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      bffli&jplp yiMii ( & Win , timfer the adCpmfftkted Weight o | jge aii £ % v ^ rfe tf bea&fe ¦ ' fbV several ' , ' years .

      : He . was subjett to most violent feiiasrii ^ ic affectibhs , which often fcfodg ht tiini to tfi 6 vergfc of death . \\ % eh the paroxysms ceased , he Kas often been known to lament

      that they had not terminated in 4 i ^ ialution , When free from them , lie spent his time , as became an aged servant of ChrisJ , at the door of eternity , in reading the scriptures , in the exercises of devotion .

      and in th § instruction , counsel and ^ ohsol atioxi of the friends who came rt visit him * To him , death likd no terror , eternity no gloom . iHe died in peace . It was a ^ death-like sleep , a gentle wafU | W S jbg to immortal life / 5 . * j > fw . \ % th % 1811 .

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      i 1 « H , Oct . 10 . At Manse of kirtellar , the Rev . GA ^ VIN MIT-€ HELI ^ D . D . minister of that parish , m the 81 st year of his age , and 55 th of his ministry . He was one of the oldest ministers in

      the Synod of Aberdeen ; and it is not unworthV of remark * that in the capacity of their moderator , he mgned the Synod ' s address to his

      present Majesty , upion his accession to the throne , as well as that \ ipon the decasion 6 f his complet ing the 50 th year of his reign . The Dr . ivas well known as an

      eminent biblical scholar . To a ^ vigorous and power ft il mind , he i added profound aiid i ^ ktehsive erudition ; > His ktiototedge of t | he - ^ p iocedure bkfor £ thfe ^ cdlesJastidal

      / courts , < vas genef ^ ly appealed Sbo . In the di 5 * li « tgy ^ fWs ^^ rpinis-Jtiriiiii ftim ^ ioits , he tvill be Jotog re&temberM ' m k fiiithAii ^ astdr ; ;* kteymilm 4 rimm "Stfe * rfeWd ^ d

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      hiniself ^ ngagrug , fropi the frapfc . iies ^ of his ri ^ aniier ^ arid the cheer * ful and diversilSed flow of his conversation . M . Chron .

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      1811 , Oct . 27 . Mr . JOSEPH MARTIN , of Kingston , near Lewes , in the 69 th year of his age . In all respects he w& ^ a valuable member of society . As a husband , fAther , friend and Christian ,

      perhaps few , jfany , excelled him . For many years he had belonged to the Unitarian General Baptist church , meeting at Southover > hear Lewes , how undfr the rhinisterial care of Mr . Morrii . In

      this little Society he filled hisplace , con ^ tan tly attend ing ul 1 its meetings for public worship , instnio tion , and other necessary business . During his life be read a * td thought

      much . He was a € hnsttan ; but not from the prejudice of education : his faith -was founded on evidence , and , therefoi ' e , on a rock which death itself could tidt move . His views of Divine providence , were of the most

      coDsolatory nature ; and may ? be briefly expressed in the language of the Apostle Paul ;— " Kor of him , and through him , and to him are

      all things / He lived in peace ; and as he lived ^ so he died ; lcav . ing an example of a kind , a meek , and a quiet spirit . lie was interred in the burial-ground belonging to the above-mentioned society ,

      Nov . 3 d , when a sermon was preached on the occasion , by Mr . Bennett , of ftitehUng , M ™ Uaiah lvii . 2 . « He shall enter

      into pea < re > >* Mr . Morris , of Lewes , engaged in reading th ^ scriptuits and in prayerj and , after ine « ermbii , ippke at tfae gWtve . ™ ** audieece e * m 3 jktui ^ roasii ^^ pef #

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1811, page 730, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2423/page/26/