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three days of his dissolution , he enjoyed the perfect use of his faculties , ajid gave frequent proofs of that characteristic quickness of perception , and facetiousness of manner , which iu health had so often delighted his friends . In these circumstances it was singularly pleasing to witness the effects of those mental habits which he had taken so much paius to
acquire . Although he entirely acceded to the hypothesis of au ingenious writer in the Theological Repository , [ Vol . II . p . 350 , 3 d Edit . ] , that to every man " the resurrection takes place immediately after death , " he Ijad no ecstatic or enthusiastic anticipations of his future condition . His mind was filled with a
calm and humble hope of the forgiveness and favour of his Maker , promised by his Saviour to all who truly believe and obey him . Very justly did one of his physicians ( Dr . Forbes ) remark to him , " We can do you no good , but you do us a great deal , by giving us an example how we should feel and act in your situation . ' * In one of the intervals between the fits of
somnolency , in which , at one period of his illness , he passed much of his time , the writer of this article congratulated him on the degree of rest and exemption
from pain which he enjoyed , he replied , tcin cosio qui z es , and I hope this is the beginning of it . " On another occasion .
when suffering much from the distressing effects of an irritable stomach , he said to the same person , " This is all right : I am sure it is so ; it is no otherwise than it should be . " He repeatedly avowed his perfect satisfaction with the system he had adopted , and was iu all respects a signal example of the efficacy of that system iu supporting the sincere Christian in his conflict with the last enemy .
Mr . Guy s family were members of the Church of England . He was educated in . that communion , aud continued in it to the end of his life , regularly attending its evening services . For
reasons which were perfectly satisfactory to his owu mind he adopted this course . Arguments of a general nature , and ( in
my apprehension ) of invincible force , may be urged against it . What in particular cases can be said for it , must be left to the iudividuals concerned , and with no others is it a proper subject of inquiry . In the relations of social and domestic life Mr . Guy was most exemplary and amiable . His liberality in the exercise of his profession will be Ioiik
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remembered by the objects of his kind oess , and by their descendants . HYLAS . Chichester , Sept , 17 , 1825 .
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At the mailse of Wilton , in the vicinity of Hawick , the Rev . Samuel Charters , D . D in or about the 84 th year of his age , and 57 th of his ministry . The father and grandfather of Dr . Charters were successively ministers of Inverkeithing , in the Presbytery of Dunfermiine .
Dr . Charters , after going through his preparatory studies at the college of Glasgow , and obtaining a licence to preach the gospel , passed a short time on the Continent , and was , after his return , ordained miuister of Kincardine , in the Presbytery of Dunblane , in the year 1763 During his incumbency ihere , and ever afterwards , he enjoyed the
friendship of the late eminent judge and scholar , Lord Kames , whose country seat , Blair Drummond , was in the parish . He had thus a favourable opportunity of extending his literary acquaintance , and his knowledge of the world . In the year 1772 , he was translated to the church and parish of Wilton . In that retired and rural residence on the banks of the
Teviot , far from the strife and bustle of the world , he passed the remainder of his useful and unambitious life , attracting to his hospitable dwelling not only many of his early friends , who delighted to renew their intercourse with him from
time to time , but enlightened strangers , who were desirous of cultivating his acquaintance . Dr . Charters published 2 voJs . of sermons at Edinburgh in 1786 , and several single sermons , some of which were collected into a volume
printed at Hawick in 1807 . That on the duty of making a will is curious , but judicious and useful . No one indeed can read any of Dr . Charters ' s sermons without instruction and pleasure . They are simple and colloquial , and abound in anecdote and passages of history , and on these accounts may be recommended to
congregational libraries , and other collections of books for young persons . The theology found in them is liberal , the morality is Evangelical . One of the characters eulogised in the excellent discourse on Alms-giving is that of Thomas Firmin , the celebrated benefactor to the city of London , and one of the earliest avowed Unitarians in England .
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566 Obituary . —Rev . Safnuel Charters , £ > . D .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1825, page 566, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2540/page/50/
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