restraints of Civil as well as Religious obligations,) could not fail to call the attention of the Christian world to his expiring moments. It was therefore generally antici pated that something signally awful would distinguish his death: and so indeed there was, though not in the manner most generally expected. Like one given up to the "strongest delusions to believe a lie," and "with a conscience seared as with an hot iron", he seemed, in his last illness to acquire an awful insensibility to every thing of a religious nature; or at best, seemed most concerned, to keep out the intrusion of those visitors, and those reflections, which mostly press upon the sick and the needy at the approach of death. He therefore lingered out a dark and gloomy period of several months, in a sullen, deter'mined opposition, to every religious thought or suggestion. The very name of Christ was dreadful to his ear: whether from fear, or from scorn, or from anguish, is not so 'certainly known. It is certain, he showed a continued and marked hostility to the Clerical character, and would not endure that any of them, under any pretext, should visit him. The Rev. Mr. Ketchum however, in the common garb of a citizen, succeeded to approach him, and to bring him

into some desultory conversation; but he had no sooner drawn towards the object of his visit, by indirectly naming the name of Jesus, than the enraged infidel, fired at the sound, and lost to all sense of decorum, actually drove him from his presence! He would not endure any expostulation. But, though dreadful was the sound of that name, whom he had pierced, yet he afterwards actually repeatedly exclaimed in his agonies of pain, in the presence of his physician Doctor Manly, O, Lord help me, O Jesus help me! Upon being questioned by the Doctor, as to his confidence in the succour of that name, he would make no reply. But being further urged, he said with a previous thoughtful pause: "I have no wish to believe on that subject."*

It has been the opinion of those who had the best means of seeing the last days of this hoary incendiary, that it was his labour and aim to maintain to his last, the appear

* Doctor Manly, has written a letter explanatory of his death. We are informed by him, that whenever he fell into paroxysms of pain, which were frequent before his death, he would cry out without intermission, O Lord help me, O Jesus help me! God help me, Jesus Christ help me, &c. His conduct was as singular as his conversation was equivocal. He would not be left alone night or day. He would actually scream and holloa if left alone but for one moment.

ance of firmness and undismay in his principles. This false and vainglorious pride, was natural to such an heart; and makes the opinion extremely probable. But the inquietude and uncertainty consequent to a mind so alienated from God, kept him awakened to continued fear, lest his courage, which was forced and fluctuating, might be overruled by his distrusting, though feeble conscience, if he once submitted to hear the arguments which a Christian could at such a time enforce. Besides he was too conscious of his blasphemy against Christ to even hope in his name. He had therefore no alternative but to sustain his character, or loose his wretched fame.

All concur in describing him as possessing the most peculiarly awful visage that ever saddened a dying bed. It was an unique face; possessing an assemblage of every vitious and dismal passion. It was indeed too terrific to suffer some who knew him, to repeat their visits.

As he would never tolerate any conversation respecting religion, so he died leaving no other evidence behind him, than his general aversion to Christ and his disciples, He has now gone to his reward, where the realities of eternity are made known to him.

[Those who are curious to learn more of Paine, may find enough in Cheetham's "life of Paine" lately published, to give them a complete disgust of his character. He was insincere as a politician, was too aspiring for names and titles to be a real Republican, and was an habitual drunkard and a most disgusting sloven. He was also avaricious, and base in the fulfilment of his pecuniary promises. In short, he was a compound of all those vices which are generated in the breast of every infidel who wantonly sets the laws of God at defiance.],

[The names which follow, are such Unbelievers as reformed their Lives, and bore their testimony to the truth.]

CHARLES GILDON,

Author of a book called the Oracles of Reason, was convinced of the fallacy of his own arguments against religion, and the danger of his situation, by reading Leslie's Short Method with a Deist. He afterwards wrote a defence of Revealed Religion, entitled the Deist's Manual, and died in the christian faith.

LORD LYTTLETON,

Author of the History of Henry the Second, nd Gilbert West, had both imbibed the rinciples of unbelief, and had agreed to

gether to write something in favour of infidelity. To do this more effectually, they judged it necessary to acquaint themselves pretty well with the Bible. By the perusal of that book, however, they were both convinced of their error: both became converts to the religion of Christ Jesus; both took up their pens and wrote in favor of it: the former his Observations on the Conversion of St. Paul; the latter, his Observations on the resurrection of Christ; and both died in peace.

Johnson tells us, that, "Lord Lyttleton, in the pride of juvenile confidence, with the help of corrupt conversation, entertained doubts of the truth of christianity; but he thought afterwards it was no longer fit to doubt, or believe by chance, he therefore applied himself seriously to the great question. His studies being honest, ended in conviction. He found, that religion was true, and, what he had learned, he endeavoured to teach, by observations on the conversion of St. Paul; a treatise to which infidelity has never been able to fabricate a specious answer."-Two days previous to his dissolution, this great and good man addressed his physician in these memorable words:" Doctor, you shall be my confessor. When I first set out in the world,