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Redeemer for their repented transgressions, to a 

 state of joyful immortality. There it will be 

 a new joy to meet several of their good neigh- 

 bours, who lye scattered in these sacred precincts 

 around them.' To this inscription, suggested by 

 Gilpin himself, is added : — ' He died April 5th, 

 1804, at the age of eighty. She died July 14th, 

 1807, at the age of eighty-two.' 



In 1842, a subscription was raised in order to 

 place a monumental tablet to Gilpin in Boldre 

 church. The monument is placed on the north 

 side of the church, and the inscription upon it 

 bears testimony to the fact that the author of the 

 ' Forest Scenery ' was ' a man eminent for the ac- 

 complishments of his mind, the purity of his heart, 

 and the excellence and simplicity of his life ; ' and it 

 records that the monument was dedicated to his 

 memory by his friends and parishioners ' in grate- 

 ful remembrance of his faithful administration of 

 the pastoral office, and of his munificence as the 

 founder of the school in this parish, for the educa- 

 tion of the children of the day labourers of Boldre.' 



From the man to his writings, and, of these, we 

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