is gone a little before us, but we are following fast; she is now among (we hope) that glorious company of spirits in Paradise, who are waiting till the time come when they shall be reunited to their bodies; when the Judge shall come from heaven to recall his people out of the dust, to awaken them from their sleep of death, and to waft them up to his habitation, to partake of the blessings which he had promised them, and which he has prepared for them.

Although praise or dispraise is nothing to the dead, yet let me speak a little further of one, who when alive, this place experienced her bounty and kindness in several respects. She was a good Christian; her heart was full of piety and goodness; her mind was tinctured with religious principles; her soul was filled with love for God, and for his service or worship; and her whole life was employed in doing good. Her memory will long be cherished in the bosom of those who knew her well, and can best appreciate her many virtues. The poor have indeed lost a kind benefactress; for not only here, but in many other places, her charities were numerous and extensive, but silent and unostentatious and here, I have known her for eighteen years, being a parishioner of mine; I can speak of what I have seen

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and known; she fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and relieved the distressed; she was a chief subscriber to the Sunday and weekly schools in this parish; she distributed yearly among the children and aged, Prayer Books, New Testaments, and Bibles; and her custom was yearly, in the beginning of winter, a little before she left Sutton for her town residence, to send among the cottages to see if the poor therein were in want of clothing; and to those she found to be deserving of her bounty, to some she gave warm clothing, and to others money; so that her charity was displayed to the indigent and needy, and many experienced her kindness in this place. The poor now may indeed have sorrow, and weep for her departure, as they have lost such a friend; they must remember her with gratitude, and deplore her loss. We should pray that useful lives may be spared among us; for when a good Christian dies, it is a loss to the place; but when wicked people die, who have done a great deal of harm, have set bad examples to the people by their life and conversation, and perhaps acted unjustly, cruelly, and maliciously among them; then it is not to be wondered at, though some rejoice at their death, and, soon forget their name. But, thanks be to God, for he always, in every place, raises up some good Christians,

who are charitable; some who take a pleasure in doing what is right and praise-worthy; and these may be called ornaments in the world, and useful members of society. For what are we made for, or come into the world for? God made us to praise and glorify him, and to be useful in helping or assisting one another in our different spheres and callings in life. We are all brothers and sisters; all sprung from the same root. We all had one original father and mother; and this should be a means of causing us all to love one another, and help each other in our passage through life. And the blessed Jesus told his disciples, that "hereby shall the world know you to be my disciples, if you love one another." And the apostle declares, that though a man say he loves God, yet if he hates his brother, he speaks an untruth. For how can he love God, whom he has never seen; and yet hates his brother, whom he sees daily?"

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To conclude-Now Christians, as I have just observed, that we are all the same race of mortal beings upon the face of the whole earth; and that here we should live like brethren, and should all love God our Maker, and one another; for this was, and is the commandment of God; and as we are all flesh and blood, or have bodies of dust and immortal spirits within us, and are all journeying towards eternity.

When God made this earth, he made it fit for our reception. He has appointed for us three states or conditions: 1st, to be in a mortal life, whilst here; 2dly, death, or the time, when we are in the grave; and 3dly, an eternal life, when we shall be raised from our sleep of death, and be taken into heaven, to be with our Maker and Saviour through all eternity. Now these three states we must all be in. We are now in the first state; we are passing through a mortal life. Our time here is numbered by days and years; for when God formed this earth, he gave it a diurnal motion, and an annual one; and therefore each day and each year is a certain space of our time here. In the first ages of the world God granted to mankind a longer space of that time, but shortened it afterwards. In the Psalmist's time, it was from seventy to eighty years, and now it continues so; but many die before that period, and some few live beyond it. But our second state or station, how long we may be in it, we cannot tell. It will be from the time of our death, till the last day, or the morning of our resurrection; and during that time, our bodies sleep in the grave, and our spirits are in paradise, or the place where God has appointed for all the spirits to be in, till Christ shall come to judgment. And though that period should be for many centuries

or thousands of years, yet that signifies nothing to us; for blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. If we die true believers in Christ, we shall enjoy blessedness and happiness. Our bodies being asleep in death, can feel no pain nor sorrow; and our spirits being in paradise, can suffer no ills nor calamities, as they did in mortal bodies; and in such a state we shall remain, till the blessed Jesus shall descend in glory and majesty, to be the Judge of the quick and the dead; or of all those who shall be on the earth at that time, and of all the dead that are in their graves. All that have had an existence on earth, from the beginning of the world till that day, must all appear before the tribunal of God. In a moment; in so short a space as the twinkling of an eye, shall the dead be awakened out of their sleep, and shall shake off their fetters; and the prison doors of the grave shall be opened, and all the prisoners shall come forth. God hath given us bodies and souls for this earth, whilst we are on it; and though our bodies shall be mixed with the dust, yet as soon as the trumpet of the archangel is sounded, then these commanding words shall be spoken,

"Arise ye dead, and come to judgment!? All the dead shall arise and obey the summons of our great Judge; and then shall we be changed, and made fit for heaven and durable