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C ¦ ' ¦ ; REGISTER OF ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS.
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often , at tins time , said ,, that death bad ho terrors ; she was far on her journey , and had no wish to return to this world ; to her ^ there was one greatldim , and Jesus Christ . All she said , and all she did , was solid and rational proof of the efficacy of the ; Unitarian faith , with a conformity to the
commands of Jesus Christ , to give the most undisturbed peace in the hour of death , and the sure and certain hope of a resurrection to everlasting honour and happiness . With the kindest admonitions to the young * , whom she saw , were added this stimulus to goodness : •* Act well , and you need never be afraid to die . " _ 1 jhtis has passed away
a life , the most truly valuable ^ though not high in station y one who has not lived in Vainy and- lyho will be long- and affectionately rem em he red . The hody was interred on Monday , the 2 nd of March , in the General Baptist Chapel , St . Thomas ' s Street , Portsmouth , by the Rev . Joseph Brent , by whom an appropriate funeral sermon was preached on Sunday evening , the 8 th , from Revelation xiv . 13 .
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Feb . 24 , at Prescot , Miss BrspHAwr . ; Having- endured a protracted illness with ' exemplary patience and fortitude , Miss B . sank into the arms of death , cordially re- ^ spected and deeply lamented by au extensive circle of friends . The affectionateness and
amiable ness of her disposition , and her sociability and vivacity endeared her to her numerous acquaintances . Her virtues , which were not few in number , were divinely appointed to shed their lustre
principally m the domestic circle . By the awful' and mysterious decree of heaven , she had long- been the consoler of a bereaved brother ; the sympathizing , tender and- faithful nurse of his two amiable daughters , committed to her care in their infancy ; and latterly , the protectress of a
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Address and Rules of the Church Building Society , agreed to cit a Meeting of the Nobility , Clergy and Genttty , at Freemasons * Hall , February ® , 1818 , His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chair ., . ; The want of church room , especially for the lower classes , in all the populous parishes which surround ; the city of London ;'
and in many other parts of this kingdom ,, ha * been long felt' and deplored ; and the fearful . consequences , i thence resulting' to ¦ the beit interests of religion and order , are ' univeimally admittedi t t fJ-.. t , ^ ' ; \ y i , ' : I > , ; .- <] a } t ?* fcM % these pontider « tion ? , i numbed ot respectable iftdi * idualf presented a inei *
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doubly-orphaned ib fph ew . Sa valuable » life ^ though not devoted < to the intae frttfeiie and pompous offices of humanity , i ) vfts-nut lightly estimated - nor can her setting sufl ^ eclijpsed amid meridian beamsj be viewed with a tearless eye . Memory , faithful to * her trust , will cherish tbe recollection of the excellencies and kind offices of one ,
endeared to survivors by the ties of nature and the cords of sy m pathy . Obedient to the dictates of love and gratitude , her nurturedsnieces ^ her fostered nephew , and often solaced b rot her , will promptly rank her among" their best earthly friends . Cheered * by the well-grounded hope of -a happy meeting in heaven , our dear departed friend fell sweetly asleep in Jesus . > ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :. i , - , -- .. ¦¦ -: ,- . ¦ ¦ W . T . -3 Pi ' - -
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morial to the noble lord at the head of his Majesty ' s councils , soliciting the attention of government to the necessity of providing * additional church room : and afterwards resolved to attempt the formation of a society for promoting this g"ood work . An it was their duty in the tirst place to obtai ri the sanction' of * the heads both of
the civil and ecclesiastical Establishments , and as this could only be done by framing some fundamental rules , and submitting them to the considemtwii of the . persoftg . whose appro batiou ' and patronage thcyf win I limited , much time f ttwi ^ oiidabJy pis 8 » il dway , before their plan ^ otild he matured , and a sooiety arrangtsdy iwhich Wi g ; llt clliifi * the attention of the tlation at IaT ^« . nrp >;>
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March 5 , atPrescot , of apoplexy , Mr . Shelly . ; By this mysterious < d i ^ pensatioi , a disconsolate ^^ tvidbW and four orphans of tender age , have tf > eir prospiR ^ ts awfully changed . Mr S was appare ^ ntly recovering from the second attack of tfcte
afarmingf disorder : fhe was so far convalescent , as $ 6 be able tv > attend ^ to his himness without ariy sensible ineonvenieirce ; arid oh the morriiiigf of ^ his dissolution , had breakfasted with hit fairiilywiffe more than ordinary en joy in ent . ' Asa husbajid aiid a father , he was truly affectionate , andas a friend , ' "lie was affa ^ leL cheerfu l and sincere .
On his settlement at Prescot , he joined the Unitarian Society in that town ; and though he had previously been a member of the Established Church , his atlachmentto the new principles h « had espoused , was daily ^ strengthened ; and he greatly rejoiced in the diffusion and prosperity of pure and unadulterated Christianity : W . T . P .
C ¦ ' ¦ ; Register Of Ecclesiastical Documents.
C ¦ ' ¦ ; REGISTER OF ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 212, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/60/
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