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Still may stthou bid the sorrowers cease • : * rifc&m ? V - - ¦ ¦ - : ¦¦¦¦¦ ' ¦ - •¦ ¦ And d « rt the b ^ ams of truth athwart *> A > * J 4 tj ^ iA $ lfr > < ¦ ¦; ¦ - ¦ : = ¦ . » : ; ., ¦ ' .- " That wriips a slumbering world , till from ¦
• " % < i- *| l *^ Sfeep ^ - ;* - - . ¦ -- ' - ¦ ¦ Starting , remotest nations see the - ' = - lightj ' * - ¦ - - *~ J ¦¦'¦ - ') And « arth be blest beneath the buckler of thy might . Stroiig in thy strength , I go , and where-: soe er ¦ ' *• ¦ l " , f ' "
My Steps inay wander , may I ne ' er forget ; . " All that I Q ^ ve to thee j and O may ne ' er My frailties tempt me to . abjure that debt ; And what , if far from thee nay star must
set , Hast thou not hearts that shall with sadness hear The tale , and some fair cheeks that shall be wet ,
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1820 . Sept . 6 , aged 64 , after an illness of only a few hours , Mr . Ramssottom , of Ijtotherham , Yorkshire , master of the charity-scfrool endowed by the late T . Hollis , Esq . If sterling worth in the humbler walks of private . Ufe ought to be held in remembrance , this little memorial of an / " Israelite indeed" will not be desemed unworthy
of recqrd ,.. Mr , Ramsbpttom ' s parents were farmers in the north of Yorkshire ; he was their second son , and designedly brought iip as a schoolmaster , " In l 77 B > he married Raqjiel , daughter of $ ev . Jo ^ ph Overend , formerly a Dissenting minister at Adwalton , near Bradford , and settled at Rotherham , having been chosen master of Hollis ' s Charity-School there . Till his death he continued to discharge the duties
of that office , arid had the pleasure of seeing his pupils and his pupils' children grow up into usefulness around him ; but not in this situation only will his loss'be felt ; hjs activity in various useful and benevolent institutions will . long be remembered by the inhabitants of Rotherham , for he' was ever ready to lend , his aid by personal exertion when prevented
by his circumstances * ftomg 0 wgv ^ ib& cdoperating in toy labour ^ aff ^ vfe ^ Descended from st ^ ii |^ e ^| erfi ( ,: Mi % Ramsbotton ^ s mind was earfe impressed ¦ ' . ;; t > ,... : ' tP' \ : - . ,, ..:
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bereave , i ' , " Of all its fragrance , that I yet shall Once more the ocean Queen , and throw it at her feet . ; v ' • ¦ . ¦ ¦ > t . " " s 'ik : ' ¦>'¦ - , j - ' ' J " i "' . U > / k r ' i ' (' ¦ ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ j t ¦ - . - ¦ / - [
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by the early death of him wha bid fair to have realized his wishes . Mr . R . wa » brought up in Trinitarian opinions , ' but was led by his friend and niMiister , the late Rev . Josiah Townsend ^ td studyitjhe arguments on the opposite side of the question , and from reading and mature reflection , after a lapse of some years he
embraced the , Unitarian doctrine , and , perfectly satisfied with its bqingr indeed the doctrine of Scripture , he eontiuueti steadfastly in it through , the ue ^| of Ahia life . He united uprightness and integrity with warm charity and love ; hi ^ g ^ nd ^ nd heart were ever open to the ^ ftpp ^ fl ^ i far as he possessed ability to rejifev ^ dis * tress ; but , unsuspicious and unwilling to believe ill of any ope , heiwas ^ dnlSi ^ e more exposed to the impositions of others . He was an affectionate husband , a tender
parent and a steady friend . After a residence of forty-two years in Rotherham , in the uniform practice of Christian duty , his sudden death was felt as an aniicfive stroke by more than his own family . How widely and how much he wa $ ' . hfcr loved and respected , tJ ^^^ , , ^(!^ pj ^^^ w »^ h ^™*^ " ^***^^ ^ 7 wqwm ^* 0 ^ b ^ m ^^ f ^^ 0 . ^^^^ m Wr ^^^ m ^ fw a ^ MP ^^ t ^ fT ) ^^ p ^ ft / PwS ^ ff ^ L ^ mwI !!^ 7 ^ 1 i --r ^^^ U ^? *^ ^*^^^ 5 t ^^ «^^^^ "^^ ¦ i * ^ ** % JM \* . S >« ^ Vwi ^ iif j ^ wSwt * 1 * •«? fTT ( Lfc ' » ^ k [ mr ^ lL ^ ' ^ fej ^( ffi || i strongly Attest ; but it fe ^^^ farii ^ n of his aged ' widow and ^| g | &n , tHat though his death Y # HliiHB | plpk 8 a «* . -ippi ! ep » hMi- ' ft » it . ^ fi ^ pppft' %
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/55/
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