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We . - To an underrating integrity of ckaracter , fee united the frabittiat exercise of an enlightened and fervent p iety . tn his general disposition Be ^ Ha ct great natural vivacity . His manners were gentle afid Affectionate , his adebress prepo ««^ i # g 5 his conversation entertaining and instructive .
After languishing for acme time under a disorder , which bafned the efforts of medical ikill , he departed this life No * vetnher 24 $ in the 63 d year of his age , and the— - of his stated " ministry . His remains -were attended to the grave by a rmfnerous and respectable assemblage of friends , who voluntarily came together to pay their last tribute of respect to his memory .
Mis virtues will he long rememhered hy all who knew him . They will be a theme © f graceful recollection to his mourning family . , Manchester , Dec . 12 , 181 O . Character of Joseph Paice , esq . ( whose death was noticed p . 4 f 8 t ) ejftracfcjed ^ irom his Funeral
Sermon , preached at Carter Lane , Sept . 16 , 1 . 8 IO , by the Rev . Thomas ^ tayier ^ ** Many c haracters that are proposed , as ^ worthy patterns for us to copy , are distinguished by some particular virtues . Thus * one is celebrated for eminent piety
and devotion ; another ., for unwearied diligence , perseverance , and zeal ; a third ,-for the gentle graces of meekness , sympathy , . patience , condescension , and disinterested love ; a fourth , for inflexible truth and integrity , which no
temptation of temporal pleasure or profit can violate . But in the character of our deceased friend , it is not easy to say in which of these graces he excelled most ; so far did he carry his attainments in
them all . In this respect few Christians , in our day , have borne a nearer resemblance to our blessed lLord , whom we all profess to imitate , But whom none are able to equal .
«< He Was , indeed , best known 14 the world by the Stirling uprightness , the diffusive and disinterested benevolenee , end the invariable ineekness . an 4 gentleness of his character : because
these % rt the graces , which men ate best ; capable of appreciatin g in their ' pitercourse with one another . But could wehave entered into the secret rect $$ e § of his closet and his heart , we should
f notice states tyai to \ w * t 4 ted in titt 83 d , but the Scnaon in the 8 ad year oC hm age—Bp ,
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I am persuaded , ha ^ te « eea in the devotion and piety _ of his character , a « bright a copy to int £ ta ? t < r , as he exhibited in that part of his conduct which lay open to public observation . For social | ind moral virtues never at « tain to the distinguished eminence in
which he posseted them , nor bring forth the fruit they did in hii long continued life , unles ^ they are grafted upon those which sire properly denominated dwhu * Indeed , ^ whoever efijoyed the happiness of being his fellow-worshipper in the house of God * where he
delighted to be found , and where he continued regularly to pay his thankful attendance , when labouring under infirmities which most Christians would have thought a sufficiejajt excuse for their absence , ^ ust have seen in all his behaviour there , a striking t > roof of the fervent devotion that filled his heart . The
members of this Christian church , among whom he has been a shining light for a longer period than any other member has been connected with it , ean never forget , may they all emulate , the bright example which he has set them . 4 < Nor was he less exemplary in his private conduct , than in the duties of publie worship . The temper * , which lie cultivated in the house of his Cod ,
followed him into the World , and he exhibited there a striking example of that wisdom * whtcb is from ab&ve ^ ivBick is J irst pure * thtn pea ^ ea bley gentle apd easy to be entreated ^ full of mercy and gmod fruitS ) lOfthitUt partiality and 'without
hypocrisy , u Nothing- could be more blameless and harmless , nothing more kind and courteous , gentle and obliging , than his behaviour to aJJ with whom he had any intercourse , whether friends or strangers , in higjh or low stations of l ^ fe- So far from giving offence to any ^ , his attention to the convenience of all with whom he
conversed , arid the civilities he practised in . the common intercourse or life , * o far exceeded the common standard , and must sometimes have proved bq inconvenient to himselif , that those who were
unacquainted with his real character , or destitute of any resernbUnce to it > were almost ready to doubt his sincerity ; whilst those who knew him best , from their intimate acquaintance with hi £ habitual temper , gave him full credit , 1
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© 12 Obituary . *—Joseph Paict , Esq .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 602, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2411/page/30/
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