diligence and success. For more than half a century he sustained with great fidelity the office of a Class-Leader. His piety had nothing of ostentation about it; but it was sincere and fervent. During many successive years, he was never absent from the seven o'clock prayermeeting on Sunday morning. He was highly esteemed by Christians of all denominations, and had "a good report of them that are without; 'an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guile." During the last three years he was confined to his room by affliction; but he was patient and resigned. A short time before his death a friend said, "Mr. Jeffs, you have not reached home yet; but what a mercy you have such a good home to go to!" "Yes!" he immediately added, "and such good company too. • I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; And when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers: My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.""

W. T. N.

August 19th.-At Galway, Mr. John Bright, in the sixty-first year of his age. He was converted through the instrumentality of Methodism, and for more than thirty years he was a devoted member of that communion, and an ornament to his profession. He was truly solicitous for the prosperity of God's cause, which he liberally supported. His attachment to it increased with his years. This he testified by a bequest to each of the principal funds of the Connexion. An unwavering faith in the mercy of God and the merits of his Saviour, brought sweet tranquillity and great patience, during his protracted illness. His end was eminently peaceful.

W. L.

Sept. 4th.-At Glasgow, the Rev. J. C. George, in his fifty-seventh year. He laboured for several years as a Missionary in the North Ceylon or Tamul District, where he was honoured to open up new ground, and there sow the seed of the kingdom. On his return he entered on the Home-work in 1839, in which he continued until he died in the Lord and rested from his labours. Throughout his last illness, he ever expressed himself as willing to die, if such were the will of God; but the repeated evidence of vital energy within him seemed to speak of a power greater than the disease itself, and inspired the thought that he should "not die, but live," and again "declare the works of the Lord." "I know," he said, "that if I die I shall see the King in His beauty, and the land that is very far off; and I shall see the glorious saints of God, and many of the friends whom I loved on earth. But does not this vigorous pulse, and this still elastic frame, give promise of my recovery? and should I not therefore cherish the hope of it?" To a devoted young friend, who watched by his bed-side, he said, "I would fain not have brought you into this battle; but you will see what it is to die. Death is tearing down the scaffolding, but Christ is precious within. Heaven is bright-all is well!" And thus he trusted, and hoped, and rejoiced to the end. During a severe paroxysm of suffering, a short time before he died, he exclaimed at intervals,

"Precious faith!-Precious faith!-Lord, increase my faith!" And He who is "able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us," who often surprises His people by giving them a higher blessing than that they ask,-was there. Jehovah shammah-the Lord was there. The sufferer was dying "in the Lord." He heard the prayer of the humble, and He answered. He gave him vision instead of faith; and his eyes were opened upon the world to come, to behold the Lord's face in righteousness, and to be satisfied as he awoke with His likeness. J. H.

Sept. 5th.-At Benwick, in the Chatteris Circuit, aged sixty-seven, Mrs. Neville; who had been a member of the church for thirty-nine years. She was an eminent and devoted Christian, distinguished by great spiritual-mindedness. Prayer and reading the Scriptures were not her occasional duties, but the daily exercise of her new life; so that everything was "sanctified by the word of God and prayer." Her constant practice was to read a chapter on her knees before leaving her room in the morning. Habitual seriousness was a prevailing characteristic ; she lived with death and the eternal world in view. Her sufferings, though sometimes severe, were borne with Christian resignation, and her mind was kept equally free from worldly anxiety and the fear of death. A short time before her departure she exclaimed, "I am on the Rock. All is well." J. B.

Sept. 7th.-At Collingham, in the Beverley Circuit, in the eighty-first year of her age, Ann, the wife of Mr. Quarten Alvin. Sixty-eight years she had been a member of the Methodist Society. The genuineness of her conversion was evidenced by a life of uniform consistency. When she decided for God, she was called to suffer persecution; but she held fast her profession, and her fidelity was crowned with the happiest results. She was, eminently, of "a meek and quiet spirit." Her attachment to the ordinances of the sanctuary was strong; her love for its Ministers, unwavering; her delight in the law of the Lord, habitual. Her last illness was short; but she had long waited for her change. Death had lost its sting, the grave its victory. Some of her last words were, "Sweeter and sweeter, better and better!" The peace of God kept her heart; and, reposing in the merits of her Redeemer, she passed away to" be for ever with the Lord." J. E.

Sept. 18th.-At her daughter's house, Halifax, Nelly, relict of Mr. James Weatherill, of Todmorden, in her seventy-eighth year. Her husband was suddenly taken to his heavenly rest eleven weeks ago, being killed by the falling of a building; and, when apprized of his death, she meekly said, "Is my dear James gone? Thank God, sudden death to him is sudden glory." She was a member of the Methodist Society upwards of fifty-four years, adorning the doctrine of God her Saviour in all things. Her character was marked by simplicity, sincerity, and uniform piety. Under every change and trial of life she was steadfast and unmovable, saying, "My heart is fixed, O God; my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise." Her attach

ment to Methodism was strong, particularly to class-meetings. She delighted in this means of grace, often making glad those who were associated with her by her testimony to the supports and consolations of religion. She had sought and realized the blessing of perfect love, and enjoyed its evidence for many years. Her contributions to the cause of God were generally prepared beforehand, and always made with cheerfulness and praise. Humility and faith were happily linked together in her experience, and she was always ready to obey calls to visit the sick, and in the spirit of sacrifice to minister to the wants of others. As she neared her heavenly home she said, "My trust is all in Jesus, from first to last. None but Jesus!" With "Glory!" on her lips, she happily expired. W. B. S.

Sept. 28th. At the house of her son, Margarella-terrace, Chelsea, aged sixty years, Mrs. Gloster. From a child she was seriously inclined; and her first religious impressions were dated from instruction received at MeltonMowbray Sunday-school. When about twentyone years of age, she gave her heart to God, and joined His people, among whom she remained a consistent member nearly forty years. None who knew her could fail to observe in her character genuine humility, Christian thoughtfulness, strict conscientiousness, and an anxiety to know in every circumstance of life the will of God. The absorbing desire of her heart was to be made useful in winning souls. Quietly and unostentatiously, but very successfully, she laboured in the Lord's vineyard. Her end was sudden. On Tuesday, September 27th, while at dinner, she was struck by paralysis, and the following day she entered into her rest.

W. G.

Sept. 30th.-At Wellington, Salop, aged sixtyeight, Ann, wife of Mr. William Edwards. In very early life she had enjoyed the rare advantage of occasional religious intercourse with Mrs. Fletcher, of Madeley; and she never seems to have lost the impressions and influences of so hallowed an association. She was naturally careful and anxious, and often felt this to be her special danger; but the later years of her life witnessed a marked ripening of her Christian character, and its chastening into a more perfect beauty. With about two exceptions, she was the oldest Methodist in the town; and she ever esteemed it her highest honour to entertain the messengers of her Lord. She was fond of religious reading, but pre-eminently of her Bible, which she found to be inestimably precious, and of which, with intense eagerness, and often with adoring joy, she deeply drank, as of that "river the streams whereof make glad the city of God." In her last illness she was once or twice greatly tried by severe spiritual conflict; but her confidence remained unshaken, and it was impressive and instructive to mark her tenacious clinging to the atonement as hier only hope. Of this state of mind she delighted to find utterance in verses like the following:

"Fix'd on this ground will I remain,

Though my heart fail, and flesh decay;
This anchor shall my soul sustain,
When earth's foundations melt away;
Mercy's full power I then shall prove,
Loved with an everlasting love."

A short time before her departure she requested that prayer might be offered for her speedy release. She at once, however, tenderly admitted the remonstrance naturally suggested, and, correcting herself, desired that the object of prayer might rather be that she might be "patient to wait the Lord's time." About an hour before death she exclaimed, and with eagerness truly intense, "Come, Jesus!"-and then, so calmly did she breathe her last, that it may be said (with the utmost propriety) she **fell on sleep."

H. P.

Sept. 30th.-At Bradford, Yks, Mr. Joseph Hudson, in his seventy-fourth year. Under the Wesleyan ministry at Haworth, his native village, (the place so long favoured with the labours of the excellent Grimshaw,) he was converted to God in early youth. To the close of life be regarded Christian fellowship as of the last importance to his progress in religion; and, under this conviction, he maintained his connexion with the church during a protracted life, sometimes in circumstances peculiarly painful; sedulously cultivating those graces of the Spirit by which he was enabled not only to preserve, but also to enjoy, the communion of saints. He was unassuming in manners, but warm and constant in his friendships; and for the space of sixty years he maintained a truly Christian character. The affliction which terminated his earthly sojourn was of rather short duration, but severe and painful. His patience and resignation were truly exemplary. About a quarter of an hour before his decease, he said to his niece, who had watched over him with the tenderest care, "I shall not be long here. I shall soon be on the other side of Jordan." During his forty years' residence in Bradford, he had, by his piety and uniform conduct, endeared himself to an affectionate circle of friends. R. R.

Oct. 11th.-At Holsworthy, aged forty-five, the Rev. John Sharman. He had suffered for several years; and, after preaching a few times in his new Circuit, he took his bed, and lingered for three weeks in great pain. But his soul was kept in perfect peace. He found strong consolation in reposing upon the merits of that Saviour whom he had preached nearly twenty-five years as the sinner's only Friend. During his short illness he repeatedly spoke of the room as "heaven;" and, although so weak in body, continually gave utterance to the ecstatic feelings of his heart in shouts of "Glory be to God!" His bed of death gloriously proved the reality of Gospel truth.-He was born at Wisbeach, and found peace with God when about fifteen years of age. He spent his strength in his Master's cause; and he has entered into His joy.