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    baptised , on the profession of his faith in the Gospel , and became a member of the General Baptist church , at Cranbrook . About nine years after the above period , he was dismissed from this society to another of . the same denomination at BesselTs Green , near Sevenoaks . Through attachment to his friends in the latter place , he kept , up his connection with them to the end of life , although his "business led him afterwards to settle in the village where he died . He was remarkably steady in his attendance upon public worship , and subscribed liberal iv towards its support .

    The prosperity of religion afforded evident pleasure to his mind , and he was especially , attentive to such young persons ' as manifested" a disposition to walk in the path of Christian duty . Indeed , his general conduct evinced his regard

    to rational piety , and his zeal for the promotion of truth and righteousness . Having * acquired , through the blessing of Providence , considerable property , his latter years were spent in retirement fsom the more active scenes of

    life . During this period much of his time was employed in reading ; and the writings of Lindsey , Toulmin , and Cappe , he particularly esteemed . For several years his health had been much impaired by an asthmatic complaint , and a few months before his death , he had the misfortune to receive a fall

    from his horse , from the effects of which he had not entirely recovered , when he was attacked with the dropsy , which terminated his life . During his illness he expressed an unreserved submission to the will of God , and his hope of future happiness clearly

    overpowered the fear of death . On Suriday , the 5 th ofNov . his disorder took a decisive turn , and on that , and the following day , his dissolution was hourly expected . On Tuesday , however , he so far revived as to call his attendants around him , when to their

    surprise , he engaged in prayer for a considerable time , expressing himself with greater energy than he ka , d l ^ cen able to do for some weeks ThU > K&wever , was his final effort , as he languished in great pain and weakness from that time until Saturday morning , when he breathed his last . He *« vas

    interred in the General Baptists * bmyirig-ground at Headcorn , on the Thursday after his de ^ th . Agreeably to his wjq request , a discourse was jwache 4

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    oil the occasion , from % Cor . v . r ^ " For we must all appear before the * judgment-seat pf Christ , " &c . ^ The congregation was unusually large and attentive . . The deceased has left one daughter to imitate his pious example , and to cherish the remembrance of his affectionate solicitude for her welfare . HeddcorYl ) - J » CV Dec . 2 Z , 1809 . 1809 , Nov . 11 . At Chester , Mrs , LYONS , wife of the Rev . Tames

    Lyons , Unitarian minister in that city . She was the daughter of the late Mr . John Beatson , pastor of the Baptist congregation , at Hull , a correspondent of Mr . Robinson's , at Cambridge , and author of two treatises on the Divine

    Character , and the Satisfaction of Christ . Her character was distinguished by simplicity , truth , affectionateness , and undis'sernbled piety . She retained , for the most part , the religious principles ( those of moderate

    Calvinism ) which had been taught by her father , though she felt and acknowledged many of the difficulties with which they are attended ; but her views of the paternal government of God were such as to afford her much

    happiness , and to banish from-her mind every degree of bigotry and intolerance . She believed that good men of the most opposite sentiments , will finally meet in perfect harmony , in the presence of their heavenly Father in a better world 5 and this made her easy respecting Mr Lyons * * change of

    sentiments . [ Vol . ill . p . 166 ] Her death was affecting ! y sudden . She had been Slightly indisposed for about ten days , bjtit seemed , on . the day before she died , perfectly recovered . She awoke during the night in great agony , and before medical assistance could be

    procured ,- was gone , for ever beyond the reach of pain * She has left three children , to join with their afflicted father , in regretting her loss and cherishing the memory of her virtues . 1809 , Nov . ao , Died , of consumption , in an obscure dwelling in Crossfield C Halifax , and in circumstances of

    extreme distress , Mrs . STAND J £ V £ NS , aged 30 . The short history of this ac * compli : hed and unfortunate young woman is painfully interesting ; but as the lesson which it teaches is full of instruction , a few particulars are added , in the hope , that , as a warning example t «

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1810, page 90, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2401/page/42/