ever I did. I hope I do love the Lord, and I desire to love him more; but my wicked heart is apt to start aside: Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it.' : Sometimes I cannot pray; and when I look within, all is dark and vain and wild, filled with unbelief and sin and then it would be bad with me indeed, did I not know in whom I have believed, and that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him. Jesus is the ouly Saviour, and be is an all-suffi- | cient Saviour. I can look no where else for help, encouragement, and hope." Dec. 26.-"I have been very comfortable the past week; one day in particular, very happy; indeed so happy I cannot describe it. I longed to be gone." But here she expressed, as usual, with her hope, joy, and confidence; her dread of false confidence and presumption, saying, “I hope I shall not presume; I would not wish to presume. My heart is so deceitful. I am afraid to trust my heart. My hope is in Christ alone. He has saved great sinners; and he, I trust, is the Lord my righteousness." Jan. 3, 1820.-" It is my earnest desire to be transformed into the image of God. I am convinced that holiness is the way of happiness: I never could find any other way, I trust I shall be like him, and see him as he is, and be perfectly holy, and perfectly happy. It seems indeed too much for such an unworthy creáture to expect; but Christ is all; whatever I want is to be found in him: and, When this poor lisping, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave, Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing his power to save.' March 23.-"I am waiting and longing to be gone. Not that I wish to depart, merely to get rid of my affliction; but I should be glad to get rid of my wicked, hard heart. 1 want sinless perfection-nothing less than perfect holiness. I wish I could love God more, and glorify him more, and love his people more. I am sorry this was not the case more than it was when in health. I am now willing, were I able, to do any thing for God and his people. I think I could go through floods and flames to glorify him." May 22.There is something so ravishing in that word glory,' that it raises my desires: I want the full possession of it; but I hope I shall have much faith, and patience, and resignation, given me: I need much. I have felt some gloominess and darkness of mind, arising from my wicked heart; when I have done sinning, I shall have done suffering. I cannot do the things that I would." she said, "I hope now it will not be The Thursday before her death long." She was reminded that there remaineth a rest for the people of God. "Ah," said she, "that is what I want-I want rest-Jesus Christ is all, and in all to me." mind the evening before her death, She was in a very happy frame of and the morning on which she died. Sabbath in heaven, she said, “It In the prospect of spending the will be a happy day-a happy day to me. ployment of heaven, she three times 66 could be understood were, “I am happy;" and the last words that very happy." Her death was improved, at her Will he plead against me with his own request, from Job xxiii. 6. great power? No, but he would put strength in me. Downton, Wilts. ELIZA TAMSETT. J. C, ELIZA TAMSETT, daughter of Mr. John Tamsett, of Rye, Sussex, died August 16, 1821. On Lord's-day, the 12th, she was twenty-one years of age.-Tuesday, the 14th, she attended the ordination of the Rev. Mr. Smith.-As she had anticipated, so she attended the services of the day with great pleasure, and at the close of them parted with several of her female friends with much cheerfulness, and apparently in perfect health. In the evening, however, she complained of a singular pain in her throat, which considerably increased during the night. The following day medical advice was obtained, but it proved ineffectual. A locked jaw ensued, and on Thursday, the 16th, she exchanged worlds. The christian experience and unexpected removal of this young person furnish an additional proof of the incalculable value and supreme importance of vital godliness in early life. For a considerable time her general deportment was such that she was much esteemed by those who best knew her. She gladly embraced every opportunity to attend the various means of grace. Her chosen companions were those who walked in the fear of the Lord. She often called also on her minister, who was in the habit of conversing with her on the concerns of her soul. Her love to the rising generation, producing a concern for their best interests, was manifested by the dili. gent discharge of the duties of a teacher in the Sunday School. But that there was some good thing in her heart toward the Lord God of Israel, appeared in the most satisfactory manner in the short and closing scene of her life. From the commencement of her disease, she prayed for patience, and that her senses might be continued; which requests were both mercifully grantWhen Mr. Smith, her minister, visited her, and spoke of Christ and his great salvation, she replied in such a manner as to afford pleasing proofs of her knowledge and enjoyment of both. A female friend saying, ed. said to her," If you are still able to cast yourself upon Christ, if you cannot speak, signify it by holding up your hand." She replied, "I do;" holding up both her hands. This sign she afterward repeatedly gave, until she was favoured with a most gentle dismission from mortality to life. To all who may read this account, but to the young in particular, surely it says, "Boast not thyself of to morrow. Where is to-morrow? In another world. To numbers this is certain; the reverse To none is sure." " Does it not say also, that To be one with Christ, and to be found in him, is the "One thing needful." His power and grace are sufficient to administer solid support and satisfaction to the soul, when all other resources utterly fail. The truth of this is realized in a great measure by all who believe in him, through the various vicissitudes of life; it is more fully verified by them in all the solemnities of death; but it will be known and enjoyed in absolute perfection in all the blissful realities of eternity. Reader, dost thou, through grace, believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God? Cleave to him with purpose of heart. Hast thou hitherto lived without Christ, and consequently without hope in the world? To you this impressive providence says, It is time to seek the Lord. Seek him, therefore, while he is to be found, and call upon him while he is near. Remember, "Now is the accepted time; to-day is the day of salvation." R. D. REV. DAVID EVANS. LATELY died at Brecon, South Wales, the Rev. David Evans, a very eminent Baptist minister of the Principality, who had laboured for many years with great success, preaching in the Welch language. We shall feel obliged if his sons, two of whom are in the ministry, will favour us with a Memoir of his life and labours. REV. JOHN BOLTON. JULY 17, 1821, died, in the thirtyeighth year of his age, the Rev. John Bolton, first pastor of the Baptist church, meeting in Spencerplace, Goswell-street-road, where he laboured with much usefulness about four years, during which period many were added to the church, who, it is hoped, will be his crown of rejoicing in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming. Early in the year he was laid aside from his public labours by a rapid consumption, whereby he was unable to move without assistance, or whisper a sentence without extreme exhaustion, till within a few days of his death, when it pleased the Lord to open his lips, and enable him to show forth his praise. The following are a few of the things which he said. 66 to his promise. I hope we shall meet in glory, to celebrate his praise for ever, to part no more. Oh what a glorious meeting will that be! If you and our dear child partake of his grace, there you will see me and (naming several of the family). But I must forbear, it will be too much for you. May God Almighty bless you. I commit you both unto him. Do not grieve, for I long to be gone. There I shall be in the immediate presence of Christ and his angels, and my God will wipe away all tears from these eyes. There I shall know no more pain and sorrow. Begin to rejoice, all of you, my dear friends, when you see me depart. Sing, if you can, as I enter heaven. "This affliction is all in covenant love. My Father sits as a refiner at the head of the furnace: it is not heated seven times hotter than it was wont to be heated. Death has no sting-it is a shadow. Oh! the thought of dying is my rejoicing. I hoped to have been dismissed before now; but my Father's will be done. I would not, if I could, have his will frustrated for the world. My Jesus will do all things well." On taking up some strawberries he said, “Believers may be compared to these: some are riper than others, but all grew under the same sun. So my Jesus, the Sun of Righteousness, shines on some more than on others, and ripens them for glory. O my Father, my God, if it please thee to take me this night, I shall behold thee face to face: this mortal shall put on immortality; this corruptible shall put on incorruption. O my Father, hast thou not promised to give me a kingdom? Put me in possession of it this night. But if it be too great a favour to ask, thy will be done; give me patience and resignation, I beseech thee." My heavenly Father has seen it good to put me in the furnace of affliction, long and trying: but lo! I see one like the Son of God. O my precious Jesus, hast thou not said, I will pray the Father for thee? Fulfil thy promise, and deliver, or support me, whichever is thy sovereign pleasure. O my Sun, my Shield, my exceeding great reward. Thou art my God, my Saviour, my Redeemer, my strong Tower, my Rock, my Advocate, my Intercessor, my Representative, my Friend, my Brother, my Inheritance, my everlasting Portion, my all and in all. Why I am spared so long I cannot tell. The week through which my heavenly Father has now brought me, is one of the most mysterious periods of my life; but it is his good pleasure that it should be so, and I believe he has some good end to answer by it." (To his wife.) "My dear, you and my dear child have been much upon my mind. You cannot conceive what I feel on He continued in the body till the your account. I have put up hun- next day, patiently waiting his dreds of prayers for you, that you change, exhorting and comforting may be led in the right way. Oh those about him, when about two may the God in whom I trust pro-hours before he breathed for the last tect and provide for you. He has promised to provide for the widow and fatherless. May you trust in him, and you will find him faithful time, he asked, "Am I dying?" He was answered, “Yes; you will soon be in glory." He said, "Come then, Lord Jesus; come, Lord Je sus, come quickly." And thus having committed his spirit into the hands of his Redeemer, he calmly fell asleep. On that day week the corpse was removed to the meeting-house, when the Rev. Mr. Pritchard delivered a solemn address. The Rev. Messrs. Upton and Elvey conducted the devotional exercises. The funeral, respectably conducted at the expense of the church, proceeded to Bunhill-fields burying-ground, where the Rev. Mr. Ivimey delivered an energetic and serious oration at the grave to a numerous assemblage of spectators, and the Rev. Mr. Upton concluded in prayer. On the following Lord's-day evening the event was judiciously improved by the Rev. Mr. Shenston, of Little Alie-street, from 1 Cor. xv. 55-57. MR. THOMAS HALL. would turn in for a few moments, and he did so. He was much pleased with the singing; his attention also was peculiarly arrested by the fervour of the preacher; and when he heard him prove from the word of God the evil nature of sin, he was convicted of the dreadful consequences which must attend the course he was pursuing. But these convictions were only transient; he afterwards indulged himself as much as ever in his former practices. Some time after he was again induced to go and hear the word of God. His mind then became more alarmed about his state by nature, and he even wished himself out of the place of worship. After he went home, he began to read the Bible, and found that what the minister said corresponded with the declarations of God's word. By this time his friends heard of his attending the Methodist preaching. They greatly dissuaded him from it, assuring him that if he continued doing so, he would lose his respectability, and reduce him DIED, on Lord's-day morning, May 6, 1821, Mr. Thomas Hall, of Kington, Herefordshire, in the forty-self to indigence. He suffered much fifth year of his age, after a long and severe affliction. He was born at Lyon's Hall, a village near Kington, and during the early part of his life regularly attended the worship of God in the establishment. But no religious impressions were then made on his mind. At a suitable age he was put apprentice to a glove manufacturer. Through the baneful influence of bad example and wicked company, he soou became much accustomed to swear, and extremely fond of card-playing, dancing, and other sinful amusements. About this time some Methodist preachers visited Kington, and the apprentices that were then placed under his care went one evening to hear them. They told him in the morning what great and good things they had heard, and expressed a wish that he had been with them. He immediately began to persecute, and even to threaten them. persecution from his relations and companions for his attachment to the cause of God: but the more he was persecuted the more he was led to the throne of grace. There his troubled soul was relieved. There he experienced the blessedness of those who are persecuted for righ teousness' sake. He soon began publicly to proclaim the glad tidings of salvation through a crucified Redeemer. The Lord was pleased to bless his labours, and make him the honoured instrument of converting souls to Christ. He continued among the Methodists about twelve years, and then left their society. After a short time, June 27, 1813, he united himself to the Baptist church, then under the pastoral care of the Rev. George Brown. In this church he continued a steady, active, and useful member until the day of his death. He laboured much in the villages around, and was greatly esteemed as a man, as a Shortly after, however, when pass-Christian, and as a servant of God, ing by their place of worship at the that shewed unto men the way of time of service, he thought that he salvation. In May, 1820, he was taken ill | The day before his death he said to his medical attendant, "Ah Sir, nothing will do now but Jesus Christ: no! nothing but He can support me now!" on his return from village preaching. Every means was used to restore his health, but all medical aid proved ineffectual. During his affliction his soul ripened fast for glory. He was particularly fervent in his devotions. He frequently and earnestly prayed, that the Lord would raise up some to fill the places of the dying and the dead. His prayers were heard and answered. He was recommended by his medical attendant to go to London for further advice. In March he undertook the journey; but it hastened He died happy in the Lord; and his spirit is now, doubtless, numbered with the spirits of just men made perfect. And, Christian readers! we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Kington, Nov. 6, 1821. AMICUS. REV. W. SMITH. DIED, the 8th ult. at Shrews him to his eternal rest. He observed in a letter which he wrote to a friend while in London, “I find it hard sometimes to say to my heavenly Father, Thy will be done; but upon the whole, I am wonderbury, aged seventy-three, the Rev. fully supported. I am thinking of to-morrow. I suppose no gospel will sound in my ears. O what a mercy is health to attend the house of God!" 66 He returned to Kington in April much weaker than when he left it. He said to a friend a few days before his death, Those words in Isaiah, I have loved thee with an everlasting love,' have been powerfully applied to my mind." His pain of body was exceedingly great. To a relative standing by his bed, he said, "Ah! you see how I am racked with pain, but I am sometimes happy." Frequently he would cry out, "Lord, help me! Lord, pity me! A few more pains and then all will be over." He warned the nurse that attended him, never to forget God; and, at the same time, turning to Mrs. Hall, said, "Oh Mary! Precious Jesus! Never forget the Saviour!" William Smith, formerly pastor of the Baptist church in Eagle-street, London. MR. DANIEL HUMPHREY. DIED, October 29, Mr. Daniel Humphrey, aged sixty-three; au exemplary deacon of the church in Eagle-street, London. He was interred in a vault under the Baptist meeting-house at Hammersmith. Many persons of the church and Sunday-school attended the funeral at their own expense, thereby testifying how much he had been respected, and how deeply he was lamented. REV. C. WHITFIELD. LATELY died at Hamsterley, at an advanced age, the Rev. Charles Whitfield, who had been many years a very useful minister. Review. The aged Pastor: a biographical Sketch of the Rev. H. Field, late Minister of the Congregational Church, Blandford; with his Funeral Sermon, by Richard Keynes, and an Appendix, containing the Rev. M. Blake's Account of the Fire by which the Town of Blandford was nearly burnt down in the Year 1731. 8vo. Bds. 122 Pages. THIS is a very respectable publication. The late venerabie Heury |