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      Obituary.

      OBITUARY .

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      , Abraham Solomon , Esq ., m . D . Nov . 6 , at Marseilles , whither he had gone for his health , on his way to Italyv Abraham Solomon , Esq ., M . D ., of Liverpool . We studied'medicine in the University of Edinburgh , where he gra dilated in the year 1840 * As his name imports , he-was of Jewish extraction . ; but , whilst ^ student ? , the question of the truth efGhristiaDity attracted his serious attention , and the result of his inquiries

      into its evidences was his becoming a Christian ; He considered Christianity and Unitariauism to * be identical , and henceforward associated and ; worshiped with tfee Unitarians He * settled , soon after he left college , at Birmingham * where he was * widely known ; in his practice as a benefactor to the poor .. A pultmonary complaint , which has at length proved fatal ' , made it necessary for him * , some years ago * to toy the benefit of a winter in the mild climate- of the south

      of France . Hte returned , as hi * mends fondly hoped , to * enjoy an useful and happy life ; but the » seedsot disease were Coo deeply sown in his' frame to be era * - ^ icated . Fatuity affairs now called' him to-Liverpool , where he * resided' for some time . Latterly ,, he remowd to Axminv ster , in Devonshire , for the sake of a more

      genial air . His complaint * growiug upon genial air . tm compiaintr growiug upon him , he was advised and prevailed' on once more * to visit the sooth off Europe , and with this journey terminated his valuable life . He was an amiable , benevolent , honourable and conscientious man . His moral * and Christian principle * were severely tried during his shout life ;• but those that knew him' best will

      be the first- to declare that m& strongest wish and' steadiest effort was to aett up to the faith of the pure gospel } which he bad embraced from genuine conviction . We know of no composition * of hfe ,- but Rife'thesis * for Madegree ; entitled * ** fi > ia putotio ^—Patflolbgica' IwaugunaliB de * cml > - busdhra € erebriTmiioribu 8 . " -

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      Mfc . TffOMilS BtACtmOKBi f Nqv . 14 , ' fa His / lst year , suddenly , Mr : Thomas Blackmore , of Tenterden , Kent . With the exception of periodical attacks of the gout , which appeared to be hereditary , he had enjoyed , a con-

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      siderable share of health . On the morning of bis decease he took up the Christian Reformer , and was reading , when he suddenly fell back in his chair and instautly expired . The shock to his surviving family and friends is much more easily conqeivjed of than expressed .

      The instruction it conveys to * all ' reflecting minds cannot'be mistaken . In common with , die great family of mankind , he partook in those trials and ' afflictions which a Being : of unerring wisdom and equaT benignity hath ordained for the exercise of the best virtues of the heart

      and life * . Iai these circumstances his train of thought and reflection took that direction which could aloue give unfailing support to his mind . His religious sentiments were those of the society with whom he was connected . They were Unitariam Upon completing his

      70 th year lie composed a prayer , which expresses his state of mind and leading train * of thought aud' reflection , and effectually , points out , our only sources of consolation in passing through the ever fluctuating and . often very tryiug circumstances of this mortal life .

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      Barok' de S * a « l . Nov . \ 7 \ at . Co ^ el 9 at the , age of 36 , Augustus Baron de Stael , sou of the celebrated Madame de Stael . He was the author of some tracts on political subjects , and edited a collected edition q £ his , mother ' s works . He was a warm and * active philanthropist , and took , a

      projnineut part in the , formation and the support of institutions ^ devoted to the improvement of the , condition of the poorer classes of the people . The Ctoisae d'Epargnai ) or Savings' Bank at Paris , owed in part its establishment to him . Hie was atao . a . warm , supporter of the Social de . prdvoyflnce mutueUe dm ouvriers Prtotetfant * ,, a kind of Benefit Society for Protestant ) workmen . He waa a member also of the . SodM de , la . Morale

      Chx&tierwe + mfi had in < the . last sprfjig ,. succeeded the Due de la , Rochefoucauld as its presidjent ., Beside g these , lie waa , an activ ^ supporter ofv the . French . Bible ., Religious Tract ^ an 4 Evangelical Missionary Societies . But the subject which had of late engaged most of his attention , was the Slave Trade , which he had

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  • Citation
    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1828, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2556/page/58/