applicable to the description of our happiness and harmony is this stanza: The day glides swiftly o'er their head, And soft and silent as the shades Their nightly minutes gently move. To all that was kind and amiable in you my dear friend, under God, we were, in part, indebted for that happiness. You contributed your quota to it, and had your share in return. -O blessed villages which were favored with your respective ministerial abilities. O highly favored Marlborough, whose streets were then occasionally thronged with them, who went to and from the house of God, and had their hearts filled with joy and gladness. I bless the Lord for all that he since has done for you and by you. Mr. Spicer must not be forgotten. He came at the desire of his uncle into our family, and is worthy to be had in remembrance, though after a long and fair trial it was found, that large as his capacity was, his want of elocution prevented his acceptance. He stands high my esteem, and is, I believe, the beloved of the Lord. in The editors of the Evangelical Magazine, Vol. v. page 47, have given the life of Mr. William Griffin-a truly valuable life, and with this concise and general testimony, I refer to his biography. Besides our stated times of devotion, our breakfast and tea readings were considerable, nor were we wanting in recreative conversation. To rise early, and retire early, was one of our maxims. Our partings and meetings proved we were in the bonds of friendship. The Lord made us to be of one mind. But we became scattered in time, and the weight of the school resting intirely upon me, from a necessary regard to my health, which was much impaired, I became determined to break it up. About this time, my affairs began to wear a different aspect to what they had done, and a variety of occurrences disposed me to think of leaving Marlborough. I soon began to feel, that in giving up my school, I had given up such a measure of my substance, that my circumstances were in danger of being involved. I was quite at a loss for awhile to determine what to do. I had devised many things, but could bring none of them to bear. I felt reluctant at leaving the place where I had labored hard. The neighborhood at this time was re conciled to me, but not to my ministry. My sole success had been with the poor. A most dreadful failure had turned out, which had ruined one of the principal families who attended my preaching. By interfering to prevent at marriage which I conceived would prove injurious to the parties, I had made an enemy of one of my first professing friends; and a circumstance in addition to the whole, turned up to convince me I must remove. The meetinghouse was the private property of Mr. H——k, from whom I received £10. out of the £30. per annum, for which I stipulated. He was very rapidly going to the grave. His sons were by no means likeminded with him. eldest of them continued his attendance upon the word in general. Having one sabbath day evening a very crowded congregation as I usu ally had, and knowing the dissipated state and disposition of many of the young people, I preached a very plain, faithful sermon. It was certainly all application to Mr. H—k, but I did not think of him, nor did I know he was there. However he considered it as a personal address to himself, and protested, when he went out he would never hear me again. I saw that I must soon decamp, or sink into a most uncomfortable situation. I had an attachment The to the Devizes, and supposed Mr. Sloper, who knew it, would have been disposed to keep one in Wilts, the state of his health requiring assistance, for which his people were able and willing to provide. I had been in long friendship with him, had shewn him sympathy, and rendered him help under many of his domestic and church trials. A friend from Glocester had been with me, to whom I freely communicated my difficulties. He gave me encouragement to make an offer of my services to the church and congregation at Painswick, in the county of Glocester. This was a county to which I was partial, but I held myself bound by the fidelity of friendship to Mr. Sloper, not to take a step without first consulting him. He signified he could not advise me what I should do, and referred me to the leadings of Providence. I was then in a disabled state, under a fit of the gout. I wrote to my friend in Glocester, to say that if the church at Painswick were disposed to give mé encouragement, I had no objection to put myself in the way of their notice. I had given warning to quit my house, without knowing whither I was to go-at that juncture of time the congregation at Painswick were so disunited in their sentiments of a gentleman, who stood candidate for their service, that he with drew his motion, and on the mention of my name, they unanimously agreed to accept me. A concurrence of Providence that much im. pressed my mind was this: Mr. Edwards, of Stratford upon Avon, being about to leave his people, and going upon a probationary visit to Wilton, pressed me to pay a visit to Strat ford. I engaged on my return to preach at Painswick, and while upon my journey, wrote to Mr. Hancock, signifying my design of leaving Marlborough, stating my reasons, and appealing to him for the propriety of my con duct. But before my letters could reach his house, he was almost suddenly removed into the eternal world. This information reaching me by a letter from Mr. Higgs, threw light upon my steps. The house which during my residence in Marlborough had been always open to me, and from whence many favors had been communicated, was on the father's death, instantly shut against me by the heir, nor would he permit me, though invited by the rest of the family, to accompany the remains of his father to the tomb. The long acquaintance the people at Painswick had with me, and my preaching being so fully known by them, made them indifferent to a probationary visit, though strange to tell for |