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- Mefhfetioifs of We ikftfltJ . ' O Mjm ^ . ^^^ . & 259
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wirf& ^ wwi xfuiy ^ x&m ^ ^ sJl < ^ W ^ pm U 0 % ^^ niTu l * ne rfodWped alt * would have * beeu pier before that time : bift ne supposed a uttle more disci p'fuie was necessary ; ana all was ordered right . At miotrYe T f time J , m said to his physician , « E fc ho ^ l * mW uov IVaVc ? to go through all this long /' - — - ^ Yhen momentarily expecting his awful change ,
he was most perfectly tranquil and collected in that expectation , and anxious Tor his release , lie said , not long before his death , " he felt coinT pi 6 V < eIjT free Tron > pain , happy and cdriifortable to the greatest degree . "Agajn , to one who was most dear to him , he observed , —" Amidst my severe afflictions , I have many cojhrVrffe , arid niuch to be than'UTul for , iHo ' iigh 1 do suffer a jgoo {\ deal ; \* ut I e iidcarbii r to 6 e patien t ; and I \ v \ sh to brinfir my mind to believe , that this is
b ' c ^ til e best place for me . Some IriVe a fruich rougher journey out of this system than I have . "—ft' was a . sirf ^ i Fi ^ g ob $ e r va H o n of an eig } i bo u ri n g ; ge ' ntteman ^ , f 6 r 'vhom he enteTiained gfekt perspnal regard — who , upon seeirrg nun in Ins sick room not . many days previous to his dissolution , remarked , tfiat " Il l ' s was the only c 6 hfprjtsed , or' happy countenance in ' , v r it ¦ ¦¦ * - . hid . . '¦" ¦ tfie ^ hoase . He fVeqiiently e ^ p resseti ^ is desire tp Be releajicd , and tnat he thought lpis iitixi ltiffg ; When' a \ vord or seiitilitdnt escAi ^ ed him , he was the same
j // e < f ? s ^ i ^ jis dver , unchanged in * sick-Vfi&s * sufle ' rttig and in death . Wheil r tfitcily T aidvinCi 9 g to the most awfu 1 anaj t ^ rher \ clo ^ s of aTl' uirtments , he cpniiriu « 3 rf <^ al in . and . serene , kind to dt ^§ rsf ? l ^ ' ^ compose-d and Signified ui ^ is pwh vjews # —till at length lie tirtotfi ^^ is last without a struggle dx ^ s ^ fi , *—sunk inii a state of sweet aiitf ^ Aile re pos e , ' arid closed his eyes forfe ^ et on ibis wo rid . ' , -1 » » i - " * !/ : i . ' . ¦ - * ¦ . .. - ' i , TJi « c ^ mp ^ ber whci ^ tl » e ^ 091 ! maf * ruc ^ ts
If jfp v ^ g ^ qeyyf ^ d the common wa ^ k Oj yirtuqtjs ! life , < juitt : ip the v < t rg < e of ' v iie | v ( ea : ; ' '" ' ¦ . {• ailj ji r * ' - . ^ m , x ' . 3 vi ? i ^ r vvere thp intercsjUng ^ awful scenes , suchf $ fo& . sa 4 / t | > airi , i ^ | Of r cqnccH ^ iitapt , c "^ ccum ^ tafiqe ^ , wh ^ pl ^ i l }?^ v ^ p ^ y wi ^ vessq ^ v W > vh ich Ijaycr been
^^¦ "'^ "iL ' r' ^ L Utta-. f [ > —7 ^ " , v r _ tT H ? , T ^ WfX , ^^ r * M > h l ^ ^^ ,. « f » Dcceixfbtr , 1810 .
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'T ^ M ^ if ( e ^ 'td ^ 'die ^ ith : ttfc 9 d afcfctirUey ^ i 1 ( l ( fistfficter ^ ? vieffa ^ ^* h < 3 dfe « p inter&t , and theliveliest seTOtbiiity . Soi consistent , so digaifled wai > ? t | ie c ^ omiuct of this 'approved Servant ot God in " circumstances ilie , most trying to human nature , — -So ehh g ' Htefj ed ^ so vigorous were the princtyiTck' wltich sustained and carried him through "ho common sufferinscs . — so bright and
cheering , the hopes which inspired his breast even within the precincts of the tomb . " His body is biirie'd in poace "—but his " men ^ rv "is blest . "—His G-ood deeds are recorded on big ]] , and his name is registered ii \ heaven .
The death of such a man exhibits u soleiiin and impressive : Scene . Jtwilt long be felt , and deeply Regretted / a § j a lo > s to the world—to which , to hts surviving family and to his long tried and approved friends , he has left- a bright example of genuine tnetit ar > d of sterling excellence '— a ^ n exarnpTe " m winch the virtues of the man were admirably blended with the ! . acSqiinrep ' me nts of the Christian . It isl fndee'dV
ix &ul ) iect of deep and unfei «; rled re ^ ret ^ tiiat , in his deatn , tneologi ^ ai : science has lo * t a shining ornanieniV Christian truth and libertv , an at ) 1 e " advocate ; a . nd the cause of liuh ¥ ariv £ y « a ccncroiis friehd . Those who kno \ v his vurjous merits heed no memorial '
of his virtues ; they bear it "iri " thcir own bosoms ; they will not cease to remember him , as long a « geniiirie ]> icty , disinterested benevolence , Hpia'ilected candour , probity and ^ singfer ness of heart , retain a place in the ' esteem or . mankind . n 1 f testimonies were wantinc ; to tKe
virtiies of so exalted a character ^ i ' tT were easy to adduce them without number . I shall content myself w ith quotiiig t \\" o or three passages from theicorr ^ sporidence of persons of eminence arid lonpvestabhshed reputation 1 for integrity an « worth . " Human nature , " says one , ' * caiirnot be viewed in a more' dicnineu
attitude , than that whK'h j'biir" Jastshort , Jftut most affecting , letter pre--sen ted u niy eyes , liven tl > e teqclere 9 t nerfdruiance of all life duties 6 r a ^ diijdtttetJtc '? a wo ^ tny parent lii ^ l-l chnfng nea | tl ) ^ rneritpVious as it is if ^ a Ve ^ y n % n cfegVefe , stems to ^ Ae less arTectrngihmi firs calm formalte , 3 Tul " truW CRristSan WsigriktiWi to \ his Maker ' s will . Few can hope to reach
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 259, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/3/
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