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in offering the solemn tribute pf respect . Thougfi taught " not to sorrow as those ¦ who have "* no hope , * ' yet they could not withhold the falling tear , or prevent the feelings of nature and friendship struggling with the sentiments of resignation and Christianity .
A cheerful piety accompanied her through life ; patience 4 &d submission
attended her hours of affliction ; and to her were truly applicable the words of the preacher , . !* The rigfyteous hath hope in his death . " Her acquiescence in this dispensation of Providence , was thus expressed in the latter of the discourses , € < She knew her God , her Saviour , „ and the things which belonged to her peace *
and while she suffered the decays of . l ^ er tbttenng tenefnent , and foresaw the danger of its ruin , her best wishes went to heaven , not to prevent its fall , but tfiat it tnight come down safely . " Her conduct displayed a worthy
example for imitation . > Her general , character was Wily descrijbed by the speaker , -when he said , " Thai Hand which was always held forth ^ kindly to receive a fricnd- ^ -open to relieve the / needy and distressed—and to assist in peases of
public utility and importance , \ tpai hand is now withdraw n for ever . Tjho ^ e , eyes , which 6 nce looked with complacency on an extensive circle of acquaintance— - which melted with compass ion . to behold the miseries of suffer / ing humanity— ± which expressed her joy and gratitude to her last expiring day , for the affectionate attendance wi ^ ich she v beheld in all around her , —those eyes are dosed . ( The countenance is changed , and will return no more ; In the church of God , the place which once knew her , shall know her no more * * Trie time : was , wten her bosom giowe ^ wipi' ttijp delightful meditations of faer Saviours love . * phe honours due to TeJboyah , in public and sfcoclal worship , she was careful to maintain ; thfe dradiitiesi attending tlje performance of this duty , she was willing td overfcorhe ; and thai which ( he careless' and luWewairni often i * rge as > an excuse for their iti&in ^ reijce arid neglect the treated ; with its deserved co ^ teriipt Indeed * uch was her Ibye |^ i * sWcial i ? vorship , her zeaf for ppjd . [ her f tefehfc $ 5 his ordinarice ^ her pleasures in hi ? san etuary , that whett suet impediments arose in ihe wajr , a > the ; mpse acv ^ re c ^ uW S ^ js ^^^ ^^^^^^ Cfantritt . S , D , ;
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i 8 io . May iatb , died , in the ^ tst year of her age , at Bridgenouses , near Sheffield , Mrs . ELIZABETH BUR , JDJEKIN , wife of Mr . Joseph Burdekin , merchant . Her death was afifectingiy
sudden ; about six hours and a half after being delivered cB her iburteenth child . She has left ten ^ children to join with their afflicted fatlief , Jn regretting her loss and cherishing the memory of her virtues . She was kind and attentive .
To her nearest - friends , and dearest relatives , ^ he was . tender and affectionate ; influenced by that Christian love which seeketh not her own , sHe had learnt to forego her own personal gratifications , in order to be better enabled to supply the wants , and to alleviate the distresses
of her neighbours . S ] be Jbaii , been brought up in the Unitarian . doctrine , and she still continued to worship the one living and truaGod . The Rev . J > r . Phillips preached a funeral sermon oa the occasion , to & respectable congrega ^ tion , at the Upper Chapel , in Sheffield
Sheffield . M . fU 1810 . Ju ne ; jZ 4 ^ at Dudley , in the house of the FLev . J . H . Bransby , w ; herc he ? wason a visit , the Rev . P .. EMANS , minister of the Presbyterian congregation , Coventry . W ^ hope to be favoured with a mernpir ^ pf ^ iiiip from an ac-^ uaintaiice , who < knew vy ^ ell how to es ? tunatc his learning and Ws worth ,. 1
. ^ 810 . Jpiy % S > & Clfanbi-qok , Kent , aged 67 , lyfrs . ELIZABEtH DOBEL , wife of Mr . penja ^ in , i ?> , Qfeel , pastor , qf the General BapUst Society , at that ; place . She . bore , writh Christian fortitude and patienpe , a heavy and painful affliction , which terminated in her death , an esent vw | u $ h id $ ptiv $ & society of an useful ineniber , ± 0 , $ popj :. of ^ coppassionatefrie ^ d ^ a ^ d he r partner in life of an affectionate companion . " Brought up in the nurture and admonition pf the L , or 4 , ' : &o . i" . ^ ejb ^ intar e 4 $ & G ^ tor in Me d ^ yft ^ f ^ er ^ ith , ^ m $ m m& life , reader a public projcssiou , . by b ? p ti « m , o ) f her : hf Helin Chywtijpjty ^ agre ^ Cf a > i y , $ 0 t ^ e " hit $ 99 ^ Mhxc red to m safety . ' , % fier l ^ urnejf ; v ri ^ rou ^^ Wf * etc eiperfenypejd t |^ e pJlea ^ uies of wisdpn O ) , * way ^ wjsSkmg * ' wQ ^ h ^ ot the vocation , yUmM m ^ s * h& "; ^ Y 8 ^ f ! in her ^ tte ntonce atJ ^ e horp $ & * $ * f % l i ji WiBW'W tft 9 society vrm ^ r ^| gfee . wa ^ gpnnc ^
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455 Obituary . —Mrs * Burdekin . ^ -Rev . P . Emms- — Mrs . Dohel .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1810, page 456, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2408/page/32/
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