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1825 . Jan . 15 , at Liverpool , the Rev . hoBERT Lewin , aged 85 years and 5 months . Though born in London , he was descended from an ancient family in Oxfordshire . After being some years head pupil of a considerable classical school near the metropolis , he was admitted student at the Academy under the
Itev . Dr . David Jennings , the learned author of the Jewish Antiquities , though lie resided all the time under the parental roof ; and at the termination of his fifth year in that seminary , he received highly flattering testimonials of attainment and ability . At this early period his
sentiments became Anan which led some of the narrow-minded , though conscientious ministers of the day , to consider the passing his examination and the ordaining him to the ministry , a collision between justice and scrupulosity . He was soon fearfully assailed by splendid offers to conform to our National Church , but
after deliberately reviewing the grounds of his tenets , he unhesitatingly rejected the allurements of wealth and distinction , and thus nobly evinced the strength of his integrity . After being for a short time a preacher in an obscure congregation , much divided upon theological subjects , he removed to Ipswich . In the year 1770 , with his wife and three young
children , he arrived in Liverpool , having out of three invitations to large congregations , selected that of becoming sole minister of Renu ' s-Garden Chapel . He resigned the duties of the ministry at the close of the year 1816 . During his active and useful life , he displayed the benefits of his highly respectable attainments in classical and mathematical lore .
and his theological learning was both accurate and profound . He was well versed in the opinions and writings of the early fathers and intimately acquainted with biblical criticisms . His tenets remained to the last decidedly Arian . Some of his numerous pupils are now filling
respectable situations in Parliament , the Church , and at the Bar , and not a few enterprising and highly honourable merchants entertain to this day a grateful recollection of his assiduity and fidelity as a teacher . The hospitality of his
houlse and the vivacity of his disposition can never be forgotten by the numerous quests who during his life frequented his board . The prominent traits in his character were bold and dauntless integrity and affectionate piety without the excesses of enthusiasm . He was a warm
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admirer of the institutions of his country * and evinced his love of liberty by always contending for the rights of the people constituting a Dissenting congregation , rather than the lordly domination of the aristocratic few . On the subject of a
minister ' s rights over the pulpit , he held the opinion of the celebrated Lord Mansfield . He ended his mortal career , praying that his family might maintain their integrity and piety , and took leave of his children who surrounded his bed with
affection , and , though at the last ebb of life , evinced pleasu at seeing them assembled around him . May my death be that of the righteous , and may my latter end be like his !
Feb . 11 , the Rev . Luke Kirbv , Pastor of the Unitarian Church , at Thorne , Yorkshire . He was interred in the Chapel , at Thorne , on Monday , Feb . 14 , by the Rev . John Platts , of Doncaster , who also , on the following Sunday , preached a funeral discourse , at the above chapel ,
to a very crowded audience , from Numb , xxiii . 10 , " Let me die the death of the righteous , and let my last end be like his . " Mr . Kitby was a truly pious and upright man ; on him the breath of slander never blew ; his conduct was uniformly correct ; his life was without a stain . Still he was meek and lowly , and humble as a child . He lived the life of
the righteous , and he died without a murmur , a struggle , or a pang . He was formerly a preacher among the Calvinists , but he renounced the principles of that sect of Christians , became a decided Unitarian from the full conviction of his understanding , and steadily , firmly , and calmly , supported the principles of the latter system to the day of hi * death . P .
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February 11 , aged 50 , Mahgaretta Maria Parker , wife of Samuel Parker , Minister of the High - Street Chapel , Stock port . Through a great part of life , she had suffered from a stricture in the throat , so as sometimes to be greatly inconvenienced by a very small particle
of food . But , in the month of Auguat , 1824 , she found a great difficulty eve a in swallowing liquids ; this excited painful apprehension in herself and others . Several professional men , physicians and surgeons were consulted , and plans were adopted with a view to the removal or the mitigation of the complaint ; but
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1825, page 180, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2534/page/52/
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