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    45 puthey ? , svheii ot ^ eryirjg others repairing to their respective places of public worships—Qo / tfcou an . 4 seekjtiie house or * prkyer'i 'jr t& . the woodlands wend , and there j : ; Jn lovely Nature ^ see the Go | T ot - IiOVE . . .

    The { swelling organ's |> eal WaJ : e * -not * my soul to zeal , .. j , ike the wild music of the windswjept grove , , It were needless to enter into a

    derail , of , his many social virtues , if \ it were intended that those who knew him turirere only to peruse these lines : but . the i life of every virtuous man is the property of the public , and every amiable trait in his character it is their

    -duty to imitate . Though possessed of a yery inteljigeBt mind , and 'well stored with general knowledge ^ his manners were perfectly unassuming , and free from pride ; his accomplishments were many , but he never ostentatiously

    displayed them ; he rather sought to con--ceal than make a , pompous shew of his acquisitions ? and in all nis demeanour , inodesty , diffidence , [ meekness , and equanimity were his general characteristics . In conversation he was

    social , affable , and free , stating his own opinions with moderation and mildness , and when opposing others , ^ destitute of asjpefity , and altogether candid in his remarks . No person that was intimately acquainted with him , and fcnew the

    goodness of his hearty felfc any other thansentiments of respect when reflecting on his conduct . Affce * the enumeration of so many virtues * of a sesial nature , I might abstain from sayhig any thing about those of a moral kind . In him , however , the sympathies arid tender sensibilities of a feeling mind were

    very predominant . Embracing in his arms the whole human race , as children of one God and Father , he banished from / hi ' s mkrti the petty interests and narrow prejudices that actuate others ; and wherever he saw the face of man , or read the history of other countries , he viewed them aU as brethren , and part

    of one gKeat whole ? thewttimateisaueot whiclt ^ aV happiness . From malignity , ^ vy , aM ill-Will he wafc / happily ex * 'gmpt , and / N w # instance cair be ^ brought * tfetitt ipdUntcd a disposition govenaed by tulal&tfolcn > &c . That 4 ic had fallings land < $ filhai ^ tie « - who 1 can : deny ,: fbr fraiJty , oausjsk > ii , and guilt are inseparable frin ^

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    humanity . But that lais -vtrt « es fa ^ Jf very fSr , outv ^ eigiae'd its oppositesV whd * can deny that possesses " any knowledge : of his life , or has impartially examined ' , fii s conduct ? Having in early life beeii rhucR in the company of the fair > sex ,. he had" ac quired * such a politeoess of ? manner , and agreeableness of address , as always to make him their favourite . It w ^ as this , in coniunctiofi with hist

    many other excellent qualities , that led to his marriage with Miss A . Dunni-^ lifFe , of Melboiirn . In her he ^ found an intelligent , serious , and affectionate partner of life . But , alas ! how transient in duration is the dearest and

    happiest connections . Three years had-Scarcely Completed their rounds beforeevery tie which unites kindred souls together was severed asunder . For several years he had been afflicted very severely with the gravel , and such inroads had it made in his constitution r

    that three" or * four years ago an eminent surgeon said that one of his kidnies was nearly gone . During the frequent relapses which occurred , his patience was truly exemplary and edifying . —* About a ; year and a half before his death he removed to Kegworth with his family , where he resided little more than twelve months , owing to . his basiness not answering their expectations .

    It was now that he forrned the resolution © f visiting London . / * Hcre he entered . upon a school , the management o $ whicfy he had riot long uijdertaken fc-, fore his last ilfness seized Jiitri . fte had been to yjsit a friend in the . couhtf jrifor a day or two ; and whether the journey * through unusual exercise , broughtpn his

    disease , or whether he laboured under it before he set off , I have » o dbqurnepts to ascertain , He returned home very ilj and every succeeding day . added fv £$ k symptoms of alarm . Jio ^ eje , ss , of "his recovery , informal ion was mi&e $ i&tilf £ Brwur , tled to ]\ 'JLps . Austin , at . ' .. Jjfiefr bourjn ( who , \ yk& two small ^ hll ^ ren ^ h , ad been Jjeft widti her fr Jqads ) , , Kfy

    truly dapgerous situahoiir 2 ? p ^ haetaped with a : j , l possible speed to JUw *? d ^ n , ax > d arrived th ^ day ^ f f ^ *! deat ^ w ® n % \ ' K } k % 4 ay he wa ^ /^ rious ^ m&yJMr % . we * fi . e ^ te ^ ain ^^ . ttiat , ^ sense ^ 3 ^ ciuj ^ hot retij rii i hw ^ in iw * a ^ Qi-njjngp ^ e ^ enjpvment ; of thesni w »* granted , Ai nigjht jhe rcqjiiest ^ d ^ ^ father to pfcay by . Win ., oWerjKip ^ } W £ hcsolm ought probably be ipcagaW'f tf

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    114 Obituary .

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    Francis Spencer Austin « ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1808, page 114, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2389/page/58/