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    must be to all well-wishers of the great cause in which we are eugaged , there are two words introduced , and only two , which , so far as my humble opinion goes , and with every deference to E . K ., had better been omitted . Without doubting the ; purity of K . K . 's intentions in quoting them , yet , I fear , were they passed without some trifling notice , they might be deemed congenial to the prevailing feelings of your readers .

    " True worshipers "—Who are true worshipers ? I answer , " all who worship God -in sincerity and truth . " The Churchman , the Methodist , the Baptist , the Unitarians-aye , even the despised Jew , if sincere in his devotion—men of all sects , whose aspirations to their God and Father proceed from humble , virtuous and contrite hearts—our

    fellowcreatures , of every shade and countryall these may be " true worshipers "truer than many of the self-styled " elect , " who , having scaled the high portals of heaven , and possessed themselves , in their own conceit , of the great book of eternal record , would stain its immortal pages with their vain aud perishable judg *

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    Mrs . Bowring . 1828 . Oct . 24 , aged 58 , at Larkbear , near Exeter , Sarah Jane Anne , the wife of Charles Bowring . She was the daughter of the Rev . Thomas Lane ,

    of St . Ives , a clergyman of the Established Church , who , with her mother , died on the same day , in the prime of life , leaving her an orphan , with many brothers and sisters , orphans too , and almost friendless . An accidental meeting con * uected her with one who found in her

    purity of heart and vigour of mind the promise and the assurance , of mutual happiness ; and an union in which domestic excellence might have found its model has been broken by the blow of death , after an undiminished attachment , of seven-and-thirty years . Her life was one long discipline of feeble . health , for . sh # seemed to hold existence by a tenure far

    frailer than that of common , mortality ; yet , she lost none of fcer enjoyment of the beauties and the sympathies of earth , though she held a eloper and morejha * bituai wmmjinkm with the , elevating prospects of heaven . Clear in her perceptions , sagacious in her judgment , warm and tender in her a ^ fectipns , active in all domeatic and gocl ^ l exerifon , * m sweetened adversity , ( jdorned prosperity ,

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    ments . Thank God that our future destinies are in more merciful hands ; for well might many an honest man tremble at impending fate , did his sentence hang upon their fiat ! With E . K ., I fervently join in the hope , that " true worshipers' * may continue to increase , not only at Wareham , but throughout every part of the habitable globe . It is my heartfelt desire , that

    Unitarians may be found in the foremost of these blessed ranks ; but , in our eager and laudable desires for pre-eminence , let us not attempt to assume this motto as our own peculiar right ; but pray rather , that it may be inscribed on the banners of all who follow the precepts of our great Master , in the practice of good , and in the spirit of humility , virtue and peace .

    I should apologise to £ . K ., if I thought his heart , or the heart of any good Unitarian , were not imbued with similar feelings—my sole and earnest desire being , to guard our brethren from ail undue assumption in matters of faith , while I should urge them to increased exertions in matters of duty . P . S . R .

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    and , in closing her earthly pilgrimage , leaves in the bosom of her family thoughts of peace , and love , and gratitude , blended with those brighter hopes which were her daily contemplation , and which shall be the solace of those she has left behind .

    Her ambition led her not beyond the little circle of her happy home ; yet there might be seen how much of pain may be mitigated and controlled , —how much of pleasure may be heightened and created , by the watchfulness of virtue . This is the all "important , the , to all , important lesson . What blessedness would

    overflow the world if each would make it his study I There may be a weariness of life that makes death welcome as a retreat from sorrow ; there may be a longing for dissolution , as the entrance into a scene of rapturous ecstacy ; and these , perhaps ,

    are not incompatible with piety ; but a wiser and a better frame of mind is that which , continuing to ** serve" here , whether by righteous deeds or patieut suffering * , ft waits" in quiet ^ preparation " His high will" who harvests the good when Jhey are rioe for iinmortality . Such was her example j gentle and lovely , yet mighty to instruct and to console .

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    862 Obituary . —Mr $ . Bowring .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 862, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/62/