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' June 22 , at Paris , aged 21 , Mr . Lindsey Priestley , son of Joseph Priestley , Esq ., of Birmingham , and g ^ ndson of the illustrio us Dr . Priestley . On Sunday morning , June 30 th , a friend *
who was intimately acquainted with his character , and who affectionately loved him , thus concluded a discourse , occasioned by the mournful event , from Job vii . 21 : — " For now shall I sleep in the dust ; and thou shalt seek me in the morning , but I shall not be . "
* * * . These are the consolations , sanctified and animated by the promises of the gospel , that can support and comfort us , when the unpitying conqueror multiplies his trophies from among the dear companions of our way , and leaves us , like pensive wanderers in the desert , to finish our journey without them .
Since I last addressed you , intelligence has reached us , from a foreign shore , that the grave has opened its gloomy mansion , and has closed in an hour when we thought not of it , upon one , in the flower and freshness of youth , who was formerly accustomed to worship with us in this house of prayev ; -f * and who afforded
every promise of entering into the world with respectability and usefulness . The impressions which it was his happiness , through the favour of Providence , to receive from good instruction and faithful discipline , in his early , years , were so deepened and enlivened by him as to produce a habit of obedience- He learned
betimes to fear God and serve him ; and It is not too much to say tliat his diligence in cultivating the mild graces and the generous virtues of the Christian spirit , the interest which he took in the pleasures and the pains of those jaround him , his gratification in witnessing the happiness of others , the cheerfulness with which he sacrificed his own ease and
comfort that he might assist and oblige his friends , and his activity in consoling and relieving distress , made him not only a blessing to his family , but at once the ornament and the delight of every circle in which he moved . It was thus that he requited a parent ' s care and a sister ' s -was it
love ^ nor possible a temper so kind , disinterested and attractive , so constantly under the guidance and restraint of religions principles , should fail of ftecuring to him the lively attachment of his congenial and beloved companions , many of whom I see before me , and the sincere esteem of all who knew him . Me expressed the strength and tenderness of his affection for so ' im ; , of you , only a
The Rev . James Hews Bransby . f In Wolvei'h&mpton Street , Dudley
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few days before h& removal ? ftom tfo world , in terms , at ; the recollection of which , I am persuaded , your youtMui breasts wHl often heave , and you will drop the tear which it is a luxury to shed . After speaking to those who watched bv himof the tful
, many deligh hours that he had spent in your society , and dwelling , with fond enthusiasm , on the thought of seeing you again , he checked himself and said : — " gut I am afraid the pleasure with which I look forward io that happy time ,-is too great tor me ever to
enjoy on earth . ** Such was the foipeibodiag of his affectionate spirit : and death , regardless of human prayers , of human hopes and of human sorrows , has awfully realized all his apprehensions . " For uow he is sleeping in the dust . In the moming you shall seek him ; but he shall not be . "
" The friendly band no more shall greet Accents familiar once and sweet : No more the well-known features trace , No more renew the fond embrace . " * Nature bids you weep ; and God will mercifully forgive ¥ pur tears . You may well mourn , and l { pg " apd { teeply mourn , the loss which yoq ' hanj [ fwstained . * But your regret will be ^ epm ^ red with the reflection , that he whom jOu lament is delivered from sufferings which neither skill nor friendship could remove or soften ; that , having overcome the
sorrows of the world , his warfare is accomplished ; that he is spared the temptations and the trials which might have proved too powerful for his virtue ; that death has set a seal , never to be broken , upon his amiable character , and that he is at " rest
from hit * labours , " awaiting the dawn of that glorious day , when the grave shall restore its prisoners , and when li those who sleep in Jesus , God will bring with him . "
Such as these , I doubt not , were the exercises of faith that beguiled the hours of his decline ; such the train of pious meditations that cheered him in his passage through the dark valley of the shadow of death : and it is in these that his survivors , amidst the bitterness of grief , will £ ud their best , and indeed their only ,
solace . Go , uny young friends , and lay the warning to your hearts . To you it is a peculiarly pointed and impressive admonition . Qv a » d rouse upon the example of the beloved associate , whom you have lost , and pryach it with energy to your r _ . . _ . , * i . i , —¦ * ¦¦ ——¦— " - » Doddridge ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1822, page 434, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2514/page/42/
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