"I am not, I would not be, impatient. No! I will wait my appointed time, till my change come. If I could, I would shout, God is love! JESUS is precious! He is very precious to my soul.-My Master (meaning CHRIST) has employed my family, for a great number of years, in doing a little work for him. There were my father and mother, and an uncle and aunt; they have long since gone to reap their reward; and if we be faithful, we shall follow them. When our Master wants a little work to be done, he looks, amongst his followers, at that man and that woman: they, perhaps, know that the work should be done, but instead of coming forward to do it, they stand back, and get out of the way: he then calls others who are not quite so well suited for it, but he qualifies them for it, gives them grace to do it, and then rewards them for it; taking the honour out of that man's or that woman's hands."-On the day before his death, his speech nearly failed; but a person in the room saying, "How merciful the LORD is, and how his presence supports you!" he said, "It is all mercy, LORD! all mercy, and free grace!" These were the last words this aged saint was heard to speak.-In him the neighbourhood has lost a burning and a shining light, and the Church one of its ornaments and pillars. He conducted himself in all his affairs as

an upright Christian, and greatly adorned his profession of religion. As a parent, he governed his house in the fear of the LORD, and with an eye to his glory. He was a man of strong mind, of deep observation, and of few words; but when he did speak, it was always with judgment. He took great delight in reading the Bible, which was his constant companion. The Psalmist's words are strikingly descriptive of his character and his peaceful end; "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.' (Communicated by the REV. G. MARSDEN.)

after having thus for a season been diligent in doing the will of GoD, he was called to suffer it for a long series of years. He was poor; he was afflicted; but in him patience had its perfect work. In a word, he was 66 a good man, and full of the HOLY GHOST and of faith." In death he witnessed a good confession. DANIEL MACALLUM.

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6. Died, at Leeds, July 17th, ELIZABETH, the wife of MR. W. SMITH, Merchant, aged thirty-five years.-The sudden death of MR. W. BURROWS, the pious father of the late MRS. SMITH, (through the divine influence,) produced those convictions of the necessity of being prepared for every event of Providence, which, under the ministry of the REV. JABEZ BUNTING, ended in her finding the pearl of great price, and rejoicing in a sin-pardoning GOD. She had been joined to the Methodist Society for nearly eleven years, during which time she exemplified those christian graces, which visibly ripened as she drew nearer to the eternal world. She discharged her religious and domestic duties with exemplary diligence. She was aware that religion had the first claim, and always considered it as the "King's business." It had therefore the supreme place in her thoughts and affections; and hence arose that constant and undeviating attendance upon the ordinances of GOD, which distinguished her during her christian course. the domestic circle, religion was the theme on which she most delighted to dwell; and to train her young and interesting family in the way in which they should go, was her delight. By catechetical instruction, and reading the Holy Scriptures to her lovely charge, she endeavoured to make them "wise unto salvation."-Having drank freely of the "water of life" herself, her desire was intense that her relatives, and all within the circle of her acquaintance, should be partakers of the same blessings. This object she laboured to promote by her fervent prayers, and most assiduous exhortations. Her disposition was tender and sympathetic. She loved to visit the abodes of sickness and misery; and, after relieving the temporal wants of the wretched inmates, to lead their minds to Him who came to seek and to save that which was lost." The followers of JESUS were her chosen companions. No greater feast could she have, than when, united with a band of kindred souls,"" prayer was their business, all their pleasure praise." To the Ministers of CHRIST she was cordially and affectionately attached. The Public Band-Meetings, held at Leeds on

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Saturday evenings, were remarkably blessed to her. She never returned from them without profit, and often declared that she thought it impossible to attend them without growing in grace. Her Sabbaths seemed always to have commenced from that time. Her private devotions, also, were peculiarly sanctified to her. These no earthly engagements were allowed to hinder; and to those who were around her, it was often evident, when she came forth from her closet, that she had truly "been with JESUS."-Some time before her removal to glory, MRS. SMITH mentioned a strong impression, which rested upon her mind, of the necessity of being ready for death, and said, that nothing but great faith in the boundless mercies of GOD could support her under the agonizing thought of leaving, so soon, her affectionate husband and family. Previously, however, to the issue of the mortal struggle, her mind was remark ably placid and resigned; and after thanking GoD for his goodness in blessing her with the plenitude of conjugal felicity, during her short pilgrimage, she confidently committed all, from whom she was called to part, to the care of Him, whom she now proved to be "all in all to her, when strength and health failed. At one time, during her illness, her friends hoped that she might be restored to her wonted health: but the contrary impression was still forcibly on her mind; and she intimated that the remaining hours of her life must be spent in earnest supplications to the throne of grace, that in passing through the valley and shadow of death her confidence might increase. This prayer was most triumphantly answered. Over the last days of her life "not a cloud did arise;" but as the silver cord was loosening, her faith and hope abounded yet more and more. Her soul seemed continually absorbed in devotion. Some of her last expressions were as follows: "All my doubts and fears are gone :

'JESU's blood; through earth and skies, Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries."" On being asked if she was happy, she exclaimed with animation, "Oyes; yes!" A few moments before death was swallowed up in victory, she seemed to be entirely engaged in spiritual communion with GOD and heaven; but was only able distinctly to articulate the words, "Angels angels!" At this time her countenance afforded a visible expression of her inward felicity; the glories of the eternal world seemed already before her view; and, with the placidity and peace which true religion alone can impart, her spirit took its flight to the mansions of the blessed. Leeds.

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7. Died, July 25th, aged fifty-seven, MRS. MARY BARKER, of Spaldington, in the Howden Circuit. When a child, the fear of GOD was graciously planted in her mind, and strengthened by the instructions and example of a pious father. About the eighteenth year of her life, she was powerfully awakened to a proper view of her state, as a sinner before God, under the ministry of the REV. JAMES STILLINGFLEET, of Hotham. Soon after this, she joined the Methodist Society; and for many years adorned her christiau profession, walking in the fear of the LORD, and enjoying the comforts of the HOLY GHOST. During the latter years of her life, she manifested increasing diligence aud fervour in religious ordinances, and a growing love to the followers of CHRIST. She said, in her affliction, "I am enabled to say, The will of the LORD be done.' I feel no anxiety as to the result of my illness. That passage has been much blessed to my soul,For we know, that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of GoD, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.'' She frequently declared, that she loved GOD with her whole heart. On the evening of her death, MR. BARKER said to her, "Do you keep hold of JESUS?" She replied, "I do keep hold! I know that my Redeemer liveth! and in a few minutes she fell asleep. Howden. JOHN BUSTARD.

8. Died, at his house, Southfield, near Colne, in Lancashire, July 26th, 1823, RICHARD SAGAR, ESQ., aged forty. It was at a very early period of life that he first began to attend to divine things; and for several years he continued truly pious, and zealous in the cause of God. Happy would it have been for him, had his youthful piety never been interrupted: in that case, great and continued anguish of heart would have been prevented. On the death of his pious father, the late WILLIAM SAGAR, ESQ., his mind was very deeply impressed by religious subjects; and although he was conscious of his own personal alienation from GOD, he resolved that the cause of truth and piety should not be suffered to languish, in consequence of the removal of one who had for so many years been its zealous friend and supporter. He presented himself therefore as his departed parent's representative; and endeavoured to prove himself not unworthy of having succeeded to the greater part of the paternal inheritance. His house and his purse, from that time, were open to all whom he considered the friends of the LORD JESUS. Southfield,-which had for years been the seat of pious hospitality, which had

been repeatedly honoured by the visits of the late REV. JOHN WESLEY, and many of the earlier race of Methodist Preachers, and from which streams of kindness had long issued to the relief of the indigent and distressed in the neighbourhood,—still continued, under his management, to maintain its former character: nor was his regard confined to those in his own immediate vicinity. His mind, enlarged by education, was brought under the government of a warm and philanthropic heart; and he was ever forward to promote those civil and religious institutions, which have the public welfare, especially the welfare of the poor, for their object. He was loyal from principle. Having made himself acquainted with the history and laws of his country, and being fully aware of the great superiority she has gained over every other European state, by the generally wise and lenient administration of those laws, he, although a friend to liberty, was always ready to support, by his influence and exertions, those measures which were designed to communicate scriptural views and sober feelings on political subjects. Though strongly attached, from education and principle, to the doctrines and economy of the Wesleyan-Methodists, he was no bigot. Following the example of our venerable Founder, MR. WESLEY, he did not wrap himself in the cloak of sectarian narrowness; but regarded with peculiar respect and veneration the Established Church, of which he considered the Methodist Body to be a lively and fruitful branch. Although his mind was favourably impressed with divine things by the death of his father, he did not at that time decidedly unite himself to any religious society. It was in the latter end of 1817, that he was led to seek stricter communion with the pious. Having for many years been a stranger to the spiritual enjoyments of his youth, he became deeply sensible of his loss, and anxious to be restored to his former state. For this he prayed with strong cries and tears, but, for a season, without success. This he himself ascribed to the unsubdued pride of a high and lofty spirit; a spirit, which would not allow him to stoop to a religious union with ⚫ persons much beneath him in worldly circumstances. This spirit he, therefore, determined, by the grace of GoD, to mortify and overcome; and he succeeded in his endeavours. About this period be profited much by some interviews with the REV. RICHARD REECE, by the ministry of the late REV. T. VASEY, Jun., and by the solemnity of a Covenant-Meeting, which he attended

at Manchester. On the latter occasion he described himself as having been perfectly overwhelmed before God, by a sense of his extreme unworthiness and sinfulness. He felt so abased that he would gladly have concealed himself at the bottom of the pew, to weep before his Maker. He now hesitated no more about joining with Gon's people in his own neighbourhood. He soon attended a Class, related his experience with tears, and assured them, that he should be glad if they would allow one so unworthy to have a name and a place among them. From this time he became more decided in his character, and more devoted to pious and benevolent pursuits. To the cause of Missions he was strongly attached; and when a Branch-Missionary Society was formed in the Colne Circuit, he, with a mixture of joy and trembling, presided on the occasion. To its funds he became an annual subscriber of Ten Guincas; and often lamented that many gentlemen of property, who now subscribe One Guinea a year, do not raise their subscription to a sum more proportioned to the end they wish to accomplish,—the salvation of the world! The Missionary Cause was one of his favourite themes to the last; and when unable to attend Missionary Meetings, he listened with feelings of high interest to second-hand statements of the speeches delivered. Nor did he forget to perpetuate his subscription to the General Fund. "That our Missionary Cause may be no loser by my death,' said he, "I have ordered Two Hundred Guineas to be paid into its funds, the interest of which, at five per cent, will amount to my annual subscription of Ten Guineas." While thus caring for the perishing heathen abroad, he did not forget the cause of religion at home. He diligently attended to every thing connected with the prosperity of the work of GoD in the Colne Circuit, and especially in his own neighbourhood. Convinced that well conducted PrayerMeetings are a valuable auxiliary to the Ministry of the Gospel, he united himself to a number of pious persons, and assisted in the meetings of that description, established amongst the numerous population in the vicinity of his residence. With great fervency did he, on these occasions, pour out his soul before GOD; and while thus proving that he valued the spiritual as well as temporal welfare of the poor, he raised for himself a monument of affectionate respect, which will not readily decay. But notwithstanding these exertions for the good of others, it does not appear that, at that time, he considered his own state to be