retains the admiration and esteem of all who were happy enough to know and to appreciate him. On the morning of the day on which he departed so quietly and calmly from this earth he paid a professional visit to Sir William Jenner, one of the Queen's medical advisers, who, after due examination, recommended immediate quietude and cessation from all mental effort. He appeared cheerful on his reaching home, and not long after his arrival retired to his room, followed by his wife, who, on coming upstairs and perceiving that a great and sudden change had come over his features, summoned the family to his bedside, and by the time that medical assistance could be procured, the vital spark had fled. Thus, he was not left at the last hour alone -the kind disinterested friend and the loving parent fell asleep in the company of his wife and in the presence of his children. His appointed time had come, and the end of his sojourn upon earth was answered. We are thoroughly convinced that no such thing as chance or accident can exist in the works of God. While life exists and when death occurs there must be divine and wise design. We mourn the departure of our friends and acquaintances, because we loved their society; but we may not charge God with unkindness in taking them away, because death is not the end of our being- but it is, to the true Christian, a sure and certain passage to eternal life. The only knowledge respecting the duration of our earthly existence that can be at all useful, is the knowledge that it cannot last long, and that, while we may be summoned through that dark valley at any moment, ignorance of the precise period is one of the strongest evidences of divine goodness which an intelligent creature can receive. All attempts to soothe the bereaved ones at such an hour as this would have been fruitless. They knew, for they had been taught, where to go, and they went, and found such support as the "world can neither give nor take away." The Everlasting Friend of the orphan and the widow, always ready to hear their cry and to afford solid alleviation of misery, was with them in their sorrowful trial, and brought them out of the conflict conflict "more than conquerors." Kind and liberal friends appeared in all quarters, and offered such substantial consolation as afforded some mitigation to their grief, and moderated the agony occasioned by their heavy loss. Moreover, the assurance of Christian faith sustains them, knowing that they shall meet again in that blessed state where "sorrow and sighing "are unknown." Mr. Woodward, far from wealthy, left his widow and four children very little more than the remembrance of his many virtues and useful labours; but while amongst them he was blest with domestic happiness, and was dearly loved by his family. For how great soever any man's talents may be, it requires a certain amount of time and toil, with other concurrent advantages, to place him in a position of eminence and independence. And when such a one is struck down by the hand of death, while his mental powers are far from being exhausted, and his intellectual labours are still incomplete, though heedless thoughtlessness may be but little impressed by the solemnity of such an an event, wise men will pause and ponder over the serious lesson and listen to the warning voice which invites them to work "while it is called to-day." All who knew him, and all who are capable of appreciating his worth, will deplore the death of Mr. Woodward, whose remains were interred in Kensall Green Cemetery, on Saturday the 16th of October, 1869. A plain stone with a simple inscription marks the spot. En Loving Remembrance OF BERNARD BOLINGBROKE WOODWARD, B.A. LOND: F.S.A., LIBRARIAN IN ORDINARY TO THE QUEEN, AND KEEPER OF THE PRINTS AND DRAWINGS FROM 1860 TO 1869, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER 12TH, 1869, AGED 53 YEARS. "WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE." The The details of a life which by industry and integrity raised its possessor to distinction, and which was embellished by uniform and unwavering usefulness, must interest, and at the same time instruct all who value profitable information and aim at solid improvement. It is with mournful pleasure that we now set ourselves to the task which devolves on us of recording a few events illustrative of his social habits and enlivening conversation, which may be as beneficial to posterity as a disquisition upon other subjects though they may seem to be more serious and dignified. We cannot attempt anything like a perfect portraiture of our friend; distinguished as he was by extensive information derived from acute discernment, and an extensive acquaintance with useful literature, there may be much here that appears irrelevant, and more that may not be read; but we are encouraged by a hope that this notice may one day attract the attention, and exercise the ability of some one who will do justice to the subject, and not only rescue from oblivion, |