PUBLIC MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE Princess Charlotte of Saxe Coburg. BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUTCHESS OF YORK, HER Royal Highness the Dutchess of York having graciously condescended to allow Mr. Matthew Wyatt to name her the Patroness of a Plan for raising a Cenotaph to the Memory of the late beloved and lamented Princess, public subscriptions are solicited for this desired object. The generous spirit of the British public, which has ever shown itself ready at the call of patriotism in the hour of victory to perpetuate the memory of the brave, is now called upon in the hour of mourning, by the voice of affection and disappointed hope, to perpetuate that of exalted virtue and departed worth. To make the offerings as general as the feeling of sorrow is sincere, no sum exceeding One Guinea will be received from any one subscriber, whilst the smallest sum, as a tribute of respect, will be accepted. The Cenotaph will be raised on some public spot (subject to the approbation of her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York) under the direction of the Committee, and will consist of a Temple of the purest architecture, containing a Statue of the late Princess, in Parian Marble, with a surrounding monumental Group. Books will be opened for Subscriptions at Messrs. Thos. Coutts and Co. Bankers to her Royal Highness the late Princess Charlotte; Hoare, Barnetts, Hoare, and Co.; Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.; Sir James Esdaile, Esdaile, Hammett, and Co.; Barclay, Tritton, Bevan, and Co.; Sir C. Price, Bart,; Kay, Sir W. Price, Bart. Chapman, and Co.; Birch, Chambers, and Co.; Drummonds and Co.; and all the principal Bankers in Town and Country. All communications may be directed to B. Rotch, jun. Esq. Honorary Secretary to the Committee, at 19, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square. Mr. Booth, the Publisher of this Work, will cheerfully deposit any money left with him for this purpose. 1 TEXTS, OBITUARY AND FUNERAL, ON THE DEMISE OF Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte. THE METROPOLIS. Aldgate Church. Psalm lxxxix. 47. Remember how short my time is. Allhallows Barking, Tower-street. Rev. H. G. White. Job, ix. 12. Be hold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? (Printed.) Allhallows, Bread-street. 2 Kings, IX. 1, 2, 3. In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the Prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth,and with a perfect heart,and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Allhallows the Great and Less. Rev. W. St. Andrew Vincent, Rector. Deut. xxix. 24. Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Allhallows, Lombard-street. Rev. Jerrard. Luke, viii. 52. And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said. Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. Allhallows Staining, Rev. Lancelot Sharp. Mark-lane. 2 Chron. xxxv. 24. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. Clarke. St. Alphage. Rev. Hebrews, xiii. 12. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. St. Andrew, Holborn. Rev. Coleridge. 1 Sam. iii. 18. It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good. St. Andrew under shaft. Rev. W. Antrobus, Rector. Luke, xxii. 42. Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; never. theless, not my will, but thine, be done. St. Ann, Blackfriars. Rev. Isaac Saunders. Psalm 1xxx. 14, 15, 16. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; and the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. St. Antholin, Watling-street. Rev. Richard Johnson. Isaiah, xl. 6, 7, 8. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.-The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Asylum. Evening. Rev. ii. 10. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. St. Bartholomew, Exchange. Rev. T. G. Ackland. Luke, viii. 52. And all wept and bewailed her; but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. Bentinck Chapel, Marylebone. Rev. Basil Woodd. Jer. ix. 21. For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. Rev. M. St. Brides, Fleet-street. Bridewell. 1 Kings, xiv. 13. And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. St. Botolph, Aldersgate. Rev. Dr. Trollop. Deuteronomy, xxxii. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this; that they would consider their latter end. St. George, Botolph-lane. Rev. J. Pridden, Rector. Proverbs, xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Charter House. Rev. J. Currey. 1 Cor. xv. 55. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Christchurch, Newgate-street. Rev. S. Crowther. 1 Peter, i. 24. For all flesh is as grass, aud all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away. (Printed.) St. Clement and St. Martin Orgar, Rev. John Farran. 1 Cor. xv. 53, For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on inimortality. St. Dionis, Fenchurch-street. Rev. J. Quarington, B. D. James, iv. 14. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. St. Dunstan in the West. Rev. R. Lloyd. Psalm xxiii 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Eagle-street, Baptist Meeting. Rev. Joseph Ivimey. Ecclesiastes, viii. 8. There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war. (Printed.) St. Edmund the King and Martyr. Rev, Coleman. Rev. xiv. 13. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. Ely Chapel, Holborn Rev. Dr. Thorpe. Haggai, i 5. Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. Fitzroy Chapel. Rev. John Rogers Pitman. Ecclesiastes, vii. 2. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting. St. George, Hanover-square. Dr. Macaulay. 1 Samuel, xx. 3. There is but a step between me and death. (Printed.) St. George, Southwark. Job, xix. 23, 24, 25. Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were Obituary Texts. graven with an iron pen and lead, in the rock for ever. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. New-road St. George's in the East. Meeting house. Rev. Andrew Reed. Jeremiah, ix. 21. Death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces. (Printed.) German Lutheran Church, in the Savoy. Rev. Dr. Steinkopff, delivered in German. Psalm cxlvi. 4, 5, 6. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God; which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; which keepeth truth for ever. St. Giles, Cripplegate. Rev. W. Holmes. Psalm xc. 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. St. Giles in the Fields. 1 Cor. xv. 26. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Gray's Inn Chapel. John, xi. 26, 27. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. Grosvenor Chapel. Psalm cii. 10, 11. Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. St. Helen, Bishopsgate-street. Rev. J. Blencairn. Job, xiv. 1, 2. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. St. James, Westminster. Rev. Repton. Matt. ix. 24. He said unto them, Give place, for the maid is not dead but sleepeth. St. James, Garlic-hithe. Rev. R. Stevens. Acts, xxi. 14. The will of the Lord be done. Jewish Synagogue. 327 Prayer, &c. read in the afternoon service. Episcopal Jews Chapel, Bethnalgreen. Rev. C. S. Hawthrey. Rev. iii. 19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore, and repent. (Printed.) St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row. Rev. D. Wilson. Ruth, i. 19, 20, 21. So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty; why then call me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? Second sermon. Lament. v. 15, 16, 17. The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto us, that we have sinned!For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. St.John, Westminster. Psalm xxxix. 5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand breadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee; verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. St. Katherine-Cree. Rev. Josiah Macdonald. Isaiah, xl. 6, 7, 8. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field; the grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Keppel-street Baptist Meeting. Rev. G. Pritchard. James, iv. 7. Submit yourselves therefore to God.--2d Ser. mon. Genesis, xviii. 25. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Psalm xc. 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Lincoln's Inn Chapel. Lock Chapel. Rev. James Gibson. Job, i. 21. And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither; the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 14 St. Magnus, London Bridge. Rev. Durham. Eccl. vii. 14. In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. St. Margaret, Westminster. Rev. W. Groves. 1 Thess. iv. 18. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. St. Margaret Pattens, Rood-lane. Rev. John Grose. Lament. iii. 40. Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. St. Margaret, Lothbury. Rev. J. Banks Hollingworth, B. D. Hebrews, For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. xiii. 14. St. Martin's in the Fields. Rev. Archdeacon Pott. Eccles. vii. 1. A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.-Second sermon. Deuteronomy, xxvi. 11. And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee; and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.--Third sermon. 1 Cor. xii. 26. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it. (Printed.) St. Martin, Ludgate. Rev. T. T. Walmsley. Psalm cii. 23. He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. St. Mary Abchurch. Rev. J. W. Bellamy. Isaiah, lvii. 1. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to St Mary-at-hill. Rev. W. A. Cane. Job, xiv. 2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. St. Mary le Strand. Rev. George Richards. Matthew, xxv. 13. Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. (Printed.) St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish-street. Rev. W. Parker, A. M. Luke, vii. 12. Behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother. For St. Mary-le-bone. Rev. Bryant Burgess. Hebrews, xiii. 14. here have we no continuing city; but we seek one to come. (Printed)— Evening. Dr. Busfield. Psalm xxxix. 9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. St. Mary le Bow. Rev. Dr. Van Mildart, D. D. Psalm xc. 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. St. Mary Woolnoth. Rev. Samuel Birch. Psalm v. 7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy; and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. Mazepond. Baptist Meeting. Rev. J. Hoby. Psalm cxix. 75. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right. |