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    in the last solemn scene ; supported by a firm , yet humble , reliance on the hopes and promises of the gospel , which gives to inah the joyful assurance of a blessed resurrection ! Mr . John Jervis had been much engaged during the last summer in

    superintending the building of a new chapel , for the better accommodation of his hearers , in a more central situation . His heart was in the undertaking ; and to his indefatigable exertions and perseverance , it owes its final accomplishment . He lived just to see it completed . It was to have been opened on the 29 th , two days after the sad event of his death . This has

    necessarily delayed , and , for a time , thrown a gloom over a circumstance which himself and his congregation had long been anticipating with much satisfaction and a lively interest . But " his purposes are broken off , even the thoughts of his heart . " Alas ! what are all human

    projects ! Dark and mysterious are the dispensations of Providence . " O God , how unsearchable are thy judgments , a *> d thy ways past finding out ! " Thus did this excellent man close the labours of an honourable and useful life , in the active serrice of God , and the cause of religion . T . J . JLympston , November 18 , 1820 .

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    On November the 9 th , aged 35 , Elizabeth , the wife of the Rev . Dr . H . Dalies , minister of the United congregation at Taunton , lately under the pastoral instruction of the Rev . Mr . Ward and the Rev . Dr . Toulmin . She had been married in the beginning of the year , and , alas ! thus soon finished her earthly career in labour , to which both the mother and child fell victims . She was the

    only child of the Rev . Theophilus Edwards , some time minister of the congregation of the Mint , in Exeter , formed by the revered and renowned Mr . Pierce , now residing at Taunton , whither he , with Mrs . Edwards , followed their only child on her marriage ; an event once considered so auspicious , but now

    followed by lamentation and sorrow . As this is an occurrence in private life of more than ordinary interest , the readers of the Repository will be gratified , and probably edified , by the following short detail . The writer avows himself deeply impressed by sentiments of unfeigned

    friendship for all the parties , and especially for Mr . Edwards , whom he rejoices to call his own and his father ' s friend , and to hold in estimationynot far inferior to his talents , his learning and his excellence . Truth , however , will restrain the mere emotions of affection , and respect the delicacy and justice of the reader , as

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    well as the feelings of the afflicted parents and husband . There is every reason to believe that the whole course of Mrs , Davies ' s conduct was truly exemplary in every relation of life . Her temper , her inodesty and her piety were such as to secure her " a good report of all . " It will be pleasing to peruse the modest delineation given of this lady by her father in the moment that might have justified a more ardent panegyric . On the 11 th he thus writes : " Under our irreparable loss , it is a soothing reflection , that she whose death

    we deplore was held , and I believe deservedly , in very high estimation by all her old acquaintance at Exeter , and also by her recent ones at Taunton . Greater anxiety and solicitude for her welfare when living , and grief now for her death , have seldom been exhibited towards any person , of any rank or station , within

    the sphere of my connexion ; indeed , I have never witnessed any scene of the kind in which so many characters , of various descriptions , have shewn so much interest and feeling . A better child , through the whole period of a life of 35 years , I believe seldom blessed any parents . Beloved by all who knew her ; unassumingand retired in her habits , with an

    understanding , at least , equal to the generality of her associates ; discharging all the duties of her situation with punctuality and fidelity ; she is now removed from life ' s cares and troubles , leaving an almost heart-broken father and mother , and a

    deeply-affected and distressed husband , to lament her loss ; to the two former , irretrievable , and to the latter , occasioning a pang and a wound not very soon to be healed . "— " This awful event will greatly contribute to bring her afflicted mother ' s grey hairs and mine to the grave . "

    After observing that Mr . and Mrs . Edwards had given their daughter a very exact and ornamental education , and that Mrs . Davies was very highly accomplished , little more than another sentence or two from this interesting letter will complete the account of this amiable and excellent Christian lady .

    " When I wrote to you last , it was to communicate information of an event pleasing to myself and to you ; but now , alas ! how different are my situation and feelings ! She who had been for many

    years the chief contributor to the comfort of her mother and myself—is no more . Providence has laid a very heavy hand on us . Having been for many years one of the happiest little families in the world , we who remain are now reduced

    indeedbereaved of our only child , the prop and stay of our fast-declining years !" No words can add to the concern

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    Obituary . —Mrs * Elizabeth Dairies . 681

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1820, page 681, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2494/page/53/