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RECENT DEATHS.

OCT. 13th, 1834.-At Mylor, in the Falmouth Circuit, Mr. William Carvosso, in the eighty-fifth year of his age, and the sixty-fourth of his union with the Wesleyan-Methodist society. He held the office of Class-Leader for sixty years; and was well known and greatly beloved and respected throughout most of the Methodist societies in Cornwall. He was a man of great simplicity of manners; but in diligence and usefulness, in his sphere of life, Methodism has seldom furnished' a parallel. Multitudes hailed him as their spiritual father; and hundreds, if not thousands, have been benefited by his conversation and letters. Though not known to have written a sentence till he retired from business, in the sixty-fifth year of his age, he afterwards became a laborious correspondent, and wrote hundreds of letters on experimental religion. He has also left an interesting narrative of his life for publication, with a request that, should it more than defray the cost of printing, the surplus shall be given to the funds of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. After a painful affliction of some weeks he finished his course with joy; literally singing, with his expiring breath,

"Praise God, from whom all blessings flow."
B. C.

Oct. 17th.-At St. Helen's, of cholera, Mr. John Wolfendon, in the fifty fifth year of his age. When about the age of twenty, he went, at the request of a pious friend, to hear, for the first time, a Methodist Preacher; and under the sermon then delivered he was deeply convinced of sin. Having become truly penitent, he earnestly sought forgiveness through the blood of the Lamb; nor was it long before God set his soul at liberty, and enabled him to say, "Being justified by faith, I have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ." During the remainder of his valuable life he maintained an unblemished character, and closely walked with God. His end, as might be expected, was peace. "I have," he said to a friend who visited him in his affliction, "no fear of death. I feel that my feet are upon the Rock of Ages. I have committed myself, and all my concerns, into the hands of my heavenly Father; and am willing either to live or die." Shortly after he fell asleep in Jesus. J. S.

Nov. 14th.-At Hollesley, near Woodbridge, in the Ipswich Circuit, Robert Taylor, in the fiftieth year of his age. He was brought to a saving knowledge of the truth about twenty-two years ago, and soon after joined the Methodist society. He was no sooner blessed with peace and joy through believing, than he began to feel for others, and to call sinners to repentance. Being appointed as a Local Preacher, for nearly twelve years he walked closely with God, and his labours were made a blessing to many; when, through temptation, he left the society. He, however, soon returned, weeping, and acknowledging that he had done wrong in leaving those with whom he had been so long united in the bonds of Christian love. His brethren gladly received him; and from that time till death he was a burning and shining light. Humility and Christian simplicity were his distinguishing characteristics; and these he eminently retained to the close of his pilgrimage. He led two classes; and for many years, after the fatiguing labours of the day, be occasionally preached in several adjacent villages, which were almost destitute of the means of grace, faithfully warning the wicked of their state, and comforting the saints of the Most High. His last illness was short, but severe. preached on Sunday, Nov. 9th, at Bawdsey, without the least inconvenience; and on the Tuesday evening following, his last sermon, at Shottisham. He spoke with great liberty, and the discourse will not soon be forgotten. The next day he was taken unwell while at his usual employ in the field; and on the following Friday morning he expired, in hope of a glorious immor

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tality. Though he was buried in a small country village, it is supposed nearly three hundred persons followed his remains to the grave. Their tears showed how high he stood in their estimation. He was a studious and laborious Local Preacher. The manuscripts which he has left are numerous, and prove that preaching the Gospel was regarded by him as a work of great importance. A good work is now going on in the villages in his neighbourhood. J. G. W.

Nov. 16th.-At Heath, in the Leighton-Buzzard Circuit, Richard Harris, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. He joined the Methodist society when first formed at that place, about thirty-four years ago; and though strictly moral from his youth, yet deep and protracted was the penitential sorrow through which he entered into the liberty of the sons of God. Having obtained the pardoning mercy of God, he adorned the Gospel of Christ to the end of life. For many years he was an active and useful Class-Leader. Indeed he, with his father and sister, have from the first taken a lively interest and a leading part in the cause of Methodism in that place. At a love-feast, held on the Sabbath, three weeks before his death, he was unspeakably happy in God. His end was sudden, as he died of apoplexy; but all was peace. R. C.

Nov. 17th.-At Leighton-Buzzard, Mrs. Sarah Thorpe, aged fifty-seven years. Early in life she was a subject of divine impressions, and at the age of seventeen joined the Methodist society at Luton, near her native place, and was made happy in God, under a sermon preached by the Rev. Joseph Harper, then in the Bedford Circuit. When about twenty two years of age she was married to Mr. John Thorpe, and settled at Leighton-Buzzard, where they were respectable in business, but deprived of those means of grace in which she had so much profited, and highly valued; as there were no Methodists in that place. After some time preaching was commenced in their own house; and they kindly entertained the messengers of peace till near the time when a chapel was built, and a Preacher appointed to reside in the town. Thus was Methodism introduced into Leighton-Buzzard. During the latter part of her life she experienced a painful reverse of circumstances; yet, when exercised by poverty, and surrounded by a large family, she was an example of Christian fortitude and resignation. She was a sincere Methodist, warmly attached both to our doctrine and discipline; and great was her regard for the means of grace, especially her class-meeting. After an unwavering profession, for nearly forty years, her end was triumphant. A little while before her departure, she said, "I shall soon be in heaven. O how I would sing, if I had strength!" With her eyes lifted up, and a cheerful countenance, as if she saw the heavenly convoy waiting her departure, she said, "Do you not see them? I shall soon be with you." These were her last words.

R. C.

Nov. 18th.-At Plungar, in the Grantham Circuit, Mr. Richard Guy, in the seventy-third year of his age. His end was sudden, but his eternal happiness not less sure on that account. At midnight he was summoned to go forth to meet the heavenly Bridegroom; but his lamp was trimmed, and his light burning. At an early period of the night, he retired to rest in his wonted state of health; but at about twelve o'clock he arose, and said to his wife, "I feel considerable pain at my chest; and what I have not felt before, a pain in my side." Having sat down on the bed-side, he said, "I feel I shall be sick." She immediately arose, and seeing in his visage the aspect of death, exclaimed, "Why, my dear, you are going speak to me !" But he spake not; he heaved a sigh, and gave up the ghost. Mr. Guy was emis nently spiritually minded; he seemed constantly to live in the habit of prayer and praise. His

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closet was visited many times in the day; and in the night-watches his voice was frequently heard in songs of praise to his redeeming Lord. A few days prior to his death, he said to the writer, *Bless the Lord, I have been praying much of late, and intend to pray more than I have ever yet done. O, it is sweet to hold converse with God! I have been thinking much of holiness; nothing but holiness, holiness to the Lord, can make us happy here, and fit us for the happiness of heaven hereafter." Similar remarks to these he repeatedly uttered, which showed how intent he was upon being found ready for the coming of the Son of Man. Many of the society had remarked of late a greater degree of holy influence resting upon hun. At a prayer-meeting, which was held in his own house on the night he died, several persons observed, that they never before saw Mr. Guy so earnest and so devout. On retiring into the parlour, he exclair ed, "Glory be to God, we have had a good prayer-meeting to night. It has been a glorious time." He was brought to God amongst the Methodists, soon after his marriage with her who is now his widow, and with whom he had lived for upwards of forty years in the most tender reciprocal affection. He introduced Methodist preaching into Plungar, in the year 1796, and obtained a sense of the divine favour under a sermon preached in his own house, by the Rev. Jonathan Parkin, then stationed in the Newark Circuit. The chapel was built in the same year at the entire expense of Mr. Guy. He was ever intent upon doing good. He was not in the habit of sending the poor empty away from his door; and scarcely ever did the unfortunate solicit help at his hands in vain. He aided many of the people in their emergencies; and his memory will long be revered.

T. C.

Nov. 18th-At Norland, in the SowerbyBridge Circuit, aged seventy-six, Grace Mitchell. She had been a member of the Methodist society twenty-three years; and during the whole of that time adorned the doctrine of God her Saviour. Though she moved in a very humble situation in life, her love to the cause of Christ was evidenced by her regular attendance upon the means of grace, and cheerful support to the cause, according to her ability. For the last five years of her life she was severely afflicted; but her strong confidence in God, and patient resignation to his will, were a proof of the peaceful state of her mind. A few hours before her death, she said, "My pains are gone. I am going home." She exclaimed, "Victory," and expired.

Nov. 21st-Near Welsh-Pool, in the Newtown Circuit, Elizabeth Jones, in the twenty-ninth year of her age. She enjoyed, for upwards of eight years, a calm and cheerful consciousness of her acceptance with God, through faith in her Lord Jesus Christ; during which time she was a steady and consistent member of the Wesleyan society. Like her divine Master, she was of a meek and humble spirit; and in the possession of this temper she found rest for her soul. She departed this life in the triumph of faith, leaving an affectionate husband and many others, to lament her absence; feebly uttering these words, "My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever." From these words, at the request of her friends, a funeral sermon was preached at the Pump-House, one of our regular preaching places, on Sunday, Dec. 21st. Such was the respect which was showed to her memory, by old and young, that the place of preaching could not contain the people. They were obliged to conduct the service out of doors, where they stood, and under open heaven adored the God that made both earth and sky;" and felt, I trust, determined to follow her as she followed Christ.

C. N.

Der. Ist.-At Norton, in the Pontefract Circuit, Joseph Nettleton, aged eighty years. He was fifty years a member of the Methodist society, and thirty-eight a Class-Leader. Possessed of an amiable disposition, and of genuine piety, he was peaceful, cheerful, and consistent in his conduct. In his house the Ministers of the Gospel were kindly entertained, and continue to be so by his

son, who succeeds him. He was one of a few young men who came from Wakefield, many years since, to introduce Methodism into Pontefract by holding prayer meetings. His last affliction was short; but he died in the assured hope of eternal life. T. II.

Dec. 2d.-At York, in great peace, Mrs. Marshall; having been a member of the Methodist society twenty six years, fifteen of which she was the Leader of a large and flourishing class. Mrs. Marshall was singularly amiable in her temper, courteous in her manners, liberal to the poor, and deeply devoted to God. Few persons have commanded so much respect from people of a rank superior to their own, as our late departed friend. This was especially manifested by the constant solicitude that an extended circle of this description of persons_expressed for her recovery during her illness. In her removal, the York society has lost a valuable member, and those of her class a faithful friend and affectionate Leader. F. C.

Dec. 3d.-At Garsdale-Foot, in the Kendal Circuit, Mrs. Sarah Inman, aged fifty-seven; having been a member of the Methodist society about twenty years. She was awakened to feel her lost condition as a sinner, by means of the Methodist ministry; and about the time when she united herself to the people of God, she obtained the blessing of salvation by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. Soon after this, the family removed to a distance, into a spiritually barren place; but here she manifested her love to God by opening her house for public preaching; and kindly accommodated the messengers of the Lord under her roof. Upwards of four years ago she returned to the neighbourhood where she first joined the Methodist society; and had the pleasure of once more uniting with the same people, many of whom were still living. In the midst of great op position, she made considerable progress in the divine life. By removing to a new house, she caught a severe cold, which was the cause of long and painful affliction, which she bore with Christian patience. She was favoured with several special manifestations of divine love. A few days previous to her departure, she said, "I am as fully satisfied that I shall be brought to heaven, as that I am now lying here.' She died in sure and certain hope of a glorious resurrection. B. C.

Dec. 4th.-At Liverpool, Thomas Webster; who was awakened to a sense of his guilt and darger as a sinner, when about twenty-six years of age, under the ministry of a Clergyman in the Establishment, and obtained the sense of peace with God while receiving the sacrament in that community. Being led to attend a class-meeting, at which he found considerable pleasure and profit, he advised his Minister to hold such meetings with the serious members of his congregation. This suggestion was kindly heard, but not adopted.

A special desire to attend these meetings fect to his final settlement among the Methodists. Eventually he became a Class-Leader; and also united with others in seeking to introduce religion into the back streets and courts of this large town, as well as into the neighbouring villages, by means of meetings for exhortation and prayer. As a Visiter for the "Strangers' Friend Society," he was rendered a blessing to the souls and bodies of many while several near relations were brought under the power of religion, chiefly by his instrumentality. Though comfortably, and, to all appearance, permanently settled in life, and likely to succeed in business, this pilgrim was suddenly called to move into a sick room. There he con

versed on reli ious subjects, declared the great peace he enjoyed, and delighted to hear several of the hymns contained in the new Supplement, with passages of Scripture, particularly the twenty-third psalm; which, he said, expressed his present experience. His disorder suddenly and unexpectedly assumed a new form, and he left a sorrowing family to join a triumphant church. S. J.

Dec. 10th.-At Radcliffe, in the Nottingham

Circuit, aged sixty-three years, Mrs. Brewster. She had serious impressions when she was very young; but it was not till the seventeenth year of her age, that she b came decidedly pious. Being convinced of sin, she anxiously inquired, "What must I do to be saved?" and earnestly prayed that God would teach her the right way. In this state of mind she paid a visit to the late Mrs. Dobinson, of Derby; and by the kind instruction of that excellent woman, she learned the scriptural way of salvation through faith in the atonement of Christ. She immediately joined the Methodist society; soon obtained peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ; and for forty-four years was a steady and consistent member. During the former part of her religious career, she met with much opposition; but after her marriage her path was more smooth and easy; for her husband was likeminded with herself, and "they walked in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." Her death was rather sudden. She was a woman of great equanimity, good sense, and deep piety. She brought up her children with prudence and discretion; and several of them are treading in her footsteps. By her death, her children have lost an excellent parent, and the church of Christ a valuable member. W. B.

Dec. 13th.-At Kettering, after an illness of six weeks, Mr. Joseph Bayes, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. He had been a consistent member of the Methodist society between forty and fifty years, and during a considerable portion of that time, a useful Class-Leader and Local Preacher. His diligence in business, his Christian simplicity and integrity, and his uniform consistency of character, secured for him the respect of persons of every denomination. His loss will be deeply felt by the Methodist society, to which he was warmly attached, and gave his liberal support. His last affliction was painful, and, for a time, depressing in its influence upon his mind; but his end was peace, and he was enabled to rejoice in hope of the glory of God. To him might be applied, both in life and death, the language of the Psalmist, "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace." J. E.

Dec. 14th-At Deal, John Neame. He joined the Methodist society in the year 1829, deeply sensibly of the need of a new heart; a blessing which he earnestly sought he soon found it, and was enabled to rejoice with joy unspeakable. During the whole period of his Christian profession, he never lost the evidence of pardon, and his religious experience was characterized by uniform peace and joy in believing. For five weeks previous to his death, he suffered much, but bore it with exemplary patience. J. M.

Dec. 17th.-At his residence, at Withington, near Congleton, very suddenly, the Rev. Charles Cleland Kirkpatrick, having just returned from Macclesfield, accompanied by two of the late Mr. Slack's daughters. He complained on the road of being unwell, and desired his young frien's to be mindful of him. On reaching home he retired to the garden, where he was found on his knees. On being brought to the house, it would appear he was insensible; and it was not long before he expired in Mrs. Slack's arms. Mr. Kirkpatrick had preached on the Sunday before with vigour and affection. He was greatly re-p cted by his neighbours, for his friendly and affable behaviour; and the family mourn his foss, which has occurred so very soon after that of his friend and kind host, Mr. Joseph Slack. His remains were deposited in the same vault with those of his late wife, who died at Macclesfield. The occasion of his death was improved on the following day by his old friend the Rev. John Hughes.

J. H.

Dec. 17th.-At Tralce, Ireland, Mr. Joseph Jeffcott, jun., aged twenty-two. In the year 1851, whilst attending prayer meetings, held in his father's house, the Spirit of the Lord convinced him of sin; and for several months he was deeply distressed on account of his perishing condition. In May, 1832, he was invited to meet in class in the Methodist society, and soon reaped advantage

from Christian communion. Encouraged by the promises of God, and the living testimonies of his brethren, he was enabled to exercise faith in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, and was immediately filled with peace and joy, which he held fast unto the end. Modest and retiring in his disposition, he exercised himself in the culture of his heart, watching over it with diligence and holy jealousy, improving his mind by the perusal of the works of pious authors. Frequently he was found in the garden, pouring out his soul to God, and imploring divine aid to persevere in the heavenly way. His tender mind could not bear the company of transgressors. If he had not sufficient influence to restrain them, he would at once retire; neither would he risk the happiness of his soul in the society of triflers. For the last six months his health declined. Some days before his departure, his sufferings were severe; yet he bore all without the slightest murmur; for he was graciously supported by the Lord. "Tell my class," said he, addressing his Leader, "that I die happy in God; that I have not followed a cunningly devised fable; that I know I stand firm on the Rock, Christ Jesus." The word "firm," he repeated with peculiar emphasis.

J. S.

Dec. 22d.-At Birmingham, Mrs. Sarah James, aged fifty-seven. For many years she was a steady, humble, useful member of the Methodist society; and though called to pass through severe sufferings, she glorified God in the fire. Her trust was in the incrits of Christ, through whom she enjoyed a comfortable assurance of her acceptance with God; and though her death was sudden, she was looking for the coming of her Lord. J. W.

Dec. 25d.-At Camelford, in Cornwall, Mrs. Frances Lobb, in the sixty-ninth year of her age. She was adinitted upon trial into the Methodist society upwards of forty-nine years since by the late Dr. A. Clarke; and it may be safely said, that, from that time, she has been a steady and consistent professor of religion, and a meek and lowly follower of her adorable Master. During the later years of her life, however, she was the subject of considerable mental conflict; though, in the midst of all, it was evident that she was enabled to preserve her steadfastness. In those dark seasons, to which, probably from bodily infirmitics, she was subjected, nothing seemed so effectually to restore her spiritual enjoyment as intelligence respecting Sion's prosperity. As death approached, her peace and assurance of the favour of God were much augmented. On one occasion she said, "God is love! I have no fear of death! My whole confidence is in the atonement of my Saviour!" In this condition she remained till her purified spirit was dismissed. II. B.

Dec. 24th-At Newbury, the Rev. Solomon Whitworth, in the forty-seventh year of his age, and the twenty-fifth of his ministry. He was brought to a saving knowledge of the truth at an carly age; and ever after exhibited in his actions, words, and tempers, the sanctifying power of divine truth and grace. Alout sixteen years since, when in the High-Wycomb Circuit, he caught a violent cold, which produced inflammation of the lungs, from the effects of which he never recovered. In 1821, froin the state of his health, he was obliged to retire as a Supernumerary; and in 1823, he again entered on his labours as an Itinerant, and continued in his work till 1830, when he was again compelled to retire. Since this period he has resided in this town. From continued indisposition he has ever since been unable, to any extent, to ergage in the duties of the Christian ministry. About five weeks before his death, the complaint under which he had so long suffered assumed an alarming appearance; and continued to increase, till it terminated in death. In his last hours, as through the whole of his Christian life, his sole reliance, for present and future salvation, was on the death of Christ: this he found to be the sole and suflicient resting-place for his soul. lle ended this life in great peace. S. W.

Der 24th-At Bolton, in his eighty-second ar, Wam Hampson, who had been a deeply bous and consistent member of the Methodist sosery for upwards of fifty years. He was brought God in a remarkable manner. Having gone ep the field to read Mr. Wesley's Sermons, he pened on that striking discourse which Mr. Charles Wesley preached before the University of Oxford, n the words, "Awake, thou that sleepest, and se from the dead, and Christ shall give thee

He read the text; he thought a moment, mid his soul was awakened to a sense of his dangr. He did arise," and shake off his spiritual Sumber; and "light" was given in that moment. He called on God in earnest prayer; the Lord burd, and graciously answered;

"His chains fell off, his heart was free;" and from that time he was happy in the love of God That this change of mind was genuine, requires no stronger proof than that the subject of it persevered in the good way, with great simparity and godly sincerity, for upwards of half a retry. Mr. Hampson was long a man of one bout After he retired from business, a few years age, he was entirely given up to spiritual things. He had a prayer-meeting in his house every day, between the hours of twelve and one; and several persons received spiritual good at those meetings, who are now steady members of the Methodist soety. In this happy state he went on his way, til the close of his earthly career. To visit him his affliction was truly delightful. He" walked the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost." His dying words were,

"My Jesus to know, and feel his blood flow, Ta life everlasting, 'tis heaven below.”

B. S.

Dec. 26th-At Gorton, in the Ashton underLyne Circuit, Edward Chatterton, aged sixty-one. He became a member of the Methodist society about forty years ago; and continued to be an ornament to his profession until the day of his death. As the Leader of a class, he was affectionate, faithful, and instructive. He was a trustworthy servant, a loving husband, a kind father; and he brought up his children in the fear of the Lord. During his affliction, sacred things were his continual theme: and his prospect for heaven was without a cloud. T. H.

Dec. 28th-At Bungay, Mr. William Goff. At a very early period he attached himself to the Wesleyan society, as having been mainly instrumental in promoting the first awakenings of his heart; and speedily after found the pearl of great price. He subsequently became an acceptable Local Preacher; but, on account of unwatchfulness, in the midst of temporal embarrassments, he sustained considerable spiritual loss, and forfeited, for a while, his fellowship with the church of Christ. Long, however, before his death, while in Wales, he recovered his forfeited peace with God, and his place among His people; and after enduring "a great fight of afflictions," commerca', physical, and moral, he returned to this place to die. During the last hours of his earthly struggle, his soul was visited with cheering manífestations of God's love. His last words were, "Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life.” T. C. Dec. 28th.-At Castletown, in the Douglas Circuit, Isle of Man, Mr. John Kerrush, aged forty years; having been twenty-five years a member of the Methodist society, and long an ac ceptable and useful Class-Leader. His piety was scriptural, evinced by his uniform walk with God, his genuine meckness, and unfeigned humility, He was a lover of good men, and of the word and Ministers of Christ; and a strict observer of Christian duty. To the last hour of his life, he avowed his cordial belief in the doctrines of Methodism, and conscientious attachment to its constitution and discipline. The society of which he was an ornament has sustained a great loss in his removal. But it is hoped his mantle will fall upon some of his surviving companions. For several months he was a subject of great affliction, and

often of agonizing pain; but, by the grace of God, he was enabled to suffer with that fortitude and resignation which Christianity only can inspire. He triumphed over pain and death; he rejoiced with joy unspeakable and full of glory; and, on two or three occasions, those who were present participated in his joy, and felt as if they were on the verge of heaven. S. B.

Dec. 31st.-At Tottenham, on her way to the chapel, Mrs. Margaret Whitfield, widow of the late Rev. G. Whitfield, of Bruce-Grove, in the eighty-third year of her age; having been for above sixty years a consistent and devoted reember of the Wesleyan-Methodist society. E. W.

Jan. 2d, 1835.-At Primrose street, Bishopsgate, in the London North Circuit, Mr. Thomas Binnington, aged seventy-five. He was born at Hayton, in Yorkshire, but in his youth the family removed to Bolton, in the same county, where they rented a farm. One of the conditions on which they occupied it was, that the house should be kept open for Methodist preaching at the stated times. By this means the family were brought under the sound of the Gospel, and some of the junior branches soon yielded to the power of divine truth. Thomas, at the age of sixteen, was deeply convinced of sin, joined the society, and entered into the liberty of the children of God. From that time to his death, a period of fitty-nine years, he continued a steady member of that body of Christians. For several years before his death he had to struggle with difficulties, through severe losses in business, yet he held on the noiseless tenor of his way. Trusting in his Saviour, he received those divine communications which bore him up under all the dispensations of Providence. In the year 1831 he had a long affliction, from which his friends thought he could never recover. From this he was raised up; and although his constitution was impaired, a hope was entertained that he might be spared a few years longer. But on Christmas-day he complained of being unwell, and was attacked with a disorder that soon terminated his carcer on earth. He was remarkable for his humility; and when speaking of the way in which God had brought him, his heart overflowed with gratitude. Having long enjoyed the love of God, he was anxiously concerned for the spiritual welfare of his children.

W. R.

Jan. 4th-At Northampton, Mrs. Ann Cooke, aged fifty; having been a member of the Methodist society upwards of eighteen years. She was a woman of sincere piety; adorning her Christian profession by an upright walk and conversation. Under circumstances of trial and affliction, she maintained the propriety and excellency of the Christian character, and was enabled firmly to depend upon the divine faithfulness. She enjoyed much of the comfort of religion, and departed this life in the possession of a hope full of immortality. W. H.

Jan. 4th.-At Sidlesham, in the Chichester Circuit, in the thirty-fourth year of her age, Mrs. Harriet Stevens. She was deeply convinced of sin under the preaching of the Rev. John Pigott, in the year 1822; she soon afterwards found peace with God, united herself with the Wesleyan society, and, from that time, continued a steady and consistent member. She possessed a tender conscience, was most scrupulously just in all her dealings, and of great equanimity of temper. It was with much pleasure that she received into her house the Wesleyan Preachers, both Itinerant and Local, when they visited the village to speak to the people "all the words of this life." For several months she had an increasing conviction that death was near. At the commencement of her illness, she entered into a close examination of her state before God, and was much cast down at the view of her defects; but, in answer to prayer, she was soon enabled to triumph over all her fears, for the Lord graciously gave her to taste the joy of his full salvation. All earthly ties were now severed. Her parent, her husband, and her children, she submissively resigned into the hands of a faithful Creator; expressed her thankful

ness that her sufferings were so light; and, with holy triumph, exclaimed, " of it! Happy, happy, happy!" Dying is all the best H. Y. C. Jan. 5th.-At Preston, Miss Rachel Dobson Furness, daughter of Mr. John Furness, aged twenty years. From a child she had religious convictions; and when about seven years of age, while her mother was praying with her, she was impressed with the necessity of a change of heart. From that time she became thoughtful and serious; and when about thirteen she joined the Methodist society, to which she was ever after s'rongly attached. For several years she was a Collector for the Bible and Missionary Societies, and in her last illness frequently expressed a desire that some one would give her a donation for the support of the Missionary cause. In consideration of this her father gave her £5. and affectionate to her parents; modest and unShe was dutiful assuming in her manners; diffident as to her religious experience; and upright in her life. A little before she died, she said to her father, "Jesus is come. He does manifest himself to my soul;" and then exclaimed, "A far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory!" On hearing this, her father, who had been carnestly wrestling with God on her behalf, said to her, "You are quite happy now?" She replied, "Yes, I am." And soon after, her spirit took its flight to the paradise of God. J. M.

Jan. 6th.-At Macclesfield, Mrs. Martha Clulow, aged fifty seven. In early life she attended the ministry of the Methodists, and when about twenty years of age joined their society, of which she was a consistent and valuable member thirtyseven years. Her health had been long in a declining state; but she bore her affliction with great resignation to the will of God, in whose mercy, through Christ, she had an unshaken confidence; and felt, that, though her heart and flesh failed, God was the strength of her heart and her portion for ever. É. M. Jan. 7th.-At Royston, in the Barnsley Circuit, Mr. Christopher Ruth, after a short illness, in the eighty-third year of his age. He had been a hearer of the Methodists upwards of sixty years; and a member of the Methodist society between thirty and forty years. His end was peace.

H. C.

Jan. 11th.-At Port-Looc, in the St. Mawe's Circuit, Mr. William Trounce, aged eighty-five. He was brought to God under the ministry of the late Rev. Joseph Taylor; and for upwards of fifty-two years was a steady and consistent mem

ber of the Methodist society; to which he was ardently attached, both in regard to its doctrine and discipline; and he maintained that attachment to the end of his days. The last few weeks of his life were characterized by strong confidence in God, through Christ, and lively anticipations of that " glory which shall be revealed." affliction which ended his life was severe, but he The "possessed his soul in patience;" and at length, having "endured as seeing Him that is invisible," while gasping for breath, he exclaimed, "Glory be to God!" and breathed his soul into the hands of his Saviour. He has left a widow, about his own age, eight children, fifty seven grandchildren, and twenty-two great-grandchildren; most of whom attend the Methodist ministry. Several of them are members of the society, and some hold important offices in the body. J. S.

Jan. 14th. At Carmarthen, Miss Sophia Timmins, seventh daughter of Aaron Timmins, Esq. Her amiable disposition endeared her to her family and friends, who greatly deplore her early death.

Jan. 14th.-At Edinburgh, aged thirty-eight, G. R. Mrs. Margaret Walsh, wife of Mr. Benjamin Walsh, artist. Mrs. Walsh was a saint of the Most High, an Israelite indeed. to the class and order of Lady Maxwell, Lady She belonged Glenorchy, and Mrs. Fletcher; and though with an intellect somewhat less cultivated than theirs, she was like them in mind and manner, in piety and usefulness, in faith and works, in gifts and grace, in life and death. She was the Leader of two large and flourishing classes belonging to the Methodist society, was zealous and indefatigable in promoting the interests of the Wesleyan society, was an accredited religious Visiter in several of the public charitable and moral institutions of the city, and was extensively known, highly esteemed, and greatly beloved, beyond as well as within the pale of her own chosen communion. tian experience bore the stamp of the first ChrisHer Christians, and her character was cast in the mould of the true primitive Methodist. She was refining in a furnace of suffering for the last eleven months; and, from a slow but severe disease, which during the whole of that period perpetrated its ravages on her house of clay, she came forth like gold seven times purified; but not to adorn an earthly sanctuary. She is to be found with the wise that shine as the brightness of the firmament, and among those that have turned many to righetousness, that shall shine as the stars for ever and ever. J. R.

POETRY.

THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.
Οιη περ φύλλων γενεη τοιη δε και ανδρων.

THERE is no rose to grace thy bier,
Nor bud, nor flower, departing year:
All that the youthful Spring had nursed
Perish'd, as they arose, the first:
So, in their beauty and their pride,
The children of the seasons died.

Spring saw her latest glories shine,
And Summer his bright sun decline;
And Autumn darkly pass'd away,
Ere the last leaf had left the spray.

Another season shall renew
The promise, and the brightness too;
Another bird be on the wing,

In the melodious skies of spring;

But where is he whose early lay
Was sweetest in the sunny May ?
Another rose shall deck the bower,
But where is thy forsaken flower?
These may be bright, but bring not here
Thy scatter'd leaves, departing year.
Songster and song are silent still,
Though other sounds are on the hill.

So passeth life, so passeth man ;
A sojourner he first began

His course on earth; then why should he
Less fleeting than thy shadows be?
But see, the glass of time ruus low,
And the last sands all hurrying flow;
The cloud, the rose, the ray that shone,
The hope, the hour, the year, is gone!
H. W. J.

JAMES NICHOLS, Printer, 46, Hoxton-square, London.

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