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    to a rate petted of iife . He never had ihe appearance , nor gave himself the -induigaicies of au old-man * but with hiui , oWi a £ * V disease aud death , came on in the short- -space of two months . This blessing & $ God ; a long and uninterrupted course of good health , operated fatally towards his end , as he hardJy

    could be prevailed on to take medicine , and no entreaties could induce him to change his early habits of rising at tive in the morning , \ so incompatible with his declining strength and medical treatment , till within one fortnight previous to his end ; when it required all the authority aud address of his medical attendants to xnake him take to that bed

    from-which he -never more was doomed to life . To sum . up . He was a man of nature more than of art—a man of almost romantic integrity , of almost culpable disinterestedness , and of impracticable sincerity : he had faults , but in those faults .

    to use the words of a great orator , " there was no mixture of pride , of hyjjocrisy , of deceit , of complex tonal despotism , or want of feeliug for the distresses of mankind . " The Romans would have inscribed on his tomb the really exalted though apparently humble epithet of- te [ nnocens . "

    Iu the year 1779 , he married Elizabeth , daughter of J . Foley , Esq ., of Ridgway , co . Pembroke , and sister of Admiral Sir Thomas Folev , G . C . B-, bv whom he had issue John Sytniuous ;* Famria , married to Lieut . Col . Mallet , of the 89 th Regiment ; Charles ; Caroline ; and Marhj The two eldest , and his widow , only survive to lament his loss .

    [ We have taken the above from the Magazine referred to without any other alteration than the few words in two places within [ ] , though some of the expressions are not exactly to our taste . —A writer in the Monthly Magazine

    [ July , p . 104 ] says , that Dr . Symmons enjoyed the friendship of the late and present Marquesses of Lansdowae , Mr Fox and of Dr . Parr . He states also that " he was an occasional contributor to the Monthly Review ^ and at one period was connected with the British Press

    "ewspaper . " He adds , but surely the printer has taken a negative word out of the sentence— " We think it" [ qu . not ?] " creditable to his literary judgment , that " £ was a staunch believer in the authenticity of Rowley's Poems . " ]

    An aceoinj ) Ushed Greek scholar , and vv iLnowu to the literary world as the tra nslator of the 'Agamemnon of ^ Eschyil , a work which has been much adored ¦ > for . its fidelity and poetical merit . E * T . Gent . Mas .

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    June 2 , at H ^ eadcarn ,. in Jjie li- e $ l 4 ; of Kmt , in tlje 88 th year of bi § agt ^ JYfr . Stephen Love , much -belovetl and -highly : respected . He was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Love , and from his youth belonged to the General Baptist Church of that town . The greater part of his life was spent in farming , in which he

    shewed not only industry and prudence , but manifested the strictest integrity . His company was courted by the society iu which lie was accustomed to- move , for he was au intelligent and pleasant companion . The surviving members of his family cau bear testimony to the amiable , discreet and pious conduct which their departed relative exercised towards

    them , for he nassed his iife in the fear of them s for he passed his life in the fear of God , which he deeply impressed upon the tender minds of his offspring . The poor in the neighbourhood , whom he was accustomed to animate with his good company , have in him lost a friend , who practised among them his beuevoleiit deeds . His religious principles / roin early

    youth were Unitarian , but he ; wan a nrm advocate of the neglected and despLsL-d rite of Christian baptism . Although steady to his principles , yet he was no bigot 3 considering it a criane to deny his fellow-creatures privileges which he claimed iu common with them , and was , consequently , friendly with men of all parties . Through life he continued a

    consistent member of the church of Christ , attending its services regularly , imbibing Christian principles , and pursuing : a righteous conduct . Though it was his lot to have a large share of trouble , he possessed his mind in peace , confiding in the , good providence of an impartial Governor , whose " thoughts are uot as our thoughts , nor are his ways as our ways . " The church of which he was the most active

    member and chief support , has experienced an irreparable loss , whilst his innrm and mournful relict , together wijtji the surviving fa mily , lament tBe deprivation of a kind husband and au affectionate parent , lu a word , he was a good man and a pious Christian , without boast or ostentation . After a few weeks *

    confinement , suffering from a dropsy ., he fell into the arms of death , under the humble assurance of rising to mingle along with the glorious company of the just in a better world ! He was interred in the burial-ground belonging to the General Baptist Meeting-house at Headconn . Mr .

    Payne , of Rolvendeu , who was appointed by the deceased , officiated on the melancholy occasion , and afterwards delivered an appropriate discourse from ]? $ *» xxxix . 12 , 13 . J , IB ^ ANS , Islington , July 16 , 1826 .

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    Obituary ' . r-Mr \ SteghethLove . 429

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1826, page 429, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2550/page/49/