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    1 & 26 . Oct . J 2 , in the 73 rd year of her jure , Mrs . Allman , wife of George Allman , Esq ., Overton , near Bandon , Ireland . The tribute paid to the memory of departed worth often appears to strangers to be overcharged , because they feel Int little interest in the character or lives of persons whom they have never known . Such a tribute , however , is not immediately addressed to strangers ,

    but to those who can best appreciate its justice , and to whom the piety and uprightness of the deceased may serve as a silent admonition or as an incitement to persevere in well-doing . It is with this yiew that the writer of these lines attempts to delineate the character of this excellent woman , under the hope that a faithful record of her worth may

    stimulate her numerous connexions and descendants to walk in } her steps and to emulate her virtues .

    Mrs . Allman was a member of a family which , for several generations , lias been distinguished in Ireland for an inflexible attachment to religious truth , and a steady maintenance of the principles of Christian liberty . Her paternal grandfather , the Rev . Josias Clugston , was minister of the numerous and

    respectable Presbyteriau congregation of Larne in the county of Antrim , at a rery interesting period in the history of the Presbyterian Church : when , about a century ago , the Presbytery of Antrim nobly asserted their spiritual freedom , by their rejection of all human symbols

    as unwarrantable assumptions of ecclesiastical authority , and by receiving and acknowled ging the Holy Scriptures alone as the unerring standard of faith and practice . In the arduous struggle occasioned by this assertion of the right of private judgment , Mr . Clugston took a , most active ; part , and was associated in

    ™ is work with Abcrnethy , Colvil , Halt-< % > Taylor , Bruce , Shaw , Nevin and other distinguished ministers ; men whose names will be remembered with

    respect aod veneration as long as ra-T > na ] piety and liberty of conscience Mall continue to be cherished amongst ^ esbyterians , or to be valued by man-K . Mr . Clugston lived to a very advan . ced a&e , and had the satisfaction of

    «* ing the principles for which he had ' ° firml y contended , widely diffused amongst the Presbyterians of Ireland . < - was a man of singular simplicity of manners and benevolence of disposition . flock > - V eloved l ) y the members of his ii ul W thc most cordiai attachment , > ^ vt'ii to thi » -. < lay , his memory is

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    preserved amongst their descendants at Larne , with the greatest reverence and affection . His only son , the Rev . James Clugston , ( father of Mrs . Allman , ) became a licentiate in the Presbytery of Antrim at an early age ; and was soon after called to the pastoral office in the congregation of

    Bandon , in connexion with the Synod of Munster . He was a pious , learned , able and faithful minister of the gospel ; a steady supporter of the right of private judgment , and a strenuous assertor of the great principles of civil and religious liberty . In his disposition were happily blended moderation with zeal , liberal

    forbearance towards others with a fearless avowal of what he conceived to be the truth , and a meek , suavity of manners with unbending firmness of principle . Such a minister was peculiarly well

    suited to discharge the duties of his sacred office in a district where those unhappy religious feuds , that have been the disgrace as well of Ireland , prevailed to a great degree . The bigotry , intolerance and mutual dislike heretofore exhibited

    towards each other by the adverse factions under religious denominations in that part of Munster , were most deplorable and shocking , and can be paralleled only by the rancour that subsisted between the Jews and Samaritans of old . Under a deep conviction that these feuds were not only destructive of the

    peace and subversive of the prosperity of Ireland , but utterly irreconcileable with genuine Christianity , this excellent man devoted all the energies of his mind and all the efficacy of his instructions and example , to eradicate bigotry , to soften political asperities , to allay religious

    animosities , to subdue uncharitable feeling , and to diffuse widely that good-will to all , which constitutes a distinguishing feature in the character of every true disciple of the Redeemer . ic To do unto others as we would that they should do

    unto us , " was the great rule which he incessantly urged as the infallible antidote against all violence and strife , and as the divine remedy to heal the wounds of political rivalship and of religious discord . And his efforts were not in vain . Beloved , esteemed and respected

    by all classes , ranks and denominations , he was appealed to as a general arbiter of differences ; and , in this respect , his influence was extensively beneficial . The mild , tolerant , liberal spirit recommended by his example , gradually took place of bigotry aud party exasperations , and though he was not completely sue-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1826, page 759, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2555/page/59/