sons lost all their property, and she was at once reduced to a state of complete dependence on her friends. Actuated by the most generous motives, deserving of record and imitation, the respected minister and society in Cross-street, London, annually, for some years, remitted to her a large proportion of their sacramental offerings, together with the additional private subscriptions of several benevolent friends, until her youngest son cheerfully took upon himself nearly the whole, and for a long time the entire, expense of her support; and with the concurrence of his dear partner, she went to reside in his house, where she remained till her decease. For the assistance thus afforded, she always expressed her heartfelt thankfulness to the Lord and to her friends. It is delightful to know, that as she bore her grievous sorrows, privations, and trials with becoming resignation to the Divine will, so there is every reason to believe that they were all overruled, in the Lord's permissive economy, for the purification of her mind, and to the subjugation of her hereditary infirmities; enabling her to attain a state of humble, practical, childlike trust in the mercy of God. She was not, indeed, free from earthly strivings and failings,-who among the children of men are ?-but her greatest imperfection, and which, as age advanced, more distinctly appeared, was, probably, an unbounded attachment to her two sons, which at times blinded her to their defects, and not unfrequently to the excellencies of others. They, however, owe her, under the blessing of Providence, the deepest debt of gratitude for her maternal love and unintermitted care. In their education, from the first dawn of reason, she never failed to watch over their spiritual welfare, more than even their temporal well-being,-restraining, as far as in her power, the evil propensities, tempers, and habits of the natural minds in their earliest manifestation, daily inculcating the practical duties and principles of New Church Christianity, and deeming no labour or anxiety too great, so that she could see them growing up in wisdom and virtue, "in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." From her earliest years to her latest days, she was accustomed to dedicate the afternoon of the Sabbath to reading the Scriptures and books of devotion, to retired meditation, and to the indispen sable but too often neglected duties of self-examination; while, as long as she was able to walk, unless prevented by absolute necessity, she never omitted to attend the ordinances of public worship. Distinguished for her purity of mind and sincerity of heart, diligently performing all her relative duties without ostentation, and maintaining in all her worldly connexions the strictest integrity, she was deservedly beloved and respected by a large circle of estimable friends who had the privilege of knowing her worth. A few days previous to her decease, she was visited by her eldest son, which gave her great delight and satisfaction; and as, after a brief religious service, he pronounced upon her a parting blessing, feeling assured that they should meet no more in this world, she told him that she had not the slightest fear of death. No doubt clouded her faith, or harrassed her mind. Her heart had been long set on the imperishable realities of heaven, and was at rest: her treasures were above; and the fastapproaching hour of bodily dissolution was hailed by her as the joyful release from a long thraldom and a toilsome probation. She said, again and again, that her heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, had been more merciful to her every moment of her life than she deserved. She blessed his holy name that he had given her so many kind and sympathising friends,-that she was at peace with all men,-and fully resigned to his righteous will. Though her eyesight began to fail her some days before her decease, yet she retained her faculties of reason and speech to the very last. From her memory she could repeat a considerable portion of the Psalms and the Liturgy, which in this trying season administered greatly to her comfort. She departed in a tranquil state, like a child going to sleep. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." Her mortal remains were interred in the Cemetery at Derby, by the Rev. W. Mason, on the 11th Oct.; and on the Sunday evening following he delivered an admirable and impressive discourse suited to the occasion of her removal, in Babington-lane Chapel, to a crowded congregation, from the appropriate text "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace." Psalm xxxvii. 37. E. M. Birmingham, Nov. 1352. 478 INDEX. ESSAYS, &c. &c. Address to Readers and Correspondents, Marriage of the Intellect and Affections, 1 Arguments against Atheism and Infide- lity, 132, 185, 265, 307, 417, 462 "Behold I make all Things New!" 296 Care for the morrow, (A Sermon,) 121 66 tholic and a Newchurchman, 257 Diseases and their Causes, 345, 382 Mutual Forgiveness and Reconciliation, On the Union of Philosophy and Reli- Phases of Faith; the Two Newmans; Progress of the New Church, 329 Sexuality of Nature; or, Nature in Uni- Sexuality of Nature, the, as Exhibited Spheres, on the Doctrine of, 455 Swedenborg and the Jesuits, 139 Elisha and the Widow; or the Pot of Swedenborg and Calvin, 179 Spiritual Reflections for Every Day in Testimony of Ancient Christianity to the What is Conscience? By the Rev. W. What is the Human Soul? By the Rev. MISCELLANEOUS. A New View of Christianity, 115 Appeal on behalf of Elmham, near Nor- Back Numbers of the Magazine, 474 Common Version of the Bible, 118 ple for imitation, 78 Dr. Tafel's Reply to Dr. Moehler, 237 Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Man- French Exiles, 396 Lectures at Newcastle, 117 on the Resurrection, by Messrs. London Missionary and Tract Society, New Jerusalem Church Free Printing Society, 33, 239, 318 Manchester and Salford Missionary So- Manchester Free Library, 318 Medal to the memory of Swedenborg, 276 Minor Works of Swedenborg, 199 Friendly Tea Meeting of the Churh Missionary Visit to Darlington, 234 in London, 473 General Conference, 200 Great Meeting in August last, 116 Indications of the increase of the New Church in America, 437 System of Nature Analysed, 280 Intelligence from Dr. Tafel, 158 Edinburgh, 35 Liverpool, 440 Blackburn, 473 Lectures at Bolton, on the Life and Sci- Mission at Islington, 357 Mr. Wilkinson's Work on the Human M. Le Boys des Guays, 471 New Church Mission at Islington, 276, New Church, South Australia, 355 dell, 238 by the Rev. E. D. Ren- Nineveh Sculptures, 157 |