umph of faith, charging all her family to meet her in heaven. B. C.

Nov. 18th.-At Farrington, in the MidsomerNorton Circuit, Mr. William Kingston, aged sixty-six. In 1810 he found peace with God; from which period, to the close of his earthly career, he was a consistent member of the Wesleyan society. In the inscrutable dispensations of divine Providence, he was suddenly made the subject of severe affliction; but, having been a partaker of that peace which passeth understanding, the tranquillity of his mind was undisturbed. His end was peace. J. F.

Nov. 21st.-At Ingleby-Lodge, in the Middleham Circuit, Mr. Ralph Orton, aged eighty-six years. He became a member of the Wesleyan society in his youth, and for many years adorned his Christian profession. His house was always open to the Ministers of the Gospel. He cordially believed the doctrines taught among the people to whom he was united, and approved of their discipline. He was a Trustee for several chapels, and made considerable sacrifices of property for their support. He was eminently a man of peace; had humble views of himself; trusted in Christ alone for salvation; and, at the termination of a long life, calmly fell asleep in Jesus.

J. F.

Nov. 22d.-At Witney, John Cooke, aged seventy-five. He had been a member of the Wesleyan society about seventeen years; during which time he maintained an irreproachable character. Although brought to a saving knowledge of the truth rather late in life, he soon became fully aware of the importance of improving the little time which remained to the glory of God. He accordingly superintended a Sabbath-school in the neighbourhood; and performed the duties of his office until compelled, by the infirmities of age, to desist. His spirit latterly ripened fast for the heavenly inheritance; and he died in a frame of mind which may be gathered from such expressions as these: "All is clear before me."

"I the chief of sinners am,

But Jesus died for me."

J. A.

Nov. 24th.-At Stourton, in the ChippingNorton Circuit, Mr. Thomas Hirons, aged twenty-four. He had been for upwards of four years a member of the Wesleyan society; and, soon after his union with the people of God, he was made a partaker of experimental religion, and maintained a consistent character till the time of his death. For upwards of two years lie had acted as a Local Preacher: he was a young man of considerable promise, and was highly esteemed. The affliction which terminated his life was protracted; but during its continuance he manifested Christian submission and resignation to the will of God, and a calm and unshaken confidence in the atonement of his Saviour. In this peaceful and happy state his redeemed spirit was released from the tenement of clay, to associate with the blessed in the heavenly inheritance. By a mysterious providence, within the

space of about six weeks, Mr. T. Hirons, his wife, (who also died in the Lord,) and a beloved child, were all called into the eternal world.

W. D.

Nov. 25th.-At Midsomer-Norton, Mrs. Benjamin Hall, aged seventy-two. For upwards of forty years she was a consistent member of the Wesleyan society in this place. Her end was peace. J. F.

Nov. 26th.-At Tunbridge-Wells, Mr. Alfred G. Nye, aged twenty-four. His parents were members of the Wesleyan-Methodist society; who took him, at an early period, to the house of God, and taught him the value of religion, and to observe its ordinances. His mind was powerfully wrought upon under the preaching of a funeral sermon; and shortly he was induced to seek, and ultimately to exercise, a saving faith in the atonement of Christ. His conversion was clear, and his piety deep and exemplary. He was "diligent in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;" and in his last hours he "rejoiced in hope, and was patient in tribulation." With a tranquillity peculiar to the Christian, he fearlessly met the last struggle; and with holy joy he breathed his happy spirit into the hands of God who gave it. J. P.

Nov. 26th.-At Poole, Dorset, Mrs. Scott, aged eighty. In early life she was made acquainted with the things of God; but, for want of that oversight which Wesleyan Methodism affords, she lost the good she had received. In the year 1793, when the late R. C. Brackenbury, Esq., visited Poole, to preach the Gospel, Mrs. Scott was one of his first hearers; and, observing her serious deportment, he visited her house, where he formed the first class, which continued for years to meet in the same place. After adorning, for more than half a century, her Christian profession, she came down to the grave in joyful hope of a resurrection to eternal life, through the merit of her adorable Redeemer. Her last words were, " Happy, happy."

C. W.

Nov. 28th.-At Lanishen, near Cardiff, aged thirty-one, Mr. John Emanuel. Upwards of twelve years ago he joined the Wesleyan church; sought and found peace with God, through Jesus Christ; and continued, to the close of life, a consistent, zealous, and liberal member. His whole deportment was marked by strict integrity; and, during a long and painful affliction, he delightfully proved the blessedness of the man whose hope is in the Lord his God." His last words, in reference to his spiritual state, were, "I am a sinner saved by grace."

J. R.

Dec. 2d.-At Middlemarsh, in the Sherborne Circuit, John Durrant, aged fifty-five. For twelve years his piety was evinced by a consistent walk as a member of the Methodist society. His death showed the power of religion on the mind. Poor in this world, and leaving behind him a wife and seven children, it then appeared he was "rich in faith." In the middle of the night his consolation was so great, that he would have his friends and neighbours called in to rejoice with him, and help him to sing the praises

of God. About three hours before he died, he requested that he might be assisted in kneeling down for the purpose of commending his wife and ehildren to God; and this he did with much feeling and power. This done, with great Christian dignity, he dismissed all care about earthly things, and joyously entered into the paradise of his God. B. C.

Dec. 4th.-At Cheadle, in the Uttoxeter Cireuit, Mrs. Wrapp, aged thirty-two. She was indebted to parental care for those religious impressions which led to her conversion; from which time her life was highly consistent, so that she was an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guile." During the lingering decays of consumption 'patience had its perfect work," her graces rapidly matured, and her experience was distinguished by unshaken confidence in God. While struggling with the last enemy, she exclaimed, "Happy! sing Hallelujah!" and almost immediately after she fell asleep in Jesus. W. B.

Dec. 11th.-At Pimlico, in the Seventh London Circuit, Mr. John Dexter, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. His end was peace. As his dissolution approached, he repeatedly expressed the happy state of his mind, and the joyful assurance he had that he was going to the mansion prepared for him "eternal in the heavens ;" frequently saying, "All is well!" and quoting passages of Scripture expressive of the hope which he had in death. He had been connected with the Wesleyan-Methodist society nearly forty years; during great part of which period he fulfilled the offices of Local Preacher and Leader. J. D.

Dec. 14th.-At Hitchin, aged thirty-six, Miss Elizabeth Hudson, sister of the Revs. J. and W. Hudson, after a painfully protracted illness. She had been in the Wesleyan society twentytwo years. She was truly "a gracious woman." Her career, although comparatively short, was a bright one. She possessed good abilities; which, both as a teacher of babes, and a guide of the souls intrusted by the church to her care, she diligently employed, and with much success. The grace of God was especially manifested in the submission she constantly evinced to the divine will, and the calmness with which she sustained her distressing malady. Her mental faculties were unclouded to the end; and her last words breathed forth the praises of God. J. C.

Jan. 2d, 1844.-At Camborne, the Rev. William Hill, in the thirty-seventh year of his age, and the tenth of his ministry. His illness was only of a few days' continuance; and, when known by him to be fatal, was sustained with great Christian fortitude. Death seized him in the midst of his work, while actively engaged in bringing to a close the Missionary accounts for the year, and carrying into effect a resolution which he had formed to visit every house in the town; having actually visited three hundred families. The day before he died, when his case was first apprehended to be dangerous, being reminded that it is our duty at all times to put our trust in Jesus, he replied, "I do: I trust entirely in the mercy of God through Christ. I rely on Christ as the almighty, all-sufficient, and eternal Saviour." Only a few hours before he fell asleep in the Lord, he exclaimed, "The prospect is bright! Jesus is precious!"

J. M.

Jan. 9th.-At Cross-Hills, in the Addingham Circuit, the Rev. James Sugden. Under a sermon preached at Bradley, in the Skipton Circuit, he was powerfully awakened; so deep were his convictions of sin, and such the views he entertained of the danger to which he was exposed on that account, that for some time he was on the brink of despair: he was, however, enabled to cast his soul by faith on the merits of the Redeemer, and obtained pardoning mercy. From the period of his conversion, to the day of his death, his piety was sincere, constant, and progressive: he was "an Israelite indeed, in whom there was no guile." After being usefully employed as a Local Preacher, in 1809 he entered the ministry; and, in every Circuit in which he travelled, laboured with diligence and fidelity; and God crowned his efforts with success. When in the Durham Circuit, he was seized with apoplexy, and compelled to relinquish the work in which he had so much delighted, and become a Supernumerary. In the affliction which terminated his life he suffered greatly, but with Christian patience. He died, as he had lived, at peace with God and all mankind. J. S.

Jan. 9th.-At Teignmouth, the Rev. William Beckwith, in the forty-first year of his age, and the eighteenth of his ministry. At the age of fifteen he sought the Lord with great sorrow of heart, and ultimately obtained peace with God, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. He solicited and obtained admission into the Wesleyan church. In 1826 he was called to the Christian ministry. In order to discharge with fidelity and success the duties of that office, he laboured diligently to store his mind with knowledge; and the knowledge thus acquired was consecrated He ossessed great blandness of disposition,

with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."

It is a remarkable circumstance, that the leading events of the day, those which most powerfully attract public attention, seem particularly calculated_ we had almost said, providentially designed to illustrate the social influence and tendencies of both infidelity and Popery, particularly of the latter. In Spain we see their united evils. The mass of the people, uninstructed except in the repetition and observance of their religious forms, are blindly attached to their own superstitions, and hate a heretic as heartily as ever. They who move in a somewhat higher position, and take part in public affairs, seem to be the half-taught disciples of the school of the old French philosophical revolutionists, laughing at the folly of the Bible! and admiring the profundity and wisdom of Jeremy Bentham ! Spain is a mere chaos. And how much better is Portugal ? Society still maintains the forms of Government; but moral and social corruption are agitating it through its whole

extent.

And in these days of British liberality to Romanists, when Romanists themselves must be astonished at the indifference with which many professing Protestants regard the distinctions between the two systems, and be confirmed in the opinion which prejudice has so often maintained, that Protestants have no positive religion at all; that Protestantism, and indifference to all religions, are identical; in these days, what is the treatment which Protestant communities, under Romanist authorities, receive from their rulers? Surely, if Popery be at all influenced by liberality, it will be where the Papal influence is strongest, by reason of its proximity. Wishful to obtain for Romanists political power in Protestant countries, the Papal Government will never, surely, allow the Princes in its own neighbourhood to deny to their Protestant subjects all civil rights, and so to reduce toleration to its lowest dregs, that it shall become intolerable degradation. And yet, this is what has been going on for some time past in the dominions of

We were glad to

the King of Sardinia. observe, in the last Number of the Quarterly Review, a powerful appeal (enforced by clear descriptions of their state) on behalf of the crushed and persecuted Vaudois. Our readers would do well to read that article. One fact will rouse their indignation. When His Sardi

nian Majesty was remonstrated with by the English Ambassador, he actually attempted to retort by referring to Ireland. Whatever be the right or the wrong of Irish questions, they refer not to undisturbed freedom in the exercise of religion. Let the Romanist States give to their Protestant subjects the religious liberty which the Irish Romanists had even before the Act of 1829 was passed, and we shall be satisfied. Give Protestantism a fair, open field. Let Protestants publicly meet to worship; let them preach, print, argue, assail others, defend themselves, do all that British Romanists have long done; let them have this liberty for the fair trial of their moral strength, and-we say it most seriously-God defend the right!

And why are the Romanists at home so still on this subject? It is too bad for Protestantism to give all, and receive in return nothing but persecution and scorn. Let the Romanists of England and Ireland, Bishops, and Priests, and laymen, unite in agitating this question everywhere, not ceasing till they either prevail, or, finding entreaty vain, separate themselves from a Church which, practically, persecutes wherever she has the power to do so. Let them demand from the Pope to excommunicate the King of Sardinia, unless he give "their Protestant brethren," for Protestants are their "brethren" in Great Britain,the Vaudois, as much liberty, civil and religious, as themselves enjoy in England and Ireland. General speeches about liberty, and conscience, and the like, are easily enunciated. Here is a particular case: the King of Sardinia, contrary to the faith of solemn treaties with the British Crown, tramples on the poor Vaudois. Let the Romanists themselves assail the system, and agitate, and besiege Rome with petitions, till a defi