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life shall be required of thee ; ' what then can stand more fully unveiled to our view than the vanity of the world ? We see it in the gorgeous palace ; we see it in
the lonely cottage . These considerations come more fully home to our feelings at the present hour of mourning . We here consign to earth the honoured remains of one who was snatched from
life , in an instant of time , ere her surrounding friends could say « She is dying !' Her last thought was probably an aspiration to heaven ; for the minister of religion was at that time engaged with
the congregation in the solemn duty of prayer : a momentary confusion came over her mind , she sat down , her last respiration was heard , and she fell lifeless into the arms of tne eldest of her
beloved daughters . Ought not such an event to rouse us from our supineness ; and dispose us to finish the work of him that sent us , while it is day ? for the evening of death may close in on us ere we are aware . Blessed are those servants
whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching : if he shall come in the second watch , or come in the third watch , and find them so , blessed are those servants— Be ye therefore ready also / adds the holy Jesus , for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not / This consolation we have amid our
heaviness of heart . She whom we mourn was impressed with a strong 3 ense of the truth and importance of religion , which she evincedr" 6 y a regular discharge of the duties of piety . In her intercourse with
the world she had a warm , sympathizing heart , totally free from the exclusive spirit of bigotry . In the daily duties of her station her activity was kept up to the last hour of life : and she was
distinguished by an amiable anxiety for the welfare of her family and friends : and we trust that , through the Divine mercy , she will be everlastingly happy in the enjoyment of that reward to which our faith leads us to aspire ; for the comparatively * light afflictions of the world ,
work for us a far more exceeding , even an eternal weight of glory . '—From this awfully sudden close of an eatrthly existence , we must be impressed with the conviction that 4 in the midst of life , we are in death . Of , whom may we seek for succour , but of thee , O Lord , who knowest the secrets of our hearts ? Shut
not thy merciful ears to our prayers : but spare us , O holy and merciful Father ! thou supreme Judge of all , and suffer us not at our last hour to be without hope , or to fall from thee / "
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Obituary . *~ Jr ohn Hollis , Esq . v 55
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January 16 , at Hackney , Mrs . Anna Davies , { aged 69 % eldest daughter of the late Rev . Philip Davies , ( Mon . Repos . V . 88 , 89 . ) long the head of a respectable
establishment for female education . ( See also Mon . Repos . XVII . 640 . ) Her independence of mind and Christian consistency of conduct will ever be remembered with respect by her friends , and especially by such as were placed under her care *
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Addition . John Hollis , Esq ., who died Nov . 26 > at High JVycomb , Bucks , aged 81 , ( Mon . Repos . XIX , p . 754 . ) " He was the last descendant in the male line of an opulent Dissenting family , well known in other
counties , as well as in Buckinghamshire , for their zealous attachment to the cause of civil and religious liberty , and for their liberal support of it . The Hollis family left Yorkshire about the middle of the 17 th century , and established in the
Minories , London , a trade in what is called hard-ware , by which they acquired very considerable property . Of this family was the - celebrated republican Thomas Hollis , who left his fortune to his friend Thos . Brand , on whose decease , in 1804 , the gentleman whose death we now
record felt sorry at not being remembered by a legacy , and communicated some aneedotes of his family to this ( the > Gentlemau ' s ) Magazine ( see Vol . lxxiv . p . 1098 ; Vol . lxxv . p . 117 ) . These anecdotes were censured by another correspondent in pp . 8 , 519 . The late Mr .
Hollis was himself distinguished by his ingenuous love of truth and eager and anxious search after it , by his zeal in the cause of freedom , and by his kindness and beneficence . Those who knew him well , the poor in his neighbourhood and many
persons in various situations , who received his benefactions without knowing their benefactor , will long expect in vain , if they should expect , that his place in society will be supplied to them . ' - ~ Gent . Mag .
[ Mr . Hollis was always spoken of by those that knew him as a truly good man . It needs not be concealed , however , that he professed to doubt of some of the great truths that are received by the whole of the Christian world , and that he
entertained dark views of the magnitude and prevalence of Evil . He printed , some years ago , a little volume , entitled ( we write from recollection ) * ' Thoughts on Scepticism . " It occurs to us that we Iiave seen also a pamphlet from his pen . ]
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1825, page 55, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2532/page/55/
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