by a violent attack of spasms of the heart. At intervals he suffered greatly; desirous to continue, as long as possible, in active service, he received an appointment to Exeter at the last Conference. The year was one of anxiety, since he could not discharge his Circuit duties with his wonted efficiency; and a severe attack of illness immediately preceding the May District-Meeting, compelled him to forego the anticipated pleasure of taking his accustomed place among his brethren. On May 27th he left Exeter on a visit to his son at Leicester. Soon after his arrival he was confined to his room, and for a month previous to his death suffered acute pain. But his mind was kept in perfect peace, "firm on the Rock." He found rest in the Gospel which he had so long delighted to preach. As the end drew nigh he was gloriously triumphant: death had no sting, the grave no terrors. His attachment to Methodism, to its institutions, doctrines, and preachers, were repeatedly affirmed. When the silver cord was being loosed, his family being round him, his beloved wife whispered in his

He gently answered, "Amen;" and then fell asleep, July 22d, 1868, in the sixty eighth year of his age, and the forty-third of his ministry.

29. WILLIAM PENINGTON BUrgess, M.A.; who was born at Liverpool, December 3d, 1790, and died at Plymouth, July 23d, 1868. He came of an excellent Methodist stock; William Penington, his maternal grandfather, having been one of Mr. Wesley's valued and trusted" assistants," and his father, Joseph Burgess, having passed a long and honourable course of useful service in the Methodist itinerancy. He was educated religiously, but dated his conversion from a revival that visited Kingswood school in 1803. After several years spent as tutor in that school, he felt himself compelled to enter the ministry in the year 1814. For forty-two years he laboured, chiefly in the West of England, with much success, respected by all, both as a preacher and as a pa-tor, and much beloved by a narrow circle, everywhere. He brought to the exposition of God's word a very considerable amount of Biblical learning, the fruit of persevering diligence in the study of the original tongues; and throughout life he never intermitted his attention to the critical and expository literature of the

Scriptures. He was a thoroughly sound theologian, and peculiarly clear and luminous in the statement of Methodist doctrine: evidence of which remains in a volume of sermons, scarcely valued at their full worth. As a preacher his style was perspicuous, his manner grave, and his fidelity to the evangelical spirit and appeals of the New Testament most remarkable to the end. In his private life Mr. Burgess was an example of almost every Christian virtue; although a reserved manner, and an air of abstraction, rendered the influence of his piety less impressive to the general observer than it might otherwise have been. He was a man always conscious of the solemu realities of life and duty, allowing himself no recreation, save that of music, in which he attained excellence. Some interesting annotations on our HymnBook remain as evidence of his culture in this department. In 1856 Mr. Burgess became a Supernumerary; and for twelve years served God and His people to the utmost of his ability. About a mouth before his departure he was prostrated by an attack of paralysis, which did not preclude his enjoyment of the consolations of the Gospel, though it prevented his giving much expression to his experience. On July 23d, after feebly singing some stanzas of hymns that he had always loved, he peacefully fell asleep in Jesus. Few men have passed from our ranks leaving behind a more spotless and venerable memory.

30. BENJAMIN SLACK; who was born in Hull in the year 1809. He was the son of a Methodist preacher, and as such received a godly home-training, the effect of which was seen in his early conversion to God, and self-dedication to H.: service. He entered the ministry in the year 1829, and for thirty-nine years laLoured with fidelity and success in varied and important spheres of Christian toil. His piety was dep and influential; his attachment to Methodism strong and unwavering; and his ministration of the truth, in the sanctuary and the home, was greatly blessed to the edification and extension of the Church. At the Conference of 1867 he received an appointment to the Todmorden Circuit; but his health gave way, and was never fully restored. In the midst of much bodily weakness be delighted to engage in the work which bad so long and so happily occupied him, until increasing debility compelled him to desist. The illness which terminated his life was protracted and painful, Lut he was graciously sustained by the presci.ce

of the Divide Comforter, and exhibited a perfect resignation to the Divine will. He peacefully exchanged mortality for life on July 27th, 1868, in the sixtieth year of his age.

THOMAS JAMES;

31. ALEXANDER who was born September 2d, 1825. He was a son of the late Rev. John James, an eminent minister of Christ in connexion with this Body, and Secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. He received his early education at Kingswood School, where he became the subject of deep religious impressions, and was among the foremost in promoting and conducting meetings for prayer among his fellow pupils. During the year 1840 these impressions grew stronger, and at the Watchuight which closed the year they resulted in an intense conviction of personal guilt and danger. From that service he retired to his own room in company with a brother who was similarly impressed, and they continued in earnest prayer until both found peace through believing. In the year 1843, he began to preach, and, being manifestly called of God to the ministry, he received in 1847 an appointment to a Circuit. His labours, during his entire carcer, were eminently crowned with the Divine blessing. In several of the most important Circuits of the Connexion, his powerful and heart-searching ministry will be long remembered, especially by many now in the Society, who regard him as the instrument of their conversion. His services were eagerly sought aud gladly rendered in behalf of the great cause of Missions, which he regarded as having a peculiar claim upon him; and which he pleaded on the platform with remarkable eloquence and success. In his intercourse with his brethren, and with the people of his charge, his frank and genial nature endeared him to all who knew him. He was "a man greatly beloved," eminently successful in his pastoral work, and trusted by his brethren. His end was sudden. Having come from Scotland to attend the Conference, he accepted an invitation to spend a Sabbath in Huddersfield, where he had laboured in former years with great success. He retired to rest on the night of August 1st, 1868, apparently in his usual health; but the next morning it was found that an effusion of blood upon the brain had taken place, and that in the midst of his days and of his usefulness his soul had peacefully rcturned to his God.

32. MORGAN GRIFFITH; who was boru at Dolgelly, North Wales, in the

year 1788. He was one of the first-fruits of Wesleyan Methodism in the Principality. When about twenty-one years of age he was convinced of sin, and at once dedicated himself to God. Shortly after he had found peace through believing, he began to preach the Gospel. In the year 1811 he was appointed by the Conference to the regular work of the ministry, and continued to labour with much acceptance till 1840, when, through failing health, be was compelled to become a Supernunerary. But he did not cease to take an interest in his Master's work. He was a man of good understanding, sound judg ment, and consistent life. During his last illness, he frequently expressed his confidence in God, and his mind was kept in perfect peace. He entered into rest August 6th, 1868, in the eightieth year of his age, and the fifty-seventh of his ministry.

2. In Ireland, one; viz.,

1. HUGH MOORE (A), the son of Alexander Moore, of the early race of Irish Methodist preachers. He was born in the year 1813; and, being reared in a rural district of the county Wicklow, where his father had settled on becoming a Supernumerary, he acquired a love for horses and rustic sports, which led him away from God for many wasted years. But on one occasion, when riding hard on an errand of some importance to his father, the thought of his possibly, by a stumble of the horse, being suddenly ushered into the presence of his Almighty Judge, awoke his conscience; and while still riding at speed, he solemnly vowed to renounce his sins, and seek the salvation of his soul. That vow he kept with cha racteristic constancy; and having found mercy, he longed to impart the hope thereof to others. In the year 1835 he was received as a candidate for our misstry, his father living to know that the brethren whom he loved had, in 1839, fully accepted of his son "as a fellowlabourer.' Mr. Moore was a man of warm affections, and of a generous, unselfish spirit; earnest in the performance of duty, and unflinching in labours; with considerable power of presenting scriptural and saving truth in an impressive form and manner, and of kindly faithfulness in the exercise of discipline, he was an effective and useful minister of the Gospel, both as a preacher and a pastor steadfast in friendship, considerate as a colleague, loving and thoughtful as a husband and father, he was much esteemed and beloved in all these relations of life.

During his ministry he filled with acceptance the office of chairman in several Districts. His health had suffered from his undertaking, in one of his later Circuits, an amount of toil which was beyond his strength, and soon after he entered on the Superintendence of the Sligo Circuit last year, his constitution suddenly gave way; and on Friday, November 8th, 1867, while visiting at the house of a friend, and engaged in conversation, in a moment he expired, but not unready to meet his Lord, whom he loved and had delighted to serve. He died in the fiftyfifth year of his age, and the thirty-third of his ministry.

3. In our Foreign Missions, four; viz.,

1. THOMAS JENKINS; who was of Welsh parentage. While yet a youth he accompanied, in the year 1820, the emigrants who founded the British settlement on the borders of Kaffraria. He was converted to God during a revival of religion at Salem, and soon became an active and consistent member of the Methodist Society. After exhibiting the fruit of true piety and zeal, he was employed for some time as an assistant on one of the Mission-stations in the interior. His ready acquisition of the language spoken in the district, and other valuable qualifications, led to his being recommended to the Conference for the full work of the Christian ministry. Since the year 1832 he has been recognised as a Missionary, and his whole subsequent course justified the belief that he was providentially directed to this important work. He acquired and exercised much salutary influence over the mind of the great Chief Faku; and for many years discharged his duties, with much efficiency, in the large tribe of the Amampondo Kaffirs. He was devout, humble, happy, and consistent as a Christian; and as a Missionary, self-denying, zealous, and successful. His death was peaceful; and his love to the native Church found expression in his dying moments by the request that the funeral service at his grave might be read in the Kaffir language. He died in the Amampondo country, on March 2d, 1868, in the thirty-sixth year of his ministry.

2. EDWARD EDWARDS; who for more than half a century laboured in various parts of South Africa. Having in early life experienced the converting grace of God, and being moved by the Holy Spirit to preach the Gospel, he offered himself to the Wesleyan-Methodist Missionary Society. He commenced his Missionary career in 1817, as the colleague of the late Rev. Barnabas Shaw. In 1864 he became a Supernumerary. In 1867, the jubilee of his arrival in Africa was celebrated at Stellenbosch. He finished his course with joy at Mowbray, April 6th, 1868, amid the lamentations of many who had profited by his faithful labours. He died in the seventy-sixth year of his age, and the fifty-first of his ministry.

3. JOSIAH CART; who, having passed the usual examinations, was placed on the list of reserve, at the last Conference, as a candidate for the Foreign Missions. Early in the year he was appointed to Belize, but was cut down by fever before he reached his destination. He died in great peace at Jamaica, May 8th, 1868.

4. JACOB MARRAT; who was born in Lincoln. In early boyhood he evidenced considerable power of mind, and there was a loveliness about his character which only the Spirit of grace could have imparted. He was quietly allured to his Saviour, and found peace through believ ing; and, responding to the call of the Spirit and of the Church, soon began to preach the Gospel. After enjoying the advantages of the Theological Institution at Richmond, he went as a Missionary to India, in 1860. He cheerfully accepted the labours and responsibilities of Missionary life; and was much respected by his brethren for his high principle, piety, and zeal in his work. Failing health compelled him to return to this country; but he looked forward with great pleasure to the time when he hoped to resume his regular ministerial duties. A different lot, however, awaited him; and, instead of happy toil, he was called to enter upon a happier rest. His gifts and attainments were such that, had he lived, he would have been more than ordinarily acceptable in our pulpits, and also useful as a writer. He died in great peace, after a few days' illness, on August 6th, 1868.

ON Thursday, August 24th, 1865, the foundation-stone of the College, Belfast, was laid, amid many prayers, by William M'Arthur, Esq., of London, in

the presence of a large number of representatives of the Methodist Church from nearly all parts o the kingdom. Just three years after, on Wednesday

August 19th, 1868, the formal opening took place, amidst circumstances so favourable as to leave nothing to be wished. Of those who took a prominent part in the services connected with the laying of the foundation-stone, all were, in the good providence of God, spared to share in the general joy of the opening services, with but one exception, the late lamented Rev. Robert Wallace, whose honoured name is imperishably associated with this noble enterprise. His remains sleep in the far West, beyond the Atlantic, awaiting "the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God." We bow, in solemn silence, before the providence that so suddenly and mysteriously summoned him away in the meridian of his days, and believe that what we cannot understand now we shall fully understand hereafter.

The Committee intrusted with the various arrangements left nothing undone to insure full success. For some considerable time prior to August 19th huge posters met the eye in every direction, along the principal thoroughfares of Belfast; and friends in the neighbouring towns were duly apprized of the various arrangements by circular. Return tickets at somewhat reduced fares were accorded by the several railway companies, so as to facilitate the attendance of friends from all parts of the country. On Monday and on Tuesday numbers of eager friends arrived from Dublin, Cork, Down, Armagh, Lurgan, Lisburn, Coleraine, Carrickfergus, Donaghadee, and other places; and the houses of our people were thrown open with generous hospitality. To complete the success of the movement, the sky was bright and cloudless.

The late Conference, at the suggestion of the Principal, with hearty unanimity, adopted the following Resolution:

"The Conference, impressed with the conviction that schools of learning depend, like all institutions, for their usefulness on the blessing of God, and, that, without much grace to inspire and guide those charged with their direction, they are liable to many evils, as with such grace they may be the means of accomplishing much good, commends to the special prayer of our ministers and people the new Collegiate Institution about to be opened in Belfast, and recommends that the 19th of August next, the day fixed on for its opening, be observed as a day of prayer for the blessing of God upon its commencement and future course." *

In harmony with the spirit of this

Resolution, the first public service held in the College was a prayer-meeting, conducted in the Lecture Hall, on Tuesday, August 18th, at noon, by the theological tutor, the Rev. Dr. Scott. The attendance was large, and the meeting of great interest. Beloved brethren, representatives of our Church in Great Britain, the United States, India, and France, with many members of the Irish Conference, blended their fervent thanksgivings and earnest supplications on this interesting occasion ; and all felt that it was truly good to be there. May the earnest prayers which then arose, as from the heart of one man, to our Great Father in heaven, have an abundant answer in the future power and influence of this college in Irish Methodism!

The Committee had formally invited the Rev. Dr. M'Clintock, one of the most prominent friends of the enterprise in the United States, to take part in the opening services; and for some time it was understood that he had consented: but visit to New Brunswick, together with other claims on him, deprived us of the pleasure of again seeing him in Ireland. The Rev. Dr. Waddy had kindly consented to preach on Tuesday evening; but a sudden attack of illness deprived us of his presence and services also. His place was most efficiently supplied by the Rev. Samuel Romilly Hall, President of the Conference, who preached an appropriate and admirable discourse, on Sunday evening, in the Donegall-square church, from Ezekiel xlvii. 1-12. For this labour of love, as well as for the distinguished ability with which he conducted the business of the chair in the several meetings, the President laid the Committee under weighty obligations which cannot soon be forgotten.

On Wednesday, August 19th, the Prin cipal, the Rev. William Arthur, M.A, delivered his inaugural address. This, of course, was the main attraction of the day. It was arranged that it should be delivered in the College Lecture-Hall; but such was the amount of public interest excited that it was found that, though spacious, and capable of accommodating several hundred persons, it was utterly inadequate to admit all who wished to be present. It was therefore resolved to adjourn to the Elmswood Presbyterian church, kindly granted for the purpose. On the platform with Mr. Arthur were the Rev. Dr. Heury, President of the Queen's College, Belfast, Dr. Andrews, Vice-President,

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In the evening a public meeting was held in Donegall square church, Alexander M'Arthur, Esq., in the chair. Stirring addresses were delivered by the chairman, Mr. Pocock, of London, Mr, Bennett, of Clonakilty, and Mr. Duncan. of Athy. Several generous subscriptions were announced, including a cheque for £500 from Mr. Bennett, of Clonakilty, with the understanding that there should be no debt on the Institution. On Thursday morning Mr. Alderman Mullan and Mrs. Mullan entertained a numerous company at breakfast in the Ulster Minor Hall; amongst whom were many friends from the country, as well as not a few of the leading citizens of Belfast. The meeting, truly agreeable, and long to be remembered, was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Vernon, of New York, a connexion of the Rev. Dr. Charles Elliott; Rev. Mr. M'Intosh, successor to Dr. Cooke; Sir Charles Lanyon, M.P., and others. appeared, from the financial statement made, that the gross cost of the College, including furniture, laying out of the grounds, &c., was £26,000; of which, including the surn announced on the preceding day as having been realized, the treasurer had received £24,000; leaving a balance of £2,000, towards which several further subscriptions were promised. It was understood that the generous sums obtained in America by Dr. Scott and

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Mr. M'Arthur, on behalf of the College, are not included in the above, but are reserved to form an endowment fund of £20,000, towards which some assistance is expected from our friends in England in due time.

On the same day, at noon, a bazaar, projected by the ladies on behalf of the furnishing of the College, was opened in the Ulster Hall. This was amongst the most attractive and successful things of the kind of which we have heard. We have not a very high opinion of bazaars as a method of raising funds for the kingdom and cause of Christ. But it is simple justice to say, that the varied arrangements on the present occasion reflected the highest credit on the Secretary, Miss Lindsay, and on the Committee. All articles were sold at their fair value. A sum of nearly £1,400 was realized towards the Lalance of the debt, which thus reduced to a mere trifle; so that the College may practically be regarded as free of pecuniary encumbrance. Altogether, the opening services were most successful, beyond what even the most sanguine could have anticipated, and have filled the hearts of those more particularly concerned with joy and devout gratitude.

The College itself will take rank with the most complete institution of its class in the kingdom. The site, for which the Committee are mainly indebted to Mr. Alderman Carlisle, is all that could be desired. It is on a gentle eminence, overlooking the town, and nearly opposite the Queen's College, which is separated from it by but a few yards. The district is perhaps the most healthy and attractive about Belfast. The College stands in an enclosed space of fifteen acres, six of which are given up to the building and grounds. From the library and upper windows the prospect is magnificent. The grounds are laid out with great skill and taste; and are adorned upon one side with a row of fine elm-trees, the effect of which is highly pleasing. The design comprises a longitudinal range of building, with two transverse wings projecting both in front and rear; also a central rear building. The left side is devoted to the collegiate department, the right to the school; the departments common to both occupying the centre. The main entrance and the Principal's house occupy the centre of the front. The Theological Tutor's and Head Master's houses are placed at each side with distinct entrances. Separate entrances are also provided for the students and boys in the centre of each return-wing under the side-towers.

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