his mind: "And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted that he may have mercy upon you for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. Thou shalt keep his house: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he hears it he will answer thee. And though the Lord give thee the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eye shall see thy teachers." He stopped as if he had forgotten the next verse, and his sonin-law, Mr Lane, took it up: “And their ears shall hear a word behind them, saying, this is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." "Yes," replied he, "their ears shall hear a word behind them."

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During the whole of this day, though he suffered under exquisite pain, no complaint escaped him his anguish was discovered only by involuntary moanings, the convulsive motion of his hands, and the moisture which stood upon his brow. Towards evening his sufferings increased, and large quantities of laudanum were administered to allay the pain. In the night an attack of paralysis ensued, and in the morning it was evident, from a slight affection in his face and from his extreme difficulty in breathing, that

the conflict would soon be at an end. The opiates administered during the preceding day and night had produced partial delirium, and a great degree of stupor, and he did not appear to notice any but he had whispered to his son-in-law, "be with me when I die," and his family hung around his bed. The physicians observed, that no relief from this oppression could be hoped for, but that it would gradually increase until all was

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It would have been a bitter trial to his family to have been severed from him thus, without receiving from him a parting blessing, or hearing the confession of his faith, strong in death. could have resigned him to God without a murmur," said one of his daughters, "if he had only blessed me before he died." Mr Lane, who had been throughout the Bishop's illness an unspeakable support to all around him, exhorted them to submission to the good ways of God, until they were able to say, "The Lord's will be done;" and it was then that God heard their prayer, and gave them their desire.

Mr Lane knelt down and pronounced the prayer for a person at the moment of departure. Before he had completed it the Bishop began to speak, at first indistinctly, but soon in a strong and audible voice,-"Dr Abercrombie says I am very ill, that I am dying. I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord, he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet

shall he live, and he that liveth and believeth in me shall never die." He then said, “O

Lord, may my family live in Christian comfort and in Christian hope. I die in the faith of Jesus Christ, and I am going to heaven." Shortly afterwards he added: "Charles, you

must read the service:" which his son-in-law understood to intimate a desire that he should officiate at his interment. Much more he said, naming the different members of his family, but so indistinctly that it was not easy to understand his meaning.

Mrs Sandford then requested her son-in-law to propose to him to receive the Lord's supper. He was at that time in great pain, but the moment it was mentioned he replied, "Man shall not live by bread alone :" then asking for his keys, and selecting one, he directed Mr Lane to a particular drawer in which he would find a small service of sacramental plate, given to him by a deceased friend. The first words of the ordinance riveted his attention, and he for some time followed the reader in an audible voice through that lowly and beautiful confession : 66 Almighty and merciful God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ," &c. &c. When his son approached him with the elements, he pressed the bread within his lips, and drank of the cup of blessing with holy fervour.

When they arose from their knees his family approached and kissed him. He murmured

much that was indistinctly heard, and then exclaimed, "I shall leave earth and rise for Christ's sake." Afterwards he turned to his eldest son and said, "you have been a blessing to me; all have been a blessing; take my blessing." His children knelt before him; he spread forth his hands, and laying them on the head of each, invoked a blessing. His sons were hanging over him, and he again placed his hands upon their heads and pronounced with deep emotion: "Son, behold thy mother." He added, while he turned on his wife a look of inexpressible tenderness, "promise ;" and then, as if fatigued by his exertions, said, "now I am very weak.”

When he again began to speak, it was to reiterate blessings on his absent children; "tell them," said he, "that the blessing of a dying father is upon them, and upon their children; I forget none of them. May God Almighty bless them all!"

His son-in-law having approached to change his position, he caught his hand, and said, “Charles, bring up your children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and they will come to Heaven for Christ's sake: when I spoke just now I was much hurried," apparently meaning that he should otherwise have said more. short time afterwards he repeated, "I die in the faith of Christ, and I pray that my grand-children may be brought up in the same faith in Christ! May you all live in faith and love!"

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From this time until the moment of his death, he was observed at intervals in prayer, lifting up holy hands, though the only words audible to those around him were, "for Christ's sake." Twice he raised his arm to its utmost extent, and pointed with his finger to the Heavens. His last words were a request that his family would pray for him, and his son-in-law continued to pronounce appropriate texts of scripture, until he fell asleep. At eleven o'clock at night, without a struggle, he resigned his breath. A slight flutter, a gentle sigh, and his happy spirit had returned to God. His wife and children gathered round him, and as they looked on the expression which the parting soul had left as the impress of its bliss, they felt more than resigned, and retired praising God.