Lord, I am thine, &c." with eyes and hands lifted to heaven, she seemed to anticipate the bleffedness of the heaven therein described; and when they finished, she · cried out, "O glorious hour! O bleft abode! I fhall be near, and like my God. I fear that I am too impatient to be gone; but I defire to wait God's time." In the afternoon of this her laft Sabbath, fhe faid, "E hoped to have seen my Redeemer to-day, but I find I muft trouble my friends one night more." In the evening the faid, "I feel fleepy-I'll try; and, with as much compofure as if the had been in perfect health, The flept the whole night, (though fhe was then cold in her extremities) and awoke in the morning, praising God for giving fo comfortable a night's reft. Soon af ter this, her eldest fon went to her, and fhe faid, “ O my fon, I fuffer a great deal." He replied, "Not fo much, my dear mother, as your Redeemer did for you." "True, true," faid fhe, "I defire to fubmit." Death was now making rapid ftrides-her laft words were"O, where is my reft? I long, I long." and took

her flight thither.

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A little before her diffolution, her phyfician came, and found the family with full hearts and wet eyes. Mr. Legare faid to him, " Well, Doctor, what do you of the scene in the next room?"-"Indeed, Sir," said he, "I know not what to think of it; it is all a mystery to me. I have seen numbers of men, in all the vigour of health, and thirfting for martial honour, rush into a field of battle, and in that confufed fcene, put on the appearance of fortitude, not one of which could face the gradual approaches of death on a fick-bed, but with vifible horror: but-here is a poor emaciated woman, whose whole nervous fyftem is unftrung by long difeafe, welcoming the grim meffenger with the utmost ferenity and compofure, and even with joy, though approaching in all the horrors of the moft gradual progrefs imaginable;". (for fhe was three days in the agonies of death). "Indeed it is all mystery, and I know not how to account for it." "Do you not, Sir," faid Mr. Legare, go to VOL. I. No. 2. G

Calvary! You, indeed, fee us, Sir, diffolved in tears; but I do not believe that there is a tear in this room extorted by grief. No, Sir, they are tears of joy."

The Doctor went down ftairs, and met a gentleman at the door, who inquired how Mrs. Legare was. He faid, "Juft gone, Sir." "Well," faid he, "Mr. Legare is a philofopher, and I hope that he will bear the ftroke like one.""Philofophy! (replied the Doctor) I have thought as much of philofophy as any man; but the scene within beats philofophy hollow." T. L.

Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Aaron Woolworth, of Bridgehampton, Long-Island, dated January 18, 1800.

Dear Sir,

FOR

OR about fix weeks, or two months, there has appeared among my people, a very remarkable ferioufnefs. It began laft fummer, and appeared gradually, though flowly increafing till five or fix weeks ago, when it feemed, all at once, to become general. Since that time the public mind has been almoft univerfally impreffed with the things of religion. Our meetings in the houfe of God have been attended almoft every day for three weeks, and have been very full. There are many inftances of deep and pungent conviction, and not a few have hopefully been brought out of darkness into marvellous light. We are daily feeing or hearing of the operations of divine grace which fill us with wonder and furprize. I have not time to add, but will, in future, with the leave of providence, give you a more particular account of this wonderful alteration of things among

us.

The Black Prince: Being an Account of the Life and Death of Naimbanna, an African King's Son, who arrived in England, in the Year 1791, and fet Sail on his Return in June, 1793.

IN Africa, the country where the negroes live, and from which flaves are taken, there was a king who was not a Chriftian, but who was a better man (to their fhame be it fpoken) than many who call themselves Chriftians. Though he could neither read nor write, he had good fenfe enough to grieve for the mifery and ignorance of his poor countrymen, and he was defirous of doing them good if he but knew how.

At length a number of English gentlemen, who had at heart the fame thing, formed themfelves into a company for the purpose of putting a ftop to the trade in flaves, and fpreading in Africa the bleffings of the gofpel.

Their plan was to form a fettlement in the river Sierra Leone, where the above-mentioned king lived, and they accordingly fent over an agent to talk with the king, and to procure his confent.

The good old king was very glad when he heard of their intentions; he eafily faw that fuch a fettlement would produce great benefit to his country; he therefore became the ftaunch friend of the company; and alfo of the fettlement, which was foon after formed, and he continued fo to the day of his death.

The king had thought, before this time, that there were none but bad people in England; for, to use his own words, he had never before feen any Englishmen who were not bad people; but he now found, that though there were many wicked people in England, there were many good people alfo. Being informed that what made the people in England good was the christian religion, he refolved to fend thither his fon, about 23 years of age, who was put under the care of the Sierra Leone Company's agent, and by him brought to England, the Company readily undertaking the charge of his education.

Naimbanna (for fo he was called) arrived in Eng land, in a veffel called the Lapwing, in the year 1791, and proper perfons were chofen to inftruct him in reading, writing, and other parts of education; but before we proceed to give an account of the progress he made during his ftay in this country, it may be proper to make the reader acquainted with his character at the time of his landing. His perfon was not handfome, but his manners were extremely pleafing, and his difpofition kind and affectionate: at the fame time, his feelings were quick and jealous, and he was very violent in his temper, as well as proud and difdainful. Though he Jaboured under great difadvantages from the want of early education, yet he fhewed figns of a good understanding, and he appeared to be very fharp-fighted in finding out people's real character.

He had not been long in England before a thirst of knowledge was found to be a leading feature in his character. His teachers have faid that he would often urge them to prolong the time employed in reading, and that he was always thankful to any one who would affift him in learning any thing that was ufeful. He was never led into company where the time was wasted in idle talk without being forry, and when left to himfelf, he would employ not lefs than eight or ten hours of the day in reading.

As it was the main object of the gentlemen to whose care he had been entrusted, to give him right views of Christianity, pains were taken to convince him, that the Bible was the word of God, and he received it as fuch with great reverence and fimplicity: "When I found," faid he, "all good men minding the Bible, and calling it the word of God, and all bad men difregarding it, I was then fure that the Bible must be what good men called it, the word of God." But not content with the report of others, he read the Bible for himfelf. He would fometimes complain of being fatigued with other ftudies; but even when he was most fatigued, if afked to read a little in the fcriptures, he al

ways expreffed his readiness by fome emotion of joy: He used to fay, that he was fure of meeting with fomething in the Bible which fuited every cafe, and fhewed him what was right and what was wrong; and that he likewife found in it good examples to encourage him to do what was right, and bad examples to deter him from doing what was wrong. In fhort, he was not one of those who read the Bible, and think little or nothing about what they read, but he confidered it as the rule of his life; and if at any time his behaviour was amifs, and a text of scripture was mentioned, which proved it to be fo, he would immediately submit to its authority. Nor was his regard for the Bible merely of an outward kind; it plainly affected his heart. He had tried, when in Africa, (to ufe his own words) to make himself as proud as he could, and he thought it great to revenge himself on any one who had done him an injury; but from the Bible he acquired fuch humble views of himfelf, that he was led to fee his need of Chrift as his Saviour, and the neceffity of relying on him as the ground of acceptance with God. Humility was a quality which he found it hard to attain; but before his departure from England, not only his pride, but also his revenge-ful fpirit had become hateful to him. The progrefs he had made in fubduing his paffions, during his fhort stay in this country, confidering the natural violence of his temper, was confiderable. He always expreffed forrow when he had been hafty or paffionate in his conduct; as he became more acquainted with Chriftian principles, he acquired more courtefy and delicacy of manners, fome degree of which was indeed natural to him, and the fuperftitious belief in witchcraft, to which Africans are fo prone, gradually left him:

He paid great refpect to the teachers of Chriftianity, whom he wished much to invite over to his country; took great delight in the exercises of devotion, and would talk on religious fubjects with much openness and fimplicity, and without any mixture of enthusiasm. Love and gratitude to God, who had delivered him