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    leaving a disconsolate widower , ahc children , and twenty * five grandchildren , to lament the lo £ s of so valuable a woman . We had iitfed happily together for fi > rtythree years and eight weeks , " This bereavement , however , did not affect him as might have been expected . He felt , but he felt as a man and as a Christian .

    Indeed , the strong feelings of humanity appear to sober by old age , and the death eren of beloved relatives happens as a matter of course . Amongst Mr . Bicknell ' s private papers , an epitaph was found which he had written on the death of his wife , and which 1 am permitted to copy :

    " Oh ! lost and mourn'd , admir'd and lov'd through life , Thou best of women , and thou faithful wife , Farewell ! "Tis mine thy absence to deplore , To linger here — and feel thy aid no

    more . * Tte mine to wait , till my remains are laid In the dark tomb , where rests thy tranquil head ; Then shall thy husband , from all sorrow free , Lament no more , but rest in peace with thee "

    Sopn after this bereavement he gave up bcntse-keeping , and returned to bis favourite resideuce at-Tootiog , — € ( Yes-4 erda $ / ' be remarks , " I was seventy * - two yeare of flge . My life is still pro * - iqaged , and a sneasuie of health still loonti&ues ; but infirmities are increasing ,

    the pillars of my earthly tabernacle are tregnb&ing , and I am now left , as it were , alone . " He continued , however , to enjoy jsl considerable share of health , and took Jiis accustomed exercise till within a few ( days of his death . His mind never appeared to lose any of its vigour . O ** e of

    the last things which he wrote was the . solutionof a problem in the more dtffieuii . parts of algebra . JUHuring the laiter months of his life , also , he drew up , at the request of an esteemed relative , an epitome of Christian doctrine , which is nmst

    decidedly Unitarian * About three days be / ore his death , . he was seized with # kind of general paralysis . A professional , friend , wiho Jittd been accustomed to attend him ,, was promptly sent for ; but though he watched over him With the skill of an

    able practitioner and with the anxiety # utl . affection of a sou , yet the decree af Heaven was irrevocable ,, and without any pain , struggle , or other distressing syinptoji , he resigned hi « breath > to Him who laad # weq it . His death , lite his life , was one of resignation , thankfulness anil peace . He quitted the scenes of time without any derive for a protracted stay ,

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    or any mistrust as to the future . € tMark the perfect man , and behold the upright , for the end of that man is peace B . I " I . W .

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    54 Obituary . —Hanntih Burmtd . ' —Rev . Thomas Hallidap .

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    Dec . 8 , at Ferntoy , in the county of -Cork , in the 84 fon year of his age , " the Bey . Thqmas Halliday . This gentleman was the son of a farmer in Yorkshire , < who by indxiatry and economy acquired a considerable property . Having made re-

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    Hannah Barnard . This ancient and venerable female , who for many years past has justly sup * - ported the character of a practical preach er of righteousness , has now ceased from her labours of love , and quietjy , without

    a sigh or a groan , closed her eventful life , on the morning of the 27 th ultimo , at her residence in the City of Hudson , State of New York , she having been a sojourner on this earth for more than threescore and ten years , daring which

    period she had travelled through England , Wales , Scotland , Ireland and the Scilly Isles , She followed the example and promulgated the peaceful precept of Jesus , by going about doing good , not only to the souls bat bodies of the sons of

    tribulation and daughters of affliction . She visited the sick and administered to their medical aid . She poured the wine and oil of consolation into the wounded mind , and sympathised with them in the hour of affliction . She bore a pointed

    testimony against Che popular delusions of the d $ y * aod strove boldly to-, tear asunder the veil of hypocrisy and W expose the sad effects of ecclesiastical tyranny , intolerance and superstition in all Its deformities . Her noble sound was

    enriched with wisdom aad stored with useful knowledge , which , operating upon the reasonable faculties of her soul , produced the united virtues of piety , benevolence , fortitude and integrity . Yet , notwithstanding all these Christian virtues and Jeal roarks of discipleship , she

    was calumniated and persecuted , ( by formal professors , ) as all the righteous who have goae before her Uaye suffered . The person who traces these lines , from an intimate acquaintance with her , deems them but a liumble and just tribute to Jrer useful and memorable life . Her

    works of « iency and labours of love are at an end , her tranquil spirit , which long animated an enfeebled tenement , has returned to him who gave it , and , we am ftrro in the belief , sweetly reposes ' * where trouble ceaaeth and the weary soul is at rmU" Go * gentle reader , and emulate her virtuea , — -Frofw the United States Gazette , printed in Philadelphia . 12 Mo . &th , l % 2 & ~

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1826, page 54, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2544/page/54/