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Birmingham Tiact Society r he also con ~ tribttted to the ejection of several Unitarian chapels . Within a few days of hfc decease * he presented tt donation tn the Unitarian Fund , wh £ d * , though small , > vas & gratifying * pFoof irf his lixed
adherence fc > the sentiments he had embraced . Entertaining habitual and sub * lime views of € he Divine goodness , in the feaur © f death he manifested a piety of resignation ' , & dignity of composure and an ardaur of hope , whirh few hav £ equaled , and , we venture to say , none have
surpassed . The virtues which adorned hi * life , receiving fresli lustre in tfce ex * piling moment , will long remain wittr those he has left behind , as a cheerfal and delightful evidence ' that when be died , a siacere Christian left the world . ' * Mark the perfect maa , and behold the upright j for tiie end of that man is peace . "
May we , who survive to deplore his loss , be anxious to live with equal integrity , that we may die with equal peace 1
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very p aforfal mmss * t ul Mfy « enaihle of her approaching iRtesolufkin , » he nerei evinced one symptom of marnwir ot discontent . Although her mk * d was elevated far above the- reach of auv alarming
frars , she discovered no srfgas of exulting triumph over death , but in that soletm * season , she exhibited tfee best criterion tvhidi the pious and aged Ghristiaa e&n afford—a humble resignation , a placid firmness , arid a joyful hope . To those who h&ve been bereaved oif a most beloved
parent , the loss can be compensated only by the hope of a happy reunion iu a better world . Her watchful care over their infant years , her pious effort * to instruct them iu tbeir duty to € &ufr and
man , her tender assiduity for their best welfare , her constant flow of love towards them , together with a thousand recollections of maternal kindness , can never be obliterated from the memories of fcer
immediate family . Whilst her generous and hospitable disposition can-not be forgotten by her friends , the recollection of her peculiarly considerate charity will ever be dear to the poor and destitute . Anxiously alive to their distresses , she engaged with uncommon ardour , energy ,
pleasure , in the good work of affording them ease and comfort . And most truly may it be said of her hi a thousand instances , that w the cause which she knew not , she searched out , " and that u the blessing of those who were ready to
peiish , came upon her / ' The writer of this humble tribute of gratitude to departed excellence , can&ot express a higher wish for her surviving relatives or for himself , than that the tears which maybe shed over their graves , may flow from the same source as those which were shed
for her , which was the pleasing assurance oF what she was at death , an well as the remembrance of what she had been through life . L . L .
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Obituary . —M * & Martha FUher .- ^ Cfarte * J&mt& Fto Benson . 23 J !
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Mar . 31 , in toe olfit year of lver age , Mrs * JMartha Fisher , widow of the late Mr . Fisher , of Dorchester . £ Mon . Repos . XVIIL 52 H . ] The much valued subject of this notice was taken from her afflicted
family after a short but very severe illness of one week . During this little respite , however , she was allowed sufficient strength and opportunity to convince her sorrowing friend * © f the serene composure and good hope with which a Christian could die ; and thus she closed ,
with a most edifying scene , the series of bright and amiable examples which her life has afforded to her family , the church , and the world . She possessed a mind of considerable strength and resolution , and it was early and carefially imbued with
deep , fervent , and rational piety . Her feelings , although very ardent , were ever subject to the controul of reason and religion . Her warm and affectionate disposition was well calculated to excite and
retain the strongest attachment of her friends and acquaintance . The Holy Scriptures were toet * constant study and delight , and in perusing and meditating on them , she displayed an example worthy of universal imitation . Jesus she received
as her honoured Lord and Saviour , on whose sure word of promise » he reposed her hopes of imruwtaJiry . Instructed by ham , she entertained the most enlightened and liberal views of God and
providence , and rejoiced in the fond but fivm conviction that , under the government of an omnipotent and unerring benevolence , ail events will terminate in universal good ; Possessed of her faculties during h « r
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April 4 , at Thome ^ in Yorkshire , after a loug and painful illness , Charles JamfjS FoxBknson , in his 28 th year . The death of this young man has not merely filled with grief his numerous relatives and friends , but has deprived pure and vital religion of one of its brightest ornaments and most conscientious advocates .
Owing to peculiar circumstances , it was never in the power of Mr . Benson to devote as much of his time and talents as he could have wished to the diffusion of the great doctrines of truth and righteousness among men . It was in his heart to have been the means of extensive usefulness in the cause of uncorrotpted Christianity , and though bis anxious desire to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1825, page 239, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2535/page/47/
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