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    Ac 5 P » DS of this year he began to declined H was advised m Augqst to * the waters of Cheltenham . This tvascjone evidently to satisfy his friends , fle cKdfiot expect to recover from the attack , Wti was perfectly resigned to what Dmn e mercy should ordainr Me cout ipued from the 7 th of August to tbe frh pf ¦ September with little variation B * m » g his illness he was

    exceedingly placid and kind to every one : his ^ conduct and countenance indicating that all whhin was peace . A short time ^ before his death , when an endeared female friend had been adffl nistering-tp him some religious consolation , he said * ' My faith and hope

    ate , as * hey have lone : been , on the mercy of < 6 o 4 , through Jesus Christ , who was the propitiation for my sips , anid notfewc-mine only , but for the sins of the . whole woiW . ' He closed his earthly career at Cheltenham , Sept . the 10 th , in tbe . 81 st year of his age . His

    children ^ grand children , and many bel © ved > 4 raeiftds-were present when this great man in Israel fell . ' Is it wonderful that tha news of his death $ xcjted \ generai regret in Bristol indksjaeigfrbourfaood ? ¦ Is it surprising

    that-the xnelancholy event created a gloon } from the peasants cot to the Gtfga&vg mansion ? Is it singular that i . ^ Sn ? ^ rv ^ uld be . contemplated when he jrtras removed who for many years ha efb ^ ow ^ upward s of ^ 10 , 000 ^ er

    iQQUm in relieving the distress of ottos ? Wa $ it not to be expected tnfct-mea of all classes and of all opinions should unite to request to shew fr ^ iost sad tribute of respect , ? y foilowln one

    & % & ? . ji £ ^^ the remains of who « ad / £ ra < it * $ ed pure and undenled rc-Jl ^ f ^ ho ^ Ji a 4 employed self- < leriial ^ j ^ jn i ^ Jl t b ^ sjtow liberally on others , ^ o cq ^ $ edl ; tn ^ indulgenc « & ofafflueuce ?^! ft ^ i& !*^ les 3 en tfee miser ies of Ws W ^ y > ^ ordered his household be

    j ^ % * 5 pSB 9 « iy ^ hat might giya to W > w& \ ^ wa . % Mi » want—r-who had J ^ M , a ^ al for godliness free from ^ 8 ?} fffl «« r 9 n 4 io exercising the ri ^ ht of ! P ^ f ! j j \ idgBa «» t hitnself , had still an I J tJffijwN ^ ow - for those- from who m - 52 WW ^ ^ No contrasted view e > f ^ ffi »| tnewy dwelt in hia soul j and iiSBS ^ j ^ f Wrideradl himself a debtor ! u ! raP '& *** $ & Ofeck , to , tr * « 3 ^ mi ^ jtor * - ^ ? ne cmbtai 2 ^ d ali ^ ft "fev ^ nity of ttte faith in oth ^ v

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    bonds of- peace and . righteousaess of life . ' ' ¦ . '' Su ^ h was Hich ^ rd Reynolds . HU corpse was followed to the grave by deputations from th » : several charities- in-Bristol , to which lie belonged . The Committee of the Bible Sociefcv

    took the precedence , and wa&iri close train with the long string of weeping relatives . It was com posed of a M £ nnen , clergymen , and dissenting ministers of all denominations . The greatest decorum was observed , though tbe crowd of spectators surpassed calculation . In the SqiXare in which the deceased had

    resided , the children of the several charity-schools' to which he had f ^ eeu a generous patron , were arranged . ^ The shops were shut in the streets thrbugh which the procession passed , and the toll -of bells from several churches announced , that one was dartiecf to the

    grave , who bore with * him trte aiffectibns of the living . On the Sunrf ^ V following , funeral sermons were "preached at most of the places of worship * in Bristol and its neighbourhood - But the respect of survivors did riot terminate with ) these marks of their regard . A public . meeting was convened at the GaildJ ^ all , ou

    October the 3 d , at which , the mayor presided * to coasider of the most effectual rtiethod of suppl y ing the great loss the city of Bristol had sustained , and or perpetuating the memory of Mr . Reynolds . On thiit occasion it was . ' Unanimously resolved to form a new society ; called Reynolds ' s ' Commetriorat ? &n Society , to keep up his subscriptions to the charities in Bristol to which he was " a public contributor ,

    and es ^ pe ^ iatly to cherish and strengthen the Samaritan , of winch he . was . lhe founder . At the publ ic meeting , v a ^ iow ^ proofs ; were adduced of the distinguishedL excellence <> f the deceased , bv th ^ Jfe %% ' IVfiiddMlph , theRev . W . Tttotpft , the H e « r-W . 6 ay >; the itev . Mt . Sirtieo ^ ^ #

    CanibrKlg e ^ and th hrtid tf&lY intTod ii ^^ aix ^ toroibly r&omtrt ^ &M . ' ' \ ~ : m ^ t \\ kmH $ i o f fii || ib : ^ n ^ his feg ^^ appi V - May . tl ^^ h ^ Wfctot has 4 i > eeri- lDaitt ^ t ^ 0 M , V v * P ' * | jj « f A ^ el ^^ sffl ^ Nk ^ T ' ¦; M * S y ) » h ** $ ? # © f-beft

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    Obituari £ . ~ - ~ Mr . Richard Reynolds . 619

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1816, page 619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2457/page/55/