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In all the duties of life , as a wife and mother , she was truly exemplary . Her happiness was at home , the craly happiness in this world which deserves the name , which lies within the reach of the many as well as the few , which rests
upon the temper of the soul , not on the outward condition of life , which finds an ample field for exercise in the calm enjoyment of domestic , friendly and social intercourse . This happiness it was her delight to cultivate , and she thought her duties to the world were best performed by an unremitting attention to the
comfort , the welfare , the happiness of her family . The comforts of this world were within her reach , to such a degree as we see every day tempts many to indulge in the love of display and ostentation ; but she valued only the more calm , noiseless and unobtrusive enjoyments of her domestic circle . In the education of her
children she wisely eudeavoured to fit them for stations of usefulness and respectability by habits of order , industry and frugality . It would be injustice to her memory to aay , that she sacrificed
her own ease and indulgence to the good of hex children . It was her greatest pleastcre , by every means in her power , to promote their improvement and contribute to their present and lasting welfare . As a wife no one can estimate her
value but he who is now suffering under her loss . Her affection was jvarm , steady and sincere , producing a perfect union of hopes , wishes and pursuits . Her temper mild and equable , her unremitting attention to domestic arrangements made his home what it ought to be to every
man , the seat of his best and purest enjoyment . Her good sense made him sure of ever finding his best friend and most judicious adviser at home ; in all difficulties , which in the course of life will sometimes assail the most
prosperous ., he found in her one who not only partook in his anxiety , but who assisted him to bear his disappointments with resignation ; and in sickness , her mild and gentle spirit , her affectionate attentions , soothed his sufferings and accelerated his restoration .
She had a numerous family , several of whom died young , and she suffered very severely at various times by long and painful illness , which she bore with exern plary patience , contributing to her own recovery by the sweet composure and resignation of her mind .
She was taken away from her sorrowing fiamily in the most sudden manner . She had for some time past enjoyed a more than usual portion of health , her spirits were more than commonly cheerful . With an apparent presentiment of what was about to * -happen , she had a
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short time previous to her death expressed ia her family circle the most devout thankfulness for a feeling of happiness almost heavenly , and prayed that it might not be a forerunner of any doniestic calamity . On the day previous
to her death , after having been busily employed , she passed an evening of great cheerfulness with her family , went to bed in good spirits , slept soundly , awoke at her usual hour in the morning , renewed the cheerful conversation of the preceding evening—when suddenly she put
her hand to her breast , and without being able even to say farewell , she fell into her husband's arms a lifeless corpse . Medical assistance was all i « vain ; the * park of life was gone . It has been ascertained that the cause of her death was the bursting of the right ventricle of the heart .
Thus , at the early age of forty , an affectionate wife and mother was snatch - ed instantaneously from her beloved family . May her children , with their excellent and worthy father , be euabled to resign themselves under their severe privation to the will of Him who makes all
things work together for good , though his weak and imperfect creatures cannot always perceive the wisdom and benevolence of his intentions I May the virtues of her who has been taken from them
dwell long m their memory , urge them to tread in her steps , to copy her exampie , and cheer them with the hope that after death they may be permitted to renew that connexion which was here the
source of their greatest happiness , freed from all fear of being again interrupted by pain , by sorrow or by death . Yarmouth , Oct . 9 , 1826 .
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Sept . 27 , aged 18 years , Margaret , youngest daughter of John Bell , Esq ., of York , and granddaughter of the late Rev . Newcome Cappe . Seldom has a more pure and pious spirit been removed from this chequered scene tothe mansions of eternal bliss . The powers of nature exhausted by a rapid decline , which she bore with
unvarying patience and resignation to the will of her heavenly Father , she sank without a pang or struggle , as though she were gently falling to sleep . Although she never had the happiness to know her venerable grandsire , she inherited a great portion of his ardent piety and integrity . Cheerfully fulfilling every duty , and of
the most affectionate disposition ; ingenious and elegant in her taste , she has left many productions of her pen and her hands , which will ever be cherished as invaluable memorials by her deeply afflicted relatives and intimate friends , by whom only could her worth be dm ] appreciated . *
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632 Obituary . —Miss Margaret Bell .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1826, page 632, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2553/page/60/
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