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which chiefly endeared the lost one to ui , and preserve all that has power to sooth the pang of separation . In adverting to the character of the lamented subject of this brief memoir ,
we feel warranted in stating that it was truly Christian . The religious principles whicli she had imbibed in her early years , whilst they proved to her a source of consolation and good hope , were , doubtless , also the spring whence flowed the numerous virtues which adorned her life .
They inspired her with an ardent wish to obtain the favour of God as the beat blessing iu time and eternity ; to feel a grateful sense of his goodness , an humble consciousness of imperfection , and to place a steady reliance on the free mercy of the Most High ; to receive Christ as the appointed Saviour of man , to
entertain unfeigned love to his character and precepts , to feel an earnest desire to learn of him , to cherish his spirit , and obey his commands . Those who were on terms of intimacy with the deceased , can readily testify how powerfully these principles operated in giving to her character that excellence and moral worth
which so highly distinguished it . Placed , by Providence , in an affluent situation , she did not allow this adventitious circumstance to have an improper influence over her mind ; but , avoiding every thing which savoured of ostentatious display , she seemed to value wealth only so far as it enabled her to enjoy the * ' luxury of doing good . " To a heart which readily sympathized in others' woes , she united a disposition which wa ^ prompt to aid the afflicted and relieve the distressed .
Among the poor , there are many who will gratefully cherish the remembrance of benefits which she conferred upon them . Our friend united , iu an eminent degree , stedfastness of purpose with gentleness of manner ; and whilst her disposition had the ornament of meekness , it was also distinguished for that firmness and consistency which would never allow
her to countenance those persons whose measures she did not approve . Her sense of gratitude was particularly lively , tending at times , and especially during the period of her indisposition , almost to embarrass those friends who surrounded her couch to perform the kind and gentle
offices of affection . Throughout her life she had cultivated resignation and submission to the decrees of Providence , and m the time of languishing and decay the » e feelings were vividly displayed . It ^ as then that the spirit of the Saviour whom she loved , and whose mind she had cherished , shone forth conspicuously .
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Like Jesus , she committed berself to him who alone knoweth what is best for his creatures ; like her Lord , when enduring extreme suffering , or feeling the acuteness of pain , she prayed that the cup of affliction might be permitted to pass from her ; but , with him , she uniformly added , tl Nevertheless , Father ,
not my will , but thine be done ! " As her end drew near , she became incapable of giving utterance to her feeliugs ; but her looks conveyed to those around her the joyful assurance that in peace and serenity she possessed her soul . At length , having filled up the measure of suffering appointed to her , nature ceased its strife , and her well-refined spirit , released from its earthly tenement , gently soared to
" the God who gave it . " So calm and easy was her dissolution rendered , that she may be truly said to have " languished into UfeV After having reached a period of existence to which very few are permitted to attain , and spent a life of ease and tranquillity but rarely equalled , her ashes now repose in the tomb where those of three estimable aud beloved sisters had previously been laid . Happy were they in their lives , and now in death they are not divided .
The deceased was the last of this branch of her ancient and honourable family , and throughout her life she preserved their name unsullied , and their escutcheon unspotted . Her father , Joho Hal lid ay , Esq ., served the office of High Sheriff for the county of Somerset , in the year 1746 , and was subsequently placed in the more honourable , if not responsible , situation of a representative for the borough of Taunton , in 1754 . Such ,
however , is the mutability of all human affairs , that although elected a Member of Parliament , he was destined never to exercise its privileges , being removed from this sublunary state previous to the opening of the session . The brother of our friend now deceased , John Halliday , Esq ., had also the honour of being returned as a member for this borough in the two successive parliaments of 1774 and 1780 .
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Mrs . Elizabeth Martkv . Jan . 30 , at Southover , near Lewes , aged 77 , Mrs . Elizabeth Marten , deservedly regreted by a large circle of relations and friends . Her remains were interred iu the General Baptist burial-ground , Southover , on Sunday , February 7 th in St ., and a sermon was preached on the occasion by Mr . Valentine ( at the Wostgate Meeting house , Lewes ) to a numerous congregation .
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Obituary . —Mrs . Elizabeth Marten . 195
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1830, page 195, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2582/page/51/
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