offices in our Connexion, having been twice placed, by his brethren, in the chair of the Conference. During the latter part of his protracted and honourable career, he presented a fine specimen of simplicity, dignity, and piety; his very countenance expressing the peace, benignity, and sacred joy, which, by the grace of God, had become the habit of his mind.

The placidity of his temper, his humility, benevolence, and affability, rendered him welcome wherever he came. A sound and discriminating judgment, habitually exercised in humble dependence upon the divine guidance, enabled him to act the part assigned to him with more than ordinary prudence, and rendered him a wise counsellor to those who sought his advice. He was orderly in all his movements; lived by rule; was punctual in all his engagements; and conscientiously redeemed the time. In him firmness was happily tempered with the gentleness and courtesy inspired by Christian love. In all the relations of life, he adorned his Christian profession. His views of divine truth were clear; and his pulpit talents were exercised with general acceptance and success. His discourses were well-studied, judicious, instructive, and richly evangelical; his mode of delivery was solemn, natural, and impressive; and the unction of the Holy One largely accompanied his ministrations, rendering them eminently encouraging and consolatory. After holding for four years the important office of House-Governor in the Theological Institution, having passed the ordinary term of human life, and being of opinion that he could no longer occupy with advantage to the Connexion the posts of labour which he had so long held, he bowed to the will of God, and retired into comparative obscurity, carrying with him the habitual cheerfulness, zeal for God, and holy activity, which he had previously maintained.

He employed his remaining strength in visiting the people from house to house, assisting in holding Missionary and other Meetings, and preaching with great energy and unction. His departure was sudden. On Saturday afternoon, November 6th, 1841, he returned from a visit to Thorner, where he had preached with unusual power and pathos. He conversed with his accustomed cheerfulness, prayed with the family, retired to rest in the evening, and almost immediately afterwards expired in a manner the most calm and tranquil. Like Enoch, he had "walked with God; and he was not, for God took him."

5. JOHN CALLAWAY; who was converted to God at the age of thirteen, and at the same time joined the Methodist society. In the year 1815 he was sent as a Wesleyan Missionary to the island of Ceylon; where, in addition to a faithful discharge of his ministerial duty, he distinguished himself by diligence in acquiring the Singhalese language, and by the publication of various elementary works, some of which were the first of the kind ever printed in that country, and have been extensively useful. After his return to his native land, he continued to labour faithfully in his Lord's vineyard, often exerting himself beyond his strength. He studied the holy Scriptures in their original languages, was an able Divine, and a very instructive Preacher. His character was unblemished, and his piety sincere. With many other amiable qualities, he exemplified the most steadfast and unalterable friendship. He died in peace, November 23d, 1841, in the forty-eighth year of his age, and the twenty-sixth of his ministry.

6. JOHN WHEELHOUSE, aged sixtyfour; who entered upon the ministry amongst us in the year 1805, and became a Supernumerary in 1840, having fulfilled the duties of the ministry with fidelity and usefulness. To the close of life he endeavoured to the utmost of his ability to do good; and especially to lead to our Saviour the young people of the society and congregation with which he was connected. He died of apoplexy, December 21st, 1841. His last words were, "He giveth grace according to my day."

7. ELIAS THOMAS; who was born in the city of Exeter, September 29th, 1791. From an early period of his life he was a subject of serious impressions; and, when about eighteen years of age, was brought to a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, and joined the Wesleyan-Methodist society. In the year 1815 he was recommended to the Conference, as a suitable person for our itinerant ministry; and from that period he performed its duties with zeal, acceptance, and usefulness. He was firmly attached to our doctrines and discipline, a colleague of exemplary prudence and fidelity, gentle and affectionate in his disposition, unassuming in his manners, plain and practical in his preaching; and throughout the whole of his Christian course he maintained a consistent and unblemished character, exhibiting in the various relations of life, the power and efficacy of divine grace. His last illness

was of such a nature as to deprive his family and friends of the comfort of Christian conversation with him on his deathbed. He died December 29th, 1841, in the fifty-first year of his age, and the twenty-seventh of his ministry.

8. GEORGE WARREN, in the fortysecond year of his age, and the sixteenth of his itinerancy. He was a man of a quiet spirit, naturally diffident and unassuming, and deeply pious. His preaching was acceptable and profitable. His health failing, he became a Supernumerary in 1840, and died in great peace, December 31st, 1841.

9. NATHANIEL ELLIOTT, in the fifty-seventh year of his age. After labouring in our itinerancy twenty-one years, he was obliged to retire from the regular ministry, and become a Supernumerary; but continued to preach occasionally. He died in peace on the 16th of January, 1842.

10. WILLIAM JONES; who was born in 1764. He was converted to God when about twenty-one years of age. In the year 1808 he commenced his labours as an Itinerant Minister, and travelled for twenty-two years, with considerable acceptance and usefulness; when, in consequence of increasing infirinities, he retired from his more public work. He continued to labour as his strength would permit, until within a few days of his death. He was remarkable for sincerity and uprightness; ardent in his attachments, affectionate in his disposition, and sincere and unwavering in his friendship. His sermons were plain, perspicuous, and practical. His last illness was short; but he was found ready for the coming of the Lord. He not only had peace at the last, but was more than conqueror. He died in the Lord, on the 31st of January, 1842, in the seventy-eighth year of his age.

nine years. Being of an amiable disposition, he was generally beloved in the various Circuits which he occupied ; gaining on the esteem of our people in proportion as their acquaintance with him increased. As a Preacher, he was perspicuous and useful; his talents being of an order calculated to afford comfort and edification to the church of Christ. Through an illness of three months, during a part of which he suffered great agony of body, he was preserved in undisturbed peace of mind; being, as he expressed himself, " upon the Rock." In patience he possessed his soul; and though his death was sudden, it found him not unprepared. His lamp was trimmed, his light was burning, and with holy joy he exchanged mortality for life, March 8th, 1842, in the sixtyfifth year of his age.

13. EDWARD WILSON; who, by the instrumentality of the Wesleyan ministry, was deeply convinced of sin; and having earnestly sought mercy through Jesus Christ, he was made a happy partaker of forgiveness and of renewing grace. For twenty-one years he laboured in the itinerant work. His preaching was distinguished by plainness of speech, sound doctrine, zeal, and fidelity; and the Lord crowned his labours with success. For some years after he became a Supernumerary, he occasionally performed ministerial duties. The Lord graciously supported and comforted him in great and protracted suffering. He died at Keswick, April 3d, 1842, in the seventy-second year of his age, and the thirty-second of his ministry.

14. DONALD M. R. COGHILL, in the thirty-third year of his age. He enjoyed the advantages of a religious education, and acquired a respectable share of learning at the University of Glasgow, his native city. When about fifteen years of age, he suffered great distress, on account of his sinfulness in the sight of God. Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, he received the assurance that God, for Christ's sake, had blotted out all his sins. After this he made considerable progress in the knowledge of divine things, and was appointed to the itinerant ministry in the year 1834. In the year 1840 he was seized with affliction, which unfitted him for the regular duties of a Circuit; he was therefore appointed as a Supernumerary. For some time he indulged the expectation of being able to resume his labours; but in the beginning of April last he gave up all hope of life. After this he spoke on every subject as a dying man;

11. WILLIAM GILPIN; who was born at Whitehaven, Cumberland, and entered upon our itinerancy in the year 1799. He laboured with acceptance and usefulness until the year 1833, when, through complicated infirmities, he was obliged to retire from the regular work of the ministry. The stupor into which he sank for some time previous to his decease, prevented him from giving utterance to any sentiments as to his spiritual state. He died at Budleigh Salterton, in the Exeter Circuit, February 6th, 1842, aged seventy years.

12. SAMUEL SEWELL; who, in the year 1803, was received into our itinerancy, in which he maintained an unblemished reputation for nearly thirty

and gave every one who heard him to feel that God was with him. From that time his strength rapidly declined; and on the 9th of April, 1842, he yielded his happy spirit into the hands of his Saviour.

(To be concluded in our next.)

RECENT DEATHS.

MARCH 9th, 1842.-At Bradford, Yorkshire, aged twenty-seven, Benjamin Clough Frear, nephew of the Rev. Benjamin Clough, and brother of Mr. Frear, who died in India, and whose extraordinary capacity for acquiring languages was admired by all who knew him. He was early converted to God, in the year 1831 joined the Methodist society, and to the end of his short life continued a steady and consistent member. In the various departments of Christian labour which generally devolve upon young men, he was actively and steadily employed; and when urged, in consequence of his declining health, to relinquish them, one after another, he exclaimed, "How can I? I have so many blessed seasons when engaged in them!" His sufferings for some time were very severe; but his faith was strong, and his trust in the providence of God unwavering. His language was, "I have a Friend above who will take care of me, both in time and eternity. All I want is a thankful heart." He said, "Angels are waiting to carry me home. They are hovering around." His peace was uninterrupted. He knew whom he had believed. Death was desired, rather than dreaded; and we doubt not that he is now an inhabitant of the heavenly paradise.

J. R.

April 23d.-At Halesworth, in the Framlingham Circuit, Mrs. Wild, in the forty-eighth year of her age. In early life she was deeply convinced of sin, and converted to God. A few years after she had to mourn over her departure from the Lord, but subsequently regained her forfeited peace. Her long and painful affliction was made a blessing to her soul. She was an affectionate wife, and tender mother. Her removal was somewhat sudden. She retired to rest on the evening preceding her death, as well as she had been for some days, but on the following morning exchanged worlds.

I. P.

April 25th.-At Otley, in the twenty-fourth year of her age, Martha, daughter of Mr. William Atkinson, maltster, of the same place. After a severe illness, which she bore with exemplary patience and resignation, she fell asleep in Jesus. W. L.

May 6th.-At Melburn-Farm, in the Pocklington Circuit, Ellen, the wife of Mr. William Jennings. She was brought to a knowledge of the truth in 1814, and was an unassuming but exemplary member of the Wesleyan society twenty-eight years, when she died in the true spirit of Christian resignation, after many severe attacks of paralysis. In answer to the question, proposed by one whose loss will be irreparable,

"Is all well?" she held out the arm, that for many months had been useless, and waved it successively, in token of her final triumph. Thus, to the satisfaction of surviving friends, and in the full enjoyment of salvation, did she pass triumphant home. H. J.

May 10th.-At Wold-Newton, in the Searborough Circuit, Joseph B. Knaggs, aged twentytwo years. He was born of pious parents, and from childhood enjoyed many spiritual advantages. When about sixteen years of age, he was converted to God. He immediately joined the Methodist society, of which he continued an ornament and consistent member to his death. After his conversion, his first prayer was, "Lord, make me useful." He deeply felt for the prosperity of Zion. The souls of his fellow-creatures were very near his heart. He was distinguished for zeal, love to the Scriptures, delight in prayer, and compassion for souls. His constant prayer was, "Let me be a Bible Christian." Next to the Bible, he delighted in Mr. Wesley's Sermons and Hymn-book. No low attainments in the divine life could satisfy his ardent spirit. He longed for the fulness of God; and has been known to wrestle in prayer all night for a clean heart. By faith in the blood of Christ he ob tained the blessing of perfect love, and lived in the enjoyment of it to his death. A week before his death, he said to his father, "I have had such a view of the blood of Christ, which cleanseth from all sin; such a view of its cleansing, purifying efficacy, as I never had before. O the precious blood of Christ!" A few minutes before his death he said, "O, father, I am dying!" and then began to repeat,

"Jesu, lover of my soul,

Let me to thy bosom fly; Hide me,"

"hide me," he repeated several times. The last words he was heard to utter were,

"Jesu's blood, through earth and skies, 'Mercy, free, boundless mercy,' cries." J. K.

May 16th.-At Burslem, aged forty-six years, Mrs. Esther Goodwin; who for many years had been a member of the Wesleyan society. She was a great debtor to divine grace, and had passed through deep waters; but, at the close of life, God favoured her with bright manifestations of his love; and she showed forth his praise by embracing, in Christian charity, the souls of all mankind. Her end was honoured by a complete victory over the last enemy. She

"Ran up, with joy, the shining way, To see and praise her Lord."

W. L.

May 21st.-At Huddersfield, Mrs. Nelson, the wife of the Rev. John Nelson, Wesleyan Minis ter. She was suddenly attacked with paralysis, and survived the seizure but twelve days. She was, however, not unprepared, as was evident to those who knew her intimately; for they had observed the increased spirituality of her mind,