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the siiiif i . ; Adjeu , gentle ^ irifc-rw ^ shall be for- . ^ yw united mm . better wprld ^ Finally , as a man , jie was east into nature ' s happiest raquld ; as , a Chris * tian , he was rational and cheerfal ; as a minister , of the gospel of Jesus Christ , he was zealous and incorruptible . To his
relatives , to his friends , ^ and to his own religious connexion , his loss is irreparable . " ^ Vell done , thou good and faithful , servant , thoa ha 3 t been faithful over a few things , 1 will make thee rul ^ r over many ; enter thou intc the joy of thy Lord . " J . E . Islington . ;
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July 9 , at East Sfaen , the Rev . Peter GANtK > LPHY , one of the priests of the Roman Catholic Chapel , in Portman Square , author of several sermons and pamphlets , remarkable for their intolerance .
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Aug . 1 , at Saffron W ' alden , Essex , the Rev . Stephen Philpot , for 30 years minister and pastor of the General Baptist congregation in that place . Mr . Philpot was born at Canterbury , 1750 ; his father was a respectable baker of that city ; his mother , whose maiden name was Simpson , was the daughter of David Simp-: son , who , together with his father , David Simpson , were successively pastors of the General Baptist Congregation at Dover , and the latter of whom suffered for his
Nonconformity under the tyrant Charles II ., having been imprisoned in Dover , Castle . The subject of our memoir , who had exercised his talent in the ministry , left Canterbury in 1772 , being then 22 years of age , and settled at Dover , wjiere he commenced his public labours , and was
chosen by the congregation co-pastor with the late Mr . William Ashdowiie , where he continued about 19 years , most deservedly esteemed by all the people . In 1791 , Mr . Philpot accepted an invitation to settle at Saffron Waldeu , where he continued until his death . He was twice married ;
his first wife , Ann Fletcher , of Canterbury , survived their marriage only a few months ; and Nov . 13 , 1775 , he married Jane , daughter of Mr , Benjamin Fletcher , a respectable farmer of Oxted , in Surrey , by whom he had 10 children , 7 of whom ( 2 sons and 5 daughters ) survived her * , tyh' « . P . died Dec . 11 , 1813 } aged 59 , Mr . P . was for many years a firm Unitarian , and a most active and useful ministerand
member of the General Baptist body ; ever ready to serve his friends in any way to the utmost of bis ability . Bis name is recorded to his honour in the proceedings of the Kent Associations , and his praise is in all the churches . He did not fail of attending the' General Baptist Annual
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Assenxfrj ^ . in London 30 # &&& , and U JH ¦^^' OT ^' fffc V ^^ * as the first at his jjKjsjt on those ? oqc ^ on ^ Th $ writer of this artjclf ? , whb . enjoy ^ Va long and friendly intimacy wit ^ | he decease d and who , after the lapse of ^ oi : 3 years ' succeeded Jiini at Dover , , i $ able to bear testimony to jthe . est ^ sm in , which he was held by that congregation ; t ^ he harmony in wjiich they lived together , the success
which attended his labour ^ , the mildness of his temper , his readiness , to discharge every kind office , the fidelity of his ministry , together with his cheerful flow of spirits , justly endeared . h ^ oa to all who knew him ; and as a token of their esteem
having last year erected a new chapel at Dover , Mr . Philpot was unanimously invited to preach the last sermon in the place where he had formerly laboured with so much honour tQ , himself and profit to his people . This sermon was
delivered with so much energy and feeling as to produce an effect on a crowded auditory not easily to be forgotten : for although the venerable preacher was evidently declining in his bodily powers , the zeal and energy of his , mind appeared but in their zenith . His connexion with his late congregation . at Saffron Walden , wag cemented by mutual esteem . His
readiness to assist and advise in pecuniary distress and family arrangements , his constant anxiety for both the temporal and spiritual interest of la \ s $ ock , his modest and unassuming spirit , entitled him to tht . most affectionate esteem of his friends , and as he lived respected , so he died regretted . Mr . P . had been evidently
declining for some time past ; his friends had perceived , that notwithstanding his zeal , the powers of nature were giving way . In the course of last year he had a severe and dangerous UIness , but it pleased the Almighty so far fifgrestore him as to
enable bun to resumehis public labours . He expressed a strong desire of being once more permitted to meet his brethren and friends at the , Annual Assembly ; this wish was realized , and he took an active part , being appointed one of the moderators on that ccca $ ion ,-r-He was seized ,
while in his pulpit , by a painful disorder , which in-little more than three weeks terminated his useful life ; and we are indebted to oui < friend Mr . Cundill , who had been visiting and assisting him in his last illness , and . who was present at his death , for the r following particulars :
Mr . Cundill observes , " \ t was my happiness to attend our venerable ^ rieii < j in his last inorhents ; and I hope I shall never lose the . impression which the interview made upon my < nnnd ; he was calm , resided , patient and cheerful under severe bodily pain . He . declared to we that his happiness tvas inexpressible , ana
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560 -, Obituary . —The Rpof Peter Gandolpkys- ? % 7 ie Rev . Stephen Philpot
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1821, page 560, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2504/page/56/
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