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    \ rJiich > in this vcr ^ changeable climate , lay the foundation of so many serious Complaints : From at cold , however , caught about two years ago , she never thoroughly recovered ; Excursions into the country gave her a temporary relief , and by a repetition of these occasional visits it was fondly hoped both b y herself and by iter frieads , that her life

    would be protracted for years . But the expectation proved delusive . She gnu dually grew weaker and weaker . Her lungs , the great organs of vitality , be * came evidently affected . Recourse was had to medical aid of the first respectability . But little encouragement was given of any effectual relief . It soothed , but it could not remedy—it alleviated but could not restore . For in cases of

    this kind medicine can do little more *—* thaafor a while to turn aside death's levelled dart—and yet a few soft nights and balmy days impart ! . " During her illness , or rather gradual decline , she was at times apprehensive of the melancholy event which ensued , but at other periods , under the flattering nature of her complaint , she would entertain strong hopes of recovery . The only time she spoke pointedly of her approaching dissolution , she remarked " that she feared not death I " A noble declaration

    this—r-and in her case , with her religious education and habits , it must have proceeded from her convictipn of the goodness of God in having provided a future state of existence for those who love and fear him , where we shall meet pious relatives and frienjdsj and be for ever ivitb tbe Lord / How thankful should be her

    parents , her partner in life , and her other friends , that by means of the glorious Gospel of the biassed Gody she indulged this glorious hope , and that it seemed to divest death of its terrors and enabled her to look forward to the gracious recompense of reward ! ?

    To her parents , to her partner in life , and to her friends , I would just add , that I trust they will imitate her virtues , as they love and revere her memory . One thing I must particularly . mention , it would be an injustice to her character to suffer it jto be forgotten . I here refer not oaly to her fortitude , but to her patience , and to her resignation >—virtuea of Ho ordinary value , in this suffering conditiofi pt niimanity . 1 saW her several

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    times in her grSdi ^ deicetitm tfie tomo , arid there a * e others wlfo , being with her by day and hf night , witnessedh 6 r bodily sufferings *—we alj . can bear bneV and the satn «* testfmony to her patietice and resignation . Sh " e practicallyIdnew * that ibe Judge of all tbt + artb could not do but what was * right . ' This is a hard

    lesson for the survivors , btit it was harder for he * to leave , at so early a period of life , het children , her husband , add her parents , who were so many distinct sources of happiness in the journey of life . But , hard as the lesson was , she seemed to have learnt it , — -imitate her example , therefore , in this memorable

    instance of obedience * to the willdf God . I have been endeavouring to shew you that God does all things ivell . You know this great truth . May you fed ! its influence ! May you realise its efficacy ! Affliction is not joyous but grievous > yet in the end it ivorJketb the peaceablefriuits of righteousness . 1 shall close with two stanzas written by a pious young poet , who lately died at Cambridge of ^ t consumption , in the arst year of his age ; The first stanza I would address to

    the parents and relatives , and hope they will adopt it on this solemn occasion . Come ! disappointment , come ! Tho from hope ' s summit hurl'd , Still , rigid nurse , thoii art forgiven For thou severe wert sent from hcav'il To wean us frotn the world ; To turn our eye > From vanity And point to scenes of bliss that never die !

    The other stansra I address to the farmer of the deceased , under the persuasion that he . will use the lines as descriptive of his own temper and condition * Come ! , disappointment , come ! Thou art not stern to me , Sad monkress , I own thy sway A votary sad in early dayy I bend my knee to thce » 'From sun to sun ' - . My rate will run , I only bow and say- ^« My God ^ $ b ? ' will ' ¦ be 4 * net * " j . . . . - ,.: ' : . * a , ,, ; f . « The Lord $ aWe , &ttd tb * VLdrd > k&tJ > taken anvay * bhssd be ' * Mfe W < r ^?^^ of + tbc Jjordx * : ¦ ¦ - ¦ - •¦• . ' > . i- > " " k

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1808, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2390/page/43/