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 *« Died.— AL Wolfville, on Saturday last, 2GtU instant, after a pro- 
 tracted illness, Mrs, Anne Cramp,, wife of Rev. J. M. Cramp, D. D.,. 
 President of Aeadia College^ aged 68 years.--i/a^//ax (N. S.) Chnatian 
 Messenger, July 30, 1862. 
 
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 Tiio subject of this sketch was born in Londoii;. June 
 18, 1794. Her parents were persons of emment piety, 
 lield in high esteem by all with whom they were asso- 
 ciated. Tiiey were members of the Baptist church 
 then meeting in Cai'ter Lane, Southwark, of which the 
 Rev. I)r. Ilippon was pastor^ and which is now under 
 the charge of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon. Her father 
 was one of the deacons of the church. He was also 
 for many years London Treasurer of the Baptist Mis- 
 sionary Society."* 
 
 Her religious advantages were of no common order,, 
 and were no doul)t greatly blessed to her. She was 
 led to give herself to God in earl}- life. The following, 
 is her own account of her conversion : — 
 
 " I can hardly remember the time when I did not feel 
 some interest in serious subjects — a love to God's people — 
 
 ♦William Burls Esq., of 56, Lotlibury, London, and afterwards 
 of Lower Edmonton, died June 20, 1837, aged 74. " An Israel- 
 ite itideed, in whom was no guile." 
 
 ^lary Burls, a fit "help meet" for that excellent man, died Febt. 
 8, 1849, aged 87. 
 
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 «ld » grett picafsure in comtnittm^ to mem 017 hymns, ms- 
 itigea of scripture, «Sie. Tlius it was with me till 1810, 
 when it pleased my Heavenly Fatlier to visit mo with a 
 H-'vere illness. I was oblined to leive school, and for sonif* 
 niontlis could not leave my room. Then did 1 esppcially feel 
 my need of an interest iii Jesu.s, and I lon-ed to lay hold of 
 that hope which I felt I luid been only Ivokimj at. My 
 dear parents often spoke to me,, hut I uas unable to tell any 
 one what M-as passin.i-' within. Gaininc^ some stvcTi'-th, chiin"c 
 of ivir was advised, and Kettcrin- was the place fixed upon 
 Iherc my dear mother placed me under the care of an old 
 and valued friend of hers, who not only .sui)plit>d lier })laco 
 with respect to those attentions, my situation re(pured, but 
 ottcn spoke to me of the things belonging tomv everhustln.r 
 interests. There also I had frcciuent visits from christif.n 
 trienda, and, when able, regularly attended Mr. Fuller's min- 
 istry. About tJiis time I was much impressed under a dis- 
 course^! heard him deliver. It was an exposition on John 
 XV. \-o. On my return from the house of God I frecly 
 opened my mind to the friend with whom I was placed. .She 
 encouraged me to hope that I wa,s really united to the * livi-.ig 
 Vme ;' but I felt there was something wanting, and I lono-cd. 
 lor more evidence of a renewed nature. A few days after it 
 pleased the wise Disposer of liuman events agai*j to destroy 
 my expectations of coni])lete restoration to health. I cai'-liV, 
 cold one evening: an iuilammation of the lum^^ ^MlU,w?d' 
 and I was considered in clanger. My own impressions were' 
 that I should never be raised up again. My distress '^t first 
 was extreme •, distance from my l)eloved friends— cverv cir- 
 cumstance added to the ang:iish of my mind. i]ut God was 
 pleasc>d to ' speak peace unto me,' and enabled me to resi.^n 
 myself into his hands. I felt him near to me, and could 
 look at death without much dismav. The 276th and '>77th 
 hymns of the Selection I found contained the language of my 
 heart,- and I almost longed to be where I should grieve my 
 
 * The reference v^ to llippon's Seleeiioa. at that time -er.eraPv 
 jscd .)y baptist congregiuions in Enoland. The first' In-nm i's 
 Beddome s hyim., U-uming. - My timus of sorrow and ui joy " 
 lliree verses of it constitute No. 5!.)^ in the PmlmisU The last 
 W.cverser, are strangely on.itfod. The v are— '^ i«w* 
 
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 bent FrH'nd no more. But God was pleased 'o bless the 
 nnoiius for riy rocovpry, which v;is very rapid, so that in 
 April, IHll, I relumed home." Alter some otlicr statc- 
 wcnts, the account proceeds ;—•** I then determined in the 
 Lord's strength tliat I would ovoav my attacliment to llirrL 
 and his ])eo])h». I had found 1 couhl live \ipou tlie Foun- 
 tain, and that there was enough in (iod to make me liappy. 
 Thus, in April, 1K12, I was united to the Church [in Carter 
 Lane, then tinder the ministry of Dr. Kippon.] I cannot 
 fiay I enjoyed much at that time. Tiie adversary was per- 
 mitted to iiarass my miud with the apprehension that I had 
 done MTonii;' : — hut I trust (iod accepted the surrender, 
 and has enabled me to mak "'^\^ and a,u;ain. Dif- 
 
 ferent means have been used me the hidden evils 
 
 of my heart. I have proved 1 or intlicts a wound 
 
 he could sul'ely s))are. ^ly cou hem slow and in- 
 
 conclusive ; but I trust I can i <d to the period 
 
 when I shall * wield no more the wa. sword,' but * wear 
 
 the concpieror'.s crown^' " • 
 
 TJio above w us -writtou in 1 824, in which year my 
 
 acqiiaiiitaiicc! witl: tlie dear dupurtod one commenced. 
 We were mnrried Fi;b. 1, 1820. Since that time 1 have 
 had, of coui'se, full opportimifcy of observing and knowinjj; 
 her "mo.nner of life." We have travelled to,Q:ctlier in 
 sunshine and ^^toi'm^ we have climbed the hills and 
 descended into the valleys ; we have tasted of the "cup 
 of t^alvation," and we have drank some bitter drang-ht.s ; 
 
 " What is the world, with all its store ? 
 
 'Tis l)u«' a bitter ywcct : 
 Wlien I uttcmjjt to plnclv the rose,. 
 A i- ricking thorn I meet. 
 
 " Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found, 
 
 Tlie honey 's mixed with gall ; 
 'Midst chaii'f^ing scenes and dying friends, 
 lio Thou my all in all." 
 
 The sec(^nd hyuu-; referred to is Cowper'», beginning, " O 
 Lord ! iiiv bt'st (l(>«iire» f uhij.'' 
 
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 Jiyy ami ^liei; hope ami disappoiutiiitmt, with otiier 
 
 eoiitrarlos, have falloii to ourh)t;-^in(l now, "one w 
 taken and tlio other left." Tlie survivor is culled on 
 to dis(.'liarire the last ofTi(!C of friendship arid hwo. 
 
 From the baptismal vow (o the departure heaven- 
 ward, christian uiiiConu.L 7 of deiucaiioiir wa-? observa- 
 ble itt the lamented deceased. It was u quiet walk 
 witli God, a well-susiaincid cudcavoiir to cxiiiiat, in 
 teni])cr and conduct, ♦>.3 iufhicnec of tlie .c^ospel. Her 
 {gentleness of spirit and retli-ing dispositiou slnunk 
 froni the whiii and l)astle in which some Ihid them- 
 selves at home, and christian f^raccs shone in a limited 
 sphere, yet not less brightly. When t^io entered into 
 the marriage relation wider scoi)e for the maTiilestations 
 of love and zeal was furnished, brniging into oi)ora- 
 tion powers and qualities T^liidi had uot been before 
 developed. By the grace of God she proved eiiual to 
 (jvery demand, and tilled with credit the vai-ious sta- 
 tions of trust and responsibility— public and private— 
 m hJngland, in Canada, and in Nova Scotior-in which 
 she was placed.. 
 
 Such ." life as hers, however, was of necessity barren 
 of incidents. It p: csented 10 view an unbroken line of 
 duty, faithfully discharged, but was undiversified by ex- 
 traordinary changes, or events of any tlirillhig interest. 
 It will bo advisable, therefore, to attempt a general 
 sketch, without descending to minuteness of detail. 
 
 My departed wife cherished the most profound 
 revei-ence and ardent love for God's holy word. It 
 was her constant companion. Whatever engagements 
 required attention, whatever other books w^re read,. 
 
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 nothing was allowed to intorlure witli the dail/ 
 stndy of heavenly truth. The bible lay on her 
 table, ready to be consultetl on all €merp:eiicieHy and 
 ' wa.^ truly " a lamp unto lier feet and a liji^ht unto her 
 path," Psalra cxix. 105. Thence her .soul derived 
 •trength and co^ufort. So familiar was* she with its 
 contentH that apt quotations were always at ^" nunand, 
 for direct ioHj consolation, or warn in t^. In ..r .<\-ait8 
 and sorrows she solaced herseir with her Heavenly 
 Fathered word.^-, and relied on them witii filial ailection 
 and coulidenee, She had ;> cloui)t of their truth ; slio 
 felt it. Eaithly hopes might fail, and men might 
 deceive, but she knew that 
 
 •* IIis promise is yea and Amen, 
 Au(i never was ibrleited yet." 
 
 Many passages in her bible have a pencil mark in tfc© 
 margin, shewing that they were peculiarly precious to 
 her. Among them are the following :— Psalm x.\vii. 
 13, 14: sxxi. 19 -21 : Iv. 22. Prov. iii, 5, 6 : xviii. 10. 
 Isa. XXV. 4-9 : xxvii. 3 : xl 27-31 : slix. 14-16. Mat. 
 vi. 25. Rom. viii. 28, 32. Ephes. vi. 11-18. Phi]. 
 iii. 8. 1 Thess. iv. 13, 14. 2 Tim. ii. 19. Hcb. vii. 
 25. 1 Pet. i. 4: ii. 9. 2 Pet. iii. 9. I may add, that 
 she was accustomed to read daily Jay's Morning and 
 Evening Exercises, and found them very profitable. 
 
 Nearness to God was habitual. Her times of retire- 
 ment for meditation and prayer were sacredly observed. 
 They were hallowed seasons. She came forth from her 
 chamber refreshed, and prepared for labour or conflict. 
 How she was occupied while there ; — what divine com- 
 itrunings she enjoined; — how closely and impartially 
 
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 ;:*}ie cxaiiiiuca Jier.scll, in i-juuiil to i>riii(,'i})los. ri-oliiijrs, 
 aims, and motives ; — and with what cui-ncst i)!eadin«t's 
 she sought God's blessing, especially on her children, 
 cannot be told ; but enough is known t«) warrant the 
 conclusion that the hours ol' her with<li-awment from 
 society were spent in lieaverdy exercises, the effects of 
 which were seen in the whole course of her life. 
 
 These haljits were conjoined with maturity of char- 
 acter, to which, indeed, they largely contributed. Her 
 piety was at once intelligent and wai-m-Uearted. Un- 
 like many christian professors, who satisfy themselves 
 with the mere rudiments of religion, and are therefore 
 ever at uncertainty respecting tlieir state, she desired 
 to " comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, 
 and length, and depth, and height, and to know the 
 love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that she might 
 be filled witli all the fulness of Gjd." Her religion 
 was neither speculative nor vapourish. It was experi- 
 ence, founded on truth well understood, and issuing in 
 consistent practice. She " knew whom she had believ- ' 
 ed," and christian temper and conduct were the fruits, 
 not of fitful, changeable impulses, but of established 
 principles. Sl'c loved the grand trutlis of the gospel, 
 the sublimities of the faith ; and ^vlien tliey were set 
 forth in the services of tlic church her soid drank in 
 the word with holy avidit}-, and slic " r(>joiced in the 
 Lord, and joyeo in the God of her salvation." Hence 
 her christian career wap steady. Sh- neither halted 
 nor hurried. It was not assiirance one day, 
 and doubt and despondency the next — a summer, all f 
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blast ; but it rather resembled the « path of the just," 
 which " is as the shining light, tliat shinetli more and 
 more unto the perfect day," Prov. iv. 18. Or, if that 
 may be thought too flattering a representation, it was 
 just going on in God's ways, and exemplifying, in the 
 various relationships of life, a deep consciousness of 
 obligation to divine grace, in harmony with Romans xii. 
 1,2. 
 
 Her native good sense, strengthened and sanctified 
 by religion, admirably qualified her for a counsellor. 
 She possessed a keen perception of propriety. She 
 could not endure the least swerving from integrity and 
 straightforwardness in the conduct of affairs. She 
 seemed to discern intuitively the pathway of prudence. 
 She was a model of discretion. I never repented of 
 following her advice ; it was always safe to give good 
 heed to her admonitions and cautions. " She opened 
 her mouth with wisdom," Prov. xxxi. 26. 
 
 Distinguished as she was for the manifestation of 
 that " meek and quiet spirit whicli is in the sight of 
 God of great price," (1 Pet. iii. 4.) and disinclined to 
 exact rigorously even what might be regarded as right- 
 ful claims, she knew how to draw the line between ab- 
 jectness and proud assumptions. She was gentle and 
 yielding, and " in her tongue was the law of kindness" : 
 —but on fitting occasions, when it was needful to pro- 
 test against wrong-doing or repel insult, she could be 
 firm as a rock. 
 
 She enjoyed in a high degree the pleasures of benev. 
 olence, esteeming it an essential part of the christian's 
 calling to tread in the steps of Him who " went about 
 
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 doing <>ood." Her whole training, in the family and in 
 the church, tended to this result. She had seen bouii- 
 tifulness at liome, in manifold forma, and her conduct 
 proved that she had learned the lesson welh Our de- 
 nominational objects were dear to her heart, espe^>ially 
 the foreign mission, with wliich she felt particularly 
 identified, having had frequent opportunities of forming 
 acquaintance with missionaries when they were sojourn* 
 ing for a while under her father's hospitable roof. Her 
 co-operation was frequently sought and cheerfully given 
 in connection with the multiform plans of usefulness in 
 wliich christian females take delight. The poor experi- 
 enced her kindliest sympathies, and no small amount 
 of relief was afforded to them, botli from the purse and 
 from the '' basket and store." 
 
 Afflictions, many and various, were endured. Chil- 
 dren were taken away, and near relations removed, by 
 death. Sickness — losses — disappointed hopes, contrib- 
 uted to swell the list of her sorrows, and sometimea 
 the " waves and billows" followed each other in rapid 
 succession. She bore all with submissive patience. 
 Some persons' griefs are always heard and seen ; — the 
 whole extent of their suffering is known ; — they mourn 
 in public. It was not so with her. She suffered in 
 silence, and her anguish was far more acute than ob- 
 servers imagined. But though she revealed it not to 
 her fellow-creatures, she poured out her soul before 
 the Lord, and He comforted her. She was enabled to 
 repress emotion, and to evince a dignified composure, 
 under which lay concealed deep and sorrowful experience. 
 Perhaps the pain would have l,)ccn less piercing if the 
 
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 outward expression had been more indulged. The 
 tearless eye and the torn heart are often connected in 
 the same person. « Deep streams are silent." 
 
 Tliat such a one as my late dear wife would be re- 
 spected and loved by those who knew her, and the 
 more in proportion to the completeness of their Icnow- 
 ledge, might have been anticipated. And so it was. 
 There were no attractions of genius — no brilliant tal- 
 ents — nothing of a striking kind, so to speak; but 
 there was a combination of good qualities, — a moral 
 symmetry — an unobtrusive excellence — a general love- 
 ableness — that deserved esteem, and secured it. 
 
 Yet let it not be supposed that the design is to draw 
 the picture of a perfect being, or to iusinuate that the 
 subject of tliis sketch was without faults. Most pain- 
 fully conscious was she of innumerable failings, as be- 
 fore God ; and any attempt to magnify her excellences 
 at the expense of truth and soberness would have been 
 sternly reproved and abhorred. The words of two 
 saints, one of the Old Testament, the other of the New, 
 m^y be taken as expressing her views, as well as those 
 of all well-informed christians, in this respect : — " If I 
 justify myself, mine own njouth shall condemn me ; if I 
 say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse." 
 " If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and 
 the truth is not in us." Job. ix. 20. 1 John i. 8. 
 But I do not feel myself called on to point out instan- 
 ces of imperfection or blame-worthiness. It is rather 
 my object to " glorify God in her," and to display the 
 power of his grace. And tins may be done still further 
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 Warnino^ was given several years before her deaths 
 when it was ascertained that she was the subject of a 
 disease (an affection of tlie heart), the final blow of 
 which might be parried for a while, but would at length 
 fall fatally, and might come on a sudden. She received 
 the warning with composure, and was thankful for it^ 
 because it so powerfully enforced the necessity of lia- 
 bitual preparation. From that time she sought to live 
 as " dying daily." 
 
 Hers was a case of long-protracted suffering. It 
 was not occasional or intermittent, but in some form 
 pressed upon her constantly, so that, as she once ex- 
 pressed herself, borrowing the Apostle Paul's words, 
 she "groaned, being buidencd." The peculiar bodily 
 distress produced by her disease was aggravated by 
 want of sleep, which could seldom be obtained without 
 the use of opiates, the effect of which on the system 
 was in many respects injurious. If, under such circum- 
 stances, when worn by perpetual wakefulness, or strug- 
 gling hard for breath, she uttered earnest cries for help 
 and deliverance, exclaiming, "0 for rest!" — "Lord, 
 help mc"— "I long to go"— "Why this delay?"— 
 << Shorten the work, if it be thy pleasure/' — they were 
 the words of suffering nature, and might find parallels 
 in the records of the last days and hours of the most 
 eminent saints, in all ages. But mingled with them 
 were other utterances, shewing the power of restraining' 
 grace ; — such as, " I must wait " — " for patience " — 
 " There's a needs-he " (alluding, probably, to 1 Pet. i. 6.). 
 And the very form of expression often assumed by her 
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 of hope. It was the lan^iagc of prayer to the Saviour, 
 in whose coming to fetch his servants home she recog- 
 nized the christian idea of death. ^' How long, Lord ?'' 
 — " Come, oh come 1" — " Come, blessed Jesus, what is it 
 that hinders thee ?" Thus she pleaded with Him, who 
 "hath the keys of hell and of death," (Rev. i. 18), 
 asking that the door might be opened to admit her to 
 his presence. 
 
 When she first conversed with mc respecting her 
 approaching departure, which was about ten days before 
 the event, she expressed her desire for clearer views of 
 divine truth, and more satisfactory experience, intimat- 
 ing that she was oppressed by many anxieties and fears. 
 She was reminded of Newton's argument, in one of his 
 hymns, — 
 
 « His love in time past forbids me to think 
 
 He 'U leave me at Jast, in trouble to sink ; 
 
 Each sweet Ebenezer I have in review 
 
 Confirms his good pleasure to help me quite through.'* 
 
 She repeated the lines after me, with much feeling. 
 Having adverted to her frequent depression of spirits, 
 and her inability to fix her mind on any subject, or even 
 to read with pleasure, I assured her that all that was 
 the efiect of disease, and directe(! her attention to the 
 declaration of the Psalmist, that the Lord " knoweth 
 our frame, and remembereth that we are dust " (Psalm 
 ciii. 14), and to the Saviour's tender consideration of 
 the circumstances of his disciples, when he said, " The 
 spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak," — Matt, 
 xxvi. 41. 
 
 The humility which she had ever manifested was 
 
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 especially conspicuous as she drew near the other 
 world. She could not look back with complacency on 
 her past life, nor pride herself on the position she had 
 attained, or the good she had effected. Other thoughts 
 occupied her mind — of ingratitude for mercies — of 
 responsibilities inadequately realised — of privileges 
 imperfectly improved — of apathy, indifference, and 
 hardness of heart. These and kindred topics were 
 presented vividly to her soul, and she was abased 
 before God. At one time there appeared to be great 
 mental conflict. The burden pressed heavily, and the 
 pressure was perhaps increased by the insinuations of 
 the " accuser of the brethren." The language of the 
 fifty-first psalm, versified by Dr. Watts, was employed, 
 as expressive of her feelings : — 
 
 " My crimeg are great, but not surpass 
 The power and glory of thy grace.** 
 
 " Shew pity, Lord ; O Lord, forgive." 
 
 " Lord, hear my cry, and send deliverance." He did 
 hear, and lifted up upon her again the light of his 
 countenance. Faith laid hold of the promises, and 
 peace followed. "He is able," it was observed, to 
 save them to the uttermost that come unto God by 
 him," Heb. vii. 25. She added, "and willirig, too." 
 The clouds did not return again. 
 
 In previous life her constitutional quietness of tem- 
 perament had shewn itself in reserve on religious 
 matters, at least, as far as regarded personal experi- 
 ence. She was not accustomed, unless on rare occa- 
 sions, to free communication on such points. But in 
 the last days of her illness all restraint was taken 
 
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 away. Passages of scripture and verses of liyiuns 
 were repeated in quick succession, and tlic emotions of 
 the soul, as desire, or hope, or love, or joy predomina- 
 ted, found ready utterance ; — at one time, in the form 
 of assertion or address — at another, in fervent suppli. 
 cation. The same freedom appeared the day before 
 her death, when at her recpiest a Psalm was read (tlic 
 twenty-third) and praye/ offered. She added <' Amen " 
 several times, at tlic close of a petition, with a clear, 
 firm voice. 
 
 The thought of "going home" afforded her inexpres- 
 sible deliglit, and was referred to, in different ways, 
 with great frequency. "Dying is going home," she 
 said, — " and home is a pleasant place." "Almost home. 
 doctor, am I not ?" she said to the physician when he 
 entered her room one morning. At anotlicr time — 
 " I am going home — 
 
 * Come, ye angelic envoys, come, 
 And lead the willing pilgrim home ; 
 * Ye know ths way to Jesus' throne, 
 
 Source of my joya and of your own.' " 
 
 On one occasion, after a paroxysm of pain, she 
 asked me whether I thought she could remain long in 
 that state. On my replying in tlie negative she ex- 
 pressed her joy, repeating the verse, 
 
 " Ye wheels of nature, speed your course, 
 Ye mortal powers, decay ; 
 Fast as ye bring the night of death 
 Ye bring eternal day." 
 
 That " day," I observed, will be a da;' without niglit ; 
 and there will be no sickness — no sorrow — no sin, 
 " No "—she replied—" With God eternally shut in," 
 
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 The daj before her departure her mind was in a 
 peculiarly happy state. In the morning, as she was 
 sitting up in the bed, she said, with great solemnity, — 
 "The Master is com?, and calleth for me, and I am 
 ready. Dying is but going home. 
 
 * Jesus can make a dying bed 
 Feel soft as downy pillows are * 
 While on his breast I It an my head, 
 And breathe my life out sweetly there.* '* 
 
 About the middle of the day she beckoned to mc to 
 raise her up, and then exclaimed — " Come, Lord Jesus, 
 come quickly. Into thy hands I commit my spirit; 
 thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 
 
 * I shall behold thy blissful face, 
 And fitand complete io righteousness.* 
 
 and then you may say — 
 
 * Rejoice for a sister deceased, 
 Our loss is her infinite gain ; 
 A soul out of prison released, 
 
 And freed from its bodily chain."* » 
 
 Allusion being made to the " good hope " which the 
 Lord has given us, she added, " through grace " ; and 
 
 then — 
 
 " A hope so much divine 
 May trials well endure ; 
 May purge our souls from sense and sin| 
 As Christ the Lord is pure." 
 
 When I left her for the night, she said " good night ; 
 I hope I shall reach the land of blessedness before 
 
 inornmg. 
 
 »» 
 
 The next morning, her last morning on earth, she 
 said to me, « Near home I'* « Yes," I replied, " you are 
 
near home." ^' Do you think so ?" slic askcrl ; and on 
 my replying in tlie alTirnuitive, oxehiiinetl, *^ lilessed ha 
 the God and Fatlier of our Lord Jesu^ Christ; 
 
 ♦ 1 would be absent from the ilesh, 
 And present, Lord, with thee.*** 
 
 Some liours afterwards, when I asked her liow she 
 was, she replied, ^' Getting nearer to rest/* "Yes," I 
 said, " to your Father's house :" she added, ^ My 
 Father's house on high/' Soon after — " I won't be im- 
 patient ; but the flesh begins to give way. * My heart 
 and my flesh faileth ; but God is tlie strength of my 
 heart, and my portion for ever.* " These words were " 
 repeated very slowly and distinctly. 
 
 We did not think her end so near as it proved to be. 
 In fact, it was supposed that she might possibly linger 
 on a day or two longer. But the time was come. — 
 When I next saw lier she had fallen into a temporary 
 delirium, and was talki?ig to herself, rapidly and inco- 
 herently. Yet even her wanderings shewed tlie bias of 
 her soul. " It is all riglit f she exclaimed — a conviction 
 which she had held with firm grasp all her life long. — 
 And then she tried to repeat the verse — 
 
 *' O, if my Lord would come and meet, 
 My soul should stretch her wings in haste, 
 Fly fearless through death's iron gate, 
 Nor feel the terrors as she passed." 
 
 Consciousness returned for a very brief interval, dur. 
 ing which she recognised her husband and children. — 
 Then the final struggle came on. It was short, and 
 soon subsided into stillnoos. The breathing became 
 fainter and fainter. At length we found that she had 
 left us. 
 
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 Three days afterward.^, " devout men" carried her to 
 the grave. On tlie Lord's day niornin<r following the 
 pastor preaclicd a sermon a[)propiiatc to the occasion, 
 from Psalm exvi. 15—'* Precious iu the sight of tiio 
 Lord is the death of his saints." 
 
 ••These are they which came out of graat tribulation, anJ have 
 washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of fhe 
 Lamb. Therefore are they before tl»e throne of God, and serve 
 hira day and ni^xht in his temple : 'and he that sitteth on the 
 throne shall dwell amonji them. They shall hunger no more, nei- 
 ther thirst any more ; neither shall the sun light on them, nor 
 any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne 
 shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of 
 watera; and God shall wipe away all tears from iheir eyes" 
 Bey. 7. 14-17. ' 
 
 "That ye be not elothful, but followers of them who through 
 faith aiid patience Inherit the promises." Heb. 6. 12. 
 
 AT HOME IN HEAVEN. 
 1 Thes. It. 17. 
 
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 « * For ever with the Lord !V 
 Amen, so let ii^ be ; 
 Life from the dead is in that word, 
 'Us immortality. 
 
 " Here in the body pent, 
 Absent from him I roam ; 
 Yet nightly pitch my moving tent 
 A day's march nearer home. 
 
 •♦ My Father's house on high, 
 
 Home of my soul • near, 
 At times, to faith's ioi -ng eye, 
 The golden gates ap^. • ! 
 
 *' Ah ! then my spirit faints 
 To reach the land J lov":, 
 The bright inheritance of saints, 
 Jerusalem above !" 
 
 J. Montgomery. 
 
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 Extract from the Minutes of the First Baptist Church, 
 Morton: 
 
 " Aug. 2. I8G2. Whereas it has pleased God to remove from 
 us by death the wife of our revered brother, the Rev. Dr. Cramp ; 
 
 Therefore resolved, That we as a Church tender Dr. Cramp 
 and his family our heartfelt ^ympathy in this their heavy affliction, 
 feelinii; ourselves in no small degree partakers of their loss, — more 
 especially in the loss of the prayers and consistent example of our 
 ■ister departed. 
 
 We trust that God will comfort the bereaved parent and chil- 
 dren, and enable them to look to Iliiu from whom eometh their 
 itiength." 
 
 A. Sawers Chasb, Clerk.