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his way , till resting from his labours he was laid in tne peaceful tomb . The particulars of his life , and df his last long severe illness , which he bore
with exemplary resignation , have been laid before his congregation by a friend every way capable of rendering justice to his benevolence and piett . I have thought proper to touch only on the leading traits of his character as a minister of Jesus Christ . His
love of free inquiry , his endeavour to divest himself of prejudice , and his intrepid avowal of his religious creed , are creditable to his memory . These are essential requisites of ministerial fidelity . Though we agreed in many important articles of faith , yet as to
others we were agreed to differ . Friendly and cheerful , he often conversed with freedom on religious topics , but never to the breach of Christian charity . He could bear -with those who did not accompany him in all his convictions . And we
both heartily acquiesced in the sublime and awful ^ asseveration of Jesus Christ— " Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words , of him shall the Son of man be ashamed , when he shall come in his own glory * and in his Father ' s , and of the holy angels . " To conclude—the minister of Jesus
Christ , be he Churchman or Dissenter , Trinitarian or Unitarian , who , imploring the ^ blessing of heaven , indulges free inquiry , endeavours to divest his miiid of prejudice , and honestly proclaims his convictions , on every proper occasion , sanctioned and emblazoned
by a correspondent temper and practice , will receive the final eulogy of the Saviour — <( Well done good and Jaithful ' servant , enter thotu into the joy ° f thy Lord " " Lo ! with a mighty Ho $ 1 he comes , I see the parted clouds git e way , I see the banner of the cross display ;
Death ' s conqueror in po ; np appears—In his right hand , a pa ' iin be bears , And iu his looks—redemption wears !" ** The souls of the righteous are iu the hand of God , a , Md there shall no
torment touch them . In the sight of the unwise they sefjm to die , and their departure is taken for . misery , and their going from ' us to be utter destruction % but they a )* e \ n peace , foi though they be punished in the sight o £ men .
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yet is their hope full of iimnortafitv and having been a little chastised , th <~ shall be greatly rewarded , for God proved them and found them wonhv of himself . * *
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September II ) , at Cheltenham , having nearly completed his 81 st year , ft * cIhard Reynolds , of Bristol , a highly respected member of the Society of Friends . For a long series of years in the possession of an ample fortune , he made it subservient to tne purposes of
benevolence . His numerous charities , public and private , rank him among the most eminent philanthropists of the present age . After a gradual decline , he closed a life of great usefulness in the faith and hope of a Christian .
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Mrs , Elizabeth Hamilton . —It would be with feelings of sincere sorrow , for a private and a public loss , that the lovers of elegant literature heard of the death of one of the most amiable , useful and popular of the female writers of the present age ; one who has done honour to her sex and to her country .
M-rs . Elizajbeth Hamilton was born at Belfast , in Ireland ; and the affection for her country , which she constantly expressed , proved that she had a true Irish heart . She was well known to the public as the author of " The Cottagers of Glenburnie , " " The Modern
Philosophers , " " Letters on Female Education , " and various other works . She has obtained , in different departments of literature , just celebrity , and has established a reputation that will strengthen and consolidate from the duration of time—that destroyer of all that is false and superficial .
The most popular of her lesser works is ?« the Cottagers of Glenburnie , " a lively and humorous picture of the slovenly habits , the indolent winna-be-fashed temper , the baneful content which prevails among some of the lower class of people in-Scotland . It is a proof of the great merit of this book , that it has , m spite of the Scottish dialect with whicft it abounds , been universally read in England and Ireland , as well as ifl Scotland . It is a faithful representation of human nature » n ' W [*™ 7 as well as of local manners and cu * Wisdom iii , * , 5 »
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554 Obituary . —Richard Reynolds . — Mrs . Elizabeth Hamilton .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1816, page 554, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2456/page/54/
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