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deavour , to , exercise the most bumble and patient submission to the will of God under all the adversities with which he was tried . Wfiettlbw ^ sunk ; in t ^ vafc of vear * , reduced \ by m 1 Srbiities to helpless . de * crepitude alia total blindness , and endtfrtffg aciitybodfily pains , he still retained ' ^ considerable portion , of his f ^ ftfter ^ nieniitii faculties and vigour ; and his ^ Mei y shone with a mild lusjre through * ttie ^ decay of nature . 3 usi
v ie ^ s ^ or the gracious sovereignty of the * 'Divine Being , and the resigned spirit of his r hol y'JVf aster , were often preseut to his mind , for to this effert he frequently exclaimed , _" . I wish to bear all mv afflictions in such a
manner as becomes a rational creature of the great God , and a faithful discipje of the JLbrd Jesus'Christ , who , when endurhig'the heaviest afflictions and sufferings , said , * Not my / will but thine be done , ' ajid 'The cup which my Father hath given me to drink shall I not drink it ?' . " Under the
influence * of this great example he was solicitous that his heavenly Father would afford him strength equal to his day , aiid not permit his faith or patience to fail to the last moment of his rnortal existence . His surviving relatives may with satisfaction indulge the hdpfe that his pious wishes were
accomplished , that he calmly fell into the sleep 6 f dea ¥ h as a subject of the Divine favour , an ^ l as a sincere disciple off * Jesus ; and that he will be nita ^ erett &h , ong them who will hereafter joyfully a wafce to a blissful immdrtalfty , r ,
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Obituary *— -JKfrs . Lewin . R — + v . Francis Blackburne . 109 ds
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181 ® ,- Jkn . 15 , agecf 7 O , Mrs , Lewin , the wife 6 f the Rev . R . Lewin , of Liver ^ 6 pl . / The greatest part of her life was * spent in th « i domestic circle , tb ^ w ^ h kbe possessed mental acquire - ments * hat would have adorned the most p 6 fifclied society : her suavity of matl n ^ 8 > Rea red fn all her actions , her cbhVersafibn was energetic ^ but to
roild ^ fieYergitfug way ill-natured refriarkg j lie > performance pf thei ^ u ^ ti ^ of a Wife" aiid tiaVeiii ^ ave ^ Jta ^ jped }*( Wb fter afflicted fauiily the most ' ^ ting impression of her excellent « e ^ rt ; u ^ r wAs the ch aracter of the Christian ever rriore brfghtly exemplified ;^ her ; heart was always open * o the . ke ^ iie ^' S ^ nfeibility for those in 'iaiftto ^^ Jia \ xet hand ready to rfi-
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Sunday , the . gist of January , at Richmond , in Yorkshire , the Reverend Francis Blackburni , yir car ofBrignall , which living he 1 ^ 14 thirty-five years , residing upon it and performing iu the most ex ^ mplar ^
manner all the duties of a parish pri Q ^ , till increasing infirmities compelled him to retire to Riqhmpnd , whence however , he in every year paid frequent visits to his parishioners , by whom he was universally peloved . He was buried , at his express xiesire ^ on the < 24 th , at Brignall . Mjr . 3 lack , burne was the eldest son of the late
venerable Archdeacon Blackburne , w ^ hose sentiments on religious aud civil liberty he asserted on all proper occasions , with that calmness and ^ dignity which was peculiar to lus , character . He was the intimate friend of Mr . Wyvill , and co-operated wjth him in all those measures , whose ,
object Was the amelioration of the represen tat ion in parliament , and extension of religious liberty to a ) U classes of his Majesty ' s subjects , feeing firmly convinced that wherever tjie truth lay it Was " ' to be maintained in' the spirit of brotherly Ipve , an < J notlby
pains or penalties . Or restrictions of any kind , The peculiar feature in hia chaYabteV is defiiieated by a terni we believe peculiar to and most expressive in our * own language , Good'JTeniper . By this , and a charity extensive as his means , he was endeared to all
around him , and particularly to the poor , whose blessings wii | accojinpany him to hisjgrave > * As a father ^ \ v ^ r ban ^ neig hbQur , friend and parish pries ^ hi $ memory will be long che * riA ^ d I >^ th ose who stooi l p t ^ fe Yetaticin ' s to him . He left befend him
a wtd 6 ^ and ; three chllrfreu , twb ^ piiii and a dahMiter j the Jatter marrjec ^ Jo Mr . Frend , ' whose name frequejajfiy occurs in thto Bf ^ ggoff , / - '
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Ji ^ ve . ^ Her sorrowing frien will draw consolation from her firar faith itt the Christian . religion , which fortifie&lierf mind an all . occasions ; her
truly j r ^ ligfioqs } character which lett lujr ^ nev ; ec yto pa « s over a single d % ^ withput ^ eyoting , a con siderable pm * t of it tQ her Maker j and lier rare add excellent virtues , while they deeply regi-et her loss . . D . N :
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page 109, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/45/
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