tained the purity and dignity of the Christian character, and thus gave evidence to others that his heart was right with God. As the leader of a class, he was tender, affectionate, and constant in his attention to the duties of his station. For a number of years he conscientiously discharged the duties of a trustee in the church to which he belonged. And on all occasions he evinced a strong attachment to the cause of Christ, and an ardent zeal for the prosperity of that branch of the Christian church of which he was a member.

He was not only elevated to office by the suffrages of his brethren in the church, but he was elected by his fellow citizens for several successive years, an alderman of the city of New-York, and also a member of the state legislature. It is believed that in these stations he never forgot his high obligations as a Christian, while he discharged the duties of a statesman and civilian.

The Assistance Society, in New-York, an institution designed especially for the relief of the sick poor, called him to be its president; and he was among the founders of the Methodist Charity School, and the projecters of the plan for the Sunday School Union of this city. At the formation of the American Bible Society he was elected a member of the Board of Managers; and he continued an active member of these institutions to the day of his death.

second wife* (for he has been the husband of two) to the earth a few months previously to his own dissolution. It was a presentiment of her mind, which she frequently expressed to him before her death, that he would survive her but a short time. Indeed, at the time of her death he was very low, and was hardly expected to recover from his illness. And though he measurably recovered from that stroke, he moved but feebly about for a few weeks, when he was seized with a violent cold while visiting his brother in the church, Mr. Paul Hick, who was then near death, from the effects of which he never recovered. He suffered much in his last sickness; but in his sufferings he was made perfect, and exhibited the patience, resignation, and readiness to die, which characterize a true follower of Christ, and evince the pre-eminent virtues of the matured Christian. He died in peace and Christian triumph in the 68th year of his age.

To speak of his infirmities, would be nothing more than to detail what is common to the best of men; and to attempt a eulogy upon his character would be needless to those who were honoured with his acquaintance. His children will remember his paternal instructions with mournful delight, and, it is hoped, will make his virtues an exemplar for their imitation. His brethren in the church, while they view his vacant seat, will cherish a grateful remembrance of the fervency of his devotion, and strive to supply his lack of service in the sanctuary of the Lord. Nor will his numerous circle of acquaintance, to whatever community they belong, refuse to acknowledge his worth either as a private citizen or as the public guardian of their rights and privileges; while every true Christian will remember, that whatever of excellence was seen in Thomas Carpenter was owing to that grace in Christ which brings salvation, and which enables a sinner to triumph over the corruptions of his own heart. See her Memoir in the January number of this Magazine.

By the blessing of an indulgent Providence on his labours and industry, he rose to opulence. But he experienced the truth of the wise man, "that riches take to themselves wings and fly away." By a course of events beyond his control, loss in trade, &c., he was suddenly precipitated from a state of affluence and prosperity to poverty and adversity. But even here the graces of the Christian shone out with a peculiar lustre; for he "endured chastisement" with patience, "committing his ways unto the Lord.""

Mr. Carpenter committed the remains of his

POETRY.

For the Methodist Magazine.
PENITENCE.

Oh Thou, from whom so long I've strayed,
That duty's path with weeds hath grown,
Wilt Thou receive a heart thou 'st made,
Now every other friend hath flown?
I thank their frail affection now,
And all their cruel guile to me,
Since it hath made me meekly bow
In youth my haughty soul to thee.
And made me feel the blessed force
Of every word I once could spurn,
When in my boyhood's reckless course,
A mother's tears have begged me turn

From beauteous idols, that appeared

More sweet than aught I else could see;
But ah! when th' sinner's Friend I fear'd,
Those beauteous idols turn'd from me!
They proved how little we may trust
The fondest things the world can show,
Which only charm and cheat us, just
To lead to thee,-who doth not so.
No: thou hast told us in that Book,
Which none but humble minds revere,
That they, who find themselves forsook,
Will never find THEE insincere.

From the South African Journal.
SONNET:

Written on a visit to the Moravian Missionary Institution of Enon, or White Water,

South Africa.

By heaven directed,-by the world reviled,-
Amidst the wilderness they sought a home,
Where beasts of prey and men of murder roam,
And untamed nature holds her revels wild:
There on their pious toil their Master smiled,
And prospered them, unknown or scorned of

men,

Till in the satyr's haunt and dragon's den,

A garden bloom'd, and savage hordes grew
wild.

So, in the guilty heart, when heavenly grace
Enters, it ceaseth not till it uproot
All evil passions from each hidden cell,-
Planting again an Eden in their place,-
Which yields to men and angels, pleasant fruit,
And God himself delighteth there to dwell.

T.

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DIVINITY.

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addressed his first epistle to them, which was probably not more than six years after they had embraced the Christian faith, they had so far gone into the extremes of admiration and dislike, as to become factious and schismatic; some having declared for Paul, and some for Apollos, and some for Cephas, so as to reject all the rest of Christ's ministers, and make their favourite their party leader, calling themselves by his name, Paulites, Apollosites, or Cephasites, instead of Christians.

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