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March 16 , at Walworth , William Ti * v ~ ford , Esq ., ill ; the 73 rd year of his afg& He was interfed at WorsiiSp Street , fyjf the Rev . Dr . | # hti Evans , who , f > o the subsequent Salftath , preached his funeral sermon , from t ' Cor . xv . 55—57 . The character of the deceased was thus
deliseated at the conclusion of the discourse : " Mr : tVillia + n Titford was a active of Cranbrook , m Kent , and settled in London at an epirly period of life . For many years he % as a respectable silkrnanufacturer kp Spitalfields . Latterly hie withdrew frdfn business , and his
retirement was occupied in promoting measures of benevolence and piety . With a sound understanding , and a placid disposition , lie blended a beneficent heart . For upwards of forty years he had been member and deacon of the General
Bapfist Church , meeting at Worship Street . Having been originally in the Wesl-eian connexion , he often wished to see the zeal of Methodism engrafted upon the more enlarged rjews of rational Christianity , Though a Necessarian and a Materialist , he never suffered these tenets to
relax his moral conduct , or to becloud his views of futurity . Indeed , in his opinion , the doctrine of Necessity rendered him more resigned to the dispensations of Providence , whilst Materialism led him to put a greater value upon the resurrection of the just . Upon these
controverted topics he loved to arg > ue , but never with asperity . Knowing the worth of truth , he sinned not against the claims of charity . His favourite doctrine was Universal Restoration , or the final restoration of all lapsed intelligences to the favour and enjoyiaent of their Maker .
This he deemed the iwblest triumph which could be effected by the gospel of Jesus Christ , at once conducive to the glory of God , and to the everlasting interests of mankind . Nor was his a speculative religion . He was kind as a father husband , brother , friend \ and , indeed ,
in all the exemplary , social relations of life . His attendance upon public worship was constant , and a more attentive hearer never occupied the house of God ! Firmness of principle and uniformity of practice marked his earthly career . He
remained to the last steadily attached to the religions opinions he had professed , and thence derived support in his last illness and dissolution . He had enjoyed good health , resulting from habifs of teitaperance and moderation . But old age ,
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the incurable disease , approached , aad soon laid him in the Uunbi The last work ia which he was engaged was a work of charity . The General Bmpttet Chapel at Cranbrook , opened 1808 , has a debt of £ 700 upon it , which the Trustees ( of whom he was one ) wiah to have & *
<| uidated . He had just issued a circular , with ati engraving of tbe btftldi&g , md requested me to preach a senses * in hs behalf , when a collection was nwtey together with a subscription amoug friends , hoBaUFable to their liberality . Btrt , alas I he never * Jived to know the result of the *
plau which he had meditated on this occasion . The day on which the accotmt was to be delivered into his ha ^ s , intel % eit € e was announced of his being in a dyiog state . 1 immediately visited him , prayed with htm , and ^ und him caha and composed : acquiescing in the will of his
Maker , he lifted up his hand and said , with a most impressive took , ' lam happy and resigned P From Hit ^ first attack the case was deemed almost hopeless , but his equanimity never forsook him . He grew weaker and weaker , ^ md was at length mercifully released frbui the burden of
mortality . His last message to his friends at Warship Street was * % l shafi never again join with you hem % fc earth , bat trust to meet you in heaven V He was married twice ; first , by the celebrated John Wesley , to Miss Susannah Vand&me *
a pious , worthy woman , by whom he ha& left an only son , who , together with his second wife , a widow lady , Mrs . Sarah Walker * as well as an only brother , Mr * Isaac Titford , of Cranbrook , remain to cherish his virtues and revere his .
memory * ** It is sincerely hoped that the work of charity which this goad man undertook , respecting Cranbrook Chapel , will be taken up by some liberal friends of rational Christianity , and completed . It
is a cage of extreme urgency , and efforts ia the cause of Qod and truth pass not unrequited . Seconded by other labourers in the vineyard , it must be crowned with final success . Not to be weary m well-doing is the test and glory of the Christian profession /'
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Lately , at Kikcinnmg r the Rev . Div Stkvrn , formerly Pastor of the Scots Church , Crown Court , well known as one of the characters in one of Burns ' s Poems .
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182 Obituary . —William Titford 9 Esq . —Ilev * Dr . Steven
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Lately , in Southampton Street > Strand , the Rev . J . Lbmpribrb , D , D ., Rector of Meeth and Newton Petrock , Devonshire , author of the popular Classical Diction * ary and other works .
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will induce fnaay who have manuscripts , valuable boofcs , Ste . f wtik * tft ^ wish to preserve , to ^^ eposit- them in the JMIfcrary , which is bec ^ pitfig increasingly lmport $ iut to the Prote ^ ttat IHasenUs rs . ^ { » ¦?' ' ' ^ , I ^^^ fl ^^ fltfl ^^^ M ^** '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1824, page 182, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2522/page/54/
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