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    INTELLIGENCE.

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    diffused through the domestic and friendly circles in which the deceased bad long moved , displaying a disposition peculiarly amiable , and exhibiting many p kaMug iraits of character that rendered her frteudtliip highly valuable , and wifi cause her memory to be cherished with a melancholy pleasure

    and veneration . The eminence of her piety , the regularity of her attendance upon the public ordinances of religion , and her firm and Christian-like adherence to principles , winch sUr b ;* d espoused from a full conviction of their correctness and aahitary tendency , and the candour anil lihcralit \ with which she treated sill coiiM-ienlious and wellmeaning Cliri !» iiaiiN , commanded general esteem ; and tend to

    recommend her praiseworth y example with double energy to her surviving progeny , relations >» ntJ friends . The interment of so esteemed and lamented a friend and a Christian was a deeply-affecting scene . nor was that of the ensuing sabbath , exhibited in

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    DOMESTIC . Religious . Opining of the Tfni tartan Baptist Chapel at Headcorn . Thb General Baptists of Headcorn , in Kent , have long * been respected for their l > eaevolent hospitality , and though they fcavfe not always been a rnitnrian congregation , they can boast of having- in their

    society one of the oldest Unitarians in the county ; one who , for some years , stood almost alone * , as the champion of the cause in that neighbourhood . And an in scri p * tion , upon a . stone in the front of a

    building- which they have lately erected for public worship , (*«• Unitarian * Baptist Chapel , 1819 , *" ) shews that they are not less open to conviction than kind , sociable and friendly .

    Tlie building- alluded to was opened on the 11 th instant , and three appropriate discourses were delivered on the occasion ; the first by Mr Pound , of Dover , from the prediction respecting- the j ^ lory of the econd

    • temple , by the prophet Ha $ » -ai ; shewiug- how the prophecy was nccom . plished by the promulgation of the gospel ; fertile promotion of which , in its genuine ^ tSl ** c ^ P ^ <* been erec ted . The sttrtnon in the afternoon was by that

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    the Presbyterian chapel , which she had long frequented , less affecting * A large majority of the congregation appeared in the habiliments of mourning , and evinced indubitable symptoms of cordial grief . Several . strangers of various religious sentiments were present , mingled their tears with those of

    hrr late fellow-worshipers , sn ? cl participated in the general lamentation * The reporter does not remember having addressed a more attentive or sympathizing audience ; and he fervently hopes , that the impressions made upon the minds of any present

    will , through a divine bles&iug , prove lasting and edifying ; and that a testimony thus voluntarily borne to the excellence of a departed , friend , will slimulatethem to tread in the pious and virtuous ste | . s that , through m ercy * conducted their revered fellow-mortal

    tranquilly -and hopefully along the chequered paths of life , and brought her to her grave in serenity and peace . W . T . P .

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    zealous and liberal patron of the General Baptist cause , Mr . Sampson Kingsford , from 1 Tim . i . 11 : a The glorious gospel of the blefcsed God f * in which , with great zeal and energy , lie maintained that the benefits of the gospel were intended for all mankind , concluding with practical reflections , and an appropriate application of the subject .

    In the evening Mr . B . Marten , of Dover , delivered a very judicious discourse from Isaiah Ivi . 7 . He enlarged on the several heads into which the subject is naturally divided by the text , and concluded by earnestly exhorting his hearers to be zealous and active in the great and good cause in which they were engaged ; not to satisfy

    themselves with being merely hearers of the word , but to make i £ the uniform rule of their lives and conversations ; to exert themselves to the utmost in diffusing a knowledge of the most important truths , and to live m amity and friendship with their neighbours , however discordant might be their religious opinions .

    The Scriptures were read , and the hymns given out by Mr . Kite , of Dover . The dedevotional parts of the service were con * dueted by Mr . Cundill , Mr . Farren and Mr . Pound . A dinner was provided under a canopy

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    Intelligence . O —peiiinff of the Unitarian Baptist Chapel at Headcorn . 515

    Intelligence.

    INTELLIGENCE .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1819, page 515, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1775/page/55/