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    Mteetb * h # trnft sScki # « W « rre me to feffB 9 « r . System S oft the credibility of » ucu s ^ gg « stk > iTs / * says a write * - alas -tec deeply iintersstitti& , j *« wbo WouW &iii € h *> d&flMg of hjq hefctt wifcfc * knowledge > Tbe »|> pr « hensiyt ; naiutfe of parents muse sh <** ddejr at the first scintillations of comawn *»* $ e , itifid $ to £ y dcafh to lie in ambush

    _ i > ehind every shew of intelligence , the grave to spring a mine under th « feet of genius : the skill of education would bat betray its vietHas iato the -eiu-i-ohes of Uje universal enemy ; the pen of the writer would become a poisoned arrow , the voice oi the teacher would only be heard to sing a dirge over the extinction of his species !**

    With others who have had like cause of grrief , and are , resigned under such a dispensation , her patents are thankful for the time , tliough short , this affectionate and lamented child -was allowed to comfort tltem with her endearing society ; th& $ look forward with ardent expectation

    to * vii improved state of being where their # bild will be returned to their lunging arms , where disorder ,, physical or moral , cad hare no existence , and where deatli itself wili ~ cea « e to . be necessary ! Praises , immortal praises to the Lord and Father vf nature , who , whilst he afflicts by these bereavements , allows his rational offspring such a consolation , even in such sorrows !

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    On ffte ltithT > ecetnber , 1816 , George , tfte infant son of Mr . Joseph . Giiis-RttttfOK , of Tenterden . 3 ? be hnmediatc occasion of my transmitting to yxm an account of the death of me so young , is W state to the' Protestant Dissenters i «

    general , atidF * particularly to those who Stow their faith iu tfre Divine Unity , tw > d in the pToper humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ , the following cir cum stance . On ffrfe day of the burial , a written ioqitiry thra sent" bf the vicar of the parish , f « what name , rn what doctrine and faith , inn bv Whom the deceased- child had been — ^^ k ^ b ^^ ¦ ^ ¦¦ h - ^^^^ h ^ ^ ^ m ^ m ~^^ ^ m ^^^^ — ^ ^ i ^^ ^^^^ ¦ ¦ ~™~ - ^ ^^ ¦ ¦ - ""^ " - — —¦—¦— - - ^^^ - ^^—* ' ^^^" r ^ v ^ v —^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^» To

    Di ^> t 5 zed . this ail answer was sent , tfeat it was baptized by the writer of this tflet ^ orial , rn the usual form j ot according to our Saviour ' s own word * , Matt , j ^ xviii . 19 . The vfear setlt word that thi s ^ vas not satisfnctory ; and soon after io a noteV ^ except \ % had been baptised in the naiie , in tti » faith and in the

    doctrine of the holy and mdi . vit < tibla Trinity , Hd % ttr ^ f ' ItCrvM fttKmld be read at the ^ fa ^ e 6 Ver tl »« cotffcrte . It was of con « e-* qtfe ^ ce tJtofied witbout the church burial service . ^^ W&tontit&e the parents ^ alfuneral lH «** r € » s wsiirjMkiv ^ iMl in the ^ ouse ^ n ) aout t « a 4 & » $ 9 sjftiw this , the vicar aeni word * MiUkio ^^^ Memoirs of his Child . "

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    ite ^ wat ** 4 r # ad y ^ ^ . l »^ po 84 tiv « ay . ^ id rc | i « al ^ y di ^ e | y ^^^ jl ^ p to it . ^^ a Je « L <« v tfi t , co *|* . ^ nifett ^ with the deputies , of tbe IVot ^ a ^ aJ ; J ^ r sent ^* - ^ t hroti ^ li their ; £ eer . £ ^^^ 4 ~ j ^ - licitor ^ Mr . Webber ; ^ the fornjt , <^ ^ wp ^ used being stated ^ auii our , tleoouiin ^ tioi

    that GJUter&th yterianSy though Uke iaap ^ otlier congregations , uot Jmv ^^ an ^^ oj ^ r nection with or acknowledging any ecclestastical authority over us on the part o £ the Scotch Kirk ,. This yy ^ s { "J ^^ fj ^ ^ i ^ letters from the committee , through their secretary , tUat the refusal was illegal ; and that the burial servico was matter of

    right and not of favour . In two following instances , the burial service has be-en . read .-over .., Unitarians ; the vicar still denying our right . It was therefore judged to b ^ necessary to insist upon it , m the case of Mr . Grisbrook ' s

    child , or that the burial service should be read «* t the grave . The rigjjt being Jpow admitted , this was required nierely Wja public testimony of It , and tpofc place on Friday the 14 th , at half-past twelve , ^ p the presence of a considerable number ^ f persons of all denominations , colle <* te < l

    to witness so unusual an event . S . IfOtB ^ N . Tenterden , Feb . IS , 1817 . P . S . The above has not been senf tb the Monthly Repository with an inVidltMffr intention , but as applying to a Subject of an evidently public natturey interests **^ & > tJniUrians , and to all Protestant EH # ~ sehters . ¦ . l ^ , , . ^;

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    On the 17 th of December , at t ^ a ^"" vancefl age of 81 , J . Mace , Esq . of Tetit ^ r dezi 9 and one of the firm of the Tenterd ^ b Bank , after suffering fora long period from a cancer in . his face . He w&s for many years in extensive practice as a'surgeon and apothecary , and of high ar |« fr dks ^ served reputation ipf his profession & tfrflt

    had for some years retired front business . Active and ardent , in hi ^ disposition , he ever tenderly felt > for aad sympathised wUh the afflicted ; and- impreftsod wilb a Ju « t sense Qf the importance &t ^ i e ^» cultivation , he was evey prepared . faHjgfwe his » iipnort to every , use / wl pU ; b | l « irwM ^ n-

    tion . The general wading ^ ou ¥ diepwc | fti friend and brotbe | > < wa # , ext *« si , ve and his faith in the great J ^ dipg principleai of natural and revealedl religion , e 8 ta&lls }| fd upon the nun baaia ojf free , aerfouSj , s » d eainest ^ m ^ My ^ % \\ $ full cooj £ icQonJ Tn the strict sense of the term an tfntiarfhn ,

    betook Jthe greatest jellgjit in _ j € ti'b « # - li ^ htcuina cfriisottkAf ' suAactntntiit ' itist-VS ^ r ttmeHtfwtifch sta ^ d in ^ nnexion Wl » , » nd flaw from ^ iiie'nTirimlled skpretifflm , aud the W-Kanle&le gotefte **/ mW ?* md

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 120, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/56/