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    impressive they ' were . She particularly requested tbat her children might be brought up in the belief of the doctrines of Uuilarianism , and was very solicitous before she left the world to dedicate to God , by baptismal service , the infant whose birth iimmediately , preceded her illness . Lying on her death-bed , in the

    presence of her husband and three other chiMren , and surrounded' by those relations whom she most dearly loved , the affecting ceremony was impressively performed by the Rev . John Rowe , twelve days before her death . She went through it with much calmness , and expressed the great satisfaction it had given her .

    Occasionally , when the cheerful sunshine beamed through her chamber window , or when her eye rested upon the bright green of the vernal foliage , recollections of the many earthly blessings

    which Providence had conferred upon her would crowd upon her mind , and she would say with tears , " Even now I could wish the bitter cup might pass from me ; but I am resigned to the will of God , convinced that he knows what is best

    for me , " At times , during the agony of her sufferings , after asking how long she could live , and expressing her earnest wish that Providence would release her from her painful existence , she would reproach herself with want of resignation , and declare her firm conviction that her trials

    were intended for her good ; and often while most diffident of the power of her faith to enable her to bear with fortitude her heavy affliction , she was exhibit ! ug to those around her a remarkable example of the influence of religious principle in imparting a patient and dutiful submission to the Almighty will , and evincing that frame of mind so characteristic of

    the humble Christian . They who delight in contemplating a triumphant death-bed , and consider that salvation is certain only to such as , elated with the imagined glories of heaven , and confident of possessing them , profess a wish to resign all the joys and duties of this life , would derive no

    satisfaction from the quiet , unostentatious close of the life of this interesting and amiable woman . Here were to be witnessed no ecstacies , no enthusiasm , no violent excitement , no fancied contempt for the comforts and enjoyments of the world , no presumptuous claim to the

    favour of Heaven ; but , with a deep sense of the important sphere of usefulness in which , as the mother of four ' young children she was placed ; with an acute sensibility to the comforts she was blessed with ; with an earnest desire to continue hi the society of those she so tenderly loved ; and in the performance of the va-

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    rious duties of a wife , a mother , a daughter , add a sister , which she had hitherto discharged in so exemplary a manner she submissively bowed to the will of Heaven , sincerely lamenting her frailty and imperfections , yet humbly hoping for

    forgiveness , and the possession of that blessed immortality which Jesus Christ had brought to light , acknowledging the support she received , and uniforml y declaring her unhesitating belief that her sufferings and her death were wisely aud mercifully appointed .

    Nor was it , to those who had the privilege of witnessing it , an uninteresting testimony to the efficacy of the great principles of the Gospel over peculiarities of religious faith , to see her surrounded by her dearest friends , most of them differing from her in opinion , yet all mingling with hers the tears of separation ; joining with her in devout aspirations to their common Parent for

    consolation and support 5 and uniting with her in the humble and couflding hope of a re-union in that state where sin and sorrow , sickness and death , will be known no more ; and thus manifesting their full accordance in the explicit declaration of Scripture that "he that feareth God , and worketh righteousness , is accepted with him :

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    June 9 , at his house in Artillery Place , Finsbury , in the 82 d year of his . age , the Rev . Abraham Rees , D . D ., F . R . S . &c , of a decay of nature , which had been for some time visibly approaching . Of this eminent man , who had been active and distinguished in the literary world , and

    particularly among the Protestant Dissenters of London , for more than half a century , we shall hereafter give an ample memoir . His naturally strong mind , his various knowledge , his habits of business , his urbanity aud courtesy , his eloqueuce , his commanding presence , and his

    upright and honourable character , created for him a place of no ordinary importance in society ; and his loss will very Jong be deeply felt , and especially by those that had the peculiar happiness of his friendship . It will give great pleasure to

    many of our readers to learn that his end was without pain , and serene , and Christian . His congregation shewed their respect to his memory , and gratitude for his invaluable public labours , by undertaking his funeral , at which the several bodies with which he had stood

    particularly connected , ( Dr . Williams ' * ' lru . stees , the Presbyterian Ministers , and the Managers of the Presbyterian Fund ) attended in consequence of special resolutions to this effect . His body was carried to the chapel in Jewin Street \ and on

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    372 Obituary . —Mrs . Castle . Rev . Am & # es > D . & ., F . R . S . y &c .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1825, page 372, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2537/page/46/