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On the Death of the Queen.

Equâ lege Necessitas, Sortitur Insignes, et imos!

HOR.

We will weave a wreath for our Queen's cold brow,

And we'll sing this requiem o'er her,

For all who hated, must pity her now,

In peace may her honour'd ashes rest In the gloom of the dark grave shrouded,

And her life to come, be as bright and blest,

As her life that is past-was clouded!
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fathers are gone,"

And she lies with them in their glory, And she needs no proud and sculptur'd stone,

To tell future ages her story. Of her faults and her follies much was said,

While the fame of her virtues slumber'd,

But now she is gone to the land of the dead,

Oh! let not those follies be number'd.

And why should she ask that her holy bier

Should lie by the side of her daughter? We should think that the pangs she suffered here,

A different wish had taught her. 'Tis better to lie in the land of her birth,

From the shores of the stranger returning,

Than, even in death, to trust to that earth,

Which has been but the scene of her mourning!

Consort of George IV.

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Occasioned on seeing a Child in its last Moments, which was carried off by few hours' Sickness.

Why this struggle, little sufferer?
Why this struggle to be free?
Friendly is the hand that holds thee,
Cold and chilly though it be.

From this scene of ills and troubles
That kind hand shall thee remove;
Lead to realms of joy unsullied,
Realms of happiness and love.

Couldst thou see the snares aud sorrows,
Which the path of life invade,
Thickening with the evening shade:-
Born with each succeeding morning,
Not a mother's strong affection,
Not a father's anxious care,
Not thy thousand fond attachments.
Could induce thy lingering here.
Cease thy struggle, little sufferer!
Cease thy struggle to be free!
Friendly is the hand that holds thee,
Tho' the hand of Death it be.
August 17, 1821.

J.

The Rev. Sampson Kingsford. Eternal mansions, bright array

O blest exchange, transporting thought! Free from the approaches of decay, Or the least shadow of a spot! There shall mortality no more

Its wide-extended empire boast; Forgotten all its dreadful power,

In LIFE's unbounded ocean lost!

The Rev. SAMPSON KINGSFORD was born in the year 1750, at Sturry, near Canterbury. His parents were pious and respectable. His father died many years ago, but his mother, a venerable lady, is recently deceased, at a very advanced age, being a prodigy of health and vigour at the expiration of an almost revolving century! He used to expatiate on the advantages of a religious education with gratitude. To this most important circumstance his revered parents paid strict attention. Hence he always regarded them with an affectionate esteem, imitating their virtues through life, and devoutly venerating their memory. •

In the year 1766, Dec. 7th, and at the early age of sixteen, he was baptized, and took upon him the profession of the religion of Christ. He deemed it a duty enjoined by his Master, who, at his own baptism, declared, thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. He well knew that it was not an idle rite or an insignificant ceremony. He bowed to an authority which was imperative. Regarding the New Testament to be the alone rule of faith and practice, he dared not neglect an institution which is there solemnly and repeatedly enjoined. He viewed baptism, as the Apostle Peter hath represented it, not the putting away the filth of the flesh, \but the answer of a good conscience to wards God. Having thus made a public profession of religion, he attended sedulously to all the duties which it involved. At that period there were in the church young persons seriously inclined to improve themselves in an acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures. Conferences were held, where passages were explained to their mutual satisfaction. This was fa

* His eldest brother, William Kingsford, Esq., of Barton Mills, died a few years ago, a gentleman distinguished for his benevolence and piety. A younger brother and sister survive him-Michael Kingsford, Esq., of Dover, and Mrs. Child, widow of Michael Child, Esq., at Canterbury.

vourable to intellectual and moral inprovement. Religious knowledge was extended, and the exercises of piety che rished. With some these social meetings terminated in a more public exhibition of talent, in a wider sphere of usefulness. Accordingly, our deceased friend was led to think of the pulpit, which he afterwards filled for so many years with credit to himself, and with so much advantage to his own religious community.

On the 2d day of Dec. 1770, he was regularly called by the Church to preach, and officiated with acceptance among them. He was now only twenty years of age. But his ardent love of information, particularly that to be derived from the Holy Scriptures, joined to an unwearied activity, made him very useful in his new profession. Not having an education for the ministry, he thus supplied the deficiency in the best manner he was able. Indeed, it is wonderful how much may be done by the exercise of a good understanding in the study of the Sacred Writings. Scripture is the best interpreter of scripture; and this position is happily exemplified by the usefulness of those individuals who have not been trained for the Christian ministry. At this time he assisted Mr. Oldfield and Mr. Chapman; so acceptable were his labours that they wished him to be ordained amongst them. This he modestly declined; for he was not ordained till after the expiration of ten years, when, on the 3rd of September, 1781, he was devoted to the office of the ministry by the Messrs. Evershed and Boorman, messengers, a primitive office still retained by the General Baptists. And here it is somewhat remarkable, that, in the adjoining cemetery, on this same day of the month, September 3, 1821, forty years after, he was consigned to the silence of the tomb !

For many years he and the venerable Mr. Chapman officiated alternately in the exercises of the pulpit; and on Mr. Chapman's death, Mr. Farren became his assistant, and survives him.* Nor must it be omitted, that at Sturry, where he always resided, till his recent removal on his eldest son's marriage to Canterbury, he many years ago fitted up a neat

Mr. Chapman died at an advanced age, and has a grandson, an old pupil of mine, the Rev. Edwin Chapman, settled at Billingshurst, Sussex. May every sus→ sess attend his labours in the Christian ministry.