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To his own family he avoided speaking particularly of himself, and of those sufferings which it is now known he must have endured for some time previous to his departure, knowing the distress it would give; but to others he fre quently spoke of his declining health, yet rather gently intimating, than openly declaring, what the issue would be. His journey to Shepperton, a few days previous to his death, brought on violent pain, and he was almost exhausted on his arrival, but he rallied after a time. During his last illness, extreme pain incapacitated him from talking much; but he was sometimes heard to utter broken sentences, such as, Oh the folly of putting off religion to a dying bed! without seeming to have any immediate reference to his own case, because he expected, at this time, to recover from the present attack. Again, Oh the vanity of human learning! The person who sat up with him in an earlier part of this illness alone, says, that great part of the night was spent in prayer. Sometimes he would speak, and the purport of his observations, we have reason to believe, was an exhortation not to put off religion. Unwilling to grieve his

says; and mother knows that I always said my prayers night and morning, and I used to pray for father and mother, master and governess, and every body else." "Yes, my little man, this is part of our duty; we should pray for every one, and I think if God sees it needful, he will answer our prayers, especially when they come from the heart." Here the child attempted to speak, but could not, but waved his hand in token of gratitude for my having called; and I can truly say, that I never saw so much confidence, resignation, and true dependence upon the Divine will, manifested by any grown person on a deathbed, much less by a child under the tender age of seven years. I bade the child adieu, and was much impressed with what I had seen. The next day the mother called on me, and informed me that the child had quitted his tenement of clay, and that just before his departure he had said to her and those around him, that the souls of children never die : it was only the body that died: that he had been told at school, that the soul went to God who gave it.-S. Wilderspin.

family by any expressions of the agony he endured, his very delirium served to shew the kind feelings of his mind, as he then generally talked of being well, and begged of those around him not to concern themselves so much. The wonderful ebb and flow of reason, the entire aberration of mind at some seasons, often succeeded by a complete selfrecollection, and full possession of all his reasoning powers at other times, can scarcely be conceived by those who were not eye-witnesses of the fact. After solemnly blessing his grandson, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, he added instantly-now-no more—go.—

He afterwards said, "I have taken, what unfortunately the generality of Christians take, the middle walk of Christianity. I have endeavoured to live up to its doctrines and duties, but I have lived below my privileges. I have had large opportunities given me, but I have not improved them as I might have done. I have been led astray by the vanity of human learning, and by the love of human applause." And when asked by the clergyman in whose parish he died, whether there were any things in particular that he would wish him to pray for, he replied, "I want to be more humbled under a sense of sin, I want more spirituality, more humility." "No man living," said he, a short time previous to his death," can be more sensible than I am that there is nothing in ourselves in which to trust, and of the absolute necessity of relying on the merits of Jesus Christ." He often repeated the text, and dwelt upon it with evident satisfaction," Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever;" and when the power of distinct articulation was gone, and he was almost in the action of death, and his kind clerical friend said to him, "Behold the Lamb of God"-he added, with an effort that surprised those around him, "who taketh away the sins of the world," and these were the last words he intelligibly uttered *.

Jerram.

BISHOP HEBER. Died April 3, 1826.

THE late lamented Bishop of Calcutta. "Our worthy, our pious, our indefatigable Diocesan is no more! But two hours have elapsed since his immortal spirit took its flight to that God who gave it. We arrived here on Saturday morning, and his lordship appeared in his usual good spirits. Yesterday he preached to a crowded audience, and in the evening confirmed forty young persons; after which he delivered a most impressive address. This morning, at six o'clock, I accompanied him to Fort Church, where he confirmed eleven native Christians. In going and returning he was most affectionate in his manner, and talked freely of the glorious dispensation of God in Christ Jesus, and of the necessity which rested on us to propagate the faith throughout this vast country. On his return he went to the bath, in which he had bathed the two preceding days, but his servant thinking that he remained long, opened the door, and saw him at the bottom of the water apparently lifeless. The alarm was given; I hastened to the spot; and alas! mine was the awful task to drag, together with Mr. Robinson, his mortal remains from the water. All assistance was instantly procured; such as bleeding, friction, and inflating the lungs; but in vain; the immortal inhabitant had forsaken its tenement of clay, doubtless to realize before the throne of the Lamb those blessings of which he yesterday spoke so emphatically and powerfully. A blood-vessel it appears had burst in the brain, which must have caused immediate death." Trichinopoly, 3d of April, 1826*.

* Rev. J. W. Doran's Letter.

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