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sketch-is ^ uew gnretv -that tbe -graces of it ntay be ^ emulated around sush a . tomb Qt # fe& < m Juo&Tnexs inp . y join in two eniptyfy merits which -are among the noblest , ti * e- | ttost beneficial ^ Jid the most soothing , offfttiy * ha * « an occupy the contemplative itiindr—iti vtrtuou * reco / iection and in the indutejen 6 e * fi sae&ed and even exiting hope I
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Qn the 29 th of Mai-ch , in the 60 th year of his age , and exactly , seven weeks after tfee death of his mother , ( see p . HO , ) Mr , J 06 HVA- Joyce , of- Essex Street , Stea&dy highly respected as well for the activity and usefulness of his talents as f&f tfete uprightness and integrity of his conduct itii « very relation of life . By the death of hU fatter in 1 * 778 , when he was a
very- yowug inari , the -care of the junior branches of tl ? e fai « ily , in a great measure * < ievelve $ on hilit , whose concerns he ma- aeged with- zea ! and disinterestediiess * The ; patrimony resulting to them was small , kbut '' to the- younger brother , in addition to an equaf share with the rest of the children , wrafi'bequeathed a shuU copyhold , supposed bis
ly ^ father , to be his- right ^ s youngest ae « r The * subject of the ]> resent - articleittes , however , ^ nioEined * when he appeared ¦ ijft < XH * Ft to pay the usual fine , in behalf of 1 && brother , that Iiq might dispute his &tjher's will and claim it for Jiimseif , the idea ot which he instantl y rejected . By ^ tills act of disinterestedness the youth , ill
whose favour it was done , ( was enabled , wiv e ** he came- ' of age ,-and had completed ' | h ^ tei 4 fi- of his apprenticeship , 0 in which 1 he had ' b ^ grp engaged about a year , to qtiit n ^ edfuaik sal eoiployHients and to devote ttosek : , ^ nder > the patronage of it he late Itfc v . Hiiffh ^ -WorthHigton , to -those studies that
aHtvfie ^ essary qu alifications for the profesgJoJvef" a dissentin g minister . In 17 94 , when hSs'brother was « iwgied out by the late Mr , Pitt as a victim , with others , to be sacrificed at : the shrine of hb wicked ambition , Mr . Jbshtia Joyce zeal u 8 ly hiterested himself ifF-fels beh&it * afid-th « r o £ * the o ^ her stk te
wboiaeT& ; and tlie late Mr . John Horne Tooke has frequently asgerl ^ ed / tfet himself and friends Were more indebted to his eyeptfcms than , to those of any o 4 » her niai > in de-^ Mteg iiie proj ects * 'Ot nilftifltter ^ vrfr * , tat
( hffi (> » persod , were < con spmng-te * errb ^^ rt the ^ ) # &&& » $ aiad < x > ni > tn « 4 t ! Oii © f ^ d > e e&w&ry T ^ herftti 4 |> ttrt « jr- ^ a d ho ^ ed to perplex a * id s 0 & toMb ttoe > pritonie # sf by < sending tot < en £ h , <^ too « i » g ) * o ^ be ij reiit ; ' an onh ^^ rd . trf iHyfnK | | ervof t » er « on » as Jwryraen ^ tawf to ivse ibis 1 0 * Oifytit i * BVae&oihd of wtimcsxx-vritoK clia-
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? acter ^ i | } y € jttld difficult , if npfeiinpog ^ iy e t <^ serutSni ^ e in the short { period ofcteu da ^ s but- by the constant and ? unwearied eiforti of the subject of vlijuj . articlev wi $ k tfee ai 4 of ot ^ ec personsJo& gmfat r ^ pfectAbili ty / ^ h ^ felt that onvfcbeissvue of thoie triafe depeo ^ i
ea the liberties arid safety o £ eyery » ia « 15 the realm , as weM as the tives of the ao cuscd | the cfa ^ raeters a 1 id J motives of four hundred and twenty ^« ie perstms were fu % investigated in the time aHowed : the liiiy ^ ter wasbafHed , his spies detected , and hifn * self discomfited and disgraced .
Many private trusts ^ vere committed to the care of Mr . Joyce , which he executed with fidelity and to the satisfaction of those for whose mterestis he was e&gzcged . He 1 ms left a widow and ten children to deplore
his loss : the latter by imitating his virtues will do honour to the character of an excellent parent , and prdbabry secure to themselves the reputation and success in the world which ar £ , to the young and' Well disposed , always objects ox'laudable anibitioti . m , , Highgate . ' J . J .-:
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4 ddtfipn to the Obituary of Mji . Jam %$ t > Rov ^ B , p . 184 . ( lixtracted from the conclusion of JVir . Aspl ^ nd ' * Funeral S $ { mon for him , just published . ) Here I might cowdude . Bart I shall be expected perhaps to say ^ a few word £ oi > tbc sad occasion of this § ermon ; anld I ^ shall
ftilfii this expectation- a £ far as appears to nie consistetit with propriety and servktable'to theeaose of Vighiteoiisnes ^ and truth . Funeral sernitotis are Jiowever lbv > the benefit of the living only , ahA tmy fisher prajtse of t ^ e dead than may e ' xciTC the virttKms ' imiratiOn-of stirvi ^ orai - would * be ii seleste ' and ev ^ h paiiiful t within this Hmft I eiiallatridtly confine mVseif . { M K
The seintitiaients of" ^ h © discourse wbieh you iiaye j * ust heard' -wfere frintiliar to ihe inind ' of tnrr * dfepfeirted brotlierifMr / jAMW Drover . He \ was hi thfe constant habit of putting down his" thoughts and fee ) iop in writing ; and amongst his la&t-WrHten
manuscripts there has been found aipapct , with this remarkafcte sentence ; * Whin * J arrive at the closing period tff nty e $ fat&ice > ' ]/ I can look back tbiih a $ * mu £ h gati ^ tTtiori < # Jnow look on my present Sentiments , 1 shall die -with ^ diffidence in the ' divine mercy" ' it
H ^ nce arjpears , that though the death offettf r ^ sp ^ cted friend was sudden , it waf not , in tne most important sense of the woixfc untimet y ; it did not find him unprfepared ; Hij- ^ as ; W + m&M tru ly religious man : I knoW liiybJlfeV ^ ot engaged in the study ofimmffyby thfe < Alfles ofuprofc * sion . who reafd ^ and ^ thioug heso n * ucn ^^ po sjacr ^ d f tQb $ tittsi <> ( fie * wfts accii » tomcd ^ < J rrequfentVeriremx ^ t ; And flb ^» pc «* " he has left behind show hoW his retiretatw was occupied , nainely , in thcr inquiry ifi **
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844 Obituary . —3 * 1 * ^ Ja $$ ua . JtyG # ^ riMri JaMes Drover
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1816, page 244, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2451/page/56/
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