proper object of it . And he was then also harassed in attempting to reconcile the moral character of the f ) eity , as it is delineated in the holy scriptures , with his then religious creed . But when hewas Brought to fcee that God is a ***?—one agent , and not three , and that ail good is to be ; traced to him as the
originaLfountain and the father of mercies , all partial views and contradictory theories at once vanished , and every thing appeared simple and easy to himintheNewTestament . Nay , he could exult with the Apostle in the thought , " That all things are of Qod , who hath reconciled , us to himself $ y Jesus Christ , " Here he found an undivided centre of rest ; consequently , his hope was full of immortality !
His remains were attended to the grave by many , of his friends , and seven of the neighbouring ministers , on the 23 d day of March ; and an appropriate funeral discourse was delivered on the following Lord ' s day , by his friend and associate , the Rev . Mr . Smedley , of Downton , from a Timothy i » 12 , a subject chosen by the deceased , * to a numerous and
attentive congregation , amounting , as it was supposed , to nearly one thousand , in the Meeting-house , where Mr . Jones had so successfully laboured . He has left behind him to mourn his loss , a widow and one child , a daughter about nine years of age , besides a destitute church and a large circle of friends , who highly valued his worth , and sincerely lament his removal .
April 3 * 1810 , J . D . 18 io , March 1 . 7 th . Died at Birmingham , aged sevepty-eight , Mrs . SUSANNAH LAUGHER , sister of the late Rev * Timothy Laugher , of Hackney .
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Blessed with truly excellent parents , and especially with a mother , the efforts of whose vigorous and " active mind vrcrt prompted and guided by the highest principle of conduct , she employed her life in a succession of kind offices to her
relations and friends , for whose happi * ness she was content to forego her personal ease and interests , and in attendance on some of whom , when they were in sickness and affliction , she more than hazarded her own health . Of
manners amiable and gentle ; cheerful in retirement and thankful amidst decay ; she secured the cordial esteem of those who shared in her fondest regards , and of all whom she honoured with her intimacy or acquaintance . And her mortal course was finished , as it had been pur . sued , in the exercise of a faith " which overcomes the world . "
1810 , March 55 th . Died , Mr . WILLIAM ADE , apprentice to Mr . Henry Browne , draper , of Lewes . This young man possessed very promising abilities , and was much esteemed by those who knew him . A virtuous conduct , and
an innocent cheerfulness of disposition , endeared him to his friends , and caused him to be much respected and beloved by his companions , who were gratified with his conversation , and pleased with his amiable manners . He seemed to
have a great taste for science and the fine arts . By his own application , he made himself practically acquainted with Electricity , and acquired considerable knowledge in Geography , Astronomy , and experimental Philosophy . He was fond of collecting coins , medals , natural and artificial curiosities : and it
is pleasing to say , that Religion did not escape his attention . Before his illness , he constantly attended the Unitarian General Baptist Meeting , at Southover , near Lewes , and was a leader , in the singing part of thetworship . The smallness of income allotted to dissenting mi * nisters is a subject of general complaint , and in these times is a very serious evil *
To remedy this ., at least in some degree , it was proposed among the young people of the above-mentioned meeting , to increase the salary of their minister by subscribing a trifle out of their wages or pocket money . In this plan Mr Adc took great interest by subscribing himself , proposing it to , and collecting subscriptions from others . This plan raised the emolument one third . But alat ^ activity , his zeal , his Life are no more
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202 Obituary . —Mrs * Laugher . —Mr . Adt .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1810, page 202, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2403/page/42/
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