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of tfaeir beloved and rnuch-a fflicuhI ttastor \ vafc sfrewn by su ) Staaual Jjr . . ' '" I r * i *¦ ' - * * ' Acta of klhdnesi to the near relative *
he I ^ Ft behind him this iQ * n , wKile at the same tine the piety gfid amiableness of her disposition aftfacied sincere esteem anrJ con cffiat ^ d pure friendship . Secluded from itiuch intercourse with the
% troHd , sh ^ " was neither exposed to its femptati < m > , 'Hor had an opportunity of making those active exertions in the cause of God , tnicb fcnd mankind , to which many are Called by the imperious voice of duty . In tier limited sphere , how . ever , she did what she could for
the benefit of others % and an apostle has confirm-d , what is in itself reasonable ,, that , < if there be first " wilting '' na'iiid , it is accepted at . ClbrdihS to that a man hath , and
riot according' to that be hath toot / "ShV poss ^ sed * uch o ^ nero . ... . * ' . ¦¦ ¦ ~ sity of soul as would have rendered
( J her , had she with the same dispo ' ition been ; ble ^ st J with an a ( fluent fortune , verv extensively useful in relieving human diNtress *
** Mrs . Waters was exemplary in the regularity and aeriousniss with' which she attended public worship never absent but when preVented by sickness , and generally in her place in the house of
God at the beginning of service . Wer lite and conduct c rrespoaded With her holy profession ; and a > > she Walkeii by faith in the great principles of the gospel ) so she died in
fcope ' of the accomplishment of tis ( Vorious promises . Withl respect to terpeculiar religious sentiments I Can state , from repeated Conversations which have passed brtwet n ht
Q ^ t se subjects , that she was ' ) y convinced of ibe truth of tte leading doctrine ^ of Unitarian . ^ ( in the ? tetnctcAt 3 « o * t m which
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the tt- rm bus d ) , considering them as tbe pun * doctrines of the gospel , 4 tht- faith onct delivered to the sainu / She at the same time exercised the raosi amiable candour
and enlarged liberality towards Christirins of every denr > rnination . Under the last illness of our be * , loved sifter ,, which was attended ^ ith much bodily-pain , her mind
appealed as calm as a summer ' s evening .- Her hopes of divine acceptance and future happiness were founded on the free grace and mercy of our heavenl y Father , displayed in the most attractive
point-of view by his well-beloved Sou Jemts Christ , the messenger of the idad tidings *> f salvation , while she was d' ^ p ly impressed with a sense of the necessity of holiness of heart and iife , as an essential
nuahhcation tor the heavenly kingd » m . Her religious principles did not fail her in-time of need . She was enab ' ed to bear the pressure of disease ^ not mere ly with that p .-itieuce which restrains from murmuring and complaint , but even u ith the greatest cheei fulness , speakincy often , with evidently heart-felt grdtitutle , of the good * ness of God to her , and the kindness ot her friends . Prepared to die , she did . nor wish to live , though .
she was disposed to say respecting the resttlr of her disorder , * it is the Lord , let him do whatseemeth him ' . good . ' The strength of na . tijre heing at length exhausted , she Myeetl y * slept m Jesus / to awftkV .. to the enjoyment of an eter al life .
. *• Too . ; reat stress is often laid oil the views of persons ^ their hopes ^ or their fears , on their death bed « as proofs of U ) m soundness ox falsehood af tbek ^ peculiar rehgious i > nncipte » - Th « iormery however .
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* # ? Ohituary . ~* -Mrs Elizabeth Waters 0 &Q&
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1814, page 505, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2443/page/57/
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