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OBITUARY.
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Lately * at Lloyd Jack , in Cardiganshire , died Mr . David Jenkin Rises , whose loss will be long regretted by a numerous circle who felt the influence of his character , and by many of the readers of the Repository who knew his extraordinary worth , usefulness and talents . "With this man
the interest of religion in the Principality was , in no small measure , connected ; and , whatever may be the purposes of eternal wisdom , human foresight can scarcely conjecture how
that interest can find any compensation for the injury it sustains by being deprived of his zeal and virtue and abilities . A slight sketch of D . J . Rees may be seen , as it is supposed , in * ' Particulars of the Life of a
Dissenting Minister , " a work little known , probably , to most of those for whose perusal the present article is designed . The sketch alluded to , begins at page 168 of that publication , with these words , viz . 4 * D . R , was a counterpart , " &c .
After referring the reader to the above notice of D . J . Rees , it becomes necessary to remark , that a more enlarged view of such a man is demanded by justice and friendship , on occasion of his removal from the society of his friends , and from the scene of his
influence . At the same time , the limits of the Repository will not easily admit of so detailed an account as the most sincere affection and admiration would dictate , and the cause of rational Christianity would require , of a person who was intimately concerned in
almost every transaction relating to it , that has happened in South Wales during the last thirty or forty years . Attempting to combine compression with copiousness , we will relate what appears most worthy of note in the life of our most valued friend , who was the friend of his country and of mankind .
D * J . Rees was the soji of a small farmer , and of a family not much distinguished * though respectable . It is understood that he aid not derive much advantage frcnn education , or from the society furnished by his father ' s house . But any de 6 ciency that might here have been felt , was dimply
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made up to him by the particular notice and highly edifying conversation of his most enlightened uncle and aunt , David and Jane Rees . These lived in a state of comparative affluence , such as farmers of credit in that
country enjoyed , especially during a period of general prosperity , which forty or fifty years have nearly effaced . These , his second parents , had 110 child of their own , but had no cause to regret the circumstance , as it caused their affections to be fixed on their
nephew , who afforded them every hope that talent and virtue could form from the prospect of still greater talent , if not superior virtue , surviving them in his person . At a certain age we look back with singular satisfaction to the happy moments which we
enjoyed in youth ; and the writer of this article recollects , with lively pleasure , the hospitalities which , on a very few occasions , he experienced from Jane Rees , who never thought she could sufficiently manifest her attachment to his family by her
attentions . She lived long , and maintained to the last , with even increased ardour , that affection for him which , at a more early period , she had warmly indulged . She spent her latter years
in a small house close to Lloyd Jack , the residence of her nephew-in-law , who was fully sensible of her worth and kindness , and cherished her , to her last moment , with that tender and affectionate attachment which is
excited in a kind and enlightened soul . The uncle had long paid the debt of nature , and had " slept with his fathers . " D . J . Rees entertained for him a very high veneration as the early director of his mind in the pursuit of knowledge , and the guide of
his youthful career in the path of virtue . These were , in some respects , a singular pair . They were possessed of an extraordinary calmness of temper , with a great contrast of person , as he was large , muscular and not
well-favoured , and she delicate and handsome j they both loved knowledge , and sought it diligently from books , from sermons , and from conversation . They had both the rare advantage of being able to read and
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OBITUARY .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1817, page 740, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2471/page/44/
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