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TIME AND ETERNITY . Suggested by an extraordinary Flood in the River Scour , April 27 , 1818 . Tfce torrent rushes with impetuous force , Defying- obstacles to stem its course ; Urg ^ d on by nature to the briny wave , In ocean ' s depth to find a destin'd grave . Thus flows Time ' s current , that no wishes stay , Bearing vuiih speed all mortal life away ; Ne'er to return the rapid moments roll , And sink in that abyss which has no fchoal . But when the driving flood of Time is past , And Death ' s awaken ed by the trumpet ' s blast , Duration ^ stream an endless co u rse shall run , And life restored be ever but begun R . . F . Kidderminster , May 16 , 1818 . ^¦ a
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¦^ — - 17 , at SuttQti i near Preseot , Mr . Tabbuck , greatly respected and sincerely lamented . His death was accelerated by disappoin t ment and anxiety . Philanthropic and generous to ati excess , Mr . T . had long- enjoyed the gratitude and veneration of his poor neighbours . He could not hear unmoved , the plaintive voice of misery . Object * of real distress , uninfluenced by
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sectarian considerations , he relieved to the utmost of his power , and with promptitude and cheerfulness . Iu hard times , when his poor neighbours groaned under the twofold burden of scarcity of work and high markets , he vended * a portion of the products of his estate at a reduced price ; and liberally patronized plans , that piety dictated and sympathy approved .
May his orphaned offspring * emulate these graces of their unfortunate father : and , soothed by the respect paid to the memory of so generous a friend of the poor , may they be induced to unite piety and benevolence in their dispositions , and to display prudence and generosity ia their conduct ! * " \ w + T . r .
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SONNET . O Thou , our lives * Protector ! doth the Spring Come forth in beauty , from the chill cold tomb . Of winter ; bursting into buds and bloom , Cheering * tie sense , the heart inspiriting With promise of the future ? Mortals sing Thy pia se for this : and shall their tongues be dumb As h «» pe chaunts forth the song of Springs to come , Of fadeless flowers , and buds u n perish - war-
" O Thou , our lives * Protector ! rolling on Season to season tells the mighty trnle , That Thou thy deathless work hast but begun . That thy resistless purpose shall not fail Till Man , escap'd from darkness and decay , Drinks the bright beams of everlasting day . T .
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$ QB Obituary—Mrs . Ann Shipley . —Mr . Tarbuck ,
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1818 . May 3 , at Leicester aged 79 , Mrs . Anpt Shipley . In her character were united a peculiar sweetness of temper and simplicity of manners , with the most sincere ad unaffected piety . She was interred in the burial ground of the Presbyterian congregation , of which society she had been a member for more than 50 years .
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SONNET . Supreme Creator ! is that holy flatne Of inexhausfed love still burning bright ? And will it burn forever ? Shall that light , When other suns are set , shine out the same !
€ i For ever , * ' Father ! yes- ^ thy saints proclaim Its sacred tire unquench'd , unquenchable ; Oh ! that thine earthly sons content would dwell In its pure light , nor seek a meaner fame . But we are erring * wanderers , and our hearts Restless so long , would restless still reremain :
They scorn that peace which thought of Thee imparts , And bend them back to toil and strife again . Oh ! rather from my grasp all blessings wrest , Than give me joy on earth by Thee unblest . T .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 398, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/54/
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