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    2 & 4 Particulars of the late Re& * J > ft Sturges , by Dr . Foy&min *

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    The last letter he ever wrote was to Mr . Wfcllbeloved , on Mon * - day , the 28 th of last month , in answer to one he had addressed to him on some important business relative to the institution . He

    did not feel himself very well , but he hoped in a few days to confer with himself and Mr . Brown , ( the classical and mathematical tutor ) more at large on the subject . But < che who seeth not as

    man seeth / ' had otherwise ordained . What were the feelings of his friend , when instead of the promised interview , an express arrived with the account of his death ? Mr . Wellbeloved was

    requested to perform the last sad offices of funeral respect , the whole congregation attended in mourning , and three dissenting ministers , of different religious de * nominations , were among the

    supporters of the pall . The painful duty devolved upon him also of preaching a funeral sermon- on the following Sunday . The Writer of Ihis i naperfect meraoir accompanied him to Leeds , and a more

    impressive scene was never witnessed . The chapel was exceed * , ingly crowded—the character given of their revered pastor was just , { Striking and appropriate—it came from the heart of the preacher , jind could not fail to reach . the hearts of the auditors—every eye was filled with tears—how unlike

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    is this day , was the . universal se ii ^ timent—rhow tmtike to the happydays never -mo $ e to return , when we were wont to Repair together to the house of God rejoicing I

    But wherefore this deep and una * vailing sorrow ? Ye do not lament that the sufferings of your friend were not longer protracted , that his descent to the tomb was not marked by the enfeebling pro *

    gress of universal decay , that he is entered before ye were prepared to expect it , + * to the rest that re- * maineth for the people of God ?" No , it is for yourselves that ye weep , for he was your wise and

    kind instructor , your judicious and ever ready counsellor , your faithful and steady friend . Sanctify to yourselves the awful dispensation ^ Ye will revere his memory > ye will delight to dwell on the virtues which so etadeared

    him to you , ye will copy them in your lives , and imprint them on your hearts , they will be written there , " as with a pen of iron' ? — - " engraven as on . a rock , for

    ever . " ...... If , Mr . Editor ^ I h ^ ve encroached , too much ou the patience of yoUr readers - I- must rest my apology in the . interest of the subject , and remain with sin * cere wishes for the increased sue * cess of your liberal Magazine , Your constant reader , CAXH , ; CAEPEU

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    fARTlCUtARS OF TJIE 1 ATE REV . DR . STURGES , BY DR . TOUIVMItt * To the Editor qf tke Monthly Repository .

    Birmingham sir , April 6 , 1808 . You will oblige and gratify me %

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    if you allow jne a crfumnin your publication , for addi tional particulars to your Otitiiury" relative

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 234, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/6/