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and presumptuous assurance ; m his frame of mind were * een the serenity of tfte Christian ' s hope , and fbe mild glory © f the Christian ' s triumph . Mr * Rhodes was a firm friend lo civil and religious liberty . As to bis particular views be was an Unitarian Protestant Dissenter ; and his iuterest , in wbat lie deemed the cause of truth , was warm , yet
unobtrusive . . His zeal was without rancour , and he had nothing of that narrow bigotry wbicli confines salvation to its awn creed , or which would close the gates of heaven upon some , when the mercy of God has opened them wide to all . He willingly granted to others that freedom of inquiry , and that right of private judgment which he claimed and exercised for himself . la
politics he was a whig , and whilst bis judgment and bis feelings equally led him to conclude that * * the post cf honour is a private station" yet he never
compromised his ^ principles , but asserted , upon all proper occasions , with explicitness and candour , the sentiments which he had not lightly embraced . Such was the sweetness of his temper , the urbanity of his manners , and his liberality of sentiment to others , that lie was not the less endeared to those
whose opinions were widely different from his own , than to tfie friends whose views were the same . It was delightful to observe and to share the innocent gaiety with which he continued to mix in the
enjoyments of the young . His mirth was never boisterous , nor bis conversation impure . The delicacy of his mind , indeed , was truly feminine ; , a virtue deserving of no mean praise in an age of which purity of heart cannot be said to be the
characteristic , and in which colloquial wit , in its sportive sallies , too often trips up the heels of modesty . There was about him all the kindliness of human nature , in its best form j and an unassuming simplicity , the attraction of which few , if any , could resist . He was generally known , and they who knew him best loved him most . There
are not a few who in him have lost the kindest and dearest friend they ever had . His inestimable value as a friend , they who were admitted by him within that circle from which every man of domestic habits occasionally shuts out the worldthey , who in confidential intercourse shared his good heart , his refined taste and cultivated mind , alone can tell . Bis best record is in the hearts of those that loved him : ¦—»
whilst they call to mind his sympathy upon all occasions , bis valuable advice and assistance upon others ; and whilst they feel bereft of this counsellor and guide , they know that the confiding *;; of friendship were , iA his bosom , a safe and sacred de * potit , atul that all that was entrusted to hit keeping and to lus honour , will be buried with him in his grave .
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The limits of this obituary preclude more than ibis hasty ana imperfect ( ratline of the qualities which bave made the death ef aa unambitious . and unostentatious , individual to be fait in the place of his residence , and the sphere af his usefulness , a * a public loss—and that public loss to be expressed as if every one had lost a private frien 4 %
In the town of which he was a native , an inhabitant , and a benefactor , it wilt lie difficult indeed to supply his vacant place . To his family , to the families connected with him , to the friends who shared his confidence and his heart , the loss is irreparable . No one can ever be to them what he was . Leeds . Jan . 24 , 1818 . ? J . T- ! c
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Obituary . —Mrs . H . Hurri $ . W E < I - ** Rimdlf * f ~~ - $ eiu Griffith Griffiths . 14
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Jan . 26 , at Newport , in tb « Islepf Wig ht ^ in the 51 st year of her age , sincerely lamented by her friends , and deeply deplored by her afflicted family , Hannah , the wife of Robert Habjus , builder and coachmaker , of that town . She was a member of the Unitarian Baptist church at Newport , and will long be remembered for her
unassuming deportment , her kind and hospitable manners , and her uniform attention to every moral and religious duty , A funeral sermon was preached on occasion of her death , on Sunday , February -J ., by the Rev . William Hughes , to a crowded congregation , from Luke xxiii . 43 , " To * day thou shaft be with ice iu paradise W . " . IL
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— 26 , at the Hydey near TJptof % . upon + Severn , Worcestershire , Wiixiam FU >» 9 E * X , Esq . formerly of Showell Green , near Bir ~ imngham , the friend of Dr . Priestley and a fellow-sufferer in the Birmingham riots , [ We have received an interesting account of this much-respected gentleman , which we are obliged to defer to the next Nam * ber . ]
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— 31 , &t jfcTeuadd ~ U ) ily 7 ny Cardig-a ? ishire + of a fever , the Rev . Griffith Griffiths , aged 56 , who was for 29 years pastor of the Presbyterian congregation at Llccbryd , and for nearly the same number of years assistant preacher with the Rev . David Davis , * of Lwyn-rhyd-owcn , at Pertihiw .
* It may not be unacceptable to some to be informed that D . J . Rees , the excellent man of whom an interesting and just account was given in the Repository for December last , was between thirty and forty years a regular attendant on tfce
ministry of this gentleman , vrho received from him to the last unequivocal tokens of sincere friendship , and the lust evening of health enjoyed hy D . J * H . ttey apeut together at hid own fcouse . Prior to th 4 ye « u 1779 , in which tho venerable & *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1818, page 141, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2473/page/61/
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