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Church at Xewbury, Berks, where the climate was better suited to his health, and where he had &quot; a path of peace and comforting success, so that he remained there for twenty years, at the end of which he retired from the ministry, having arrived at his sixty-ninth year.&quot; Mr. March afterwards resided for family reasons for a time at Rochdale, and more recently at Southamp ton, to be near his son, the Rev. Septimus March, B.A., minister of Albion Chapel. &quot; At the close of a long life,&quot; says Mr. March, &quot; my confession of faith you will find in Watts s hymn

No more, my God, I boast no more. &quot; No. 543.

- Mr. March is the author of several works. While at Bungay, he published, &quot; Sabbaths at Home ; or, Help to their Right Improvement, founded on the 42nd and 43rd Psalms ; Con templations and Reflections ; with a few Hymns.&quot; The proceeds of the first edition were given towards the cost of erecting the new chapel. This work had reached a third edition in 1826. To use the words of the author, &quot; the hymn at the close of each chapter in that book is a kind of collect of the contents of the chapter.&quot; The one hymn contributed by Mr. March to the &quot;New Congregational Hyma Book&quot;

&quot; send Thy light, Thy truth, my God,&quot; No. 771,

is on page 227 of this work, and first appeared there.

While at Mill Hill, Mr. March published, &quot; The Early Life of Christ an Example to the Young.&quot; He has also printed several sermons at different times ; and he is the author of &quot; Hymns for the Closet of the Christian Minister:&quot; London, 1839.

HENRY HART MILMAN, D.D.

BORN 1791.

DEAN MILMAN is the youngest son of Sir Francis Milman, physician to George III. He was born in London, February

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