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cessful in quenching the spirit of faction in every instance , he had yet ftte satisfaction of perceiving the tone and disposition of society to be materially improved ; . His congregation , in particular , acquired , during his ministry , a character for liberality of sentiment and universal
good-will , which has been ever since uniformly sustained by their descendants , and by his successors in the pastoral office . So much real good may be effected by a single individual who has truly imbibed the spirit of the Redeemer ' s gospel ! Happy would it be for this distracted land if the ministers of
religion of all denominations would imitate this example ! Full of years , and more matured in piety and virtue than in age , this faithful servant of Jesus departed to his reward , with a character of unblemished sanctity and uprightness
and with the rare felicity of never having been embroiled in any angry dispute , or of having given intentional cause of offence to any of his fellow-creatures . " Blessed are the peace-makers , for they shall be called the children of God "
Mrs . Allman was the only daughter of this excellent man , and the superintendence of her education formed an object of his most tender solicitude . It was his delightful task to store her mind in infancy and youth with rational piety and virtuous principles ; to instruct her early in love to God and good-will to her fellow-creatures ; and to set the Lord Jesus
before her as the ceaseless object of her gratitude , trust and imitation In directing her pursuits and prescribing her course of reading , he aimed at conferring solid and substantial acquirements , rather than ornamental and showy
accomplishments ; and he selected for her studies , not such works as merely gratify the imagination , but such as convey -useful knowledge , or tend to the cultivation of a devotional taste , or enliven the benevolent affections , or confirm the love of moral purity and uprightness .
The progress of the pupil amply repaid the care of the instructor . Gifted with a memory of vStrong retention , and with intellectual powers of no ordinary capacity , she was enabled to profit by the advantages she enjoyed ; aud her mental attainments reflected honour ou her father ' s care . Few women possessed a mind better furnished with useful and
elegant knowledge . She was familiarly acquainted with the best historians , poets and moral writers in the English language ; and , in her delightful and instrDcti-ve conversation , she had the happy art of disclosing , without ostentation or effort , the rich ¦ stores of her cultivated ami'refined understanding :. Hence her society was * j-j o well c&letil&fccd to improve
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and edify , that it was eagerly sough t after , and considered as a-benefit of great value by her acquaintances and friends From taste and education , as well as from a strong sea ^ e of duty , she was much devoted to religious study , atid to meditation on sacred things . Early
trained to an intimate acquaintance with the word of God , she made the study of the Scriptures an indispensable part of her daily avocations through maturity and old age ; and her favourite reading was such \ rorks of th « most distinguished writers on religious subjects as tend most clearly to elucidate the Sacred
Volume or most powerfully to enforce its precepts . But though she was versed in scriptural knowledge to a very rare and uncommon degree , her knowledge was not of that description " which puffeth up . ' * She assumed no air of superior wisdom ; affected no dictatorial tone of decision ; displayed no art of
sanctimogrimace . All her religion was practical , rational and calm ; zealous without "bigotry , fervent without fanaticism . She was , therefore , humble-minded , liberal , grateful , contented and serene . She cherished the most enlarged conceptions of the goodness of the Universal Parent . She
delighted to trace his Omnipotent hand id the magnificence of the creation and the beauties of nature ; but she delighted still more to dwell upon his grace and goodness in the wonders of redemption .
The whole human race she regarded with affection as the members of God ' s family ; and it was her firm belief that the upright and good of every tribe , sect and kindred , will be received by Him in mercy , into the everlasting kingdom of
the Redeemer . As home is the proper sphere ol female duty , and domestic virtues the best evidence of female principle , so the character of this excellent woman appeared to the greatest advantage in the wellordered management of her household . Her duties as a matron continued for the
long period of fifty years ; and , during the whole of this protracted course , her conduct was truly exemplary in every relation . Blest in a partner of congenial dispositions , she was a devoted , happy wife ; rendering home attractive by hcr affectionate cheerfulness ^ and delig htful by her companionable talents and the
charms of her Instructive conversation . As a mother , the dearest object of her heart was to train up her numerous family of sons and daughters to piety and virtue : to this object were di recteU her ceaseless vigilance , her fondest ^ cait aud her fervent petitions to Alnngn y God . As the mistress of a large establishment , her character was remarka ^
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7 C 0 Obituary . — Mrs . Allman .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1826, page 760, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2555/page/60/
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