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— , 31 st , at Nottingham , in the 30 th year of his age , the Rev . Henry
Turner , one of the ministers of the congregation assembling in the High-Pavement Chapel in that town . Of the private sorrows awakened by this early removal of a son , a brother and a husband , it is enough for those to speak , who , in the sacred retirement of a
mourning home , can soothe each other by remembering how deservedly the purity of his mind , the integrity of his principles , the sweetness of his temper , and the tenderness of his heart , secured their highest esteem and warmest love . Nor is it necessary , in the page which will be
read by those who knew him as their friend and former fellow-student , to repeat , what their own hearts have already told them , of his claims upon their lasting and affectionate remembrance . A subject more properly belonging to the public remains in his character as a Christian
pastor . It may truly be said of him , that " he had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord , and to do it , and to teach in IsraeJ statutes and judgroeuts . " He had completely that first and great recommendation of a religious
instructor , a deep feeling , as well as a firm conviction , of religious truths . He could not understand why the best and noblest gift of God to man , should not enter into our highest enjoyments , and consecrate our sweetest affections . He beheld in religion an inmate sent down from
heaven to gladden our homes , to mingle a gentle and cheerful wisdom with our soci al converse , and to speak continually to our friendships the promise of iinmortaaty . He believed that the purest union
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of hearts and mind could be perfect , only among those who ** have taken s ^ eet counsel together , and walked to the house of God in company . " He thought it natural , that " they who fear the Lord should speak often one to another" of the subjects included in their noblest knowledge , and connected with their
most valuable hopes . Consistently whh these views of religion , the whole temper of his mind was deeply devotional ; and while this temper infused a truly evangelical spirit into his public services , it proved itself , in his manners , conversation and whole ^ character , to tye entirely removed from all affected or unseasonable
gravity . His presence was never any restraint upon cheerfulness ; yet it was always felt to be the presence of a religious man . With a gentle , but effectual firmness , he never failed to withhold the approbation of his countenance , at the first step beyond " the limits of becoming mirth . " Nor was he restrained by auy
unchristian awe of talents , or learning " , or eloquence , from more directly and forcibly opposing a sophistical argument , or rebuking a sceptical sneer . The constant union of steady principle with amiable manners , peculiarly fitted him to be the companion and friend , as well as the public instructor ; and , happily , he had
every encouragement , both in his owu dispositions and those of his congregation , to make the social circle , and still more the fireside , auxiliary to the pulpit . He was truly the pastor of his flock . They were to him a sacred and behoved trust . They were all , both rich and poor , those to whom he was , by every means in his power , to prove himself a friend and brother — " a helper of their joy " —a soother and comforter of their
sorrow—a strengthener of their hope—and a faithful guardian of their true and everlasting interests . It will be inferred , and it will be most justly inferred , that he took an earnest and active part in all their benevolent plans and useful institutions ; and how valuable his assistance , how kind his care had been felt , was
seen in the anxiety manifested during his illness , and in the tears w ^ ich were sh ed at his grave , by the companions and objects of his labours . Whatever , indeed , could be done by a grateful and affectionate flock to shew their value for their pastor , has been done in their kindness to himself while living , and their unfeigned sympathy wkh his mourning ;
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1822 . Jan . 18 , in Bedford Place , after a long and most painful illness , Mrs . Heywood , wife of Mr . Sergeant Heywood .
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1821 . Dec . 30 , at Fryston Hall , near Ftrry bridge % Yorkshire , aged 49 , the Rev . Locas . He was seated with his family T at breakfast , apparently in excellent health , when he sud ^ euly dropped from his chair and expired without a groan or a sigh . He had discharged , For many vears , the duties of domestic chaplain to Mrs . Miines , and was formerly minister of a Presbyterian Chapel , at Morley , near Leeds .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1822, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2509/page/57/
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