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he , in powerful language , described how every faithful minister , who was especially set for the defence of the gospel , and indeed every sincere Christian , who was zealous for the success of his Master ' s
cause , might have it with truth affirmed of them , * That to live was Christ . ' % a the second part of the discourse , it was most feelingly urged how much the death of such would prove their eternal gain . The pireacher ' s description , as far as finite tongue may describe those enjoyments which eye hath not seen , upr ear heard ,
nor the heart of man conceived ^* and which God ' hath reserved for them , th&t love him ., ' was well adapted io lift the mind above the troubles , the follies , and the vanities of this terrestrial life , and to fix our affections upon those sublimer scenes and that brighter world , which shall be the eternal habitation of the
righteous m the presence of God and his Christ . Mr . W / s allusions to the deceased , who had been the cause of the service , though indicative of high respect towards his memory , were afc the same time entirely divested of any overstrained compliments or flattering eulogium . But on this subject we shall not enlarge ,
having in our last week ' s obituary paid our tribute to the memory of a respected member of society . The chapel was crowded in every part long before the commencement of the service , and , owing to its restricted accommodations , as many more as it contained were obliged to depart mtjhout being able to gain admittance /^
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Obituary . —Mrs * Mary Wt > od +- ~ Mia 8 Hannah Wkkehouse . 753
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tatious ^ tliit Up would mingle occasionafty > dirty as he came from the workshop ,, with the most respectable society , and without the least concern , if there were any \ i $$ jjidiis ,. matters to be considered-The fashions and maxims of this world
h £ utterly disregarded . But piety , worth and goadness engrossed his admiration . He pdss # sed a strong uncultivated mind , which Jni | greatly improved by the most laudable % > p | jc ^ on , ^ ja&d , ftv his * narrow mean ^ Jiis fi > q ® j& and reading Were considerablei * Hl&fcSal was steady mA pe *« siderablei * Hj $ -zedX yvwstemym&veT enabled society
severing ^^ v ^^ Ii the , aided frf tfie Ui ^ tfian Fund and public , but especially by Mrs . I $ - ~ -l , one of their worthy members ,, td purchase a comfortable meeting-hoti ^ i where service was regularly conducted thr ^ e times on Sundays , and outfoaaweek night , and all
gratuitously . Fx > r the sake of truth and mutual edification , the chief care of tjie society will uow , we presume , devolve pn Mr . John Maton , who lias long laboured amongst them , and by whose laudable exertions the cause at Welburn was
raised , and for whose benefit your last number afforded such a respectable list of subscribers for building a meeting-house there . The labours <> f this small society , in that , part of the vineyard , unaided by either learning Gt fortune , can i \ ever be overlooked : they are truly meritorious .
D . E . m [ The York Courant of the 21 st inst ., gives the following account of Mr . Wellbeloved ' s Funeral Sermon for the deceased " A . most affectionate and impressive discourse was delivered on Sunday
evening last , in Jubbergate Ghapei , m this city , by the Rev . CharWs Wejftbeloved , Theological Tutor of the Manchester College , York , and Minister of . Stv Saviourgate Chapel , on occasion of the death of Mr . Torrance , the lafce minister of the
former chapel . The sermon was fopiaded on Philipp . i . 21 : c To live is Christ , and to die is gain . ' The preacher having , with his usual perspicuity , explained t { ie meaning in which the term Christ should be understood in the te&t— - namely , as synonymous with the gospel whicKChrist ^ vas sent into the world to pronxiilge ^
* No man could be more 3 t ! ead y and industrious in his calling . He had been f « r many years boot-clicker to , j \ lr . Oill , and the best eulogium on his regular application to business is , that his master
r esigned in favour of him and another . ftut he did little more ' tban enter upon ^ e bus iness es master , when he was attacked by that illness whicli terminated s fatally . t ± e has left a widow and seve « - al children .
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Nqv * 15 , at Brierley * near Bits tonyMiss Hannah Whitbhou&e , youngest daughter of Mr . Blisha Whitehouse ( who , about 30 years ago ., resided attheColoneirsWall , Xipton , the then warm and steady friend of the late Rev . Samuel Bourn , of Cosely , Staffordshire ) . She was a great friend and advocate for Unitarians and Unitananism , embracing every fair opportunity
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Sept . 30 , at Chatham ^ aged 28 , Mrs . Mary Wood , of a consumption , which rapidly preyed upon her constitution . It is pleasing , amid the regret of relatives , to recollect , that in her suffering she
derived support from the Scripture , as the record of eternal life , which God has given us in his Son . When the writer last saw her , she expressed her sentiments as to the reality of religion in terms correspondent to the apostolic declaration : that " with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness ;'• • and under her malady she indulged no murmur , but exhibited a meekness at once edifying and exeimplary . T . C . A .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1824, page 753, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2531/page/49/
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