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aud in |^ J 6 gave up his situation as minister , ^ on account of the infirm state of ! ps healths His love of truth was shewn by that earnest search after it , which marked the whole coarse of his
life , and the liberality of his mind , by strong hatred of , persecution . His moral character was , I believe , unimpeachable sV much ^ o that his integrity q £ purpose atid acti ^ p ^ ttpok of stern n ess * We liave all pur failings , and happy is he whose errors are those of the head
tn&retyf nop residing in the heart , or having their brigin in nio ^ al turpitude : ahd fuli of glorious jpromise will be the resurrection of hiia who descends to the grave like the subject of the present memoir , his thoughts pure , his conduct irreproachable , and his affections fixed
upon his God . The best idea will be given of the uprightness of his conduct by stating his own words . In one of our conversations we insensibly got upon the subject of character , when he made the remark , I have anxiously
endeavoured through the whole of my life , to fee correct in my moral conduct , and I believe no human being can lay any thing serious to iny charge . *? Besigned , as might be expected , was the death of him who w&S under the ^ influence of this feeling : he could repose ivith full and
pious confidence upon the tender mercy of his God > trusting he would forgive those imperfections which belong to humanity , and accept the heart that had not intentionally sinned . Conscious that
he had diligently exerted himself to prepare for eternity , he had no wish , as he expressed to me in his last illness , to stay | n this world , except on account of that strong love every good father feels towards the child of his affections whom
he la going to leave behind . The cheering influence of gospel truth sweetened his departure , and he found consolation and comfort in meditating upon one of those promises of our Saviour which apply only to the good , and the pleasure of which the pious alonfc can enjoy ; € C Biessed ar $ the pure in heart for they shall see God / 1 FesauS rerum in gratam q ^ ietena decessit . Loughborotig / i . W , P .
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Additions . Major Gartwright . ( See p . 571 . ) The following extract from his will is quite characteristic ;— i ** To my country , anxiously cjesiringher welfare , I leave a fervent wish for such necessary , deep , and salutary reforms in her institutions , as would not only restore her lost freedom , but purify from the odiousness and debasement of
uufaithfulness and corruption , all her public departments . By a complete restoration of her genuine polity ( which I have endeavoured to place before her eyesj , she might , iti my humble judgment , so correct the morals and the habits of her
people , as to establish on a solid and enduring basis , her future liberty , prosperity , and renown . To this end she must cease to follow the example of conquering states , which , from small l » egiuiiiugs , become what may be considered as vast pyramids , absurdly resting QU their points * with their broad founda-
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Lately , at Gainsbro * , after a very short illness , in his 25 th year , the Rev . James Kennedy , Minister of the XJnit ^ rian Chapel there ; a young man of great promise , and of very extensive acquirements , and whose early loss will be long lamented
by those whom he honoured with his friendship . He was interred in the new burial ground belonging to the chapel , and is the second ( his father-in-law , the late Mr . James Lloyd , being- the first ) whose body reposes in that place of sepulture .
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August 3 rd , at sfppledou , Devon , in the 88 th year of his age , the " Rev . KifcHAUD Evans , who had been for more than half a century pastor of the Independent Congregation in that town ; which office bis infirmities led him a few 'years ago to resign . U $ yy& $ descended if \ pjjifk frr . ot pious ancestors from oae of the , # | cied ^ t&s tpts J m was educated mwtikry , Hhfe '< pfecfe of his bkth > imfler
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628 Obituary . < - ^ e 0 + RvJ £ mns . rT-Rev ^ Simpson
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Sept . 2 , at Dmrsie , in Ftfeshire 9 aged 84 , ibe Rev . Dr . Ro ^ iiT ^ lAceupw-ocK , author of " Lectures on the Pfophedes of Isaiah , " 1794 , and of ¦* - * Seimon ^ oH hiteresttog Subjects , " 2 vols . 12 mo- 1823 .
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the -Rev , John Layiagton . He lived and died u uivereally esteemed .
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1 % the Her . Wm , BENirtRY Chathern , late of Dedham 9 jfisseo ? . He was educated at Homer ton Academy , and was ordained pastor of the Independent Church , Saffron W&den , July 2 % 1778 ,
and continued there till 178 § , when he removed to Dedham . Here he continued to labour till 1823 , when he resigned t ^ he pastoral office , and retired to the village of Nayland , in Suffolk .
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Oct . 14 , at the house of his son , in Leadenhall Street \ John Simpson , Sen ., in the ; 92 nd year 0 f his age . Some particulars with " regard to this much-esteemed and venerable Christian will appear in our next .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1824, page 628, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2529/page/52/
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