teaching me. Well, if it be in the school of tribulation, O help me, Lord, to say, 'Thy will be done!' I was comforted yesterday in reflecting, that we are not only called to glory, but to be patient, in tribulation.' I want more patience, more spirituality, more love to private prayer. Lord, help thy poor unworthy creature, and bless me for Jesus's sake.

"April 16th.-Where, O where shall I begin to praise my gracious covenant-keeping God! O that my heart were filled with gratitude, for his mercies daily and hourly vouchsafed unto one of the unworthiest of all his creatures. In how many ways can I trace the leadings of Providence, while at Brighton! From how many evils have I been delivered! And how often have I proved, when deprived of earthly friends, that my God has been a Friend better than all others!"

In the autumn of 1837 Mrs. Sutch was united to her nowbereaved partner; and was called to leave her family and friends, and to accompany him to Van-Diemen's Land. She knew the sacrifices consequent upon this step; but promptly and cheerfully made them; for, from her youth up, the cause of Missions was entwined around her heart, and, as we have seen, engaged her energies; so that she anticipated, with uncommon delight, activities and successes in that part of the Mission field; nor did her conviction of the importance of this cause, or her trust in the faithfulness of God, at all diminish, during a tedious and unpleasant voyage. Often, when great danger existed, and many were at their wits' end, she would, though extremely ill, calmly and confidently express her assurance that God would bring herself and partner to the place of their destination, and make his pleasure to prosper in their hands. Upon reaching Hobart-town, the gratitude she felt was inexpressible. Her soul was overwhelmed with love to God, for the numerous and distinguished blessings which she had received at his hands; and again did she consecrate herself to his service. But, although it had been long in her heart to labour for the salvation of souls in that distant portion of God's vineyard, yet it was not permitted her to do so; for the afflictions she endured on the voyage were continued after her arrival, and almost entirely excluded her from the services of God's house, and the society of God's people. Hence, it was for her to glorify God in the day of visitation, by submission to his sovereign will; and herein was Mrs. Sutch an ensample to all that believe." Never was she heard to murmur, or seen to display the least impatience; but would often, in severe paroxysms of pain, repeat, with peculiar fervour, the following verses :

"O thou, whose mercy guides my way,

Though now it seem severe;

Forbid my unbelief to say,

"There is no mercy here.'

"O grant me to desire the pain

Which comes in kindness down,
More than the world's supremest gain,
Succeeded by a frown.

"Then, though thou bend my spirits low,

Love only shall I see :

The very hand that strikes the blow

Was wounded once for me!"

Thus, throughout her affliction, she was enabled to trust in the Lord, and often to rejoice in God her Saviour, "knowing that all things were working together for good," and persuaded, that He was able to keep that which she had committed to Him against that day. There were, however, seasons, in which the adversary of souls thrust sorely at her that she might fall, which caused her to be greatly distressed. One morning she said to her husband, weeping, "O my dear, I have had such a conflict with the enemy. It seemed as though I was on the verge of destruction; and had to fight my passage through a host of fallen angels, principalities, and powers; and once I thought I was in hell." He endeavoured to compose and comfort her mind, by reciting several appropriate passages of holy writ; after which she meekly said, "I hope the Lord will not permit me to be so sorely assailed again."

On the 15th of November, 1838, Mrs. Sutch became a mother; and such was her sense of the obligations under which the goodness and mercy of God laid her, that her heart was filled with love, and her tongue with praise. Upon her husband entering the room, she exclaimed, "O my dear, glory, glory, glory be to God! how good he is!" Nor could she be restrained from giving utterance to her hallowed and grateful feelings. However, the tender flower, which had bloomed for a few days, was prematurely nipped and transplanted to a kindlier soil, a milder clime, the garden of God; and the time drew near, that the parent-stock also should wither and die. But, "mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; the end of that man is peace." Two days before her death she said, "I am very happy; and bless the Lord, that I can trust in Christ entirely for salvation, and know that He will save me to the end. But I wish to rejoice more, and to glorify my God more fully, by testifying of his power and grace." Soon after this she became anxious for a special promise, and said, "I know the Lord will give me one." A friend read, among others, that of Isaiah xxx. 15, "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength;” when she said, "That is it: now I can rest."

On Friday, December 21st, she wished to have one of her favourite hymns sung, beginning, "Jesu, lover of my soul;" and, sitting up, joined in singing so long as her strength allowed. In the course of the day, a person asked for her blessing; when she replied,

"What shall I say to you? Why, Mrs. C., never live without a sense of God's pardoning love, without the witness of the Holy Spirit, testifying that you are a child of God; and if at any time you should lose it, do not rest, but come again to God immediately, as at the first, and he will make you happy." She then prayed for her, while a solemn sadness sat on every countenance, and each one could exclaim, "This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." In this frame she continued throughout the day, exhorting all around her to entire, immediate, and constant devotedness to God. It was now evident to all, that her end was near. The last conflict had commenced, and the last enemy was soon to be conquered. Her strength rapidly decreased, and breathing became difficult; but her faculties remained unimpaired till the last moment. At one time she rose, and said, "O what a struggle!" and then, after a pause,―

Presently she said, "Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly;" and added, "I shall soon be with Jesus in glory." Her last expression was uttered about three o'clock on the morning of December 22d, 1838; when she said, "Can this be death?" and almost instantly her victorious and happy spirit was received up into heaven.

"A city so holy and clean,

No sorrow can breathe in the air;
No gloom of affliction or sin,
No shadow of evil is there!"

Her triumphant death was witnessed by the Rev. Joseph Orton, who improved the event in Melville-street chapel, Hobart-town, from Matt. xxv. 34, to a large and attentive congregation. The compiler of this memoir was himself for some years acquainted with Mrs. Sutch; and, having heard the testimony of others concerning her, might portray her character as a wife, a mistress, and a friend, in all which relations she was of good report. But as a Christian, she was eminently spiritual, devout, and humble. Her conscience was pure and transparent as the light; so tender and susceptible, as sometimes to produce the greatest mental anguish upon occasions of supposed impropriety of conduct. She was zealous for God, and deeply concerned for the advancement of his glory. Her attachment to private prayer and the word of God was great, especially during her affliction. In a word, by an unblemished deportment, she exemplified and illustrated the excellence of those principles which were first instilled, when a pious mother took her day after day into the closet, and began to train her for heaven.

DIVINITY.

A MISSIONARY SERMON,

Delivered in the Wesleyan Chapel, Rue-Royale, St. Honoré, Paris, on Sunday, October 11th, 1840:

BY THE REV. STEPHEN KAY, LATE MISSIONARY IN AFRICA. "Let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might."

Judges v. 31.

Tuts ends the triumphal song of Deborah, the Prophetess, who celebrates in it the downfal of Sisera, and the discomfiture of Jabin's army by Barak. Barak, you will remember, is particularly mentioned. by St. Paul, when enumerating the ancient worthies, "who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turning to flight the armies of the aliens." The record of those mighty achievements of faith, in olden times, is manifestly calculated to strengthen our confidence in the gracious purposes of God, as involved in the prayer before us.

That the church of God will be ultimately and universally triumphant, no one can for a moment doubt, who really believes the oracles of God. And the manner in which this glorious conquest is to be effected is most aptly set forth in the text. "Not by might, nor by power," not "with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood;" but by the spirit of judgment and of burning," "by the brightness of his rising." "For the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of Mount Zion, and upon all her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; and upon all the glory shall be a defence." Yea, "in that day shall the Lord of hosts himself be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty unto the residue of his people." Pitiable, indeed, must be the condition of that mind, which can gaze upon the rapidly-increasing multitudes who, in the various languages of our babbling earth, are now unceasingly crying, "Thy kingdom come," without perceiving indubitable evidence of the growing fulfilment of prophecy.

As touching the character described in the text, enlargement is unnecessary. Suffice it simply to remark, that "they who love Him" are those upon whom "the Sun of righteousness" has himself arisen; in whose hearts the love of God has been shed abroad by the Holy Ghost given unto them; whose lips have been touched as with a live coal from the altar; and whose language, consequently, is, "We love him, because he first loved us, and gave himself for us."

Love, you will observe, is the great constituent principle of this character; a principle which unquestionably takes precedence of every other, both on earth and in heaven, God himself being love. "Now abideth faith, hope, love; but the greatest of these is love." "The end of the commandment is love, out of a pure heart, of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned." Nay, all the law and the Prophets depend upon this, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbour as thyself." Now, the Prophetess prays, that they who sustain this character, that they who love God, may be as "the sun when he goeth forth in his might," divinely glorious, triumphantly prosperous, and increasingly refulgent.

I. "Let them be as the sun,"-divinely glorious.

"The heavens declare the glory of God," which is reflected most conspicuously in that of the sun. This glory, however, consists, not so much in the sun's radiancy or splendour, as in that continuous and universal munificence which fills the world with life and enjoyment. No sooner, therefore, does the vernal season advance, and the chilling blasts of winter subside, than all nature begins to smile; the beasts of the field bounding about with sportive vivacity, the inhabitants of the groves chanting their melodies, and mankind themselves wearing an air of hilarity and joy. The reason of all this is to be found in the fact before us, the sun is going forth "in his might." "His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it." And if, in the exercise of this life-giving energy, the orb of day has any parallel whatever, that parallel is undoubtedly the Christian church, "the fulness of Him that filleth all in all." What the one is above, the other is below, the divinely-ordained medium of invaluable blessings to our fallen world. In every point of view that can be taken of this sublime subject, the analogy is strikingly impressive and instructive. Where, but in the church of Christ, can we find a soul sufficiently large and expansive to include the welfare of the world in its desires and prayers? Where else were those beautiful and comprehensive prayers ever heard?" Let thy ways be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Send out thy light and truth; bring them to thy tabernacles and to thy holy hill." Who but the man of God would ever have thought of connecting with his prayers for himself prayer for the universal well-being of man? "God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us, that thy way may be made known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations." Truly happy in himself, the Psalmist ardently longs for the happiness of all. And convinced, moreover, that there is but one source whence true happiness can be obtained, and that all who seek it in mere earthly good are wandering in the dark, far from the fountain of living waters, and trusting to cisterns, VOL. XX. Third Series. APRIL, 1841. X