1807.] 
tijacobin Review) compofed in fuch a ftyle 
of artlefs and pathetic, religious eloquence, 
as did no lefs honour to the deceafed, than to 
the head and heart of the affectionate writer. 
It ought not to be forgotten that the fourth 
edition of the Hebrew and Englith Lexicon 
of the Rev. John Parkhurft, was dedicated 
to Mr. S. Bifhop Horne, the Rev. Dr. Glafle, 
and the Rev. Jonathan Boucher, defcribed 
as **favourers and promoters” of that work. 
Mr. S. was a firm and confcientious believer 
in all the dottrines of religion, as profefled 
in the church of England, and an attentive 
oblerver of all her ordinances. Regular in 
his attendance, at the {tated times of public 
worfhip, both on Sundays und at weekly 
prayers; and never mifling an opportunity 
of receiving the Holy Sacrament, he was 
carnelt, devout, and pious, without the leat 
tincture of enthufiafm. He was oue of thofe 
who thought that a clouded countenance is 
not the natural refult of true devotion, but, | 
on the contrary, that nothing tends more to 
enliven the heart and cheer the face of man, 
than a conftaiit and earnett endeavour to dif- 
charge with fidelity and regularity the duties 
of piety to God, and benevolence to, our fel- 
Jow-creatures. A life founded upon fuch 
principles, preduced correlponding fruits ; 
for his charities were unbounded, and he was 
continually e@pored in atts of Chriftian 
kindnels, partictlarly to the indigent clergy, 
and their families. Nearly thirty years ago, 
he was appointed treafurer to Queen Anne’s 
bounty, by Archbifhop Cornwallis; an office 
which, though of {mall emolument, was Dar- 
ticularly fuited to his temper and turn of 
mind, as it gave him an opportunity of en- 
quiring into the wantg and diftreffes of this 
moft ufeful body of men; of relieving them 
from his own purfe when the funds of the 
charity were not applicable to their cafe, and 
treating all with tendernefs and refpeét. 
To the Corporation of the Sons of the 
Clergy, he was twice fteward; and to 
the poration for the Widows and to the 
Orphan Clergy School, he has long been a 
liberal, nay a large benefactor ; and Provis 
dence having blefled his induftry with fuc- 
cels, and being a bachelor, and having no 
vices. Or €xtravagances to gratify, it is now 
wellknown, and many will, on that eccount, 
have todJament his death, that one half at 
leaft of his income was applied to the relief 
of the pour and needy of every defcription. 
In the year 1789, the Bilhops and Clergy of 
the ancient Epifeopal Church of Scotland, 
who had been, ever fince the Revolution, la- 
bouring under the Penal Laws pafled againft 
them in different reigns, for their fuppofed ad- 
herence to the Houte of Stuart, humbly pe- 
titioned to the King and Parliament for their 
Account of the late Willian Stevens, efq. F. 4.8. 
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repeal; and the excellent fubject of this Mes 
moir, together with J. A. Park, efg. (now 
one of his Majefty’s Council) and the Rev. 
Dr. Gatkin, convinced that they were a pure 
and primitive branch of the Chriftian Church, 
and, in doétrine, difcipline, and worthip, 
maintained the tenets of the Chureh of Eng-* 
land, formed themfelyes into a voluntary 
Committee for the purpofe of effecting this 
important work. All who knew Mr. 8. will 
eafily believe with what zeal, ability, and per- 
feverance, he Jabouréd in this cawle; and, 
in June 1792, he and his brethren of the 
London Committee, had the {fatisfaétion of 
hearmg the Royal Affent given to the Bill, 
which enabled the members of this our Sitter 
Church again to aflemble for the purpofe of” 
public worlhip, without fear of molefation or 
imprifonment. From that time till his death, 
Mr. 8. continued an annual contributor to a 
Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Or, 
phans of the Epifeopal Clergy in Scotland, 
It is allo remarkable, that the laft great la- 
bour of love in which he was engaged, was 
in the fervace of that depreffed portion of the 
Chriftian Church. A fubfcription has lately 
been fet on foot, by the late excellent Sic 
William Forbes, of Edinburgh, in order to 
provide fmall ftipends for the fix Bifhops and 
other Clergy ot that Church; and Mr. Ste- 
vens, Mr. Park, Dr. Gatkin, the Rev. Gerard 
Andrews, the Rev. Robert Hodgfon, John 
Bowdler, and John Richardfon, efqrs. have 
been appointed as their London Committee. 
The purfe of Mr. S. was ready as ufual, upon 
_ this occafion; and, a little before his death, 
he fubfcribed 100]. and befides, had the fa- 
tisfaétion of feeing that this work of faith, and 
labour of Chriftian benevolence, was meeting 
with a degree of encouragement worthy of 
its itapertance in the fcale of humanity and 
charity. Such a life, was followed by a cor- 
refpondent death. Some fymptoms of. bo- 
dily decay had appeared in the two pyxe~ 
ceding winters; but all the powers of this 
head and heart remained entire, and for the 
laft month, even his bodily powers appeared 
to revive. His friends enjoyed his fociety as 
ufual on the fourth and fifth of February, 
and juft as he was ftepping into his carriage 
on the fixth of February, at four o’clock, he 
complained of a pain at his heart. He dozed 
the greater part of the evening; but at 12 
o'clock at night, he awaked, and, when an 
excellent friend recited a prayer from the Vi- 
fitation Service, and ufed the words ‘¢ ziwe 
him comfort and fure confidence in thee,” this vae 
luable and dying man earneftly faid, Amen. 
At three o’clock, he faid to an attendant, 
“¢My time is come! Good God!” and died 
immediately, without a ftruggle or a groan in 
the 75th year of his age. 
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