first, because you point out your superior state as it respects your union with the Lord. Salvation is come to your heart indeed. 'Love casts out fear; as he is, so are you in this world.' As he is separated, so are you separated from a world of evil. This gives you boldness in looking at the day of judgment, a clear witness, a clear view of God, of heaven. O what satisfaction it yields to the soul! I am certain much is bought for us. I am equally certain all is promised to us, and that he cannot fail to give this great salvation. He justifies, he purifies, he then stays the mind on himself; but he gathers us nearer, and still nearer, till we feel we live in the presence of God every moment. This is our place, and this is heaven upon earth. Whether poor or rich, in company or without, with our near relations or in their absence, the Lord is every thing to us, and every place is full of himself. We want no other heaven; we have all, and our God is this all. I long to see my particular friends, my relations, my brothers and sisters throughout the churches, live in this glory. Amen! "I am certain you will in some way or other meet with tribulation; various changes will take place in this world in your family, and with yourself; (for we are not yet settled ;) but you will be ready to meet every change by constant watching and prayer, and by keeping up a lively faith in God. Never expect your heavenly Father to keep his covenant only on the ground of your acts of faith. This faith must be like the pendulum of a clock,-it must be kept moving, to put the whole soul in motion. And, as your faith increases, you will more quickly mount up, run faster, labor more, love more, rejoice more, and drink the cup with greater cheerfulness. You will be more thankful for every blessing, for your station, connections, and the instruments of your salvation, You will be more thankful for your dear, dear Mrs. Mortimer. Why did the Lord cast your lot so near her? Was it not that you might have 'fulness of joy, and pleasures for evermore?' Was it not that you might arrive at all the fulness of God? O praise him for ever. I congratulate you, I rejoice with you, I triumph in union with you. I find this most sweet and pure. God is in our fellowship. It will not be broken. It is from heaven, and altogether spiritual. It will increase to eternity. I long much to feel what it will be, when separated from this vile body. I never had more pleasant walks, by faith, in the heavenly country. I see the com pany, and I live among them; for we are come to an innumerable company of angels, to the spirits of just men made perfect.' The manner is inexpressible, but the thing is certain. Faith is the evidence. Farewell! The everlasting God be with you always! "I am your affectionate brother, "WM. BRAMWELL.” In the following letter we have a striking proof of the sincere and faithful friend : LETTER LXIX. To Mr. Thomas Crowther. "Newcastle, June, 1816 "MY DEAR BROTHER,-Notwithstanding my long silence, my soul is ever toward you. Gomersal and the circuit are near my heart. My prayer to God for you all is that you may still be saved, and above all things, prosper in your souls. I think I never felt a greater longing for the salvation of the Churches, and of the world; and never so fully satisfied that it is God that worketh all in all.' I am giving myself to God, to receive a much deeper baptism, which I feel is my liberty in this world. I cannot rest in sins forgiven, or in being cleansed from all unrighteousness. I see the glory which belongs to me in our blessed Lord, is for himself to dwell fully in my soul. I will praise him, I do praise him. But O my little faith! I must go, I must rise, I must live with him for ever. Amen! "My wife is much established, but not quite clear of the disease. She has occasionally slight relapses. Perhaps she will not be sound till she receives the new glorious body. May she pray always, and never faint. We are doing well, but the work is not general. All around us are in tribulation. God only knows when the general conflict will be passed. God is in many places pouring out his flood of mercy even in troublous times. England has surely had a great day of heavenly visitation. It has been exalted to heaven. The Lord grant that it may not be cast down to hell! I hope the ever blessed God will continue to show you his glory. O that the preachers, leaders, and all the societies may be alive to God. "I trembled for you when I heard of your mission feast, &c. &c. I much feared you would be flushed with outward appearances, and look into the feast room, and be greatly encumbered, and sink down into the cellar with a load of worldly glory. My dear Crowther, excuse me, I thought you were proof against these things; but you and I show ourselves to be but men. The Lord save us! And may we sit together in glory! "I am your affectionate brother, "WM. BRAMWELL." LETTER XIV. Mr. Bramwell's appointment to Salford-His zealous labors Declining health-Letters. We now enter on the last circuit, in which this faithful servant of Christ Jesus was permitted to labor. The conference appointed him to Salford in 1817. From all the accounts of those who were favored with his presence, it appears that he was fully persuaded that his work was nearly finished, and that the time of his departure was at hand. Few Christian ministers have had more intimate communion with Gol, or have evinced a greater portion of selfdedication than Mr. Bramwell. His heavenly conversation and zealous exertions in the cause of his Divine master are thus described by Mr. James Grime :— "Lamenting with others the loss sustained by the removal of one so eminently useful among us, as the late Mr. Bramwell was, I have found my mind thrown back upon the events of the year which has past, in order to collect a few of the fragments which remain in my remembrance, of the labors of a man endeared to us by the consciousness we had of his being, like Abraham, 'the friend of God,' a man mighty in faith, strong in prayer, enjoying constant union and communion with God. O! that not a look, nor a word of so great, so good a man, may fall to the ground! May God make the memoir about to be published a blessing to every reader! "At the time when Mr. Bramwell was appointed to this circuit, we had petitioned for him seventeen years; and at length we obtained our wishes. The expectation which had been formed was not disappointed. In his first address, he stated the duties of ministers of the Gospel, and his determination to labor after that model. 'I shall call upon you,' he said, 'not to eat, drink, or spend the time in conversation with you upon indifferent subjects, but ask you concerning the state of your souls.' "His method of preaching was peculiar to himself. For sometimes he made choice of |