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    met together , to pay their last tribute of respect and affection to the memory of one who , though taken away so early , had set so bright an example .

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    Rev . Thomas Belsham . Nov . 11 , at Hampstead , in the 80 th year of his age , the Rev . Thomas Ukl-HHAxM ..

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    Although the public career of this eminent and excellent man had in fact , though not formally , been previously brought to its close by the pressure of accumulating infirmities , it is impossible to record the termination of his earthly existence without deeply feeling what a loss the cause of Truth and Righteousness has sustained in him who was so long its upright , indefatigable , and efficient advocate . We abstain at present from attempting any outline of his character and history , as a very short time may be expected to supply materials which will enable us to do so in a more complete and satisfactorv manner .

    Mr . Belsham s remains were deposited in the same grave with those of his predecessor and friend , the Rev . Theophilus Lindsey , in Bunhill Fields , on Friday , 20 th ult . The funeral was attended by Win . Smith , Esq ., M . P , Win . Sturch , Esq ., Thomas Gibson , Esq ., — Prentice , Esq ., Rev . G . Ken rick , and about fifty friends and admirers of the deceased , from Hampstead to the place of interment , where it was joined by a number

    of other gentlemen who had been waiting its arrival . The Pali was borne by the Rev . Messrs . Coates , Fox , Davisoa , Tagart , Porter , and IVlardon . The Address at the grave was delivered by the Rev . R . Asplaud , and the Funeral Sermon , on the Sunday morning following , by the Rev . Thomas Madge , at Essex-Street Chapel . We hope that both the Address and the 8 ermon will be published .

    Funeral Sermons have also been preached , or will have been , before this meets the public eye , at most , if not all , of the Unitarian Chapels in and about the metropolis ; and probably at many in the country . To do honour

    to Mr . Belsham's memory is not the concern of any particular congregation , but of the whole Unitarian body . For its distinguishing tenets he was ever a consistent and zealous champion ; and by his numerous and valuable publications , ' * being dead he yet speaketh" on their behalf , with a voice which will reach to distant generations . He is gone to receive the recompense of his many talents diligently improved .

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    Obituary . —Mr . Edward Hesketh . — Rev . Thomas Belsham . 887

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    Mr . Edward Hesketh . Oct . 12 , at Birmingham , Mr . Edward Hesketh , of Edgbaston , in the neighbourhood of that town . His health had been scarcely less firm than usual , when an irresistible disease called him , suddenly , and almost instantaneously , from the business which he was in the act of

    conducting , from the arms of a numerous and beloved family , and from all mortal duties and enjoyments , to the region where is no working , or device , or love , or hatred . On the day preceding his dissolution , he had occupied his accustomed seat at public worship . He was a valuable member of general societylong known and much esteemed , throughout no narrow circle . Of the domestic

    sympathies and virtues he was , in particular , a fine example . Religion appeared to have great ascendancy over his thoughts , words , and actions . May its principles and spirit govern , and its promises cheer , the hearts of those who bitterly mourn their loss of him ! In that their purest , richest sources of consolation will be found : and next in

    affectionately recording , contemplating , and imitating the excellencies of the husband , the father , the brother , the master , and the friend . May the God whom he conscientiously adored , even the one God , and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , be their refuge ! Nor may such illustrations of the precarious

    tenure of life , and of terrestrial blessings , address themselves in vain to the sensibilities of any under whose observation they are brought ! For who has not the sentence of death within himself ; and who can say that he shall not soon fall by it ?

    " lis all a transient hour below , And we who fain had kept thee here , Ourselves as fleetly go !" N .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1829, page 887, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2579/page/71/