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of deserving individuals . He took an active and leading part with hi * brother magistrates in the important concerns of the new gaol at Bury , and in its iuternal regulations and management ; an establishment which is justly considered one of the best-conducted prisons in the kiugdom .
Iu his private friendships he was warm and sincere , always most kindly ready to devote his time or sacrifice his personal convenience whenever his advice or assi stance could iu any way promote the interest or contribute to the gratification of a friend . Ever ardently attached to
the cause of liberty , civil and religious , he seised every occasion that presented itself to advocate the principles and extend the influence of pure aud rational freedom , which he considered essentially connected with the happiness of the human race ; and , with unabated interest , maintained to the last an irreconcilable
aud uncompromising repugnance to every species of tyranny and oppression . Impressed with these sentiments , he , at an early period of life , and soon after the close of the American war , indulged the impulse of his euterprizing mind by making a voyage to the United States ,
and surveying with great interest the scenes where the cause of genuine freedom and independence were so nobly contested , in that awful struggle which terminated in consequences of the highest moment , not only to that great and rising country , but to the whole civilized world . In the course of his tour he had
the honour of an introduction to General Washington , the liberator of America , and the illustrious president of Congress , and was highly gratified by his interesting visit to that great man—how preeminently great !—whose wisdom , iuag naniinity , and moderation , checked the reins of ambition , aud crowned his head with laurels more lasting and honours more substantial than all his military glory , or all his splendid achievements .
In the year 1810 , Mr . Grigby serred the office of high sheriff for the county of Suffolk . Residing in the country , he made no sacrifice of his time to dissipation , aud haviug no taste for the sports of the field , devoted his attention to the more useful and important occupations
of agriculture ; he was assiduous in the cultivation aud management of his estates , in encouraging improvements In husbandry , iu promoting the employment of the labouring poor , and in forwarding every undertaking calculated to advance the prosperity and happiness of the people ; thus adding to the pursuits
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of a country gentleman a character 0 / utility and dignity . It should also be observed , that in all his hdbits and occupations he studiously avoided every appearance of parade and ostentation . His natural vigour and strength of mind was shewn in no common degree by the firmness and resolution with which he sustained the sufferings of a tedious and distressing complaint , and the exertions he made to repel its depressing influence .
With respect to religion , that great concern , so important to the internal satisfaction and personal respectability of every human being , it may be sufficient , in this place , to observe , that Mr . Grigby entertained liberal views , and the sentiments of a rational and enlightened theology ; with just notions of the evidences of Christianity , and an humble
reliance on the truth and faithfulness of God in the fulfilment of his promises , declared in the gospel of Christ , who has given us all needful support and consolation under the sufferings and afflictions of the present life , and raised our views to the animating hope of brighter scenes beyond the darkness of the tomb aud the precincts of the grave . T . J . Brompton , April , 1829 .
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356 Obituary , ** -Mr $ . Sarah Edwards
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Mrs . Sarah Edwards . March 9 , at Taunton , in the 73 d year of her age , Susah , the wife of the Kev . Theophilus Edwards , many years the respected pastor of the Presbyterian congregation at Tavistock , and subsequently
of the Unitarian congregation assembling at the Mint-Meeting , Exeter . The following observations formed the conclusion of a discourse , on the moral uses of protracted sickness , delivered at Marystreet chapel , on the Sunday subsequent to her interment : — " The event which has called forth these remarks has
removed from our Christian society one of iis fairest ornaments , and deprived our social circle of one of its most amiable and interesting members . You who had the pleasure of her acquaintance , who knew her in the days of happiness and in the days of her affliction , can justly appreciate her character and estimate its worth .
Her morals were not only blameless but exemplary , shedding a benign and holy influence on all arouud . Her religious principles were the result of judicious inquiry and serious meditation , and well did they sustain her both in life aud in death . For more than two yearn she was afflicted with partial , and ultimately , with total blindness , besides n ^ uch suf-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1829, page 356, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2572/page/60/
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