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bleness of Cbristian virtue . They tell us , that the early ripeness of his mind did not check its growth ; but that every year enlarged his treasures and powers . Their tears and countenances tell us , more movingly than words , their deep sorrow , now that they sTiall hear his voice no more .
" Of his social character I need not speak to you . No one , who ever met him iu a friendly circle , can easily forget the attraction of his manners and conversation . He carried into society a cheerfulness , a sunshine of the soul , derived partly from
constitution , and partly from his bright , confiding views of religion ; a delicacy , which iustinctively shrunk from wounding the feelings of the humblest human being ; a disposition to sympathise with every innocent enjoyment ; and the power of communicating with ease and interest the riches of his mind .
Without effort , he won the hearts of men to a singular degree . Never was man more universally beloved . Even in sickness and in foreign lands , he continued to attract friends ; and it is our consolation to know , that his virtues drew from strangers much of that kindness which blessed him at
home . " In his sickness I was particularly struck with his submission to God , and his affection for his people . His submission seemed entire . There was no alloy of impatience or distrust . His sickness was a severe trial : for
his heart was bound up in his profession , and if in anything his ambition was excessive , it was in his desire to enrich his mind by laborious study . He felt deeply his privations , and he looked forward to an eaiiy death as a probable event . But be bowed to Providence without a murmur . He
spoke only of the divine goodness . * I am in God ' s hand , and his will be done / were familiar sentiments * not littered with common-place and mechanical formality , but issuing " , as his tones and countenance discovered , from the very depths of his heart . A firmer and calmer submission could
hardly have been formed by a long life of suffering . * 4 His feelipgs towards his people geeniod at times too strong for the fcelf-posseaeion and calmness by which tie was characterized . Their kindnet * overpowered him . The only
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tears , which I saw start from his eyes , flowed from this source . In my last interview with Lim , a day or two before his voyage , I said to ' him , ' I trust that you will return , but I fear you cannot safely continue your
pastoral relation . We have , however , another employment for you , in which you may be useful and happy . * He answered , 4 If 1 gej strength I shall use it for my people . I am willing to hazard my life for their sakes . I would preach to them , although the effort should shorten my days . ' He added , Should I forsake my people after the kindness I have received , the cause of religion and of the ministry might suffer ; and to this cause I ought and am willing to make any sacrifices . '
44 Such is a brief sketch . of our lamented friend . He was one of the most blameless men , of the most devpted ministers , and of the fairest examples of the distinguishing virtues of Christianity . He has gone , I doubt not , to a better world . Let us hear
him from his new abode admonishing us of the frailty of life , and assuring us of the happiness of a Christian death . The removal of the excellent ought to carry our thoughts to Heaven . That
world , how delightful is it , as the resort of all ihe good from all regions of the earthi ! Are our steps tending thither ; and , when we die , shall we leave behind us recollections , which
will encourage our friends to look up and to say , —They are at rest in Heaven ?" Sept . 30 , at Exeter , Mrs . Ann Avis , sister of the late Dr . Rice Harris . A gradual decay of nature brought her gently down to the grave in her 78 th year .
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Nov . 2 , at his house in Russet Square ? London , in a delirium , ( brought on by grief for an excellent wife , who died a few days before , at Cowes , in the Isle of Wight , ) which armed his own hand against himself , Sir Samuel Romilly , aged 59 years . '
The death of that distinguished individual , to whose memory we have this month the sad duty of paying a feeble tribute * ^ given a » boct , wholly without example , % o every heart wftiph cherishes a hone , foj the
advancement of its species . fieFer w ^ s human expectation 30 fearfully ^ afffe ^ V th , e bri ghtest prospects of plulant )* aojpy dashed with so aw&jl a gloom . T \ e frten ^ a of that holy cause , to which the noble en © r-
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720 Obituary . —Mrs . Ann Avis . **—Sir Samuel Romill y *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1818, page 720, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2482/page/56/
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