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quite spent , and at the age of nine and thirty he breathed his last , though his appearance indicated threescore and ten . He was buried in the aisle opposite the pulpit , in the same grave with Mr . Spencer and Mr . Philiipps , over which a plain stone is put , inerely recording their
names , the time of their death , and their respective ages . In his religious sentiments Mr . Lamb was a Calvinist . His ministerial endowments were respectable , and though obliged to sit constantly in the pulpit , yet there was an earnestness in his strain of preaching which served to engage attention and to enforce what he delivered . Often afflicted
himself , his sermons were supposed to be particularly adapted to meet the cases of the afflicted and to administer comfort to them . If viewed in his private deportment , his character was amiable , well corresponding with his profession . Few could have a larger share of bodily sufferings than he had , and few could be more patient under them . Ever
a stranger to artifice and deceit , his integrity was unquestionable . In a word , Mr . Lamb was a good man ; generous to the full proportion of his limited means , a kind husband , an affectionate father , and a sincere and steady friend . This small but just tribute to his memory is paid by one who , in early life , knew him , and was an eye-witness to the kindness and benevolence of his heart .
" A . Edwards preached his first sermon in Dorchester on the 11 th of June , 1769 , as an assistant to Mr . Lamb ; in which capacity he continued two- years , and then removed to Nailsworth , in Gloucestershire , having engaged to supply the congregation at Forrest Green , near Nailsworth , for six months . He had an
unanimous call to settle there , but receiving another from Dorchester , on the death of Mr . Lamb , he gave the preference to the latter . He was ordained in July , 1772 , and resigned July , 1813 . ° With his characteristic modesty the Rev . Mr . Edwards has left directions in
writing that no memorial of him should be recorded . To this injunction respect must be paid ; in continuation , however , ° f what this venerable servant of Christ has endeavoured to preserve of the
history of one of his churches , it should be udded , that during the long and very useful ministry of Mr . Edwards , the views of »> oth pastor and people underwent a gradual change , from moderate Calvinism to vcry low A nanism , since which the congregation has become decidedly Unitajian . The present minister is the Rev . l ^ ewis Lewis , who pursues liis labours a mongst an affectionate people with great * ; q > tableni ! ss , and it is their earnest ( Ls h that his connexion with them may -2 Uend to a period as protracted as waa
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Obituary . —Mrs . Hannah Lettis . 631
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Sept . 24 , Mrs . Hannah Lettis , wife of Mr . T . Lettis , jun ,, of Yarmouth . She was the daughter of Mr . Weeds , a respectable farmer of Trunch , in the county of Norfolk . Educated in a strict adherence to the doctrines and forms of the Church of England , whatever orthodox notions she might have imbibed in her infancy were strengthened by the precepts and example of a Dissenting- family
in the Independent connexion , with whom she was placed at school , and with whom she passed a considerable portion of that time when the mind is most susceptible of strong and lively impressions . The feelings of piety and
devotion thus inculcated by early precepts and associations , always remained with her ; but her mind , as it advanced to maturity , rose above the forms in which they were conveyed . She soon observed that worth and virtue were confined to
no sect or party . The gloom and mystery of those religious notions which she had imbibed in childhood could find nothing responsive in a heart like hers , which , full of the purest benevolence , delighted to consider the Creator as the Father and the Friend of all his
creatures , not as a capricious tyrant who appoints some to happiness and others to misery without any regard to their moral conduct . At an early period of life she formed acquaintance with Mr . Lettis , and on her marriage became a constant attendant at the Unitarian
meeting , where , as the writer of this has heard her frequently declare , she found a religion on which her heart could rest with firmness , with satisfaction , with jay . She believed that Unitarianism was the doctrine of the gospel , that it was the religion of nature confirmed by revelation ; and she continued for the remainder of her life firm
and consistent in the profession of her belief . With her , religion was what if , was intended to be , a cheerful , actuating principle ; she was not loud in her professions : she did not pray standing at
the corners of the streets , nor endeavour to attract the notice of the world by a sanctimonious appearance . Her piety was pure , simple and unaffected , elevating her mind and ennobling all the duties of life by a reference to eternity .
As a friend she was firm , constant and sincere , and those with whom she was in the habits of social intercourse will long cherish the remembrance of her mild , gentle and unassuming manners , which never failed to win the respect , and esteu / u of those with whoin she associated .
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the ministry and life of his highly and universally respected predecessor whose decease is now recorded . Dorchester , September , 1826 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1826, page 631, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2553/page/59/
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