couraged by the recent removal of a valuable Leader, John Dakin. Mr. Armstrong's arrival at that time was looked upon as a favourable interposition of Providence ; and so it proved to be; for he was immediately engaged to take the charge of the bereaved people. He soon endeared himself to them; and so ready and able was he to defend the cause in which he was engaged, that its enemies were very cautious what they advanced in his presence derogatory to the character of the Methodists. Through the influence of his upright deportment and godly conversation, many were induced to hear the truths of the Gospel themselves. Prayer was held for a revival of the work of God; and many were convinced of sin, and sought and found the blessing of pardon. In this revival Mr. Armstrong was one of the foremost to give directions to the penitent inquirers after salvation; he was diligent in watching over, instructing, and encouraging the young converts; and in this he was particularly useful. Indeed, to the active part he took in promoting the work of God, in connexion with the other Leaders, is chiefly to be attributed, under God, the stability of the thirty souls that were added to the society in twelve months. An affection of the heart, under which he had been labouring for a few years, induced his family and friends to suppose that he would be suddenly removed to the eternal world; but as it was obvious to them that he experienced a growing meetness for "the inheritance of the saints in light," they were satisfied as to his future happiness. Two days previous to his death he delivered an address to the Sunday-scholars, and attended the preaching; in both which services he was very happy. On the evening before his death, it was remarked that he performed family worship with great delight, and more than usual liberty. The next day, as he was walking out in one of his fields, he fell to the ground, and his pious spirit escaped to the paradise of God.

JOHN ROADHOUSE.

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an honourable proof at once of the kindness of his respectable master, and of the impression which had been produced by the uprightness of his own character, that when he was taken ill, a Physician was sent for from Lynn, that no pains might be spared to prolong his valuable life. It pleased God, however, that he should be taken away in the midst of his days. His last affliction, being of a highly inflammatory description, was of short duration, and attended with a considerable degree of delirium. But in moments of relief from that distressing affection, his few but forcible expressions evidenced that his mind was stayed on God in Christ, and that his condition, through grace, was safe for eternity. He appeared to be more than ordinarily comforted with reflections on the future resurrection and the final redemption of the people of God; in which he felt his own happy and indubitable interest. Referring to the memorable testimony of the patriarch Job, he said, he knew that he should for himself behold his Redeemer at the last day; and he exclaimed, "We know that if this earthly house of our tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." W. M. H.

Jan. 25th, 1835.-At Nafferton, in the Driffield Circuit, Mr. Richard Lovel, aged fifty-two, having been a member of the Wesleyan society for thirty years; and for seventeen years had sustained the office of Class-Leader. He was a man of sound judgment, and high intellectual attainments, and his end was peace. W. H.

Feb. 20th.-At Bridgewater, Mr. Solomon Rich, aged forty-nine years. He entered the army at the age of eighteen, and was soon raised to the rank of Sergeant. In this office he maintained an excellent character, for his rigid observance of moral and military discipline. He was remarkably preserved amidst imminent perils in the expeditions to Copenhagen and Walcheren, and in the most bloody conflicts in the Peninsula. In 1816, while his regiment lay at Gosport, he joined the Wesleyan society, and for above eighteen years adorned his profession as a Wesleyan

Methodist. Attached to the force appointed to protect the republic of the Ionian Islands, he was a member of the first Wesleyan society formed in Corfu, and hired a house for its accommodation. On removing to Zante, he was destitute of the social advantages of Wesleyan Methodism; but the Rev. Mr. Lowndes, a Church Missionary, on visiting the island, was welcomed by Mr. Rich, and continued to preach in his house while he remained there. In the year 1827, Mr. Rich came to reside in Bridgewater, and was soon called to fill the most active and responsible offices connected with Wesleyan institutions in this town; the duties of which he discharged in the most accurate and systematic manner. During his illness his sufferings were great; but the grace of Christ was sufficient for him. A little before his death, he was heard to say, "I am going." His "To heaven," he wife inquired, "Where?" replied: "will you go with me?" Being desired to signify the state of his mind, he answered, with surprising distinctness, " Happy, happy." Thus the end of the upright man was peace.

H. V. O.

Feb. 25d.-At Eynesbury, in the St. Neot's Circuit, Mrs. Pratt, having been a member of the Methodist society about thirty-five years. She was convinced of sin under a sermon preached by the Rev. Isaac Turton, and was a steady and consistent Christian, and died in peace. J. W.

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March 3d-At Long-Eaton, in the Ilkestone Circuit, Thomas Vickers, in the twenty-ninth year of his age; having been a member of the Methodist society for five years. He sought salvation through the blood of Christ with great was heard and earnestness; his prayer swered; and his soul filled with joy and peace through believing. His life and conversation afterwards adorned the doctrine of God his Saviour. His faith was long tried in the furnace of affliction; but he triumphed through the blood of Christ, found the grace of God sufficient for him, and shone like burnished gold. Some of his last words were, "The b st of all is, God is with me." Soon after uttering these words, he entered into the joy of his Lord; following an amiable sister, who died in the faith about J. A. seven months before him.

March 4th.-Near Shrewsbury, at his sister's house, in the twenty-eighth year of his age, the Rev. Henry Fell, a returned Missionary. He left this kingdom for Jamaica in the early part of 1834. Soon after his arrival, he took a violent cold, which fixed on his lungs, and laid him aside from his work. He was advised by his medical attendant and his brethren to return to his native country; with which he was obliged to comply. After his return he was resigned to the will of God, though affected with the thoughts of being cut down in the prime of life, and the prospect of usefulness in the church of God. He said he was very happy when he thought his end was

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To his sister he said, "Do not make yourself uneasy about me. All is well." In this state of mind he yielded up his soul to God.

W. D.

March 8th.-At Ramsey, Isle of Man, Mr. John Corlett, sen., in the sixty-seventh year of his age. In early life he rested his spiritual safety in a regular attendance upon the ordinances of the established Church, till about his twenty-fifth year, when the Minister, on the Sabbath before the administration of the sacrament, announced it in the following manner:-"Dearly beloved, on Sunday next, I purpose, through God's assistance, to administer to all such as shall be religious and devoutly disposed, that most comfortable sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, to be received by them in remembrance of his meritorious cross and passion, whereby alone we obtain the remission of sins." The last clause was forcibly applied to his conscience; and he instantly saw himself to be a guilty sinner. He began to frequent the ministry of the Methodists, under which his convictions were increased, and he soon joined the society. One day while following the plough, the Lord spake peace to his soul.

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ately unloosed the horses, and with speed repaired home to proclaim the glad tidings to his family: Having been in the society two years, he was employed as a Local Preacher; in which capacity he was engaged till obliged to desist through loss of memory. He kindly entertained the Preachers for many years, and manifested an affectionate regard for them to the end of his life. He was a lover of Methodism; a man of a meek and quiet spirit; and studied, as much as in him lay, to live peaceably with all men. On the evening of March 1st he was at the preaching; he returned home, and retired to bed, without any apparent indisposition. During the night he was seized with paralysis, which deprived him of the use of one side, and nearly of the power of speech. He continued till the evening of the following Sabbath, when he G. C.

entered into rest.

March 9th.-At Hooton-Levit, in the Rotherham Circuit, Thomas Goodair, aged sixty-eight. He was a consistent member of the Methodist society for nearly forty years, and a useful ClassLeader. His house was the home of God's Minis ters, and he cheerfully contributed towards the support of all the Wesleyan funds. A few days before his death he gave, unsolicited, a subscription to the Wesleyan Theological Institution. He died, as he lived, at peace with God, and with all mankind.

R. P.

March 16th.-At Holmpton, in the Patrington Circuit, George Wilkinson; having been a steady member of the Methodist society forty-eight years, and for some time filled the office of Class-Leader. His experience in divine things was clear; and his love to the means of grace evidenced by a constant attendance whenever his health would permit. His last affliction confined him to the house only a few days, during which he was very happy, and resigned to the will of God. To a meinber of his class who visited him, when asked if he felt Christ to be precious, he replied, "I always feel him. Glory be to his name, I shall soon be with him."

M. C.

March 18th.-At Runcorn. in the Warrington Circuit, Miss Ankers, aged thirty years. She was favoured by the Spirit of God with deep convictions of sin, from the guilt and power of which she obtained deliverance through faith in Christ. In March, 1824, she joined the Methodist society, and remained one of its upright and steady members during her subsequent life. Convinced that Christian Missions are necessary for a "world that lieth in wickedness," she was a zealous, diligent, and successful Missionary Collector. It pleased God to remove her from this state of trial by a rapid consumption. The affliction was richly sanctified to her mind; and her growth in grace was most strikingly visible to all her religious friends. She evinced strong confidence, deep humility, matured patience, fervent gratitude, expansive charity, and lively hope. The goodness of God, the preciousness of the Redeemer, the value of religion, the everlasting inheritance, were themes on which she was ready to converse with emphasis and delight. Conscious of something strange stealing over her frame, she said to the nurse, "Am I dying?" "I believe you are," was the reply. Undismayed at, the solemn announcement, she calmly said, "Feel if there be any pulse." The nurse instantly obeyed, and answered, "No." Persuaded that she was entering "death's cold flood," she desired her sister to stand aside, that she might give her mother a farewell look; and as her darkening eyes gazed on the agonized widow, she exclaimed, "O mother! weep not for me. The Lord deals gently with me." Then waving her pale hand over her bosom, she added, "Jesus is pouring in the oil and wine of his consolation. I am going to glory. Glory! glory! glory!" Having thus given her dying testimony, she immediately, without a struggle, groan, or sigh, fell asleep in Jesus.

J. S.

March 19th.-At Withern, in the Alford Circuit, aged eighty-one years, Mrs. Elizabeth Dales; having been a steady and uniform member of the Methodist society for thirty-nine years. She was remarkable for placidity of temper under all cir cumstances; abstained from all backbiting and

Having an ardent mind, and being zealous for God, he was rendered very useful. He formed a Sunday-school, which was the second in Stroud, and watched over it with delight for nearly forty years. He was a Trustee of several chapels, loved the habitation of God's house, was gifted in prayer, and "served his generation by the will of Gol." He was suddenly attacked with an inflammatory disease; but, with death in view, he was calm, and trusted in the Lord. In the morning of the day of his exit, he desired that a prayer-meeting might be held in his room, that his friends might, as he expressed it, pray him into glory; but, shortly after, without a struggle, sigh, or groan, he fell asleep.

P. O.

April 24. At Whitchurch, (Salop,) Mr. Charles Savage, aged forty. He was long a much-respected and consistent member of the Metho:list society in this town, and a useful Sunday school teacher. For many years he was afflicted with asthma, but endured his protracted sufferings with exemplary patience and Christian fortitude. In his last illness he bore a clear testimony to the power of divine grace, often declaring that the Lord was with him in the dark valley; and that he believed He would never leave nor forsake him. died in the full triumph of faith; almost with his last breath endeavouring to exclaim, "I have fought the good fight." C. J.

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April 5th.-At Bolton, in the seventy-first year of his age, Mr. Edward Taylor, son of the late venerable Thomas Taylor; a memoir of whom, written by his estimable son John, who still survives, was published in the Methodist Magazine for the year 1811. Edward, unhappily, was deeply depraved during the first twenty years of his life. The affecting account which he has left of those years discovers the lengths of crime into which a youth may run who sins against the restraints of early religious tuition. At length, in April, 1785, (just half a century before he died,) God most powerfully awakened him, and he became a distinguished penitent. "My mother," to employ his own words, "invited me to go to a class-meeting. I went, and I liked it very well. The venerable C. Hopper gave me my first ticket. I loved him dearly; for he was, under God, made very useful to me. I do rot remember that I ever heard him preach, but God blessed his word to me. My father and mother rejoiced and praised God for the great change he had wrought in my mind. The people of God received me with joy. I was then scarcely twentyone years of age. I left my old companions, and told them I was determined to forsake my old ways, which had well nigh led me to hell. I exhorted them also to flee from the wrath to come, by forsaking their evil ways, and to cry to God for mercy. They soon left me, and troubled me no more, for I was no companion for them; and I praise the Lord that they were no companions for me. I continued to cleave to the Lord in prayer and heavenly meditation; and attended all the means of grace: and truly they were precious to my soul. I loved prayer; and ever since that time to this day, I have loved to be alone with God in my closet. I do not remember that since I was married, I ever omitted family prayer, either night or morning, except when I have been ill, or from home. Prayer has been the element in which I have lived since the month of April, 1785." Edward was about thirty years a Class-Leader. He was a man of deep and sincere piety; and his end was peace. B. S.

April 9th. At her house, River-terrace, Islington, Elizabeth, relict of the late H. W. Mortimer, Esq. Mrs. Mortimer, whose parental and wellknown name was Ritchie, and who has been long and justly considered as one of the most interesting specimens of primitive Wesleyan Methodism, was born at Otley in Yorkshire. From her earliest years she was favoured with the gracious visitings of the Holy Spirit; and at the age of sixteen, with an entire decision of purpose, devoted herself, in heart and life, to the love and service of God; resolved, not in name only to be a Christian, but to aspire after all the privileges,

and seek to fulfil all the requirements, which that comprehensive character implies. Her attainments were consequently of no common order. She became eminently holy, and extensively useful. Her praise was in all the churches. By her unobtrusive yet exaltel piety, she engaged, in a high degree, the cordial and affectionate esteem and attachment of the late Rev. and venerable John Wesley; and was admitted to the most intimate and inmost circle of his friendships; an honour which she retained to the close of his protracted life; and being privileged to watch his dying pillow, she gave to the church that record of his last hours which has ever since been perused with so deep an interest by all who knew his labours, and revered or loved his name. Her union with Mr. Mortimer exchanged her sphere of duty, but afforded no less scope for the employment of her consecrated talents in the service of her blessed Master, and for the benefit of those to whom his providence directed her regard. Her wisdom, piety, and prudence, as well as tender and solicitous affection, were eminently exemplified in the recognition and discharge of those maternal obligations which her new responsibilities involved." A large and a rising family required her vigilant attention, and exercised her deep and prayerful interest for its present and eternal welfare. In these relations, arduous and important as they were, she fully sustained her exalted Christian character; and ceased not to receive testimonies of the grateful and affectionate regard of those whose benefit she laboured to promote. As a spiritual guide and teacher, as an exemplary pattern not only of meditative, but of diligent and cheerful piety, she exhibited such practical and impressive lessons as will not soon be obliterated from the thankful recollections of her family and friends. Her heart was accessible to all the sympathies of friendship; and the law of wisdom and kindness was on her tongue, when endeavouring to administer comfort to the afflicted, or to assist with counsel those who resorted to her under circumstances of trial and embarrassment. As a more extended memoir of this truly eminent Christian will, in all probability, be given in due time, it will only be essential here to add, that a venerable age, passed in great tranquillity, was closed by an emphatically peaceful death. Through a lingering confinement to her sick chamber, she exhibited all that patience, meekness, and resignation, of which the maturity of her Christian character warranted the expectation. In the assured hope of immortal life, through the merits of Christ Jesus, her adorable Lord and Saviour, she breathed her spirit into his hands, and passed the barrier of death into a blissful eternity, without a struggle and without a groan.

A. B.

April 9th.-At Spalding, in the seventy-first year of his age, Mr. Augustine Pridmore, having been a member of the Wesleyan society forty-six years. At the time of his death he was the Circuit Steward, an office which he filled with fidelity and kindness. By industry and frugality he had acquired considerable property, and was a subscriber to all the Methodist Funds. Toward the erection of the chapel in 1826, he gave £800; and in his last sickness he cancelled, a note which he held of the Trustees for £135, making in all £935. His death was rather unexpected, or Ï am confident he would have done something more for the cause of God. In his short illness he was greatly supported; assuring those who visited him, that his feet were on the rock, rejoicing in the prosperity of the work of God in the Circuit; and expressing his persuasion that Spalding, as well as the country places, will be visited with an out pouring of the Holy Spirit. Some of his last words were, "I delight in God. I love him with all my heart, and mind, and soul, and strength. I want to be at home. Welcome, home! Angels beckon me away, and Jesus bids me come!" R. M.

April 13th-At Bressingham, aged sixty-six, Robert Harnwell, having been a highly acceptable and useful Local Preacher, in the Diss Circuit, for thirty-six years. His end was peace. W. K.