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sympathies ought to be sufficient to stimulate to local exertions . After his removal to Wales , though separated from intercommunity of religious thought and worship , he ceased not to cherish the enlarged views of the
character and government of God which he had embraced , and to increase his knowledge by the daily study of the Scriptures . Amidst various trials , his declining years were blessed by the increasing serenity and cheerfulness with which he dwelt on these life-giving truths .
He was the private friend of all who needed his support or assistance , and an invaluable coadjutor in various public institutions , whether for the relief of want or the di&seurination of knowledge . So deeply was he respected by persons of all parties , for the soundness of his judgment , the activity of his benevolence , and for the unbending integrity of his character , that his removal from Kendal was lamented as a general loss to the town .
Possessed of refined taste and considerable literary attainments , he beheld with pleasure the rapid spread of knowledge , and anticipated with delight the progressive improvement of society . — From principle , he was the steady friend of eivil and religious liberty , nor could time abate the anxiety with which he watched every measure affecting the great interests of man .
Though retired and domestic in his habits , yet his almost unabated activity of body and vigour of mind have caused his sudden removal to be deeply felt hi the circle in which he moved ; but though called away from usefulness , a review of the past ought to afford abundant consolation to his surviving friends , and to encourage them to hold fast the truths
which he so highly prized , and which produced to him so much enjoyment . The captive , as he drops his chains , rejoices in his freedom ; and the mind which feels itself unfettered from the bonds of Calvinism , rejoices in the freedom wherewith Christ has made us free , and delights to expand its charities to the whole universe of God .
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Mr . Henry Stansfeld . September 22 , at Burley , in the 34 th year of his age , Henry , ninth son of the late David Stansfeld , Esq ., of Leeds . The feelings of those who have experienced the loss of near and dear friends , are best relieved by dwelling upon their
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virtues , and by indulgiug in retirement those melancholy but delightful reflections which sooth and comfort the mind , and give them the cheering hope of being reunited in a better world .
When an individual is taken from us , in whom piety and every religious principle were so firmly fixed , that his excellent life was an example to all who lmew him , it is fit that it should be communicated to a larger sphere .
Such was Henry Stansfeld . It pleased God to remove him from this world at a time of life when the vigour and power of mind and body are the strongest , and when every effort was exerted by him for the good of those to whom he was bound by the ties of blood and affection .
He was one of a large family whose ancestors had been long known and highly respected in the West Riding of Yorkshire . The principles of religion and virtue were deeply engrafted in his heart , not only by the precepts , but by
the example , of good and pious parents . He settled at Leeds , and during his , alas short and chequered life , experienced heavy family affliction and great worldly reverses . The mind of a good man becomes strengthened by such discipline , and so it was with him .
In all the cheerfulness of social lite , the resources of his well-stored unind made him the delight of every circle in which he moved ; his natural playfulness and his discrimination of human nature were joined to superior powers of conversation . Of him it might truly be said ,
" That aged ears played truant at his tales , And younger hearers were quite ravished , So sweet and voluble was his discourse . "
He was strictly an Unitarian , a . nd a member of Dr . Hutton ' s congregation j between the preacher and the hearer a friendshiphad been formed which amounted almost to brotherly affection . His loss will be deeply felt in that religious society ; for many years he had taken an active part in the management of the school and the concerns of the chapel .
He bore his long and painful illness with patience and submissive resignation . Asa son , a brother , or a friend , his conduct was good and exemplary . No stronger proof could be given of the estimation in which he was held , than the general interest which was excited during his illness , and the numerous attendance at his grave . Old and young , rich and |) oor ,
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886 Obituary . —Mr . Henry Stansfeld .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1829, page 886, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2579/page/70/
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