On this page
-
Text (2)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
i ) ess and death s will best shew the high regard entertained for him by that excellent man , whose just discrimination renders his testimony valuable , and who , from long acquaintance , was fully enabled to form a correct judgment . The sentiments they express are equally just and applicable in his own case . " Accept my thanks for the communication yon have been pleased to make me on behalf of our most excellent
friend . Whether it shall please God to take him to himself , or , beyond your expectation , to restore him for a short time longer to his valuable duties upon earth , must be soon decided ; and in either case his lot must be what every good man will earnestly desire . It seems impossible to think of his situation without bringing
home to ourselves the expression in Scripture , ' Let me die the death of the righteous ! ' You will much oblige me to acquaint me when any alteration takes place in my most excellent friend ' s situation , and , if living , to assure him of my most sincere and affectionate regards . "
In a subsequent letter he writes thus : " You have , without doubt , experienced a loss which will naturally be felt with lively emotions of grief and regret ; your brother was a truly good man , and when good men die , that they have finished their course upon earth , should be considered as an event which rather asks
for gratulation than for grief . Some one has said , ' Why should we grieve when another spirit is added to the immortals ? ' Who can contemplate with indifference this solemn crisis of mortality ? But the man who cultivates just and rational views of Christianity may regard it , not as an enemy , but as a friend ; not with gloom and consternation , but with an equal and even a
cheerful mind . "—" This mode of considering our last great enemy has long been adopted by me ; and I have no doubt the same has been the case with you : I must add , that it has been to me a subject of the highest satisfaction , that my friendship with your deceased brother , which had existed so many years , continued undim in i shed to the last moment of his life /'
After the lamented death of Mrs . Baring , and the domestic changes which naturally resulted from that melancholy event , he not only employed his time in reading , but occasionally exercised his pen upon subjects which he deemed of sufficient importance to engage his serious attention . It has been already
Untitled Article
stated , that the bent of his mind led him to the careful perusal of the Scriptures . The sacred oracles afforded him matter of meditation , of important reflection , of deep and increasing interest in the progress of advancing life . These disclosed to him the inestimable treasures of
divine knowledge ; they opened to his contemplative mind the rich and copious springs of hope and consolation , in the prospect and anticipation of future and immortal happiness ; hopes which this world never gave , and consolations which it could not take away .
This venerable man , feeling the internal symptoms of increasing debility and weakness , had for several months confined himself Yto the stillness of his own apartments , waiting the gentle summons whic"h was to announce the close
of his appointed time ; thus affording au . instructive example of that good hope and that resigned spirit which mark the death of the righteous ; and pointing to his departure in that solemn and interesting appeal — ct See in what peace a Christian can die !"
T . J . Brompton Grove , Feb . 24 , 1829 . Mr , Baring ' s Publications . In the year 1798 he published a pamphlet , containing many just and important observations applicable to the position of this country , in relation to the ether countries of Europe , at that highly interesting aud very critical period . This publication was entitled , * ' Peace in our power , upon Terms not unreasonable . " 8 vo . Pp . 39 . Cadell arid Davies .
In 1807 he published "Au Examination of the Passages contained in the Gospels and other Books of the New Testament , respecting the Person of Jpsus j with Observations arising from them . By J . Smith , Gentleman . " 8 vo . Johnson . This useful work came to a second edition in 1811 , corrected and enlarged . "
In 1810 he published " Letters on the Prophecies , selected from eminent Writers . By J . Smith , Gentleman . " Johnson . In 1823 , " Thoughts on Final Universal Restoration . By C < Baring , Esq . *' Baldwin and Co . In 1815 , " Simon Peter not a Calvjnist . A Sermon . " Longman and Co ., London ; and Besley , Exeter .
Iii 1822 , " A Selection of Prayers and Hymns for the Use of Families and Individuals . By Charles Baring , Esq . "
Untitled Article
Obituary . — Charles Baring ' , Esq . 289
Untitled Article
vol . in . x
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1829, page 289, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2571/page/65/
-