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sabbath and week-day evenings, at and shall receive the kingdom pre Slimbridge, Cowley, Avening, Pitch-pared for them from before the combe, Hampton, Stonehouse, foundation of the world". Nympsfield, &c. &c. He studied much, and always thought it his duty to ponder in private before he appeared in the pulpit, and to seek aid of Him, whose messenger he was. He had the happiness to baptize three of his own children during his ministry at Kingstanley.

He lost two by death in their infancy. His eldest son, who was designed for a Missionary to India, and a daughter, died happy in the Lord. Although these providences were very trying, and very keenly felt, yet they were but light compared to what he latterly was called to pass through amongst some of his own people: but "he now rests from his labours;" and the days of his mourning are ended.

He had not been hindered from preaching but three sabbaths by illness, since his ordination. The sabbath before he died, he complained of being poorly, and after he had left home, on his way to the Meeting-house, he was taken so ill with violent spasms about his heart, that he was necessitated to return home, he could but just reach the middle of the room, when he fell down quite exhausted, exclaiming at the same time, "I think my work is done." In the afternoon he seemed better, and was desirous of preaching, but Mrs. W. did not deem it prudent-medical aid was resorted to, and he did not seem much worse till the Wednesday evening he died. He had attended his school the same day, and continued in his study till about ten o'clock in the evening. He appeared to have been writing a sermon, which he had some time before preached from 2 Tim. iv. 6, 7, and 8th verses, "For I am now ready to be offered, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness," &c. &c. He laid down his pen for the last time at the conclusion of the following passage: "Then shall the souls and bodies of the righteous be raised in the likeness of the glorious body of the Son of God,

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As he seemed to be worse, Mrs. W. was desirous of calling in some person to sit up with him, not however apprehending any immediate danger. He went to prayer with his family, and retired to bed soon after, but seemed to be still worse. He asked for some of his medicine, and after he had taken it, said, "I am better now." He soon after said, "'tis death! 'tis death! do not distress yourselves, it is all well. I think I cannot live through another spasm of pain;" in a short time after he breathed his last, in the 59th year of his age.

"The time was come for him to rest
Beneath the peaceful clod;
And happier still the time more blest
For him to dwell with God."

The mournful event was improved on the following sabbath by the Rev. Mr. Hawkins, of Eastcombs, from Rev. xiv. 13,"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord," &c.

MR. THOMAS BOSWORTH.

On the 17th of February last, died Mr. Thomas Bosworth, aged 25 years, who was appointed, by the British and Foreign School Society, to establish the British System of Education at Port au Prince, in consequence of the invitation of the president, Petion.

He arrived there in July last, and directions were given to prepare a school for him on a large scale, with every reasonable hope of success. In the mean time, through the kindness of the Methodist Missionaries, he opened the first school on this system at Port au Prince, in the Meeting-house used by that Society. After having once recovered from fever, he was again seized with intermittent fever just as he was ap pearing to prosper in the object of his Mission. How inscrutable are the ways of Providence! On the side of Christophe, the plan succeeds and prospers so that five schools were established, when the last ac

counts were forwarded, and ten more were in preparation: while, on Petion's side, the first Teacher is carried off just at the commencement of his labours.

Mr. Bosworth belonged to the Baptist Denomination, and was a truly pious man, and animated with sincere and modest zeal to promote the moral and religious improvement of mankind. He was well known in Boston, Lincolnshire; from his exertions during several years in that town, where he was master of the British Free School. His attention to the children was such, that a great number of them accompanied him upwards of a mile from the place, to take their last leave of a Teacher, whom they regarded with parental affection, and they parted with tears on both sides. The Sunday Schools in that neighbourhood were peculiarly the object of his care, and if we are not misinformed, several of them owe their origin and success, in a great measure, to his zealous and active exertions. The Committee of the School under his care, well knew the value of such a man; and it is but justice to them to notice, that they would not have been prevailed upon to relinquish such a Teacher, on any other ground, than to extend the usefulness of a person, who, in the opinion of all who knew him, was eminently qualified.

He lived under the influence of Christian principles, and his latter end was peace. After labouring under severe affliction 27 days, he finished his course; and although his residence at Port au Prince was for a few months only, yet so justly were his talents estimated, that several Englishmen, a crowd of natives, consisting of his scholars and their parents, with a great number of the Methodist congregation, followed him to the grave. The ceremony was performed in French by one of the Methodist Missionaries, who say "The natives have honoured his memory, and done credit to their own feelings. He has fallen in a good cause, amidst his generous efforts to ameliorate the situation of his wretched fellow-creatures."

VOL. X.

The British system has extended so greatly on the side of king Henry, that it bids fair in a few years to be generally adopted. The king has given this plan so decided a preference, that the first Teacher on the National or Madras plan, who went there, was directed to study the British System, under Mr. Gulliver, before he was employed. — We should not have thought it necessary to notice this circumstance, had not some of the daily papers, and the ` Christian Observer, after them, represented the Schools under Christophe to be national. The truth is, that Christophe calls them National Lancastrian, and has adopted the lessons and form of teaching used by the British and Foreign School Society. But what is of far more consequence, he has adopted the fundamental principle of that Society, viz. "That no religious creed, or catechism, shall be insisted upon, as the condition of admitting chil dren into the schools."

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MRS. MARY EASON.

On Saturday, Dec. 20, 1817, died, in the 23d year of her age, Mary, the wife of Mr. George Eason, Glover, of Yeovil, and daughter of Mr. William Tooks, Bradford, Dorset. Although she had been accustomed to hear the gospel from her childhood, yet, like too many others, she paid but little attention to the great concerns of her soul, until about six years prior to her death, when it pleased the Lord to awaken in her mind a serious enquiry about them. First, by an alarming dream, and afterwards by a sermon at the Half-way-house Meeting; in consequence of which, she felt great terrors of conscience for some time, but to her inexpressible joy, the Lord was pleased to set her soul at liberty, under a sermon delivered by the same minister, from 1 John, iii. 2; and she was enabled to rejoice in a sense of pardon, through the blood of the Lamb. After this evident change of heart, her conduct was very exemplary, and her

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attendance on religious ordinances regular and very serious. About five years after this, she was concerned to join the people of God at his table. She was proposed and gladly received by the members of the church under the pastoral care of the Rev. J. Vickery, whose ministry had been so peculiarly blessed to her, each member hoping she would prove a lasting blessing to the society. But, alas, how fading are all earthly enjoyments!

She formed a very suitable and pleasing matrimonial connexion on the 25th of last June, but, before six months were expired, that connexion was dissolved by death? How uncertain is the continuance of sublunary bliss!

An inflammation in the stomach terminated her mortal existence. At first the disease did not awaken in the minds of her friends any serious apprehensions of danger, but each of her few remaining days, raised their suspicions that death was near, and so it proved.

As the gospel administered the best consolation in life, from the same delightful source she derived divine support in the prospect of death, for she was truly apprehensive of her speedy dissolution, and spoke of it with unusual pleasure. She addressed herself to her medical attendant with great earnestness, and said: "Sir, remember that you must die as well as I." To her sister; "Remember your Creator in the days of your youth." To her

nurse, and another friend who was
present; "You must, you must be
born again." To her aunt;
"A few more rolling suns, at most,

Will land you on fair Canaan's coast.' Tell my mother not to grieve for me, but to grieve for herself." And in the near prospect of death, in a soft whisper, she earnestly repeated:

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Why, why are thy chariot wheels so long in coming?" yet, at one time, the enemy of souls assaulted her, which made her cry mightily to the Lord, that she might not be distressed by him, and confessed herself a sinful, hell-deserving creature, but added, “Christ is such a Saviour as suits me."

A little before her death, as though she had been on the borders of the celestial world, she sung, in a loud voice and with great joy, with hands lifted towards heaven:

"There shall I see his face,

And, never, never sin;
There, from the rivers of his grace,

Drink endless pleasures in."

"How vain are all things here below,

How false, and yet how fair!”— And then, as though she peculiarly disrelished all earthly enjoyments, exclaimed:

"No, not a drop of real joy,

Without thy presence, Lord." After which, she gently fell asleep in Jesus; may every reader of this memoir enjoy the same blessedness!

Review.

The Letter and Spirit of Christian Divinity; or, Fifty-two Lectures on a connected Course of Evangelical Subjects; by the Rev. Charles Dewhirst, in 2 vols. 1816. Conder.

THESE lectures (the first vol. of which only we have seen,) commences with a Dedication to the late Dr. Simpson, as a testimony of the author's obligation for the judi

cious instructions, and parental kindness, which he received under his tuition; and of his sincere vcneration, as a most distinguished friend, and an able advocate of evangelical truth. The lectures in this volume are twenty-six in number. On the Being of God-On the Authenticity of the Holy Scriptures On the Importance of the Holy

Scriptures-On the Creation of the Universe-On the primeval State of Man-On the Origin and Effects of Moral Evil-On the Universal Dominion of God-On the Providence of God-On Divine Worship -On the Moral Law-On the Human Understanding-On the Human Will-On the Human Conscience-On the Human Affections -On the Deep Things of God-On the Divinity of Christ-On the Atonement-On the Resurrection of Christ-On the Intercession of Christ-On the Kingdom of Christ -On Redemption-On Salvation On the Gospel-On the Holy Spirit -On Divine Influence-On Rege

neration.

The statements of the different important subjects are concise and perspicuous; the arrangements correct and judicious; the doctrine in a truly evangelical strain, and the applications very warm and impressive, highly adapted to awaken attention, and interest the heart.

such interference. The first Letter examines the character of the opposition offered by Arch-Deacon Thomas to a Bishop of that church. In the second Letter, he shews the connection of the opposition to the Church Missionary Society with that to the Bible Society, as being alike the cause of God, and, as such, obnoxious to the worldly and profane, whether in or out of the Church of England. In Letter III. he notices the inutility of providing more churches, while the appointment of persons, duly qualified to officiate in them, is disregarded. Letter IV. takes notice of the strong movement against the Bible Society, by the Soidisant Orthodox Divines in Ireland. Letter V. discusses the inconsistency of members of the Church of England opposing a Church Missionary Society. Letter VI. examines the principles from which the Bible Society has been opposed, and shews them to be the same as those to the Missionary Society. Letter VII. is on the disposition of certain members of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, to regard that Society as the representative and organ of the whole Church of England. LetVIII. on the dangerous consequences to the interest of religion arising from the connection between the Church and the State. Letter IX. shews the deteriorating secularity of the Church of England, in consequence of her alliance with the Temporal State.

Having given our readers the above hints of the substance of these

The Church her own Enemy. Letters to a Friend on the late Attack of the Arch-Deacon of Bath, upon the Church Missionary Society, proving that his Protest is identified with the late Episcopal Charges and Clerical Pamphlets against the Bible Society, and demonstrating the Existence of a Confederacy against the Friends of vital Religion, on the Part of certain of its professed Supporters. By a Member of the Church of England.serious and sensible letters, we must 1818. Black and Son, &c. content ourselves with only one THE Church Missionary and Bi-in a solemn and appropriate advice, short quotation, which comprehends, ble Societies, as well as all serious the design of the whole.— Christians and evangelical ministers, have found an able and zealous advocate in the author of these judicious and spirited letters. He considers that the late attack of the Arch-Deacon of Bath is to be regarded as one part of a system which has long been in silent operation; as the first of a series of other offensive acts of the same nature, provided the sense of the nation be not unequivocally shewn against

"Let not our ecclesiastical or temporal rulers be deceived-the light which has been diffused through this country, mainly by the instrumentality of those very Societies which excite the scorn such a nature, that any attempts to exand hatred of a worldly clergy, is of tinguish it, which may be of a more decided character than we have already witnessed, are only likely to recoil with an overwhelming reaction on their author."

Two Letters to the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, ¦ on his Proposal for increasing the Number of Churches in Glasgow, by an Observer. Ogles, &c.

THESE letters were evidently written by a person zealous in the cause of dissent; one who well understands the subject, and who advances arguments, against the establishment of religion by civil authority, which will not be easily refuted.

In the first letter, the writer considers, and, we think, satisfactorily answers, Dr. Chalmers' arguments in favour of national churches; and points out, in a convincing manner, the evils which necessarily attach to the system. In the second letter, leaving all inquiries respecting its probable advantages or disadvantages, he proposes to refer directly to the Word of God, with a view clearly to discover the will of the Great Author of Christianity on the important subject. We shall give the reader a short specimen of the style of this writer, from the summing up of his arguments, page 35.

"Such, Sir, are my reasons for disapproving of national establishments. They are not only an unauthorized innovation in the kingdom of Christ, but we are expressly guarded against the principle on which they are founded, by the reproofs given to the first churches, when they presumed to deviate from the apostolic traditions, and to confound the institutions of the spiritual kingdom of Christ with the government of Israel after the flesh. In point of fact, national churches have also been the means of establishing and perpetuating the power of the man of sin; and although the progress of knowledge, and the happy civil constitution of this country, render them less pernicious, they are still productive of many evils; they prevent unanimity among the real disciples of Christ, and clog their exertions in his cause; they produce party spirit in civil society, and create disaffection to government, while they do not possess one advantage to counterbalance their bad effects. High Churchmen look on Dissenters as a kind of privileged rebels, who disregard the important precept of being subject to the powers that be. They are not sufficiently acquainted with the doctrine of scripture to know, that while civil government is declared to be the appointment

of God, so far is its power from extend. ing to religion, that the disciples of Christ are expressly forbidden, in this respect, to acknowledge any authority but that of God."

A Blow at the Root; or, A brief Account of the Rise and Growth of ANTINOMIANISM. By the late Rev. John Flavel. A new Edition, recommended by W. Newman, D.D. and J. Ivimey; with an Appendix, to prove that the Moral Law is a Rule of Life to Believers. Whittemore, Paternoster-row, London. IN this short Essay three things are principally aimed at:

1. To give the most probable risc of Antinomianism.

2. To state the principal errors of that sect.

3. To confirm and establish Chris

tians against them by sound reasons, backed with scripture authority.

The republication of this small treatise of the well-known and judicious author, will, we hope, prove a seasonable antidote against a most pernicious principle, which obtains, it is feared, too much in our time, as well as at the time of its first appearance. The horrid sentiment, "That sin can do a believer no hurt," cannot be excused; it is justly said by the author, by saying, Any gospel truth may be abused, for this is none of that number, but most repugnant both to reason and scripture. We cannot be too much on our guard against all slighting and vilifying expressions of the holy law of God-all disregard and neglect of the duties of obedience, under pretence of free-grace and gospel liberty-all opinions and expressions slighting sanctification, as the evito render it needless to try the state dence of justification-all tending of our souls by the fruits of the Spirit wrought in us, and influencing our tempers and conduct.

An Essay on Benevolent Associations, for the Relief of the Poor: of which the Substance was read to the Lite rary and Commercial Society of

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