corre that I am of the family of God; and that when I die, I shall, through the infinite merits of Christ, go to heaven." An open, generous, and affectionate disposition, exhibiting itself in a sponding frankness and simplicity of behaviour, united with sound, deep, and practical piety, had greatly endeared this excellent man to his brethren and fellow-labourers. 6. JOHN LEE; who entered upon the Missionary work in the island of St. Vincent, in the year 1837, and departed this life on the 13th of November, 1840. He was a zealous and devoted Missionary; and his labours were attended with considerable success. 7. WILLIAM RIGGLESWORTH; who entered upon the Missionary work, in the West Indies, in the year 1834, and died in peace at St. Christopher's, on the 4th of January, 1841. He was a man of sound piety, laborious habits, and unblemished reputation; and enjoyed, in a high degree, the confidence of his brethren in the work. 8. JOHN GREENWOOD; who, in the eighteenth year of his age, obtained a clear evidence of his acceptance with God, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He was appointed as a Missionary to the island of Jamaica, at the Conference of 1829; and laboured there for several years with acceptance and success. During the troublous times of 1831 and 1832, Mr. Greenwood bore a great share in the persecutions to which our Missionaries in different parts of that island were subjected; and upon one occasion he suffered imprisonment in the cause of truth and righteousness. In his last illness he said, "I am happy. It would be very ungrateful in me not to trust in God now. The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?" He exchanged mortality for life, January 7th, 1841, in the thirtyfourth year of his age, and in the twelfth year of his ministry. 9. WILLIAM SCOTT Fox. He was the son of the late Rev. William Buckley Fox, (for many years a highlyesteemed Wesleyan Missionary in the East,) and was born in the island of Ceylon. His piety and the diligent cultivation of his talents recommended him for admission to the Theological Institution in 1836, when he was only nineteen years of age. In 1837 he embarked for India, where, by his successful study of the native language, his uniform piety, and his constant diligence in the Lord's work, he gave promise of ulti mate usefulness in no common degree. His pulpit labours were distinguished by clearness and fidelity, and were fre quently highly effective. His removal is deeply afflictive to his brethren, and to the congregations to whom he was endeared. Having been for some time severely afflicted, it was recommended, as the only probable means of recovery, that he should embark for a more congenial climate. He died at sea, on the 18th of March, 1841; and his remains were committed to the great deep, "in sure and certain hope of the resurrection unto eternal life," in that day when "the sea shall give up her dead." He was graciously supported and comforted during his affliction; and, in taking his final leave of one of his brethren, he said, with respect to his spiritual state, All is right." 10. JESSE WHEELOCK; who, five years ago, was recommended for our work, but was subsequently compelled to retire in consequence of bad health. He was an excellent and promising young man; of an amiable disposition, deep piety, and fervent zeal. He was useful whilst actively engaged in the ministry, adorning the doctrine of Christ; and as he lived, so he died, a witness of the power of God to save. He exchanged mortality for life on the evening of the 18th of May, 1841. He had frequently, during the day, earnestly prayed for the coming of his Lord. A short time before he breathed his last, he expressed his firm hope of eternal happiness through the merits of Christ; whose gracious promise, "I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also," he quoted whilst passing through the valley of the shadow of death. 11. ANDREW TAYLOR, a native of Ireland, who in early life was brought to a saving knowledge of the truth; and having afforded satisfactory evidence of his conversion to God, and of his zeal for the salvation of souls, was appointed to a Circuit, under the direction of the Irish Conference, and laboured successfully for a period of thirty-six years, as a Missionary in his native country. During the Irish rebellion in 1798, he was made a prisoner by a party of rebels, and confined in the jail of Wexford, at the time of the dreadful massacre on the bridge in that town, and was more than once on the point of being taken out to execu tion; but God touched the heart of one of the bloodiest of the murderers, and saved the life of his servant. Mr. Taylor remained in a state of anxious sus pense until the defeat of the rebels at Vinegar-hill enabled the King's troops to proceed to Wexford, and release the persons who were imprisoned in the jail. By this providential interposition he was set at liberty, and resumed his labours with unabated fidelity and zeal. In 1832 he became a Supernumerary, and shortly afterwards removed to Canada; and, in the several places of his temporary residence, he continued to labour for the advancement of the cause which lay nearest his heart. His death was impressively sudden: having retired to rest in his usual health, it was found in the morning that he had fallen asleep to awake no more until the morning of the resurrection. RECENT DEATHS. FEB. 15th, 1841.-At Sulby, Isle of Man, Patrick Caley, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. At an early period of life he was brought to a saving acquaintance with the truth, through the ministry of the Wesleyan Preachers. He united himself to the society, when they were subjects of much reproach and persecution; and having himself, through faith in Christ Jesus, found that invaluable blessing, the love of God shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost given unto him, his spirit yearned with tenderest pity for the souls of his fellow-sinners; and the love of Christ in his heart constrained him to go and entreat them to be reconciled to God. In those days it was no uncommon thing for people to travel from one end of the island to the other to hear the Gospel preached, and attend those means of grace which were peculiar to the Methodists. The first race of Methodist Preachers in the Isle of Man were in "journeyings often," travelling twenty or thirty miles on a Sabbath-day, to exhort their fellow-sinners to flee from the wrath to come; seeking no higher reward than the blessing of God upon their labours. Mr. Wesley, speaking of them in his Journal, says: "I never saw in England so many stout, well-looking Preachers together. They are men of faith and love, knit together in one mind and one judgment." Among that noble, zealous, and disinterested race of men, Patrick Caley was not the least useful. Being blessed with a strong constitution, a good voice, a sound, scriptural, and experimental knowledge of divine truth, his discourses were listened to with delight, and many will be the crown of his rejoicing in the day of the Lord Jesus. After having discharged, with fidelity, the important duties of his offices, as a Class-Leader and Local Preacher, for nearly half a century, his Master called him, by an affliction of only two days, to leave the church militant, and join the church triumphant. His end was peace. "Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing." J. B. H. year of her age. Remarkably meek and quiet in her disposition, and very dutiful to her parents, she was, from early childhood, beloved by all around her When about thirteen years of age, she united herself to the people of God, and remained a consistent member of the church until her spirit escaped to glory. For the last eighteen months of her life, she was a subject of heavy affliction, during which "patience had its perfect work." Though young in years, she displayed in delightful maturity the graces of the Christian character; exulted in the support and consolations furnished by religion whilst death was wasting her mortal part; triumphed over Satan in a desperate attack which he made upon her confidence and peace; and, at length, escaped from the clay tabernacle, leaving a delightful testimony that she was gone to be with Jesus, which is "far better." R. G. June 2d and 3d.-At Finsboro', in the Carlow Circuit, Ireland, Mr. James Dreaper, and his daughter, Miss Anne Dreaper; the former in the fifty-seventh year of his age, after a few days' illness, by inflammation of the lungs. In him his deeply-afflicted relict has sustained the loss of one of the most attached of husbands, and his children a very fond parent. The Wesleyan Ministers found in him a sincere friend; and for many years his house has been a lodging and preaching-place, at which they have been cordially welcome. Ile entertained a high respect for religion, and was a very constant attendant on the means of grace. For some months previously to his death, his desires after the knowledge of salvation by the remission of sins were fervent; and this blessing his bereaved family have reason to believe he obtained and held fast, until he committed his spirit into the hands of his Almighty Saviour. Miss Anne Dreaper was in her seventeenth year. She had laboured under the influence of pulmonary consumption for about six months. In her childhood she was convinced of the wretchedness of those who have their portion only in this life, and was graciously drawn to divine and better things. She was a member of the Wesleyan society for a year and a half. The evidence of her justification, through faith in Christ, coexisted with her joining the society. Being led to see that it was her privilege to love God with all her heart, she earnestly sought this great blessing; and, about two months previous to her removal, she received that perfect love which casteth out fear. Her jealousy for the sanctity of the Sabbath was truly exemplary; and her experience was a fine specimen of "the simplicity that is in Christ." Her desires for the salvation of her relatives were restless; and her concern for the spread of the Redeemer's kingdom was such as became a Christian. After her Leloved parent's decease, hearing of the mournful event, she felt very keenly. Her Saviour said, "It is enough;" and her spirit bade adieu to earth. The last words she uttered were, "Happy! happy! happy! I am happy!" When nature could no longer articulate the language of triumph, she waved her hand in token of victory. The mortal remains of our late friends were borne in the same procession to the repository of May 24th.-At Wereham, in the Downham Circuit, Mary Ann Gayford, in the seventeenth the dead, and placed side by side, in "sure and certain hope of a glorious resurrection." The solemn scene served to impress upon the minds of the multitudes, the admonition of our Lord, "Be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh." "Or worn by slowly rolling years, Or broke by sickness in a day, The short-lived beauties die away! "Yet these new-rising from the tomb, In lustre brighter far shall shine, Revive with ever-during bloom, Safe from diseases and decline." H. I. G. June 20th.-At Leicester, Miss Harriet Keith, at the early age of twenty. She was blessed with pious parents, who brought her up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and had the satisfaction of seeing that their labour was not in vain. Soon after the death of her sister, Mary Ann, (who fell asleep in Jesus, June 10th, 1840, aged seventeen years,) she was more deeply impressed with the necessity of personal religion, soon after joined the Wesleyan society, and gave her heart unreservedly to God. Her diligence as a Sunday-school Teacher was worthy of imitation; and her consistent life, love of God's house and Ministers, deadness to the world, patience in sufferings, and glorious triumph over death, left no room for doubt as to the genuineness of her piety. Her dying words were, "There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign.” H. P. July 2d.-At Close-House, in the Settle Circuit, Miss Mary Proctor, in the thirty-third year of her age. About eleven years ago she began to attend on the Wesleyan ministry, and received the word of life in the love of the truth. A severe affliction, which shortly afterwards she was called to endure, was mercifully sanctified, and she was enabled, through divine grace, to testify, "Not a cloud doth arise, To darken the skies, Or hide for a moment my Lord from my eyes." A few years afterwards, being so circumstanced as to be prevented from attending some of the means of grace, according to her desire, she suffered spiritual loss. The state of her health became delicate, and severe affliction ensued; but she cast herself upon the heavenly Physician, and was enabled by faith to "take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord." Her attendance at the house of God was uniform, her spirit amiable, her deportment exemplary, and her love to the cause of God manifest to the last. After a course of protracted suffering, which she bore with meekness and Christian resignation, she departed this life in the faith and peace of the Gospel, trusting in Him who is "the Resurrection and the Life." T. C. July 3d.-At Trewellard, in the St. Just Circuit, Mrs. Warren, aged thirty years. The im portance of personal piety was impressed on her mind in early life; but she was not a partaker of its saving influence till the nineteenth year of her age, when she obtained a clear sense of the divine favour, through faith in Christ Jesus. On that happy occasion she sang, with tears of joy, "My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear; He owns me for his child, I can no longer fear: With confidence I now draw nigh, And, Father, Abba, Father, cry." For some time she went on her way rejoleing, and was enabled, through faith in the atoning blood, to testify its efficacy in cleansing her from all sin. During a long and severe trial, she lost the full assurance of hope; and although she was truly devoted to God, yet she did not regain it until her last illness, when the Lord shone fully on her mind; and as she approached the eternal world, her soul magnified the Lord, and her spirit rejoiced in God her Saviour. On being told that she was dying, she exclaimed, "Glory, glory, glory!" and fell asleep in Jesus. T. J. July 15th.-At Black-River, Jamaica, after s sickness of twelve days, the Rev. William Redfern. He was of an ardent temperament of mind, and filled with a glowing zeal for the glory of God. The love of Christ constrained him to beseech sinners to be reconciled to God; and it is to be feared that his excessive labours in his Master's vineyard, in connexion with the influence of a relaxing climate, prostrated his strength, and induced that sickness which ended in death. His departure was not only peaceful, but triumphant. On one occasion, he exclaimed, "If I die, I go to glory! I am going home to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! The blood of Jesus cleanseth from all sin! My Father, my Father, come!" On the evening before he died, he said to one of his flock, Are you prepared to meet your God? Did I ever deceive you in preaching the truths of the Gospel? Tomorrow morning is the appointed time." "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." T. B. July 234.-Mary Fisher Lester, in the East Circuit, aged thirty-five, the wife of Mr. Thomas Lester, Chemist, and daughter of the late Rev. John Rossell. Mrs. Lester had been well educated, and she subsequently attended to her mental improvement with diligence, so as to acquire various and useful knowledge, which was highly creditable to her. The attention which her excellent parents gave to her religious instruction and discipline was rewarded by her conversion to God, when about fifteen years old. From this early age, to her decesse, she was a steady and consistent member of the Methodist society. Her death was sudden and an expected, but peaceful, and full of immortal hope. For several months her friends have noticed in her an increased familiarity with eter July 31st.-At Bayswater, Hannah, the wife of the Rev. Joseph Sutcliffe, A. M., in the seventy-fifth year of her age. She had been a member of the Methodist society fifty-eight years, and a Class-Leader thirty-four. After walking in humility of heart with the Lord, her lot was to suffer much for the last three years of life. In this manner was she the more prepared, under the blessing of God, to rejoin in heaven the numerous friends whom she had known and loved on earth. Her entrance into glory was calm and peaceful. She has left all her children in the society, and following her in the road to glory. J. S. August 9th.-At Higham-Ferrers, John Horrill, in the forty-second year of his age. From early life he was moral in his habits. His first conviction of sin, and desire of salvation, were occasioned by the sudden death of an uncle with whom he lived. Although he did not from that time become decidedly pious, yet the impressions made on his mind were never entirely obliterated. About twenty-two years since he was deeply affected; and when praying in great distress, the words were powerfully applied to his mind," Be thou faithful unto death; and I will give thee a crown of life." This was the time of his conversion to Christ, the genuineness of which was sufficiently evidenced by the whole tenor of his succeeding life. He now Joined the Methodist society, and continued a steady and consistent member to the day of his death. The public means of grace, as well as his private devotions, were attended by him with undeviating punctuality; and his whole character bore the stamp of uniformity. Through the grace of God he possessed a meek, humble, and affectionate spirit. For several years he was very greatly respected as a useful Class-Leader and Local Preacher. In his last affliction he was highly favoured of the Lord; the enemy was never suffered to interrupt his peace. He was always happy, and perfectly resigned to the will of God. The day on which he died, he seemed unusually happy, and repeated,― the most excellent of the earth; and she profited much from this privilege. She has not suffered many of the memoranda she occasionally made of her religious experience to remain. A few, made in the years 1805 to 1809, show, that she enjoyed a close union with the Lord; and she found her highest enjoyment to be with those who were distinguished for piety and usefulness among his people; to many of whom her house was always open. In 1811 she removed to Nutgrove. This was situate in a poor and then destitute neighbourhood; and immediately a weekday school for about forty girls, a neat chapel over it, with a house adjoining for the schoolmistress, were built, and settled on Trustees for the use of the Wesleyan society for ever; and a sum of £500 (to which Mrs. Nuttall afterwards added £100 further) was also settled in trust for the support of the school. A society was soon raised; and Mrs. Nuttall had the satisfaction to see it so prosperous as to take its rank with the first places in the Circuit. Her class, the care of the school, of the society, and in some degree of the Circuit, found her close employment; and it was truly said, "She lived, and only wished to live, for others, not for herself." A little more than two years ago she found the school-room, when used as a Sunday-school, and also the chapel, becoming too small. Her determination to have both enlarged, at her own expense, absorbed every other consideration. This was done at a cost of nearly £500; both were re-opened a few months before her death; and when the last payment was made, she was ready to say, with the saint of old, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace." Her friends had painfully perceived her strength declining for some time; and on the 7th of July she was seized with the complaint which removed her to her eternal rest. She had an unshaken confidence in the Redeemer, as her Saviour, and was able to give up all her former ties to life her class, the society, the school, and the poor-to Him in whom she had trusted. Her strength was so far prostrate, that it was deemed needful to keep all around her as quiet as possible; but the members of her class wished to have a last sight of their Leader. On the 25th of July the Rev. Robert Newton, and one of the Trustees of the chapel and school, being in the neighbourhood, went to see her; and while he was there, the members of the class came, and surrounded her bed. Mr. Newton improved the occasion in prayer; and then each of them took a last tearful look, and retired. Before her final sickness, she often looked forward to the change which would take place at Nutgrove when she should be withdrawn: but she always said, "The Lord will do the best." In one of her latest conversations, as to the cause at Nutgrove, and in the Circuit, she said, “It is the cause of God, and it must go on.". T. C. August 21st.-At Gainsborough, Mr. Thomas Woolsey, brother of the Rev. William Woolsey, aged fifty-two. He was converted to God in the twenty-third year of his age; and having tasted that the Lord is gracious, he became anxious that others should enjoy the same blessing. He was faithful in his own house, and had the plea sure of seeing his family all turned to God. For some years he was the Superintendent of the Sabbath-school in this town, a Local Preacher, and Class-Leader; discharging the duties of these offices to the best of his ability, until laid aside by affliction, of which he has been a subject for the last six years. In the time of trouble the consolations of God abounded in him; and he often said, "Not my will, but thine be done. For me to live is Christ, to die is gain." S. C. August 24th.-At Droitwich, in the Worcester Circuit, Mrs. Mary Troke. She was a consistent member of the Methodist society for more than forty years. Her last affliction, which was protracted and peculiarly severe, she bore with patience and resignation to the divine will. She died in peace, resting on the atonement of Jesus. J. E August 28th.-At Tralee, Ireland, Mr. James Leggatt, aged seventy-one years. He was a member of the Wesleyan society for nearly half a century, and during that period enjoyed the peace of God. He stood forth, a fearless advocate for religion, and an opponent of sin, when religion had but few advocates, and sin but few opposers. For many years he filled the important offices of Class-Leader and Steward, with credit to himself, and profit to the society. He entertained very humble views of himself. When spoken to, in his last illness, concerning his spiritual state, he said, "There is no room for boasting. Fix'd on this ground will I remain, Though my heart fail, and flesh decay; J. L. Sept. 3d.-At Stutton, in the Ipswich Circuit, Mrs. King, in the sixtieth year of her age. She had been a steady and exemplary member of the Wesleyan society for more than forty years, and had always taken a lively interest in the cause of God. There was no chapel in the village in which she lived, and she had to ride three miles to meet in class, and to attend the preaching of the word; yet from these means of grace she was seldom absent, though the class met at nine o'clock on the Sabbath morning. She took a lively interest in the Mission cause, and for many years collected for its support. Being very anxious to introduce Methodist preaching into the village where she lived, she procured a house for the purpose, which soon becoming too small, she gave a piece of land for the erection of a chapel. About three years ago she commenced collecting for this object, and obtained nearly the amount of the cost of its erection. A short time before her death, she had the pleasure of seeing it finished and secured to the Connexion. In her last illness she was greatly comforted by the promises of God; and, as her end drew near, she was kept in peace. After testifying to her friends that she was on the Rock, Christ Jesus, she gently fell asleep. By her death the society has lost a useful member, and the Preachers a kind and sympathizing friend. W. L. B. Sept. 6th.-At Woodford, in the Leyton Circuit, in the forty-fifth year of her age, Mary Finch, the beloved wife of the Rev. Joseph Walker. In early life she was a subject of divine influence; and when fifteen years of age she became a member of the Methodist society. Shortly after this, a sermon preached by the Rev. Joseph Taylor was made a great blessing to her; and at a prayer-meeting, held immediately afterwards, she obtained a clear sense of God's pardoning mercy. From this time she became truly devoted to God, and lived to his glory. As a Class-Leader, Visiter of the sick, and in various other ways, she endeavoured to do good, and save souls; and in almost every Circuit in which her lot was cast, she was made very useful, espe cially to the young. During the last few years of her life, she was called to pass through much trial and affliction; and her providential path was often very mysterious; but her confidence in God was unshaken. The affliction which has ended her life was long and painful; but throughout the whole, she was very graciously supported. There were periods during her illness when both herself and her friends were cheered with pros pects of ultimate recovery; and, for the sake of her family, this appeared desirable; but, as to this matter, she was generally resigned to whatever was the will of God. Sometimes in her affliction she was blessed with very abundant manifestations of the presence of God, and had very clear and delightful views of redemption by Christ Jesus. At such seasons her cup seemed to run over; but generally she was not so much a subject of rapturous joy, as of a sweet and delightful calm. As she approached her end, her weakness became very great; so that she was not able to speak much; but by what she did say, she gave very satisfactory evidence of a prepara. tion for heaven, until she resigned her happy spi rit into the hands of Jesus. P. C. Sept. 13th.-At Hoyland, aged twenty-two, Mrs. Eleanor Spurr, wife of Mr. Joseph Sparr, of Barnsley. Although her Christian career was short, it was truly exemplary; and her end was peace. J. B. Sept. 13th.-At Colne, Mary, wife of Mr. John Whitaker, in the twenty-ninth year of her age. More than twenty-six of those years she lived without God in the world. Through the divine mercy, she became acquainted with herself, as a sinner; she felt herself to be a miserable offender; and by faith in the blood of Jesus she was justified from all things, and had peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. From the time of her conversion, her life was consistent and uniform. She died of consumption. Some of her last words were, "Is this dying? If this be dying, it is glorious! The victory is gained!" J. W. Sept. 14th. In the Hull East Circuit, Mrs. Hall, the wife of Mr. Anthony Hall. Her death was awfully sudden. At the hour of breakfast she was in her usual state of health, and more than ordinarily cheerful; and about half-past twelve o'clock her life was ended by a fit of apoplexy. She has for many years been a retir ing and sincere Christian, and a consistent mein |