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composure a »« i equauaimjty , in charity with all men , grajtefql to his Maker for the many blessings he had so long- enjoyed , in the joyfal hope of being- ag-ain united with his family and friends in a blissful immortality .
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wl | at , indeed , fixers upon any o $ e the name of Christian ; \> ui he was also satisfied tl ? a $ this fajth would be of , no use , if it were not productive of good ; works . Religion , fe e would often say , was a personal thing , ancj that in order to he approved of God , $ nd . fit for heaven , it was necessary to be morally and truly good . While , however , he thos thought for himself , he had not the smallest dislike to those who conscientiously though otherwise . His leading maxims were , " Prove all things . " ' < Believe not every spirit ^ or every doctrine that is proposed to you , but try th « spirits , whether thev be o £
God . " " £ et eve . ry one be fully persuaded in his own mind . * These are surely hp ~ nourable and Christian principles , and the more we act under their influence , the more we , sjiali honour God , and benefit ourselves . ¦ "' % &
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Ohituary * - ~] $ r * Jphv , Peste 7 \>—Rti $$ Elizabeth Smith . % i i
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Feb . 19 , at Sidmouth , in the 36 th year of his age , Mr . John Pester , Baker . He was a kind husband and father , an industrious , upright tradesman , and fy valuable member of society . His illness , which arose from a neglected cold , was long and painful , bat
borne with much patience and resignation . He was an Unitarian upon inquiry and conviction , and , till his illness , which confined him from public worship fourteen months , a constant attendant at the Old Dissenting Meeting-house in Sid mouth .
He had a great desire of life , and was often much dejected with the increasing conviction which almost every day gave him that this desire would not be gratified . This was accompanied , however , with no fear of death or its consequences . He had such a full persuasion of the Bivine ^
goodness , that he contemplate ^ , though witbi humility and reverence , yet without dreacj , an entrance into the Divine presence . In religious matters , the exanjple of this excellent young man was worthy of close imitation . He had an inquiring mine } , and a firm , independent spirit . Considering his station in
life , lie thought and read mucli upon religious doctrines , and whatever appeared to him to be t rut h he had the courage to avow and follow . This led him to change same pf his early notions , and to adopt siich opinions as his riper judgpent convinced him were more
agreeable to reason and Scripture . Particularly he renounced , in the fullest manner , the unintelligible and unscriptural notion of a Trinity of Persons in the Godhead . Fte believed in and worshiped only one God , the Father . Upon the same grow nd , namely , that there was no foundation for them in
Scripture , he gave up the popular doctrines of original sin , the imputation pf Chrisfs righteousness to believers , the election of sl Jew to eternal life , and the condemnation of far the greater part of mankind - He could not suppose it possible that the Almighty should be disappointed as to the final lot of man , or that the fo untain of wisdom and love should act in such a foolish
and cruel manner , as tp destroyy or render for ever miserable , ittoat of the creatures wbipb he had made . He fuAly agreed with the Apostle Peter , that God is no respecter of persons , but that in every nation , he thai feareth God and worketh righteousness , according to the light which is afforded him , will be accepted by him . faith in GhriftU i . e . a belief iba * Jesus of Nazareth
wan ;* h . e promised Messiah , and the greatest mesaepgrir of God tp uiankiad , he had np doubt ws « neewtary for U Christian , and
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— - 249 atPorf ^ sea , after a w ^ el ^' s couaaement , Elizabeth , second daughter a f the late Mr . George Smith , landscape painter , Qf Chiebester ; a lady in every view most trulyamiable . She possessed a portion of her father ' s taste and genius : from her
childhood she was of a delicate an < J infirm con * stitatjon , such cs required much attention . Her general deportment was such a $ to gain more tjian respect , from a numerous
circle of friends and acquaintances . jjjL heart lilce hers , always alive to sympathy , and a disposition ever ready to assist and reli ^ ye , could hardly fail to meet a refuxn of general esteem and love . A peculiar
method in her , drew from children fbeir love ; in wjiose instruction she also tQ € >] L particular delight . From deliberate judgment and choice , she was |> y professioa a General Baptist 9 considering- adult f > aptisin the true and only mode appointed by t ] b ^ Cnristian Hea d ; wjiicti , together with the Lord ' s Supper , were , in her yievf ^ oC perpetual command . She was , therefore , regular in her attendance on it , as also at
public worship ; at which , her aim was always to be there by the appointed lime for service . In doctrinal views , a firm believer in the unity and paternity of God , her mind was free from perplexity or fear through life ; and prepared to meet th ^ end of it , with that composure such views and such deportment are calculated to impart . Her experience a , t that solemn period , was or the most desirable nature . Wheb "h er disorder assumed that aspect wfeicli irilclicated a probable fatal termination , she took an affectionate leave of all her friend ^ , with the same composure as if going h
journey only m this world ! She expressed gr ^ terui thanks fbt all the attentions paid U > her ; indeed , h « r * life Jhad been so correct that bhe h ^ d no ht ^ d account to settle with herself , her friends , the world , or her € fbd . AH wnf happy * s the dyingr can Wish , or tfa ^ Jivi ng receive con » dlation from . Shm
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/59/
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