would have to go undone." He said, I the chief of sinners am, He died in clear and full hope of ever- RECENT DEATHS. APRIL 5th, 1838.-At Silverwell, in the St. Ágnes Circuit, Cornwall, Mr. Edward Edwards, in the sixty-third year of his age. For forty years he had been a pious and consistent member of the Methodist society; and for the last twenty professed to have found, from his Almighty Saviour, the precious blessing of entire sanctification. While strong and healthy, he gave an example of active diligence; and when laid aside by disease and infirmity, of patient submission. His last moments were very happy. The efficacy of Christ's blood was his darling theme; and entirely trusting in the merits of his Saviour, he passed from time into eternity, full of joyful hope. T. J. July 1st At Pontypool, in the Abergavenny Circuit, Mr. Abel Jones, aged fifty-eight. Hav. ing experienced a sound conversion, he joined the Wesleyan society; and continued in it, as an upright, attached, and respected member, to the time of his death. He was likewise a useful Class-Leader. In his last affliction he was enabled to repose an unshaken confidence in the mercy of God; and in dying, peacefully to commend his spirit to the Saviour in whom he T. A. had believed. July 15th.-At Sutton, in the Ely Circuit, Hannah, the wife of Mr. Thomas Bradshaw, aged sixty-nine. She joined the Wesleyan society in early life; but through the indulgence of timidity, and unbelieving fears, she did not obtain a clear sense of her acceptance till about fourteen years ago. Previous to her last illness it was evident that she was growing in grace. Her affliction was peculiarly trying, but she was kept in patience and peace. Her sleepless nights were occupied in holy meditation, prayer, and praise. Her end was full of triumph. Just before she expired, she sang, with great anima. tion, the beautiful verse, "Who suffer with our Master here, The cross, shall wear the crown.” July 13th.-At Mylor, in the Falmouth Cir- July 19th. At Newbottle, in the Houghton le-Spring Circuit, Mrs. Bell, aged sixty-three. Thirty-two years she had been a member of the Wesleyan society, and a Class-Leader six years. She was a devoted, useful, and generally a happy Christian. But the last two years of her life were clouded occasionally through nervous debility and depression. About four months before her death, while one of her Ministers was engaged with her in conversation and prayer, the snare was broken. Ever after this she was "full of glory," and at last died triumphantly happy J. C. H. in God. July 21st.-At Philadelphia, in the Houghtonle-Spring Circuit, Mrs. Stokoe, the beloved wife of Mr. John Stokoe, aged thirty-four years. She was warmly attached to the Wesleyan society; and was the willing servant of Christ and his church. She had firmness as well as zeal and liberality; and those dissensions which moved many, only served to bind her more strongly to her old religious friends, and to call forth increased exertions for the welfare of Zion, Sustained by strong faith, and a "good hope," she bore her severe and protracted affliction with meekness and resignation, and died in great J. C. H. peace. July 26th.-At Easington-Lane, in the Houghton-le-Spring Circuit, Mr. Thomas Spence, aged fifty. He had been a member of the Methodist society twenty-seven years; and a Class-Leader and Local Preacher during the greater part of that time. He was a good man; and after some years of affliction and pain, he finished his course J. C. H. with joy. the Wakefield Aug. 7th.At Thorpe, in Circuit, in the thirty-third year of his age, Mr. David Brook. From the time of his commencing a spiritual course, he never looked back. He was much afflicted, but always resigned to the will of God. "This," he would say, "is the way to glory, and I deserve infinitely more than I suffer." Referring to the issue of his affliction, he said, "I am quite easy on that subject; for if I die, E shall be with God; and if I live, God will be with me." A few days before his death, he said to me, "I have been for some time past admiring my heavenly inheritance. I see where I am now. I am just about to enter the valley of the shadow of death. But what a glorious prospect! The next sight I expect to see is Jesus, with a convoy of angels." He often exclaimed, "Coine, Lord Jesus, and come quickly." At length the chariot arrived with the ministering host of invisible friends, and removed his spirit to the rest and R. B. joy of paradise. Aug. 8th.-At Keighley, whither she had gone for change of air, aged twenty-nine, Mrs. Sarah Long, of Rawdon, in the Yeadon Circuit. In her twenty-third year she was led, by the sudden death of a neighbour, joined to the impressions made by the ministry of the word, to seek the Lord with all her heart, and soon obtained, by faith in Christ, a clear sense of her acceptance Her last illness was short and severe, but she was Aug. 15th-At Long-Preston, in the Skipton Circuit, Mr. Francis Ayrton. He was converted to God in the twentieth year of his age, and soon afterwards became a Local Preacher. He was likewise a Class-Leader; and in both offices was diligent and useful. In the summer of 1837, the symptoms of the disease of which he died (cancer in the cheek) exhibited themselves in a decided and alarming form. His sufferings were often acute; but, by the grace of God, patience had its perfect work. He fully experienced that as his day, so was his strength. As he approached his final hour, his faith appeared to strengthen, and his hope to become brighter and brighter; and in this blessed state he exchanged mortality for eternal life. A. C. Aug. 18th.-At Runham, in the Yarmouth Circuit, Miss Rebecca Boult, aged thirty years. She joined the Wesleyan-Methodist society about cleven years ago; and though the subject of painful chronic disease, was unweariedly active in doing good. Her last illness was of short duration. For some time previous an impression of approaching dissolution had rested on her mind; and when at length it pleased God to summon her to himself, she was found ready. For a few days the enemy was permitted severely to distress her; but a full victory was given her, and after bearing a decided testimony to the power of grace, she calmly fell asleep in Christ. J. B. Aug. 23d. At Barnard-Castle, aged seventeen, Elizabeth, second daughter of the Rev. S. Wilde. She was always amiable; but about five years ago she saw that she needed a gracious change. She sought and found it, and the fruits were plainly evident in her whole subsequent conduct. She set the Lord always before her; and, next to his glory, appeared to desire to please and obey her parents. Though young, in deadness to the world, and devotedness to God, she was an example even to those of riper years. She died happy in God. S. W. Aug. 29th.-At Maryville, on the Killaloe Mission, Ireland, Mr. John Sparling, aged fifty-nine. He was brought to God in his youth, and, for more than forty years, adorned his Christian profession by the fruits of righteousness. About nine months ago he experienced the first attacks of the disease which terminated his valuable life. His sufferings were often very great; but by the grace of God, his patience never failed him. A few days before his death, he requested the members of his class, and any other members of the society who might wish it, to join with him in partaking of the sacred symbols of the Saviour's dying love. The scene was truly affecting. At the close of the service he gave his dying advice, and discovered an energy scarcely to have been expected in one in whom nature was failing so fast. After this he spoke but little, and, in a few days, peacefully breathed his last. On the day of interment, the body was first taken to the Sept. 1st.-At Keal-Coates, in the Spilsby Cr cuit, Mr. John Phillips, in the forty-seventh year of his age. He was truly awakened and brought to God under the ministry of the Rev. Benjamin Gregory, at Horncastle, some years ago, when he joined the Wesleyan society, and continued united and attached to it till death. For several years he was a useful Class Leader. He felt parti. cularly anxious about the young, and was often very serviceable to them. In the place where be resided he was made an instrument of great good. Three weeks before his death, he was attacked by illness, the fatal termination of which was not anticipated; but his mind was in a very happy frame. On the day of his death, he was seized with a fit, from which he never recovered. But all was right. The servant was, by his Lord's grace, prepared for his Lord's coming. R. B. Sept. 2d.-At Bamber-bridge, in the Preston Circuit, Mr. Thomas Coggan, aged eighty. He joined the Methodist society in the year 1789, and shortly afterwards was enabled to rejoice in the sense of his acceptance with God. For many years he received the Preachers into his house, and gladly ministered to them as the servants of Christ. During the latter years of his life, in creasing infirmities confined him, for the most part, to his own house; but he possessed his soul in patience. Shortly before his death, a relation said to him, "You are going:" to which he replied, "Never mind: all is ready." He fre quently spoke of the comfortable hope of heaven which he possessed, and at last died in peace, leaving to all who knew him an example of consistent and unostentatious piety. J. B. Sept. 10th.-At Hayle Copper-house, Eleanor Freeman, aged eighty-six. She was truly con verted to God in her sixteenth year, when she joined the Wesleyan society, of which she remained a member till death. Her early piety was deep, her spiritual enjoyments great, and throughout her long pilgrimage she fully maintained the Christian character. In the decline of life she suffered much both from weakness and pain; but her mind was kept in a state of very delightful tranquillity. She was unable, from extreme debility, to say much on her dying beds. but it was evident that the divine presence coinforted and supported her. Just before she died she was heard to say, " Come, Lord Jesus: come quickly." She had been an upright member of the society for the long period of seventy years. W. W. R. Sept. 11th.-At Rillington, in the Malton Circuit, Mrs. Mary Banks, aged sixty-four. About twenty-four years ago she was led to seek with all earnestness the salvation of her soul; and obtained, through faith in Christ, a sense of her acceptance with God. She joined the Wesleyan society about the same time, and was a steady and devoted member to the end of her life. To her husband she was indeed "a help meet," seeking to promote his happiness to the utmost of her power. Fifteen months ago, a paralytic seizure confined her to the house; but as she had humbly walked with God in health, so she was very graciously supported in suffering and weakness. Her waking hours were spent in praising God, or in affectionate and suitable advice to those who visited her. To the hour of death she looked forward with holy triumph, and continued rejoicing in God to the very last. R. T. Sept. 16th.-At Doddington, in the Canterbury Circuit, Mrs. Elizabeth Hills, aged forty-seven. At an early period of her life she was truly converted to God. She was naturally reserved, and her religion was seen in its fruits rather than in words. She was very attentive to private prayer, patient in trial, active in well-doing, and always evidenced a strong attachment to the cause and people of God. The illness which terminated her life was severe and long-continued, but she was divinely supported. In her last hours she said, "Christ is precious. O, how good the Lord is ! "I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me."" R. R. Sept. 18th.-At Bourne, the Rev. Thomas L. Bakewell, in the twenty-third year of his age, and the second of his itinerancy. He was a young man of true piety, and great promise. He was diligent in his private studies, instant in prayer, and zealous and earnest in his ministerial labours. He was seized with typhus fever on the 24th of August. The disorder soon assumed a malignant character, and at last terminated fatally. During the whole of the painful visitation, he was remarkably happy; often quoting the lines very emphatically, "My Jesus to know, And feel his blood flow, 'Tis life everlasting, 'tis heaven below." He was thus supported to the close, and died most triumphantly. J. W. Sept. 19th.-At Catton, in the Thirsk Circuit, Mr. William Parnaby. He was brought to God in the year 1794; from which period to his death, he continued to be a consistent member of society, and, most of the time an active and useful Leader. His character was uniformly upright, and his disposition eminently peaceful. He suffered much in his last affliction; but his joy was greater than his suffering, and he at last died exulting in his Saviour. J. C. 877 Sept. 20th.-Mr. John Etheridge, aged seventythree, father of the Rev. J. W. Etheridge, of Sidmouth. He had been a Wesleyan Methodist for fifty years. In the vigour of life he laboriously filled the offices of Local Preacher and Class-Leader; and in succeeding years of afflic tion and infirmity, was enabled to hold fast to the end the consolations and hopes of religion. J. W. E. Sept. 25th. At Cottingham, in the Beverley Circuit, Mr. William Green, jun. At the age of fourteen, under a sermon preached by the Rev. Thomas Galland, he obtained a sense of pardon, and from that time gave himself to God, reading the sacred Scriptures much, and cherishing the spirit of prayer. It was his desire to be useful to others, and his friends indulged expectations that were not permitted to be realized. In the course of the summer, disease came upon him like an armed man, and speedily cut him down. After suffering much with great patience, he died in sure hope of eternal life. He was distinguished by filial affection and obedience, and by a serious Sept. 25th.-At Alford, Mrs. Dorothy Wilson, in the fifty-second year of her age. She was brought to seek the blessings of religion when about thirteen years old, and did not seek them in vain. As a member of religious society, her conduct was consistent with her profession, and exemplified the character of the true Christian. In the latter part of her life, she was often called to suffer; but in suffering, the love of Christ was her peace, and she was kept in resignation to the divine will. On the Sunday before her death, she expressed herself as having a calm and settled peace; and just before she died, she repeated, several times, the happy sense she enjoyed of the presence and preciousness of Christ. M. D. Sept. 26th.-At Deal, very unexpectedly, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, the Rev. Edward Oakes, Wesleyan Minister. His illness was only of six days' duration, but extremely severe: his mind, however, was graciously supported; and even in the midst of the physical struggle with nature's "last enemy," which was more than usually painful, his spirit rested in God, and waited for his coming. S. B. Sept. 27th.-At Brecon, Mr. Beech, aged seventy-two, a pious and respected member of the Methodist society. During the last five years of his pilgrimage, he was chastened with strong pain; but he put his trust in God, and was both supported and comforted. As he approached the close of life, he seemed to become increasingly familiar with things invisible and eternal, and devotional exercises were more than ever his delight. He was preserved in a very placid frame; and one of his last observations was, that "Jesus was very precious to him." D. H. Sept. 28th.-At Alford, Mrs. Jane Bryant, in the seventy-second year of her age. She experienced a saving change about twenty-seven years ago, and from that period, walked humbly with God. Bing naturally of a timid and fearful disposition, she suffered much in her last illness from the temptations of the adversary; Blessed Jesus! breathe a whisper In my listening, longing ear; Witness of thy Holy Spirit, If it is thy cross I bear. Base desires crucifying, Shame and anguish welcome be; SACRAMENTAL THOUGHTS." "If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins."-1 John ii. 1, 2. O THRONED Saviour, risen Lord, Lord, it was but a look of thine, One look of love the same, O turn that melting look on me, A prodigal twice lost. In vain I taste thy hallow'd bread, Press'd now between unhallow'd lips, I see the falling manna round, I cannot take, I cannot eat, Nor call thee now mine own, Unfaithfulness hath sear'd my heart, And sinn'd it into stone. But one bless'd look of thine could break O Jesus, turn and look on me, That look so loved, so known, Thy bless'd and faithful one. And these sweet pledges of thy love, And take thine own, and find thy lost, From "The Table of the Lord." JACOB BLESSING EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH: BY L. E. L. THE old man's head is white with age, At his side there is his son, Two young children with soft hair, Yet familiar seems the prayer, Earnest is the mother's gaze:— Weak the old man's voice and low, Peace upon each spirit came, • From Fisher's "Drawing-Room Scrap-Book, for 1859." LONDON:-Printed by James Nichols, 16, Hoxton-square. |