during the day in endeavouring to unfold something of that love" which passeth knowledge," and in directing his charge to walk in that right way which leadeth "to a city of habitation."

I had the pleasure of spending a part of the evening with him after the labours of the day had closed, in company with a mutual friend, and several young persons forming part of his charge. Weak and exhausted as he was, and compelled every few minutes to take a portion of nutriment, he could not forbear to give us the encouragement and admonition he deemed necessary for each. "I shall soon be gone," he said, "and why then should I take care of myself? I will care only for you." Ah! his strain of faithful love, his dying eloquence, can never, never be forgotten by those who heard it. We prayed, and separated with a solemn and full assurance that we should see each other no more in the flesh, but indulging the hope of uniting in the eternal song of praise. to our common Redeemer. It was a mournful evening; but there is something about

such scenes on which the memory loves to dwell, and which the heart cannot review without profit.

The following sabbath was the last but one he spent on earth. And, weak as he was, and on the very verge of eternity, he would be carried to the house of God, where he had so long fulfilled his ministry, and trained up souls for heaven. He had an object to accomplish; it was to restore some penitents to the privileges of the church; he discharged the duty in the presence of a weeping crowd, and as he was carried away, he turned, and, looking upon the place where he had so often unfolded the mysteries of redeeming mercy, holding up his hands, he said, " Farewell, brethren! Farewell! Peace, peace be with you!" May the peace which has so long characterized that ancient Christian church be indeed long enjoyed by it.

Eleven days only did the venerable Christian longer live in our world; he felt that his work was done; he had begun to taste the joys of the celestial state, he wished to be gone, and

his Master, whom he had long served with holy pleasure, released him from suffering to enter on his eternal reward. He died,—but the effects of his labours are immortal. He was buried amidst the tears of many hundreds, but he yet lives in their hearts; and it forms no small argument with his friends why they should prepare for heaven, to think that he is there.

And now, would my reader die the death of this holy man, or that of Hobbes, of Hume, or of Paine? The question is readily answered

"O! may I die his death, each reader cries :—

Then live his life, his happy soul replies."

AMONG the distinguished institutions which display the benevolence of the present day, and invest it with true glory, I am disposed to think that Sabbath Schools should be placed among those of the first rank. They sow the seeds, and cherish the tender plants of the church; they call forth the zeal and the energy of the junior branches of our congregations; they enlarge the number, and increase the intelligence, of our churches; and, added to all this, they have furnished some of our pulpits at home, and trained some of our best missionaries for foreign service. It would be hard to say how much evil they have prevented, how much happiness they have diffused among the various classes of society, or how many

plants they have reared for the paradise of God.

I have sometimes feared that many excellent ministers have not taken the lively interest in these important institutions which they ought to do; and have been disposed to remind these worthy men, that the sooner they can gain the affections of the youthful part of their charge, the more likely they are to succeed in bringing them to God; the more they encourage the pious and devoted Sabbath School teacher in his work, the more probable is it that the cause of God will succeed. I have seen and felt the advantages connected with paying a portion of regard to these seminaries for the communication of Christian knowledge, and am ready to bear the same testimony to their teachers as Paul did to some of his friends-" They have helped me much in the Lord."

I am about to present to my readers a brief sketch of a Sabbath School, of about nine years' standing: where it is situated is of no importance to the reader; suffice it to say, that