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    There are no extravagant metaphors , no inappropriate allusions . He seemvd to have always irj view the simplicity and greatness of his subjects , aiul he has treated them in that plain , unaffected manner which is best adapted to them . Of their Christianity we surely need not

    speak . They are full of the Gospel ; there are comparatively very few merely devotional , for he preferred illustrating Sciipture doctrines and striking passages flora Holy Writ . To quote or even refer to many of these Hymns would , perhaps , occupy more room than it is reasonable to require ; but let me at least

    refer to Nos . 208 and 226 * , in the Norwich Collection , and also to that beautiful commentary on Gen . v . 27 , No . 472 of the Supplement to that Collection . He was particularly fond of adapting a « d Christianizing * if 1 mav so express it , any

    serious stanzas he might meet with m the course of his reading , for congregational use . To a Hymn from the Spanish of Manrique , inserted in the Norwich Supplement , No . 474 , he added the following animated stanza :

    " And let the pageant be withdrawn 1 To death ' s dark night succeeds a dawn Of brighter day : Faith points to bliss beyond the tomb , The Christian ' s hope , the Christian ' s home , And leads the way /

    tr Again , our Christian assemblies are indebted to him for one of the most beautiful Hymns they possess , No . 258 of the Norwich Collection , which was altered by him from the conclusion of one of H . Moore ' s Odes—the last verse is hia own , and is more than worthy of those which precede it :

    " God is their life , their sun , their shield , Their thoughts on linn sweet comfort yield ; Through musts that cloud their dying eyes , They sec eternal glories rise . "'

    Such is the record of a life which it may be thought I have extended to an unusual and unnecessary length . The tenor of my father ' s way was noiseless , and consequently devoid of any Incidents which may be termed striking . But 3 t is not , on that account , the less instructive . Thousands are called to

    move in the sphere which he occupied , azid may be expected to discharge the duties which he fulfilled . There is no need that I add to what is written a detailed and formal review of his character ; for the jpreceding memoir will exhiph the fruits of his life . It will be thence seen how far his talents were

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    improved , and in what respects he was worthy imitation'in the various rfc ^ atjo ^ iu which he stood to society ; 'Giie ' les . son we may all . le&hi—that ' ottr- obli gations , so far from being discharged bv our losses , increase as the friends of

    virtue expire , and that we should study to prevent society from missing absent benefactors , by performing such duties as tTiey would have performed had they continued in a world abounding with objects of benevolent and useful exertion , EDWARD TAYLOR . City Road , Aug . 11 , 1826 .

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    July 22 3 Edward Kirkpatrick , of Southampton , Solicitor , aged 30 years . He was crossing in a small pleasure vessel to the Isle of Wight , to join his wife , who was on a visit at his mother ' s , when a sudden squall upset and sunk t"he vessel . Mr . CoxwelJ , to whom the

    vessel belonged , jumped into a small boat towing astern , cut the painter , and with considerable difficulty raised Mr . Kii'kpatrick from the water , but , exhausted by his struggles , Mr . K . fell , on the opposite side , and the boat upset . The boy who was with them being able to swim , endeavoured to reach the shore . Mr . Cox well succeeded in laying hold of the stern of the boat as she floated full of

    water , and they were both picked up when nearly exhausted 3 but Mr . Ktrkpatrick was seen no more . In the prime of life , in full vigour ot health surrounded by every circumstance which can render this world delig htful ,

    he seemed blest beyond the common lot of man . Beloved by his family , uuite < i to the object of his ardent attachment , with a happy home and a profession affording him means ample as hi * * nos sanguine wishes he had repeatedly sau within the last few months that he w

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    4 ^ 4 () }>' uutivyy—Aft \ Edwitrd Kirkpatrich .

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    mmm — " On the 4 ih ( July ) the 'Jubilee / or Fiftieth Anniversary of the Declaration uf Independence by the United States , was celebrated throughout the whole 02 the Union with extraordinary

    eitfhusiasm . By a coincidence which may well be termed remarkable , two of the most distinguished American patriots , ipembers of the Committee which drew up that Declaration of Independence in the

    year 1776 , the venerable Thomas Jefj-erson and John" Adams , Ex-Presidents of the United States , died on the 4 tJi ultimo , on the day of celebrating the Jubilee . They were , we believe , the only surviving members of that committee . The death of Mr . Adams is

    announced m the papers ; that of Mr . Jeiferson is derived from the authority of a private letter . " Times , August 2 ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1826, page 494, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2551/page/50/