applied to his head, and other means to be used; but had scarcely gone home again, when he was hastily called by Mr. Friend's servants, who said that their master had fainted. He, and Captain Jeffreys, the Fort-Adjutant, immediately repaired to Mr. Friend's house; and found him laid on his couch, with his eyes fixed, his teeth clenched, his whole frame convulsed, and atterly insensible. The lancet was applied, but to no purpose; and he departed from this world about four o'clock in the afternoon of the 12th.

An express was sent off to me; but I did not receive it till late in the morning of the 13th. He was buried at sun-rise, by the Adjutant, with every proper respect. In reference to this afflictive occurrence, Mr. Eteson remarks

Having no one near him to remind him of the necessities of his body, and being too modest to complain, he perished for want of timely precaution. Even on Thurs day, according to Dr. Evans's opinion, nothing, humanly speaking, could have saved him, but vast doses of calomel and immediate embarkation for England.

Mr. Eteson adds

You have lost a Brother, whose piety and talents qualified him for eminence and usefulness-I, a fellow-student and Missicnary, whose memory will be dear to me as long as I live-and the Church Missionary Society, a most laborious and devoted Minister.

The following Extracts from Letters addressed chiefly to his relatives in England will illustrate the character of this devoted servant of God, and enable those who read them to estimate the loss which the Church of Christ has sustained in his early removal.

Thoughts on commencing his Voyage to India.

On the 15th of April, 1828, we started, very early in the morning, from the Downs, but not before a boat from shore arrived at the ship: the weighing of the anchor, and the great noise attending the getting under weigh, had aroused me. The weather on the 16th was very squally; and, after beating round to Hythe, we had to turn back again, to anchor in the Downs. Deal looked well the next morning from the sea: we had a fine view, being very near shore, just off the South Walk. I did not expect to see Deal again, and my sensations were very painful for a few moments; but these soon subsided, and became sanc

tified through the Spirit, and I regained my wonted calmness and cheerfulness. How truly may it be said of our Heavenly Father, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee. My soul, on the preceding evening, had been much strengthened and supported by the consideration of the kindness and love of God in calling me to a knowledge of His salvation, in having chosen me unto salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. May that same blessed Spirit sanctify you all more and more, and work in you that effectual belief of the truth, which will lead to holiness, and to a meetness for the inheritance of the saints in Fight!

have mentioned the subject of Family Sunday, April 20-Off Brighton. 1 Prayer to the Captain; who will not object, unless it should give offence to any of the passengers, which I do not anticipate; for our plan is, after breakfast to let those retire who please, and those remain who please: should there be any objection, we shall have it in our cabins. Yesterday we kept sailing, though but slowly, and so went on all night; but now the wind is more fresh and more favourable, and the Pilot, we expect, will leave this evening. We could not have Service on deck this morning, but have had it in the cuddy, which I have much enjoyed: Eteson was Rector, and I Curate. Eteson preached from Psalm cvii. 23d and following verses: the Captain and most of the passengers were present. We sung, before Sermon, from the CottageHymn-Book, one of which we intend to give to every passenger and sailor. From a number of copies of the Dairyman's Daughter which we have, I have given 6 to as many ladies and girls. I brought out a parcel of Tracts after Service, and gave away several among the passengers. I fear that the crew are too busy to-day to do much among them. My heart's desire and prayer to God for you all is, that you may be saved. Oh! the parting in this life is nothing, compared to that eternal parting which separates the happy from the miserable. May the good Spirit of the Lord sanctify you all, and preserve you unto the day of Christ Jesus! then, if not before, may we all meet again, to sing the praises of our God for ever and ever! Trust in the Lord continually, and stay your mind on Him; give all diligence to make your calling and election sure through the Blessed Redeemer: continue to pray for me, that I may be strengthened with might in the inner man, and be made faithful and bold in my Master's service.

May we all live close to Christ, and derive continually out of His fulness all that we need!

Proceedings on the Voyage. Sunday, April 27, 1828-We had Service on deck. The sailors came aft, in their clean white Sunday clothes, and we had an interesting and attentive Congregation. I addressed them from Ezekiel iii. 17-19; when, I trust, the Lord enabled me to warn them both affectionately and faithfully. We distributed Tracts and Testaments afterward among the crew. We have attempted Family Prayer in a morning in the cuddy; but, finding ourselves much interrupted, and having but a small number, we now have it in our two cabins thrown into one, and are very comfortable. Our party usually consists of a lady and her children, three male passengers, and ourselves.

May 8-We fell in with the Trade Winds; and saw Palma, one of the Canary Islands. We did not forget that this was the week of the Annual Meetings of many of those great Societies which have for their object the renovation of a fallen world: I hope that the blessing of the Most High attended them. We have a little Missionary Prayer-Meeting on a Saturday Evening, which I enjoy much. The weather has been gradually getting warmer, but has been very bearable with the assistance of the Trade Winds: but these we have now lost; and, at the present moment, we have but little wind, and my thermometer stands at 82°: the heat is, in consequence, rather more troublesome.

May 28-We proceed very slowly, and have not yet crossed the Line. On some days we lose ground, there being a strong current against us. The 25th was Whit-Sunday: it rained with us almost incessantly, so that we could not attempt Divine Service on deck; but had it in the cuddy, when I preached on the blessed and invaluable gift of the Holy Spirit, a gift which I pray God abundantly to pour out upon you all. After Service, we had the Sacrament in our cabin. We have had lately much lightning, and some very loud thunder.

We have regular Service on deck every Sunday Morning; but it does not appear likely that we shall be able to have any further Service. Two of our most respectable passengers are very sceptical, and never attend. I was exceedingly grieved one Sunday Afternoon, at overhearing-what I could not avoid, my cabin being so near the cuddy-those two individuals, with a third,

abusing, what they termed "that monstrous and absurd doctrine of the Trinity." I left my cabin, and, having apologized for overhearing their conversation, begged each of them to accept a Tract on the Trinity, entirely in the words of Scripture. I laid one before each of them, and left the cuddy. This is the commencement of that pain with which my mind will be often lacerated, when I come to hear that Saviour, whom I love, dishonoured and despised. I must add, that the individuals I have alluded to conduct themselves always in a polite and gentlemanly way. I am now reading St. John in the Hindoostanee Language and Nagree Character; but have made, as yet, but little progress.

Proceedings at Madras.

The vessel reached the Madras Roads on the 16th of August; when, on a review of the voyage, Mr. Friend writes

and gracious Providence has watched over You will be glad to learn, that a kind us hitherto, and that I enjoy perfect health. and climates: the thermometer has varied We have passed through different regions at least 30°, and we have experienced one severe gale for about twenty hours; but the good hand of the Lord has been with us, and His eye has been upon us for good.

During the gale alluded to, the wind blew with great violence: we were obliged to heave-to under bare poles, and suffer ourselves to be driven by the wind and waves. I cannot say that I felt the least alarm: my soul was stayed on God, and was therefore kept in peace. While the waves were beating with great force against the ship, and the wind was whistling through the her foundering, sweet indeed was the yards, and I thought of the possibility of thought, that death has lost its sting, and

can create no terror in the heart of the Christian. Oh! let us cleave unto Christ, believe in Him with all our heart, and constantly exercise faith in that redemption which God has given us in Him: then, whenever the hour of death arrives, with a meetness for the inheritance of the Saints in light, we shall gladly leave this world of sin, to behold the King in His beauty, and to have our souls assimilated to Him.

His feelings, occasioned by hist first entrance on a Heathen Land, he thus describes :

We landed early enough, last Sunday. Morning, to attend St. George's Church;

and, in the evening, we had the pleasure of hearing Brother Ridsdale at the Mission Church. The scenes around us are new, and deeply interesting: we perceive ourselves in a foreign land, and in a Heathen Country; and it is almost impossible to describe accurately the feelings of the mind, on first beholding the temples and the worshippers of Satan. I think I shall never forget how I almost involuntarily shrunk back from a man who approached me, who bore on his forehead-not the name of my God-but the mark of the enemy both of God and man. We passed an idolatrous procession on our way to the Church in the evening; and, while Mr. Ridsdale was discoursing on This is Life Eternal, that they might know Thee the Only True God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent, we heard the sounds of the unhappy Natives, who were striking their rude instruments in total ignorance of this Eternal Life. Last evening I preached at the Mission Church, from a text, the truth of which every thing around me makes me feel more forcibly Unto you, therefore, which believe, He is precious. There were five Missionaries present-Br. Ridsdale, Br. Eteson, Br. Kindlinger from Pulicat, myself, and Mr. Adam of the London Missionary Society, who has just arrived at Madras, on his way to Calcutta.

We desire simply to leave ourselves in the hands of our Heavenly Father, to labour in that part of the vineyard which He may appoint; and only wish, that, whereever we are, we may be kept from falling, and from all that is inconsistent with our noly calling, and be found faithful even unto death.

During the week that the vessel remained at Madras, Mr. Friend and his companions were hospitably received by Mr. and Mrs. Bannister: in reference to this, he writes

Our stay at Madras was a very delightful break in our voyage: nothing could be kinder than the treatment which we met with. At a Prayer-Meeting on the Thursday Evening, we met several of the household of faith, and mingled our prayers and praises. Delightful it is, in the kingdom of Satan, to meet with some of the Children of Jehovah, to talk of the loving-kindness of the Lord.

On the 22d of August we visited Perambore; where Mr. Sawyer, our Missionary, resides. Mr. S. was then absent; but we inspected his School and Church. I was deeply interested in hearing, for the

first time, children of Heathen Parents reading the Book of the Lord. At my request, they read part of the Third Chapter of St. John's Gospel, in Tamul; and answered some questions which I put to them through their Teacher. Some of the elder children sung a hymn in Tamul: thus have I heard the Lord's Song in a strange land. In a part of his compound, near the public road, Mr. Sawyer has built a Church, with which I was exceedingly pleased: it is a neat little building, plain and compact. It is intended for the Natives, and therefore has no pews; for the Congregation, after their custom, sit on the ground. Happy shall I be when I have a place like this, and the gift and grace to speak to the people, in their own tongue, the wonderful works of God.

Arrival at Calcutta.

Mr. Friend and his companions left Madras on the 23d of August, for Calcutta: of their arrival he thus speaks:-

Calcutta, Sept. 12, 1828-On the 31st of August we anchored at the Land-heads, and arrived the following evening within a few miles of Diamond Harbour. The next morning, we procured a boat from the harbour, and left the Ganges; as the pilot thought that probably a week would elapse in getting up the river. We were all that day, and a great part of the following, in getting up to Calcutta, as the current down the river is at this season so very strong. With the exception of passing the night, our excursion was very pleasant. I shall not attempt a description of the scenes we witnessed; but shall refer you to Bishop Heber's Journal, where you can find more than I could inform you, and put in far better language than I am master of. The following extract, however, from a memo

randum which I made at the time, may not be uninteresting:

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Sept. 2-We started again soon after midnight: the moon was just risen, the sky was clear, the water calm: the only thing that disturbed the almost universal silence were some distant sounds, which proceeded, we feared, from some poor idolaters at their midnight orgies. A few hours before, we had witnessed a severe thunder-storm; but we were able, I trust, both in the storm and in the calm, to feel the consolations of the Gospel, and to realize the presence of our Heavenly Father. We proceeded pretty briskly till we came to a small village (Neckta), where we procured some fruit, milk, &c. and