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Memoir Of The Rev. William Romaine, A. M.
ardour , he departed , crowned with age and honour , to the regions of immortality , July 26 , 1795 . On the day of interment an innumerable multitude assembled ; and the City Marshal and his officers guarded the church doors , to prevent confusion or tumult . Several funeral sermons were preached on the occasion of his death , some of which have been published . He left
a widow , and one son , who is in orders . As an orator , Mr . Romaine was plain , but very persuasive . He studiously avoided all nicety of expression , and flourishes of rhetoric , aiming his discourses directly to the heart . He published three volumes of sermons , besides several single ones , preached on particular occasions , and some other works on religious subjects , all of which have been collected and printed together in eight volumes , 8 vo ;
EPITAPH . ' In a vault beneath lies the'mortal part of the REV . WILLIAM . ROMAINE , A . M . Thirty years Rector of these united Parishes , and forty-six years Lecturer of St . Dunstan ' s in the West : ' Raised up of God For an important work in his Church ;
A scholar of extensive learning , a christian of eminent piety , and a preacher of peculiar gifts and animation , consecrating all his talents to the investigation . of sacred truth . During a ministry of more than half a century , he lived , conversed , and wrote only to exalt the Saviour . Mighty in the Scriptures , he ably defended with eloquence and zeal the equal perfections of the Tri-une Jehovah exhibited in man ' s re- '
demption , the Father ' s everlasting love , the atonement , righteousness , and complete salvation of the Son , the regenerating influence of the eternal Spirit , with the operation and enjoyments -of . a purifying faith . When displaying these essential doctrines of the Gospel , with a simplicity and fervour rarely united , his enlivening-
countenance expressed the joy of . his soul : God owned the truth , and multitudes , raised from guilt and ruin to the hope of endless felicity , became seals to his ministry , the blessing and the ornaments of society .. Having manifested the purity of his princi ples in his life , to the age of 81—July 26 , 1795 , he departed in the triumph of faith , and entered . into glory . ' 'Many witnesses of these facts , uniting with the grateful inhabitants
of these parishes , erected this Monument . ' PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA . A FLATTERER told this Prince how much his brother , as Sovereign of Neufchatel , was beloved in that country . ' I am not at all surprized at it , ' replied the Prince , ' ¦ he lives at the distance of ei ght fiundred miles from his subjects /
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Memoir Of The Rev. William Romaine, A. M.
ardour , he departed , crowned with age and honour , to the regions of immortality , July 26 , 1795 . On the day of interment an innumerable multitude assembled ; and the City Marshal and his officers guarded the church doors , to prevent confusion or tumult . Several funeral sermons were preached on the occasion of his death , some of which have been published . He left
a widow , and one son , who is in orders . As an orator , Mr . Romaine was plain , but very persuasive . He studiously avoided all nicety of expression , and flourishes of rhetoric , aiming his discourses directly to the heart . He published three volumes of sermons , besides several single ones , preached on particular occasions , and some other works on religious subjects , all of which have been collected and printed together in eight volumes , 8 vo ;
EPITAPH . ' In a vault beneath lies the'mortal part of the REV . WILLIAM . ROMAINE , A . M . Thirty years Rector of these united Parishes , and forty-six years Lecturer of St . Dunstan ' s in the West : ' Raised up of God For an important work in his Church ;
A scholar of extensive learning , a christian of eminent piety , and a preacher of peculiar gifts and animation , consecrating all his talents to the investigation . of sacred truth . During a ministry of more than half a century , he lived , conversed , and wrote only to exalt the Saviour . Mighty in the Scriptures , he ably defended with eloquence and zeal the equal perfections of the Tri-une Jehovah exhibited in man ' s re- '
demption , the Father ' s everlasting love , the atonement , righteousness , and complete salvation of the Son , the regenerating influence of the eternal Spirit , with the operation and enjoyments -of . a purifying faith . When displaying these essential doctrines of the Gospel , with a simplicity and fervour rarely united , his enlivening-
countenance expressed the joy of . his soul : God owned the truth , and multitudes , raised from guilt and ruin to the hope of endless felicity , became seals to his ministry , the blessing and the ornaments of society .. Having manifested the purity of his princi ples in his life , to the age of 81—July 26 , 1795 , he departed in the triumph of faith , and entered . into glory . ' 'Many witnesses of these facts , uniting with the grateful inhabitants
of these parishes , erected this Monument . ' PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA . A FLATTERER told this Prince how much his brother , as Sovereign of Neufchatel , was beloved in that country . ' I am not at all surprized at it , ' replied the Prince , ' ¦ he lives at the distance of ei ght fiundred miles from his subjects /