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afterwards relieved , at the chun&yata * by eight others , wtio conveyed the sacred burden to the grave ; and happy indeed were those who were permitted to perform this lasrt sad office for their beloved friend and benefactor . The pall was supported by seven clergymen , and one Dissenting clergyman , of the neighbourhood , attired in the habits of their sacred office .
The chief mourner , the Rev . John Lynes , grandson to the deceased , supported by six of the late Doctors friends , dressed in mourning cloaks , immediately followed the body ; and , though the executors had , m compliance with the
directions of the deceased , strictly confined their invitations to the persons already noticed , a long train of gentlemen dressed in black , with hat-bai > ds and scarfs , many of whom had come a considerable
distance to pay the last tribute of respect to departed worth , were , at their own particular desire , allowed to join the mournful procession . The whole was closed by the domestics of the deceased , attended by all the inhabitants of the parish as
mourners , exeept indeed those whom netjessity , age or sickness , confined at home . Business was entirely suspended in Hat-« ton ; and even many of the inhabitants of the surrounding towns were not backward in testifying their respect and unfeigned sorrow on thh melancholy
occa-. The proper Psalms and Lesson in the Burial Service having been read by the Bev . Rann Kennedy , sl sermon was preached , according to the particular desire of the deceased , by his learned and
highlyvalued friend , the Rev . Dr . Butler , from the following text : — " He hath shewed tlwe , O man , what is good ; and what doth the liord require of thee , but to do jBBtly , and to love mercy , and to w ^ lk humbly with thy God ? " Micah vi . 8 ,
In the progress of his discourse , which did equal credit to the talents and feelings of the preacher , the Rev . Poctor proiiouiiced , in a strain ef uncommon eloquence , a just and striking eulogy upon the character of the illustrious dead ; pointing out his piety , his moral rectitude ,
Ins profound learning , his unbounded benevolence , and the many rare virtues by ivhich he was so pre-eminently distinguished . Nor were the frailties of tfte * deceased forgotten 5 they were delineated with all the feeliug of a man , and the fidelity of a Christian ; thus rendering
more powerful and striking the splendid eulogium which preceded . The sermon concluded with the words of the text , which the deceased has directed to be inscribed upon his monument , and b y which he will stilj continue to . address tits former parishioners .
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The sermon being ended , the remaining ^ part of the sublime service , which our Chureh hath appointed to be used at the Burial of the Dead , was then read ; the coffin was lowered into the vault where the a « hes of the late IV ! is . Parr and her daughters are deposited ; and , after an appropriate anthem had been sung by the choir , the funeral obsequies were closed with the apostolic benediction .
The congregation then separated , and successive peals from the muffled bells ended the melancholy solemnities of the day . The € hurch , which the Doctor's piety
and munificence had beautified and enlarged at so much cost , was lighted up with numerous wax-lights ; the windows being darkened 60 as to give the edifice the appearance of a capacious cemetery . The altar and communion rails were
covered with black cloth ; the latter being ornamented with several escutcheons of the deceased . The reading desk and pulpit , in which the venerable Doctor never entered without claiming uncommon attention , from his unfeigned piety , his
solemn deportment , and the great evangelical truths which lie delivered with so much energy and impressiveness , also exhibited the same symbols of mourning . The brilliancy of the lights , contrasted with the sable hangings of the church , and the funeral habiliments of the
mourners , could not but impress the minds of all present with serious and awful sensations . The few rays of rainbow-varied light , which escaped here and there through the richly illumined windows , and rested upon the sculptured marble which enriches the sides of the sacred edifice , produced a grand and pleasing effect .
The great concourse of persons of ail ranks and denominations that witnessed the funeral solemnities , and the extreme sensibility with which they listened to the truly affecting and impressive -discourse , delivered on tins solemn occasion , are a strong eulogy on the life of the deceased , and evioce how much he was revered as
a minister , and beloved as a man . And though the tomb has closed upon his remains , he has left a name that will never die among men as long as religion and learning shall be respected . —The words written by the poet upon the death of a celeb rated statesman , may with equal justice be applied to our lamented
friendu patriot ' s even course he steered , 'Mid Faction ' s wildest storms unmoved ; By all who marfced his mind—revered ; By all who knew im heart—beloved " FlT ZPATUICK .
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250 Intelligence . —Particular * of the Funeral of the late Rev . Dr . Parr .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1825, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2535/page/58/
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