Proceeds of Bazaar at Miss Bearcroft's, Great-Budworth, Northwich Bazaar at Whitby S. H.. J. S. Elliott, Esq., Denmark-Hill, Camberwell A Family Thank-offering, for the Restoration to Health of a beloved Parent, by Dr. Bunting James Hunter, Esq., Islington-Green Friends at Stockholm Salathiel, by the Rev. A. Stead. Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart.... The Right Honourable the Earl of Hillsborough A Thank-offering from a Friend, by the Rev. Elijah Hoole ... The Very Rev. Dr. Angus Makellar, Moderator of the Church The Rev. Robert S. Candlish, M. A., Minister of St. George's John Morant, Esq., for Jamaica Schools Victoria Fishery Company, St. Ives, Cornwall, a Thankoffering for Success 20 0 0 Collected by two female Friends at Uttoxeter, for the 14 15 0 Thomas Dornford, Esq., by Thomas Marriott, Esq. J. K. Sutcliffe, Esq., Bayswater (annual) James Wild, Esq. (annual) William Cooper, Esq., Tunstal..... William Gawtress, Esq., Fleet-street (doubling his Subscrip tion).... J. S., by Mr. John Wesley Mr. O. Jackson Towards the Extinction of the Debt. Messrs. J. and G. Meek, Wigan 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 DO002222 5552222 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 200 20 0 £. s. d. 100 0 0 Friends at Bandon, Ireland (contributed at a Breakfast- R. M. Wilson, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne A Friend's Thank-offering, Portsea, by Mr. John Keet 52 15 6 5 0 Special Contributions for the Mission to Ashantee, and the Extension of the Gold-Coast Mission. Amount of Contributions already announced £. S. Friends at Belfast Ladies' Bazaar, Ludlow. Messrs. M. W. and R. Hutton, Watling-street, London A Thank-offering from a Tradesman, Selby, by Robert Morrell, Esq. Mr. John Vanner Matthew Kinsey, Esq., Denmark-Hill J. R. Gee, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne A Friend's First-fruits, Wellington, Salop A Friend, by the Rev. James Heaton, Burnley A Thank-offering for Mercies received, by the Rev. J. Ing 40 2 21 200 The remittance of the following Contributions has been previously ac O knowledged. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 0 A Friend 200 3 0 0 David Flintoff, Esq. 220 1 10 6 Rev. Joseph Fowler 110 Gillespie, Esq., Paris 100 SWINDON. John Morrison, Esq. 220 0 0 Miss Morrison 1 1 N.B. The Amount and details of Remittances from District Auxiliary Societies will be found on the Cover of the Missionary Notices. NAMES OF THE TREASURERS OF THE DISTRICT AUXILIARY MISSIONARY SOCIETIES. Aberdeen, Mr. John Smith; Bath, John Michael Shum, Esq.; Bedford and Northampton, Mr. William Biggs and Mr. John Bliss; Birmingham and Shrewsbury, Mr. Francis Heeley; Bristol, James Wood, Esq.; Carlisle, Mr. William Wilson and Mr. E. James; Cornwall, Joseph Carne, Esq.; Devonport, Thomas Gardner, Esq., and Mr. William Vosper; Edinburgh, Mr. John Thompson; Exeter, Mr. J. C. Sercombe; Guernsey, James Mac Culloch and John Rougier, Esqrs.; Halifax and Bradford, Thomas Swale and Watson Cryer, Esqrs.; Hull, James Henwood, Esq.; Isle of Man, Mr. John Wilson; Kent, Mr. John Fisher; Leeds, John Burton, Esq.; Lincoln, Thomas Bainbridge and Henry Holland, Esqrs.; Liverpool, Thomas Sands, Esq.; London, John Josiah Buttress, Esq.; Macclesfield, Joshua Thorley, Esq.; Manchester and Bolton, James Heald and Peter Rothwell, Esqrs.; Norwich and Lynn, Mr. Thomas Broadbent and Mr. Jeremiah Cozens; Nottingham and Derby, Mr. John Shelton and Mr. William Turner; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Christopher Wawn, Esq.; Oxford, John Pike, Esq.; Portsmouth, Mr. John Cowdrey and Mr. Joseph Keet; Sheffield, Thomas B. Holy, Esq.; Shetland, Rev. William Wears; First South Wales, George Bagnall, Esq.; North Wales, R. M. Preece, Esq.; Whitby and Darlington, Robert Campion and T. Walker, Esqrs.; York, Mr. Joseph Agar. LONDON: Printed by James Nichols, 46, Hoxton-square. FOR JULY, 1841. BIOGRAPHY. MEMOIR OF MR. WILLIAM WILSON, JUN., BY THE REV. JOHN RELPH. MR. WILLIAM WILSON, JUN., was born at Hensingham, near Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland, on the 16th of March, 1816. Having parents who loved and feared God, both being members of the Methodist society, he was trained up " in the way he should go ;" and his mind received an early bias in favour of that form of Christianity professed by his parents. His grandmother was one of those who embraced Methodism in Whitehaven under the preaching of Mr. Wesley. At a very early age the Holy Spirit wrought powerfully on Mr. Wilson's mind, so that, when but a child, he was accustomed to retire into the fields, hide himself in a wood, and there pour out his soul in prayer to God. His education was liberal, and in all respects adapted to the profession in which it was purposed that he should engage. In consequence of the repressing hand of his parents, together with the restraint imposed upon him by an enlightened mind, he was prevented from plunging into any extravagant excess of outward sin. When between fifteen and sixteen years of age, he was apprenticed to a Surgeon in Whitehaven. During the summer season of 1833 his mind appears to have been deeply affected on account of sin; and on the 1st of August he commenced a journal, in which he continued to write until a few days previous to his death. The first insertion shows his full persuasion of the necessity of an entire change of heart in order to true happiness, and an admission into the kingdom of God. It contains a retrospect of his past life, a review of the privileges which he enjoyed, and an earnest prayer for divine strength to enable him to forsake all sin, and to give himself to God. On the 29th of December, of the same year, he became a member of the Methodist society. It was not, however, until the earlier part of the year 1834 that he may be said to have yielded to the influences of religion without any reserve. Under a very powerful sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Aitkin, in the Methodist chapel, Whitehaven, in the month of February of that year, he was VOL. XX. Third Series. JULY, 1841. 2Q |