OCT. 24th, 1837.-At Easingwold, Mr. Henry Barugh, aged seventy-four. He had been a warmly attached member of the Wesleyan society for nearly twenty years; and, during the latter part of that time, an approved and most useful Class-Leader. He was a man of good sense and unbending integrity; and was deservedly respected by all classes. As the head of a family, he blended mildness with firmness; and so conducted himself before his household as ever to secure their affectionate respect and cheerful obedience. He felt a warm interest in the spiritual and financial prosperity of the Circuit; and, being a man of vigorous mind and active habits, he was always ready to afford his aid in working out plans of usefulness, and was the willing servant of Christ and his church. His attendance on the means of grace was most exemplary. It was not a matter of mere custom or decent observance with him to be present on the week-day and Sabbath-day at the house of prayer: his "soul" evidently "longed for the courts of the Lord;" his "heart and flesh cried out for the living God." For some months previously to his death, he seemed to be ripening for a better world. During his affliction, he enjoyed uninterrupted peace; and, till he fell asleep in Jesus, frequently exclaimed, in the language of the dying founder of Methodism, "I the chief of sinners am,

Feb. 12th.-At Staveley, in the Kendal Circuit, in the thirty-fourth year of his age, Mr. Robert Philipson. He was very deeply convinced of sin about four years ago, and after seeking with great earnestness for pardon and peace, he was blessed, through faith in Christ, with a clear sense of God's forgiving love. He soon after saw it to be his high privilege to enjoy yet richer blessings; these, also, he sought earnestly, and not in vain. His Christian course was brief, but marked by simplicity and godly sincerity. His last illness was unexpected, short, and very painful; but to the last he was exceedingly happy, declaring that, amidst his pains, his whole soul was filled with thanksgiving and praise. W. A.

March 6th.-At Lichfield, in the Burton-onTrent Circuit, Henry Moon, a truly pious and holy man, and for upwards of twenty years a member of the Wesleyan-Methodist society, and a useful Local Preacher. During a long and tedious affliction he manifested the greatest resignation to the will of God, and died in full assurance of a blessed immortality.

M. D.

March 16th.-At Great-Coates, in the Grimsby Circuit, Mr. Christopher Coates, aged twentyseven. In January, 1856, he was visited with a severe affliction, which was graciously sanctified. He resolved, in the event of a recovery, to devote himself to God, to renounce the pleasures of the world, such as horse-racing and hunting, to which he had been much addicted. On his restoration to health, he struggled hard with convictions and opposing temptations, and for several weeks made but little progress in religion; but at last he decided to join the Wesleyan society. This step was attended with much good: his conscience became more fully awakened; his desires for salvation daily increased; and he obtained a better acquaintance with God's method of saving sinners: and on the 19th of June, he says, "It pleased the Lord to reveal himself to me; I beheld by the eye of faith Jesus ascending Mount Calvary with my sins; and these words were applied, 'Go in peace, and sin no more.' I could no longer doubt that God had pardoned all my sins." From this time to his death he was a devoted, sincere, and zealous follower of Christ; and pursued a course of unostentatious piety and usefulness. He cheerfully subscribed to all the Funds of our Connexion, and liberally assisted in the erection and enlargement of chapels in the Circuit. He was seized with inflammation in the bowels on Friday, March 9th, but attended a prayer-meeting in the evening, at which he was unusually happy. On retiring to his bed-room he spent more than an hour in devotion, and was heard by his domestics to sing a beautiful ode, commencing with,

"What is this that steals upon my frame,
Which soon will quench the vital flame?
Is it death?

If this be death, I soon shall be
From every sin and sorrow free;
I shall the King of glory see:
All is well, all is well!"

The disease made rapid progress, and at length baffled all medical skill. During his few remaining days his great weakness prevented him from saying much; but he expressed himself as being supported by the promises, quite resigned to the will of God, and happy in the prospect of heaven. Thus, in the sunshine of worldly prosperity, amidst the sympathies of affectionate relations, the anxieties of Christian friends, and in the flower of his age, and usefulness in the church, he sank with composure into the sleep of death.

"How many fall as sudden, not as safe!"

J. H.

March 20th.-At Stourport, Mrs. Lewty, who had been a faithful and consistent member of the Methodist society for nearly sixty years. She was born at Purfleet, in Essex, and joined the Methodist society at the age of fourteen. When about that age, she was placed in a boarding-school, under the care of a lady of the name of West, who was a Methodist, and whose establishment Mr. Wesley was used to visit. As the children of

Methodists only were admitted into his presence on those visits, she felt a strong desire to become a Methodist, that she might enjoy that privilege, and receive his blessing. This was soon permitted; and she was ever after kindly noticed by that venerable Minister, when they met, to the time of his decease. About nine days before her death, the enemy was permitted to try her most severely, until, in conversation with her son on the peace and joy she had possessed a number of years through faith in Christ, and the high privilege of Christian society among the saints on earth, she observed, "And will my good God, whom I have served so many years, forsake me in my last hours?" He remarked that it was impossible, and repeated several promises from the word of God. The snare was now broken; and from this time her prospects were bright, and her mind perfectly calm. She sang to her last day, with astonishing strength and melody, many of our hymns, especially those beginning, "I'll praise my Maker while I've breath," "My soul through my Redeemer's care," "Jesu, lover of my soul," "There is a land of pure delight," &c., &c. Among the last words that she uttered, were these,

"Glory, honour, praise, and power,

Be unto the Lamb for ever," &c. She had a particular desire to die on the nineteenth, being the day on which her beloved husband died some years previously; and to the astonishment of her surrounding friends, she was seized by death at ten o'clock, the hour in which he died: still she continued in life till four the following morning, when her happy soul took its flight. W. D.

March 24th.-In the Manchester Fourth Circuit, in the sixty-first year of his age, Mr. Thomas Riley, formerly known to a large circle of the friends of Methodism, as Serjeant-Major Riley. He was a native of Ireland, and educated in the Romish Church, to which, for several years, he was strongly attached. He entered the army before he was twenty years of age; and while quartered at Longford, in Ireland, he was induced to go and hear a Methodist Preacher in the market-place. Under the sermon he was deeply convinced of his awful state as a sinner, and subsequently obtained a sense of pardon in a love-feast. His character was afterwards distinguished by eminent piety. To fervent devotion and ardent zeal in the cause of religion, he joined a bland and amiable temper, which rendered him an affectionate, cheerful, and interesting Christian. In the year 1811 he began to preach. His situation as a soldier, and rank as Serjeant-Major, joined to superior pulpit talents, acquired for him large congregations. On some occasions, not less than from three thousand to seven thousand persons crowded to hear him, so that he was compelled to address them in the open air, instead of preaching in the chapel. During his residence in Manchester, he has held, at the same time, the office of Local Preacher, Leader, and Circuit-Steward, the duties of which he faithfully discharged. He was a genuine lover of Methodism, and deeply lamented the conduct of those who recently attacked its interests in this town. And within a few hours of his death, he

thought it right to bear his testimony in favour of it, by saying to the writer, "O my brother, I believe Methodism to be of God." His end was gloriously triumphant; and his last words were, "Victory, victory, through the blood of the Lamb."

F. C.

March 26th.-At Helstone, Mrs. Emblin Nettle. She was a widow indeed, and a mother in Israel, having arrived at the advanced age of ninety-one years. Her mind was early impressed with divine truths, and at the age of twenty-one she gave herself unreservedly to God, and united herself to the Wesleyan-Methodist society in the parish of Phillack. She was the Leader of one and sometimes of two classes, for more than fifty years, and also of two bands: this was to her a highly-favoured means of grace. She was particularly partial to early rising, that she might have opportunities to commune with her God; and her spiritual consolations were not small; but from a nervous depression she had much to endure, and this so much increased with her years, that her mental sufferings were sometimes acute: but in the midst of them the promises of God were applied with such power as to enable her to rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory; and in the midst of her extreme debility she could confidently say, "The Lord is my support; " and even to her last hour her confidence was unshaken. W. S.

March 28th.-At Whenby, in the Easingwold Circuit, aged fifty-five, Mrs. Dresser. In 1834 she was blessed with a sense of God's forgiving love; and continued a steady and consistent member of the Methodist society, adorning the doctrine of God her Saviour in all things, to the day of her death. She enjoyed an abiding sense of the divine favour, and had frequent foretastes of glory. Her last illness was borne with Christian fortitude, and with perfect resignation. Death to her had lost his terrors, A short time before she expired, she expressed herself, "happy, happy, happy." She considered it a privilege to entertain the Ministers of the Gospel; and her house was to them a comfortable home. W. C.

March 29th.-At Whenby, in the Easingwold Circuit, aged twenty-five, Miss Mary Dresser, daughter of Mrs. Dresser. She united herself with the Methodists in the year 1836, and obtained an assurance of her acceptance with God, through faith in her atoning Saviour. She never lost a sense of this, but was clear in her experience to the last. Her illness was lingering, yet her death was sudden and unexpected. These two ornaments of the church of Christ were interred on the same day, and were laid in one grave. Such an event taking place in a small village, was remarkable; and was improved by an address, grounded upon, "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives; and in death they were not divided;" which was listened to by a large and much-affected congregation. W. C.

April 9th.-At Walsall, aged fifty-six, Mr. John Griffin. He was a member of the Wesleyan society forty-four years, and a Class-Leader more

than thirty. He was a man of genuine Christian simplicity, of strict integrity, and of a meek spirit. He maintained an irreproachable character, was respected by all who knew him, and useful in the society. His affliction was protracted, and frequently his sufferings were very acute; but he endured, as seeing Him who is invisible." Having prayed with his family, about ten o'clock of the night of Sunday, April 8th, with apparent ease, and much hallowed feeling; he partook of a little supper, lay down upon the sofa, and expired at about a quarter before one.

A. F.

April 13th.-At Market-Harborough, Martha, youngest daughter of the Rev. John Wood, Wesleyan Minister. She manifested great patience and resignation to the divine will during a tedious illness, which terminated in a peaceful exit from time to eternity. E. C.

April 15th.-At Tamworth, Mr. James Mitchell, nearly eighty years of age, about fifty of which he enjoyed the comfort and support of genuine piety. He was brought to the knowledge of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, under the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Hemington, a pious Clergyman of the established Church; and soon after joined the Wesleyan Methodists, among whom he continued a sincere, steady, and useful member to the time of his death. He never was ashamed of acknowledging his obligation to Christ in any company; and had a word of advice and instruction for all. In his last affliction he was very highly-favoured: his mind was kept in perfect peace, free from temptation, trusting in God his Saviour; and he died happy in Jesus Christ. M. D.

April 15th.-At Colchester, Ann, the beloved wife of Mr. Woolmer, and daughter of the Rev. W. Griffith, sen., in the twenty-sixth year of her age. From her youth she knew the Scriptures; and was favoured with the drawings of the Father. In her thirteenth year she obtained peace with God, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. On entering into the married state, she solemnly renewed her covenant with God; and laid down certain rules of holy conduct, from which, it is believed, she never swerved. Her mind was strong and well cultivated; and, in adhering to duty, she was steadfast and immovable. To search the Scriptures was both her duty and her delight; she spoke evil of no man; and in conversation, she always called things by their proper names. Her Christian experience, though not always triumphant, was ever edifying, scriptural, and full of sentiment. A short time before her last illness, she said, "This is a lovely world, and there are many dear ties to keep us here; but it is better, far better, to get to heaven. O how happy shall we be when we get there! Let us strive so to live that the friendships begun on earth may be perpetuated in heaven." In reference to her sufferings she said, "I will never question the reality of my religion more; for during the whole time I was in pain my mind was stayed on God; and I felt I was in good hands." Conscious that her end was near, she called the per

sons in the room, and thanked them severally for their kindness and attention to her; and after expressing a wish to see her father and sister, she sunk into a state of stupor, from which she awoke not, till her heavenly Lord said, "It is enough; come up higher."

P. M'O.

April 19th.-In the First London Circuit, aged twenty-seven, Annie, the beloved wife of Mr. Williamson Lamplough, and grandaughter of the late venerable Dr. James Hamilton. She had been a member of the Wesleyan society about four years, but had not decidedly pressed into Gospel liberty. Attacked by a dangerous and fatal disease, she felt she was unprepared. The terrors of the invisible world were permitted to assail her with great power, and the whole night was passed in a most distressing conflict. About noon the following day, her sorrow was turned into joy, and she exclaimed, "I believe, I believe, Jesus has saved me." She soon after said to a Christian friend, "O what an escape I have had! My soul was nearly in hell; I cannot tell the horrors of the abyss I saw. I had long been a professor, but had not been sufficiently in earnest. Those words came to my mind, He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.' I had often been reproved, and there appeared no hope; but I thought I would venture to believe in Jesus; and in that moment the Lord had mercy on my soul." She was kept in great peace during the very brief space of life that remained to her, and "fell asleep" soon after saying,

"Angels beckon me away,

And Jesus bids me come."

Thus the pain of separation is alleviated by the joyful assurance of her endless happiness.

M. T.

April 20th.-At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Mr. Ralph Wilson, in the thirty-fourth year of her age. Under the ministry of a pious Minister of the Establishment, she was first truly awakened in 1826, and about two years subsequently, under a Wesleyan ministry, she obtained a clear sense of the pardoning mercy of God through faith in Jesus Christ. She joined the Methodist society in 1827, and continued in connexion with it, adorning the Gospel of God her Saviour, till the time of her death. She was naturally of a noble and generous disposition; and when this was sanctified and heightened by the grace of God, and the heartily-admitted principles of Christian piety, the resulting character was delightfully amiable, and strongly attractive. Her death was very sudden, but the evidently increasing spirituality of the last few months of her life proves that her heavenly Father was preparing her for her appointed change. She appeared to be regularly recovering her health; but in the forenoon of the day on which she died, she was seized with painful difficulty of breathing, and though all that medical skill could do was tried, in about two hours she expired.

W. B.

April 22d.-Of consumption, at the house of his widowed mother, Swanwick, Derbyshire, the

Rev. John Tupman, in the thirtieth year of his age, and the fourth of his probation as a Wesleyan Minister. Twelve months ago he took a slight cold, which was confirmed by his preaching at Deal, one Sabbath afternoon, on the beach, opposite the Downs, when the wind blew strong from the east. That day he preached, on the whole, four times; but it was soon evident that he had sustained what, humanly speaking, was an irreparable injury. He continued to labour in the Circuit, though often with great difficulty, till about a month after the Conference, when he was obliged to return home, where, after lingering through the winter, he at last expired. When he was called into the itinerant work in 1834, he appeared to be very healthy, and was a young man who for genuine piety, sound sense, and a warm love for souls, gave promise of great usefulness. In the Deal Circuit his labours were much blessed, and his memory will be long and affectionately cherished. His death was what might have been expected from his life of faith in Christ. E. O.

April 24th.-At Carmarthen, Mrs. Maria Anne Morgan, relict of the late William Morgan, Esq., aged fifty-two years. At an early age, when her personal beauty, amiable manners, and intelligent and highly-cultivated mind, were very attractive, she retired from the society of the gay, the wealthy, and the noble, to enjoy "the communion of saints;" and for more than thirty years in her were seen happily combined, the accomplished lady, and the devout Christian. To her husband she was an inestimable treasure. During a long affliction, her affectionate assiduity, sympathizing attention, and especially her pious solicitude for his spiritual improvement, were to him of incalculable benefit. To the poor, and to the cause of religion, she was a liberal benefactor. She was strongly attached to Methodism, believing it to be the cause of God. The comfort of the Preachers stationed in the Circuit, she was always anxious to promote. To all our Funds, and to several others, she was a liberal subscriber: and she has bequeathed tokens of her love to the chapel where she used to worship, the Fund for Superannuated Preachers and Widows, the Wesleyan Missionary Society, and the British and Foreign Bible Society. Some of these legacies are to be paid now, and others after the death of an esteemed friend, to whom she has given a life-interest in the property. While all who knew her considered her a faithful steward of her Lord's goods, she had a deep conviction that she was an unprofitable servant. All that she did appeared to her to come far short of her duty. Her health had long been delicate. On Monday, April 16th, she had a very severe attack of fever, which in eight days made great ravages on her frame. To strengthen her faith, she requested to have read to her those parts of Mr. Watson's Works which treat of the atonement and intercession of Christ. Having known that the prayer of the righteous availeth much, at her request a prayer-meeting was held in her behalf, a few hours before her death; for which she expressed her grateful thanks. Twice she repeat

ed, as descriptive of her state, these beautiful lines of our poet,

"Other refuge have I none,

Hangs my helpless soul on thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone,

Still support and comfort me." Her confidence gathered strength in the exercise; and in the fulness of her heart, she added, "On this, my steadfast soul relies, Father, thy mercy never dies." Then, referring to the better country which was opening to her view, she said,

"No gloom of affliction, or sin,
No shadow of evil is there."

W. W.

April 24th.-At Colerain, of fever, the Rev. Armstrong Halliday, in the fourth year of his probation in the Wesleyan ministry. From the commencement of his illness he anticipated its fatal termination: "But," he said, "it will be a glorious death to me." During the progress of the disease, his soul was graciously and sweetly sustained, and he praised God to the last. He was a young man of sound judgment, amiable manners, and unaffected piety. His ministry was useful, and the church has sustained no ordinary loss in what appears to be his premature removal. But the will of the Lord is right!

J. P.

April 24th.-At Gillingham, in Kent, aged seventy-one years, James Hulett, LL. D. He was a consistent, judicious, and devout member of the Methodist society for more than half a century; and during the greater part of that time was actively employed as a Class-Leader and Local Preacher. But his chief sphere of usefulness was his profession as a teacher of youth; several Ministers of the Gospel, and a still larger number of private Christians, having derived the highest advantage from his careful tuition, and being indebted to his instrumentality for much of the spiritual good they have received. He died in the faith and hope of the Gospel. G. O.

April 25th.-At Beckwith-house, Pannal, in the Otley Circuit, of a decline, Miss Priscilla, the daughter of William Wright, Esq., aged twenty-five years. From a child she was very thoughtful and sedate, moral in her deportment, had a high respect for the people of God, a reverence for divine things, and possessed an amiable disposition. When about eighteen years of age she lost her pious mother by death. This led her to more serious thoughts on the subject of salvation. In about a year after this, she united herself to the Methodist society, and in about six months she obtained a knowledge of the divine favour, and rejoiced in God her Saviour. She held fast the beginning of her confidence without wavering, humbly following her meek and lowly Lord. She lived much in the spirit and habit of prayer, regularly praying five times a day. She was anxiously concerned She longed for the salvation of her relations. for the prosperity of Zion; and laboured as a Missionary Collector for several years. At the commencement of her affliction, she felt a desire to recover, that she might do something