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he had spoken falsely !—that he should not only have believed all this , "without any evidence * but also have asserted it in the most public and offensive manner !—is such a mixture of weakness , folly and temerity , that 1 can give to it no adequate name . I am . Sir , Very respectfully , your ' s &c . W , MANN .
St . Savior' ' s > igth May > 18 13 . "We whose names are under-written , were present when Mr . Coventry made the declaration as stated above ; and we testify that the words convey the direct sense which he gave , and are , as far as we recollect , the ver ^ Vords which he used on that occasion . ? J . C . PEACHE . A . MANN . A . PEACHE .
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Mrs . Naish . On May 3 rd , died at Poole , Mrs , Naish , the wife of Mr , Naish , to whom she had been married eleven months . Mrs . N . was the youngest daughter of the late Joseph Olive , Esq . a respectable merchant of this place . The family from which she descended has
afforded many worthy members to the old Unitarian Meeting in Hill Street . Liberty of conscience , and the right of private judgment , so peculiarly asserted by the congregation assembling in that place of worship , for the last 60 years , were ably defended by an ancestor of Mrs . N . in a series of Letters addressed
to Mr . Philips , the seceding minister . She was in every respect a deserving representative . The following account is taken from her funeral sermon , which was preached To a very large audience .
' * Her amiable disposition and prudent conduct were evidenced by a constant regard to the relative and social duties of life . Obedient , attentive and affectionate towaYds her surviving parent , rendered more dear and venerable
by age , she guided her feeble steps with care-, and w ^ atched her decliniri £ > trength with all terider sensibility of heart , with all that foreboding anxiety of rriind peculiar t& one who had derived so many superior advantages from her counsel and instruction , Towards every branch of her ftmil y sne a'dted with an uniform regard to the virtuous admonitions which had been received from her
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youth . Kind , oblig ing- * and assiduous " as a sister , anticipating by her thoughtfulness , the wants , increasing by her lively turn of mind , the pleasures , or as occasion required , alleviating- by her soothing accents of compassion , the sorrows of those around her . In her
conjugal connexion , short as it was , — alas ! very short , the same tender and affectionate feelings influenced her heart , and directed her conduct . The propriety of these remarks is best appreciated by that unfeigned sorrow and deep regret which her decease has occasioned . Her deportment as a Christian
was no less conspicuous and eminent . It was regulated by principles , founded on very consistent conceptions of the Deity , and of his divine administration in the government of the universe . She embraced from conviction , and strictly
adhered to the general doctrines of Unitarianism . The grand and leading truth of revelation , the unity of God , she maintained with firmness and integrity . The perfect and simple humanity of Christ was a consequence which followed of course- She considered the
dispensations of Providence as tending ultimately to promote the universal happiness of the rational creation . The sen - timents jentertained by a mind naturally endowed with very strong powers , and considerably enlarged by reading , observation , and reflection , must necessarily have produced the exalted effects ¦ which we have seen in her conduct . In
these sentiments she lived , in these sentimejuts ghe died , and died happy . Those who witnessed her last moments , witnessed a soul governed and actuated by the dictates of that system of religion which is the glory and boast of the Unitarian community . Her hopes of future happiness did not arise from an
imaginary dependance on another ^ righteousness , but on the placability and goodness of that God . who had been gracious to her during life . Sensible of approaching dissolution , with a mind equally calm and ogerene as in the full enjoyment of health , she sang the praises of the Most High , and frequently repeated this beautiful stanza : —
' I'll praise my Maker with my breath . And when my voice is lost in death , Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall tie'er be pa $ t , While life and thought and being last , Or immortality endures . ' *
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346 Obituary * — Mrs . Raish .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1813, page 346, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2428/page/62/
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