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S.: PRINTED AT THE WESLKYAN CONFERENCE STEAM TRESS. 18 5 0. :% SEHMOIST. " Ld me die the death of the righteous, and let mtj last end be like his." — NuMBKHS, xxiii, 10. Forty years from the night of death to the first-ljorn m Kgypt liad nearly passed away, when tlio children of Israel, weary-footed wanderers in the desert, for the second time hi their life-wasting journcyings, found themselves encamped in Kadesli on the frontier of Mom. Short space intervened be- tween the tented tribes and the heritage of their fathers— but that space was filled with the precipitous rocks and fortified passes of Mount Seir. Permission peaceably to traverse these narrow defiles was refused to the Hebrews by their hostile kmsmen ; and the hope of forcing their way through them, despite the armed resistance of the warlike hordes ready to defend them, was abandoned in despair. Nought remained , to the desponding host, but again to plunge into that terrible * wilderness, the scene of many judgments, to compass the land they were forbidden to cross, lieluctantly resuming their march toward the lied Sea, till they had swept around the end of theElanitic gulf, then proceeding northward, they paused at the foot of Mount Hor ; on some lofty eminence of which, Aaron, solenmly disrobed of priestly raiment, laid himself down to die. Disheartened by the renewal of their tolls and perils, and dissatisfied with the nature of their food, still miraculously provided, they brake forth into rebellious discontent, and were condignly punished on account thereof 1 by tlio visitatinii (if flu- firry sorjuMits. Pri'ssiiiu still nortli- wiird, and siilxliiiii;"; tin; Aiiioritcs wliu lay iti tlit'ir cniirsc iind «»[>im»scmI tlicir |)ro;iri'>s. tli(> Israditt's t'ou^^lit tlicirway at leiijjjtli to tlie banks of tli(.' .Ionian, ami pitdii'd tlicir tonts o|i|Hi.sito .Tijriclio in tlu' plains of Moal), ohtainin;^ as the prize of thoir victories, iKtssussiun of the fertile pastures antl sliudy groves of IJaslian. Malak, king of Moab, liflicld their oneanipniont within tho border of his aneient iidieritance with envy and dread. Awaro, doul)tless, of the terrilde events which had necessitated their exodus from Kjiypt, and of their wonderful history since that jieriod — the column of lire that guided their inarch — tho |)illar of eloud which h\ing over their rear — the gushinn; stveam from the smitten roek, and tho daily manna from the liand of God — there was a terror creating mystery about them that filled tlio son of Zippor with alarm. And now that the Aruorites on the east of tho Jordan, who had rent from his race j>ortlons of their richest territory, had l)een wholly siil)- jngated l)y these valiant nonuides from the desert, fearing a similar ftite for his own kingdom and people, the near a})- proach of this heaven-guided nmltitude distressed him greatly. Powerless to withstand them by military force, nor daring to incur their anger by any display of armed strength, he had recourse to suj^ernatiiral aid. By tho river Euphrates dwelt a nian — a strange man, who to tho knowledge; of the truo God added the practice of unlawful enchantment, and who ■was widely famed among surrounding nations for tho dreadful pcwer of his magic. Strong was tho belief of the credulous peojjtle — that whom he blessed was blessed — and whom he cursed was cursed. To this prophet-magician, Balak, in his terror, sent a solemn end)assy with precious gifts, and with promises of yet more precious rewards, would he but hurl his destructive anatlienuis against the conquering array of which dejected Moab was sore afraid. At first prohibited, and then w ,K.rmUtol l.y Oml to set l\.rtl>, Jlnhu.m liustcnod to iiwt tl.o ""£;t'ty.,i -.M.a.. i...io,u..rM.»...-f"."; tl„. sonnoit of l'i.K^>l.-lVo,u tl,« to,, of th. ro.k- on Mount l>eor ll..' I.KU1 of I'ollu.r ffim\ .low" wiHi ri'lu.-tmit adnnru- tion on th. .l.r-a.Un;; o„„u„|nm.„t of l.nu.l. Hut v>un woro the en.luu,tnu.n.». vuin tho art- of .livin.tion, thvy lu'ov.ulc. „„t auaiust Jncol, ; iu vuin sn,ok,..l tl,o holnruusts on «ovont,,l.l „lt,„^_„„ wora of ,-u.»lnK ro* to tl.o .■n,l,a„l...'V li|.-i...|lo.l..> i„„ «.i,l„.,-,.l tl.o .tr..,gtl. of the Late,! foe. A ,liv...o «fflatu» .oi,.o.l ..Po„ tl,e ,,n.pl,ot-a vision of the fut.ire tloate,! alou^ 1«> f„vc his .ai.tu.ea si^ht. Tho dweile.s in tents, the ».u.,l...w» !•,,„„ (ioshon i,. •I.'ea.-y deselts, have heeou.e the i„hah,ta.,ts ot ..ities, an,lof lameeful villaj;.is n>»tli..K .nonn.l tho l,as.M,l a,r Tahof, of I lenuon, an,l of Oa.-,uel, ...• along tho slopes of ce,lar- crow..e.l I,el,anon,or tnnong the glens of Jn.lab or around tho waters of (iennesaret. Chaukshaaows !,.-e ehas.ng eaeh other with airy feet over gohle,. corn Kehls Su,.nn.. wn,as are breathing s,.ft a„the.,.» of ,,raise an,o,.g tho ve.-aa,.t lohagc „f th, ,,o,neg,-a..a.e ana the olive, ..f tho .late ana the hg .-,.«. Suunoer suns are e m^^m.^ tl.o tor>-a..e.l v,noyar,ls ot ,.-,,|„,,i,n The nastures are el.,tl.e.l with fl..eks, the valL^ys also are eovore.l over with c.n-n, tl...y shout for joy they als.. sh,... Mighty Kh,gs are en,l..-o...,l in Zi.n.. lloly 'nests ,..,.n,l,ling ,..-ay i" 'I- glory-l-".'-' "f J^'l"-''';. , ■''.'"".■« ,„„.a» wid. harps a„a ,,saltcry ...aUe the vales ot l!e,.ja.n.,t „r the hills of Juaah, oola, the j..y-i..s,.iring or tear-...ov.ng lyries, whi.-l. all lan.ls will re-eeho t., the el.a of tn„c An. ster.. monhcts, ee,.so,s ..f their ago, wan. fa.thless m.t,o,.» ot ,l,„ir i ,p ..ai..g a.«,..,. The elo,..ls tl.ieke., a... aarke,. over „,„ l,ea..teons seene. The vine la.,gnishetl,-the heUl., a.e witl.o.-..l-tl.o pastures a.-e unelothed-tho v.Uage« no .lese.'te.l-tl.e eities with.a.t i..habica..t-tl.e thr....e, he altar a,.d the harp, in oi.e wide ruin blent. Light a..d sha.lov, Hvo tliHH 'nitcnniri ,l,„l— now jiWumH o if bright m\n!«i\inr, iifnl now e l.m.Ul.lu.k iiinl fK-m' lu tli.'ir tluratruiiiK »'*lM'«'t ; ''»»^ "^ lu.tuHtar.alui;.lUu..l.wnnr.uj^Htuv iwso lily U(. ulx.vn tlH« loflUMt lulls, wi Hit of .lai'oli, ami iroi'H Htt'a* ili'iiin; iH' aiu I iiuMva^^injj; lii'* »'»i-i>iii;.' >\ l.-iulourH iw Ix' asri liis ^'"^'^'"' ""' rit intorvenni.n « 1 l.la/'n»«? tluH.n;rl» every An.ly«a Loyonil tii:it riui.st-i it by a dark an.l tnrl.i.l nulf. tla-r. aH.f s'cr anui t,i wli'u-h o\«'r llial narn.w ^« md joy ,lluinin.'.l earth, ^^.-parati-.l from •Inu.l. ho tl.HHls tho wali- eaith witli -Inry I I,,.,- wuiM ..f >nri.a,-sinj; hoauty an. urod to th»' visioni't I iiif(V:ihlo hlis!<. .Iivanian rvoi-in«'ri'u.sni>^ niu ititndi j..yfully crossiMl. hii^ht.-nnig in thoir ai»iu«aran«'o as they ny 1 troai heil its shores, till they were aiiain antl ain;^ one of his imi>assioi HM I 1 of iiis an h-nt desire Let me dio A of the nr(,..d man life— no taste for the joyH whie ider it endurable or ],l^.^^^.,l_lmt for the issues of his death ihended, wla. does not foially yearn l.et :;.„t «l,i.l .1.- .u„„n,n,«l uu ovovfl.,wing .m..l vv„lun tl.^sc, alls .,Klay, .■/,„/ ./.«<■• f^oOn;. ore ,V. //.■ '/«" ; <• " -'" ■Of vvimtsuevur ,-l.an„tci- these fcatvurs ,ni.y rrmt. to l,c, „.L, „.„ltl.. pl.,uonl d.,nulano.s , "f' -""" f ,„./,/, M,th. K,uK-h «as translate,! to the «o,M ol hhss « th- „„t „u,lerL.oin2 the agonies of ,lissoh,ti,.n ; I'.lijM. n, Ins ,l,a- ri h c 1 I i r'w»t « ;,f flimio wi'nt up tli<' ^i>'">»> ivmain un« il sir.' alivi! iit tlw ,f .le.ns. Hhall never aU. ; ».ut tlu'.nu Itituilf whom no coming " . . , ,, „mn can n.un»»'r. wln.h ll.n.u tlu. lu'av.nly iv^t. must pass ,irl,'tlu- nowin- ajrrs ^lu.U re.M ti ,t) tlu'ir way tlu'JiJIltl'Sof tiu'^i' UNO. art' hiuu^^lit to that grav by-way, thivath HOtl t«l nU! l.lll>,"— • ■■ I his Inurly path iVnu, tin... to H.ru.ty in w ■l,l.-h the heart ant thitlier. tlu-onjih itshy wliielithey '"irnliar. There i. n« ii-w.'ry Urnn, wl«'> riu! t'evur-tiro* ,\ lose not tlieir Nor are th.' instruniei at all i ,1,, l,njruul step of the weary I I ilir Ih'sh are e«.ns>nn« intensi (' ity wl»«'u tl»e « ■liiM of , carries on his .sure at»«l deadly api'i 'oat' lU-ssi.f thehutVerin'^^''- "-.,,„„, ,.,„„ „,„ from oarth \n vfft'vtM, \u'\\]wr thn^n it iliffrr Imw tliiU of iIm' iiiiri;;litt'unH ill tln( w^vi'i'iint'O «f thow tnitlt-r fif^ wliirli niu-l fit'.'itli HI nuli'ly Miiitlf'rx. Piofy iii'Vi'r Im-iiiiiiiIw tli«' limT w'li-^iliilitifs of liiiiiiaii natur*' ; ri'li;^inii j^ivt-n inltlitiHiiul «•<►• lii'ii'iH'i' ami tt'iuM'ity to tlio IhuhIh of natural afU'ctioii. Tlio l)alM'.H tlial <'lin;j; to tin' Ihwuiii of a aifiit, The wiilih-il lovi», that unit('> tlio fatr^ of a t-lni'^tian liii^haii'l ainl a thri.-tian wifo ijH |iiin'r, t<'|i of frt'.**h. unfaih'il youth, than that whirh. uinnin- gli'd with tliu I'h'nu'iits of a diviiif alllction, MrsM'th thn niai- ria^i* iH'latioiH nf thoh«' st'|iaiatt' from (,'hrist. 'I'hcy who aro nt onci! tin- childn'ii of (Jod, and tho oir-prin;^ of the f-anu! (•artlily parents, an- douhly r-'latcfl, and to cai h otlirr ilonltly nidfaifd. When thu wad hour roiiH'M that rises tiu' hltiided alK'ftioii of hu>haiid and wife, of [larent and ehilil, of brother and sister, no hearts bleed morn tVuely, ur feel sevoraneo fnan dear oiu!S more keenly, than hearts that have tli(5 lovo of tiod shetl abroad therein. The sealdinji; tears whieh the la-arly- widowod wife rains, in her tigony, upon the liosoin of her <*on- H'ious. ))ut dyin;;^ and almost .tainted husband, burn upon his heart, aiiiiuished on her account. W'eeplnj^ children, vainly attA'niiJtinu; with little hands to ^rasp and fasten the untwistiiii:; or fast breaking:; strands of maternal love, make it hard for a pious mother to die. \or is the j;rave less natiually gloomy to the pious than U) the impious — there is the same collined closeness, — the same dark dwellint;, — the same noisome eur- ruption, — tho same rioiou.s worm for the one as for tho other, and from which n.'coilin;!; nature shrinks. Not, then, in any favoured e.\emptioii from tho painful or di.sa^reeable circum- utancos essentially connei-ted with death, can we find cau.^^e for wishinir to die the death the ri;;liteous die. In what then, I ,1„ «... I1...1 Kr.mn.1 for .ocl, n-i „s,.in..i"U V 1 l-"';""> "•"';"";^ 1^,. ,.„,t of .1.,. ri«i u. i. ..-/■". "' .v« 7"' -'■■""•'"■' ^,i!,L.,f. war '•'•■••.•;."■' '- ;;,;^;':;; Ll .nny Jito 1,1,.. ,l„.,v,.«l.l.r„,.i.U.r..l<,M„. l,....l o a,« . fl .'„.ll..ln. .l.or„.M of UM. „llowl..K .".; ."••"'-/' .^ a...y. or i.i» i...if-f"""-a !>'"" : '" - - "'^' "'.''"'"t „., ,„.ril to 11,.^ risLteo,.. ..„.n. ,„„„„„i,„l .1,.. In.o Tl.o (ln..''<.rM, m mmy a"'l g»it, wl..( n si.rr ,1, 1.0 a..,..l.-v!.n..y. TI.0 «...l of the ,.,0, ...a.., »s . ;r, way fro,n earth, .s lilce «>-..« se,...o.«.a hark hmg ' vM «U. tien-o wi..a» „.,a ,.s«„.llii,!; waves, whal, hav,..g , .pi.." --Is, the s,...ke.. ro,.ks, the foa.a.-.g :r: ;,.;;: :;.:ru:::::gi:e-:it.v,aess.....a..y to t^ ;>;. have,. «hore, «"-H*- r^ -TS oiVu !;:« ;.. r 'g:.er,::io... river, he ha» bee,. „a.ae..ea through I Id tlio iiiliiiitc 1hvniiid of Diviiio justice nor tiie tiery (hirts of the sutaiiie archer can Jtierco the love-shehered «oul. Thougli, therefore, the ineuKjries of past transgressions, tho^ recoUection of every hipsc and every faihn-e, the spectres of perished blessings and of lost opportunities, tho dread shadow of the law-avenger, and tho dark i)resenee of tho accuser of the brethren, come clustering about the place where the good man meets his fate, the great God who is our Saviour draws around his departing one a blood- circle, sacred and impass- able, and says to all that rage around it, " Thus far may yo come, but no farther." Thus protected, conscious of its per- fect innnunity from all evil, the soul, sweeping its piercing glance back along its life-travel, may exultingly ask, — AVho ^hi\\\ sispurate me from the love of Christ ? Shall life ?— life with its repented sin, its forgiven i^in '{ — life with its tribula- tion, its distress, its persecution, its famine, its nakedness, its sword 't Or peering around among tlu^ shadows of the dark valley, enquire, shall things present V — death with its pains, its sorrows, its corruptions, its mysteries? Or gazing toward the brightness beyond, cry out, shall things to come V — you angels 't yon principalities rising in graduated glories to the footstool of Jehovah V or tho uimamed powers that hold dele- gated sway from heaven's High KingV or the heights, or depths of bliss hieffiible, or of space illimitable of the world to which I go? Nay 1 nay I all are mine ! and I am Christ's, and Christ is God's. Timely is the death oi the righteous man — timeh/ for /lim- self. lie, in whose hands are our times, can make no mistake in their ordering. He allotteth to all ]lis servants the work lie would have ihcm pcrfunn. And whether it is better for ( It :i,t of life is only breaking, is know,. «.. y to I.mstlt ^r all r,» aeciins in l..l,ulf of ! lis F'>pl-'. ;-'"'"• "'"' ^JuUo, ana n,c..,,y, pvesiao. IIowov.v diili-^ult . n,ay « to L- i.*te.l n,ovtal. to reconcile tl,o a,,,,arent w,tl the , or to ,listin.mi»h the one from the other ; the Judge of tZ S. ri,Ut, ana V.-C-. in His sight » the '1 of llis saiut». l.-or son.e it «n,y be necUul n. v.ew o the arfnw that awaits then,, to ren.ain under lengthened a^i Seand imnful training, till many late autumna suns, t ly win ry snows, shall ripen and mellow them for the Tie For the safety of others it may be re,,ms,te that hey t dd be hken away in the midst of their days ;-some fru.ts npen ca.ly, a. j jo come-from accumulatmg CL:*^l'«.-etoobeav^ ft: Irms too fierce, from fires ^^'^l^^^;^ sickly growth. None die too soon who die m tlmst-nono aie too late who reach heaven at U>st. God will have variety in heaven as well as on earth. The teml bud, the blushing flower, the lofty sten. of slow and S Ivth, the nestling shrub, and the tradrng vme have W Jritual rervesentatives in the garden ot the Lord, and "X banks of the river of God. The great Iropneor taws v,here to make His selection-whether from tie In', l.row or the spreading vale-the sunny slope, or rXSn-"- -ky sSore, or the pathless waste. And Hekno,; »/.■„ to transplant-whether m the dewy morn or in the twilight eve, or the bummg noon. T „, ly, also, for the family of the departmg san.t does h, , f. v,rove to bo. Many a parent, wiUmg, but not decease ott piove to <«■■ : ^ 'e ,i,„ T.oi-d is witli- wise, to train his children m the fear ol the Loul, drawn from a sphere of .luty to whi.l. he is une.,ual, I.eforo the errors of liis parontal ina.ia-cMi.e.it beooiue irrq.aral.lo. Not uufrciueutly does it happen that a pious n.other's holy wlk an.l fervent and faithful monitions, are powerless with her m.dless ehildnm ; and she is suddenly borne away to the land ..f peace, and her Christless otFspri.io; left motherless hi the world. Then, it may be, when a sense of the great loss they have sustained eomes painfully home to them-her innumerable acts of tender, provident, unre.iuited, l«.ve ; the gentle pressure of her soft warm hand ; the sweet caress, the droopin.^ form, well up from the memory, mingled with the recollccdon of her nightly prayers, her weeping entreaties her stories of the manger, of the garden, and the cross, an( all the varied and faithful instruction by which she sought to conduct their wandering souls to God. She becomes a holy memory, touching, persuasive, saving. On the other hand, it is the father of a large, you would say helpless, fimiily that is removed in the vigor of his days, when most he is needed by those bereft of his care. Uehold- in.^ these afflicted ones, while yet in the stupor of their grief, you exclaim in momentary distrust. Was it wise ? was it good V was it pitiful to throw these helpless children on the sole care of that poor, feeble, heart-broken widow H Was it wise? was it good? was it pitiful? Let time, let eternity, solve the doubt. But see I The great sorrow-wave that brake upon that domestic scene hath spent its force. Yon pale and trembling mother, suppressing her anguish looks around her to note what remains to her of love a..d duty, dawning youth and (childhood, stranded by the shock of the tempest" and appealing infancy, meet her gaze. Gathering to her tast-throbbing heart the sweet treasures spared to her, .she tries to fill up the great gap made by death in her affections, with the dear pledges of her earlier love. Bearing these to the fuolstool of Mercy's throne, she places them ,1,0 f,al,orles», and a l.u.ba.ul lo the w.l™ '^ ''bX ' IMnc^tmng in t)« Lor,!, an.l the pwcr «' "'» ""=",.., rjl^s hov my course of mmoaried industry and ^atel.lul Si!latiying a patience, a seWeniul, a courage, a S , 1 e/en o' eavth, meet tl,oir high re«rd. AW these ciniaren ,,-l.v! li.e ving.ng augher ol child\>o,Kl without care, «,ay he .on,e«hat avvantn g ^tto , ll sha,les of unusual seriousness may nnngle w«h the hghs ,f te voun.. life, but the heroic .,«alities of the tme woman le n, tlL: reproduce themselves in th..ir character, and Z grow "p to bless the Church and the world, aeeordmg to the sphere in wliicli they move. is the death of the righteous oft l.r..vos t-^y " f,,„ilv so also, does it frec,«ently prove tm>ely to he Churcl'^ •md energetic in action, prmeely m his ouievoie e cW with precious endowments of mind and of heart ; so ,::!« alUed with him may -'-^gladly ^^ehc^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ..,„.u.itv and readily followed his leading, ^et, that energy, rl'd l.at liberality, may have been the excuse o :,;'for inertness, for want of thougi.t and for^a. an«, no demand upon f '^7'"\, J,„\/fldd of action to bountifully supplied. Kemoved fiom the i^eio the rest of heaven, the eminent saint may, by tt kg»cy ot ,,i. example, entrusted to ''- ''-^f/' ''^t^^ ^1^0 thousand-fold more productive of go«l to the Church wire ''t t:::!^T^ l-.l>t -y be sudden^ quenched thatl'a biased out like a beacon on the watch-tower m the 14 ni.rlit. A soldier of Christ, iinned witli tliu panoply Jiviiu'. u warrior of high promise, and l)riUiunt during, and ronowned skill, falls upon the high places of the liehl, — on his life may have seemed to hang the fate of battles,— ho falls, but the victory is won. IJaptized for the dead, heroes of God's makin<' and finding, rush forward, and more than till up tlu' vacant ranks of the leeinuited host. Triumphant is the death of the righteous— ^rrM?;/;;//^/^/ under all circumsfauces. 3Iany ami torturing may have k'en the fears which, during life, he entertained tliat in some perilous day, he might fall before the mighty and malicious foes combined for his destruction. With dark forebodings may he have anticipated the last conflict with the grim King of Terrors, and may have shrank from the contest whose issue he dreaded. Conscious of weakness, and encompassed with evil, forgetful of the Lord his shield, he may have trembled in view of the unequal combat. With pinnig longings may he have sighed for the land he feared never to see. But now in the final struggle, the terrors before which his imagination quailed are found not to exist— the barbed sting and poisoned spear have lost their venom and their point. Unwonted vio'our nerves his arm — unw(»nted courage fills his soul. Parrying every thrust of the blunted weapons of his long dreaded enemy, he wields the keen-edged sword of the Holy Spirit with skill and force divine, and death lies low, a con- ([uered foe. Surprised at his easy triumph, and exultant at his success, the dying believer lifteth up his voice, — O ! death where is thy sting V ! grave, once terrible grave, where is thy victory 't Ye arc subjugated I Ye are powerloss for harm ! Unbar thy bolted gates, I cro.ss thy dusky realms. ! death, to reach the promised Land. Morover, the death of the righteous is generally peaceful , sometimes joyful Not always, for it perchance happens that the fiercest storms of a life-time come howling around its close 15 -the (limcUicst assanlt of tl.o onoiny nmy jtist prc.'ta« liis tinul overthrow. And, ulthou;rl, the .lying ehriHthm is assuml of uUhnato victory, the prolongation of the fiery contest des- troys the tran.iuility that would otherwise bless the dying hour Or it may l>e that death does its work ho suddenly— the transition from earth to heaven is so rapidly made, that n., thne is given to note the aspect of the swift-travelled way. 13ut in cases innameral.le it is otherwise. Myriads of (.o.l .< people, long driven hither on life's turlmlent floo.ls, reach at death the still, the aln.ost unrippled waters, along wliose tufted hanks green pastures wave, or Lending groves stretch tar away. Many a sorrowing, suffering chiM of the Most High towhou. had been appointed days of weary languishing, and nights ot restless agony, gently falls asleep at last in the arms ot Jesus, like a pain-stricken child soothed by the soft lullaby of the sweet voice, sobs itself to rest upon its mother s bosom. Some, too, whose morning dawned in tempest, and whose noon was overcast with clouds dark and angry, ami faercely warnincr in the vaulted heaven, but at whose eventide it is li..ht, p°ass away to brighter skies, like our peerless autunnial sunsets, in blazing splendours of purple and crimson and gold Ah ' few arc the spectacles so attractive to the thoughttiU mind, as the intelligent peacetulness of the good man s end The scene of his departure is the antechamber of the Great Ki„. No soul-harrowing memories stretch the heart and conscience of the dying christian upon the rack of torture, as ho solenmly and deliberately evokes the many-coloured remembrances of the past-subduing recollections of his Saviour's tenderness, pity and care-how he shielded him m tio-bt, and solaced him in grief, and sustained Imn in his feeble- uLs, and blotted out his sins, and cleansed hmi rom their stains-come thrillingly back upon ^-^ ^nd fill his heart w. inexpressible delight. Not forgetful of Ins unfaithfulness an uniuberless infirmities-their remembrance but heightens in ,-.-fii^£ftHlS~... ■ his OHtoom the nicrcv md tin. pow-r of 1.1s Aln.ij^I.ty S.vlour. Tlu. pnunisea proHcuce of Jusus is felt in tlu- .lisn.l,.ng room of death, gently lousiu.^^ the silver cor.l, und not rudely strip- ping him of his r:.vh of eluy. Angels, hright ang.ds are there, ready to give warm grei.ting to their liherated .rother, when the last earthly fetter shall have been sunderiM. l^mr visions of faces, well remoml)ered in other days at the iannly •dtar or the saeramcntal feast, come and go, eager and expcc- ivnt in the l.lended twilight of earth's deei.ening darkness and heaven's brightening noon. Soft musieal whisi.ers eomo floating around him. and chiding his tarrying, wnmmgly plead 1 sweet, loving spirit, come with us away. Kich gushes of harmony of seraphic minstrelsy flow in over his soul, and tlirill it with pleasure ecstatic. The heavenly city looms out on his sight, an.l wide unfolds its pearly gates-and its flash- iiirr streets and its jasper walls, and its gorgeous fanes, and it..^arnishcd home, and its crystal streams lie bathed m the brilliance of an effulgent sun that will never set ; and the wondering saint admiring cries— " ! 'tis better ftvr to die" jkcathinc^ bis tender farewells to the dear ones tliat remain ].ohind, he yields himself joyfully to the cherubic guards that wait to waft his spirit home, who, spreading their wide-waving pinions beneath him, soar aloft to the city of life-a new flame ministers in the Sacred Presence. Oh ! who restrains the prayer, " Let me die the death of the righteous, and let imj last end he like his.'' Thus, safely and timeli/, victoriomly and peacefully, passed our brother to his rest. Who doubts his reception there 'i Suid a dear little child who loved INlr. Allison, after slie had poured forth the sorrows of her little heart, upon being told of his death on the day of his decease, " Ma, when we go to heaven, be sure to ask wlierc Mr. AIUsou is, because he Is ^^ %«, 17 „,.ar tlie tlu-nne Oiat porl.ui'" «e AuU mi ^ it maybe, u-nonj; thuso offer sons '^f ' -J " ,;_^ ^^, j^.,„,. ,l„i,. so„KS ..f jny. but tbere wl.ce Jl.u> • a^ ,„,, „, ,„vi„K JoW is Inst ,n ™''.-'l'>r^ ', ; VVhcncc I,vaias boart is filloa «i.l, Kvace , .vn,.. ^ ? , .^ ^,,,„. I V IVTinv were til) excelluiuncs that adoiiu'i u. our hope ^ >K ny wtrt i ^^^ Uunuuuty. lJ..ru a^aln into the tannly ot Ood, le '.t(.a .;::;,;ri,r„«.i. (....ist. ■.■,,.. .--a ,« . s,,, - of Jesus appvopnatea hy the taitl oi i rr^:r:t"«.yL,i«tue.,.abeis ,„,„voi- Mossed jj^^^^^^, „„,i,,d jii, Nor do ^vc el.ei- sh a doubt tl,a ^^^^^ se,.v»nt »"y»V \d''ws::u™lt .:.,ated. AW^o' Hi. eye was undnmued-li.s natuiai ,„ had nearly filled „,, tbc «'<--^''^'^^2>L inftrnu- ,,„, ,. .as „>ereif«lly V^^^^Z^^^ -. not as Sits^ortrct^itian.*^^^ o thirsting for (Jod. And th«>ugh he was not jK'rniitted to traverse the territory of the last enemy without sustaining an assault, he was able, grati'fully tt) testify that (lod gave him the victory. The tight was over — " III' sunk in lilissful dreams awav, Ami visions vi' etcninl duy." Thus hath heaven enriihed itself at our loss. How great that loss ! Thino greatest, widowed wife, and thine father- less child I Ye knew him, where to know him was most ten- derly to love him — within the magic circle of home's soft tunenities. We make way for you — wo yield precedence to your sorrows — they are doubly sacred. ]Jut after you, we are rivals in our grief. We mourn him as the munificent Founder of our noble Academic Halls. This princely man, who scarcely, I suppose, counted his thousands by tens, felt himself honoured ibr his country, to do that which no man in liritish North America, who counts his thousands by hun- dreds hath found the soul to attempt. Ye men of wealth, was not his a glorious and)ltion '? Seek ve not to share a fame like his 't Oh 1 thev will miss him sorely for a time — his unbought service — his wisdom in coun- cil — his meekness and self-abnegation — his open heart ami open hand. Y'outht'ul aspirants for Academic honours will miss his gentle mien — his placid, sjniipathizing glance. We mourn liim on behalf of the great Christian enter- prises of the day. of which he was a generous supjKtrter. Christian Missionaries number one large-hearted friend the less. We mourn him in behalf of the suffering poor, for whose diitresses he hud a pitying heart, aiid a heli»in;r hand. I 1 10 Hut all ! wo mnuni hm n»ost, iwxy T not nay, an a .l.'voted officor and iiK'u.ber ..f tl.i. ...rrowinj^ .Inurh. ni;;l.-ininacd Ciri-uit St.'wara, fuithful cIums k-uaor. \mnhh Cl.n.stum, whoovor tomia thee absent from tiio i.n.st of auty, w)umi it wa.s ncNsiblo for tlieo to be prcsuntV In tl.e groat congregation, ut the weekly ela.s, at the h,.ly saera.nent. in the week-.nght nrayor n.."."ting. whoever found thy phice vacant tin.. ugh in- dolence or neglect V Liberal in puriK-se, pure m motive, truthful an.l cautious of speech, ana of unblemi.hea integ- rity of action, who can estimate the value to usV Thou hast gone safely and peacefully home. Yea, and .lespite cmr grief, thou hast g.me at the fitting time. We would not recal thee, blesseil spirit. Hest thee in the Uedeemer s homm . The' Lor