18th. Being exceedingly anxious to get to my destination, and also desirous of communicating the mind of the superintendent, as well as my own, to brother Hodgson, in order to prepare him to leave Maquasse for Cape-town, we proceeded on our journey. Messrs. Helm and Sass gave us a good supply of the produce of their gardens, for which we felt extremely thankful.

27th. This evening we arrived at a large Coranna village, where we saw an immense number of cattle; and these seem to be all the people care about. They are perfectly ignorant of useful arts, and are much inferior, in point of civilization, to the Boschuanas. Feb. 1st. We arrived at a large Coranna village, which we had been long seeking. You will observe that this people are not stationary, but travel from place to place: and they indulge themselves in the most filthy habits, such as making powder of cowdung, and wearing it upon their heads; hence they are a complete nuisance. This afternoon our wagons were surrounded by the natives; every thing they saw seemed to strike them with surprise: some of them said that our wagon was the workmanship of God, and not of man. This afternoon I

talked much with the Coranna chief, in reference to our settling among them: he could not, however, give me a decided answer, in consequence of other aged Corannas not being present. Although this chief seemed rather backward to come to a decision, I made a proposition to him, of leaving my assistant, (Hendrick,) to remain the brethren at Maquasse. To this he amongst his people during my visit to agreed; and Hendrick being perfectly willing, it was settled that he should remain, and also one of the young men whom I had brought from KhamiesBerg.

ant, and several natives, and myself, March 23d.-Hendrick, my assistcrossed the Yellow river, in order to examine some springs which had been recommended to us. back without having found one sufficiently strong. We returned

we design settling. We are about three 29th. We arrived at Moos, where days' journey to the westward of Ma quasse, and about nine days to the eastward of Griqua-stadt; a missionary settlement of the London society.

Boschuanas, I dug out the foundation 31st. With the assistance of a few of a dwelling-house.

OBITUARY.

MEMOIR OF THE REV. PHILIP DIXON.

PHILIP DIXON was born in New Castle county, in the state of Delaware. He was licensed to preach in the spring of 1821. In 1822 be made application to the annual conference, to be employed in the service of the church, as an itinerant minister, and his application being received by the conference, he was appointed to Rock Run circuit. In 1823 he was appointed to Caroline: in 1824 to Dover, where he ended his labours.

He was a man of very slender constitution, but diligent, laborious, and indefatigable in his labours. And in all the stations in which he was appointed to labour, he was useful, and very acceptable among the people. He will long live in the recollection and affections of those among whom he laboured. In August he was taken with the dysentery, and lay ill at the

house of doctor Bates about two weeks,
where he had the best medical aid, and
was thought to be convalescent, and
was advised by his physicians to re-
move his situation, for the benefit of his
health, by short stages, though still
under the influence of disease. He
reached the house of Abraham Egbert,
at Christiana, where his disease in-
creased, which, in a few days, closed
his sufferings and life.

and rests from his labours, and his
We have no doubt he died in peace,
works follow him. He was a man of
deep piety and devotion; and his life
which he preached.
was a comment upon the doctrines

extraordinary natural abilities, of close
Our brother Dixon was a man of
application, and deep research.
may be truly said he was an able mi-
nister of the New Testament.
It

He

promised great usefulness to the from his sufferings in the church milichurch; but, unerring Wisdom, often tant, to the enjoyments of the church inscrutable to man, has called him triumphant.

MEMOIR OF MRS. MARY DANDO.

DIED, April 18, 1825, MRS. MARY DANDO. She was born December 30, 1752, in Dursly, county of Gloucester, England. Her parents, from whom she received a pious education, were members of the society of Whitfieldian Methodists. Her father's house was a home for the ministers of that denomination, and from their pious conversation she was much benefited. At the age of sixteen she joined that society and gave evidence of a true conversion to God.

In 1783 she emigrated to this country, and settled, in company with some of her relations with whom she came over, in the village of Brooklyn, LongIsland, and connected herself with a Calvinistic church in that place. Not long after her settlement here she heard Methodist preaching, was convinced of the truth of their doctrine, and in 1786 she joined their society. After her removal to this city, NewYork, she attended the numerous means of grace as enjoyed among the Methodists, and, among others, the preaching at 5 o'clock in the morning. Though never married, she charged herself with the care of orphan children, whom she took under her care, performed the duties of a mother as far as she could, while she took the oversight of the household of her nephew, Mr. Stephen Dando. In this depart ment of her duty, she economized to the best advantage; but her piety was conspicuous on all occasions. Those children which were entrusted to her care, she endeavoured to train up in the fear of the Lord, as well as to prepare them to become useful and industrious housekeepers.

For about fourteen years before her death, she was deprived of the use of the public means of grace, by bodily afflictions. She was extremely corpulent, and much afflicted with the asthma and rheumatism, so much so, that she was scarcely able to walk without help. While thus deprived of the privilege of assembling with those "who keep holy day," she was diligent in the use of those private means of spiritual improvement, which were within her

power, such as prayer, meditation, reading, and conversing with those Christian friends who occasionally called to see her. The holy Scriptures she read daily, and often accompanied her reading of them with Wesley's, Clarke's, Benson's, and Coke's commentaries. She delighted also in reading the religious intelligence, and other matters published in the Wesleyan and Methodist Magazines. She took a special interest in all the public institutions, such as missionary, tract, and sabbath school societies, which have for their object the melioration of mankind, recommending them to the attention of her friends, and contributing as far as her means would permit to their support.

On Thursday, the 12th of April last, she was taken ill, and in a few days afterwards she took her departure for a better world. The following is from a female friend, and as it will give as full an account of her, especially during the close of her days, as any within the writer's reach, it is inserted at length.

"I have, for many years, proved Mrs. Dando to be my most valuable Christian friend on earth. I have witnessed her patience in afflictions, and the power of divine grace, which enabled her to rejoice in them, with a bright prospect of being soon delivered from them. I have often been blessed in her company, and shall never forget her good advice and her prayers.

"I called to see her on Sunday, April 10, when she began speaking of the death of Mrs. Carpenter, and said, She did not think she should long survive her.' I observed, the only thing necessary was to be found ready; and asked her, if she felt any doubts as to her acceptance. She replied, 'None at all.' I told her I thought that might be the last interview we might have, and considering the uncertainty of life, I felt a particular wish to know the state of her mind with reference to eternity. She said, 'I do not feel that rapturous joy which 'some others speak of, but I feel a solid peace, and a sacred union with Him,

so that nothing seems to move me.' I informed her I had lately been reading Mr. Peronet, and reminded her of his depth of piety: she answered, 'Yet no more than is our privilege to enjoy. I have had nearly the same feelings, and felt such a sense of the presence of God, that I have not words to express.' I told her I believed the Lord had spared her for wise purposes, and to complete in her his work of grace. She said, 'I do see it so-what a fulness in the promises! Oh, let us be in earnest! The time is short. Then speaking of some little trials, she said, 'Let it all pass, these things do not move me ;I soon shall be with the Lord."

Calling again the next sabbath, April 17, I found her approaching near her end. She at first did not know me. I felt persuaded this would be the last time, for which reason I took my children to see her. Observing them, she said, Who are all these?" I answered, I have brought them to see you; do you know me? Yes.' How do you find yourself? Very bad.' Do you feel Jesus precious to your soul? Yes, yes!' Do you feel happy? Yes, I do happy! happy! I saw it was with much difficulty she could speak. Our united souls then felt what, I trust, we shall hereafter realize."

POETRY.

For the Methodist Magazine.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. Catherine ANN WILSON, OF NEW-YORK. "Night dews fall not more gently to the ground."

Once more I strike the trembling string,

And softly touch my plaintive harp;
A sad and mournful song I sing,
That wakes to grief the feeling heart.
Catherine! 't is thou who claims the tear,
Which moistens friendship's weeping eye:
To see thee stretch'd upon that bier,
Occasions now the deep fetch'd sigh.

Scarce enter'd on life's happy morn,
Blest with affection's dear caress;
From husband, parents, children, borne
To yonder plains of blissful rest.
(Thus have we seen the opening flower
Spread its fair leaves before the sun;
But soon it droop'd beneath his power,
Ere he his circling course had run.)

The little pledges thou hast left,
For whom the tenderest feelings wake,
(Now of thy fostering care bereft)-
Thy prayer was offered for their sake.

But Jesus! sweet consoling word,
Hush'd all thy fears, and anxious cares;
For thou believed thy faithful Lord,
Who all his people's burdens bears.

Nor shall thy children want a friend,
On whose kind bosom they may lean;
Some heart will shelter and defend,

And from earth's tempting snares them screen.
Death, with a mild and placid brow,
Approach'd with noiseless, solemn tread:
Jesus did-dying grace bestow,

His own soft hand sustain'd thy head.

Sweetly thy gentle spirit fled,
Carried on seraph's downy wings,
To Christ, thy ever-living head,

And heaven's high arch with glory rings.
There does thy happy soul now rest,
And every blissful joy is thine;
Angels proclaim thee truly blest,
Beyond the power of changing time.

MARY.

MISSIONARY HYMN.

"At evening time it shall be light."-Zech. xiv, 7.

The evening of the world is near!
The tongue of war is still'd!
And, lo! the promises appear
About to be fulfill'd!

The clouds that long the sun obscured
Begin to break away;
And nations, from its light immured,
Now catch the kindling ray!

The heathen sees this heavenly light,
And starting from his sleep,

Hurls his old idol from his sight,
Into the wond'ring deep!
Pour out thy Spirit, Lord of all!
Illumine every land!

Then shall each stubborn demon fall
Beneath thy mighty hand!

Ho, ye that labour for the Lord,
In lands yet dark as night,
Hear, and observe this cheering word,-
"The evening shall be light!"

NO. 9.] FOR SEPTEMBER, 1825. [VOL. 8.

DIVINITY.

THE RELATIONS AND INHERITANCE OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE. A SERMON ON 1 CORINTHIANS iii, 21-23.

Delivered in the Methodist Chapel at Salem, N. J., on the 27th of February, 1825. BY THE REV. JACOB MOORE,

(Concluded from page 296.)

II. IN the second place, we are to consider the relationship subsisting between Christ and his people; because Christ is God's Son, and the Mediator between God and man, sustaining the prophetic, priestly and regal offices in the mediatorial kingdom." Ye are Christ's." In the sacred Scriptures, the relations which subsist between Christ and his people are illustrated under many similitudes, some of which we shall bring into view.

1. Ye are Christ's property. "Ye are not your own: ye are bought with a price." "Ye are not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish, and without spot." As the Creator of all things, Christ has a natural right to all men; but as their lives and happiness were forfeited to Divine justice, and he paid down the price of his own blood as an equivalent to its demands; and as it was of his free mercy and good will towards us that he gave himself a ransom for us, therefore we are his by redemption. His property in us, as our Redeemer, is twofold; for as he satisfied the claims of the Divine law upon gospel, principles, and as his evangelical claim upon us is entirely in accordance with the spirit of the law, his title to us is according to law, as well as according to grace, and his property in us legal, as well as evangelical.

Here it is proper to observe that Christ acquired a title to all men by the price of his blood, that all men might be saved, and not that a great portion of them, as some have vainly imagined, might be brought into a state of personal existence, and inevitably fill up the measure of their iniquity, and be damned. It would have been justice in God to have left them to suffer in their seminal state, as insensible beings, in the loins of their great progenitor; but to have brought them upon the stage of existence as active and sensible creatures, by redeeming them from Divine justice, and then leave them to sin unavoidably, that they might be damned, would have been unmerciful, unVOL. VIII. September, 1825. 42

just, and cruel in the extreme. He purchased them for his glory; that is, that they might actively glorify him in their bo dies and spirits, which are his, and enjoy him for ever. Ye are not your own; ye do not belong to yourselves; but, having been bought with a price, ye belong to another-to him who bought you; and he that bought you has a right to your services, and enjoins you to glorify him in this world, that you may be glorified with him in the world to come.

2. Ye are God's husbandry: that is, his field, his garden, his vineyard; and his ministers are the labourers. And inasmuch as ye are God's vineyard, and Christ is the true vine in that vineyard, ye are Christ's branches; united to him, as branches to a vine, by a living faith and as a branch is dependant on the vine for life, sap, and a capacity to bear fruit, so ye are dependant on Christ for spiritual life, and a capacity to bring forth spiritual fruit, the fruit of holiness.

3. Ye are God's building-a most noble edifice, erected upon Jesus Christ, the foundation and chief corner-stone. The church of God is a spiritual edifice; and the members in particular are as lively stones, which constitute this spiritual superstructure, fitly framed together, and growing unto a holy temple in the Lord. As stones in a building are united to the foundation, and supported by it, so does Christ, the foundation of his church, unite his people to himself and each other by the cement of faith and love, and support their hopes by his grace during the course of their pilgrimage in this world; and as a corner-stone unites two parts of a building, so Christ unites both branches of the church militant-namely, the Jewish and Christian. He is also the bond of union between the church militant and the church triumphant: he opens an intercourse between God and men; and unites heaven and earth, the pious in this world with the assembly of saints and angels in the presence of God; and by the blood of the cross he unites both to himself; and they are a holy temple, a spiritual superstructure, built upon him, the chief corner-stone; and they are a habitation of God, through the Spirit, for ever and ever.

We have contemplated the relations subsisting between Christ and his people, under the similitude of inanimate things, and come now to illustrate them by the tender and endearing relations which exist among mankind.

4. Ye are Christ's disciples. Ye are called by his name, and instructed in his doctrines. As the Platonists and Pythagoreans had their name from their masters, Plato and Pythagoras, so the disciples of Christ were called Christians, after the name of their master. This title denotes the highest character that a man can sustain on earth; and those who bear it as the true disciples of Christ, receive him as their teacher, and are instructed in his