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approach of death , will afford him any consolation but the recollection of a well-spent life , and the . reliance that he can place on the unchangeable goodness of the
Almighty . Although the deceased had formerly been very fond of the phraseology of the Trinitarian , his piety tov . ards God , and the animated persuasion he had of his transcendant goodness , seemed in the latter periods of his life , to have obliterated every minor
consideration from his mind , ' and to have engrossed all his thoughts . He appeared , indeed , to have no other feeling but that of an entire committal of himself to Almig hty God . But , perhaps , it is no unusual thing for a good man to find his Christian fortitude and
resignation improve , in proportion to the decay of his bodil y powers . While dining with him alone , the last day 1 spent with him , he exclaimed , "The Lord is my shepherd , I shall not want- he
maketh me to lie down in oreen pastures ; he feedeth me beside the still waters ; ho prepareth atable for me in the presence of all my enemies ; he anointeth my head with oil , and maketh my cup to run oxei \ " " Thanks be to a
good God / ' continued he , cc this has been my case , for never in my life did he ever suffer me to want any good thing . But / ' added he , ( exalting his voice a litttle ) "he is kind and good unto all
that put their trust in him . " He then repeated Watts ' s Psalm on Public Worship , without the least hesitation or mistake . On remarking to him that I thought his
memory was very good , he said , " No , not so good as it was , but I have great reason for thankful , ness that I am so well as I am
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and more than all , that I can joice in God . I can say , Jj David , I hove be on youn < J . t / ld now am old , but I haveVver seen the righteous forsaken , ilG r his seed begging bivad . " l ' ^ evening of the same day he re pealed the last quotation { fQn ] David , with this additional remark , " Remember , son , that this truth ought to be impressed upon the minds of all young people , " On the morning of hjs j eatjj when the servants had just assisted him in getting up . and while he
sat upon . the side of the bed , one of them offered to throw . something over him , that he might not feel cold while dressing , but he very cheerfully replied , " No ,
I am very warm : ' she then asked him if he would take anything , when he answered in his usual tone of voice , " No , I am very comfortable : " and at that instant he bowed his head upon her shoulder , and expired .
• — " Sure the last end Of the good man is peace ! How calm his exit ! Night dews fall not more gently to the ground , Nor weary worn-out winds expire so soft . " Blair .
Agreeably to his own request , he was carried to Stourbridge , and interred in the burial yard adjoining the New Chapel , be longing to the Protestant Dissenters of that town , a building
towards the erection of which he had handsomely contributed , and of which he was one of the trustees . He lias left two sons , to mourn his loss and to revere liii memory .
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436 Obituary . —Mr . Samuel Parkes .
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Died at Norwich , April 25 th , 1811 , aged 28 years , of a short but severe illnesb , which he bor «
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1811, page 436, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2418/page/52/
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