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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

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Victory over Death : a Sermon, preached in St. Augus-
tine's Church, Everton, on the Sunday next after the
Interment of the late beloved acd venerated Minister
of that Church, the Rev. Thomas Tattershall, D.D.,
F.C.PS who " died in the Lord," on Thursday, the

29th of October, 1846. By the Rev. Hugh M'Neile,
M.A., Hon. Canon of Chester, and Incumbent of St.
Jude's Church, Liverpool. London : John Hatchard
and Son, Piccadilly; Liverpool: Arthur Newling, H.
Perris.

We gave last week a general description and some
portions of the beautiful discourse preached by the Rev.
Hugh M'Neile, as a funeral sermon, upon the occasion
of the lamented death of the late incumbent of St. Au-
gustine's. The following introduction of the subject,
and the character of the deceased, drawn by one who
knew him so intimately, will not be without interest for
our readers:—

➢ly dear friends and brethren,—l am among you this morn-
ing at the request of one whose circumstances are well calcula-
ted to awaken the deepest emotions of our Christian sympathy.
It has pleased Almighty God, in the mystery of his sovereign
grace, to deprive her at once of the partner of her course, the
consolation of her heart, and the support of her life. A
"widow indeed," with three precious boys, is thrown upon the
bosom of the church's compassion. To feel with her keenly
and sincerely is the mournful privilege of devoted friendship;
and I could not refuse compliance with her request, though
at the expense of much personal feeling. And now I
humbly and earnestly implore our heavenly Father, for the
sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to pour upon us the riches of
his grace, by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven, that a
discourse upon DEATH AS A VANQUISHED FOE may prove a
blessing to us all, so that we may meet the foe without fear,
and rest in peace upon the Conqueror's arm as our assured
hope, as our beloved brother did, and does.
It is not to praise the dead that I occupy this sacred placeo
dearly beloved and highly valued as he was. The best praise
which my departed friend could possibly receive from his
fellow-creatures has already been recorded in the throbbing
bosoms and streaming eyes of thousands who loved him. The
circumstances of his life and the excellencies of his character
were calculated rather to win affection in private, than to
arrest public attention and challenge instantaneous admira-
tion. But he had better spectators tluin men. The moral and
spiritual triumphs which he daily achieved, although unheeded
by a fallen world, were such as caused joy among the holy
angels—such as God himself delights in. They were Christian
in the genuine sense of that word—Christian in their motive,
in their manner, in their end. Jesus Christ was the centre
of light and attraction round which all the features of his
character continually revolved ; and none were there more
remarkable than a sure, child-like confidence in God. This was
his peculiar feature, as all who knew him will remember. In
answer to one who saw and knew and felt what he was in the
daily tone of his mind, who asked him, " Have you never any
fears?" with sweet simplicity he said, "No, never; because
God never changes."

Nor will the following, introducing an extract from the
last sermon preached by Dr. Tattershall, be less attrac-

Live or interestint

I have thought of words to describe him, both in conference
with his fellows, and in intercourse with the world; and I know
of no words in which to express so comprehensively what I have
seen and known of him in both capacities as these :—" In con-
ference he was a sound man ; in intercourse he was an innocent
man." His public ministry partook of both these qualities; it
was at once solid and simple; more calculated to instruct than
to attract; more addressed to the judgment and conscience than
to the curiosity or imagination of his auditors. Christ was its
sum and substance, not sentimentally or poetically adorned,
but in close and conclusive argument, by fair logical deduction
from premises not to be gainsaid, set forth as the basis, and the

my brethren, are better qualified to judge of this than I can be,
or the world at large. He has given but few specimens of his
teaching. From them, chiefly, I speak. His discourses upon
the doctrine of Election, and upon the Atonement, are ad-
mirable examples of theological perspicuity. lam kindly per-
mitted to introduce here a paragraph from the last sermon he
ever preached, strikingly characteristic of his views, and of the
repose of heart and mind, the sweet serenity which he enjoyed
through confidence in the character of God as revealed in Jesus
Christ. I hold the extract here, in his own handwriting :

If we place our trust, our confidence" in the mercy of God

pardon of our sins, which will, in due time, as that tnist-t;nd
confidence becomes more strong, more definite, more intelli-
gent, more distinct and clear to our own minds, be followed
with the consciousness of our acceptance with God, a sense of
safety, a freedom from bondage, the fear of death, and from all
anxiety and pain. But without such confidence in Christ we
can obtain none of these mercies, but must continue under the
dominion of sin and the sentence of condemnation• By trusting
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