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departed from this stage of existence in hopes of one that will be happy and eternal . He was interred , on Thursday the 28 th of July , in the buryitig-ground
belonging to the above-mentioned meeting-house ; when a sermon was preached on the occasion , by the visual minister , from Heb . ix . 27 * < 4 It is appointed unto men once to die . " Let all that read
these words so number their days that they may apply their hearts unto wisdom .
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M . Griesbach . We learn , with much regret , the death of this distinguished biblical scholar . ' The information is con . yeyed in the Review of i % Schceirs Abridged History of Greek
Literature / in the Appendix to the 73 d volume of the Monthly Review , p * 450 , in the following terms : — i ( - A melancholy tribute of gratitude and admiration , which every
critical student of the scriptuers will re-echo , is paid at the close of the prefaceto the memory of thelearned Grie&back , who lately died at Jena , in which university he was the most
eminent professor . His profound comparative knowledge of manuscripts and editions , and the srngular sagacity and impartiality of his verbal criticism , have given to his text of the Christian canon an
oracular value . The orthodox and the heretic bow alike to the un . prejudiced indifference of his dogmatism ; and , where inspiration appears not to guide , Griesback is now allowed to determine . "
An account of Griesbach has been given in this work , Voh III . pp * 1 —9 *
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Mrs . Elizabeth Waters , OjvT « s < iayiht ? 9 th instenfrdied , in Bridport , much respected by
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those who knew her , Mrs - Etta ? abeth Waters , daughter of the Rev , Geo . Waters , who was a native of North Britain ^ was educated at one of the Scotch universities , and ,
though not a popular preacher , merited and gained the esteem and attachment of the discerning few , by his learning , piety and liberality of sentiment . When he came to
England , he was settled as a dis . senting minister successively at Exeter , Modbury , Falmouth and Ashburton , in the last of which places he finished his mortal course , at an advanced age . His son , the Rev . George Waters ^ was educated at the New College , Hoxtori , and soon after his academical studies were finished , accepted an invitation to the pastoral
care of a respectable society of Protestant dissenters in Bridport , The eldest daughter , who was for many years afflicted with -a mental disorder , died a few months ago ^ the youngest is the subject of thi % obituary .
The minister whose public services she constantly attended , whenever the state of her health would permit , preached her funeral ser- ' mon to a numerous and attentive
auditory , on the Lord's day after her death , she having been decently interred early in the morning . The following is the account which ( with a few immaterial alterations ) he gave of the deceased .
** The occasion which has suggested the subject of this discourse is > the recent death of a member or this Christian society , nearly ar * rived to the age of man , threescore
years and tef ) , Mrs . Elizabeth Waters , the sister of my worthy ^ predecessor in the Christian ministry . To the credit of many of this cotigreg&titfn , Ute teSpect whicif they entertained for the memory
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1814, page 504, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2443/page/56/
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