Mr. Leale preached in French on Sunday, April 3d, at three in the afternoon, at the Barriere du Roule. Sermons were preached, on the same day, at the chapel Rue Ménilmontant, by the Rev. Messrs. De Jersey and Hocart; and on the following Tuesday the Rev. Matthieu Gallienne preached at seven in the evening. Mr. Handcock preached on the 7th, in French, at Ménilmontant; and on Friday evening Mr. Massot, at Rue Royale. On Monday and Saturday public prayermeetings were held.

Sunday, 10th, Mr. Philp preached in the morning, at twelve, at the Rue Royale chapel; and Mr. Lyon in the evening. A love-feast was held at two o'clock. Mr. Cook preached in the morning, in French, at the chapel Rue Ménilmontant; after which the sacrament of the Lord's supper was administered. Mr. Henry Martin preached at

seven.

On the 6th and 13th Messrs. Buchannan and Roy preached at the Barriere du Roule.

On Tuesday, the 12th, a Missionary Meeting was held at the chapel Rue Ménilmontant, the Rev. C. Cook in the chair. The Report was read by the Rev. P. Lucas; after which the Meeting was addressed by Messrs. De Jersey, Farjat, H. Martin, and S. Martin. The number of persons present was greater than we remember ever to have seen before, on any similar occasion; and if we may judge by the profound attention that was paid to the speakers, they took a lively interest in the great subject of Christian Missions. A collection was made at the close of the Meeting.

The District-Meeting terminated its session, after ten days of close application to business, on Thursday, the 14th; when the brethren separated, to return to their different stations, with increased fraternal affection, and with renewed zeal in the cause of God. After filling up the vacancies occasioned by deaths and removals, we find an incrcase in our societies of seventy-two members, and one hundred and twenty-eight on trial;

making a total of two hundred for the

year.

On Sunday, the 17th, the new chapel was opened for public worship. The Rev. Thomas Jackson, of London, preached two excellent sermons; one at twelve, and another at seven o'clock. At half-past two Mr. Jackson's son-inlaw, the Rev. Theophilus Marzials, Pastor of the national Protestant church of Lille, preached an eloquent and faithful sermon in French. The congregation was very good, and a most gracious influence accompanied the ministerial labours of the day.

On Monday, the 25th, the Rev. R. Baird, from the United States of America, preached a very interesting sermon on the introduction of Christianity into Europe, and on the increased facilities we now have of sending the Gospel throughout the world. The solemn services of this memorable occasion were terminated, on the Tuesday evening, by an excellent sermon, in French, by the Rev. Charles Cook. The collections and subscriptions, in Paris, towards fitting up the chapel, amount, at present, to about 2,000 francs, or £80 sterling. To several friends in England we are much indebted, for their timely and valuable aid. We are, however, still deficient upwards of 2,000 francs; and many little things are yet required to make the chapel complete. It must remain unfinished, until divine Providence shall supply us with the means necessary to finish our work.

The Wesleyan cause has now a neat and commodious chapel in Paris, occupying a space of about sixty feet in length, and nearly thirty feet wide, with a gallery across the end, situated in the very best part of the city; and that without any increase of annual rent, or any expense whatever to the Committee for the fitting up.

In reviewing the way by which the Lord hath brought us, we again exclaim, "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." WILLIAM TOASE.

Paris, May 7th, 1842.

2. Died, November 24th, at Seaton, Mr. Peter Dickinson, aged fifty-eight years. Prior to his conversion to God, his deportment, from an early period of life, was uniformly moral; but though, "as touching the righteousness which is of the law," he was most exemplary, his estimate of religion did not extend beyond a correct externalism. The regularity of his attendance upon the services of the church; his avoidance of the immoralities of the dissipated; the inflexible integrity of his worldly transactions; had, even in his unregenerate state, won considerable esteem. Upon his own generally consistent demeanour, as contrasted with the surrounding depravity of men, he had evidently reposed some claim to the divine favour, and to eternal happiness. To quote his own language, "I thought myself a good Churchman; and that if I did not reach heaven, the state of the generality of mankind must indeed be awful." In this pharisaic delusion he continued to the forty-fourth year of his age. By the reading of the sacred Scriptures, especially our Lord's expostulation with Nicodemus, his serious attention was first awakened. The im measurable importance, and supreme obligation, of the new birth, were forced upon his anxious mind. Every recurrence to the subject deepened his conviction, and interested his heart. The hollowness of his religious profession, and the hopelessness of his condition, now led him, by assiduous prayer, and intense agony, to seek the pardoning mercy of God. At this juncture of his life he was providentially led to visit his brother, Mr. William Dickinson, at Hull; who, with his pious wife, are members of the Wesleyan society. At a prayermeeting, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Mortimer, (then a Local Preacher, visiting the Hull Circuit,) to which Peter had been invited by his brother, his hope of mercy strengthened. Having witnessed many penitents obtain the remission of sins, he also felt a brightening confidence that he should realize the same blessing; and, a few days after his return to Beverley-Parks, he was enabled to rejoice in the God of his salvation. The attainment of entire sanctification immediately became an object to him of unspeakable interest; neither would he rest until possessed of all the mind of Christ. At a very short period after he became justified by faith, he was enabled to testify that the "blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin." His deadness to the world, the elevation and depth of his piety, his zeal for God's glory, his

courage in reproving sin, his solicitude for the conversion of sinners, were delightfully indicated throughout his entire character. So long as health continued, he proved himself a faithful steward of both worlds; the divine blessing attended his careful industry; and he shortly retired from business, with a comfortable independency, and with the unclouded sunshine of spiritual prosperity. The offices of Leader and Local Preacher he sustained with great earnestness and untiring fidelity; and to his utmost capability besought sinners to be reconciled to God. His health having partially declined, and having also realized a competency, he questioned the propriety of his longer attention to business; and having, at this time, received notice to quit his farm, he embraced the circumstance as the divine indication to retire from worldly cares, and resolved to consecrate the residue of his days to the attainment and distribution of the largest amount of religious knowledge and goodness in his power. He removed to Beverley, where, for a short period, he assiduously cultivated every occasion of doing good; punctually fulfilling his Sabbath appointments; tenderly and diligently nurturing his class; visiting the abodes of wretchedness; and by the noiseless, plodding character of his zeal, giving pleasing indications, that, had his life been spared, he would have been greatly honoured of God. The great Head of the church, however, had determined otherwise; having prepared and reserved for him a cup of no ordinary suffering. In the mystery of divine providence our much-valued brother was visited by one of the most awful maladies that could afflict the human species: an inveterate "fiery" leprosy. "Fiery" he oft termed it; and the disease pervaded his entire external frame. He was not merely confined in bed during eighteen months, but throughout that lengthened period was confined to one position; and during ten months was unable to feed himself, or render himself the slightest assistance. The paroxysm of suffering was, at times, so acute and intense, as to be utterly beyond the power of unaided human endurance; and, in the early stages of his malady, before nature's strength lay prostrate, he has more than once said, that "nothing less than the supports of religion could have restrained him from committing suicide." Never was the all-sustaining power of divine consolation more triumphant! Very many visiters were attracted to his bed-side

by the peculiarity and severity of his disease, and by the exalted specimen of his faith and patience. He truly glorified God in the fire; preaching a full and glorious salvation to all who came. He expressed anxious solicitude for his brother William, who, though living in the enjoyment of saving grace, was in danger of spiritual loss through the number and weight of his secular engagements. Many were the sleepless nights which our suffering friend endured; and often, when the perspiration copiously issued from his face, he would exclaim, "This is nothing to the bloody sweat of my Redeemer and Saviour." He would not allow his attentive and assiduous wife, nor any other of his attendants, to be deprived of the public services of the sanctuary on his account. He said his happiest hours were in private communion with God; and it was manifest to every observer, that, as his end approached, so his enjoyment of God became yet more rich and sustaining. During the last eight or ten days of his life his only sustenance was water, which he always received with gratitude; contrasting the favourable points of his own condition with the hopeless state and eternal fire endured by Dives; observing, "My fiery leprosy is only bodily and temporal, and with it I have good water and a good Saviour: Dives has neither a drop of water to cool his tongue, nor a Saviour to assuage his spirit." He had often expressed a wish to expire on the Sabbath; and the Lord granted the desire of his servant in this matter. While several friends were commending his soul to God in prayer, he feebly articulated,

"Angels beckon me away,

And Jesus bids me come."

eminently a man of strong faith and much prayer. The provision made in Christ for the complete salvation, the entire holiness, of all men, he understood, appreciated, and preached. He lived the witness of full sanctification; and having himself thus sought and obtained, by earnest prayer and by appropriating faith, this inestimable blessing, he embraced every opportunity of urging its attainment upon others. In the extension of the cause of God he laboured most assiduously. Being happily delivered from the fear of man, he failed not to reprove sin whenever circumstances required it. The work of God assigned to him by the church, he fulfilled in the most conscientious and exemplary manner. From the day of his conversion it was manifest that he gave himself to the church by the will of God, and he has left a salutary example of pious and unostentatious faithfulness. He was a man of love loving to all, especially to the household of faith; and on several occasions manifested the spirit of Christ, in rendering good for evil, blessing for cursing. This admirable trait in his character, blended with much Christian simplicity and uncompromising fidelity, inspired in the hearts of all who knew him considerable esteem. Spiritualmindedness was also a distinguishing characteristic of Mr. Dickinson. From the day of his conversion to the hour of his decease, his conversation was uniformly serious and edifying. He was no trifler, either in speech or action. The solemnities of eternity, and the enjoyments of exalted piety, reigned supreme; and gave a hallowing tone to his intercourse with his fellows. The prosperity of Zion lay near his heart; and, even amidst much bodily anguish, his inquiries concerning the church of Christ were anxious and frequent. As a noble example of patient endurance and unvarying submission to the divine will, in circumstances of extraordinary suffering, the surviving friends of our excellent brother are desirous to extend and perpetuate the recital, for the strengthening of the faith and hope of God's saints. "I can compare," said he, "what I suffer to nothing so much as being laid on a bed of fire;" and referring to those paroxysms of suffering which, for more than a year, he experienced every alternate twelve hours, he would repose on the divine power, and exclaim, "That the trial of your faith being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise,

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And in a few minutes, without a sigh or groan, he rested from his sufferings and labours. His remains were interred, at his special request, underneath the Wesleyan chapel, Beverley; and the circumstances of his affliction and decease were improved by the Rev. H. Beech, in a suitable and impressive discourse. sidering the paucity of his literary means in early youth, and also the circumstance of his not obtaining saving religion until a comparatively late period of his life, Mr. Dickinson's knowledge and approval of Wesleyan doctrines and institutions, were clear, respectable, and praiseworthy. This very brief obituary of so good a man may be closed by noticing two or three traits in his character. He was