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Mr . Henry Davis . March 1 , after a short illness , at his father ' s house , aged 32 , Henry , the eldest son of the Rev . B . R . Davis , of C'howbent . He was interred , March 5 , by the Rev . Jatnes Whitehead , of Cockey-Moor . The profession of the deceased was that of a civil engineer ; in which
capacity he had been employed , nearly fifteen years , in the Union Foundry at Holton . His affable and unassuming demeanour , and the general steadiness and integrity of his conduct , gained hirn the esteem and confidence of his employers , the affection of all his associates in that
extensive establishment , and endeared him to a large circle of friends . Kduoated in the principles of Unitarian Christianity , these became the choice of his inaturer years -. btit , as he was not himself under the influence of contracted views of religion , He numbered among his friends and associates persons of different religions petsuasions . And , in
proof that a candid and liberal disposition is , in general , the best and surest road to the hearts and affections of men , it may be stated , that all of these , who could conveniently do so , attended his funeral sermon , which was preached the following Sunday , by the Rev . William Johns ; from the conclusion of whose discourse the following brief extracts have been selected :
< My fellow-Christians , the practical importance of the foregoing general re - marks will be best evinced by bringing them more directly to bear on one mournful event—an event which your \ eiy numerous attendance here this day , and your aspect of sadness , testily that
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you mourn with unfe * ignecl ' sorrow , " but which , I entreat you to consider , it is no less "your dtty to im ^ ove , < by holy resignation and dutiful Stibinismofr , and by being deeply impressed with all those moral iessons of instruction which it impressively suggests .
< c Permit me affectionately to exhort those of yon -ty ho feel this unexpected painful visitation with the greatest degree of severity , not to mourn as those who are destitute of Christian hope . Believe iu that invaluable and heart-reviving assurance of the gospel of O * rist—that all those who believe in him shall be raised
incorruptible , and be for ever with the Lord . You are indeed allowed to shed the tears of affection , and to manifest the tenderest regards for the ihemory of such a soil and such a brother . But the more you are affected with the sense of lost worth , the inore yon Should be consoled for your loss , and the greater should be your assurance , that the temporary separation is to him an unspeakable gain .
" Let us all be exhorted to reflect how short and uncertain the present life is . You see from the present most impressive instance of mortality , that no strength of manhood , or prime of life , is any security against the fatal shafts of our mortal enemy . Death spares none . He respects no distinctions of age or
strength or character . No circumstances of any kind prove an inviolable security against his ravages . He defies all our calculations , and disappoints our most sanguine expectations . We are not much surprised that the weakness of infancy , and the feebleness of age , should be subdued by his power ; because we often see the flower wither as it bursts forth from
the bud , and we know that when age has exhausted the vigour of the tree , it will inevitably fall . But our attention is painfully arrested when we behold the stately tree , arrived at the maturity of its growth and strength , lie prostrate before the blast . Nor does the
suddenness of the storm afreet us much less than the fatal catastrophe . How short a time must it appear to you , since you beheld our respected friend in his accustomed place in this house of prayer ! How much keener is your affliction ,
because it has visited you so unexpectedly The fatal disease , with all the subsequent mournful formalities , have been comprised within the narrow space of one short week . * Wherefore , brethren , \> e ye al . so ready , for ye know not in what hour thu JSon of Man sliall come . '
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Obituary . —Miss Jane Brown * . —Mr . Henry D&tiu . 34 $
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Miss Jane Browne . Feb . 2 , at her father ' s residence , Ditchling , Sussex , aged 27 , Jane , youngest and only remaining daughter of Mr . James Browne . The nature of her disease was inflammatory , which carried he ! r off in the short space of four days : during which
time her sufferings were most acute ; but having been brought up in a rational and enlightened faith in Christianity , she was enabled to avail herself of its soothing influence , and to bear her sufferings with exemplary fortitude and resignation . Her remains were interred in the
family burial-ground attached to the General Baptist Chapel , Ditchling , on Sunday , Feb . 7 ' , when a Sermon was preached by Mr . Duplock , from 1 Cor . xv . 55 , " Oh , death ! where is thy sting ?"
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1830, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2584/page/55/
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