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On the 13 th June , in her 49 th year , at Hagley , in Worcestershire , ( where she was interred a few days afterwards , ) Mrs . Eleanor Crawford , widow of Dr . Adair Crawford , F . R . S . Lond . and Edinb . - formerly one of the physicians of St . Thomas ' s
Hospital , Southwark . In every situation and relation of life , as a Christian , as a member of domestic and of general society , Mrs . Crawford was most exemplary . Few have been placed in such afflictive and trying scenes , and stiJl fewer have supported them with equal patience , resignation and fortitude . She well knew and
conscientiously practised her duty in every situation . Her piety was sincere and rational , and entirely free from enthusaism , superstition and bigotry . Her religious opinions were the result of reading and reflection , and she had taken much pains to elicit truth . Her mind was strong and well cultivated , her judgment clear and correct , her temper was kind and benevolent . She
considered well before she acted , and then acted with a singular promptitude anil decision . When fully occupied in domestic affairs or other business , she was remarkably correct and regular ,
and was always free from hurry and confusion , as she always did every thing In its proper time and place , and never let the business of one day or hour encroach on that of another , for « he was peculiarly attentive and exact
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in the distribution and management of her time and employments . She was a bright example of kindness and charity to the poor , being actively and constantly employed in relieving their wants , consoling their sorrows , and promoting their religious and moral instruction . Her children will ever
remember her attention to them with affection and gratitude , and those who enjoyed her friendship , and especially her afflicted friends , can never forget their loss She bore a long and severe illness with truly Christian fortitude and resignation to the will of God , and in the
exercise of some of the most sublime and difficult duties which human nature is called to perform . She contemplated death with great calmness and fortitude , and departed in the
pious hope of a resurrection to that eternal life which the gospel of Christ has brought to light . With this hope her family and friends assuage their sorrows and are excited to imitate her example here , that they may partake of her happiness hereafter . B . C .
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402 Obitua . ru *—Mrs . Eleanor Crawford . —Mrs . Martha Goe
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exemplary . Fully aware of his deficiencies , he was always grateful for advice and assistance . He was known to very few persons out of his own congregation , but all who did know him respected and esteemed him . He Was of a truly patient and contented spirit . Though very much straitened
in his circumstances while at Norwich , and for some time suffering under severe bodily indisposition , I never heard heard him murmur" or repine : he seemed truly to have imbibed the spirit of Paul , and to have ' * learned in whatever station he was placed
therewith to be content . " Supported by the consoling views of God ' s character which he had embraced , and animated by conscious integrity in the discharge of his duty , he received every blessing ' with the thankfulness , and met every affliction with the resignation of a Christian . EDWARD TAYLOR .
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July 1817 , at Boston , Lincolnshire , Mrs . Martha . Goe . She was one of the oldest and most respected members of the Unitarian church there . She was
an honour to her profession , and had acted through life a worthy part . Uniform , steady and exemplary in her conduct as a wife , a mother , a widow , a friend ; to sum up her character in one word , she was an upright Christian . Her religious principles supported her mind under all the
vicissitudes of life and in the prospect of death . She viewed the Deity as a merciful Being , a tender Parent , a kind aud gracious Benefactor , a God of love : under these impressions she felt happy , anxious to please her heavenly Father , and glad to embrace every opportunity of obeying" his gracious commands . Shn believed in and adored the One
God and Father of all . She revered his Son and messenger Jesus Christ , believing him to speak the words ot God y his precepts were her guide in the conduct of life , his promises her consolation under all the afflictions of
this mortal state . A . sermon was preached on the occasion of her death to a crowded audience , from Heb . ix . 27 . J- P-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1817, page 492, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2467/page/44/
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