the mighty hand of God, and that she ought not to murmur against anything that he ordains; she had learned from her Bible, that, in the dispensations of his providence, all things work together for good to them who love him, and she was satisfied to be at his disposal. In about ten days it pleased the Almighty to restore her to health.

This is a brief sketch of the character of a Christian child, under a severe fit of illness. But it may be said, and perhaps said with truth, that there is nothing very remarkable in this case; for other children, under similar circumstances, have at least, been equally pious and resigned to the will of God. I rejoice that there are many such children to be found in our Sunday-schools, and I sincerely pray, that their number may be greatly increased. But I believe it will hardly be denied that this is the effect of the powerful influence of the gospel of Christ, meliorating the human heart and life, and that without a sound religious education, these things would not be so, for religious principles are not innate in the human mind, but are gradually acquired, through divine

grace, by education and example, operating alike upon the understanding and the heart. It will, therefore, be seen, that it is all-important to give children such a course of instruction, as will make them decidedly religious, as they advance in life and become exposed to the snares of infidelity and the temptations of the world.

MISS SARAH JANE WHITLOCK.

LATE OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

THE death of Miss Sarah Jane Whitlock has been publickly announced, and the sympathy and sorrow of hundreds of friends and acquaintances were testified by their attendance at the funeral ceremonies; but the cause of her death and the circumstances attending it deserve to be more fully known.

This young lady (about seventeen years of age) left home in the summer of 1836 on a visit to an uncle in New Jersey, and while there, in all the buoyancy of youth, and in the enjoyment of all that could minister to the pleasures of rural recreation, was suddenly snatched away from life's most animating joys, and made a helpless sufferer of the acutest agony. While visiting a manufacturing establishment at the place, she was caught in the machinery, and before assistance could be rendered,

the flesh from her feet to above her knees was literally chopped off the bones, and her lower limbs mangled in a most frightful manner. Her sufferings none can describe; her agony none can conceive. For six long weeks did this dear young woman, bear with pious resignation and holy fortitude, the excruciating torture of her distressing situation, till death released her from her bodily anguish—and, we trust, introduced her freed spirit into that rest which remaineth for the people of God.

From the first moment of the sad catastrophe to the hour of her dissolution, not one complaint, one murmur, one sigh of impatience escaped from her. On the contrary, in the midst of her severest pain and agony, or so soon as utterance could be given to words, would she exclaim, "Oh! thanks to the Lord for his goodness and mercy, in enabling me to bear this affliction, and in this manner preparing me for an entrance into his kingdom above." And at the very first interview with her parents after the melancholy accident, whilst they, with agonizing hearts and bitter weeping, were mourning in deepest sympathy for her sufferings, she, with a benignant smile, and a countenance lighted up with a beam.

of heavenly grace, exclaimed:-"Dear mother, beloved father, do not weep. Think, O think, how much worse might have been my condition. What if you had been called to behold your daughter a lifeless corpse? But now see the kindness of my Saviour in sparing my life to fit me for himself." And repeatedly, after the most violent spasms, which would continue at times for over an hour, caused by the intensity of pain she endured; and exhausted nature but half permitting utterance, would she say"Thanks to the Lord for bringing me to this bed of suffering to learn more of his goodness and mercy!" O how beautifully does this scene illustrate the power of Divine grace in sustaining the spirit, and imparting strength to the immortal soul to rise above the pain and distress of the mortal body, and to reckon its present sufferings as not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in the world to come!

Not long before her departure, sensible of the near approach of death, she would address her friends about her in the happiest strains of Christian admonition, assuring them of the certain prospect of her own eternal felicity, and sent messages to various persons whom she particu