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OBITUARY.
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Candid and Ingenious Reader , " signed by W . Addy , " Which is an admirer of all Virtuous . Achievements . " The only other printed edition of Rich , that I am aware of , is that published by Ebenezer Palmer , in 1799 , which has the characters made with a pen . On account of the great demand for it , this was followed by an Appendix with the characters engraved on copper-plate ; but neither of these is executed with all
the beauty and exactness which are to be desired . The invention of lithography certainly gives the modern editor of a Shorthand a great advantage over his predecessors ; and I consider myself fortunate in haviug had my work executed by Mr . Netherclift , who has this year obtained a prize
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Miss Sarah Powell . 1829 . Nov . 13 th , at Chichester , aged 29 , Sarah , the eldest daughter of the late Dr . Powell , of that city . In a brief memoir of this excellent man and muchlaraeuted physician , generally attributed to the elegant pen of his friend Dr . Sanden , prefixed to a fuueral discourse , delivered on occasion of his death , by the Rev . fV . J . Fox , at the Unitarian Chapel , Chichester , it is remarked , that " it is difficult to estimate Dr . Powell ' s
character too highly , " and his daughter seemed to inherit the acuteness of discrimination on geueral subjects , the fitness for judging in religious matters , the zeal in favour of liberty and popular rights , and the inflexible , stern integrity which belonged to her parent . Her views of Christianity were strictly Unitarian . She
saw in the Scriptures no trace of what are called orthodox sentiments . The declarations of her Lord appeared to her to point decidedly to his simple humanity , and she had too high an idea of his wisdom and moral excellence to entertain the thought for a moment , that he would use , on an important topic , ambiguous language .
To the ordinance of adult baptism by immersion , Miss Powell , some years ago , submitted , thereby testifying , with her usual purity of spirit and boldness in the cause she thought important , a good profession ; and though it is well known
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from the Society of Arts for the best method of transferring drawings from paper upon stoue , and who is uuiversally acknowledged to be the best lithographic writer in London . He has performed
his task much to > my satisfaction , and I am in hopes that many persons , who care nothing about Jeremiah Rich and his Short-hand , will be pleased to possess one of the most beautiful specimens of lithographic writing which has ever issued from the press .
Allow me to add , that the work has cost me both a larger outlay , and much more time and trouble than I expected , and that I trust the public will at least not suffer me to be a loser by that which has been undertaken for their benefit . S . WOOD .
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that latterly she saw reason for doubting the perpetuity of the ordinance , she highly respected the members of the General Baptist persuasion , as being , in her estimation , more under the influence of genuine Christian philanthropy , in their conduct towards each other , than is the case with other sects .
When health permitted , which was frequently interrupted by constitutional debility , she regularly attended the Unitarian chapel in Chichester , and when prevented , as was the case at one time , from doing this , for a long period , she borrowed the discourses of the minister
for private perusal ; she was also constant in commemorating the death of her Lord according to his own affectionate request . From public worship , when conducted by those she really respected , and in a manner accordant with her views of propriety , she acknowledged she derived benefit , and she deemed such acts beneficial to the community . Yet was she decidedly of opinion , that a good life , and the pure intention , was the best incense that could be offered to heaven .
This led her at times to defend strenuously the conduct of those whom some might be inclined to censure as criminal in their neglect of external religious forms ; and from conversation at all impugning the motives of individuals ou this , as well as on other subjects , she almost instinctively turned with disgust ,
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Obituary . —Miss Sarah Powell . ( 59
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1830, page 69, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2580/page/69/
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