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manner equally honourable to himself and to his constituents ; and whose liberal and decided conduct , fortified by paternal counsel and example , has established his character as a manly , honest and independent Member of Parliament .
Through life Mr . Wyvill assiduously laboured to maintain the cause of universal toleration . It was his fervent wish to see the rights of conscience extended to persons of ail religions ; to -secure to every nrdii the glorious privilege of worshiping God in thei'manner most consonant to his own reason and
understandin ? , and most conformable to the laws and institutions of the gospel . In this cause he manifested the true spirit and magnanimity of the reformers and confessors of ancient times . It was the object nearest his heart , to forward every
effort towards obtaining relief for our Roman Catholic brethren , from the disabilities , the privations and oppressions under which they have so long groaned . To this purpose he cheerfully devoted his time , his talents and the ample means with which Providence had blessed him .
This absorbed his whole attention , and employed all the powers and energies of his mind ; while he spared no labour which might tend to advance the best interests of that religion " which is pure , peaceable , gentle , full of mercy and of good fruits , without partiality and without hypocrisy ; " that religion of which lie was at once the ornament and
the example . Upon the subject of the Catholic question , his correspondence was various , interesting and extensive , amongst those friends who were honourably embarked in the same laudable pursuit . The present writer had the happiness of
correspondingwith him for many years , ^» d of uniting his humble efforts in the same work of juctiee and benevolence Imler the cheering- consideration , that no ( ITort , however feeble , is entirely lost , 1 )< - looks forward with hope to the final result ; and while * the current of life shall
continue to flow , and his heart to be susceptible of the sentiments of virtue , honour and humanity , he will not cease , 111 the retrospect of his days , to reflect with peculiar and heartfelt satisfaction ° the slender aid which he has at any tmiti been enabled to afford in support of a cause which lie has deeply at heart .
' * 'nan acting , like this undaunted Wampum of Christian liberty and truth , under the influence of these ennobling '"olives : uid these enlarged and exalted Vlt -ws , could not fail to attract the esteem ; iI 1 ( i respect even of those who differed U ) ui him in opinion . When such a man leaves the world , he is followed to the giiWe by the tears and regrets of liberal
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and virtuous men of every sect dtnd persuasion . But I forbear ; it was not my intention to eulogize the character of my revered friend . He needs no eulogy from my humble pen . I offer no tribute to his memory but that of the heart . His virtues live after him . *< Being dead , he
yet speaketh . " The happy fruit of his labours in the great cause of toleration will one day appear . Habitually fraught with the sentiments of an ardent , unaffected and elevated piety and devotion , his mind sustained the depressions of age and of declining health with fortitude , composure and resignation to the will of God ; and the death of this excellent man was correspondent with his life . Farewell , thou faithful servant of the
Most High ! Thou hast fought a good fight ; thy constancy , fidelity and zeal are approved ; and thou art gone to receive the prize of glory which awaits thee , in that world where those who now mourn thy departure shall hereafter rejoice with thee in the plenitude of felicity and bliss ! T . J . Lympston , March 25 , 1822 .
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Obituary . —Rev . Edmund Butcher . 247
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April 14 , aged nearly 65 years , at Bath , the Rev . Edmund Butcher , late of Sidmouth . We are persuaded that this intelligence will be received with no ordinary interest by a large proportion of our readers . The good man ' s published writings , by
which his character is so distinctly displayed , have made him the benefactor of numbers who never had the advantage of his personal example and instructions ; and in these he still lives , and by them , though dead , he yet speaketh . Life had ceased to be desirable for him . The
weakness and infirmity occasioned by a painful accident which he met with some mouths ago at Bath , though alleviated by all that human affection could do , made him desirous to be called to his rest , if such were the will of God ; and he was favoured with , a gentle dismissal , " on the day which he loved . " We expect to be favoured with a more detailed account
of our respected friend , for our next Number ; and we will merely add our testimony , that his eminent piety , accompanied as it was with a- life devoted to the best interests of mankind , and manifesting hi its various relations ' , the graces
of the Christian character * wiijb make his memory revered and loved by all who shared his friendship . To them his departure is attended with hopes full of consolation , as to him they were full of immortality .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1822, page 247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2511/page/55/
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