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" I exhort you once more to imitate the good example which our departed Christian brother held forth to you in his life and conversation . Regard the salutary examples exhibited to us in the conduct of our departed friends as a friendly light to guide you through the darksome and intricate path of life . The
utility of such example is not lessened , it is rather enhanced , by being that of frail and imperfect creatures like ourselves . It coutains nothing visionary , it inculcates nothiug impracticable . There was much in the conduct of our lamented friend which is worthy of imitation . Remember his dutifulness as a son , and his fraternal attachment and affection .
Remember how regularly he came in company with you to the house of God , and neglected not the occasions of social worship , as the custom of too many is . Consider his exertions in promoting the instruction of the young in your Sundayschool , and the interest which he took , and the part which he bore , in conducting
your sacred harmony . Be informed , likewise , that his character and conduct in the worldly vocation to which Providence appointed him , was no less creditable to himself , on account of his knowledge , skill , and probity , than it was advantageous to the parties with whom it was his lot to be connected . After
pronouncing this brief and hasty eulogy , to which your own recollection will add much that I have necessarily omitted—I solemnly exhort you—I adjure you by the memory of departed worth—* Go , and do likewise . '" W . J .
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often to her power , and beyond her power , administered to their necessities . While health and strength permitted , she was constant in her attendance on public worship , bringing all her household with her .
Several months before she expired , nature seemed exhausted , but at intervals her mind triumphed over her weaknesses , and then she was pious , devout , and resigned to the will of her heavenly Father . She long wished and prayed to go
home , but bore up under her pains and infirmities with great fortitude ; and when nature was quite worn out , breathed her last with the gentlest composure . J . H . Mcester , March 24 , 1830 .
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Mrs . Sarah Holtom . March 3 , at sllcester , in her 84 th year , Mrs . Sarah Holtom , greatly esteemed by those who knew her best . She was diligent in managing the affairs of her own household , attentive to
the wants of every one under her roof , setting an example of the most active perseverance in the discharge of every personal and relative duty . She , too , was at the call of her neighbours and friends when labouring under any distresses of mind , body , or estate : she
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Miss Mary Houghton . March 16 , at Prescot , in the 20 th year of lier age , Mary , the daughter of the late Rev . Peter Houghton . This young lady ' s character presented an edifying example of innocence and Christian simplicity ; with the total absence of pride , affectation , or ill-will . She was regular
and devout in her attendance on all public ordinances ; and her general conduct was distinguished by the strictest propriety . A mysterious Providence has taken her away from a mother , whose constant and most valuable companion she was ; from brothers , between whom and herself the warmest affection
subsisted ; and from a congregation , of which it was fondly hoped she would be a bright ornament for a long succession of years . These relatives and friends are consoled in their affliction by the belief that she is gone to the society of him who pronounced his blessings on such as she was , on the pure in heart , on the meek and the peaceable . And they hope ,
by the renewed and extended experience of the power of Christianity to support the mind under the greatest calamities , to gain a deeper and more influential sense of the unspeakable value of this most merciful an well as most holy of religions ; and thus see the accomplishment of one of the good ends of this most painful visitation .
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344 Obituary . —Mn * Sarah Hottom . —Miss Mary Houghton .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1830, page 344, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2584/page/56/
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