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      • inly 23 * aged 2 <> , at Montauban , in France , whither he went in the beginning of the year , by the advice of his medical attendants , the Rev . Benjamin Goodier , of Hollinwood , near Manchester , and lately of the Unitarian Academy at Hackney . He had a constitutional tendency to a

      pulmonary complaint , which took a decided character before he left the Academy , owing * ., it is supposed , to the severity of his application to his studies . Great hopes were , however , entertained of his recovery , and especially of late , and after his visit to France . It pleased Providence ,

      however , to disappoint the fond wishes and earnest prayers of his friends , and by his premature death to exhibit another lesson of the vanity of all human expectations . But such a death following * , such a life ought to excite nobler sentiments than regret and sorrow . Mr . Goodiev was an eminent Christian : few hare there been

      so young * in years and so ripe in character . His excellencies of head and heart and life won their reward even in this life , for they procured him a succession of friends , whose kindness and generosity weie not less admirable than were the virtues of

      him on whom they were bestowed . He is gone before his benefactors and friends to that world where goodness folds its proper home . [ Further paaticulars hereafter . ]

      July 26 , 1818 , at Stratford , Essex , Mr . Edward Maguire , who was born April 7 , 1751 . During his religious profession his sentiments sustained several alterations , as the light of divine truth teamed upon his mind . Upon his first

      becoming serious he attended the Methodist Connexion , but afterwards became a zealous Calvinistic Baptist ; in these sentiments he continued a few years , when reading Elliot t s Circular Letter to the Baptists his faitli began to waver , and after a serious examination of the Scriptures , he

      was compelled to relinquish the doctrine of the Trinity for the more pure and simple doctrine of the Divine Unity . He now made a stand for some years , his sentiments being nearly those of an Arian . With such views he became acquainted with Mr . VidleTjWhOj by his powerful arguments and his appeals to Scripture , tog-ether with the

      writings of Priestley , Lindsey and others , let in such a flood of light and truth upon his mind , that he was forced to give up the whole of what is called the orthodox system . His views of Christianity being now tirmly established on Unitarian principles , his chief endeavour was to live a life confpimable to the precepts of the gospel ; in the mean-time he lost no oopor-

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      tunity of improving his mind by readings the Scriptures , or attending to such other helps as came within his reach . His illness was long and painful . From the autumn of 1815 , he was confined ( with few exceptions ) to a sick-bed : during his

      protracted sufferings his mind was perfectly calm and serene . He frequently passed whole nights indwelling upon the joyful prospect of immortality . Htv retained his faculties to the last and gently fell asleep in Jesus .

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      Aug . 2 , aged 71 , Mrs . Rupertia Hill , of Fore Street , well known for her benevolence to the poor , and for her contributions to the support of several religious and charitable institutions . On Tuesday , the day preceding the funeral , her body lay in

      state , at her dwelling-house , and aHeligious Tract ( No . 48 ) was given to all the visitors . On Wednesday morning ( Aug . 12 ) her corpse was removed in a hearse and six , followed by six coaches with the usual attendants , to the Countess of Huntingdon ' s College , Cheshunt , where a vault

      had been previously prepared outside the chapel . On ifs arrival at Cheshunt t ^ e corpse was preceded by the Tutors and Students , and followed by the Rev . Messrs . Kemp , Vasey , Gore , IVTacdonald , J . Hyatt , Wood and Stodhart ; by her executors , Messrs . R . Butcher , E . Kembie , T . Hughes , and B . W . Scott and other friends . The

      chapel being full , and a considerable number of persons outside , the burial service was read from the rostrum near one of the windows , by the Rev . Mr . Kemp , of Swansea , to the end of the lesson : the Rev- Mr .

      Stodhart then gave out a hymn , after which the Rev . Mr . Gore delivered a short oration , which was followedby another hymn given out by the Rev . Mr . Wood ; after which the body was removed to the vault , over which Mr . Kemp read the remainder of the

      ; The following are , the principal of Mrs . H . ' s legacies : Cheshunt College - - - - £ 1000 Lady Huntingdon ' s Connexion - 1000 London Society ( Jews' Schools ) - 1000 To 30 poor Ministers , Indep . - - 600

      To 30 Do . Baptists - - - .. - 600 To 30 Do . Wesleian - - - _ 60 Q Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb - 200 Do . for the Blind - - - - - 200 London Missionary Society - - 100 Moravian Do . - - - .. _ , _ 100 Baptist Do . ' ----. - - 100 Provident Fund , Lady H . ' s - - - 100 Travelling Do . Do . - - . - 100

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1818, page 582, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2480/page/46/