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    receptacle . Of them all it may be justly affirmed , that their piety wtis of that sober , steady and liberal character , which distinguishes the Old General Baptists . It was evinced not by flights of enthusiasm , iH ) i by airs of affected sanctity , but by an upright , kind , and generous course of

    conduct . Mrs . Wise had been left a widow for upwards of twenty years , and during * the last five years was almost wholly confined to her house by infirmity . She- however , always devoted a

    considerable portion of her income to the relief and benefit of her fellow-creatures ,, solicitously seeking out objects to which it might be advantageously applied , though often acting in secrecy , and always without ostentation . Her contributions

    formed a very large share of the sum expended in the erection of the New Meeting House , and the support of its minister . Mr . Chilley having by unremitting application and frugality acquired a moderate competency , retired from business , and

    settled at K ^ chester many years since , Carrying with him , however , the same persevering activity and industry by which lie had been hitherto characterised , he constantly exerted himself for the benefit and comfort of those around him .

    Although some faunly misfortunes aad early and deeply impressed upon his minA the fo ] Jy of prodigality , and the imprudence of a careless confidence , there was scarcely a time after he arrived at manhood , when lie did not , in some way or other , endeavour to render pecuniary aid to some

    of his neighbours , with whose difficulties he became acquainted . Perfectly honest and punctual iti all his dealings , he expected the same regularity in others . He would , indeed , if possible exact it from them . And as his judgment and caution prevented his beiag betrayod by

    the idle and improvident , so his assistance was generally effectual and useful . Mr . Chilley had no children of his own , but when an only and beloyed sister had the misfortune to lose a worthy husband in the prime of life , he most cordially united with an excellent brother-in-law , to assist

    her young family : and when soon afterwards , they were bereft of their mother also , and were left ( as he had been himself ) without any earthly parent to guide them , the welfare of his nephews and nieces became one of the dearest objects of his life . Jfis heart was also always open to an erring brother , whose course he seems

    to have watched -with constant solicitude , seizing- every opportunity of rendering him useful assistance , and at length most affectionately administering to the comforts of ft is latter days . With views necessarily contracted by the circumstances in which he had been placed , Mr . Chilfey seems honestly to have ex-YOJL . XIII . 5 F

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    excised his judgment , and through a long life to have actively strove to do the good within his observation and his reach . Throughout his last illness , by which he was confined to his bed eleven weeks , he

    retained the possession « of his faculties , contemplating his approaching dissolution , which he clearly foresaw , "with steady fortitude and humble resignation 5 often raising * his thoughts to the great Father of mercies andl God of consolation . He

    ceased not to exercise the most considerate regard for the comfort of others , anticipating with singular minuteness arrangements subsequent to his decease . Even his habitual cheerfulness did not forsake him , but continued to manifest itself in

    many traits of innocent pleasantry and kindness . Mrs . Chilley was characterised by a most amiable sweetness of temper , and affectionate tenderness of disposition . Of her it might be truly said , that she had a heart which could lose both itself

    and every other object , 111 its fervent attachment to her friends , and that hef life was bound up in the life of her husband , for whom she so long * cherished the warmest affection , and whom she so quickly followed to the grave . Her conversation was ever sensible and asreeable .

    She delighted much in rational religious intercourse and reading , and had attained an intimate acquaintance with the sacred writings , on which slie meditated with attention and seriousness , and with much good discernment of its genuine excellences ; and from which she derived heartfelt consolation under her last and

    most severe affliction . She died , as she had lived , with a sweet tranquillity , whicli seemed to disarm death of half his terrors . Maidstone , Nov . 13 , 1818 . P .

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    Obituary . —Rev . Ezekiet IStooMv / ield .-- ~ Mr ^ fhomas Thomas . : 78 fl

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    At Landissil ) in Cardiganshire * some time in t 7 ie month of August last , highly respected and lamented , Mr . Thomas Thomas , second son of Thomas

    Thomas , Esq ., of Llanvair , and of Jane , the eldest daughter of David Lloyd of Llwyn-rhyd-oweii , and grand-daughter of Jenkin Jones of Pant-y-defaid . This young" man wast therefore , the greatgrandson of the man who formed thejirst professedly Heterodox congregation in South Wales ; and the grandson of his

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    —^ - July 14 , the Rev . Ezekiel Bzoomfield , Dissenting- minister at Wortwell Norfolk , ag-ed 40 . Mr . B ., who struggled long with pecuniary difficulties , has left a . wife and eight children unprovided for . He has also left in MS . a volume of

    Historical Lectures , delivered with approbation at several principal towns in the neighbouring" counties , whicli are to be published for the advantage of his family .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1818, page 769, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2483/page/41/