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to his remains . , There lie lie * ,, along With the Wiife orj his ^ tdh and tjieir first-born babe , aw&Hing the resurrection of the just ! The Rev . W . j . Fox preached his funeral fcernion at Canterbury , to a crowded auditory , the Sabbath after ft& interment , from - Phil . i . 3 : "I thank
my Ood upon every remembrance of you . " And the Jlev / Dr . Evans , at Worship Street ^ paid a tribute of respect to his memory , front Matt . xxv . 21 : < f Well done thpii good and , faithful servant , enter thou into the joy of thy Lord . " Similar tokens of regard were paid by Messrs . Pound of Dover , Harding at Chatham , and Sadler of Horsham , as well as by others throughout the
connexion . He was twice married , first to a most amiable woman , the eldest daughter of the late Rev . John Wiche , of Maidstone , who left behind her a daughter , still living ; and then to his present worthy and truly afflicted widow , by whom he
has tivo sons and four daughters . They will all , I doubt not , continue tp imitate his virtues , as the best mode of embalming his memory . His publications were few . He printed a sermon on the Slave Trade , and a tract on the Supremacy of the Father , in which he maintained the
pre-existent hypothesis , though he afterwards saw reason to exchange . it for the simple humanity of Christ . He was , indeed , ever open to conviction , an assertor of the right of private judgment , but an enemy to every species of intolerance and bigotry . * His ardent love of the rising
* The following just character of him appeared in a provincial print , published at Canterbury : "He was a man who possessed in an eminent degree tlfp pure principles of Christian philanthropy . In his commercial engagements , the strictest probity , during a long life , had fixed the most unbounded confidence in his integrity . His benevolence was not confined to sect
or party , but his liberal heart devised liberal things ; his ready hand was stretched forth to alleviate the sufferings of humanity , and to support every institution calculated to lessen the sum of human misery , to promote the happiness and comfort of our race . In the immediate circle of his family , the loss of an affectionate
husband , father and friend / will be most acutel y felt , while all who had the honour aad ^ pleasure of his friendship and acquaintance , must let fall a tear over the bier of so excellent a mati . " ¦ . . » The Editor of this respectable public print was then pleased to add his own tribute of regard , . , - " In another part of our p ^ per we have
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generation suggested &" Selection of the Beauties of the # ritirigtf of 8 &l&rik 6 h ;* which , £ t particular request , his friend , the Rev . Gabriel Wafts , undertook and executed with singular fidelity .
Such was my revered brother , Sampson Kingq / rard . Allied to * him by marriage , we entertained for one another aa unfeigned brotherly affection . Foriieaarty thirty years past , ours wafe fin unreserved arid uninterrupted friendship . We met e&ch other with pleasure : we parted from each other with regret ; He seldom
visited town without reaching Islington . About three months only previous to his decease , he dined and passed the day wkh me . A friend , who met him and had not seen him for years ,, congratulated him on his healthy appearance , to which he replied—** I yvas never . better in my fife . ** How evanescent is this state of
being ; how transitory every thing beneath had the painful task to announce the death of Mr . Sampson Kirigaford , but we should not do justice to ourselves or to our readers , were we to omit recording in a more particular way than usual , those traits of character which adorned
his estimable life . " In delineating the character of rn £ n , we always tread on delicate ground , for although , generally speaking , the silence of the grave buries the failings , while it eloquently proclaims the virtues of the dead , yet panegyric is an irksome task ,
as few men who live long in society have the happiness to escape the shafts of envy and the reproaches of ill-nature ; however , it is but just to say of - this gentleman , that having been born and brought up in this neighbourhood , where his character is best known and appreciated , he
enjoyed the esteem of an uncommonly large circle of his neighbours and feBoyv citizens ; and we ask , What could have placed him in this enviable condition ,, but the sterling weight of his moral character ? He discharged with singular , fidelity-the relative duties of life ; liberal in bl ^ sen *
timents—benevolent in > Ms « di 6 positibrt ^ " < modest in his deportment ^ 4 t ^ rn In his integrity—^ strictly honourable > iiv ail his dealings— -he was the co nipanibu of the rich , the friend of the poor , the-advocate of the oppressed , aifd the protector of the defenceless . No man reiorced more in
the means of doing good ; ' m the exercise of his benevolence , however pleasant to his ear was the voice of' gratitude ^ it s , language was . always- most aece ^ t abl fe when most private , so truly , did he-act upon that unostentatious maxim Jof . Oiir religion , Lot * toot the . left hand ktoownofiaf the right hand doeth . "~* Kentidh Gazette *
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i ¦ r . , i ' . . ' "" " > O&ititarp \^ t ^? R < & . Samp&on Kingsforct . 569
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1821, page 559, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2504/page/55/
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