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    tW not prevent him from engaging in so proper and profitable an ex ^ - crcise as family devotion . He used sl printed form : of these there are maay excellent sets to be had ; and the use of some or other of :

    them , it is earnestly to be wished every head of a family who does BOt feel himself qualified to pray without one ; , would adopt . In all families it is desirable that such a

    provision sbould be made , as by tbat means , when , by absence or indisposition , the head of it is incapable of performing this important service , it may be discharged by any of the other members .

    11 hough his habits were contemplative and sedate , and characterised by an almost instinctive aversion to any species of frivolity , yet , till he became the confirmed subj ^ ct ^ of a disease , peculiarly

    distinguished by its effects on the spirits apd by the irritability of its victims , M | V FpUett was one of the very few whp , to great sagacity and decision of mind , united a remarkable

    gen" $ a ^ $ 3 .-and placidity of manners , ar ^ . the most indulgent readiness to promote the happiness and viv % Qiity of the young .

    5 PJbJ £ worthy man had been spared to his farpily and the community feu * a long season . He had nearly attained the common boundary of htij ^ tn li fe—until the last few years bi heaUh wa « good—his life was

    peaceful ami prosperovis ; and his 4 $ 9 t , bj though ht teqgth sudden and inspected , jyap flpt particularly dist ressing ^ For . several hours be frre ^ is ^ nd , all pain had ceased ,

    anq a state gf frowsy stupor tejr _ wi |> a | edr in a 4 ^ a | h so ; easy , | h at tnejponriienjt pf hh di ^ ini ^ ion ^ y ^ ts * JT ^ P ? f ce ^ d . H $ disfljfiitfi ™ pf > t of hi § . q h | id ^ n , abgut l ^ ifli , » n ? i ^ i ^ ir ; tht , Qpnj ^ lsUory ^ fl ^^ tioix

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    i j that by his prudent foresight and persevering industry he had comfortably provided for them all . Without any hostility to the establishment , he was a zealous and

    steady dissenter , and has left a proof of his attachment to th £ cause of nonconformity , by a liberal bequest towards the continuance of religious services amongst that body of Christians of whick he was so consistent a member .

    To fall asleep , and to fall asleep in Jesus , looking for a blessed io ]« mortality , is a subject not of sorrow but of joy * VVhile it supports

    us amidst the ravages of tim « and death , may it stimulate us to be " followers of those who through faith and patience are inheriting the promises , " B .

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    mmB ^ m ^ mmm ^^**^*^* . _ j ' * i Mr . John Martin . Died the 24 th of July , 1814 , John Martin , farmer , frf-Nevr * land , in the parish of Keyrtfer , Sussex , Mr . Martin lived to" a

    good old age in great respectability of character ; loved in his famil y ^ esteemed by his servants , and ve > nerated in his neighbourhood as a man of industry , temperance , justice , friendship , and benevolence . The deceased was of a

    remarkably cheerful disposition ; s # that his filends were always happy in his company . In bis religious profession he was a Christian , » steady and firm dissenter of thfc Unitarian denomination , and a constant attendant on the public

    worship of the only living and tm « God ) a » perfoimed at the General Baptist Meeting , Ditchlmg . Thus he lived to the 84 th year of his age , in genera ] health and prosper rity , JiUt after about three weeks illness , which he bore with nieclu ness , yj »< i ^ u

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    Obituary .- ± Mft * John Martin . ^ OJS

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1814, page 503, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2443/page/55/