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Miles Simpson, Esq., formerly of Rood-Lane, in the city. For nearly forty years she was a mem ber of the Wesleyan-Methodist society. Christian experience was sound and scriptural; yet her natural timidity, with the humbling views she entertained of herself, caused her not unfrequently to express doubts and fears as to her final safety; but her love to Christ, his cause, and people, her regularity in the means of grace, till incapacitated by the infirmities of age, her modest and retiring habits, her private worth, as well as her charities to the poor, her patience and resignation to the will of her heavenly Father, in a long confinement from the public ordinances, and her steadfast reliance on the atonement, all demonstrate that she was a child of God. She died in peace; and her happy spirit now rests with its Lord. E. C.

May 3d.-At Pulham, St. Mary Magdalene, in the New-Buckenha.n Circuit, deeply regretted, in her fifty-second year, Mrs. Phebe Swallow. At the commencement of her religious course, the ministry and pastoral visits of the Rev. Messrs. Bradnack and Harvard were exceedingly useful, and laid the foundation for that stability of character by which she so eminently shone in the Christian church. She was one of those to whom the Apostle would have said, "I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things." To her house, where neatness, order, and domestic harmony prevailed, the Wesleyan Ministers were always welcome; and they found there an agreeable home. Long will her amiable deportment be remembered by all classes of society. The sorrow occasioned by the death of a much-loved daughter appeared to accelerate her own; the closing scene of which, though marked by great personal sufferings, was cheered by the divine presence. She had been a member of the Wesleyan society about twenty-three years. A few days before her death she was favoured with a particular manifestation of God's love. She had the undoubted witness of the Spirit that she was a child of God; and pos sessed sweet peace of mind, and a lively hope of everlasting life through our Lord Jesus Christ. The fear of death was removed; and a "desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better," actuated her mind. Her excellent husband and family were supported by the assurance that she was about to join the "general assembly and church of the first-born."

C. W.

May 6th-At Douglas, Mr. Harrison, the beloved wife of Mr. Matthew Harrison, in the fiftythird year of her age. When about twenty years of age, she removed from her native place in Scotland, to Guernsey; and soon after her arrival there she was converted to God through the instrumentality of the preaching of the Methodists. Her conversion was accompanied by the most satisfactory evidence; and was followed by an amiable and unblemished conversation. During the last twenty-five years, she has been a judicious, faithful, and useful Class-Leader. Her last illness was protracted, but she was favoured with spiritual enjoyment. A few hours before her death she was heard to say, "Much pain, much grace, much happiness! The road is quite plain; and angels are rejoicing over me. The Lord is my confidence." When her affectionate husband said to her, "You will soon be in glory," her reply was, "O yes, glory! glory begun below." She departed this life in great peace, and apparently without pain.

J. D.

May 9th.-At Bedale, John Weatherill, in the fifty-fifth year of his age. He was a laborious and useful Class-Leader and Local Preacher for many years; and though frequently assailed by persecution at the commencement of his Christian course, he never shrunk from the cross, but continued to exhort sinners to flee from the wrath to come; nor did the inclemency of the weather prevent him from being at his post. He was a zealous and cordial Methodist; and at all times ready to support and defend the doctrines and discipline of the Connexion. He departed this life with a hope full of immortality.

T. K.

May 9th-At Croydon, in the Hammersmith Circuit, Mrs. Ann Kettle, in the seventy-third year of her age. She obtained a sense of her ac

ceptance with God at the early age of fifteen, under the ministry of the late Rev. John Fletcher, of Madeley; and soon after united herself with the Methodist society. In the highly-important and responsible office of a Class-Leader, which she held for many years, she was exceedingly useful. Her whole deportment was that of one eminently devoted to God, and who felt it to be her daily concern to live to him who had loved and given himself for her. Although a subject of a very protracted and painful affliction, she bore it with great humility and resignation. Her end was peaceful. She contemplated her departure without fear, in the full confidence that to be absent from the body was to be present with the Lord.

T. R. F.

May 9th.-At Wettenshall, in the Nantwich Circuit, of a typhus fever, Hannah, the wife of Joseph Wood, sen., and mother of the Rev. William Wood, of St. Ann's, Jamaica. In the spring of 1821 she was powerfully convinced of her lost state at a prayer-meeting held in the neighbourhood; and while several were engaged with God on her behalf, she found what she so much desired, redemption in the blood of Christ, the forgiveness of sins. She received not the grace of God in vain; for whereunto she attained she held fast, and exhibited in her subsequent conduct the advantages of religious principles, while her resignation under her sufferings, and triumph over her last enemy especially, manifested the sufficiency of divine grace. T. M.

May 9th.-At Hull, Mr. Benjamin Blaine, in the forty-eighth year of his age, and the twentysixth of his union with the Methodist society. From the time he devoted himself to God, he evinced the genuineness of his faith, and the depth of his piety, by the diligent discharge of all relative duties, by unbending integrity in his worldly transactions, by a quenchless zeal in the service of the church, by great amiableness of manners, and by the exercise of patience and resignation in seasons of peculiar and protracted trial. Though the tenor of his life was noiseless, yet his sterling worth, his accurate knowledge of men and things, the depth and the soundness of his judgment, were discerned and duly appreciated by a large circle of friends, who often availed themselves of his counsel. Though his last illness was only of three days' continuance, he was found fully prepared for the final summons. His worldly affairs were all arranged; his feet were fixed on the Rock of Ages; the peace which passeth knowledge reigned in his heart; the sting of death was taken away; and though subjected to pain and feebleness extreme, he was enabled to testify that Christ was precious, and that his prospect into eternity was bright.

P.M.

May 10th.-At Deal, in Kent, in the fortyseventh year of her age, Miss Ann Holbrook. In her younger years she sought happiness in the pleasures of the world; but finding them insufficient to satisfy an immortal spirit, when she was about twenty-seven years of age, she turned her attention seriously to the subject of religion, and sought the Lord with all her heart; nor did she seek in vain. The Lord whom she sought came believing. She became a steady and active folto his temple, and filled her with peace and joy in lower of Christ. She was a subject of an asthmatic complaint for many years, which she bore with patience and Christian fortitude. In her last illness she was very graciously supported; and said to a friend, "I shall be saved; not because I am worthy, but through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. In him is all my hope; and this is my plea,

'Jesus hath lived, hath died for me." "

C. G.

May 16th.-At Chatham, in the Rochester Circuit, the Rev. Philip Rawlins, aged seventyeight. He was received into the Methodist society in early life, by the Rev. John Wesley; and for many years was a respectable tradesman and useful Local Preacher in London. In the year 1803, he gave up his business, and entered on the arduous labours of an Itinerant Preacher. In that

work he laboured diligently and faithfully twentyone years; and then, through growing infirmities, was placed on the list of Supernumeraries. His last days were afflictive; but he was patient, and rejoiced in hope of the glory of God. On one of my visits to him, I said, "You have preached Jesus as the only Saviour of a perishing world, and you can now rely on him for salvation." He replied, "As to my preaching, or any thing I have done, it is nothing; but I may say with Mr. Wesley,

"I the chief of sinners am,

But Jesus died for me.'

I am going to paradise first; and then I shall go to the third heaven." On another visit, conversing with him on prayer, and communion with God, he said, "I have access to the Father through the Son, and by the Holy Ghost; and thus the whole Trinity is mine." A short time before his death, which was calm and peaceful, he said,

"Angels beckon me away,

And Jesus bids me come."

His ministerial gifts, though far from being splendid, were useful and acceptable; his temper and conduct were pious and holy; and he was generally respected as a Christian, and a faithful Minister of the Gospel.

J. E.

May 17th.-At Chesterfield, Lucretia Smithson, the faithful and affectionate wife of the Rev. John Smithson, Wesleyan Minister. She endured a painful and protracted sickness with great fortitude, and most perfect resignation to the will of God. In conversation with her husband, a few days before her death, she said, "Though all must naturally dread death, yet, through divine grace, I am saved from the slavish fear of the last enemy. I die in peace, resigned to the will of God. It is all in wisdom and mercy that God afflicts me." To the last hour of her earthly existence, she was perfectly recollected, and divinely

sustained.

T. S.

May 4th.-At her father's house, Church-street, Stoke-Newington, Henrietta, the eldest surviving daughter of Christopher Sundius, Esq. During the earlier part of her life she delighted in the more refined amusements of the day; but, by the grace of God, as she advanced in years her mind was led to serious thoughts of religion: she abandoned almost entirely the world and its pursuits, and made choice of Christianity as the business of her life. Notwithstanding frequent and severe sufferings, she was extremely active in various Societies, which had for their object the welfare of the poor, or the relief of the indigent and distressed. She was a lover of the word of God, and spent many hours daily in meditation and prayer; enjoying, also, with great delight, the ordinances of God's house. On the death of her beloved sister, in the year 1822, she took the entire charge of her youngest child, just two years old. She watched with assiduity over her delicate health; and, as her understanding began to expand, she impressed on it a knowledge of God, and the importance of religion. By teaching she conveyed instruction to her own heart; and to this reaction, in a measure, may be traced the clear and distinct character of her views and expression, as well as the deep interest which she took for the uninstructed poor. Her last illness was short, but severe; and when first attacked by the prevailing epidemic, little was it expected, either by her medical attendants or those nearly related to her, that so fatal would be its termination. However, blessed be God, the call found her not unprepared. She felt that she had a mansion above, and among her last words were,

"Me, with all my sins, I cast
On the atoning blood."

This account was chiefly taken from the lips of her brother, Mr. C. C. Sundius, the day before he died. The statement will be additionally affecting, when it is added, that on the day of Miss Sundius's death, she was visited by him, though

in a state of extreme debility. On recognising him, seated by her side, she exclaimed, "Is this you, Charles, my own dear brother? I did not think I should have seen you here. We shall soon meet in heaven!" To which he replied, "I hope so, dear: in our Father's house are many mansions." "Hope so" she answered: "I am sure of it. I have no doubt of it, none at all!" Before this account of Miss Sundius was sent for insertion in the Methodist Magazine, the family were called to lament the loss of another dearlybeloved relative.

May 19th.-About ten o'clock A. M., departed this life, Charles Christian Sundius, second surviving son of Christopher Sundius, Esq., of StokeNewington, in the thirty-second year of his age. It is not often that so many useful and excellent qualities are found in one individual. Early called to an acquaintance with God, he left the vanities" of the world, and employed his time and talents in promoting the good of his fellow-creatures, and the interests of religion. It appears, the first deep impression of the all-important question, "What must I do to be saved?" was made on his mind by a sermon preached in the year 1822, by the Rev. Jabez Bunting; and this impression was further deepened by a sermon from the Rev. Edmund Grindrod. He at once decided to be the Lord's; and what things were before gain to him, those he counted loss for Christ. He sought earnestly the Gospel salvation, and saw the importance of extending to others the benefits of that religion which he had himself found so valuable. In the Sunday-school at Stoke-Newington, he took a very active part, and was a great blessing to that institution; in which he acted, for many years, as the Secretary. In the Tract Society, also, in that neighbourhood, he laboured with great fidelity. His talents being now judged such as fitted him for a wider range of usefulness, duced to call sinners to repentance as a Local after much fear, anxiety, and prayer, he was inPreacher. In this work he was greatly esteemed; and his labours were not in vain in the Lord." When declining health, and the importunity of family affection, would have induced him to diminish his labours, willing to work his short day in the vineyard of the Lord, he persevered, until, at last, no longer able to pursue even his temporal engagements, he laid them both aside; still hoping that renewed health would soon enable him again to be found as the ambas sador of the Lord, entreating sinners to be reconciled to God. In various charities in the neighbourhood where he resided, he took a very active part, and assisted in the formation of several Thus was his life chiefly varied by the number of his beneficent acts; well remembering the words of the Lord, "I must work while it is called to day." The illness which terminated his valuable life was protracted, though not severe. Its first decisive character appeared about six months ago: and thou. h to an impartial eye little hope could be entertained of a final recovery, the fondness of parental affection, aided by the best medical advice, with unwearied attention and watching, cherished the hope of restored health, and the prolongation of a life so truly dear and valuable. The disease, however, held on its way, defying all attempts to arrest its progress, till on the morning of the Lord's day, with little pain, his spirit winged its way to the paradise of God, where, doubtless, he now participates in those felicities which God has promised to those who love him. For many years he met in class at the City-Road, with the Rev. Thomas Jackson, who was greatly attached to him, was acquainted with him through the whole of his religious course, and regarded him as one of the most amiable, sincere, upright, well-principled, and pious young men he ever knew. The removal, from their families and the church, of men so qualified for usefulness, is one of those mysteries of Providence which we must die to comprehend. In the mean while we are consoled to know, that our loss is their infinite gain. R. S.