nifters of the gospel imparted the word of life, and were heard with apparently profound and ferious attention. A gentlewoman, who lived in the vicinity of Brighthelmftone, dreamed that a lady, whofe drefs the particularly noticed, would fhortly vifit that town, and be an eminent inftrument of good. About three years afterwards lady Huntingdon came down, and the gentlewoman above mentioned, meeting her in the ftreet, fuddenly exclaimed, “ O! madam, you are come." Lady Huntingdon ftartled by an addrefs fo unexpected from an utter ftranger, and supposing that the woman was deranged, "What do "What do you know of me?" faid the Countefs. "Madam," replied the other person, "I faw you in a dream three years ago, dreffed precisely as you now appear;" and then proceeded to give her a relation of the dream. The acquaintance formed between them on this occafion, was attended with confequences the most happy to that individual and to the fettlement. Lady Huntingdon was rendered the inftrument of converfion to this woman, who died a year afterwards in the full triumph of faith; fhe erected a chapel in that town where the gospel has fince been effectual to the falvation of many. Her active spirit was ftill devifing generous plans for the diffufion of the gospel, especially in places where "Satan had his feat ;" the erected, in the year 1769, another chapel at Tunbridge Wells, a place much frequented by the gay and the great of the metropolis. She often invoived herself in expences by establishing churches, which the found it difficult to discharge; but the Lord brought her honorably through all her engagements, and provided a fupply from other quarters when her own refources were exhaufted. -During forty-five years of widowhood, fhe devoted her time, talents and worldly fubftance to the fupport of the gospel at home, and its diffufion through diftant, defolate parts of the world. When advanced to the period of fourfcore years, fhe maintained all the vigour of youth, and, amidft the outward decays of nature, her mind, animated and ennobled by every principle of christianity, was contemplating the wider fpread of pure and undefiled religion. Her molt diftinguishing excellence was a fervent zeal to make known the gofpel of the grace of God; a zeal which no difappointment quenched, no labors relaxed, no oppofition difcouraged, no progress of years abated. This heavenly flame appeared to brighten as nature declined. Thoufands and tens of thoufands will have reafon, in time and eternity, to bless her memory, as being the hap. py inftrument of their tranflation from darkness to light; and multitudes faved by her means have already met her in the region of glory, to rejoice together in the prefence of God and of the Lamb. In the month of November, 1790, Lady Huntingdon broke a blood veffel, at which time her laft illness commenced. Being asked by a friend "how the was;" fhe inflantly replied, "I am well; all is well; well for ever. Wherever I turn my eyes, whether living or dying, I fee nothing but victory." As death approached, fhe was frequently heard to exclaim, with great emphafis, "The coming of the Lord draws nigh; O Lady Ann," (a young lady that lived with her) "the coming of the Lord draws nigh, and the thought fills my foul with joy unfpeakable." At another time fhe observed, "All the little ruffles and difficulties which furround me; all the pains with which I am exercised in this poor body, thro' mercy, affect not the fettled peace and joy of my foul. To a friend who vifited her a few days before her decease, fhe faid, "I fee myself a poor worm, drawing near to Jefus ; What hope could I entertain if I did not fee the efficacy of his blood, and turn as a prifoner of hope to this ftrong hold? How little could any thing of mine give a moment's reft to a departing foul? So much fin and felf-mixed with the beft and always fo fhort of what we owe? 'Tis well for us that he can pity and pardon; and we have confidence that he will do fo. I confefs, my dear friend, I have no hope but what infpired the dying malefactor, at the fide of my Lord, and I must be saved in the fame way, as freely, as fully, or not at all." He replied," Madam, I cordially join with you, that though our lives may be devoted to the work of Jefus, it is not to fuch a facrifice we fhould look for comfort in a dying hour." She replied, "No verily," then enlarging on that mixture of infirmity and corruption, which tarnifhed our beft fervices, fhe added, "that a finner could only rest fatisfactorily on one foundation, and would find nothing in the best works of his best days that he dare produce before God for its own fake; fufficiently bleffed and fecure, if he could but cry, God be merciful to me a finner, and let me be found in the beloved and compleat in him," B During the whole of her illness her pains never made her impatient, but fhe feemed more concerned about thofe who attended than about herfelf. A few days previous to her departure, she faid to an acquaintance, "I cannot tell you in what light I now fee thefe words, If a man love me he will keep my words, and m Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him. To have in this room fuch company and to have fuch an eternal prospect; I fee this fubject now in a light which cannot be defcribed. I know my capacity will then be enlarged, but I am now as fenfible of the prefence of God as I am of the prefence of those I have with me." On the day of her diffolution fhe conversed about fending miffionaries to Otahite. She often mentioned that from the time God fet her foul at liberty fhe felt fuch a defire for the falvation of fouls that fhe could compare herfelf to a fhip in full fail before the wind, and that fhe was impelled by an influence too powerful to be defcribed. That divine declaration, Them that honor me I will honor, was literally and eminently realifed in the death of this illuftrious Perfonage. Suitably to a life so ardently and difinterestedly devoted to the fervice of her Redeemer and her generation, he had an abundant entrance into the everlafting kingdom of our Lord Jefus Chrift. The following were among the laft words which the was heard to utter, "My work is done; I have nothing to do but to go to my Father." She died at her own houfe in the Spa-fields, next door to the Chapel, June 17, 1792, in the 84th year of her age. "Safe landed on that peaceful shiore; A PLEASANT INSTANCE OF CONVERSION.. A MAJOR A. who was in the continental fervice during the American war, went with fome other officers, one Sunday, on purpose to get a laugh at a negro's preaching; but fo far was he from laughing at the negro after he arrived, that he flood for fome time amazed, at hearing him denouncing God's fevere judgments against the impenitent, especially thofe who came to mock. at God's word, begging of them in the most earnest manner, to think upon what they had heard, and to read their bibles as foon as they went home, &c. In fhort, Major A. from that. very hour, began to think that furely there was a reality in religion, that there was a God who rewarded the righteous, and punished the wicked, (for until that very day, he was one of thofe fools mentioned by the Pfalmift, Pfalm liii.) He immediately forfook his former companions in iniquity, and applied him felf diligently to the ftudy of his Bible. He fhewed his faith by his works; for at the conclufion of the war, he gave all his flaves their liberty, although only eleven |