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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: The Annual Monitor for 1851 + or, Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great + Britain and Ireland, for the year 1850 + + +Author: Anonymous + + + +Release Date: June 4, 2006 [eBook #18502] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1851*** +</pre> +<p><a name="startoftext"></a></p> +<p>Transcribed from the 1850 C. Gilpin, R. Y. Clarke, and Co. edition +by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">New Series</span>, +No 9.</p> +<h1>THE ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1851.</h1> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">or</span><br /> +OBITUARY<br /> +<span class="smcap">of the</span><br /> +MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS<br /> +In Great Britain and Ireland,<br /> +<span class="smcap">for the year</span> 1850.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">LONDON:<br /> +SOLD BY C. GILPIN, R. Y. CLARKE, AND CO., DARTON AND CO.,<br /> +AND E. MARSH: GEORGE HOPE, YORK.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">1850.</p> +<h2><!-- page iii--><a name="pageiii"></a><span class="pagenum">p. iii</span>INTRODUCTORY +ESSAY.</h2> +<p>We have again to present to our friends the Report of the Annual +Mortality in the Society of Friends, in Great Britain and Ireland. +It has frequently been observed, how nearly the number of deaths in +each year has approximated, but we have this year to notice a considerable +diminution in the annual return. We are not disposed, however, +to attribute the diminished numbers, chiefly to any special cause connected +with health, but consider it rather as one of those fluctuations which +are ever found to arise in a series of years, in the mortality of a +small community. The number of the dying, however, may be expected +to bear, as respects the average, a pretty uniform relation to the number +of the living. And if the fact be, as all our late inquiries lead +us to believe it is, that we are, though slowly, a diminishing body, +we must expect that our average number of deaths will also be found +gradually to diminish.</p> +<p><!-- page iv--><a name="pageiv"></a><span class="pagenum">p. iv</span>We +have often anxiously pondered over the question,—Why the Society +of Friends should be a diminishing body? And we propose to give +in this place a few of the thoughts which have been suggested to us +in the course of our consideration.</p> +<p>In the first place, let us notice the natural causes which tend to +the decrease of our Society. We have formerly shown that the mortality +among our members is less than in the community at large, which so far +as it extends, is of course a reason for the increase rather than the +diminution of our numbers. But then we have, on the other side, +the well-ascertained fact, that whilst in the community at large, the +registered births exceed the deaths, by 45 per cent; in the Society +of Friends, the registered deaths actually exceed the births! +The cause of this fact is to be found, not only in connection with the +number who marry out of the Society, but also in the operation of that +prudential check on entering into the married state, which will always +prevail amongst a moral people, where the means of subsistence cannot +easily and with certainty be obtained. But to whatever we may +attribute the cause, the fact itself is a complete answer to the question—Why +<!-- page v--><a name="pagev"></a><span class="pagenum">p. v</span>we +are a diminishing rather than an increasing people?</p> +<p>It may be said,—Why are not our religious principles aggressive?—Why, +if they be true, do they not find converts among the various Christian +communities of our land?—Why, as in the early times of our Society, +are there not numerous conversions, and fresh bodies of warm-hearted, +and sound-minded believers, added to our numbers?—These are deeply +important and very interesting questions, and we are willing to offer +a few thoughts upon them, with the seriousness and modesty with which +it becomes us to speak on the subject.</p> +<p>We believe, that a mistaken view prevails, in regard to the truest +Christian principle being that which will be accepted by the largest +number of persons. The experience of all the past ages of the +Church contradicts the assumption, and shows clearly that there is in +man a deep-seated opposition to the acceptance of divine truth in its +purity and simplicity. True vital religion has ever called for +the service of man’s heart to God, and in every age, this allegiance +has been the state of the <i>few</i>, rather than of the <i>many</i>. +The history of the <!-- page vi--><a name="pagevi"></a><span class="pagenum">p. vi</span>ancient +church is full of illustrations of this truth. Whilst Moses lingered +on the Mount, whence the children of Israel knew that the law was to +be given, and from whence such evident demonstrations of the divine +power had been manifest to the people, they were employed in making +the golden calf to go before them, and crying “these are thy Gods, +O Israel!” And when they had received the law, written by +the finger of God, and were somewhat humbled under the correction of +their sins, how few were there, who carried out its injunctions in their +genuine spirit, and how many were there, who from time to time, defiled +themselves by the idolatrous service of other gods. Even when +brought by a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, attended by many +palpable miracles which were wrought on their behalf, they were seated +in the “Land flowing with milk and honey,” which had been +promised to their fathers; how prone were they constantly to desert +even the profession of their faith, and to serve the gods of the nations +which they were sent to destroy; yet in all these times there were a +few, and it was probably comparatively but a <i>few</i>, who had not +bowed the knee to Baal.</p> +<p><!-- page vii--><a name="pagevii"></a><span class="pagenum">p. vii</span>We +have evidence of the same fact in the history of Christianity. +The beautiful example of the Saviour, and the wonderful miracles which +he performed—all for the good of man—failed to attract the +high boasted reason of the Greek, or the Roman, or to soften the obduracy +of the blind and hard Pharisaic hearted Jew: it was still the <i>few</i> +who had sympathy with the character He exhibited, and the truths which +He spoke, and who found Him to be to their souls “the power of +God unto salvation.” And even when these few were gathered +together, and under the extraordinary effusion of the Holy Spirit, many +were added to them, and “the multitude of them that believed were +of one heart and one soul,” they were still comparatively but +a <i>few</i>.</p> +<p>The further history of the Christian Church may appear to some to +exhibit a different view, but to us it seems not less clearly to illustrate +the same melancholy truth.</p> +<p>It is certain, that during the life-time of the Apostles, many by +their powerful preaching, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, were +brought to repentance and a living faith in Christ, and we know that +not a few sealed their testimony with <!-- page viii--><a name="pageviii"></a><span class="pagenum">p. viii</span>their +blood, yet the simplicity and the purity of Christianity were soon more +or less spoiled by the still contracted spirit and notions of many of +the Jews, or the false philosophy, not entirely abandoned, of the pagan +converts. We doubt not, however, that notwithstanding these deteriorating +admixtures, there may be said to have been many—aye, a glorious +multitude—who held the truth in its primitive power, and in a +large measure of primitive simplicity. Still, when these are compared +with the whole population of the countries where the Truth was preached, +the real converts must be spoken of as a <i>few</i>, and thus was it +evident that there was still an inherent opposition in man to the restraining +and purifying doctrines of the gospel of Christ.</p> +<p>And when in later years, whole nations and peoples were said to become +Christians, it may well be doubted whether in such times there had not +been as great a reduction of the number of true converts of old standing, +as there was addition of this class amongst the new ones. Christianity +as professed in those days, had thrown off her simple garb, and had +decorated herself to please the corrupt taste of <!-- page ix--><a name="pageix"></a><span class="pagenum">p. ix</span>the +people—as the sun and other heavenly bodies were probably the +earliest objects of adoration to mankind, and were used in the first +instance as striking symbols of the light and power of the one Creator +and Father, so did the professors of Christianity, pretty early present +to the people, some intermediate objects of reverence and love, by which +those who turned from the simple affiance to the one Great Redeemer +and High Priest, might find a rest suited to their carnal, or at least +imperfectly spiritual conception of Christianity. And when the +temporal church boasted of its universal sway in Europe, and its entire +unity, there were probably a smaller number of true Christians within +its pale, than existed in the midst of pagan persecutions at the close +of the apostolic age.</p> +<p>Let us now look at times nearer to our own, when Huss, and Luther, +and Zwingle, by a power not their own, caused many rays of the glorious +light of Truth to shine upon benighted nations, and disturbed the slumbers +of the corrupted church. Great were, and still are the blessings +derived from the great struggle. Many of the bonds of Satan were +broken, and many a heavy burdened soul found its long desired rest. +Yet how soon <!-- page x--><a name="pagex"></a><span class="pagenum">p. x</span>was +even the brightness of this morning dimmed, and how little progress +did the cause of the Reformation make after the departure of the immediate +instruments in the great movement.</p> +<p>In Switzerland, not inaptly called the cradle of the English Reformation, +the Cantons which, in the first instance received the truth and joined +the Protestant cause, continue still to bear the same name, but not +one which at that time retained the designation of Catholic, has since +become Protestant: and at Geneva, where Calvin taught, and where his +doctrines are still professed, opinions which were not less abhorrent +to him than the worst of the errors of popery, are openly maintained. +Those who now preach the vital truths of the Reformation, are the <i>few</i> +not the <i>many</i>.</p> +<p>In England, the iron rule of Elizabeth in ecclesiastical matters, +and in particular her requirement of uniformity with respect to the +“rags of Rome,” checked the real progress of the Reformation +in the English church, but by a reaction which in the ordering of Divine +Wisdom, often makes the wrath of man to praise him, it appears to have +been the means of raising up an increased antagonism to error, in the +persons of men willing to suffer and <!-- page xi--><a name="pagexi"></a><span class="pagenum">p. xi</span>to +die for the cause of truth. It will perhaps be admitted that at +many periods of the history of what is called the English church, whilst +its nominal members numbered a large proportion of the whole population, +the actual number of the genuine disciples of Christ within its pale +were in small compass. The revival in some measure, of the spirit +of its reformers, even in opposition to the letter of many of its formularies, +has, no doubt, in past times, done much to increase its living influence +and usefulness, but recent events have shown how large a portion of +its clergy instead of going forward in the work of the Reformation, +are rather desirous of retrograde movement, and of approximating, if +not of entirely returning to the errors of Rome. Such, we ought +ever to bear in mind, is the natural tendency of man, and so prone is +he, even when raised by the True Light to a perception of the things +which are most excellent, to sink again into the grovelling habits of +his own dark nature.</p> +<p>We come now to the threshold of our own religious history, and shall +endeavour to answer, in substance at least, the queries with which we +commenced the present inquiry. It was certainly an <!-- page xii--><a name="pagexii"></a><span class="pagenum">p. xii</span>extraordinary +period of our national religious history, in which the Society of Friends +arose—a time in which old foundations were shaken, and an earnest +inquiry excited in many minds after the way of truth and of real peace +to the soul. We think that it is not assuming, to express our +belief, that a remarkable extension of spiritual light and energy was +extended to the people of England, in that day, when George Fox, and +his early associates, went forth through the length and breadth of the +land, and found so extraordinary a preparation for their service in +the hearts of their fellow-countrymen.</p> +<p>The first preachers knew a being made Christians themselves, before +they went forth to call others to Christ—what a deep sense of +sin and of its hatefulness in the sight of God—what earnestness, +or rather agonizing in prayer—what joy in the sense of the true +knowledge of Christ, and of communion with him in Spirit—what +subsequent watchfulness and reliance upon him in every step of their +course—what zeal in making known the truth which they had found, +and what constancy in suffering for it, yea thinking it all joy that +they were counted worthy to suffer for the name of <!-- page xiii--><a name="pagexiii"></a><span class="pagenum">p. xiii</span>Christ!—Such +were the men who were heralds of our religious Society, and by whose +instrumentality thousands at least, were convinced of the truth; large +numbers of whom gave evidence that they were not only convinced, but +converted to God. Need we then wonder at their success? though +still compared with the numbers to which they preached, the converts +may be said to have been <i>few</i>. It was still the <i>many</i>, +who if brought to see as it were their face in a glass, went away and +straightway forgot what manner of men they were.</p> +<p>We believe that the number of persons who went under the name of +Friends, in Great Britain and Ireland, at the close of the 17th century, +was at least three times as great as it is at the present time.</p> +<p>It will be in accordance with our object, to endeavour to indicate +what may have been the chief causes of the suspension of those active +measures which we have called aggressive,—though full of love, +and which marked the early periods of our Society. An historian +of the church, who was not insensible of what constitutes true religious +energy, has stated, that extraordinary revivals of this kind, have rarely +been maintained <!-- page xiv--><a name="pagexiv"></a><span class="pagenum">p. xiv</span>in +their primitive vigour more than about forty years. Rather more +than that time elapsed between the commencement of George Fox’s +labours and their close, at the time of his death. About eight +days previous to that event, he attended a meeting of ministers, in +London, and one of those who was present says: “I much minded +his exhortation to us, encouraging friends that have gifts to make use +of them; mentioning many countries beyond the seas that wanted visiting, +instancing the labours and hard travels of friends in the beginning +of the spreading of truth in our days, in breaking up of countries, +and of the rough ploughing they had in steeple houses, &c., but +that now it was more easy; and he complained, that there were many Demases +and Cains who embraced the present world, and encumbered themselves +with their own business, and neglected the Lord’s, and so were +good for nothing; and he said, they that had wives, should be as though +they had none; and who goeth a warfare should not entangle himself with +the things of this world.”</p> +<p>This characteristic extract will suggest, probably, to many readers, +our object in quoting it. <!-- page xv--><a name="pagexv"></a><span class="pagenum">p. xv</span>If +there was cause for the reproof conveyed in it in that day, in which +we know the primitive zeal still burned brightly, what must we say of +the subsequent, and of the present state of our little church!</p> +<p>Long after the death of George Fox, there continued to be a large +increase to the numbers of friends; many who had been wise and great +in this world, were made to rejoice in the laying down of their outward +wisdom, and in sitting down in deep humility to learn of Jesus, by the +teaching of the Holy Spirit in the heart. These were prepared +boldly to declare God’s controversy with sin, and the means by +which it might be subdued, not omitting to proclaim the alone ground +of a sinner’s pardon through the propitiatory sacrifice of our +Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.</p> +<p>We believe certainly that it has never been permitted to our Society +to be without its faithful labourers in the gospel, or without many +sincere confessors of its doctrines, who, by life and conversation, +have been true preachers to their brethren, and to the world in general. +Yet we must confess, that whilst as a Society, we continue to profess +the same religious views as were <!-- page xvi--><a name="pagexvi"></a><span class="pagenum">p. xvi</span>held +and promulgated by our early Friends, we fear we do not come up in practice +to that pure standard to which they attained. The door is open +to all the world, yet we sit at ease in our ceiled houses. Many +around us are hungering and thirsting for the knowledge of God, yet +we are occupied with our farms and our merchandise. Let us not +be inquiring, “What shall this man do,” or what should the +other have done? but remembering the reproof, “What is that to +thee, follow <i>thou</i> Me,” submit ourselves to that humbling, +but preparing hand, which was so signally displayed in the cause of +those who were engaged in the planting and watering of our religious +Society. Then might we again hope to witness an increase of spiritual +life and vigour in the body, and thus become as “a city set upon +a hill, that could not be hid.”</p> +<h2><!-- page 1--><a name="page1"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 1</span>THE +ANNUAL MONITOR. OBITUARY.</h2> +<p>Age. Time of Decease.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Abbott</span>, <i>Thorley</i>, <i>Essex</i>. +88 11mo. 19 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Martha Ady</span>, <i>London</i>. 81 3mo. +23 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Airey</span>, <i>Kendal</i>. +Widow. 81 5mo. 6 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Alderson</span>, <i>Winterscale</i>, +<i>Garsdale</i>, <i>Yorkshire</i>. 69 5mo. 2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Rebecca Alexander</span>, <i>Goldrood</i>, <i>Ipswich</i>. +Widow of Samuel Alexander. 72 12mo. 13 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Edward Alexander</span>, <i>Limerick</i>. +Son of the late Edward Alexander. 20 2mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Allen</span>, <i>Dunmow</i>, <i>Essex</i>. +A Minister. 76 9mo. 21 1849</p> +<p><!-- page 2--><a name="page2"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 2</span><span class="smcap">Sarah +Allen</span>, <i>Bristol</i>. A Minister. 77 6mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Eleanor Allen</span>, <i>Ballitore</i>. +Wife of Henry Allen. 49 3mo. 4 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ann Allis</span>, <i>Bristol</i>. Wife +of Hagger Allis. 65 8mo. 30 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Allison</span>, <i>Durham</i>. 57 +6mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Robert Alsop</span>, <i>Maldon</i>, <i>Essex</i>. +A Minister. 72 7mo. 21 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sophia Appleton</span>, <i>Stoke Newington</i>. +Wife of John Appleton. 49 3mo. 28 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Ashby</span>, <i>Hounslow</i>. +61 1mo. 7 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah C. Backhouse</span>, <i>Polam Hill</i>, +<i>Darlington</i>. A Minister. Widow of Jonathan Backhouse. +<a name="citation2"></a><a href="#footnote2">{2}</a> 63 5mo. 6 +1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">George Baker</span>, <i>Askham Field</i>, <i>York</i>. +An Elder. 71 1mo. 26 1850</p> +<p>He was one who remembered his Creator in the days of his youth, and +who proved in his own experience, that “the fear of the Lord” +is not only “the beginning of wisdom,” but that it is also +“a fountain of life preserving from the snares of death.” +His earnest desire was to be found walking acceptably before God; and +while a <!-- page 3--><a name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 3</span>young +man, he became greatly distressed at being overcome by drowsiness in +meetings for worship. On one occasion, when this had been the +case, he retired to a secluded spot, under a hedge, where, with many +tears, he poured forth his prayers for deliverance from this besetment. +Many years afterwards, when accompanying a friend on a religious visit +to the families of that meeting, he pointed out the place, and remarked +with expressions of gratitude, that from that time, he did not remember +having been overcome in the same manner.</p> +<p>He was deeply impressed with the words of his Saviour: “All +things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so +to them,” and he so carried this precept out into practice, as +to become remarkable for his uprightness of character, and for his consideration +for others.</p> +<p>The following circumstances present instructive examples of the kindly +sympathy of this “good Samaritan:”</p> +<p>On the occurrence of a malignant fever, in one of the eastern dales +of Yorkshire, while he resided in that district, he left his own home +for several weeks, to nurse some of his neighbours who had <!-- page 4--><a name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 4</span>become +affected with the disease, devoting his whole time to the sick, while +dread of infection rendered it difficult for him to obtain assistance +in this office of mercy.</p> +<p>After his removal into the neighbourhood of York, and at a time when +many persons were returning past his premises from a contested Election, +and some of them so much intoxicated as to be incapable of taking care +of themselves; fearing lest any severe accident should befall them while +in this condition, he took several of them from the highway, and lodged +them in one of his outhouses, dismissing them on the following morning +with suitable but kind admonition. And when numbers of the Irish +poor were driven from their own country by famine, and wandered about +in this land “for lack of bread,” he sheltered many of them +in his out-buildings and ministered to their necessities.</p> +<p>George Baker occupied the station of Elder for many years, exercising +a fatherly care in the church, and extending counsel or encouragement, +as he saw occasion, with a simplicity and godly sincerity which gave +him great place amongst his friends. He was often applied to by +his <!-- page 5--><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 5</span>neighbours +for counsel, and as a peace-maker; and in serving them was remarkable +for his patience, self-denial, and success. In his latter years, +his powers both of body and mind failed greatly, in consequence of an +accident which he met with, while in the pursuit of his occupation as +a farmer; but having “worked while it was day,” he was preserved +through a period which might be spoken of as “a night, in which +no man could work;” so that love, that badge of discipleship with +Christ, shone brightly in his last moments, as from under the margin +of a dark cloud, and a solemn feeling of peace with God, through Jesus +Christ, pervaded his dying hours.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth G. Barclay</span>, <i>Walthamstow</i>. +Daughter of Joseph G. Barclay. 2 8mo. 31 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Robert Barker</span>, <i>Cheadle</i>, <i>Manchester</i>. +62 9mo. 28 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Baynes</span>, <i>Bainbridge</i>, <i>Yorkshire</i>. +70 5mo. 14 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Beakbane</span>, <i>Liverpool</i>. +50 4mo. 14 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Rachel Beeby</span>, <i>Allonby</i>. 65 +12mo. 15 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Anne Bell</span>, <i>Belfast</i>. +Daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bell. 39 2mo. 23 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 6--><a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 6</span><span class="smcap">Mary +Benington</span>, <i>Wakefield</i>. A Minister. Wife of +George Benington. 55 6mo. 8 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Bennis</span>, <i>Clonmel</i>. +Daughter of the late William Bennis of Limerick. 16 2mo. 24 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Phœbe Bent</span>, <i>Sutton-in-Ashfield</i>, +<i>Nottinghamshire</i>. Widow of Joseph Bent of Stockport. +85 8mo. 15 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Bentley</span>, <i>Ipswich</i>. +Daughter of Thomas F. and Maria Bentley. 16 11mo. 28 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Benwell</span>, <i>Sidcot</i>. 50 +1mo. 13 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Bewley</span>, <i>Rockville</i>, <i>Dublin</i>. +Daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Bewley. 3 1mo. 16 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Binns</span>, <i>Poole</i>. An +Elder. 81 4mo. 10 1850</p> +<p>We have often had to observe, that many of our friends, who have +lived to a good old age, and who have been loved and honoured in their +respective stations, as upright pillars in the church, have left but +few written memorials of their course for the instruction of others; +whilst encompassed with infirmities, and looking for the help of the +<!-- page 7--><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 7</span>Lord’s +Spirit to resist their manifold temptations and easily besetting sins, +they have been enabled to pursue the even tenor of their way, seeking +through divine grace to fulfil the day’s work, in the day time, +and hoping to hear at last the call of mercy into one of the many mansions +prepared by Him, who has loved them and died for them. We love +to dwell upon this class of our departed friends, and without undervaluing +those whose gifts have been more prominent, or whom circumstances have +rendered more conspicuous in our pages, we sincerely desire that these +more hidden, but not less valuable parts of the spiritual building, +may ever be honoured amongst us. Such an one was our late friend, +William Binns. It was during his apprenticeship that, under the +ministry of two women friends, engaged in a family visit, he was powerfully +awakened to the eternal interests of his soul, and through divine grace, +the impression made, was of so decided a character, that putting his +hand to the Christian plough, he looked not back.</p> +<p>He was greatly concerned for the true welfare of our religious Society, +and in the district in which he resided was eminently useful; caring +<!-- page 8--><a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 8</span>for +the flock over which the good Shepherd had made him an overseer.</p> +<p>Sterling integrity and uprightness marked his character; his judgment +was clear and sound, and was frequently given in comprehensive and pertinent +language, free from all superfluous expression.</p> +<p>He took a very low estimate of his own attainments, and was humbled +under a sense of his shortcomings; as the shadows of evening were closing +around him, he frequently and feelingly intimated, that there was for +him, but one ground of faith and hope, the free mercy of God in Jesus +Christ his Saviour; such was the subject of his frequent expression +to his friends, and they rejoice in the belief that having in his long +pilgrimage taken up his cross, and sought above all things to follow +Christ, so in the end he was prepared to enter into the eternal joys +of his Lord.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">George Binns</span>, <i>Bradford</i>. 52 +8mo. 26 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Emma Binns</span>, <i>Sunderland</i>. Daughter +of Henry Binns. 6 8mo. 22 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Black</span>, <i>Cockermouth</i>. +71 9mo. 20 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Black</span>, <i>Lisburn</i>. 22 +5mo. 23 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 9--><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 9</span><span class="smcap">Thomas +Bowry</span>, <i>Stepney</i>. 67 4mo. 27 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Robert Wm. Brightwen</span>, <i>Newcastle-on-Tyne</i>. +Son of Charles Brightwen. 4 3mo. 6 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Brown</span>, <i>Cirencester</i>. +A Minister. 84 10mo. 13 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Amelia Brown</span>, <i>Luton</i>. A Minister. +Wife of Richard Marks Brown. 62 12mo. 7 1849</p> +<p>This beloved friend was privileged beyond many in the pious care +exercised in her religious training. She became early acquainted +with the teachings of divine grace, and from childhood, appears highly +to have valued the holy scriptures. It was frequently her practice +to set apart some portion of the day for private retirement and meditation, +and in thus seeking to wait upon the Lord for the renewal of her spiritual +strength, she was favoured to know “times of refreshing,” +and a growth in “pure and undefiled religion.”</p> +<p>She loved the truth in sincerity, and her mind was enriched in the +instructive contemplation of its order, excellence and beauty, and the +benign and salutary influence it has on those who obey its requisitions: +fervently she craved for an increase of faith and strength, that she +might be found among the “called, and chosen, and faithful.” +<!-- page 10--><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 10</span>“I +felt,” she remarks on one occasion, “as if I could make +any sacrifice called for; the language of my mind is almost continually, +what shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits.”</p> +<p>Under the apprehension that it would be required of her publicly +to bear testimony to the power and sufficiency of divine grace, her +mind was greatly humbled, and under the pressure of religious exercise, +she thus records her feelings: “Sweetly tendered in my room, and +craved for strength, fully and unreservedly, to yield all to Him, who +still in mercy visits me; if consistent with divine goodness, may my +mind be more illuminated, that I may more clearly distinguish between +my own will and the Lord’s requirings.” She was recorded +a minister in 1823; and on this important event she observes: “Feeling +some quietude, humble desires are prevalent that I may indeed be watchful. +Dearest Lord! be pleased to hear my feeble though sincere aspirations +after increasing strength and wisdom. Thou knowest that I feel +awfully fearful lest I should bring any shade on thy blessed cause.”</p> +<p>Her connection in married life, introduced her into a large family, +the duties of which she cheerfully <!-- page 11--><a name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 11</span>performed +with maternal solicitude, and she became closely united in bonds of +affection to the several branches of the domestic circle, anxiously +promoting their religious and moral welfare.</p> +<p>In ministry, this dear friend was pertinent and edifying, at times +close and searching; in the exercise of her gift, she travelled at different +intervals in several of the English counties. In the summer of +1848 her health began to decline; her demeanour under pain and suffering +evinced her humble dependence upon the Lord, and the language of her +soul was, “not my will, but thine, oh Father, be done!” +Some alleviation was permitted, and she so far recovered as to be able +to assemble with her friends for divine worship; on these occasions, +her communications evinced her undiminished interest in the cause of +truth and righteousness. In the last meeting she attended, she +bowed the knee in solemn supplication, craving for herself and those +present, the attainment of perfect purity and holiness, and that this +might be the chief concern of their lives. A few days after, she +was seized with paralysis, and although consciousness was not entirely +effaced, she said but little; she retained a grateful <!-- page 12--><a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 12</span>sense +of her many mercies, and a fervent affection towards her husband and +near connections. Gradually declining, she passed away as falling +into a sweet sleep, and we cannot doubt exchanged the tribulations of +time, for the blissful joys of eternity.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Standin Brown</span>, <i>Hitchin</i>. +60 6mo. 27 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Brown</span>, <i>Preston Crowmarsh</i>, +<i>Oxon</i>. Wife of Richard M. Brown, junior. 36 3mo. 31 +1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">George Brumell</span>, <i>Scotby</i>. 72 +2mo. 23 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ash Budge</span>, <i>Camborne</i>, <i>Redruth</i>. +Wife of John Budge. 53 4mo. 10 1850</p> +<p>In an unexpected hour, and in the enjoyment of usual health, it pleased +our heavenly Father to lay his hand of affliction upon this dear friend, +and after a severe illness of about four weeks, to gather her, as we +reverently believe, into “the rest which remaineth for the people +of God.”</p> +<p>It appears, that in early life, “the grace which bringeth salvation,” +wrought effectually in her heart, so that her surviving relatives cannot +recall the time when the fear of God did not influence her conduct; +her pious mother, who for many <!-- page 13--><a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 13</span>years +filled the station of Elder in our Society; was deeply interested in +the religious welfare of her children, and earnestly sought, in the +morning of their day, to imbue their minds with the principles and precepts +of the gospel of Christ, and her labours of love in reference to this +beloved daughter were graciously owned. From her childhood, she +was more than commonly dutiful and affectionate to her parents, rarely +giving them any cause for uneasiness; an aged grandmother also, who +resided for many years with them, she waited on with such tender care, +as to call forth the expression of her belief, that a blessing would +rest on her on that account.</p> +<p>Great meekness, tenderness, and humility clothed her mind, not only +throughout the season of her affliction, but for a long course of previous +years, binding her in very tender bonds to her husband and children, +as well as to her other endeared relatives and friends.</p> +<p>It appears, from the first day on which her illness assumed a more +serious character, that an impression pervaded her mind, that it would +be unto death, and accompanying this impression, a deep and earnest +desire for entire resignation to <!-- page 14--><a name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 14</span>the +divine will; and this desire was graciously answered; for during the +period of her illness, her resignation, and consequent tranquillity, +were indeed remarkable; attended by a precious measure of “the +peace of God which passeth all understanding.” So fully +was this the case, and so little of the appearance of death accompanied +her illness, that a lively hope of her restoration to health, was, even +to the last day of her life, earnestly cherished by those around her, +and in addition to this, such was the nature of her disease, that great +stillness and uninterrupted rest were considered necessary; thus circumstanced, +whilst both her mind, and their minds, were abundantly satisfied with +the precious evidence of the love of God in Christ Jesus, shed abroad +in her heart, they were not anxious for much expression, or careful +to commit to writing what, from season to season, fell from her lips; +feeling that her mind “wore thanksgiving to her Maker.”</p> +<p>She evinced, throughout her married life, a deep interest in the +well-being of her tenderly beloved children, making it her frequent +practice to spend some portion of her time in retirement with them, +in reading the holy scriptures and in <!-- page 15--><a name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 15</span>prayer; +and this interest increasingly appeared as she lay on the bed of affliction, +having them daily in her chamber, and again and again, in tender affection, +impressing on their minds the importance of divine and eternal things, +urging them to walk in the way of God’s commandments, and to regard +his favour and approbation as the one thing, beyond all other things, +necessary both to their present peace and everlasting salvation: similar +counsel was also extended to the other members of her household and +family, to the friends who kindly visited her, to her medical attendants, +and to her neighbours. More might be said in reference to the +Christian graces which marked the character of this beloved friend, +but the object is not to magnify the creature, but to set forth the +excellency and sufficiency of the “grace which is from God our +Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ,” and by the effectual operation +of which, she was what she was. The last words she addressed to +her tenderly beloved husband were: “All is well:” and again, +shortly before the final close: “My foundation is on the Rock;” +that Rock, we undoubtingly believe, which “no tempest overthrows.”</p> +<p><!-- page 16--><a name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 16</span><span class="smcap">Rebecca +Candler</span>, <i>East Hill</i>, <i>Colchester</i>. 55 5mo. 8 +1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Carson</span>, <i>Liverpool</i>. +Wife of William Carson. 59 2mo. 21 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Carter</span>, <i>Preston</i>. Daughter +of Thomas and Mary Carter. 4 7mo. 12 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Casson</span>, <i>Hull</i>. Daughter +of Benjamin Casson. 14 8mo. 22 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Catlin</span>, <i>London</i>. Died +at York. 62 3mo. 26 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Chantler</span>, <i>Lewes</i>. +78 2mo. 15 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Daniel Chapman</span>, <i>Reeth</i>. 24 +12mo. 29 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Cheselden</span>, <i>Ipswich</i>. +85 12mo. 17 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Christmas</span>, <i>Colne near Earith</i>. +87 7mo. 7 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Christy</span>, <i>Woodbank</i>, <i>Lurgan</i>. +Daughter of the late John Christy, of Stramore. 33 1mo. 23 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Clark</span>, <i>Bridgewater</i>. +A Minister. 91 6mo. 16 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Samuel Clark</span>, <i>Lower Grange</i>, <i>Ireland</i>. +68 12mo. 28 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Clark</span>, <i>Southampton</i>. +An Elder. 85 5mo. 25 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 17--><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 17</span><span class="smcap">Susan +Clemes</span>, <i>Ackworth</i>. Daughter of Samuel and Jane Clemes. +1 4mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Barclay Clibborn</span>, <i>Duner Mills</i>, +<i>Clonmel</i>. 80 3mo. 22 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joshua Coleby</span>, <i>Alton</i>. An +Elder. 73 3mo. 25 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Cooke</span>, <i>Liverpool</i>. Widow +of John Cooke. 68 12mo. 9 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Cooper</span>, <i>Brighouse</i>. A +Minister. Widow of Thomas Cooper. 79 4mo. 20 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Martha Cooper</span>, <i>Lockwood</i>, <i>Huddersfield</i>. +Widow of John Cooper, of Brighouse. 65 9mo. 14 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Coventry</span>, <i>Stoke Newington</i>. +70 2mo. 17 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Crapp</span>, <i>Truro</i>. 64 +1mo. 22 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Crawe</span>, <i>Norwich</i>. Widow +of Spicer Crawe. 77 3mo. 8 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Tabitha Crosland</span>, <i>Bradford</i>. +Wife of Robert Crosland. 45 10mo. 29 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Rachel Curchin</span>, <i>Ipswich</i>. +Died at York. 50 1mo. 20 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Curtis</span>, <i>Alton</i>. 79 +10mo. 13 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Francis Darby</span>, <i>Sunniside</i>, <i>Coalbrookdale</i>. +67 3mo. 20 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 18--><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 18</span><span class="smcap">Samuel +Davis</span>, <i>Aldershaw</i>, <i>Garsdale</i>, <i>Yorkshire</i>. +81 5mo. 30 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Edwin Dawes</span>, <i>Stoke Newington</i>. +38 10mo. 27 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Anna Maria Day</span>, <i>Saffron Walden</i>. +68 11mo. 8 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Gulielma Deane</span>, <i>Reigate</i>. +Daughter of James and Sarah Deane. 18 11mo. 4 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah</span> (<i>Sally</i>) <span class="smcap">Deaves</span>, +<i>Eglantine</i>, <i>Cork</i>. Daughter of Reuben and Sarah Deaves. +22 10mo. 3 1849</p> +<p>The sudden death, by Cholera, of this dear young friend, caused at +the time a very lively emotion among a wide circle of friends. +She was the only and much beloved child of her bereaved parents;—naturally +of a most amiable disposition, and of that lively temperament which +gives a peculiar zest to life and all its passing enjoyments, she diffused +around her somewhat of the buoyancy and sunshine which seemed ever to +attend her own steps. Thus attractive and admired, and drinking +largely of the cup of present pleasures, the thoughts of the future +appear to have had but little place in her mind. In a state of +excellent health, she had gone to <!-- page 19--><a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 19</span>Mountmelick +to pass a few weeks with some near relatives, when she was seized with +the disorder which, in a few hours, closed her life. Those hours +were passed in much bodily suffering, but sorer still were the conflicts +of her mind. The scales which had prevented her from seeing the +real worth of life and the awful realities of the future, at once fell +from her eyes, and she saw or rather felt with indescribable clearness, +that the great truths which appertain to the welfare of the soul belong +alike to the young and the healthy, to the sick and the dying. +She saw that she had been living to herself and not to God, and this, +whatever particulars she might lament, was the heavy burden of her awakened +spirit. In the depths of contrition, and in the earnestness of +faith, she was enabled to pray to her heavenly Father, and Saviour, +to draw near and to have mercy upon her.</p> +<p>Thus passed some hours never to be forgotten. The rapid progress +of her disease hardly allowed time for much further mental exercise +or expression. She sank into a state of quietude of body and of +mind. And when all was over, the sorrowing parents were condoled +in the hope, that <!-- page 20--><a name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 20</span>the +prayers of their beloved child had been heard, through the mercy of +Him who never turned away his ear from the truly repentant suppliant.</p> +<p>What lessons does this brief narrative offer to survivors. +Awfully does it speak to the children of pleasure, of the inestimable +value of the soul—of the importance of time—of the folly +of living in forgetfulness of God, and unmindful of their high destiny +as immortal beings. What a light does it throw on the responsibility +of parents; and whilst affording no encouragement to delay in the hope +of a death-bed repentance, what a view does it open of the infinite +mercy of our heavenly Father in Christ Jesus.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Martha Dell</span>, <i>Birmingham</i>. +Widow of Joseph H. Dell, of Earls Colne. 78 4mo. 30 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Samuel Dickinson</span>, <i>Denbydale</i>, <i>Highflatts</i>, +<i>Yorkshire</i>. 79 2mo. 19 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Edward Doubleday</span>, <i>Harrington Square</i>, +<i>Westminster</i>. 38 11mo. 14 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Isabella Dowbiggin</span>, <i>Preston</i>. +Widow. 75 7mo. 26 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Doyle</span>, <i>Calledon</i>, <i>Kilconnor</i>. +60 7mo. 6 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 21--><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 21</span><span class="smcap">Thomas +Dunbabbin</span>, <i>Chorlton-on-Medlock</i>. 68 3mo. 29 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Charlotte Edmundson</span>, <i>Kingstown</i>, +<i>Dublin</i>. Widow of Joshua Edmundson. 76 10mo. 18 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Jane Eustace</span>, <i>Hampstead</i>, <i>Dublin</i>. +56 12mo. 10 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Robert Farr</span>, <i>Birmingham</i>. +Died at Worcester. 36 3mo. 10 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Anne Fayle</span>, <i>Enniscorthy</i>. +Widow of Josiah Fayle. 54 1mo. 18 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Eleanor Fell</span>, <i>Uxbridge</i>. Wife +of John Fell. 41 10mo. 15 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susannah Fern</span>, <i>Rochdale</i>. +Widow of Joseph Fern. 76 7mo. 24 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susanna Finch</span>, <i>Reading</i>. 78 +12mo. 6 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susannah Fincher</span>, <i>Evesham</i>. +Widow of John Fincher. 78 12mo. 16 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Maria Fisher</span>, <i>Newport</i>, <i>Tipperary</i>. +Daughter of Benjamin C. and Mary Fisher. 18 4mo. 16 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Fowler</span>, <i>Higher Broughton</i>, +<i>Manchester</i>. Widow of William Fowler. 87 6mo. 28 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 22--><a name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 22</span><span class="smcap">Catherine +Fox</span>, <i>Rushmere</i>, <i>Ipswich</i>. An Elder. Wife +of Thomas Fox. 62 10mo. 6 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Freelove</span>, <i>London</i>. +Wife of James Freelove. 40 12mo. 17 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Lucy Freeth</span>, <i>Birmingham</i>. +53 1mo. 19 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ann Fuller</span>, <i>Yarmouth</i>. Widow +of John Fuller. 77 5mo. 20 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Anne Gale</span>, <i>Racketstown</i>, <i>Ballynakill</i>, +<i>Ireland</i>. Widow. 73 6mo. 10 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Gauntley</span>, <i>Bakewell</i>. +72 7mo. 28 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Cooke Geldart</span>, <i>Norwich</i>. +Wife of Joseph Geldart. 55 5mo. 24 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Robert Goswell Giles</span>, <i>Oldford</i>, +<i>Middlesex</i>. An Elder. 80 8mo. 23 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Gillett</span>, <i>Banbury</i>. +Son of Joseph A. and Martha Gillett. 21 3mo. 2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Goodyear</span>, <i>Adderbury</i>. +75 8mo. 14 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Goouch</span>, <i>Greenville</i>, <i>county +Kilkenny</i>. 84 5mo. 2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Isabella Grace</span>, <i>Bristol</i>. +Daughter of Josiah and Mary Grace. 9 9mo. 28 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Green</span>, <i>Trummery</i>, <i>Ballinderry</i>. +Widow of Thomas Green. 96 4mo. 8 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 23--><a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 23</span><span class="smcap">Ellen +Green</span>, <i>Gildersome</i>, <i>Yorkshire</i>. Widow of David +Green. 70 4mo. 25 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Greenwood</span>, <i>Stones</i>, <i>Todmorden</i>. +72 11mo. 12 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">James Greenwood</span>, <i>Plaistow</i>. +79 5mo. 9 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Grimes</span>, <i>Chelsea</i>. 52 +5mo. 20 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Abraham Grubb</span>, <i>Merlin</i>, <i>Clonmel</i>. +73 11mo. 7 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Gulson</span>, <i>Leicester</i>. 89 +5mo. 26 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Hagger</span>, <i>Hoddesdon</i>. +85 7mo. 11 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Rachel Hall</span>, <i>Greysouthen</i>, <i>Cumberland</i>. +69 1mo. 30 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Harker</span>, <i>Bristol</i>. Widow +of John Harker. 81 11mo. 5 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Adam Harker</span>, <i>Darlington</i>. +76 4mo. 3 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Margaret Harker</span>, <i>Cowgill, Dent</i>, +<i>Yorkshire</i>. Wife of Thomas Harker. 63 2mo. 23 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Harris</span>, <i>Peckham Rye</i>. +Wife of John Harris. 61 10mo. 7 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Harrison</span>, <i>Poole</i>, <i>Dorset</i>. +Son of Samuel and Sarah Harrison. 3 9mo. 29 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Harrison</span>, <i>Southgate</i>, +<i>Middlesex</i>. 60 3mo. 26 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 24--><a name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 24</span><span class="smcap">Mary +Hartas</span>, <i>Sinnington Grange</i>, <i>near Kirby</i>, <i>Yorkshire</i>. +A Minister. Widow of Thomas Hartas. 74 3mo. 2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Hartas</span>, <i>Westerdale</i>, <i>Castleton</i>, +<i>Yorkshire</i>. 49 9mo. 26 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Hartley</span>, <i>Dunfermline</i>, <i>near +Edinburgh</i>. 43 4mo. 23 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Haslem</span>, <i>Rosenalis</i>, <i>Mountmelick</i>. +81 1mo. 5 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Hawksworth</span>, <i>Thorne</i>. +Wife of John Hawksworth. 64 1mo. 5 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ellen Haworth</span>, <i>Todmorden</i>. +Wife of William Haworth. 57 12mo. 10 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hayllar</span>, <i>Dorking</i>. +83 10mo. 6 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Hayton</span>, <i>Penrith</i>. 70 +3mo. 24 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Ann Head</span>, <i>Ipswich</i>. 33 +4mo. 18 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ann Herbert</span>, <i>Tottenham</i>. 72 +9mo. 24 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Isaac Hewitson</span>, <i>Penrith</i>. +82 8mo. 28 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Hill</span>, <i>Hillsborough</i>, <i>Ireland</i>. +87 9mo. 18 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Richard Ivey Hocking</span>, <i>Truro</i>. +49 10mo. 5 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Hodgkin</span>, <i>Shipston-on-Stour</i>. +78 12mo. 8 1849</p> +<p><!-- page 25--><a name="page25"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 25</span><span class="smcap">James +Hogg</span>, <i>Portadown Grange</i>, <i>Ireland</i>. 51 1mo. +2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ann Holmes</span>, <i>Huddersfield</i>. +31 5mo. 21 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Hoowe</span>, <i>Edenderry</i>. 67 +8mo. 30 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Martha Horne</span>, <i>Tottenham</i>. +An Elder. 85 9mo. 2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Horsfall</span>, <i>Leeds</i>. +50 1mo. 17 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Richard Horsnaill</span>, <i>Dover</i>. +48 7mo. 23 1850</p> +<p>In endeavouring to pursue faithfully the path of manifested duty, +we believe it was peculiarly the aim of this dear friend, “to +do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with his God.” +He was of a very diffident disposition, and cautious in giving expression +to his religious feelings, lest he should thereby make a profession +beyond what he thought his attainments warranted.</p> +<p>For many years he laboured under a disease, which was attended with +much suffering; but this proved a means of weaning him from the world +and its pursuits, and of inducing him more earnestly to “seek +first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,” with the unshaken +belief that all things necessary would be added.</p> +<p>He manifested a deep interest in the prosperity of our religious +Society, and according to his <!-- page 26--><a name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 26</span>measure, +especially in the latter part of his life, willingly devoted himself +to its service. He likewise took great delight in promoting the +best interests of the juvenile portion of the population in the neighbourhood +in which he resided; and the counsel he gave to those of this class, +often gained their good will and respectful attention. He also +exhibited a very humane disposition toward the animal creation, and +rarely allowed a case of ill-treatment or oppression to pass without +attempting to redress the wrongs inflicted. For some years, he +took great interest in supplying the crews of foreign vessels, resorting +to the port of Dover, with copies of the holy Scriptures and religious +tracts; and from his kind and unassuming manners, his efforts were almost +universally well received.</p> +<p>His last illness, of four months’ duration, was attended with +extreme bodily suffering; but the nature of his complaint being very +obscure, he entertained a hope that he might be restored to his former +state of health, and expressed some anxiety for length of days, in order +that he might be more useful to his fellow-creatures. But as his +strength declined, this desire gave way to quiet submission <!-- page 27--><a name="page27"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 27</span>to +the will of his God; and it was evident, that his soul was anchored +upon that Rock, which alone can support in the hour of trial.</p> +<p>Soon after he was taken ill, he remarked in allusion to his business, +that he had thought it right in one instance, to decline the execution +of an order, where more display of taste was required, than he could +feel satisfied with; and this sacrifice, with some others of a similar +kind, had afforded him peace: adding, “I do want to come clean +out of Babylon.” He said, the language had been much upon +his mind: “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, +and I shall be whiter than snow:” and also the words of our Saviour,—“If +I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.”</p> +<p>Being in great pain, he said,—“You must pray for me, +that my patience may hold out; I have indeed need of your prayers, for +my sufferings are very great; but, bye and bye, perhaps I may be able +to say, I have not had one pang too many.” At another time, +he supplicated thus: “Merciful Father, be pleased to grant me +a little ease, O! Thou that makest the storm a calm, and sayest to the +waves, Peace be still.” Soon after <!-- page 28--><a name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 28</span>which +he lay quiet; and whilst tears of gratitude flowed down his cheeks, +he said, “Do not disturb me; all is stillness,—what a mercy!”</p> +<p>On one occasion, when feeling exceedingly depressed, he remarked, +that the vessels he had visited, and the poor sailors were brought mentally +to view, one after another, with much sweetness, and whilst he took +no merit to himself, he desired to encourage others to do what they +could for the good of the poor. At another time, after giving +instructions to one of his sisters, to make some selection of tracts +for the sailors on board a German vessel, then lying in the harbour, +he observed: “Oh, what a field of labour there is! how I do wish +that some one would take this up, for I feel as though I should be able +to do very little more in it.”</p> +<p>His mind, during his illness, seemed filled with love and gratitude. +He remarked, “I never felt so much love before, both to my family +and friends; I do believe this illness will bind us more closely together +than ever.” And again: “Oh, how kind you are to wait +upon me so; the Lord will reward you!” At another time, +he said, “I had not thought to have been taken <!-- page 29--><a name="page29"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 29</span>at +this time of my life, but I am in such a critical state, that life hangs +on a thread;—the pains of the body are what I seem most to dread.”</p> +<p>On inquiring one day, where that line was to be found, “At +ease in his possessions,” he remarked, “I do not think I +have been at ease in mine, I have endeavoured to live loose to them.” +A hope being expressed that his illness would be sanctified to him, +he quickly replied, “Yes, and not to me only, but to all of you.” +He gave some directions, in the event of his death, with much composure, +observing: “It seems an awful thing for me to say thus much, but +a great favour to be so free from anxiety.” In the night +he was heard to say: “No merit of mine, it is all of mercy, free +unmerited mercy!” On a young man in his employment coming +to assist him, previous to going to his own place of worship, when about +to leave the room, he thus addressed him: “Mind and make a good +use of the time, and do not be afraid of looking into thy own heart, +but suffer the witness to come in and speak, whether it be in the language +of encouragement or reproof. Many persons go to their places of +worship, where much of the time is spent in singing and in music, which +<!-- page 30--><a name="page30"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 30</span>please +the outward ear, but this is not religion! It is when we are brought +to see ourselves as we really are, sinners in the sight of a holy God, +that we are led to seek a Saviour, and to cry, in sincerity, ‘A +Saviour, or I die! A Redeemer, or I perish for ever!’”</p> +<p>On its being remarked to him, that it was consolingly believed, he +was one of those who had endeavoured to occupy with his talent, which, +if only one, it was hoped, had gained an increase, he replied,—“That +will only be known at the great day of account, when weighed in the +balance.”</p> +<p>On Seventh-day evening preceding his decease, he remarked to a beloved +relative, that it seemed the safest for him to say but little in regard +to his own attainments, adding,—“My desire is, for a continuance +of kind preservation.” And on the day before his death, +he remarked with gratitude, that his intellects had been preserved clear +throughout his illness. During the night, he was much engaged +in prayer; his bodily powers were fast sinking, but his mind appeared +preserved in peaceful serenity. In the morning, he expressed a +desire that his sister would remain by him, affectionately <!-- page 31--><a name="page31"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 31</span>inquired +for his father, and soon after, we reverently believe, exchanged a state +of suffering for one of never-ending rest and joy, in the everlasting +kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Albert George Horsnaill</span>, <i>Rochester</i>. +Son of George and Maria Horsnaill. 4 5mo. 22 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">James Hotham</span>, <i>Leeds</i>. 44 2mo. +7 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Hull</span>, <i>Ramsgate</i>. Died +at Cheltenham. 55 6mo. 3 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Hunt</span>, <i>Almondsbury</i>. A +Minister. Widow of James Hunt. 79 12mo. 7 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">David Hurst</span>, <i>West Houghton</i>, <i>Lancashire</i>. +35 2mo. 19 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Irwin</span>, <i>Deptford</i>. Wife +of Thomas Irwin. 55 2mo. 9 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Clark Isaac</span>, <i>Studminster</i>, +<i>Newton</i>, <i>Marnhull</i>. 67 2mo. 12 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Pim Jacob</span>, <i>Newlands</i>, +<i>Dublin</i>. Daughter of the late Joseph Jacob. 17 10mo. +30 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Jacobs</span>, <i>Folkstone</i>. +Widow of Jacob Jacobs. 76 6mo. 9 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Caroline Jacobs</span>, <i>Maidstone</i>. +Daughter of Jacob and Lydia Jacobs. 6 8mo. 15 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 32--><a name="page32"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 32</span><span class="smcap">Mary +Ann Jefferies</span>, <i>Melksham</i>. Daughter of Thomas and +Martha Jefferies. 38 12mo. 14 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Emma Jeffrey</span>, <i>Folkstone</i>. +Daughter of the late John and Eliza Jeffrey. 11 10mo. 6 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Jephcott</span>, <i>Coventry</i>. +Wife of Enoch Jephcott. 72 3mo. 26 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Samuel Jones</span>, <i>Hoxton</i>. 39 +5mo. 10 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Jones</span>, <i>Hereford</i>. Daughter +of Joseph Jones. 22 7mo. 17 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Judith King</span>, <i>Castle Donington</i>. +86 8mo. 11 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Leslie</span>, <i>Wells</i>, <i>Norfolk</i>. +66 10mo. 14 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Charles Lidbetter</span>, <i>Croydon</i>. +Son of Martin and Elizabeth Lidbetter. 2 2mo. 9 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Little</span>, <i>Alston</i>. 78 3mo. +27 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Richard Lynes</span>, <i>Chelsea</i>. 85 +1mo. 3 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Lythall</span>, <i>Baddesley</i>, <i>Warwickshire</i>. +68 3mo. 13 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ann Malcomson</span>, <i>Milton</i>, <i>Ireland</i>. +Widow of Thomas Malcomson. 79 7mo. 2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Mally</span>, <i>Preston</i>. 77 +7mo. 23 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Marriage</span>, <i>Chelmsford</i>. +76 12mo. 8 1849</p> +<p><!-- page 33--><a name="page33"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 33</span><span class="smcap">William +Marsh</span>, <i>Ashton</i>, <i>Lancashire</i>. 50 10mo. 1 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Rebecca Marsh</span>, <i>Dorking</i>. Wife +of William Marsh. 49 10mo. 27 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Alfred Marsh</span>, <i>Luton</i>. Son +of Robert and Maria Marsh. 4 8mo. 14 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">David Marshall</span>, <i>Sheffield</i>. +61 12mo. 9 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Jane Mason</span>, <i>Leeds</i>. Wife of +George Mason. 45 10mo. 9 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Miles</span>, <i>Peckham</i>. Wife +of Edward Miles. 36 4mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susanna Moore</span>, <i>Waterford</i>. +80 8mo. 12 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Priscilla Nash</span>, <i>London</i>. Daughter +of William and Rebecca Nash. 17 3mo. 13 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Edward Philip Nash</span>, <i>Holt</i>, <i>Norfolk</i>. +Son of Thomas W. and Sarah Nash. 2 4mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Neale</span>, <i>Mountmelick</i>. +Daughter of William Neale. 33 3mo. 29 1850</p> +<p>Hannah Neale had an extensive circle of acquaintance, by whom she +was much beloved and esteemed, as being one of a very innocent and blameless +life. Some of the circumstances relating to her, are of a very +affecting and interesting character, and speak loudly the uncertainty +of all earthly prospects. In the summer of last year, she entered +<!-- page 34--><a name="page34"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 34</span>into +an engagement of marriage with a friend residing in England. Having +considered the subject with earnest and sincere desires to act in accordance +with best wisdom, she looked forward to the completion of the prospect +with a pleasing and hopeful confidence, yet even at an early period +of the engagement, there was something that seemed to whisper to her, +the uncertainty of its completion.</p> +<p>At this time she appeared in her usual health and full of spirits; +but whilst on a visit to her aunt, at Kingstown, her health became affected, +and from this time, symptoms exhibited themselves, which baffled all +medical skill. She was still, however, hopeful respecting her +own recovery, and very often expressed in her correspondence, how much +she was pained by the thought of being the cause of so much anxiety +to others,—that her own sufferings were trifling, and the comforts +surrounding her so numerous, she felt that she had every thing to be +thankful for. It was, however, evident to those around her, that +there was little ground for hope, and a dear friend intimated to her, +that her medical advisers considered her end might possibly be very +near. This intelligence <!-- page 35--><a name="page35"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 35</span>greatly +startled her, but she afterward expressed, how thankful she felt that +she had been honestly apprized of her danger.</p> +<p>The solemn impression then made on her mind, never left her, and +her constant desire was, that she might, through divine mercy, be made +meet for the kingdom of heaven, repeating emphatically, “I have +much to do.”</p> +<p>She often expressed her great sorrow, that she had not yielded to +the serious impressions with which she had been favoured, saving, “They +were soon scattered;” and regretted much that she had not lived +a more devoted life. She felt herself to be a great sinner, needing +a Saviour’s gracious pardon; and for a long time feared she never +should obtain that forgiveness, she so earnestly longed for. But +though her faith was feeble, she endeavoured to lay hold of encouragement +from the mercy extended to the Prodigal Son, and to the Thief upon the +cross, hoping that the same mercy might be extended to herself; but +for a long time, her poor tossed and tried mind “could find nothing +to lean upon.” She remarked, she could not feel that she +had sinned against her fellow-creatures, but that she could <!-- page 36--><a name="page36"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 36</span>adopt +the words of the Psalmist: “Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned,” +saying, “I feel that I have nothing to build upon, and that I +want every thing; I am not prepared to die, I want all my sins to be +forgiven; I hope I shall not be taken till the work be fully accomplished.” +The whole of the 51st Psalm, she said, seemed to suit her case, and +with solemnity repeated, “‘Create in me a clean heart, oh +God! and renew a right spirit within me.’ If I am saved, +it will indeed be at the eleventh hour, I have been such a sinner.”</p> +<p>Thus did the Spirit of Truth search all things, and bring this beloved +friend sensibly to feel, as she weightily expressed, “that at +such a solemn hour, it will not do to build upon having led a spotless +and innocent life, something more is then wanted to lean upon.” +She often observed, how well it was for those who had given up their +hearts to serve their Saviour in the time of health,—that had +she done so, she should not now, in the hour of trial, have had to feel +such deep sorrow of heart,—that she could only hope for mercy +and forgiveness, adding, “If I perish, let it be at Thy footstool.”</p> +<p><!-- page 37--><a name="page37"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 37</span>As +her bodily weakness increased, she remarked, “I often feel unable +to read, or even to think; but I can <i>cling</i>; this is about as +much as I am able to do.”</p> +<p>Though this beloved friend took these low views of her own state, +her company was deeply instructive and edifying to those around her, +and a heavenly sweetness marked her deportment. Her heart was +often filled with gratitude to her heavenly Father for the extension +of his love and mercy, and she remarked many times, “I have indeed +been mercifully dealt with.”</p> +<p>The dear sufferer rapidly declined; yet her mind continued bright, +and she was preserved in a patient, waiting state, fully conscious of +the approach of death, she queried how long it was thought likely she +might live? praying,—“Oh! dear Saviour, may it please thee +not to take me till the work be fully accomplished.” She +often said, “It is a solemn thing to die;” and the evening +preceding her death, when her friends were watching around her, she +remarked that, believing her end was near, “It felt very, very +solemn to her.” At this deeply interesting season, He who +is indeed Love, condescended <!-- page 38--><a name="page38"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 38</span>in +great mercy to draw near, so that she seemed lifted above terrestrial +things, and permitted a foretaste of those joys, of which we consolingly +believe, she now fully participates. Under this precious influence, +her countenance beamed with sweetness, and she emphatically repeated +many times,—“Divine compassion! mighty love!” and +raising her hand, exclaimed, “Oh such love!—such love!—and +to me such a sinner; is it not marvellous?” adding, “a weary +burdened soul, oh Lord, am I, but the blood of Jesus can wash the guilty +sinner clean.—Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of +death, I will fear no evil.—Oh how wonderful! hard things have +been made easy, and bitter things sweet.”</p> +<p>She remarked that, at such a solemn hour, the world had no relish, +“oh no!” she said, “it is not worth a thought:</p> +<blockquote><p>‘The world recedes, it disappears,<br /> +Heaven opens on my eyes, my ears.’”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>To a young friend whom she tenderly loved, she said, “Oh if +we should all meet in heaven, will it not be delightful? oh! dear ---, +we must all come to this, and nothing will do for any of us but the +blood of the Lamb.”</p> +<p><!-- page 39--><a name="page39"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 39</span>She +continued for some time addressing those around her in this strain; +and to the question of her brother, whether she was happy? she replied, +“Yes, indeed, I am happy.” Thus her dying lips seemed +to testify, that she was mercifully brought to see the salvation of +God, and that he is able to save to the uttermost all those who come +unto him, through faith in Christ Jesus our Lord.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Henry Neild</span>, <i>Over Whitley</i>, <i>Cheshire</i>. +An Elder. 59 10mo. 4 1849</p> +<p>In the removal of this beloved friend, we have another instance of +the uncertainty of time, and another call to prepare for the life to +come. Henry Neild left home on the 12th of 9th month, 1849, for +the purpose of attending his Monthly and Quarterly Meetings, at Nantwich; +but he was taken ill in the former meeting, and though relieved by medical +aid, it failed to remove disease, which continued daily to waste his +frame, and in little more than three weeks terminated his earthly pilgrimage; +and we thankfully believe, through redeeming mercy, translated the immortal +spirit to “an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth +not away.”</p> +<p><!-- page 40--><a name="page40"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 40</span>He +had long been a very useful and willing helper in the small Quarterly +Meeting, of which he was a member; and a true sympathizer with the afflicted, +taking heed to the apostolic injunction, “Bear ye one anothers +burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” Deep and fervent +were his desires for the welfare of our Society, for the maintenance +of all our religious testimonies, and that its members might be redeemed +from the influence and spirit of the world.</p> +<p>In the early part of his illness, he remarked that “it was +surprising to himself, how entirely he could leave all earthly things; +he had desired to leave all to Him who doeth all things well; and to +commit himself into the hands of his dear Saviour.”</p> +<p>At another time, he said, “I am very gently and mercifully +dealt with, I feel that I am a poor unfaithful creature, but I consider +it a favour to be made sensible of this, for it is only of divine mercy +that we can rightly feel our need.” Thus kept in humble +reliance upon the mercy of God, in Christ Jesus his Saviour, he was +permitted to repose on that “Anchor to the soul which is sure +and steadfast,” and to cast all his care upon our compassionate +and ever present Redeemer.</p> +<p><!-- page 41--><a name="page41"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 41</span>He +died at Nantwich, at the house of Croudson Tunstall, whose own death +took place little more than a month afterwards.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Newsom</span>, <i>Limerick</i>. +62 6mo. 18 1850</p> +<p>In affixing a few lines to this name, the desire is simply to arrest +the attention of any reader, who may be too closely engaged in temporal +things; giving their strength to that which cannot profit, and not sufficiently +pondering the passing nature of all terrestrial things.</p> +<p>William Newsom had been extensively engaged in commerce through great +part of his life, and there was reason to fear he was unduly absorbed +by its cares and allurements: for the last year or more, he appeared +to be becoming more sensible that disappointment was stamped upon his +pursuits; his bodily health heretofore unbroken, began also to decline, +and it was comfortingly believed by his friends, that this and other +revolving circumstances, were tending to turn the energies of his mind +from perishable, to imperishable objects. A few months before +his decease, it became still more evident, that the hand of his heavenly +Father was laid upon him in mercy; and on one occasion, he remarked, +“that he saw <!-- page 42--><a name="page42"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 42</span>nothing +in the world worth living for, it abounded in trouble and disappointment, +all outward things were stained in his eyes, there was nothing but religion +that could be of any avail for any of us; and it mattered not when we +were taken—young, old, or middle aged—if we were but ready, +that was the great point!” His experience, however, during +the last few days of his life shewed, that although the ground might +have been prepared, the work was by no means effected; deep and sore +conflict was then his portion, and oh! with what fervency did he call +upon his Saviour, beseeching him in his mercy to be pleased to look +down upon his poor unworthy creature, for he alone could help in that +awful hour. Once he exclaimed, “what could all the world +do for me now?” His wife, under great exercise of spirit, +replied, “Nothing! the best, when laid upon such a bed as thou +art, have nothing to look to or depend upon, but the mercy of the Saviour;” +the poor sufferer earnestly pleaded that that mercy might be extended +to him, remarking, “He has all power in heaven and in earth.” +He then fervently prayed that the Lord would save his never dying soul. +It is believed, that whilst his many <!-- page 43--><a name="page43"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 43</span>sins +of omission and commission were brought vividly before his view, by +the unflattering witness, he was made very fully sensible that the great +work of salvation rests between the soul of man and his Creator, and +that “no man can redeem his brother, or give to God a ransom for +him.” Through the night, he was mostly engaged in prayer, +with uplifted hands invoking for mercy and forgiveness.</p> +<p>Some time before his death, the great conflict of mind he had been +under, appeared to subside, and to be succeeded by a sweet calm, and +he intimated to his wife, that he felt comfortable and satisfied. +Till within half an hour of the close, prayer continued flowing from +his lips, the last audible sounds being an appeal to the Lord; and but +a few minutes before he ceased to breathe, a conscious look at his dear +wife, seemed to say, “all is peace;” and it was granted +to her exercised spirit to believe, that the unshackled soul when released, +was received into a mansion of rest, through the mercy and merits of +his Lord and Saviour. In reference to that impressive hour this +dear relative writes,—“Oh! how many times that solemn night, +did I long that all the world could feel the great necessity, whilst +in <!-- page 44--><a name="page44"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 44</span>health +and strength, so to live, as to be prepared for that awful hour, which +sooner or later must come upon us all; it is a very dangerous thing +to put off the work of the soul’s salvation to a deathbed, or +to depend upon mercy being extended as at the eleventh hour, for it +may not then be found.” Let us then be concerned to work +whilst it is called to-day, and be ready to meet the awful summons,—“Steward +give up thy stewardship, for thou mayest be no longer steward.”</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susannah Nickalls</span>, <i>Ashford</i>, <i>Folkstone</i>. +Wife of Thomas Nickalls. 65 6mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Nicholson</span>, <i>Liverpool</i>. +78 12mo. 14 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Ostle</span>, <i>Newtown</i>, <i>Beckfoot</i>, +<i>Cumberland</i>. Widow of Thomas Ostle. 83 12mo. 18 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Palmer</span>, <i>Radway</i>. Widow +of William Palmer. 71 10mo. 17 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Percy</span>, <i>Ballinagore</i>, <i>Ireland</i>. +Son of John and Anna Perry. 3 2mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Richard Patching</span>, <i>Brighton</i>. +70 2mo. 15 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Rachel Pattinson</span>, <i>Felling, near Newcastle-on-Tyne</i>. +Widow of Thomas Pattinson. 59 1mo. 5 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 45--><a name="page45"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 45</span><span class="smcap">Sophia +Gulielma Payne</span>, <i>Lambeth Walk</i>, <i>Surrey</i>. Daughter +of James and Ann Payne. 1 6mo. 7 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Pearson</span>, <i>Preston</i>. +Daughter of Daniel and Ann Pearson. 1 7mo. 6 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Pegler</span>, <i>Mangersbury</i>, <i>near +Stow</i>, <i>Warwickshire</i>. 74 7mo. 6 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Isabella Peile</span>, <i>Carlisle</i>. +Wife of Thomas Peile. 45 8mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Francis Edward Penney</span>, <i>Dorking</i>. +Died at Brighton. Son of the late Richard Penney. 22 7mo. +27 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Hall Pickard</span>, <i>Bushcliffe +House</i>, <i>Wakefield</i>. Wife of David Pickard. 35 10mo. +30 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hartas Pickard</span>, <i>Bushcliffe House</i>, +<i>Wakefield</i>. Son of David and Elizabeth H. Pickard. +1 11mo. 26 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Pierson</span>, <i>Dublin</i>. +Daughter of Joseph Pierson. 25 2mo. 3 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Lydia N. Pike</span>, <i>Derryvale</i>. +6 7mo. 27 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Lecky Pike</span>, <i>Derryvale</i>. +Children of the late James Nicholson and Sarah Pike. 3 9mo. 7 +1850</p> +<p><!-- page 46--><a name="page46"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 46</span><span class="smcap">Elizabeth +Pim</span>, <i>Richmond Hill</i>, <i>Dublin</i>. An Elder. +Widow of Jonathan Pim. 63 2mo. 22 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Emily Pim</span>, <i>Mountmelick</i>. 4 +4mo. 5 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Frederick Pim</span>, <i>Mountmelick</i>. +Children of Samuel and Susanna Pim. 1 7mo. 31 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Plumley</span>, <i>Tottenham</i>. +72 1mo. 10 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Preston</span>, <i>Earith</i>, <i>Hunts</i>. +An Elder. Widow of Samuel Preston. 79 4mo. 22 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Prichard</span>, <i>Leominster</i>. +86 5mo. 24 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Esther Prideaux</span>, <i>Plymouth</i>. +Widow of Philip C. Prideaux. 71 1mo. 8 1850</p> +<p><i>Jane Prideaux</i>, <i>Kingsbridge</i>.</p> +<p>The decease of this friend is recorded in the Annual Monitor of last +year. We have since been furnished with the following notice of +her.</p> +<p>Our beloved friend, Jane Prideaux, died the 26th of the Second month, +1849, aged 87 years: for many years before her decease, she filled very +acceptably the station of Elder, and therein approved herself a lowly +follower of her Lord and Master. Very precious to her surviving +friends, is the remembrance of her innocent, circumspect walk, holding +out as it does in an impressive manner, <!-- page 47--><a name="page47"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 47</span>the +invitation, “Follow me as I have followed Christ.” +During the latter years of her lengthened life, the fruits of her faith +became increasingly prominent, and she was endeared to her friends and +neighbours around her in no common degree. But it was during the +last two months of her life, when under great bodily suffering, that +her tongue was more fully set at liberty to declare the lovingkindness +of the Lord, who in this season of trial was graciously pleased to lift +up the light of his countenance upon her, and to grant a full evidence +of acceptance with himself, enabling her to rejoice in the assurance +that when her earthly house of this tabernacle should be dissolved, +there would be granted to her “a building of God, a house not +made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”</p> +<p>Her patient, cheerful endurance of bodily pain was striking and instructive; +and in some seasons of closest conflict, her faith was strong, and her +acknowledgment of the supporting power of God, full and fervent. +She often said, the Lord was able to save and to deliver to the uttermost, +and would deliver <i>her</i>, when patience had had its perfect work. +Very impressive were her short petitions to the <!-- page 48--><a name="page48"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 48</span>Father +of mercies, for his support and deliverance, accompanied as they constantly +were with the addition, “if consistent with thy will.” +She remarked, “I am in the hands of an unerring Creator, He <i>cannot</i> +err. We must not look to ourselves, but to our Saviour, who loved +us and gave himself for us—even for <i>me</i>, the most unworthy +of his creatures. He healeth all my diseases, and I have many, +but my mercies outweigh them all.” Love and interest for +her friends seemed often to dwell in her heart beyond the power of expression. +Speaking of those who were members of the meeting to which she belonged, +she sent messages to each, and made appropriate remarks respecting them +individually, dwelling with especial comfort on the remembrance of those +among them who were bearing the burden of the day, and labouring to +promote their great Master’s cause. She afterwards said, +whilst tears of tenderness flowed, “Oh! how many comfortable meetings +I have had in that little meeting-house, how have I loved to go and +sit there! It was not a little illness that kept me away: and +how has it rejoiced my heart to see individuals come in, who have been +as the anointed and sent!” On being <!-- page 49--><a name="page49"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 49</span>told +one morning that Friends were going to meeting, she said, “May +they know the Sun of righteousness to arise as with healing in his wings;” +emphatically adding, “I think they will.”</p> +<p>At another time she sent messages of love to many of the members +of her Monthly Meeting, adding with an expression of feeling, to which +those around could not be insensible. “But I cannot name +all; my love is universal; God is love.”</p> +<p>One night, when in great pain, she acknowledged in grateful terms, +the kindness of her attendants, and her belief that a blessing with +a full recompense would be given them; and addressing one of them, she +continued, “I love thee tenderly, and feel thee near in the best +life—in the truth that is blessed for ever.” Afterwards, +she broke forth with an audible voice thus: “Bless the Lord, oh +my soul! and praise him for all his benefits. What can I do! how +shall I praise him enough!” And then, as with melody of +soul, she added,—</p> +<blockquote><p>“Heavenly blessings without number,<br /> + Gently falling on my head.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>After taking an affectionate farewell of those <!-- page 50--><a name="page50"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 50</span>around +her, and addressing them in an instructive and encouraging manner, she +added, “I can heartily say, that death is robbed of its sting, +and the grave of its victory. Thanks be unto God who giveth the +victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” And again, “Praise +and magnify the Lord! Oh if I could sing, I would sing his praise!”</p> +<p>To some beloved relatives, from a distance, who came to see her, +she testified of her faith, hope, and confidence,—acknowledged, +that although frail in body, she was strong in the Lord, and in the +power of his might; and expressed her desire, that they might all meet +where partings are not known, adding, “goodness and mercy have +followed me all the days of my life; and there is a promise for the +poor in spirit that will be fulfilled, ‘When the poor and needy +seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I +the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.’”</p> +<p>She was permitted to pass quietly away without any apparent pain, +and is now, we reverently and thankfully believe, an inhabitant of that +city “which hath no need of the sun, neither of the <!-- page 51--><a name="page51"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 51</span>moon +to shine in it; for the glory of God doth lighten it, and the Lamb is +the light thereof.”</p> +<p><span class="smcap">David Priestman</span>, <i>Gorton</i>, <i>Manchester</i>. +Son of Henry and Mary Priestman. 3 8mo. 1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Rachel Proud</span>, <i>Scarborough</i>. +A Minister. 77 5mo. 4 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Puckrin</span>, <i>near Whitby</i>. +87 11mo. 27 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ann Pugh</span>, <i>Tyddyn-y-gareg</i>, <i>North +Wales</i>. 90 6mo. 24 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ann Pumphrey</span>, <i>Worcester</i>. +84 4mo. 22 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Racey</span>, <i>Norwich</i>. Widow +of Thomas Racey. 72 11mo. 25 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">James Ransome</span>, <i>Rushmere</i>, <i>Ipswich</i>. +67 11mo. 22 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Anne Rawlinson</span>, <i>Newton-in-Cartmel</i>. +45 12mo. 12 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Deborah Reynolds</span>, <i>Rochester</i>. +76 5mo. 4 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Reynolds</span>, <i>Liverpool</i>. +68 5mo. 19 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susanna Reynolds</span>, <i>Oldswenford</i>, +<i>Stourbridge</i>. Wife of John Reynolds. 45 12mo. 28 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Richards</span>, <i>Wellington</i>. +73 12mo. 19 1849</p> +<p><!-- page 52--><a name="page52"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 52</span><span class="smcap">Josiah +Richardson</span>, <i>Peckham</i>. 84 1mo. 8 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Helena Richardson</span>, <i>Belfast</i>. +Wife of John G. Richardson. 30 12mo. 7 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Rickerby</span>, <i>Burgh</i>, <i>near +Carlisle</i>. 50 7mo. 13 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Robinson</span>, <i>Stoke Newington Road</i>, +<i>London</i>. 72 7mo. 6 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Robinson</span>, <i>Bellevile</i>, <i>near +Dublin</i>. 62 10mo. 26 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Frederick Robinson</span>, <i>Dublin</i>. +Son of Samuel S. and Charlotte Robinson. 16 12mo. 16 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Robinson</span>, <i>Fleetwood</i>. +Widow of Isaac Robinson. 77 2mo. 8 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Jane Robinson</span>, <i>Whinfell Hall</i>, <i>Pardshaw</i>. +Wife of Wilson Robinson. 84 7mo. 15 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Rebecca Robinson</span>, <i>Tottenham</i>. +Wife of James Robinson. 56 10mo. 11 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Anne Robson</span>, <i>Sunderland</i>. +Wife of Thomas Robson. 65 3mo. 20 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Henry Robson</span>, <i>Huddersfield</i>. +Son of Thomas Robson. 51 8mo. 12 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Russell</span>, <i>Cork</i>. 61 +1mo. 14 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">James Sansom</span>, <i>Tideford</i>. An +Elder. 73 10mo. 10 1849</p> +<p><!-- page 53--><a name="page53"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 53</span><span class="smcap">Maria +Scales</span>, <i>Nottingham</i>. Daughter of Lydia Scales. +32 4mo. 16 1850</p> +<p>It often pleases our heavenly Father to carry forward the work of +divine grace, in the hearts of his children, by means, and through dispensations, +altogether unfathomable to the finite comprehension of men; but the +humble believer, looking beyond the changing rugged path of this life, +with filial love and confidence can repose on the mercy and goodness +of the Lord, and believingly apply the language of our Saviour, “What +I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.”</p> +<p>In very early life, the subject of the present brief notice was made +sensible of the contriting influence of divine grace on her heart, so +that many of her earliest recollections were fraught with love to her +Saviour.</p> +<p>For many years, she was subject to attacks of illness of a very trying +character, in connection with which, she was brought as into the very +furnace of affliction, and earnest were her prayers, that ‘patience +might have her perfect work,’ and that through faith in the wisdom +of her heavenly Father, she might become fully resigned <!-- page 54--><a name="page54"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 54</span>to +his holy will; and a sense of his supporting power and presence, were +often mercifully granted to her, in times of severest suffering.</p> +<p>Her last illness was short: two days previous to her decease, she +remarked, “I have had an awful night,” but added, “my +mind is calm and peaceful, I can now <i>quite</i> say, ‘Thy will +be done;’” and to the remark, “His grace is sufficient +for thee,” she replied, “Oh yes! and without that, we can +do nothing; I cast all upon Him, and can say, I fully trust in His will, +and in His power.”</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Sefton</span>, <i>Liverpool</i>. +66 12mo. 15 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Sewell</span>, <i>Wereham</i>, <i>Norfolk</i>. +85 11mo. 4 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">George Shaw</span>, <i>Clonmel</i>. 68 +12mo. 22 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susanna Sheppard</span>, <i>Mile End Road</i>, +<i>Middlesex</i>. 97 4mo. 16 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Betty Shipley</span>, <i>Derby</i>. Widow +of John Shipley, of Uttoxeter. 86 2mo. 3 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Margaret Sikes</span>, <i>Ashburton</i>, <i>Ireland</i>. +Wife of William Sikes. 48 5mo. 4 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Alice Sill</span>, <i>Kendal</i>. 82 6mo. +1 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">George Simpson</span>, <i>Birkenhead</i>. +58 7mo. 5 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 55--><a name="page55"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 55</span><span class="smcap">Susanna +Smith</span>, <i>Drynah</i>, <i>Mountmelick</i>. Widow of Humphry +Smith. 80 11mo. 19 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Smith</span>, <i>Darlington</i>. 77 +3mo. 2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Abigail Smith</span>, <i>Preston</i>. 70 +5mo. 12 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Smith</span>, <i>Walton</i>, <i>Liverpool</i>. +Wife of Henry H. Smith. 58 1mo. 23 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Cassandra Smith</span>, <i>Birmingham</i>. +Died at Dover. 49 9mo. 27 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Smith</span>, <i>Winchmorehill</i>. +77 7mo. 11 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Snowden</span>, <i>Bradford</i>. +Daughter of John and Ann Snowden. 21 7mo. 21 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Ann Sparkes</span>, <i>Exeter</i>. +41 2mo. 3 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Eliza Cole Sparkes</span>, <i>Exeter</i>. +Daughter of Thomas and Esther Maria Sparkes. 1 4mo. 29 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Spence</span>, <i>York</i>. An Elder. +75 9mo. 26 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Charles Spence</span>, <i>Darlington</i>. +Son of Charles and Hannah Spence. 6 12mo. 8 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Spencer</span>, <i>South Lodge, Cockermouth</i>. +69 6mo. 30 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Squire</span>, <i>Stoke Newington</i>. +59 3mo. 24 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Dorcas Squire</span>, <i>King’s Langley</i>, +<i>Hempstead</i>, <i>Herts</i>. 67 1mo. 9 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 56--><a name="page56"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 56</span><span class="smcap">Catherine +Dyke Stade</span>, <i>Aberavon</i>, <i>Glamorgan</i>. Daughter +of J. and R. D. Stade. 6 11mo. 26 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susanna Staniland</span>, <i>Hull</i>. +78 8mo. 26 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">James Steevens</span>, <i>Basingstoke</i>. +59 2mo. 25 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Stretch</span>, <i>Nantwich</i>. Widow +of Richard Stretch. 80 3mo. 25 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Stretch</span>, <i>Finedon</i>. +Widow of Samuel Stretch, of Hortherton, Cheshire. 75 2mo. 27 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Sarah Tackaberry</span>, <i>Ballygunner</i>, +<i>Waterford</i>. Widow. 88 5mo. 12 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">George North Tatham</span>, <i>Headingley</i>, +<i>Leeds</i>. 78 5mo. 19 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">James Taylor</span>, <i>Heston</i>, <i>near Brentford</i>. +79 2mo. 7 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Thompson</span>, <i>Spring Hill</i>, +<i>Lurgan</i>. 77 3mo. 19 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Thomson</span>, <i>Dublin</i>. Son +of Benjamin and Sarah Thomson. 23 11mo. 21 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Philip H. L. Thornton</span>, <i>Sidcot</i>. +Son of William and Catherine Thornton. 22 6mo. 5 1850</p> +<p>The subject of this memoir was a native of Kingsbridge, Devonshire; +and was educated <!-- page 57--><a name="page57"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 57</span>among +Friends. He was not by birth a member of our Society, but was +received into membership a short time previous to his death. Having +been adopted by his uncle, he was taken to Ireland, when about fourteen +years of age, as an apprentice to one of the Provincial Schools, of +which his uncle was the superintendent.</p> +<p>Endowed with natural abilities well adapted for the acquisition of +knowledge, and possessing a taste for various branches of literature +and science,—gifted, too, with engaging manners and affability +of disposition, he became, as he grew up, a general favourite amongst +those with whom he associated, and his immediate relatives indulged +in fond hopes of his becoming an honourable and useful charter. +His best friends, however, were sometimes anxious on his account, lest +the caresses of the world should turn aside his feet from the path of +safety, and prevent that entire surrender of heart and life to the requirements +of the gospel, which alone consists with true Christian discipleship, +and affords a well-grounded expectation of real usefulness and permanent +well-being. But he was open to receive the admonitions of his +friends, and there is reason to believe that the voice of Christian +counsel was instrumental to his good.</p> +<p><!-- page 58--><a name="page58"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 58</span>He +was never very robust; and his application to study, in addition to +his stated duties, was, perhaps, not favourable to bodily vigour. +Before the expiration of his apprenticeship, he became so enfeebled, +as to cause his relations much anxiety; and as his uncle and aunt had +withdrawn from the Institution, the Committee of the School kindly acceded +to their proposal to remove him to their own house. Here he soon +rallied; and in the summer, of 1848, applied for the situation of teacher +of Sidcot School. He entered upon the duties of the station with +earnestness and zeal; and the notice and encouragement which he there +received, tended both to render his occupation a delight, and to draw +forth the more hidden depths of his character. His heart was in +his work, and the field of labour particularly congenial to his taste.</p> +<p>A few months, however, sufficed to bring on a return of delicacy, +and rendered it advisable that he should retire for a while from active +duty; but the following year, apparently with renovated powers, he again +resumed his post. For a while, he appeared to think that his health +was becoming confirmed; but about the commencement of another <!-- page 59--><a name="page59"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 59</span>year, +he was rapidly brought low, and nearly disqualified for the performance +of his school duties. He was however retained in his office, with +delicate attention to his known wishes, until in the 4th month, 1850, +he was obliged to withdraw, and again make his uncle’s house at +Mountmelick his home. The following extracts from letters and +memoranda written previous to his leaving Sidcot, show the state of +his mind at that period.</p> +<p>2nd mo. 10th. “I often feel,—oftener than ever, +that the thread of life is in me weak,—very weak; and, oh! I am +sometimes almost overwhelmed with the retrospects, and prospects, this +feeling opens to my view. I feel that I have been pursuing false +jewels, sometimes those which have no appearance even of external brilliance, +and the <i>Pearl</i> has escaped my notice. I have, I believe, +earnestly desired that I may be enabled to see the true and real beauty +of the Pearl, and its inestimable value, in such a light, that nothing +may again warp my attention from it.”</p> +<p>2nd mo. 23rd, 1850. “My weakness of body, and frequent +illnesses, have brought before my mind the great uncertainty of my continuing +long <!-- page 60--><a name="page60"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 60</span>in +this scene of probation. I feel that I have lived hitherto ‘without +God in the world,’ plunged in sin and darkness; that my sins are +a greater burden than I can bear; and unless my all merciful God and +Father, through his dear Son, forgive them, and relieve me from them, +I fear they will draw me with them to the lowest grave.”</p> +<p>“I believe my heart’s desire is, to walk in the narrow +way,—to be the Lord’s on his own terms, and to be humbled +even in the dust. The evil one suggests, that I can never be forgiven, +and fills my soul with doubts and fears; but, oh Lord! thou hast said, +‘He that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.’”</p> +<p>2nd mo. 24th. “Strong desires are in my heart, that I +may be favoured with an assurance of forgiveness; but, oh! I fear that +my repentance is not sincere, that the pride of the world still holds +place in my heart. Oh Lord! I pray thee that thou wilt use +thy sharp threshing instrument, and break in pieces all that is at variance +with thy holy will.”</p> +<p>“This is First-day. Be pleased to keep the door of my +lips, Oh Father! and reign absolutely in my thoughts; grant that meeting +may be a <!-- page 61--><a name="page61"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 61</span>time +of favour and visitation, and that I may be enabled to wait patiently +for thee. Oh! that I could keep the world from pouring on me as +a flood, at such times: Thou, gracious Father, canst enable me to do +this.”</p> +<p>3rd mo. 1st. “Struggles seem to be my portion, in which +the world, the flesh, and the devil often seem likely to get the victory. +Lord, grant through the blessed Saviour, that if I have found the good +part, nothing may be permitted to take it from me. I greatly desire +an increase of faith. Alas! I feel the little I have fail +sometimes.”</p> +<p>6th. “Oh! that none of the Lord’s intentions respecting +me, may be frustrated by my disobedience and unwatchfulness. Oh! +I feel that I am indolent and very lukewarm, if not cold altogether, +in attending to my soul’s salvation, and in doing all for the +Lord’s glory. Thou knowest, oh Lord! that I am very weak +in body; but, oh! grant that I may not make that a cover for indolence +and lukewarmness. Thou hast known my peculiar trials, and I thank +thee that thou hast, through the dear Lamb, granted me strength to bear +them.”</p> +<p>After his return to Mountmelick, this dear <!-- page 62--><a name="page62"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 62</span>youth +lived seven weeks, and during this time his company was most sweet and +instructive; the tenor of his conduct and conversation being beautifully +regulated by the influence of the divine Spirit, bringing, in great +measure, as there was reason to believe, every thought into captivity +to the obedience of Christ; and the composure and serenity of his countenance, +clearly indicated the sweet peace which pervaded his mind.</p> +<p>About the end of Fifth Month, it became evident that the final change +was drawing near. This he was enabled to look to without dismay; +saying, when a fear was expressed that he could not continue long: “I +cannot say that I have any fear.”</p> +<p>On the night of the 2nd of 6th Month, he said: “I wish I could +feel a stronger assurance of acceptance with the Almighty;” and +afterwards he requested to have the 23rd Psalm read to him.</p> +<p>The next morning, sitting up in his bed, he remarked: “There +remaineth a rest for the people of God;” and, after a pause, “I +want more of that faith, of which I fear I possess so little; and yet, +when I have asked for what was proper and needful for me, it has not +been denied. I desire to be enabled to pass through the valley +<!-- page 63--><a name="page63"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 63</span>of +humiliation, without much conflict; and then comes the valley of the +shadow of death:—only a shadow! the finger of God will guide safe +through, all those who put their trust in him: ‘Yea, though I +walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; +thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.’ The rod to chasten, +the staff to support! Oh! all that is of the world, and all that +is in it, are worthless in my sight. If the Lord has any work +for me to do on earth, I trust I am willing to do it; but if not, I +have no wish to stay.”</p> +<p>In the afternoon, the beloved invalid broke forth with the following +expressions: “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want;” +emphatically adding, “What a very precious promise!” and, +after a short pause,—“Come now, and let us reason together, +saith the Lord, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white +as snow, though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool,” +remarking, “and this was under the old dispensation. Oh! +I hope my sins are gone beforehand to judgment; but there seem to be +so many fresh sins, I have so much time that I do not improve as I ought; +but the poor weak body <!-- page 64--><a name="page64"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 64</span>and +this weak mind too!” On its being remarked, that we did +not serve a hard master, he seemed comforted, and continued, “Oh! +that I could see the pearl gates; but I fear I have not faith enough, +nor love enough to love Him perfectly who first loved me, and died for +me, yes! even for <i>me</i>! Oh! I desire to throw myself at his +feet; how I wish I could love him better, and serve him more.”</p> +<p>The whole of Fourth-day he seemed fast sinking, and calmly spoke +of death as very near. He craved for patience, again and again, +making use of many sweet expressions as his end drew near. “O +Jesus! sweet Jesus, come!” and placing his hands together, supplicated +thus: “Oh, dear Lord! if it be thy will, be pleased to take me, +for the sake of thy dear Son.” And, again, “Thy will +be done.” He remarked, “I believe I am passing through +the dark valley of the shadow of death;” and on the hope being +expressed that he would be supported through, he responded, “Through +mercy!” Soon after this, he sank into a quiet sleep, which +lasted some hours; and, shortly after waking, the unfettered spirit +took its flight so gently, as scarcely to be perceptible to those around.</p> +<p><!-- page 65--><a name="page65"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 65</span><span class="smcap">Frances +Henshawe Thorpe</span>, <i>Overbury</i>, <i>Tewkesbury</i>. Widow +of Thomas Thorpe. 65 10mo. 5 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Todhunter</span>, <i>Dublin</i>. +46 1mo. 19 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susanna Todhunter</span>, <i>Dublin</i>. +Widow of John Todhunter. 74 2mo. 2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Susanna Todhunter</span>, <i>Dublin</i>. +Daughter of Thomas H. and Hannah Todhunter. 1 8mo. 30 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Catherine Toms</span>, <i>Amersham</i>. +67 1mo. 8 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Alexander Townsend</span>, <i>Rathrush</i>, <i>Kilconnor</i>. +70 12mo. 7 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Croudson Tunstall</span>, <i>Alvaston Grove</i>, +<i>Nantwich</i>. An Elder. 68 11mo. 17 1849</p> +<p>Dedication to the cause of truth, marked the character of our dear +friend; and divine grace wrought effectually in him—breaking the +obstructions of the natural mind—smoothing the rugged path of +life, and enabling him to rejoice in the mercy which followed him, and +which was his support through many tribulations.</p> +<p>It was his earnest desire to know <i>in himself</i> a growth in the +truth, and to have his building firm on the Rock of ages. His +diligence in the <!-- page 66--><a name="page66"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 66</span>support +of our meetings for worship and discipline, and the reverent frame of +his spirit in these meetings, was animating and exemplary to his friends, +as was also his daily circumspect walk. The chastenings of divine +love produced profitable experience, and being accepted by him, with +humble gratitude and prayerful submission, his heart was enriched by +spiritual blessings. When near the confines of time, and the power +of utterance nearly gone, he was reminded by a friend of the faithfulness +and tender mercy of our Saviour, when he emphatically replied,—“<i>That</i> +is my only comfort.” Thus under the rapid decay of the outward +man, he possessed a peaceful mind, in that blessed hope which had been +in his day, as the anchor to his soul—“sure and steadfast.”</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Waddington</span>, <i>Penketh</i>. +49 9mo. 3 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Waithman</span>, <i>Yealand</i>. 49 +11mo. 2 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Maria Walker</span>, <i>Wooldale</i>, <i>Yorkshire</i>. +Daughter of Samuel Walker. 24 10mo. 18 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Hannah Walker</span>, <i>Dirtcar</i>, <i>Wakefield</i>. +Wife of Robert Walker. 68 4mo. 3 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Barbara Waller</span>, <i>York</i>. 70 +11mo. 13 1849</p> +<p><!-- page 67--><a name="page67"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 67</span>The +quiet acquiescence of this dear friend, in the divine will, under changes +of circumstances involving, to her energetic and lively mind, much suffering, +appeared to many of her immediate friends, deeply instructive. +In early life, she was, for several years, resident in the family of +her brother Stephen Waller, at Clapton; and during the long continued +illness of his wife, took charge of the family, including an interesting +group of young children, between whom and herself the tenderest affection +subsisted. On the restoration of her sister’s health, she +came to reside with her brother Robert Waller, of York.</p> +<p>In the First month, 1829, at the solicitation of the committee, she +consented to undertake, for a time, the domestic care of the Boys’ +School, then first established by York Quarterly Meeting, in that city. +Though in delicate health, and with a voice which she could rarely raise +above a whisper, she soon became so warmly interested in the institution, +as to prevent the necessity for further inquiry for a female head. +Her active and executive mind, found here a large field of usefulness, +which she well occupied. Her kind interest in the institution, +the scholars <!-- page 68--><a name="page68"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 68</span>and +the officers, increased from year to year. Her ability in providing +for and securing the comfort of all around her, always conspicuous, +was eminently so in times of sickness, whether of more or less severity. +On these occasions, besides her power of skilfully ministering to physical +comforts, her quiet spirit, knowing where she herself had sought and +found consolation, could direct others to the same unfailing Source.</p> +<p>At the close of the year 1836, in consequence of the decease of her +sister Hannah, the wife of Robert Waller, she was called from the scene +of her arduous, yet to her, pleasant labours; the beneficial results +of which were, the establishment of orderly arrangement, and plans of +domestic comfort, essential to the well-being of a school. She +remained with her brother at Holdgate, till the time of his second marriage, +when change was again her allotment. After a short absence from +York she finally settled there. Her declining health rendered +repose needful, although the liveliness of her spirits enabled her greatly +to enjoy frequent intercourse with her friends;—and the school, +the scene of her former labours, was an object of continued affectionate +interest.</p> +<p><!-- page 69--><a name="page69"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 69</span>In +recording these few incidents, which we well know, of themselves, are +of little importance, perhaps entirely insignificant to the general +reader, we believe, nevertheless, that a useful lesson may be conveyed. +The path of our dear friend was, remarkably, not one of her own choosing; +most of the changes of place and circumstance which she experienced, +involved much that was painful; yet under all, the quiet, peaceful, +thankful resignation which she was enabled to attain, shewed where her +hopes were anchored, and proved the power of divine grace to make hard +things easy. For many months previous to her decease, she was +confined to her couch, and latterly to her bed. During this period, +she bore with unrepining patience, much bodily suffering; but her cheerful +and energetic mind still retained its characteristic vigour. In +this, her last illness, the kind attentions, and tender cares, which +she had so often ministered to others, were abundantly repaid to herself. +In addition to the assiduous and faithful services of the family with +whom she had taken up her abode, and who became warmly attached to her, +she had for many weeks previous to her decease, the <!-- page 70--><a name="page70"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 70</span>tenderest +attention of one of her affectionate nieces, of whose infant years she +had been the watchful guardian.</p> +<p>A friend who frequently visited her on her bed of suffering, says, +“In some of my last visits to her, her expression of firm and +loving reliance upon the Lord, whose support she had been wont to seek +in the time of health, as well as in that of suffering, was a sweet +testimony to the blessedness of having made him her portion. She +told me how comforted she had been under great bodily weakness, when +she felt unable definitely to put up her petitions, in the lively remembrance +that she had a never-failing Advocate with the Father, touched with +a feeling of her infirmities, ever living to make intercession for her. +‘Oh!’ she remarked, ‘the sense of it has been precious +to me.’” Thus peace and thankfulness were the frequent +clothing of her spirit, till her earthly house of this tabernacle was +quietly dissolved, and exchanged, we reverently believe, for ‘a +house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.’</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Alice Waller</span>, <i>The Howe</i>, <i>Halsted</i>. +Widow of Robert Waller, of York. 76 6mo. 25 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 71--><a name="page71"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 71</span>Of +the childhood of our friend we know but little. Her parents were +members of our religious Society, and brought up their children in conformity +with its practices. She was, at rather an early age, placed at +the school for girls at York, which had, at that time, some peculiar +advantages in regard to the religious and moral care of the pupils. +But from this enclosure she was soon recalled, to be the companion of +her invalid mother; and at the early age of sixteen, when her beloved +parent was removed by death, she took the charge of her father’s +domestic concerns, and resided with him till her marriage with Benjamin +Horner of York.</p> +<p>Although the shortness of the period she remained at school, might +be disadvantageous to her in several respects, yet it is highly probable +that, in her mother’s sick chamber, some impressions were made, +and lessons learned, which were as seeds sown to bring forth fruit in +a future day.</p> +<p>Her husband’s circle of acquaintance was an extensive, and, +in its character, a much varied one; and, for some years, Alice Horner +mingled much in gay society, occasionally frequenting with her husband +places of amusement, especially those <!-- page 72--><a name="page72"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 72</span>in +which music formed the chief attraction. But during this period, +in which she may be said to have lived to herself, she was not without +compunctuous visitations; and as the responsibilities of a mother came +upon her, she increasingly felt the seriousness of life, and the duty, +as well as the privilege, of living to God, and being enabled to look +unto Him as a Father and a Friend.</p> +<p>These feelings appear to have gradually gained ascendancy in her +mind, and her prevalent desire became, to be a Christian upon Christ’s +own terms. She felt herself as one who had been forgiven much, +and therefore loved much,—striving to be no more conformed to +this world, but transformed by the renewing of her mind. Her conscience +became not only enlightened, but tender; and yielding to what she believed +to be her duty to God, she not only refrained from all the public amusements +in which she had formerly taken pleasure, but acted in her associations +with others, consistently with her views as a Friend. If in this +strait path; walking much alone and inexperienced in the way: she sometimes +erred, we believe it was rather on the side of decision, than on that +of undue yielding. She seemed to live under a sense <!-- page 73--><a name="page73"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 73</span>of +that saying of the apostle, “Whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” +And whilst the course which she pursued could not fail to restrict, +in some degree, her intercourse with the world, those with whom she +still associated, (and her circle continued to be a wide one,) appeared +in general to estimate her motives; and many of them entertained an +increased love and respect for her character; and He who, above all +things, she desired to serve, was pleased abundantly to comfort and +strengthen her in all her trials.</p> +<p>The death of her only daughter, at the age of nineteen, as well as +that of her husband after a short illness, a few years subsequently, +were close trials to her; but she bowed in humble submission to these +dispensations, and, under the chastening hand of the Lord, it became +increasingly evident, that the “one thing needful” was steadily +kept in her view. She was diligent in her attendance of our religious +meetings, and often remarked, that she had been permitted to find in +them “a resting place to her soul.”</p> +<p>After her second marriage, with Robert Waller of Holdgate near York, +her health, which for a long time had not been strong, began more rapidly +<!-- page 74--><a name="page74"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 74</span>to +decline, and at the death of her husband, after a long and protracted +illness, she was so complete an invalid, as to be chiefly confined to +her bed for many months together. This was a great trial upon +her faith and patience; but her hope and trust in her Saviour’s +love never forsook her, and often through her long illness, she was +enabled to look forward with hope and joy to that time, when “absent +from the body,” she should be “present with the Lord.”</p> +<p>Six months after her husband’s death, she was removed, in an +invalid carriage, to the residence of her eldest son in Essex, whose +house continued to be her home the remainder of her days. In writing +to a much beloved friend, from this quiet retreat soon after her arrival, +she remarks,—“Every comfort and every indulgence is allotted +to me by my attentive children. Oh what boundless demands upon +my gratitude are thus poured forth. I would gladly hope not without +a heartfelt acknowledgment to that Almighty Giver, who is the author +of all our manifold mercies. For all things I reverently thank +my God and Saviour, remembering you my dear friends, whom I have left, +with the truest affection.” <!-- page 75--><a name="page75"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 75</span>To +the same friend, who herself was suffering from illness, she again writes, +“Oh, dearest ---, how many of His dear children does the Lord +keep long in the furnace, yet if he do but grant his presence there, +and watch over the refining process he designs to be accomplished, there +ought to be no complaining either of the length of time, or the severity +of the operation, but through all, the full fruits of resignation should +be brought forth in perfection, to his praise, and his glory. +That so it may be, my dear friend, forms a wish on my own account as +well as on thine, day by day. The time has appeared long to me, +that I have been required to lay under the rod, but when we measure +time as did the Apostle of old, and think of it as a vapour that quickly +passeth away, or as a shadow that abideth not, we see that it is but +for a little moment that our chastening can endure. I cannot forbear +beholding my day as far spent; but I do rejoice to see heaven as a place +of rest for me,—yes, even for me! through the blood shed for my +sins on Calvary’s Mount. This mercy in Christ Jesus, how +precious it is to dwell upon.”</p> +<p>Alice Waller loved the company of all those <!-- page 76--><a name="page76"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 76</span>that +loved the Lord Jesus, and especially the messengers of the gospel were +acceptable to her. On one occasion when receiving a visit from +a friend, whilst laid upon her bed of suffering, she, in great contrition, +expressed her sense of her heavenly Father’s love and mercy to +<i>her</i>, a poor creature, adding, “I feel bound to tell of +His marvellous goodness to me, even to me, by night and by day upon +my bed, in seasons of trial I have been comforted by my Saviour’s +presence.”</p> +<p>In the beginning of the Sixth Month, 1850, she became more poorly, +and both herself and her children were impressed with the belief that +her end was drawing near; on the 15th she passed a very trying day, +but in the evening revived a little and spoke most sweetly of the fulness +and clearness of her hope, and her perfect confidence in the love and +mercy of her God, extended to her for the sake of her beloved Saviour; +she was full of sweetness and affection to all around her, her heart +overflowing with gratitude to God and man. “Dear Hannah +C. Backhouse,” she remarked, “visited me a short time before +I came here, and she said, ‘I believe Jesus has thrown his arm +of everlasting love around thee, and is drawing thee <!-- page 77--><a name="page77"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 77</span>nearer +and nearer to himself, and he will draw thee nearer and nearer, till +at last He will press thee into his bosom.’ It was a sweet +message; I have often thought upon it since, and I now feel such close +union of spirit with God, that I cannot doubt it is even so.” +On the passage of Scripture being repeated, “The angel of the +Lord encampeth round about them that fear him,” she added, “yes, +and preserveth them.—‘This poor man cried, and the Lord +heard him and delivered him from all his troubles.’ The +fear of the Lord has been my support for many years past.” +And on being reminded of that verse of Scripture, “Thy rod and +thy staff they comfort me,” she said, “He has been my staff +and my rod in the dark valley of death, keeping my head above the waters, +and he has given me hope full of immortality,—full of immortality! +and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever; I humbly trust +that such will be my portion.” She then remarked “It +is just a week to-day since I began to be so very ill;—strange +conflict of the body, with the mind so perfectly tranquil, in strong +confirmation of the blessed promise, ‘Thou wilt keep him in perfect +peace whose mind is <!-- page 78--><a name="page78"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 78</span>stayed +on thee.’—I have often thought I heard the song of Moses +and of the Lamb, as I lay here in deep exhaustion.” At another +time she remarked, “I have often sinned, and erred much, but I +have One in heaven that pleadeth for me.”</p> +<p>She hailed with much joy the arrival of a beloved friend, and spoke +of the event as filling up the only remaining desire she had on earth; +their meeting was a season of mutual love and thanksgiving to the Lord. +On Second day, the 24th, she said, “I am so loosed from every +thing below, as I could not have believed;” and in the evening +expressed that she was so filled with thankfulness her heart was overflowing! +She intimated her belief, when her room was made ready for the night, +that it would be the last she should have to pass, and the next morning +it became evident that she was rapidly sinking. It was said to +her that it was a long and trying travel, but she was near to a better +land! when she quickly responded, “Yes, Emanuel’s land:” +and on its being remarked, “The crown is nearly won;” she +emphatically replied, “Oh, I wish it were on!” A short +time after this, her redeemed spirit was <!-- page 79--><a name="page79"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 79</span>gently +liberated from the shackles of mortality, to be, we humbly believe, +“for ever with the Lord.”</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Fanny Martin Waller</span>, <i>Guildford</i>. +Daughter of the late Thomas Waller. 30 12mo. 14 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Edward Wallis</span>, <i>Melksham</i>. +Son of Abraham Wallis, of London. 26 3mo. 6 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Walton</span>, <i>Southport</i>. 61 +1mo. 7 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Alfred Watkins</span>, <i>Eydon</i>, <i>Northamptonshire</i>. +Son of John and Susanna Watkins. 16 4mo. 22 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Jane Watson</span>, <i>Allonby</i>, <i>Cumberland</i>. +85 10mo. 20 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Fergus Watson</span>, <i>Allonby</i>. 90 +1mo. 21 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Ann Watson</span>, <i>Heworth</i>, <i>Newcastle-on-Tyne</i>. +Wife of John Watson. 72 12mo. 6 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Watson</span>, <i>Cockermouth</i>. +64 10mo 18 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Lucy Bell Westwood</span>, <i>Brampton</i>, <i>Hunts</i>. +Daughter of John and Elizabeth Westwood. 17 3mo. 19 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Wheeler</span>, <i>Birmingham</i>. +81 11mo. 21 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas White</span>, <i>Ratcliff</i>, <i>London</i>. +80 3mo. 7 1850</p> +<p><!-- page 80--><a name="page80"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 80</span><span class="smcap">Jane +White</span>, <i>Chesham</i>, <i>Bucks</i>. 41 1mo. 2 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Maria Bella White</span>, <i>Henley-on-Thames</i>. +Widow of Gabriel G. White. 84 8mo. 17 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Anne Whitfield</span>, <i>near Coothill</i>, +<i>Ireland</i>. 85 3mo. 12 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Richard Whiting</span>, <i>Tottenham</i>. +84 7mo. 3 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Anne Whitten</span>, <i>Roscrea</i>, <i>Ireland</i>. +Widow. 72 3mo. 24 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Maudlin Wickett</span>, <i>Darlington</i>. +Widow of Benjamin Wickett. 94 11mo. 15 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Williams</span>, <i>Denbigh</i>, <i>Cheshire</i>. +70 11mo. 2 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">William Wilson</span>, <i>Bradford</i>. +82 11mo. 23 1849</p> +<p>The following account has much of it been taken from a brief memoir +of William Wilson, which appeared in the “Bradford Observer,” +and which has since been published as a tract.</p> +<p>William Wilson might truly be said to be “an Israelite indeed, +in whom there was no guile.” He had his <i>peculiarities</i> +of character, but with all, was <i>singularly good</i>, and we cannot +doubt <!-- page 81--><a name="page81"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 81</span>that +his prayers and his alms, had come up for a memorial before Him, who +seeth in secret.</p> +<p>At the age of fifty, with an ample fortune, he relinquished a business, +in which he had most diligently laboured, when the full tide of prosperity +was flowing in upon him, in order that he might devote his time, and +the means placed by Providence at his disposal, to the cause of neglected +and suffering humanity.</p> +<p>For more than thirty years it became the essential and exclusive +employment of his life, to explore and to relieve cases of poverty and +distress, and in the accomplishment of this undertaking, he employed +the same assiduity and care, which he had been wont to exercise in the +management of his secular calling, distributing many times at the rate +of a thousand pounds a year.</p> +<p>As a steward of the gifts of God, he carefully invested his money +so as to secure a fair rate of interest, and on no occasion did he relax +from the utmost exactness in his monetary dealings; and yet it is believed +that his personal and domestic expenditure never reached £150. +per annum.</p> +<p>His house, like his person, was a pattern of plainness and simplicity. +His furniture consisted <!-- page 82--><a name="page82"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 82</span>of +nothing fashionable or superfluous; and his table was equally marked +by comfort and frugality.</p> +<p>He was a warm advocate in the cause of Temperance, and was deeply +interested in the subject of “the prevention of Cruelty to Animals.”</p> +<p>Of Tracts, he must have paid for, and circulated gratuitously, some +millions! His whole time and energies were fully employed, and +often heavily taxed, in devising and carrying out schemes of mercy and +benevolence, and his life presented one uniform tenor of consistent +piety. To strangers he might appear reserved, but his apparent +reserve only resulted from his constitutional modesty, and retiring +habits, whilst to those who enjoyed his friendship, he was frank, open, +and intelligent in no ordinary degree.</p> +<p>William Wilson was never robust, but toward the close of his life, +his feebleness became more apparent; for more than a week he was confined +to his bed, but without any urgent symptom of disease. His mind +was calm and peaceful,—he knew and loved his Saviour, and through +His mediation, we cannot doubt he has inherited the blessing to the +pure in heart, leaving behind him, in many respects, an example worthy +to be followed, <!-- page 83--><a name="page83"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 83</span>practically +bearing a noble testimony to “christian moderation and temperance +in all things,” and against that covetousness which is idolatry. +The memory of such a man is blessed.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Wilson</span>, <i>Rawden</i>. +69 4mo. 12 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Mary Wilson</span>, <i>Kendal</i>. Widow. +60 1mo. 31 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">James Wilson</span>, <i>Elm Farm</i>, <i>Liverpool</i>. +76 10mo. 31 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Elizabeth Wood</span>, <i>Chelmsford</i>. +68 1mo. 17 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Jane Wood</span>, <i>Highflatts</i>. Wife +of John Wood. 28 4mo. 4 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Francis Wright</span>, <i>Kettering</i>. +76 5mo. 13 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Wright</span>, <i>Cork</i>. 61 10mo. +9 1849</p> +<p>Many, both within the limits of our own Society and out of it, can +bear testimony to the integrity, benevolence, and Christian deportment +of this dear friend. In his transactions with his fellow-men, +he was particularly careful not to over-reach, or to avail himself of +advantages subversive to their interests; and in the social circle, +as well as among the poor, his kindness of disposition was conspicuous. +During the scarcity of provision in Ireland, his liberality was great, +<!-- page 84--><a name="page84"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 84</span>and +his exertions on behalf of the destitute almost unremitting.</p> +<p>His illness commenced in the early part of the 9th month, 1849, and +on finding that the complaint did not yield to remedies, he expressed +his earnest desire for resignation to the divine will, remarking, that +whatever might be the termination, he believed “all would be well.” +He intimated, that he had not been one who could give much expression +to his religious feelings, but that for many years his mind had been +daily exercised before the Lord on his own behalf, as well as on that +of his family. The prosperity of our religious Society lay very +near to his heart, and he expressed his earnest desire for its preservation +in “humility and simplicity.”</p> +<p>The patience with which he bore the debility attendant upon his complaint +was remarkable; His mind expanded in love to his family, his friends, +and to all the world, repeating emphatically, “I love them all.”</p> +<p>He frequently spoke of his willingness to depart; and as his illness +advanced, there appeared an increasing sweetness and solemnity in his +manner, and he mostly addressed those about him in <!-- page 85--><a name="page85"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 85</span>terms +of affection, expressing his thankfulness for their attention, and desiring +that the Lord would strengthen them. On a hope being expressed +that his mind was peaceful, he replied, “Yes, quite so.” +He took an affectionate leave of his wife and those around him; after +which nature rapidly sank, and he quietly, and it is humbly believed, +peacefully expired.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Eliza Wright</span>, <i>Sutton</i>, <i>Cambridgeshire</i>. +Daughter of Thomas and Mary Wright. 7 9mo. 8 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Weight</span>, <i>Sutton</i>. 49 +9mo. 16 1850</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Henry Wright</span>, <i>Middlesboro</i>. +30 9mo. 10 1849</p> +<p><span class="smcap">John Fuller Youell</span>, <i>Yarmouth</i>. +28 12mo. 1 1849</p> +<h3>INFANTS whose names are not inserted.</h3> +<p>Under one month . . . Boys 1 . . . Girls 1</p> +<p>From one to three months . . . do. 2 . . . do. 3</p> +<p>From three to six months . . . do. 1 . . . do. 3</p> +<p>From six to twelve months . . . do. 1 . . . do. 1</p> +<h3><!-- page 86--><a name="page86"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 86</span>HANNAH +CHAPMAN BACKHOUSE.</h3> +<p><i>Died</i> 6<i>th of</i> 5<i>th month</i>, 1850.</p> +<p>Hannah Chapman Backhouse was the daughter of Joseph and Jane Gurney; +she was born at Norwich the 9th of 2nd Month, 1787. Of her very +early life she has left but little record. She disliked study, +and was fond of boyish sports, until about the age of thirteen, when +she began to feel enjoyment in reading.</p> +<p>Possessed of a naturally powerful and energetic mind, with talents +of a very superior order, she soon began to take great delight in study, +and was ambitious to excel in every thing that she undertook. +Drawing she pursued with intense eagerness, and in this and other acquirements, +she made great proficiency. Until about the age of seventeen, +her highest enjoyment was derived from the cultivation of the intellectual +powers, and in the endeavour to raise these to their highest <!-- page 87--><a name="page87"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 87</span>perfection, +she imagined the greatest happiness to consist. In her journal +she writes:—“My thoughts have been this week, one continued +castle in the air of being an artist; the only reality they were built +on, was my having painted in oils better than I thought I could, and +a feeling that I shall in a little time succeed, and an unbounded ambition +to do so. I have had many arguments with myself, to know if it +would be right. I think it would, if I could make good use of +it.”</p> +<p>But gradually she found that no object which had this world for its +limit, could satisfy the cravings of an immortal soul. She began +to feel that she was formed for higher purposes than the gratification +of self in its most refined and plausible form, and in 1806, we note +the gradual unfolding of that change of view, which through the operation +of the Holy Spirit, led her to the unreserved surrender of her whole +being to the service of her Lord;—a surrender that in so remarkable +a manner marked her unwavering path through the remaining portion of +her dedicated life. Speaking of this period, after her first attendance +of the Yearly Meeting, she says,—</p> +<p><!-- page 88--><a name="page88"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 88</span>July, +1806. “This time, for almost the first in my life, I seem +come to a stand in the objects of my darling pursuits, which I may say +have been almost entirely the pursuit of pleasure, through the medium +of the understanding. This I feel must be a useless search, for +the further I go, the more unattainable is the contentment which I hoped +a degree of excellence might have produced;—the further I go, +the further does my idea of perfection extend; therefore this way of +attaining happiness I find is impossible. Never in my life was +I so sensible of the real weakness of man, though to all appearance +so strong; for I am persuaded that it is almost impossible to conduct +oneself through this world, without being sincerely religious. +The human mind must have an object, and let that object be the attainment +of eternal happiness. * * * After such considerations, can I be so weak +as not to make religion my only pursuit? That which will, I believe, +bring my mind into beautiful order, and, rendering all worldly objects +subservient to its use, harmonize the whole, and fit it to bear fruit +to all eternity, and the fruit of righteousness is peace. I have +felt my mind very much softened <!-- page 89--><a name="page89"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 89</span>of +late, and more and more see the beauty of holiness, but all the progress +I can say that I have made towards it, is in loving it more;—yet +I feel I have a great way to go before my heart is entirely given up.”</p> +<p>Feb. 9th, 1807. “To-day I am twenty; let me endeavour +to describe with sincerity what twenty years have effected upon me; +how difficult self-love and blindness make answering the questions, +What am I? How far am I advanced in the great end of being, the +making such use of my time here, that it may bear fruit when time with +me is over? When I look upon myself with the greatest seriousness, +how ill do I think of myself! I see myself endowed with powers, +which I often, (I hope, with a pure and unfeigned heart,) wish may be +applied aright. But in my mind, what strong ‘bulls of Bashan’ +compass me about! What I fear most, and that which sometimes comes +upon me most awfully, is, that my will is not properly brought into +subjection. * * * Often when clothed with something of heavenly love, +do I feel that I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, +than dwell in king’s palaces, but I fear the general tendency +of my pursuits would make <!-- page 90--><a name="page90"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 90</span>me +more fit for the latter than the former. What I want and do most +sincerely wish for, is, that I may be truly humble, and that where pride +now reigns, humility may prevail; and where ambition, contentment.”</p> +<p>In 1808, the death of a favourite first cousin appears to have been +the means of greatly deepening her serious impressions, and of increasing +the desire to “relieve herself,” as she expresses it, “from +the miserable state of inconsistency in which a gay Friend is situated.” +A short time subsequent to this period, she writes:—</p> +<p>May, 1808. “With my father and mother I left the Grove +this morning, with a mind much softened, though not afflicted by parting +with those I love, earnestly wishing that what I was going to attend,—the +Yearly Meeting, might stamp more deeply the impressions I had received. +We reached Epping that night. I felt very serious; Love seemed +to have smitten me, and under that banner, I earnestly hoped that I +might be enabled to partake of whatever might be set before me in the +banqueting house. I saw that it would be right for me to say <i>thee</i>, +and <i>thou</i>, to everybody, and I begged that I might be so kept +in love as to be <!-- page 91--><a name="page91"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 91</span>enabled +to do it,—that love might draw me, not fear terrify me.”</p> +<p>“How deeply I felt to enjoy First-day, and was strengthened +at meeting. For the first time, to-day I called the days of the +week numerically, on principle, it cost me at first a blush. This +day has afforded me deeper and sweeter feelings than any I have yet +passed; surprise and ridicule I have felt to be useful!”</p> +<p>“Left Bury Hill early: I can look back to the time I have spent +here as the happiest in my life; and I have earnestly wished that my +example and influence in future life, may be useful to those whom, never +before my mind was so altered, did I love with so sweet or so great +an affection.”</p> +<p>After alluding to some further change, she writes; “I felt +increasingly the weight of advocating the cause I have engaged in; oh! +may no word or action of mine, stain the character I am assuming, and +may no self-exaltation be the consequence: the mind, I feel, must be +kept deep indeed, to avoid the rocks that do every where surround.”</p> +<p>6th Month, 1808. “Went to meeting—thought that +by observing the commandment, and confessing <!-- page 92--><a name="page92"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 92</span>Christ +before men, we should only be showing the beautiful effect of obedience, +in the fruit of the Spirit it produces,—that it does not consist +in speech, dress, or behaviour, but that by being obedient in these +and all things, to the law written in our hearts; we should be overshadowed +by that sweetness and quietness of spirit, the fruits of which would +prove whose government we are under.”</p> +<p>7th Month, 1808, Cromer. “Walked on the shore, the sky +was illuminated by the setting sun the scene was of nature’s greatest +beauty, I could not speak, but it was not the effect of the scene. +Such scenes in which I used to revel, have lost much of their influence +in the inferior peace they bring, to that which a few small sacrifices, +the effect of obedience, produce.”</p> +<p>Grove, 11th Month, 1808. “Patience tried, and censoriousness +of mind and some words allowed to have too much dominion. The +higher we rise, the more we feel the foibles of others; and then the +more need have we of the spirit of love and charity, to be patient with +them; and if we are not, it is not excellence, but only the sight of +it we have gained.”</p> +<p>12th Month, 1808. “I fear I have not sufficiently <!-- page 93--><a name="page93"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 93</span>this +week, wrestled for the blessing of peace. I am sensible of having +the power of pleasing, of having stronger natural powers and more acquirements +than most women,—I am conscious too, of having with all my might, +sought that which is highest, and that my heart has been made willing +to sacrifice all for the attainment of it, and wonders have I already +known; if I do not now diligently seek that which can make me feelingly +ascribe all the glory, where alone it is due, fruitless must all my +talents be, and great my fall.”</p> +<p>12th Month, 12th, 1808. “--- came, the conversation in +the evening, softened my heart in the deduction I drew from it, of what +a prize was our possession,—how anchorless the world seemed to +be,—and I loved dear Friends!”</p> +<p>2nd Month, 9th, 1809. “Twenty-two years old. Through +the mercy of everlasting kindness, great is the change that this year +has wrought in me; the power of Love has enticed me to begin that spiritual +journey which leads to the promised land: I have left, by His guidance +and strength, the bondage of Egypt, and have seen His wonders in the +deep. May the endeavour of my life be, to keep close to that Angel, +who can deliver us <!-- page 94--><a name="page94"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 94</span>through +the trials and dangers of the wilderness of this world.</p> +<p>I have not studied much this year, yet I have almost every day read +a little, and never was my sight so clear into the intellectual world. +The works of the head may, I believe, usefully occupy such portions +of time as are not necessary for discharging our relationship in society. +* * * But above all things be humble, which a love of all perfection +is, I believe, not only consistent with, but the root of.”</p> +<p>In 1811, Hannah C. Gurney married Jonathan Backhouse, and settled +at Darlington. The early years of her married life appear to have +been much devoted to her young family. For a time, her journal +was entirely suspended; but in 1815 she writes: “These last four +years, are perhaps best left in that situation, in which spiritual darkness +has in a great measure involved them; it may be the sweet and new objects +of external love, and necessary attention in which I have been engaged, +have too much drawn my mind from internal watchfulness, after the first +flow of spiritual joy began to subside; or it has been the will of the +Author of all blessing to change the dispensation, <!-- page 95--><a name="page95"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 95</span>and +taking from me the light of his love, in which all beauty so easily +and naturally exists, to teach me indeed, that the glory of all good +belongs to Him alone, and that He is jealous of our decking ourselves +with His jewels.”</p> +<p>In 1820, she first spoke as a minister, in reference to which she +writes: 3rd Month, 1820, “Had felt for some time, and particularly +lately, a warm concern for the interest of our family, which to my humiliation, +surprise, and consolation, I was strengthened to express to them in +a private opportunity, before I left Sunderland. On our ride home, +I felt the candle of the Lord shine round about me, in a manner I had +not done for years, accompanied with much tenderness and some foreboding +fears. I felt I had put my hand to the plough, and I must not +turn back, but I remembered the days that were past, and I knew something +of the power of Him in whom I had believed; though fear often compassed +me about, and too much imagination.”</p> +<p>1820. “My heart has burned as an oven, internal and external +supplication has not been wanting to ease it; may I endure the burnings +as I ought.” Speaking of attending the Yearly <!-- page 96--><a name="page96"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 96</span>Meeting +soon after, she says: “I saw many dangerous enemies of my own +heart near me, yet was there mercifully preserved a germ of truth, in +which met the hearts of the faithful, and which was an encouragement +to me; I afterwards spoke twice in the Yearly Meeting, and the composure +at the moment, and after a time the peace that ensued, seemed to assure +me that I had not run without being sent. The remembrance of former +days came strongly before me, and in thus again publicly manifesting +the intent of my heart, I felt the comfort of being no stranger to that +Hand, which, as it once fed me with milk, seemed to me now after a long +night season, feeding me with meat.”</p> +<p>After her return home, she writes: “Opened my mouth in Darlington +meeting, on First-day afternoon. A mountain in prospect! +The meetings now became very interesting to me, and as the reward of +what I was induced to believe was faithfulness, often greatly refreshing.”</p> +<p>In the course of this year, she lost her eldest son, a child of great +promise, and the suffering attendant upon this deep sorrow, in addition +to <!-- page 97--><a name="page97"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 97</span>close +mental baptism, at times greatly prostrated her physical powers.</p> +<p>11th Month 4th, 1820, we find the following-memorandum: “‘Oh +how great is Thy goodness which Thou hast laid up for them that fear +Thee, which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the +sons of men.’ In looking back to the last two or three months, +I feel I may adopt this language: in them I have known the greatest +portion of suffering that it has yet been my lot to taste.”</p> +<p>3rd Month, 1822. She writes, “In the afternoon meeting, +a subject seemed so clear before me, that I ventured to speak; but oh! +the evil of my heart, the consciousness of having, or supposing I had, +chosen my words well, was like the fly in the ointment of the apothecary, +the baneful effects of which, I felt many days after. The more +I see of my own mind, the more may the breathing of my soul be,—‘If +Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean.’ Sometimes to believe +that it is His will, is sweet to me, but we must maintain the fight, +for though the victory is His, the fall is ours.”</p> +<p>“The constant and deep consideration for <!-- page 98--><a name="page98"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 98</span>others +in the most minute actions of life, how I love it, and feel myself ‘as +a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke.’”</p> +<p>5th Month, 6th, 1822. “Days and nights of much spiritual +conflict, or rather perhaps the sight that there was much to conflict +with; weak in body and weak in mind! In my ministry more patient +and deep deliberation wanting. Last night, believed I had not +kept close enough to my Guide in prayer, with which I felt some distress,—perhaps +not altogether wrong,—but had not stopped when I ought, nor waited +at every moment for clearness and strength in the exercise; I hope I +shall not hurt others.”</p> +<p>6th Month, 1822. “A month is now passed in which I have +been sweetly enabled to enjoy the love of God in my heart. I trust +we shall experience preservation, though we may well fear for ourselves, +and be the subject of fear for others. Oh! that, without affectation, +we may live deeply in the root of life!”</p> +<p>4th Month, 1823. “I have much to bind me to this earth, +but perhaps more power of gratefully enjoying its blessings is wanted, +and may be in store for me before I leave it; some minds <!-- page 99--><a name="page99"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 99</span>seem +deeply anchored in the truth, meekly and patiently bearing the trials +of the day, with firmer faith and greater purity, but each heart alone +knows its own bitterness, and I believe there is never much attainment +without much suffering;—a chastened habit of thought, how desirable +to be the habit of early life! riches and indulgences how inimical to +it!”</p> +<p>4th Month, 1825. “My mind enjoyed a liberty, and something +of the light of the glorious gospel, a state which I often pant after, +and am so generally a stranger to; in each day a religious engagement +seemed peculiarly blessed to myself. A sense of being liked and +loved, is gratifying; at the same time I acknowledge, it has its dangers; +it is, however, a stimulus to do good and to communicate.”</p> +<p>4th Month, 25th. “A poor body, and a weak restless mind! +How the sword does wear the scabbard! but this world is not to be our +paradise; perhaps I lose some little strength in striving to make it +so. Oh! my God, have pity upon me; thou alone canst know how much +I suffer;—if my children ail anything, what it costs me.”</p> +<p>In 1826, she visited the families of Friends in <!-- page 100--><a name="page100"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 100</span>Darlington +Monthly Meeting, in company with Isaac Stephenson; and in allusion to +this engagement, she writes: “Entered last week on a visit, with +I. Stephenson, to the families of this Monthly Meeting. Ministry +is surely a gift! may the vessel be purified by using it in faith.”</p> +<p>3rd Month, 1826. “After many cogitations and some provings +of faith, I went with Isaac Stephenson to Manchester, Lancaster, and +Leeds: I felt it like leaving all to follow what I believed to be my +divine Guide; it cost me some heart-sinkings and tears, but my mind +was sweetly preserved in peace and confidence; and, though I had times +of depression and fear to pass through, I have been thankful that I +made the sacrifice. It has endeared me to many individuals; and +at times, in the undoubted belief that it was a divine requiring, it +has strengthened my faith, and excited some degree of thankfulness for +being so employed.”</p> +<p>4th Month, 16th. “A sweet day of rest and peace, such +as I do not remember to have known for years.”</p> +<p>4th Month, 18th. “Monthly Meeting one of perplexity and +fear, Oh! for dwelling deep and <!-- page 101--><a name="page101"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 101</span>lying +low! and waiting in quietness for the ‘little cloud!’ but +it seems as if my faith were to be tried by things coming unexpectedly +upon me, and to be humbled by feeling ill prepared.”</p> +<p>From this time she went on advancing rapidly in the work of the ministry: +her truly catholic spirit expanded in love to her fellow-creatures; +the inmates of the palace as well as those of the prison, shared alike +her Christian zeal and interest. Her naturally powerful and refined +mind, deeply instructed in the things of God, rendered her peculiarly +fitted to labour amongst those, who being invested with wealth and influence, +she regarded as stewards, deeply responsible for the right occupation +of their various gifts: with many of these, in the upper classes of +society, she sought and obtained opportunities for conveying religious +counsel; and in not a few instances there was a deep response in the +hearts of her hearers, to the truths which she had to proclaim.</p> +<p>The public meetings which she held were very numerous,—many +of them very remarkable. Her fervour in seeking to arouse to a +sense of their condition, those who were “dead in trespasses and +sins,”—her sound and convincing arguments, <!-- page 102--><a name="page102"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 102</span>in +controverting the views of the infidel,—her zeal against the lukewarm +professor, and her earnest affectionate invitations to the humble believer +in Jesus, to “lay aside every weight,” and partake, in all +their fulness, of the blessings purchased for them by the dear Son of +God; will long be remembered by those who felt the truth and unction +of her appeals. She dwelt upon the glorious scheme of redemption, +through the propitiatory sacrifice of Christ Jesus upon the cross, for +the sins of the whole world; and of the absolute necessity of sanctification +of spirit, through the effectual operation of divine grace on the heart, +as one, who had herself largely participated, in the blessings and mercies +of her God. She was, however, no stranger to deep mental conflicts, +both in the prosecution of her religious labours, and in the more retired +sphere of domestic life, as some of her memoranda show.</p> +<p>In 1827, after visiting with her husband, the counties of Devon and +Cornwall, an engagement which occupied them nearly two months, and included +a visit to the Scilly Isles, she writes:—</p> +<p>7th Month, 1827. “I felt it a day of favour when we gave +in our account at the Monthly Meeting, <!-- page 103--><a name="page103"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 103</span>the +third day after our arrival at home, but in returning from this journey, +I have been made remarkably sensible, that the business of religion +is the business of the day, and that the exercises and strength of any +past day, are but as nothing for the day that is passing over us; and +many of these days have been passed in much mental conflict, and much +bodily weakness and languor.”</p> +<p>1828. “Many, and many have been my fears, lest the good +things that others may see us surrounded with, should be as a stumbling +block leading to covetousness; how hardly shall they that have riches +lead the life of a humble follower of the dear Redeemer! These +thoughts often beset me, and sometimes make me fear, if ever I have +a right to open my mouth to advocate His cause.”</p> +<p>“I could wish I had a heart, a head, and a mind fit for all +I could embrace, but that may never be: however, altogether my mind +has been of late, less covered with clouds than it used to be, and my +health revives with it. ‘What shall I render for all thy +benefits?’ may well be the language of my soul.”</p> +<p>In 1829 she was again joined by her dear <!-- page 104--><a name="page104"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 104</span>husband +in a visit to Ireland; after which she writes:—</p> +<p>10th Month, 1829. “We passed through many deep baptisms, +many sinks both of body and mind, and in the course of three or four +months, attended all the particular meetings; I think we did too much +in the time to do it as well as we might; there was much exercise of +faith, but patience had not its perfect work:—may my daily prayer +be for patience, and the daily close exercise of my spirit to obtain +it; for want of it, I get into many perplexities, that might be avoided; +yet with all the omissions and commissions that I can look back upon +with shame, I can number this journey among the many mercies of my life, +being at times in it, introduced into a more soul-satisfying state than +I had perhaps ever known before, and I was never more fully persuaded +that we were commissioned to preach the gospel. The company of +my dear husband was truly a comfort and support, as well as very endearing, +and this journey has enlarged my heart in love to hundreds, and has +written many epistles there, which I trust may never be blotted out.”</p> +<p>In 1830, she laid before her Monthly Meeting, <!-- page 105--><a name="page105"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 105</span>a +prospect of going to America. This concern was cordially united +with, and she and her husband were liberated for the service in that +land. In reference to this very weighty engagement, she thus writes +to her dear cousin, Elizabeth Fry:—</p> +<blockquote><p>Darlington, 2nd Month, 4th, 1830.</p> +<p>“My dearest Betsy,</p> +<p>I believe some of thy tenderest sympathies will be aroused, on hearing +of the momentous prospect now before us of visiting North America. +I dare say many, many years ago, thy imagination sent me there,—call +it by that name, or the more orthodox one of faith,—so has mine, +but I saw it without baptism; now, I pass into it under baptism, which +in depth far exceeds any thing I have known before; the severing work +it is to the ties of nature, to my dear Father, Mother, and Children, +breaks me all to pieces, but I have much, if not entirely, been spared +from doubts; all I seem to have had to do was to submit; this is a great +comfort, for which I desire to be thankful, and for that peace which +in the midst of deep suffering has so far rested upon it.</p> +<p>Thy very affectionate<br /> +<span class="smcap">H. C. Backhouse</span>.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p><!-- page 106--><a name="page106"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 106</span>Her +labours in America were very abundant, and there is reason to believe, +blessed to very many. During the five years she spent on that +Continent, she visited the greater part of the meetings of Friends, +and in doing so, shrank from no hardship or privation consequent upon +travelling in districts recently settled.</p> +<p>In 1833, Jonathan Backhouse thus writes of her labours—</p> +<p>“I do think my wife’s labours in these parts, have been +of essential service;—helped some sunken ones out of a pit, strengthened +some weak hands, and confirmed some wavering ones, as well as comforted +the mourners. She has no cause to be discouraged about her labours, +they have been blessed.”</p> +<p>Her husband thinking it desirable to return for a while to England, +Hannah C. Backhouse was provided with a most faithful valuable companion +in Eliza P. Kirkbride, and for her as well as for many other beloved +friends to whom she had become closely united in America, she retained +a warm interest and affection to the close of her life.</p> +<p>In 1835, they returned to England, and in the <!-- page 107--><a name="page107"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 107</span>bosom +of her beloved family and friends, great was, for a time, her domestic +happiness. But home endearments were not permitted to interfere +with her devotion to Him, to do whose will, was not only her highest +aim, but her chief delight: and whenever the Lord’s call was heard, +she was ready to obey. Many parts of England, and Scotland were +visited between this time and 1845. During this interval some +of her nearest domestic ties were broken; her eldest surviving son, +an engaging youth of seventeen, her beloved husband, and a precious +daughter, the wife of John Hodgkin, of Tottenham, were all summoned +to their eternal home: whilst under the pressure of sorrow occasioned +by the removal of Ann Hodgkin, the following letter was penned:—</p> +<blockquote><p>Tottenham, 12th Month, 9th, 1845.</p> +<p>“My losses have been many and great, but the greatness of this, +I am increasingly coming into the apprehension of. She was lovely +in her life, and in death may we not be divided! or <i>by</i> death, +but may her sweet spirit be very near in my remembrance, to the end +of my days, and then may I join Father and Mother, Brothers and Sisters, +Husband and Children,—how many <!-- page 108--><a name="page108"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 108</span>of +the nearest ties now, we trust, in heaven, and how few on earth comparatively. +On this subject I cannot now dwell,—when I can view her free from +all weakness, corruption, and suffering, in the enjoyment of <i>that</i> +rest, she knew so well how to appreciate, I could smile with a joyful +sorrow; but few of such moments have been given; in general a patient +bearing of the present moment, is the most we have arrived at, under +the blessed unmoved confidence that all is well.</p> +<p>Your very affectionate sister,<br /> +<span class="smcap">H. C. Backhouse</span>.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>From this time a cessation from labour was granted, and after having +thus devoted the meridian of her life to the service of her Lord, she +was permitted for some years previous to her decease, to enjoy a season +of almost uninterrupted repose. Love, meekness, gentleness, and +peace were eminently the clothing of her spirit; and like Moses viewing +from the Mount the Promised Land, she seemed almost to live above the +trials and temptations of time; nothing appeared materially to disturb +or ruffle the repose of her soul, deeply centred in God. Her ministry +was often <!-- page 109--><a name="page109"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 109</span>strikingly +beautiful and impressive, especially exhorting to unreserved dedication, +and dwelling on the glories of the heavenly kingdom.</p> +<p>During the latter part of 1849, her health, which had long been delicate, +began increasingly to give way; at the end of the 3rd Month of 1850, +she was seized with alarming illness, from which little hope was entertained +of her recovery; from this she so far rallied as to leave her bed-room, +and go into an adjoining sitting-room, but never was able to go down +stairs. It was evident her strength was very small, but no immediate +danger was at this time apprehended. She was at times, cheerful, +always tranquil and full of repose, and able to enjoy the company of +those immediately around her; at other times illness oppressed her, +and prevented the power for much exertion of mind or communication of +thought. But words were not needed to declare her faith or her +love, when through having faithfully occupied with the grace that had +been given to her, her whole life might almost be said to have been +one act of dedication to God.</p> +<p>On the night of the 5th of Fifth Month, increased illness came on, +she continued conscious almost to <!-- page 110--><a name="page110"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 110</span>the +last, and alluded with perfect calmness to the fresh symptoms of danger. +On her sister remarking to her, that “though it was a dark valley, +it would soon be all joy to her,” she responded by a beautiful +smile, but power of articulation soon failed, and on the morning of +the 6th of Fifth Month, 1850, she most gently expired.</p> +<p>We cannot close this account more appropriately than in the language +of a dear friend who had long known and loved her.</p> +<p>“A character of such rare excellence, such singleness of purpose, +such true devotedness, in which the intellectual and the spiritual were +so well balanced, and well developed together:—a character in +which, with all the occasional undulations and agitations of the surface, +there was such a deep, such a clear, such a calm and steady under-current +of sterling piety, of unwavering attachment to the cause of our God +and of his Christ, of close adherence to the leadings of his Spirit, +and strong desire to do his will;—a character in which the woman, +the Christian, and the Quaker were so fused into one, did truly adorn +the doctrine of God her Saviour. It was conspicuous that by the +grace of God she was what <!-- page 111--><a name="page111"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 111</span>she +was; though nature had done much, grace had done much more, and it was +evident that she humbly felt that she was not her own, that she was +bought with a price; that amidst all that surrounded her of the perishing +things of time, she did not live unto herself, but unto Him who died +for her and rose again, who was her Alpha and Omega, her all in all. +In our little and afflicted church, the loss is great: she was one of +our stakes, and one of our cords! The stake is removed, the cord +is broken, but our God abideth for ever.”</p> +<h3><!-- page 112--><a name="page112"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 112</span>A +SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND LABOURS OF PATRICK,<br /> +The Apostle of the Irish.</h3> +<p>We think it will be agreeable to our readers, that we should occupy +a few vacant pages, by the following lively particulars respecting “Patrick, +the Apostle of the Irish.” They are extracted from a work +lately published, under the title of, “Light in Dark Places; or +Memorials of Christian Life in the Middle Ages,” which is stated, +in the preface, to be translated from a German work by the late Augustus +Neander. Patrick flourished in the early part of the fifth century, +before the Romish yoke was imposed upon the British churches, but not +before much superstition had become mixed with the purity of the Christian +faith.</p> +<p><!-- page 113--><a name="page113"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 113</span>His +early circumstances seem, however, to have entirely detached him from +dependence upon man, and to have driven him to the One great Source +of light and strength. Romanists have a story of his having gone +to Rome, and having received there his authority as the first bishop +of Ireland; but it is evident that his <i>call</i> to preach the gospel +to the Irish, was not of man, or from man, but immediately from God, +who inspired him with holy faith and courage, and in a most remarkable +manner prospered his labours.</p> +<p>* * * * *</p> +<p>This remarkable man was prepared, by very peculiar circumstances, +for his important work; and in his instance, also, it may be seen, how +that infinite wisdom which guides the development of the kingdom of +God amongst men, is able to bring great things out of what seems insignificant +to the eyes of men.</p> +<p>Patrick, called in his native tongue Succath, was born <span class="smcap">a.d.</span> +372, between the Scottish towns of Dumbarton and Glasgow, (then appended +to England,) in the village of Bonaven, since named in honour of him, +Kilpatrick. He was the son of a poor unlettered deacon of the +village church. <!-- page 114--><a name="page114"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 114</span>No +particular care was bestowed on his education, and he lived on light-heartedly, +from day to day, without making the religious truths taught him by his +parents matters of personal interest, until his seventeenth year.</p> +<p>Then, it happened that he was awakened by a severe chastisement from +his Heavenly Father from this sleep of death to a higher life. +Some pirates of the wild tribe of the Scots, who then inhabited Ireland, +landed at the dwelling-place of Patrick, and carried him off with other +captives. He was sold into slavery to a Scottish prince, who committed +to him the care of his flocks and herds. Necessity directed his +heart to that God of whom, in his days of rest in his father’s +house, he had not thought. Abandoned of men, he found consolation +and blessedness in Him, and now first learned to perceive and enjoy +the treasures which the Christian has in heaven. Whilst he roamed +about with his flocks, through ice and snow, communion with his God +in prayer, and quiet contemplation, were his portion. Let us hear +how he himself, in a confession which he subsequently wrote, describes +this change which took place in him.</p> +<p><!-- page 115--><a name="page115"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 115</span>“I +was about sixteen years old, and knew nothing of the true God, when +I was led into captivity with many thousands of my countrymen, as we +deserved, in that we had departed from God, and had not kept his commandments. +There God opened my unbelieving heart, so that I, although late, remembered +my sins, and turned with my whole heart to the Lord my God, to Him who +had regarded my loneliness, had had compassion on my youth and my ignorance, +and had watched over me before I knew him; who, ere I knew how to choose +between good and evil, had guarded and cherished me, as a father doth +his son. This I know assuredly, that before God humbled me, I +was like a stone lying sunk in deep mire; but He who is able came, He +raised me in his mercy, and set me on a very high place. Therefore +must I loudly bear witness to this, in order, in some measure, to repay +the Lord for such great blessings in time and eternity, great beyond +the apprehension of human reason. “When I came to Ireland,” +he says, “and used daily to keep the cattle, and often every day +to pray, the fear and the love of God were ever more and more enkindled +in me, and my faith increased, so <!-- page 116--><a name="page116"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 116</span>that, +in one day, I spoke a hundred times in prayer, and in the night almost +as often; and even when I passed the night on the mountains, or in the +forest, amid snow and ice and rain, I would awake before daybreak to +pray. And I felt no discomfort, there was then no sloth in me, +such as I find in my heart now, for then the Spirit glowed within me.”</p> +<p>After he had passed six years in the service of this prince, he thought +he heard a voice in his sleep which promised him a speedy return to +his native land, and soon afterwards announced to him that a ship was +already prepared to take him. In reliance on this call, he set +out, and after a journey of many days, he found a ship about to set +sail. But the captain would not, at first, receive the poor unknown +youth. Patrick fell on his knees and prayed. He had not +finished his prayer before one of the ship’s company called him +back, and offered him a passage. After a wearisome voyage, in +which he experienced, from the grace which guided him, many a deliverance +from great peril, and many a memorable answer to prayer, he arrived +once more amongst his people.</p> +<p>Many years after this, he was again carried off <!-- page 117--><a name="page117"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 117</span>by +pirates. But, in sixteen days, by the special guidance of Providence, +he regained his freedom, and again returned, after many fresh perils +and fatigues, to his people. Great was the joy of his parents +to see their son again after so many perils, and they entreated him +thenceforth to remain with them always. But Patrick felt an irresistible +call to carry to the people amongst whom he had passed the years of +his youth, and amongst whom he had been born again to the heavenly life, +the tidings of that salvation which had been imparted to him by Divine +grace, whilst amongst them. As the apostle Paul was by the Lord +called, in a nocturnal vision, to carry to the people of Macedonia the +first tidings of salvation, so there appeared to Patrick one night, +in a vision, a man from Ireland with many letters. He gave him +one, and Patrick read the first words, “The words of the Irish.” +And as he read these words, he thought he heard the simultaneous cry +of many Irish tribes dwelling by the sea, “We pray thee, child +of God, come and dwell once more amongst us.” He could not +read further, from the agitation of his heart, and awoke.</p> +<p><!-- page 118--><a name="page118"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 118</span>Another +night he thought he heard in a dream a heavenly voice, whose last words +only were intelligible to him, namely, these words,—“He +who gave his life for thee, speaks in thee.” And he awoke +full of joy. One night it seemed to him as if something that was +in him, and yet above him, and was not himself, prayed with deep sighings, +and at the end of the prayer it spoke, as if it were the Spirit of God +himself. And he awoke, and remembered the expressive words of +the apostle Paul, concerning the inward communion of the children of +God with his Spirit, “The Spirit itself helpeth our infirmities. +For we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit +itself maketh intercession for us with groanings that cannot be uttered.” +And in Romans viii. 24 “Christ which also maketh intercession +for us.”</p> +<p>As the Almighty Shepherd of souls does not draw all to himself by +the same means, nor guide and nourish them alike; but, on the contrary +reveals and communicates himself to them in divers manners, according +to his various purposes for them, and their various wants; it pleased +Him to grant Patrick, by many manifestations of his grace, the pledge +of the certainty of his fellowship <!-- page 119--><a name="page119"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 119</span>with +Himself, and of his call to preach the Gospel in Ireland. His +parents and friends sought to hold him back, representing to him that +such an undertaking far exceeded his capacity. He himself informs +us of this, when he says: “Many dissuaded me from this journey, +and said behind my back, ‘Why does this man throw himself into +danger, amongst the heathen who do not know the Lord?’ It +was not said maliciously, but they could not comprehend the thing on +account of my rustic life and manners.” But nothing could +mislead him, for he trusted in the power of the Lord, who imparted to +him the inward confidence that He had called him, and was with him. +He himself says of this: “Whence came to me so great and blessed +a gift, that I should know and love God, and be able to forsake my country +and my kindred, although large gifts were offered me, with many tears, +if I would remain? And against my will I was compelled to offend +many of my kindred and my well-wishers. But by God’s guidance, +I yielded not to them; it was not my own power, it was God who triumphed +in me, and resisted them all, so that I went amongst the people of Ireland +to preach <!-- page 120--><a name="page120"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 120</span>to +them this Gospel, prepared to suffer much contempt from the unbelieving, +and many persecutions, even to chains; and, if needful, to sacrifice +my freedom for the good of others. And if I am counted worthy, +I am ready also to lay down my life with joy for His name’s sake.”</p> +<p>Patrick, accordingly, went to Ireland, in the year 431. He +could now make use of his early proficiency in the Irish language. +He gathered great multitudes of the people together in the open air, +by beat of drum, to tell them of the sufferings of the Saviour for sinful +men; and the doctrine of the cross manifested its characteristic power +over many hearts. Patrick met indeed with much opposition. +The priests and national bards, who possessed great influence, excited +the people against him, and he had to endure many a hot persecution. +But he overcame by his steadfastness in the faith, by his fervent zeal, +and by a love which drew all hearts to itself. Patrick addressed +himself especially to the chiefs and princes of the people. They +could do the most mischief, if they were excited by the Druids against +the strange religion; and, on the other hand, if they received the Gospel, +they might <!-- page 121--><a name="page121"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 121</span>make +their people more accessible, and form a counterbalance to the influence +of the Druids.</p> +<p>Patrick took the part of servants who had suffered hard usage from +their masters. When he found youths of the lower ranks, who seemed +to him fitted for a higher calling, he provided for their education, +and trained them to be teachers of the people.</p> +<p>He had, from his youth, as we have seen, experienced the especial +guidance of the Lord, and his heart was penetrated by it. Now, +whilst he laboured in the fervour and power of faith, he was able to +produce effects on the rude minds of the Irish, such as never could +have been produced by ordinary human power. He saw himself, moreover, +sustained by the peculiar direction of that God whose word he preached. +Patrick speaks of it, not in spiritual pride, but full of the sense +of his unworthiness and impotence, as well as of the consciousness of +the grace working in and through him.</p> +<p>After speaking, in one of his letters, of such marvels as God granted +him to perform amongst the barbarous people, he added: “But I +conjure all, let no one, on account of these or the like <!-- page 122--><a name="page122"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 122</span>things, +think to place me on an equality with the Apostles and other perfect +men; for I am an insignificant, sinful, and despicable man.” +And more marvellous to him than the miracles which were wrought by him, +was the simple fact which filled his whole soul, that by him who, until +God drew his soul to Himself by severe chastisement, had himself cared +so little about his own salvation, many thousands of the people, who +had hitherto known nothing of the true God, should be brought to salvation. +“Marvel,” he says, “ye who fear God, small and great, +and ye eloquent talkers, who know nothing of the Lord, inquire and acknowledge +who it is that has awakened me, a simple man, from the midst of those +who are accounted wise, learned, and mighty, in word and in deed. +For I, who was abandoned beyond many others in the world; even I, in +spite of all this, have been called by his Spirit, that in fear and +trembling, yet faithfully and blamelessly, I should serve the people +to whom the love of Christ has led me. Unweariedly must I thank +my God, who has kept me faithful in the day of temptation, so that I +can this day trustfully offer my soul as a living sacrifice of thanksgiving +to my <!-- page 123--><a name="page123"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 123</span>Lord +Christ, who has delivered me out of all my afflictions, so that I must +also say, Who am I, Lord? and what is my calling? that thou hast so +gloriously revealed to me thy Godhead, that I can now constantly rejoice +amongst the heathen, and glorify Thy name wherever I may be, not only +in prosperity, but also in adversity; so that whatever may befall me, +good or evil, I can calmly receive it, and continually thank that God +who has taught me to believe in Him as the only true God.”</p> +<p>Patrick endeavoured to avoid all appearance of seeking his own gain +or glory. A man who, according to the judgment of men, was not +fitted to effect such great things, who from obscurity and poverty had +been called to so high a place, and in whom therefore, as is frequently +the case, those who had formerly known him after the flesh would not +recognise what the Spirit had accomplished, such a man was obliged, +with all the more circumspection, to avoid giving any occasion to those +who were disposed to declare a thing which they could neither measure +nor comprehend by the common standard, altogether beyond flesh and blood. +When many, full of love and gratitude to the teacher of <!-- page 124--><a name="page124"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 124</span>salvation, +their spiritual father, freely offered him gifts, and pious women offered +their ornaments, Patrick, although the donors were at first offended +at it, in order to avoid all evil report, declined everything. +He himself gave presents to the heathen chiefs, in order thereby to +purchase peace for himself and his churches; he ransomed many Christians +from captivity; and was himself prepared, as a good shepherd, to lay +down all, even to his life, for his sheep. In his confession of +faith, which, after labouring for thirty years in this calling, he addressed +to his converts, he says: “That ye may rejoice in me, and I may +ever rejoice in you in the Lord, I repent not what I have done, and +even now it is not enough for me, I shall go further and sacrifice much +more. The Lord is mighty to confirm me yet more, that I may yield +up my life for your souls. I call God to witness in my soul, that +I have not written this to seek glory from you. The glory which +is not seen, but believed on in the heart is enough for me. Faithful +is that God who hath promised, and he lieth not. But already in +this world I behold myself exalted above measure by the Lord. +I know very well that poverty and hardship suit me <!-- page 125--><a name="page125"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 125</span>better +than wealth and ease; yea, even the Lord Christ became poor for our +sakes. Daily have I expected to be seized, carried into captivity, +or slain; but I fear none of these things, because of the promises of +heaven; for I have cast myself into the arms of the Almighty God, who +reigns everywhere, as it is said in the Psalm, ‘Cast thy burden +upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.’ Now I commend +my soul to my faithful God, whom in my insignificance I serve as his +messenger. For since with Him there is no respect of persons, +and since He has chosen me for this calling, that I as one of the least +of His people, should serve Him, what shall I render unto the Lord for +all his benefits? What shall I say or promise unto my Lord? +For I can do nothing, unless He himself give it me! But He trieth +the hearts and reins, and He knoweth how greatly I long that He may +give me to drink of the cup of His sufferings, as He has granted to +others who love Him. I pray God that He may give me perseverance, +and enable me to bear a faithful witness until my departure. And +if I have striven after anything good for my God’s sake, whom +I love, I beseech Him that I, with those my new converts who have <!-- page 126--><a name="page126"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 126</span>fallen +into captivity, may shed my blood for his Name’s sake, even though +I should never be buried, even though my body should be torn in pieces +by wild beasts. I believe firmly that if this should befall me, +I should gain my body as well as my soul; for undoubtedly, in that day, +we shall arise and shine like the sun, that is, in the glory of our +Redeemer, Jesus Christ, who is the Son of the living God, as joint heirs +with Christ, renewed in His image; for by Him, through Him, and with +Him shall we reign. That sun which we see, rises daily for us +by God’s command; but it will never reign, and its brightness +will not last for ever. All those also who worship it will (unhappy +ones!) draw down punishment on themselves. But we pray in faith +to Christ, the <i>true Sun</i>, that will never set, and he also who +doeth His will shall never set, but shall live for ever, as Christ lives +for ever, and reigns with God, the Almighty Father, and the Holy Spirit, +from everlasting to everlasting.”</p> +<p>Patrick would gladly, after the absence and labours of many years, +have once more visited his relations and his old friends in his native +Britain and in Gaul, but he sacrificed his inclination to the <!-- page 127--><a name="page127"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 127</span>higher +calling. “I would gladly,” he says, “have journeyed +to my fatherland and my parents, and also once more have visited my +brethren in Gaul, that I might have seen again the countenances of the +saints of my Lord; God knows I longed for it much, but I am restrained +by the Spirit, who witnesseth to me, that if I do this, He will hold +me guilty, and I fear lest the work I have commenced should fall to +the ground.”</p> +<h2>TABLE</h2> +<p><i>Shewing the Deaths, at different Ages, in the Society of Friends +in Great Britain and Ireland, during the years </i>1847-48, and 1848-49, +1849-50.</p> +<table border="1"> +<tr> +<th><span class="smcap">age</span>.</th> +<th colspan="3"><span class="smcap">Year</span> 1847-48.</th> +<th colspan="3"><span class="smcap">Year</span> 1848-49.</th> +<th colspan="3"><span class="smcap">Year</span> 1849-50.</th> +</tr> +<tr> +<th> </th> +<th>Male.</th><th>Female.</th><th>Total.</th> +<th>Male.</th><th>Female.</th><th>Total.</th> +<th>Male.</th><th>Female.</th><th>Total.</th> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>Under 1 year <a name="citation129"></a><a href="#footnote129">{129}</a></td> +<td>13</td> +<td>10</td> +<td>23</td> +<td>14</td> +<td>10</td> +<td>24</td> +<td>5</td> +<td>8</td> +<td>13</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>Under 5 years</td> +<td>22</td> +<td>23</td> +<td>45</td> +<td>20</td> +<td>17</td> +<td>37</td> +<td>8</td> +<td>11</td> +<td>19</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 5 years to 10</td> +<td>7</td> +<td>9</td> +<td>16</td> +<td>4</td> +<td>4</td> +<td>8</td> +<td>2</td> +<td>6</td> +<td>8</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 10 to 15</td> +<td>7</td> +<td>7</td> +<td>14</td> +<td>3</td> +<td>3</td> +<td>6</td> +<td>0</td> +<td>2</td> +<td>2</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 15 to 20</td> +<td>7</td> +<td>13</td> +<td>20</td> +<td>9</td> +<td>10</td> +<td>19</td> +<td>2</td> +<td>7</td> +<td>9</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 20 to 30</td> +<td>13</td> +<td>16</td> +<td>29</td> +<td>13</td> +<td>13</td> +<td>26</td> +<td>9</td> +<td>6</td> +<td>15</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 30 to 40</td> +<td>6</td> +<td>13</td> +<td>19</td> +<td>11</td> +<td>19</td> +<td>30</td> +<td>6</td> +<td>12</td> +<td>18</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 40 to 50</td> +<td>13</td> +<td>15</td> +<td>28</td> +<td>10</td> +<td>24</td> +<td>34</td> +<td>9</td> +<td>14</td> +<td>23</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 50 to 60</td> +<td>14</td> +<td>12</td> +<td>26</td> +<td>9</td> +<td>25</td> +<td>34</td> +<td>12</td> +<td>17</td> +<td>29</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 60 to 70</td> +<td>23</td> +<td>25</td> +<td>48</td> +<td>29</td> +<td>37</td> +<td>66</td> +<td>21</td> +<td>30</td> +<td>51</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 70 to 80</td> +<td>28</td> +<td>58</td> +<td>86</td> +<td>24</td> +<td>44</td> +<td>68</td> +<td>33</td> +<td>40</td> +<td>73</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 80 to 90</td> +<td>21</td> +<td>26</td> +<td>47</td> +<td>16</td> +<td>33</td> +<td>49</td> +<td>22</td> +<td>22</td> +<td>44</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>From 90 to 100</td> +<td>3</td> +<td>6</td> +<td>9</td> +<td>4</td> +<td>8</td> +<td>12</td> +<td>2</td> +<td>4</td> +<td>6</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>All ages</td> +<td>164</td> +<td>223</td> +<td>387</td> +<td>152</td> +<td>237</td> +<td>389</td> +<td>131</td> +<td>179</td> +<td>310</td> +</tr> +</table> +<h2>Footnotes:</h2> +<p><a name="footnote2"></a><a href="#citation2">{2}</a> See Memoir +at the end of the Obituary.</p> +<p><a name="footnote129"></a><a href="#citation129">{129}</a> +The numbers in this series are included in the text, “under 5 +years.”</p> +<p>Average age in 1847-48, 48 years, 11 months, and 25 days.</p> +<p>Average age in 1848-49, 51 years, 3 months, and 22 days.</p> +<p>Average age in 1849-50, 54 years, and 9 months.</p> + +<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1851***</p> +<pre> + + +***** This file should be named 18502-h.htm or 18502-h.zip****** + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/5/0/18502 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: The Annual Monitor for 1851 + or, Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great + Britain and Ireland, for the year 1850 + + +Author: Anonymous + + + +Release Date: June 4, 2006 [eBook #18502] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1851*** + + + + + +Transcribed from the 1850 C. Gilpin, R. Y. Clarke, and Co. edition by +David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org + +NEW SERIES, No 9. + + + + + +THE ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1851. + + +OR +OBITUARY +OF THE +MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS +In Great Britain and Ireland, +FOR THE YEAR 1850. + +LONDON: +SOLD BY C. GILPIN, R. Y. CLARKE, AND CO., DARTON AND CO., +AND E. MARSH: GEORGE HOPE, YORK. + +1850. + + + + +INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. + + +We have again to present to our friends the Report of the Annual +Mortality in the Society of Friends, in Great Britain and Ireland. It +has frequently been observed, how nearly the number of deaths in each +year has approximated, but we have this year to notice a considerable +diminution in the annual return. We are not disposed, however, to +attribute the diminished numbers, chiefly to any special cause connected +with health, but consider it rather as one of those fluctuations which +are ever found to arise in a series of years, in the mortality of a small +community. The number of the dying, however, may be expected to bear, as +respects the average, a pretty uniform relation to the number of the +living. And if the fact be, as all our late inquiries lead us to believe +it is, that we are, though slowly, a diminishing body, we must expect +that our average number of deaths will also be found gradually to +diminish. + +We have often anxiously pondered over the question,--Why the Society of +Friends should be a diminishing body? And we propose to give in this +place a few of the thoughts which have been suggested to us in the course +of our consideration. + +In the first place, let us notice the natural causes which tend to the +decrease of our Society. We have formerly shown that the mortality among +our members is less than in the community at large, which so far as it +extends, is of course a reason for the increase rather than the +diminution of our numbers. But then we have, on the other side, the well- +ascertained fact, that whilst in the community at large, the registered +births exceed the deaths, by 45 per cent; in the Society of Friends, the +registered deaths actually exceed the births! The cause of this fact is +to be found, not only in connection with the number who marry out of the +Society, but also in the operation of that prudential check on entering +into the married state, which will always prevail amongst a moral people, +where the means of subsistence cannot easily and with certainty be +obtained. But to whatever we may attribute the cause, the fact itself is +a complete answer to the question--Why we are a diminishing rather than +an increasing people? + +It may be said,--Why are not our religious principles aggressive?--Why, +if they be true, do they not find converts among the various Christian +communities of our land?--Why, as in the early times of our Society, are +there not numerous conversions, and fresh bodies of warm-hearted, and +sound-minded believers, added to our numbers?--These are deeply important +and very interesting questions, and we are willing to offer a few +thoughts upon them, with the seriousness and modesty with which it +becomes us to speak on the subject. + +We believe, that a mistaken view prevails, in regard to the truest +Christian principle being that which will be accepted by the largest +number of persons. The experience of all the past ages of the Church +contradicts the assumption, and shows clearly that there is in man a deep- +seated opposition to the acceptance of divine truth in its purity and +simplicity. True vital religion has ever called for the service of man's +heart to God, and in every age, this allegiance has been the state of the +_few_, rather than of the _many_. The history of the ancient church is +full of illustrations of this truth. Whilst Moses lingered on the Mount, +whence the children of Israel knew that the law was to be given, and from +whence such evident demonstrations of the divine power had been manifest +to the people, they were employed in making the golden calf to go before +them, and crying "these are thy Gods, O Israel!" And when they had +received the law, written by the finger of God, and were somewhat humbled +under the correction of their sins, how few were there, who carried out +its injunctions in their genuine spirit, and how many were there, who +from time to time, defiled themselves by the idolatrous service of other +gods. Even when brought by a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, +attended by many palpable miracles which were wrought on their behalf, +they were seated in the "Land flowing with milk and honey," which had +been promised to their fathers; how prone were they constantly to desert +even the profession of their faith, and to serve the gods of the nations +which they were sent to destroy; yet in all these times there were a few, +and it was probably comparatively but a _few_, who had not bowed the knee +to Baal. + +We have evidence of the same fact in the history of Christianity. The +beautiful example of the Saviour, and the wonderful miracles which he +performed--all for the good of man--failed to attract the high boasted +reason of the Greek, or the Roman, or to soften the obduracy of the blind +and hard Pharisaic hearted Jew: it was still the _few_ who had sympathy +with the character He exhibited, and the truths which He spoke, and who +found Him to be to their souls "the power of God unto salvation." And +even when these few were gathered together, and under the extraordinary +effusion of the Holy Spirit, many were added to them, and "the multitude +of them that believed were of one heart and one soul," they were still +comparatively but a _few_. + +The further history of the Christian Church may appear to some to exhibit +a different view, but to us it seems not less clearly to illustrate the +same melancholy truth. + +It is certain, that during the life-time of the Apostles, many by their +powerful preaching, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, were brought +to repentance and a living faith in Christ, and we know that not a few +sealed their testimony with their blood, yet the simplicity and the +purity of Christianity were soon more or less spoiled by the still +contracted spirit and notions of many of the Jews, or the false +philosophy, not entirely abandoned, of the pagan converts. We doubt not, +however, that notwithstanding these deteriorating admixtures, there may +be said to have been many--aye, a glorious multitude--who held the truth +in its primitive power, and in a large measure of primitive simplicity. +Still, when these are compared with the whole population of the countries +where the Truth was preached, the real converts must be spoken of as a +_few_, and thus was it evident that there was still an inherent +opposition in man to the restraining and purifying doctrines of the +gospel of Christ. + +And when in later years, whole nations and peoples were said to become +Christians, it may well be doubted whether in such times there had not +been as great a reduction of the number of true converts of old standing, +as there was addition of this class amongst the new ones. Christianity +as professed in those days, had thrown off her simple garb, and had +decorated herself to please the corrupt taste of the people--as the sun +and other heavenly bodies were probably the earliest objects of adoration +to mankind, and were used in the first instance as striking symbols of +the light and power of the one Creator and Father, so did the professors +of Christianity, pretty early present to the people, some intermediate +objects of reverence and love, by which those who turned from the simple +affiance to the one Great Redeemer and High Priest, might find a rest +suited to their carnal, or at least imperfectly spiritual conception of +Christianity. And when the temporal church boasted of its universal sway +in Europe, and its entire unity, there were probably a smaller number of +true Christians within its pale, than existed in the midst of pagan +persecutions at the close of the apostolic age. + +Let us now look at times nearer to our own, when Huss, and Luther, and +Zwingle, by a power not their own, caused many rays of the glorious light +of Truth to shine upon benighted nations, and disturbed the slumbers of +the corrupted church. Great were, and still are the blessings derived +from the great struggle. Many of the bonds of Satan were broken, and +many a heavy burdened soul found its long desired rest. Yet how soon was +even the brightness of this morning dimmed, and how little progress did +the cause of the Reformation make after the departure of the immediate +instruments in the great movement. + +In Switzerland, not inaptly called the cradle of the English Reformation, +the Cantons which, in the first instance received the truth and joined +the Protestant cause, continue still to bear the same name, but not one +which at that time retained the designation of Catholic, has since become +Protestant: and at Geneva, where Calvin taught, and where his doctrines +are still professed, opinions which were not less abhorrent to him than +the worst of the errors of popery, are openly maintained. Those who now +preach the vital truths of the Reformation, are the _few_ not the _many_. + +In England, the iron rule of Elizabeth in ecclesiastical matters, and in +particular her requirement of uniformity with respect to the "rags of +Rome," checked the real progress of the Reformation in the English +church, but by a reaction which in the ordering of Divine Wisdom, often +makes the wrath of man to praise him, it appears to have been the means +of raising up an increased antagonism to error, in the persons of men +willing to suffer and to die for the cause of truth. It will perhaps be +admitted that at many periods of the history of what is called the +English church, whilst its nominal members numbered a large proportion of +the whole population, the actual number of the genuine disciples of +Christ within its pale were in small compass. The revival in some +measure, of the spirit of its reformers, even in opposition to the letter +of many of its formularies, has, no doubt, in past times, done much to +increase its living influence and usefulness, but recent events have +shown how large a portion of its clergy instead of going forward in the +work of the Reformation, are rather desirous of retrograde movement, and +of approximating, if not of entirely returning to the errors of Rome. +Such, we ought ever to bear in mind, is the natural tendency of man, and +so prone is he, even when raised by the True Light to a perception of the +things which are most excellent, to sink again into the grovelling habits +of his own dark nature. + +We come now to the threshold of our own religious history, and shall +endeavour to answer, in substance at least, the queries with which we +commenced the present inquiry. It was certainly an extraordinary period +of our national religious history, in which the Society of Friends +arose--a time in which old foundations were shaken, and an earnest +inquiry excited in many minds after the way of truth and of real peace to +the soul. We think that it is not assuming, to express our belief, that +a remarkable extension of spiritual light and energy was extended to the +people of England, in that day, when George Fox, and his early +associates, went forth through the length and breadth of the land, and +found so extraordinary a preparation for their service in the hearts of +their fellow-countrymen. + +The first preachers knew a being made Christians themselves, before they +went forth to call others to Christ--what a deep sense of sin and of its +hatefulness in the sight of God--what earnestness, or rather agonizing in +prayer--what joy in the sense of the true knowledge of Christ, and of +communion with him in Spirit--what subsequent watchfulness and reliance +upon him in every step of their course--what zeal in making known the +truth which they had found, and what constancy in suffering for it, yea +thinking it all joy that they were counted worthy to suffer for the name +of Christ!--Such were the men who were heralds of our religious Society, +and by whose instrumentality thousands at least, were convinced of the +truth; large numbers of whom gave evidence that they were not only +convinced, but converted to God. Need we then wonder at their success? +though still compared with the numbers to which they preached, the +converts may be said to have been _few_. It was still the _many_, who if +brought to see as it were their face in a glass, went away and +straightway forgot what manner of men they were. + +We believe that the number of persons who went under the name of Friends, +in Great Britain and Ireland, at the close of the 17th century, was at +least three times as great as it is at the present time. + +It will be in accordance with our object, to endeavour to indicate what +may have been the chief causes of the suspension of those active measures +which we have called aggressive,--though full of love, and which marked +the early periods of our Society. An historian of the church, who was +not insensible of what constitutes true religious energy, has stated, +that extraordinary revivals of this kind, have rarely been maintained in +their primitive vigour more than about forty years. Rather more than +that time elapsed between the commencement of George Fox's labours and +their close, at the time of his death. About eight days previous to that +event, he attended a meeting of ministers, in London, and one of those +who was present says: "I much minded his exhortation to us, encouraging +friends that have gifts to make use of them; mentioning many countries +beyond the seas that wanted visiting, instancing the labours and hard +travels of friends in the beginning of the spreading of truth in our +days, in breaking up of countries, and of the rough ploughing they had in +steeple houses, &c., but that now it was more easy; and he complained, +that there were many Demases and Cains who embraced the present world, +and encumbered themselves with their own business, and neglected the +Lord's, and so were good for nothing; and he said, they that had wives, +should be as though they had none; and who goeth a warfare should not +entangle himself with the things of this world." + +This characteristic extract will suggest, probably, to many readers, our +object in quoting it. If there was cause for the reproof conveyed in it +in that day, in which we know the primitive zeal still burned brightly, +what must we say of the subsequent, and of the present state of our +little church! + +Long after the death of George Fox, there continued to be a large +increase to the numbers of friends; many who had been wise and great in +this world, were made to rejoice in the laying down of their outward +wisdom, and in sitting down in deep humility to learn of Jesus, by the +teaching of the Holy Spirit in the heart. These were prepared boldly to +declare God's controversy with sin, and the means by which it might be +subdued, not omitting to proclaim the alone ground of a sinner's pardon +through the propitiatory sacrifice of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. + +We believe certainly that it has never been permitted to our Society to +be without its faithful labourers in the gospel, or without many sincere +confessors of its doctrines, who, by life and conversation, have been +true preachers to their brethren, and to the world in general. Yet we +must confess, that whilst as a Society, we continue to profess the same +religious views as were held and promulgated by our early Friends, we +fear we do not come up in practice to that pure standard to which they +attained. The door is open to all the world, yet we sit at ease in our +ceiled houses. Many around us are hungering and thirsting for the +knowledge of God, yet we are occupied with our farms and our merchandise. +Let us not be inquiring, "What shall this man do," or what should the +other have done? but remembering the reproof, "What is that to thee, +follow _thou_ Me," submit ourselves to that humbling, but preparing hand, +which was so signally displayed in the cause of those who were engaged in +the planting and watering of our religious Society. Then might we again +hope to witness an increase of spiritual life and vigour in the body, and +thus become as "a city set upon a hill, that could not be hid." + + + + +THE ANNUAL MONITOR. OBITUARY. + + +Age. Time of Decease. + +HANNAH ABBOTT, _Thorley_, _Essex_. 88 11mo. 19 1849 + +MARTHA ADY, _London_. 81 3mo. 23 1850 + +ELIZABETH AIREY, _Kendal_. Widow. 81 5mo. 6 1850 + +WILLIAM ALDERSON, _Winterscale_, _Garsdale_, _Yorkshire_. 69 5mo. 2 1850 + +REBECCA ALEXANDER, _Goldrood_, _Ipswich_. Widow of Samuel Alexander. 72 +12mo. 13 1849 + +EDWARD ALEXANDER, _Limerick_. Son of the late Edward Alexander. 20 2mo. +1 1850 + +JOSEPH ALLEN, _Dunmow_, _Essex_. A Minister. 76 9mo. 21 1849 + +SARAH ALLEN, _Bristol_. A Minister. 77 6mo. 1 1850 + +ELEANOR ALLEN, _Ballitore_. Wife of Henry Allen. 49 3mo. 4 1850 + +ANN ALLIS, _Bristol_. Wife of Hagger Allis. 65 8mo. 30 1850 + +JOHN ALLISON, _Durham_. 57 6mo. 1 1850 + +ROBERT ALSOP, _Maldon_, _Essex_. A Minister. 72 7mo. 21 1850 + +SOPHIA APPLETON, _Stoke Newington_. Wife of John Appleton. 49 3mo. 28 +1850 + +WILLIAM ASHBY, _Hounslow_. 61 1mo. 7 1850 + +HANNAH C. BACKHOUSE, _Polam Hill_, _Darlington_. A Minister. Widow of +Jonathan Backhouse. {2} 63 5mo. 6 1850 + +GEORGE BAKER, _Askham Field_, _York_. An Elder. 71 1mo. 26 1850 + +He was one who remembered his Creator in the days of his youth, and who +proved in his own experience, that "the fear of the Lord" is not only +"the beginning of wisdom," but that it is also "a fountain of life +preserving from the snares of death." His earnest desire was to be found +walking acceptably before God; and while a young man, he became greatly +distressed at being overcome by drowsiness in meetings for worship. On +one occasion, when this had been the case, he retired to a secluded spot, +under a hedge, where, with many tears, he poured forth his prayers for +deliverance from this besetment. Many years afterwards, when +accompanying a friend on a religious visit to the families of that +meeting, he pointed out the place, and remarked with expressions of +gratitude, that from that time, he did not remember having been overcome +in the same manner. + +He was deeply impressed with the words of his Saviour: "All things +whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them," +and he so carried this precept out into practice, as to become remarkable +for his uprightness of character, and for his consideration for others. + +The following circumstances present instructive examples of the kindly +sympathy of this "good Samaritan:" + +On the occurrence of a malignant fever, in one of the eastern dales of +Yorkshire, while he resided in that district, he left his own home for +several weeks, to nurse some of his neighbours who had become affected +with the disease, devoting his whole time to the sick, while dread of +infection rendered it difficult for him to obtain assistance in this +office of mercy. + +After his removal into the neighbourhood of York, and at a time when many +persons were returning past his premises from a contested Election, and +some of them so much intoxicated as to be incapable of taking care of +themselves; fearing lest any severe accident should befall them while in +this condition, he took several of them from the highway, and lodged them +in one of his outhouses, dismissing them on the following morning with +suitable but kind admonition. And when numbers of the Irish poor were +driven from their own country by famine, and wandered about in this land +"for lack of bread," he sheltered many of them in his out-buildings and +ministered to their necessities. + +George Baker occupied the station of Elder for many years, exercising a +fatherly care in the church, and extending counsel or encouragement, as +he saw occasion, with a simplicity and godly sincerity which gave him +great place amongst his friends. He was often applied to by his +neighbours for counsel, and as a peace-maker; and in serving them was +remarkable for his patience, self-denial, and success. In his latter +years, his powers both of body and mind failed greatly, in consequence of +an accident which he met with, while in the pursuit of his occupation as +a farmer; but having "worked while it was day," he was preserved through +a period which might be spoken of as "a night, in which no man could +work;" so that love, that badge of discipleship with Christ, shone +brightly in his last moments, as from under the margin of a dark cloud, +and a solemn feeling of peace with God, through Jesus Christ, pervaded +his dying hours. + +ELIZABETH G. BARCLAY, _Walthamstow_. Daughter of Joseph G. Barclay. 2 +8mo. 31 1849 + +ROBERT BARKER, _Cheadle_, _Manchester_. 62 9mo. 28 1850 + +THOMAS BAYNES, _Bainbridge_, _Yorkshire_. 70 5mo. 14 1850 + +THOMAS BEAKBANE, _Liverpool_. 50 4mo. 14 1850 + +RACHEL BEEBY, _Allonby_. 65 12mo. 15 1849 + +MARY ANNE BELL, _Belfast_. Daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bell. 39 2mo. +23 1850 + +MARY BENINGTON, _Wakefield_. A Minister. Wife of George Benington. 55 +6mo. 8 1850 + +ELIZABETH BENNIS, _Clonmel_. Daughter of the late William Bennis of +Limerick. 16 2mo. 24 1850 + +PHOEBE BENT, _Sutton-in-Ashfield_, _Nottinghamshire_. Widow of Joseph +Bent of Stockport. 85 8mo. 15 1850 + +ELIZABETH BENTLEY, _Ipswich_. Daughter of Thomas F. and Maria Bentley. +16 11mo. 28 1849 + +MARY BENWELL, _Sidcot_. 50 1mo. 13 1850 + +ELIZABETH BEWLEY, _Rockville_, _Dublin_. Daughter of Thomas and Rebecca +Bewley. 3 1mo. 16 1850 + +WILLIAM BINNS, _Poole_. An Elder. 81 4mo. 10 1850 + +We have often had to observe, that many of our friends, who have lived to +a good old age, and who have been loved and honoured in their respective +stations, as upright pillars in the church, have left but few written +memorials of their course for the instruction of others; whilst +encompassed with infirmities, and looking for the help of the Lord's +Spirit to resist their manifold temptations and easily besetting sins, +they have been enabled to pursue the even tenor of their way, seeking +through divine grace to fulfil the day's work, in the day time, and +hoping to hear at last the call of mercy into one of the many mansions +prepared by Him, who has loved them and died for them. We love to dwell +upon this class of our departed friends, and without undervaluing those +whose gifts have been more prominent, or whom circumstances have rendered +more conspicuous in our pages, we sincerely desire that these more +hidden, but not less valuable parts of the spiritual building, may ever +be honoured amongst us. Such an one was our late friend, William Binns. +It was during his apprenticeship that, under the ministry of two women +friends, engaged in a family visit, he was powerfully awakened to the +eternal interests of his soul, and through divine grace, the impression +made, was of so decided a character, that putting his hand to the +Christian plough, he looked not back. + +He was greatly concerned for the true welfare of our religious Society, +and in the district in which he resided was eminently useful; caring for +the flock over which the good Shepherd had made him an overseer. + +Sterling integrity and uprightness marked his character; his judgment was +clear and sound, and was frequently given in comprehensive and pertinent +language, free from all superfluous expression. + +He took a very low estimate of his own attainments, and was humbled under +a sense of his shortcomings; as the shadows of evening were closing +around him, he frequently and feelingly intimated, that there was for +him, but one ground of faith and hope, the free mercy of God in Jesus +Christ his Saviour; such was the subject of his frequent expression to +his friends, and they rejoice in the belief that having in his long +pilgrimage taken up his cross, and sought above all things to follow +Christ, so in the end he was prepared to enter into the eternal joys of +his Lord. + +GEORGE BINNS, _Bradford_. 52 8mo. 26 1850 + +EMMA BINNS, _Sunderland_. Daughter of Henry Binns. 6 8mo. 22 1850 + +WILLIAM BLACK, _Cockermouth_. 71 9mo. 20 1849 + +JOSEPH BLACK, _Lisburn_. 22 5mo. 23 1850 + +THOMAS BOWRY, _Stepney_. 67 4mo. 27 1850 + +ROBERT WM. BRIGHTWEN, _Newcastle-on-Tyne_. Son of Charles Brightwen. 4 +3mo. 6 1850 + +THOMAS BROWN, _Cirencester_. A Minister. 84 10mo. 13 1849 + +AMELIA BROWN, _Luton_. A Minister. Wife of Richard Marks Brown. 62 +12mo. 7 1849 + +This beloved friend was privileged beyond many in the pious care +exercised in her religious training. She became early acquainted with +the teachings of divine grace, and from childhood, appears highly to have +valued the holy scriptures. It was frequently her practice to set apart +some portion of the day for private retirement and meditation, and in +thus seeking to wait upon the Lord for the renewal of her spiritual +strength, she was favoured to know "times of refreshing," and a growth in +"pure and undefiled religion." + +She loved the truth in sincerity, and her mind was enriched in the +instructive contemplation of its order, excellence and beauty, and the +benign and salutary influence it has on those who obey its requisitions: +fervently she craved for an increase of faith and strength, that she +might be found among the "called, and chosen, and faithful." "I felt," +she remarks on one occasion, "as if I could make any sacrifice called +for; the language of my mind is almost continually, what shall I render +unto the Lord for all his benefits." + +Under the apprehension that it would be required of her publicly to bear +testimony to the power and sufficiency of divine grace, her mind was +greatly humbled, and under the pressure of religious exercise, she thus +records her feelings: "Sweetly tendered in my room, and craved for +strength, fully and unreservedly, to yield all to Him, who still in mercy +visits me; if consistent with divine goodness, may my mind be more +illuminated, that I may more clearly distinguish between my own will and +the Lord's requirings." She was recorded a minister in 1823; and on this +important event she observes: "Feeling some quietude, humble desires are +prevalent that I may indeed be watchful. Dearest Lord! be pleased to +hear my feeble though sincere aspirations after increasing strength and +wisdom. Thou knowest that I feel awfully fearful lest I should bring any +shade on thy blessed cause." + +Her connection in married life, introduced her into a large family, the +duties of which she cheerfully performed with maternal solicitude, and +she became closely united in bonds of affection to the several branches +of the domestic circle, anxiously promoting their religious and moral +welfare. + +In ministry, this dear friend was pertinent and edifying, at times close +and searching; in the exercise of her gift, she travelled at different +intervals in several of the English counties. In the summer of 1848 her +health began to decline; her demeanour under pain and suffering evinced +her humble dependence upon the Lord, and the language of her soul was, +"not my will, but thine, oh Father, be done!" Some alleviation was +permitted, and she so far recovered as to be able to assemble with her +friends for divine worship; on these occasions, her communications +evinced her undiminished interest in the cause of truth and +righteousness. In the last meeting she attended, she bowed the knee in +solemn supplication, craving for herself and those present, the +attainment of perfect purity and holiness, and that this might be the +chief concern of their lives. A few days after, she was seized with +paralysis, and although consciousness was not entirely effaced, she said +but little; she retained a grateful sense of her many mercies, and a +fervent affection towards her husband and near connections. Gradually +declining, she passed away as falling into a sweet sleep, and we cannot +doubt exchanged the tribulations of time, for the blissful joys of +eternity. + +JOSEPH STANDIN BROWN, _Hitchin_. 60 6mo. 27 1850 + +SARAH BROWN, _Preston Crowmarsh_, _Oxon_. Wife of Richard M. Brown, +junior. 36 3mo. 31 1850 + +GEORGE BRUMELL, _Scotby_. 72 2mo. 23 1850 + +ASH BUDGE, _Camborne_, _Redruth_. Wife of John Budge. 53 4mo. 10 1850 + +In an unexpected hour, and in the enjoyment of usual health, it pleased +our heavenly Father to lay his hand of affliction upon this dear friend, +and after a severe illness of about four weeks, to gather her, as we +reverently believe, into "the rest which remaineth for the people of +God." + +It appears, that in early life, "the grace which bringeth salvation," +wrought effectually in her heart, so that her surviving relatives cannot +recall the time when the fear of God did not influence her conduct; her +pious mother, who for many years filled the station of Elder in our +Society; was deeply interested in the religious welfare of her children, +and earnestly sought, in the morning of their day, to imbue their minds +with the principles and precepts of the gospel of Christ, and her labours +of love in reference to this beloved daughter were graciously owned. From +her childhood, she was more than commonly dutiful and affectionate to her +parents, rarely giving them any cause for uneasiness; an aged grandmother +also, who resided for many years with them, she waited on with such +tender care, as to call forth the expression of her belief, that a +blessing would rest on her on that account. + +Great meekness, tenderness, and humility clothed her mind, not only +throughout the season of her affliction, but for a long course of +previous years, binding her in very tender bonds to her husband and +children, as well as to her other endeared relatives and friends. + +It appears, from the first day on which her illness assumed a more +serious character, that an impression pervaded her mind, that it would be +unto death, and accompanying this impression, a deep and earnest desire +for entire resignation to the divine will; and this desire was graciously +answered; for during the period of her illness, her resignation, and +consequent tranquillity, were indeed remarkable; attended by a precious +measure of "the peace of God which passeth all understanding." So fully +was this the case, and so little of the appearance of death accompanied +her illness, that a lively hope of her restoration to health, was, even +to the last day of her life, earnestly cherished by those around her, and +in addition to this, such was the nature of her disease, that great +stillness and uninterrupted rest were considered necessary; thus +circumstanced, whilst both her mind, and their minds, were abundantly +satisfied with the precious evidence of the love of God in Christ Jesus, +shed abroad in her heart, they were not anxious for much expression, or +careful to commit to writing what, from season to season, fell from her +lips; feeling that her mind "wore thanksgiving to her Maker." + +She evinced, throughout her married life, a deep interest in the well- +being of her tenderly beloved children, making it her frequent practice +to spend some portion of her time in retirement with them, in reading the +holy scriptures and in prayer; and this interest increasingly appeared as +she lay on the bed of affliction, having them daily in her chamber, and +again and again, in tender affection, impressing on their minds the +importance of divine and eternal things, urging them to walk in the way +of God's commandments, and to regard his favour and approbation as the +one thing, beyond all other things, necessary both to their present peace +and everlasting salvation: similar counsel was also extended to the other +members of her household and family, to the friends who kindly visited +her, to her medical attendants, and to her neighbours. More might be +said in reference to the Christian graces which marked the character of +this beloved friend, but the object is not to magnify the creature, but +to set forth the excellency and sufficiency of the "grace which is from +God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ," and by the effectual +operation of which, she was what she was. The last words she addressed +to her tenderly beloved husband were: "All is well:" and again, shortly +before the final close: "My foundation is on the Rock;" that Rock, we +undoubtingly believe, which "no tempest overthrows." + +REBECCA CANDLER, _East Hill_, _Colchester_. 55 5mo. 8 1850 + +SARAH CARSON, _Liverpool_. Wife of William Carson. 59 2mo. 21 1850 + +HANNAH CARTER, _Preston_. Daughter of Thomas and Mary Carter. 4 7mo. 12 +1850 + +HANNAH CASSON, _Hull_. Daughter of Benjamin Casson. 14 8mo. 22 1850 + +HANNAH CATLIN, _London_. Died at York. 62 3mo. 26 1850 + +WILLIAM CHANTLER, _Lewes_. 78 2mo. 15 1850 + +DANIEL CHAPMAN, _Reeth_. 24 12mo. 29 1849 + +WILLIAM CHESELDEN, _Ipswich_. 85 12mo. 17 1849 + +JOHN CHRISTMAS, _Colne near Earith_. 87 7mo. 7 1850 + +MARY CHRISTY, _Woodbank_, _Lurgan_. Daughter of the late John Christy, +of Stramore. 33 1mo. 23 1850 + +THOMAS CLARK, _Bridgewater_. A Minister. 91 6mo. 16 1850 + +SAMUEL CLARK, _Lower Grange_, _Ireland_. 68 12mo. 28 1849 + +JOSEPH CLARK, _Southampton_. An Elder. 85 5mo. 25 1850 + +SUSAN CLEMES, _Ackworth_. Daughter of Samuel and Jane Clemes. 1 4mo. 1 +1850 + +JOHN BARCLAY CLIBBORN, _Duner Mills_, _Clonmel_. 80 3mo. 22 1850 + +JOSHUA COLEBY, _Alton_. An Elder. 73 3mo. 25 1850 + +MARY COOKE, _Liverpool_. Widow of John Cooke. 68 12mo. 9 1849 + +MARY COOPER, _Brighouse_. A Minister. Widow of Thomas Cooper. 79 4mo. +20 1850 + +MARTHA COOPER, _Lockwood_, _Huddersfield_. Widow of John Cooper, of +Brighouse. 65 9mo. 14 1849 + +JOSEPH COVENTRY, _Stoke Newington_. 70 2mo. 17 1850 + +ELIZABETH CRAPP, _Truro_. 64 1mo. 22 1850 + +MARY CRAWE, _Norwich_. Widow of Spicer Crawe. 77 3mo. 8 1850 + +TABITHA CROSLAND, _Bradford_. Wife of Robert Crosland. 45 10mo. 29 1849 + +RACHEL CURCHIN, _Ipswich_. Died at York. 50 1mo. 20 1850 + +WILLIAM CURTIS, _Alton_. 79 10mo. 13 1849 + +FRANCIS DARBY, _Sunniside_, _Coalbrookdale_. 67 3mo. 20 1850 + +SAMUEL DAVIS, _Aldershaw_, _Garsdale_, _Yorkshire_. 81 5mo. 30 1850 + +EDWIN DAWES, _Stoke Newington_. 38 10mo. 27 1849 + +ANNA MARIA DAY, _Saffron Walden_. 68 11mo. 8 1849 + +GULIELMA DEANE, _Reigate_. Daughter of James and Sarah Deane. 18 11mo. +4 1849 + +SARAH (_Sally_) DEAVES, _Eglantine_, _Cork_. Daughter of Reuben and +Sarah Deaves. 22 10mo. 3 1849 + +The sudden death, by Cholera, of this dear young friend, caused at the +time a very lively emotion among a wide circle of friends. She was the +only and much beloved child of her bereaved parents;--naturally of a most +amiable disposition, and of that lively temperament which gives a +peculiar zest to life and all its passing enjoyments, she diffused around +her somewhat of the buoyancy and sunshine which seemed ever to attend her +own steps. Thus attractive and admired, and drinking largely of the cup +of present pleasures, the thoughts of the future appear to have had but +little place in her mind. In a state of excellent health, she had gone +to Mountmelick to pass a few weeks with some near relatives, when she was +seized with the disorder which, in a few hours, closed her life. Those +hours were passed in much bodily suffering, but sorer still were the +conflicts of her mind. The scales which had prevented her from seeing +the real worth of life and the awful realities of the future, at once +fell from her eyes, and she saw or rather felt with indescribable +clearness, that the great truths which appertain to the welfare of the +soul belong alike to the young and the healthy, to the sick and the +dying. She saw that she had been living to herself and not to God, and +this, whatever particulars she might lament, was the heavy burden of her +awakened spirit. In the depths of contrition, and in the earnestness of +faith, she was enabled to pray to her heavenly Father, and Saviour, to +draw near and to have mercy upon her. + +Thus passed some hours never to be forgotten. The rapid progress of her +disease hardly allowed time for much further mental exercise or +expression. She sank into a state of quietude of body and of mind. And +when all was over, the sorrowing parents were condoled in the hope, that +the prayers of their beloved child had been heard, through the mercy of +Him who never turned away his ear from the truly repentant suppliant. + +What lessons does this brief narrative offer to survivors. Awfully does +it speak to the children of pleasure, of the inestimable value of the +soul--of the importance of time--of the folly of living in forgetfulness +of God, and unmindful of their high destiny as immortal beings. What a +light does it throw on the responsibility of parents; and whilst +affording no encouragement to delay in the hope of a death-bed +repentance, what a view does it open of the infinite mercy of our +heavenly Father in Christ Jesus. + +MARTHA DELL, _Birmingham_. Widow of Joseph H. Dell, of Earls Colne. 78 +4mo. 30 1850 + +SAMUEL DICKINSON, _Denbydale_, _Highflatts_, _Yorkshire_. 79 2mo. 19 +1850 + +EDWARD DOUBLEDAY, _Harrington Square_, _Westminster_. 38 11mo. 14 1849 + +ISABELLA DOWBIGGIN, _Preston_. Widow. 75 7mo. 26 1850 + +JOSEPH DOYLE, _Calledon_, _Kilconnor_. 60 7mo. 6 1850 + +THOMAS DUNBABBIN, _Chorlton-on-Medlock_. 68 3mo. 29 1850 + +CHARLOTTE EDMUNDSON, _Kingstown_, _Dublin_. Widow of Joshua Edmundson. +76 10mo. 18 1849 + +JANE EUSTACE, _Hampstead_, _Dublin_. 56 12mo. 10 1849 + +ROBERT FARR, _Birmingham_. Died at Worcester. 36 3mo. 10 1850 + +ANNE FAYLE, _Enniscorthy_. Widow of Josiah Fayle. 54 1mo. 18 1850 + +ELEANOR FELL, _Uxbridge_. Wife of John Fell. 41 10mo. 15 1849 + +SUSANNAH FERN, _Rochdale_. Widow of Joseph Fern. 76 7mo. 24 1850 + +SUSANNA FINCH, _Reading_. 78 12mo. 6 1849 + +SUSANNAH FINCHER, _Evesham_. Widow of John Fincher. 78 12mo. 16 1849 + +SARAH MARIA FISHER, _Newport_, _Tipperary_. Daughter of Benjamin C. and +Mary Fisher. 18 4mo. 16 1850 + +SARAH FOWLER, _Higher Broughton_, _Manchester_. Widow of William Fowler. +87 6mo. 28 1850 + +CATHERINE FOX, _Rushmere_, _Ipswich_. An Elder. Wife of Thomas Fox. 62 +10mo. 6 1849 + +ELIZABETH FREELOVE, _London_. Wife of James Freelove. 40 12mo. 17 1849 + +LUCY FREETH, _Birmingham_. 53 1mo. 19 1850 + +ANN FULLER, _Yarmouth_. Widow of John Fuller. 77 5mo. 20 1850 + +ANNE GALE, _Racketstown_, _Ballynakill_, _Ireland_. Widow. 73 6mo. 10 +1850 + +JOHN GAUNTLEY, _Bakewell_. 72 7mo. 28 1850 + +MARY COOKE GELDART, _Norwich_. Wife of Joseph Geldart. 55 5mo. 24 1850 + +ROBERT GOSWELL GILES, _Oldford_, _Middlesex_. An Elder. 80 8mo. 23 1849 + +JOSEPH GILLETT, _Banbury_. Son of Joseph A. and Martha Gillett. 21 3mo. +2 1850 + +THOMAS GOODYEAR, _Adderbury_. 75 8mo. 14 1850 + +BENJAMIN GOOUCH, _Greenville_, _county Kilkenny_. 84 5mo. 2 1850 + +ISABELLA GRACE, _Bristol_. Daughter of Josiah and Mary Grace. 9 9mo. 28 +1850 + +ELIZABETH GREEN, _Trummery_, _Ballinderry_. Widow of Thomas Green. 96 +4mo. 8 1850 + +ELLEN GREEN, _Gildersome_, _Yorkshire_. Widow of David Green. 70 4mo. +25 1850 + +MARY GREENWOOD, _Stones_, _Todmorden_. 72 11mo. 12 1849 + +JAMES GREENWOOD, _Plaistow_. 79 5mo. 9 1850 + +THOMAS GRIMES, _Chelsea_. 52 5mo. 20 1850 + +ABRAHAM GRUBB, _Merlin_, _Clonmel_. 73 11mo. 7 1849 + +JOHN GULSON, _Leicester_. 89 5mo. 26 1850 + +THOMAS HAGGER, _Hoddesdon_. 85 7mo. 11 1850 + +RACHEL HALL, _Greysouthen_, _Cumberland_. 69 1mo. 30 1850 + +MARY HARKER, _Bristol_. Widow of John Harker. 81 11mo. 5 1849 + +ADAM HARKER, _Darlington_. 76 4mo. 3 1850 + +MARGARET HARKER, _Cowgill, Dent_, _Yorkshire_. Wife of Thomas Harker. 63 +2mo. 23 1850 + +MARY HARRIS, _Peckham Rye_. Wife of John Harris. 61 10mo. 7 1849 + +JOHN HARRISON, _Poole_, _Dorset_. Son of Samuel and Sarah Harrison. 3 +9mo. 29 1849 + +ELIZABETH HARRISON, _Southgate_, _Middlesex_. 60 3mo. 26 1850 + +MARY HARTAS, _Sinnington Grange_, _near Kirby_, _Yorkshire_. A Minister. +Widow of Thomas Hartas. 74 3mo. 2 1850 + +JOHN HARTAS, _Westerdale_, _Castleton_, _Yorkshire_. 49 9mo. 26 1850 + +WILLIAM HARTLEY, _Dunfermline_, _near Edinburgh_. 43 4mo. 23 1850 + +JOHN HASLEM, _Rosenalis_, _Mountmelick_. 81 1mo. 5 1850 + +MARY HAWKSWORTH, _Thorne_. Wife of John Hawksworth. 64 1mo. 5 1850 + +ELLEN HAWORTH, _Todmorden_. Wife of William Haworth. 57 12mo. 10 1849 + +BENJAMIN HAYLLAR, _Dorking_. 83 10mo. 6 1849 + +HANNAH HAYTON, _Penrith_. 70 3mo. 24 1850 + +MARY ANN HEAD, _Ipswich_. 33 4mo. 18 1850 + +ANN HERBERT, _Tottenham_. 72 9mo. 24 1849 + +ISAAC HEWITSON, _Penrith_. 82 8mo. 28 1850 + +ELIZABETH HILL, _Hillsborough_, _Ireland_. 87 9mo. 18 1849 + +RICHARD IVEY HOCKING, _Truro_. 49 10mo. 5 1849 + +MARY HODGKIN, _Shipston-on-Stour_. 78 12mo. 8 1849 + +JAMES HOGG, _Portadown Grange_, _Ireland_. 51 1mo. 2 1850 + +ANN HOLMES, _Huddersfield_. 31 5mo. 21 1850 + +SARAH HOOWE, _Edenderry_. 67 8mo. 30 1850 + +MARTHA HORNE, _Tottenham_. An Elder. 85 9mo. 2 1850 + +ELIZABETH HORSFALL, _Leeds_. 50 1mo. 17 1850 + +RICHARD HORSNAILL, _Dover_. 48 7mo. 23 1850 + +In endeavouring to pursue faithfully the path of manifested duty, we +believe it was peculiarly the aim of this dear friend, "to do justly, to +love mercy, and to walk humbly with his God." He was of a very diffident +disposition, and cautious in giving expression to his religious feelings, +lest he should thereby make a profession beyond what he thought his +attainments warranted. + +For many years he laboured under a disease, which was attended with much +suffering; but this proved a means of weaning him from the world and its +pursuits, and of inducing him more earnestly to "seek first the kingdom +of God and his righteousness," with the unshaken belief that all things +necessary would be added. + +He manifested a deep interest in the prosperity of our religious Society, +and according to his measure, especially in the latter part of his life, +willingly devoted himself to its service. He likewise took great delight +in promoting the best interests of the juvenile portion of the population +in the neighbourhood in which he resided; and the counsel he gave to +those of this class, often gained their good will and respectful +attention. He also exhibited a very humane disposition toward the animal +creation, and rarely allowed a case of ill-treatment or oppression to +pass without attempting to redress the wrongs inflicted. For some years, +he took great interest in supplying the crews of foreign vessels, +resorting to the port of Dover, with copies of the holy Scriptures and +religious tracts; and from his kind and unassuming manners, his efforts +were almost universally well received. + +His last illness, of four months' duration, was attended with extreme +bodily suffering; but the nature of his complaint being very obscure, he +entertained a hope that he might be restored to his former state of +health, and expressed some anxiety for length of days, in order that he +might be more useful to his fellow-creatures. But as his strength +declined, this desire gave way to quiet submission to the will of his +God; and it was evident, that his soul was anchored upon that Rock, which +alone can support in the hour of trial. + +Soon after he was taken ill, he remarked in allusion to his business, +that he had thought it right in one instance, to decline the execution of +an order, where more display of taste was required, than he could feel +satisfied with; and this sacrifice, with some others of a similar kind, +had afforded him peace: adding, "I do want to come clean out of Babylon." +He said, the language had been much upon his mind: "Purge me with hyssop, +and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow:" and also +the words of our Saviour,--"If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with +me." + +Being in great pain, he said,--"You must pray for me, that my patience +may hold out; I have indeed need of your prayers, for my sufferings are +very great; but, bye and bye, perhaps I may be able to say, I have not +had one pang too many." At another time, he supplicated thus: "Merciful +Father, be pleased to grant me a little ease, O! Thou that makest the +storm a calm, and sayest to the waves, Peace be still." Soon after which +he lay quiet; and whilst tears of gratitude flowed down his cheeks, he +said, "Do not disturb me; all is stillness,--what a mercy!" + +On one occasion, when feeling exceedingly depressed, he remarked, that +the vessels he had visited, and the poor sailors were brought mentally to +view, one after another, with much sweetness, and whilst he took no merit +to himself, he desired to encourage others to do what they could for the +good of the poor. At another time, after giving instructions to one of +his sisters, to make some selection of tracts for the sailors on board a +German vessel, then lying in the harbour, he observed: "Oh, what a field +of labour there is! how I do wish that some one would take this up, for I +feel as though I should be able to do very little more in it." + +His mind, during his illness, seemed filled with love and gratitude. He +remarked, "I never felt so much love before, both to my family and +friends; I do believe this illness will bind us more closely together +than ever." And again: "Oh, how kind you are to wait upon me so; the +Lord will reward you!" At another time, he said, "I had not thought to +have been taken at this time of my life, but I am in such a critical +state, that life hangs on a thread;--the pains of the body are what I +seem most to dread." + +On inquiring one day, where that line was to be found, "At ease in his +possessions," he remarked, "I do not think I have been at ease in mine, I +have endeavoured to live loose to them." A hope being expressed that his +illness would be sanctified to him, he quickly replied, "Yes, and not to +me only, but to all of you." He gave some directions, in the event of +his death, with much composure, observing: "It seems an awful thing for +me to say thus much, but a great favour to be so free from anxiety." In +the night he was heard to say: "No merit of mine, it is all of mercy, +free unmerited mercy!" On a young man in his employment coming to assist +him, previous to going to his own place of worship, when about to leave +the room, he thus addressed him: "Mind and make a good use of the time, +and do not be afraid of looking into thy own heart, but suffer the +witness to come in and speak, whether it be in the language of +encouragement or reproof. Many persons go to their places of worship, +where much of the time is spent in singing and in music, which please the +outward ear, but this is not religion! It is when we are brought to see +ourselves as we really are, sinners in the sight of a holy God, that we +are led to seek a Saviour, and to cry, in sincerity, 'A Saviour, or I +die! A Redeemer, or I perish for ever!'" + +On its being remarked to him, that it was consolingly believed, he was +one of those who had endeavoured to occupy with his talent, which, if +only one, it was hoped, had gained an increase, he replied,--"That will +only be known at the great day of account, when weighed in the balance." + +On Seventh-day evening preceding his decease, he remarked to a beloved +relative, that it seemed the safest for him to say but little in regard +to his own attainments, adding,--"My desire is, for a continuance of kind +preservation." And on the day before his death, he remarked with +gratitude, that his intellects had been preserved clear throughout his +illness. During the night, he was much engaged in prayer; his bodily +powers were fast sinking, but his mind appeared preserved in peaceful +serenity. In the morning, he expressed a desire that his sister would +remain by him, affectionately inquired for his father, and soon after, we +reverently believe, exchanged a state of suffering for one of +never-ending rest and joy, in the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and +Saviour Jesus Christ. + +ALBERT GEORGE HORSNAILL, _Rochester_. Son of George and Maria Horsnaill. +4 5mo. 22 1850 + +JAMES HOTHAM, _Leeds_. 44 2mo. 7 1850 + +JOHN HULL, _Ramsgate_. Died at Cheltenham. 55 6mo. 3 1850 + +MARY HUNT, _Almondsbury_. A Minister. Widow of James Hunt. 79 12mo. 7 +1849 + +DAVID HURST, _West Houghton_, _Lancashire_. 35 2mo. 19 1850 + +HANNAH IRWIN, _Deptford_. Wife of Thomas Irwin. 55 2mo. 9 1850 + +JOHN CLARK ISAAC, _Studminster_, _Newton_, _Marnhull_. 67 2mo. 12 1850 + +ELIZABETH PIM JACOB, _Newlands_, _Dublin_. Daughter of the late Joseph +Jacob. 17 10mo. 30 1849 + +ELIZABETH JACOBS, _Folkstone_. Widow of Jacob Jacobs. 76 6mo. 9 1850 + +CAROLINE JACOBS, _Maidstone_. Daughter of Jacob and Lydia Jacobs. 6 +8mo. 15 1850 + +MARY ANN JEFFERIES, _Melksham_. Daughter of Thomas and Martha Jefferies. +38 12mo. 14 1849 + +EMMA JEFFREY, _Folkstone_. Daughter of the late John and Eliza Jeffrey. +11 10mo. 6 1849 + +SARAH JEPHCOTT, _Coventry_. Wife of Enoch Jephcott. 72 3mo. 26 1850 + +SAMUEL JONES, _Hoxton_. 39 5mo. 10 1850 + +SARAH JONES, _Hereford_. Daughter of Joseph Jones. 22 7mo. 17 1850 + +JUDITH KING, _Castle Donington_. 86 8mo. 11 1850 + +JOHN LESLIE, _Wells_, _Norfolk_. 66 10mo. 14 1849 + +CHARLES LIDBETTER, _Croydon_. Son of Martin and Elizabeth Lidbetter. 2 +2mo. 9 1850 + +JOHN LITTLE, _Alston_. 78 3mo. 27 1850 + +RICHARD LYNES, _Chelsea_. 85 1mo. 3 1850 + +WILLIAM LYTHALL, _Baddesley_, _Warwickshire_. 68 3mo. 13 1850 + +ANN MALCOMSON, _Milton_, _Ireland_. Widow of Thomas Malcomson. 79 7mo. +2 1850 + +WILLIAM MALLY, _Preston_. 77 7mo. 23 1850 + +JOSEPH MARRIAGE, _Chelmsford_. 76 12mo. 8 1849 + +WILLIAM MARSH, _Ashton_, _Lancashire_. 50 10mo. 1 1849 + +REBECCA MARSH, _Dorking_. Wife of William Marsh. 49 10mo. 27 1849 + +ALFRED MARSH, _Luton_. Son of Robert and Maria Marsh. 4 8mo. 14 1850 + +DAVID MARSHALL, _Sheffield_. 61 12mo. 9 1849 + +JANE MASON, _Leeds_. Wife of George Mason. 45 10mo. 9 1849 + +MARY MILES, _Peckham_. Wife of Edward Miles. 36 4mo. 1 1850 + +SUSANNA MOORE, _Waterford_. 80 8mo. 12 1850 + +PRISCILLA NASH, _London_. Daughter of William and Rebecca Nash. 17 3mo. +13 1850 + +EDWARD PHILIP NASH, _Holt_, _Norfolk_. Son of Thomas W. and Sarah Nash. +2 4mo. 1 1850 + +HANNAH NEALE, _Mountmelick_. Daughter of William Neale. 33 3mo. 29 1850 + +Hannah Neale had an extensive circle of acquaintance, by whom she was +much beloved and esteemed, as being one of a very innocent and blameless +life. Some of the circumstances relating to her, are of a very affecting +and interesting character, and speak loudly the uncertainty of all +earthly prospects. In the summer of last year, she entered into an +engagement of marriage with a friend residing in England. Having +considered the subject with earnest and sincere desires to act in +accordance with best wisdom, she looked forward to the completion of the +prospect with a pleasing and hopeful confidence, yet even at an early +period of the engagement, there was something that seemed to whisper to +her, the uncertainty of its completion. + +At this time she appeared in her usual health and full of spirits; but +whilst on a visit to her aunt, at Kingstown, her health became affected, +and from this time, symptoms exhibited themselves, which baffled all +medical skill. She was still, however, hopeful respecting her own +recovery, and very often expressed in her correspondence, how much she +was pained by the thought of being the cause of so much anxiety to +others,--that her own sufferings were trifling, and the comforts +surrounding her so numerous, she felt that she had every thing to be +thankful for. It was, however, evident to those around her, that there +was little ground for hope, and a dear friend intimated to her, that her +medical advisers considered her end might possibly be very near. This +intelligence greatly startled her, but she afterward expressed, how +thankful she felt that she had been honestly apprized of her danger. + +The solemn impression then made on her mind, never left her, and her +constant desire was, that she might, through divine mercy, be made meet +for the kingdom of heaven, repeating emphatically, "I have much to do." + +She often expressed her great sorrow, that she had not yielded to the +serious impressions with which she had been favoured, saving, "They were +soon scattered;" and regretted much that she had not lived a more devoted +life. She felt herself to be a great sinner, needing a Saviour's +gracious pardon; and for a long time feared she never should obtain that +forgiveness, she so earnestly longed for. But though her faith was +feeble, she endeavoured to lay hold of encouragement from the mercy +extended to the Prodigal Son, and to the Thief upon the cross, hoping +that the same mercy might be extended to herself; but for a long time, +her poor tossed and tried mind "could find nothing to lean upon." She +remarked, she could not feel that she had sinned against her +fellow-creatures, but that she could adopt the words of the Psalmist: +"Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned," saying, "I feel that I have +nothing to build upon, and that I want every thing; I am not prepared to +die, I want all my sins to be forgiven; I hope I shall not be taken till +the work be fully accomplished." The whole of the 51st Psalm, she said, +seemed to suit her case, and with solemnity repeated, "'Create in me a +clean heart, oh God! and renew a right spirit within me.' If I am saved, +it will indeed be at the eleventh hour, I have been such a sinner." + +Thus did the Spirit of Truth search all things, and bring this beloved +friend sensibly to feel, as she weightily expressed, "that at such a +solemn hour, it will not do to build upon having led a spotless and +innocent life, something more is then wanted to lean upon." She often +observed, how well it was for those who had given up their hearts to +serve their Saviour in the time of health,--that had she done so, she +should not now, in the hour of trial, have had to feel such deep sorrow +of heart,--that she could only hope for mercy and forgiveness, adding, +"If I perish, let it be at Thy footstool." + +As her bodily weakness increased, she remarked, "I often feel unable to +read, or even to think; but I can _cling_; this is about as much as I am +able to do." + +Though this beloved friend took these low views of her own state, her +company was deeply instructive and edifying to those around her, and a +heavenly sweetness marked her deportment. Her heart was often filled +with gratitude to her heavenly Father for the extension of his love and +mercy, and she remarked many times, "I have indeed been mercifully dealt +with." + +The dear sufferer rapidly declined; yet her mind continued bright, and +she was preserved in a patient, waiting state, fully conscious of the +approach of death, she queried how long it was thought likely she might +live? praying,--"Oh! dear Saviour, may it please thee not to take me till +the work be fully accomplished." She often said, "It is a solemn thing +to die;" and the evening preceding her death, when her friends were +watching around her, she remarked that, believing her end was near, "It +felt very, very solemn to her." At this deeply interesting season, He +who is indeed Love, condescended in great mercy to draw near, so that she +seemed lifted above terrestrial things, and permitted a foretaste of +those joys, of which we consolingly believe, she now fully participates. +Under this precious influence, her countenance beamed with sweetness, and +she emphatically repeated many times,--"Divine compassion! mighty love!" +and raising her hand, exclaimed, "Oh such love!--such love!--and to me +such a sinner; is it not marvellous?" adding, "a weary burdened soul, oh +Lord, am I, but the blood of Jesus can wash the guilty sinner +clean.--Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will +fear no evil.--Oh how wonderful! hard things have been made easy, and +bitter things sweet." + +She remarked that, at such a solemn hour, the world had no relish, "oh +no!" she said, "it is not worth a thought: + + 'The world recedes, it disappears, + Heaven opens on my eyes, my ears.'" + +To a young friend whom she tenderly loved, she said, "Oh if we should all +meet in heaven, will it not be delightful? oh! dear ---, we must all come +to this, and nothing will do for any of us but the blood of the Lamb." + +She continued for some time addressing those around her in this strain; +and to the question of her brother, whether she was happy? she replied, +"Yes, indeed, I am happy." Thus her dying lips seemed to testify, that +she was mercifully brought to see the salvation of God, and that he is +able to save to the uttermost all those who come unto him, through faith +in Christ Jesus our Lord. + +HENRY NEILD, _Over Whitley_, _Cheshire_. An Elder. 59 10mo. 4 1849 + +In the removal of this beloved friend, we have another instance of the +uncertainty of time, and another call to prepare for the life to come. +Henry Neild left home on the 12th of 9th month, 1849, for the purpose of +attending his Monthly and Quarterly Meetings, at Nantwich; but he was +taken ill in the former meeting, and though relieved by medical aid, it +failed to remove disease, which continued daily to waste his frame, and +in little more than three weeks terminated his earthly pilgrimage; and we +thankfully believe, through redeeming mercy, translated the immortal +spirit to "an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not +away." + +He had long been a very useful and willing helper in the small Quarterly +Meeting, of which he was a member; and a true sympathizer with the +afflicted, taking heed to the apostolic injunction, "Bear ye one anothers +burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." Deep and fervent were his +desires for the welfare of our Society, for the maintenance of all our +religious testimonies, and that its members might be redeemed from the +influence and spirit of the world. + +In the early part of his illness, he remarked that "it was surprising to +himself, how entirely he could leave all earthly things; he had desired +to leave all to Him who doeth all things well; and to commit himself into +the hands of his dear Saviour." + +At another time, he said, "I am very gently and mercifully dealt with, I +feel that I am a poor unfaithful creature, but I consider it a favour to +be made sensible of this, for it is only of divine mercy that we can +rightly feel our need." Thus kept in humble reliance upon the mercy of +God, in Christ Jesus his Saviour, he was permitted to repose on that +"Anchor to the soul which is sure and steadfast," and to cast all his +care upon our compassionate and ever present Redeemer. + +He died at Nantwich, at the house of Croudson Tunstall, whose own death +took place little more than a month afterwards. + +WILLIAM NEWSOM, _Limerick_. 62 6mo. 18 1850 + +In affixing a few lines to this name, the desire is simply to arrest the +attention of any reader, who may be too closely engaged in temporal +things; giving their strength to that which cannot profit, and not +sufficiently pondering the passing nature of all terrestrial things. + +William Newsom had been extensively engaged in commerce through great +part of his life, and there was reason to fear he was unduly absorbed by +its cares and allurements: for the last year or more, he appeared to be +becoming more sensible that disappointment was stamped upon his pursuits; +his bodily health heretofore unbroken, began also to decline, and it was +comfortingly believed by his friends, that this and other revolving +circumstances, were tending to turn the energies of his mind from +perishable, to imperishable objects. A few months before his decease, it +became still more evident, that the hand of his heavenly Father was laid +upon him in mercy; and on one occasion, he remarked, "that he saw nothing +in the world worth living for, it abounded in trouble and disappointment, +all outward things were stained in his eyes, there was nothing but +religion that could be of any avail for any of us; and it mattered not +when we were taken--young, old, or middle aged--if we were but ready, +that was the great point!" His experience, however, during the last few +days of his life shewed, that although the ground might have been +prepared, the work was by no means effected; deep and sore conflict was +then his portion, and oh! with what fervency did he call upon his +Saviour, beseeching him in his mercy to be pleased to look down upon his +poor unworthy creature, for he alone could help in that awful hour. Once +he exclaimed, "what could all the world do for me now?" His wife, under +great exercise of spirit, replied, "Nothing! the best, when laid upon +such a bed as thou art, have nothing to look to or depend upon, but the +mercy of the Saviour;" the poor sufferer earnestly pleaded that that +mercy might be extended to him, remarking, "He has all power in heaven +and in earth." He then fervently prayed that the Lord would save his +never dying soul. It is believed, that whilst his many sins of omission +and commission were brought vividly before his view, by the unflattering +witness, he was made very fully sensible that the great work of salvation +rests between the soul of man and his Creator, and that "no man can +redeem his brother, or give to God a ransom for him." Through the night, +he was mostly engaged in prayer, with uplifted hands invoking for mercy +and forgiveness. + +Some time before his death, the great conflict of mind he had been under, +appeared to subside, and to be succeeded by a sweet calm, and he +intimated to his wife, that he felt comfortable and satisfied. Till +within half an hour of the close, prayer continued flowing from his lips, +the last audible sounds being an appeal to the Lord; and but a few +minutes before he ceased to breathe, a conscious look at his dear wife, +seemed to say, "all is peace;" and it was granted to her exercised spirit +to believe, that the unshackled soul when released, was received into a +mansion of rest, through the mercy and merits of his Lord and Saviour. In +reference to that impressive hour this dear relative writes,--"Oh! how +many times that solemn night, did I long that all the world could feel +the great necessity, whilst in health and strength, so to live, as to be +prepared for that awful hour, which sooner or later must come upon us +all; it is a very dangerous thing to put off the work of the soul's +salvation to a deathbed, or to depend upon mercy being extended as at +the eleventh hour, for it may not then be found." Let us then be +concerned to work whilst it is called to-day, and be ready to meet the +awful summons,--"Steward give up thy stewardship, for thou mayest be no +longer steward." + +SUSANNAH NICKALLS, _Ashford_, _Folkstone_. Wife of Thomas Nickalls. 65 +6mo. 1 1850 + +MARY NICHOLSON, _Liverpool_. 78 12mo. 14 1849 + +MARY OSTLE, _Newtown_, _Beckfoot_, _Cumberland_. Widow of Thomas Ostle. +83 12mo. 18 1849 + +HANNAH PALMER, _Radway_. Widow of William Palmer. 71 10mo. 17 1849 + +JOHN PERCY, _Ballinagore_, _Ireland_. Son of John and Anna Perry. 3 +2mo. 1 1850 + +RICHARD PATCHING, _Brighton_. 70 2mo. 15 1850 + +RACHEL PATTINSON, _Felling, near Newcastle-on-Tyne_. Widow of Thomas +Pattinson. 59 1mo. 5 1850 + +SOPHIA GULIELMA PAYNE, _Lambeth Walk_, _Surrey_. Daughter of James and +Ann Payne. 1 6mo. 7 1850 + +ELIZABETH PEARSON, _Preston_. Daughter of Daniel and Ann Pearson. 1 +7mo. 6 1850 + +JOHN PEGLER, _Mangersbury_, _near Stow_, _Warwickshire_. 74 7mo. 6 1850 + +ISABELLA PEILE, _Carlisle_. Wife of Thomas Peile. 45 8mo. 1 1850 + +FRANCIS EDWARD PENNEY, _Dorking_. Died at Brighton. Son of the late +Richard Penney. 22 7mo. 27 1850 + +ELIZABETH HALL PICKARD, _Bushcliffe House_, _Wakefield_. Wife of David +Pickard. 35 10mo. 30 1849 + +HARTAS PICKARD, _Bushcliffe House_, _Wakefield_. Son of David and +Elizabeth H. Pickard. 1 11mo. 26 1849 + +ELIZABETH PIERSON, _Dublin_. Daughter of Joseph Pierson. 25 2mo. 3 1850 + +SARAH LYDIA N. PIKE, _Derryvale_. 6 7mo. 27 1850 + +HANNAH LECKY PIKE, _Derryvale_. Children of the late James Nicholson and +Sarah Pike. 3 9mo. 7 1850 + +ELIZABETH PIM, _Richmond Hill_, _Dublin_. An Elder. Widow of Jonathan +Pim. 63 2mo. 22 1850 + +EMILY PIM, _Mountmelick_. 4 4mo. 5 1850 + +FREDERICK PIM, _Mountmelick_. Children of Samuel and Susanna Pim. 1 +7mo. 31 1850 + +ELIZABETH PLUMLEY, _Tottenham_. 72 1mo. 10 1850 + +SARAH PRESTON, _Earith_, _Hunts_. An Elder. Widow of Samuel Preston. 79 +4mo. 22 1850 + +JOHN PRICHARD, _Leominster_. 86 5mo. 24 1850 + +ESTHER PRIDEAUX, _Plymouth_. Widow of Philip C. Prideaux. 71 1mo. 8 +1850 + +_Jane Prideaux_, _Kingsbridge_. + +The decease of this friend is recorded in the Annual Monitor of last +year. We have since been furnished with the following notice of her. + +Our beloved friend, Jane Prideaux, died the 26th of the Second month, +1849, aged 87 years: for many years before her decease, she filled very +acceptably the station of Elder, and therein approved herself a lowly +follower of her Lord and Master. Very precious to her surviving friends, +is the remembrance of her innocent, circumspect walk, holding out as it +does in an impressive manner, the invitation, "Follow me as I have +followed Christ." During the latter years of her lengthened life, the +fruits of her faith became increasingly prominent, and she was endeared +to her friends and neighbours around her in no common degree. But it was +during the last two months of her life, when under great bodily +suffering, that her tongue was more fully set at liberty to declare the +lovingkindness of the Lord, who in this season of trial was graciously +pleased to lift up the light of his countenance upon her, and to grant a +full evidence of acceptance with himself, enabling her to rejoice in the +assurance that when her earthly house of this tabernacle should be +dissolved, there would be granted to her "a building of God, a house not +made with hands, eternal in the heavens." + +Her patient, cheerful endurance of bodily pain was striking and +instructive; and in some seasons of closest conflict, her faith was +strong, and her acknowledgment of the supporting power of God, full and +fervent. She often said, the Lord was able to save and to deliver to the +uttermost, and would deliver _her_, when patience had had its perfect +work. Very impressive were her short petitions to the Father of mercies, +for his support and deliverance, accompanied as they constantly were with +the addition, "if consistent with thy will." She remarked, "I am in the +hands of an unerring Creator, He _cannot_ err. We must not look to +ourselves, but to our Saviour, who loved us and gave himself for us--even +for _me_, the most unworthy of his creatures. He healeth all my +diseases, and I have many, but my mercies outweigh them all." Love and +interest for her friends seemed often to dwell in her heart beyond the +power of expression. Speaking of those who were members of the meeting +to which she belonged, she sent messages to each, and made appropriate +remarks respecting them individually, dwelling with especial comfort on +the remembrance of those among them who were bearing the burden of the +day, and labouring to promote their great Master's cause. She afterwards +said, whilst tears of tenderness flowed, "Oh! how many comfortable +meetings I have had in that little meeting-house, how have I loved to go +and sit there! It was not a little illness that kept me away: and how +has it rejoiced my heart to see individuals come in, who have been as the +anointed and sent!" On being told one morning that Friends were going to +meeting, she said, "May they know the Sun of righteousness to arise as +with healing in his wings;" emphatically adding, "I think they will." + +At another time she sent messages of love to many of the members of her +Monthly Meeting, adding with an expression of feeling, to which those +around could not be insensible. "But I cannot name all; my love is +universal; God is love." + +One night, when in great pain, she acknowledged in grateful terms, the +kindness of her attendants, and her belief that a blessing with a full +recompense would be given them; and addressing one of them, she +continued, "I love thee tenderly, and feel thee near in the best life--in +the truth that is blessed for ever." Afterwards, she broke forth with an +audible voice thus: "Bless the Lord, oh my soul! and praise him for all +his benefits. What can I do! how shall I praise him enough!" And then, +as with melody of soul, she added,-- + + "Heavenly blessings without number, + Gently falling on my head." + +After taking an affectionate farewell of those around her, and addressing +them in an instructive and encouraging manner, she added, "I can heartily +say, that death is robbed of its sting, and the grave of its victory. +Thanks be unto God who giveth the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." +And again, "Praise and magnify the Lord! Oh if I could sing, I would +sing his praise!" + +To some beloved relatives, from a distance, who came to see her, she +testified of her faith, hope, and confidence,--acknowledged, that +although frail in body, she was strong in the Lord, and in the power of +his might; and expressed her desire, that they might all meet where +partings are not known, adding, "goodness and mercy have followed me all +the days of my life; and there is a promise for the poor in spirit that +will be fulfilled, 'When the poor and needy seek water and there is none, +and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God +of Israel will not forsake them.'" + +She was permitted to pass quietly away without any apparent pain, and is +now, we reverently and thankfully believe, an inhabitant of that city +"which hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it; for +the glory of God doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." + +DAVID PRIESTMAN, _Gorton_, _Manchester_. Son of Henry and Mary +Priestman. 3 8mo. 1 1850 + +RACHEL PROUD, _Scarborough_. A Minister. 77 5mo. 4 1850 + +WILLIAM PUCKRIN, _near Whitby_. 87 11mo. 27 1849 + +ANN PUGH, _Tyddyn-y-gareg_, _North Wales_. 90 6mo. 24 1850 + +ANN PUMPHREY, _Worcester_. 84 4mo. 22 1850 + +SARAH RACEY, _Norwich_. Widow of Thomas Racey. 72 11mo. 25 1850 + +JAMES RANSOME, _Rushmere_, _Ipswich_. 67 11mo. 22 1849 + +ANNE RAWLINSON, _Newton-in-Cartmel_. 45 12mo. 12 1849 + +DEBORAH REYNOLDS, _Rochester_. 76 5mo. 4 1850 + +SARAH REYNOLDS, _Liverpool_. 68 5mo. 19 1850 + +SUSANNA REYNOLDS, _Oldswenford_, _Stourbridge_. Wife of John Reynolds. +45 12mo. 28 1849 + +WILLIAM RICHARDS, _Wellington_. 73 12mo. 19 1849 + +JOSIAH RICHARDSON, _Peckham_. 84 1mo. 8 1850 + +HELENA RICHARDSON, _Belfast_. Wife of John G. Richardson. 30 12mo. 7 +1849 + +HANNAH RICKERBY, _Burgh_, _near Carlisle_. 50 7mo. 13 1850 + +JOSEPH ROBINSON, _Stoke Newington Road_, _London_. 72 7mo. 6 1850 + +WILLIAM ROBINSON, _Bellevile_, _near Dublin_. 62 10mo. 26 1849 + +FREDERICK ROBINSON, _Dublin_. Son of Samuel S. and Charlotte Robinson. +16 12mo. 16 1849 + +MARY ROBINSON, _Fleetwood_. Widow of Isaac Robinson. 77 2mo. 8 1850 + +JANE ROBINSON, _Whinfell Hall_, _Pardshaw_. Wife of Wilson Robinson. 84 +7mo. 15 1850 + +REBECCA ROBINSON, _Tottenham_. Wife of James Robinson. 56 10mo. 11 1849 + +ANNE ROBSON, _Sunderland_. Wife of Thomas Robson. 65 3mo. 20 1850 + +HENRY ROBSON, _Huddersfield_. Son of Thomas Robson. 51 8mo. 12 1850 + +JOSEPH RUSSELL, _Cork_. 61 1mo. 14 1850 + +JAMES SANSOM, _Tideford_. An Elder. 73 10mo. 10 1849 + +MARIA SCALES, _Nottingham_. Daughter of Lydia Scales. 32 4mo. 16 1850 + +It often pleases our heavenly Father to carry forward the work of divine +grace, in the hearts of his children, by means, and through +dispensations, altogether unfathomable to the finite comprehension of +men; but the humble believer, looking beyond the changing rugged path of +this life, with filial love and confidence can repose on the mercy and +goodness of the Lord, and believingly apply the language of our Saviour, +"What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter." + +In very early life, the subject of the present brief notice was made +sensible of the contriting influence of divine grace on her heart, so +that many of her earliest recollections were fraught with love to her +Saviour. + +For many years, she was subject to attacks of illness of a very trying +character, in connection with which, she was brought as into the very +furnace of affliction, and earnest were her prayers, that 'patience might +have her perfect work,' and that through faith in the wisdom of her +heavenly Father, she might become fully resigned to his holy will; and a +sense of his supporting power and presence, were often mercifully granted +to her, in times of severest suffering. + +Her last illness was short: two days previous to her decease, she +remarked, "I have had an awful night," but added, "my mind is calm and +peaceful, I can now _quite_ say, 'Thy will be done;'" and to the remark, +"His grace is sufficient for thee," she replied, "Oh yes! and without +that, we can do nothing; I cast all upon Him, and can say, I fully trust +in His will, and in His power." + +JOSEPH SEFTON, _Liverpool_. 66 12mo. 15 1849 + +SARAH SEWELL, _Wereham_, _Norfolk_. 85 11mo. 4 1849 + +GEORGE SHAW, _Clonmel_. 68 12mo. 22 1849 + +SUSANNA SHEPPARD, _Mile End Road_, _Middlesex_. 97 4mo. 16 1850 + +BETTY SHIPLEY, _Derby_. Widow of John Shipley, of Uttoxeter. 86 2mo. 3 +1850 + +MARGARET SIKES, _Ashburton_, _Ireland_. Wife of William Sikes. 48 5mo. +4 1850 + +ALICE SILL, _Kendal_. 82 6mo. 1 1850 + +GEORGE SIMPSON, _Birkenhead_. 58 7mo. 5 1850 + +SUSANNA SMITH, _Drynah_, _Mountmelick_. Widow of Humphry Smith. 80 +11mo. 19 1849 + +MARY SMITH, _Darlington_. 77 3mo. 2 1850 + +ABIGAIL SMITH, _Preston_. 70 5mo. 12 1850 + +HANNAH SMITH, _Walton_, _Liverpool_. Wife of Henry H. Smith. 58 1mo. 23 +1850 + +CASSANDRA SMITH, _Birmingham_. Died at Dover. 49 9mo. 27 1849 + +JOHN SMITH, _Winchmorehill_. 77 7mo. 11 1850 + +ELIZABETH SNOWDEN, _Bradford_. Daughter of John and Ann Snowden. 21 +7mo. 21 1850 + +MARY ANN SPARKES, _Exeter_. 41 2mo. 3 1850 + +ELIZA COLE SPARKES, _Exeter_. Daughter of Thomas and Esther Maria +Sparkes. 1 4mo. 29 1850 + +JOSEPH SPENCE, _York_. An Elder. 75 9mo. 26 1850 + +CHARLES SPENCE, _Darlington_. Son of Charles and Hannah Spence. 6 12mo. +8 1849 + +MARY SPENCER, _South Lodge, Cockermouth_. 69 6mo. 30 1850 + +WILLIAM SQUIRE, _Stoke Newington_. 59 3mo. 24 1850 + +DORCAS SQUIRE, _King's Langley_, _Hempstead_, _Herts_. 67 1mo. 9 1850 + +CATHERINE DYKE STADE, _Aberavon_, _Glamorgan_. Daughter of J. and R. D. +Stade. 6 11mo. 26 1849 + +SUSANNA STANILAND, _Hull_. 78 8mo. 26 1850 + +JAMES STEEVENS, _Basingstoke_. 59 2mo. 25 1850 + +MARY STRETCH, _Nantwich_. Widow of Richard Stretch. 80 3mo. 25 1850 + +ELIZABETH STRETCH, _Finedon_. Widow of Samuel Stretch, of Hortherton, +Cheshire. 75 2mo. 27 1850 + +SARAH TACKABERRY, _Ballygunner_, _Waterford_. Widow. 88 5mo. 12 1850 + +GEORGE NORTH TATHAM, _Headingley_, _Leeds_. 78 5mo. 19 1850 + +JAMES TAYLOR, _Heston_, _near Brentford_. 79 2mo. 7 1850 + +BENJAMIN THOMPSON, _Spring Hill_, _Lurgan_. 77 3mo. 19 1850 + +THOMAS THOMSON, _Dublin_. Son of Benjamin and Sarah Thomson. 23 11mo. +21 1849 + +PHILIP H. L. THORNTON, _Sidcot_. Son of William and Catherine Thornton. +22 6mo. 5 1850 + +The subject of this memoir was a native of Kingsbridge, Devonshire; and +was educated among Friends. He was not by birth a member of our Society, +but was received into membership a short time previous to his death. +Having been adopted by his uncle, he was taken to Ireland, when about +fourteen years of age, as an apprentice to one of the Provincial Schools, +of which his uncle was the superintendent. + +Endowed with natural abilities well adapted for the acquisition of +knowledge, and possessing a taste for various branches of literature and +science,--gifted, too, with engaging manners and affability of +disposition, he became, as he grew up, a general favourite amongst those +with whom he associated, and his immediate relatives indulged in fond +hopes of his becoming an honourable and useful charter. His best +friends, however, were sometimes anxious on his account, lest the +caresses of the world should turn aside his feet from the path of safety, +and prevent that entire surrender of heart and life to the requirements +of the gospel, which alone consists with true Christian discipleship, and +affords a well-grounded expectation of real usefulness and permanent well- +being. But he was open to receive the admonitions of his friends, and +there is reason to believe that the voice of Christian counsel was +instrumental to his good. + +He was never very robust; and his application to study, in addition to +his stated duties, was, perhaps, not favourable to bodily vigour. Before +the expiration of his apprenticeship, he became so enfeebled, as to cause +his relations much anxiety; and as his uncle and aunt had withdrawn from +the Institution, the Committee of the School kindly acceded to their +proposal to remove him to their own house. Here he soon rallied; and in +the summer, of 1848, applied for the situation of teacher of Sidcot +School. He entered upon the duties of the station with earnestness and +zeal; and the notice and encouragement which he there received, tended +both to render his occupation a delight, and to draw forth the more +hidden depths of his character. His heart was in his work, and the field +of labour particularly congenial to his taste. + +A few months, however, sufficed to bring on a return of delicacy, and +rendered it advisable that he should retire for a while from active duty; +but the following year, apparently with renovated powers, he again +resumed his post. For a while, he appeared to think that his health was +becoming confirmed; but about the commencement of another year, he was +rapidly brought low, and nearly disqualified for the performance of his +school duties. He was however retained in his office, with delicate +attention to his known wishes, until in the 4th month, 1850, he was +obliged to withdraw, and again make his uncle's house at Mountmelick his +home. The following extracts from letters and memoranda written previous +to his leaving Sidcot, show the state of his mind at that period. + +2nd mo. 10th. "I often feel,--oftener than ever, that the thread of life +is in me weak,--very weak; and, oh! I am sometimes almost overwhelmed +with the retrospects, and prospects, this feeling opens to my view. I +feel that I have been pursuing false jewels, sometimes those which have +no appearance even of external brilliance, and the _Pearl_ has escaped my +notice. I have, I believe, earnestly desired that I may be enabled to +see the true and real beauty of the Pearl, and its inestimable value, in +such a light, that nothing may again warp my attention from it." + +2nd mo. 23rd, 1850. "My weakness of body, and frequent illnesses, have +brought before my mind the great uncertainty of my continuing long in +this scene of probation. I feel that I have lived hitherto 'without God +in the world,' plunged in sin and darkness; that my sins are a greater +burden than I can bear; and unless my all merciful God and Father, +through his dear Son, forgive them, and relieve me from them, I fear they +will draw me with them to the lowest grave." + +"I believe my heart's desire is, to walk in the narrow way,--to be the +Lord's on his own terms, and to be humbled even in the dust. The evil +one suggests, that I can never be forgiven, and fills my soul with doubts +and fears; but, oh Lord! thou hast said, 'He that cometh to me, I will in +no wise cast out.'" + +2nd mo. 24th. "Strong desires are in my heart, that I may be favoured +with an assurance of forgiveness; but, oh! I fear that my repentance is +not sincere, that the pride of the world still holds place in my heart. +Oh Lord! I pray thee that thou wilt use thy sharp threshing instrument, +and break in pieces all that is at variance with thy holy will." + +"This is First-day. Be pleased to keep the door of my lips, Oh Father! +and reign absolutely in my thoughts; grant that meeting may be a time of +favour and visitation, and that I may be enabled to wait patiently for +thee. Oh! that I could keep the world from pouring on me as a flood, at +such times: Thou, gracious Father, canst enable me to do this." + +3rd mo. 1st. "Struggles seem to be my portion, in which the world, the +flesh, and the devil often seem likely to get the victory. Lord, grant +through the blessed Saviour, that if I have found the good part, nothing +may be permitted to take it from me. I greatly desire an increase of +faith. Alas! I feel the little I have fail sometimes." + +6th. "Oh! that none of the Lord's intentions respecting me, may be +frustrated by my disobedience and unwatchfulness. Oh! I feel that I am +indolent and very lukewarm, if not cold altogether, in attending to my +soul's salvation, and in doing all for the Lord's glory. Thou knowest, +oh Lord! that I am very weak in body; but, oh! grant that I may not make +that a cover for indolence and lukewarmness. Thou hast known my peculiar +trials, and I thank thee that thou hast, through the dear Lamb, granted +me strength to bear them." + +After his return to Mountmelick, this dear youth lived seven weeks, and +during this time his company was most sweet and instructive; the tenor of +his conduct and conversation being beautifully regulated by the influence +of the divine Spirit, bringing, in great measure, as there was reason to +believe, every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; and the +composure and serenity of his countenance, clearly indicated the sweet +peace which pervaded his mind. + +About the end of Fifth Month, it became evident that the final change was +drawing near. This he was enabled to look to without dismay; saying, +when a fear was expressed that he could not continue long: "I cannot say +that I have any fear." + +On the night of the 2nd of 6th Month, he said: "I wish I could feel a +stronger assurance of acceptance with the Almighty;" and afterwards he +requested to have the 23rd Psalm read to him. + +The next morning, sitting up in his bed, he remarked: "There remaineth a +rest for the people of God;" and, after a pause, "I want more of that +faith, of which I fear I possess so little; and yet, when I have asked +for what was proper and needful for me, it has not been denied. I desire +to be enabled to pass through the valley of humiliation, without much +conflict; and then comes the valley of the shadow of death:--only a +shadow! the finger of God will guide safe through, all those who put +their trust in him: 'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow +of death, I will fear no evil; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.' +The rod to chasten, the staff to support! Oh! all that is of the world, +and all that is in it, are worthless in my sight. If the Lord has any +work for me to do on earth, I trust I am willing to do it; but if not, I +have no wish to stay." + +In the afternoon, the beloved invalid broke forth with the following +expressions: "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want;" emphatically +adding, "What a very precious promise!" and, after a short pause,--"Come +now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord, though your sins be as +scarlet, they shall be white as snow, though they be red like crimson, +they shall be as wool," remarking, "and this was under the old +dispensation. Oh! I hope my sins are gone beforehand to judgment; but +there seem to be so many fresh sins, I have so much time that I do not +improve as I ought; but the poor weak body and this weak mind too!" On +its being remarked, that we did not serve a hard master, he seemed +comforted, and continued, "Oh! that I could see the pearl gates; but I +fear I have not faith enough, nor love enough to love Him perfectly who +first loved me, and died for me, yes! even for _me_! Oh! I desire to +throw myself at his feet; how I wish I could love him better, and serve +him more." + +The whole of Fourth-day he seemed fast sinking, and calmly spoke of death +as very near. He craved for patience, again and again, making use of +many sweet expressions as his end drew near. "O Jesus! sweet Jesus, +come!" and placing his hands together, supplicated thus: "Oh, dear Lord! +if it be thy will, be pleased to take me, for the sake of thy dear Son." +And, again, "Thy will be done." He remarked, "I believe I am passing +through the dark valley of the shadow of death;" and on the hope being +expressed that he would be supported through, he responded, "Through +mercy!" Soon after this, he sank into a quiet sleep, which lasted some +hours; and, shortly after waking, the unfettered spirit took its flight +so gently, as scarcely to be perceptible to those around. + +FRANCES HENSHAWE THORPE, _Overbury_, _Tewkesbury_. Widow of Thomas +Thorpe. 65 10mo. 5 1849 + +WILLIAM TODHUNTER, _Dublin_. 46 1mo. 19 1850 + +SUSANNA TODHUNTER, _Dublin_. Widow of John Todhunter. 74 2mo. 2 1850 + +SUSANNA TODHUNTER, _Dublin_. Daughter of Thomas H. and Hannah Todhunter. +1 8mo. 30 1850 + +CATHERINE TOMS, _Amersham_. 67 1mo. 8 1850 + +ALEXANDER TOWNSEND, _Rathrush_, _Kilconnor_. 70 12mo. 7 1849 + +CROUDSON TUNSTALL, _Alvaston Grove_, _Nantwich_. An Elder. 68 11mo. 17 +1849 + +Dedication to the cause of truth, marked the character of our dear +friend; and divine grace wrought effectually in him--breaking the +obstructions of the natural mind--smoothing the rugged path of life, and +enabling him to rejoice in the mercy which followed him, and which was +his support through many tribulations. + +It was his earnest desire to know _in himself_ a growth in the truth, and +to have his building firm on the Rock of ages. His diligence in the +support of our meetings for worship and discipline, and the reverent +frame of his spirit in these meetings, was animating and exemplary to his +friends, as was also his daily circumspect walk. The chastenings of +divine love produced profitable experience, and being accepted by him, +with humble gratitude and prayerful submission, his heart was enriched by +spiritual blessings. When near the confines of time, and the power of +utterance nearly gone, he was reminded by a friend of the faithfulness +and tender mercy of our Saviour, when he emphatically replied,--"_That_ +is my only comfort." Thus under the rapid decay of the outward man, he +possessed a peaceful mind, in that blessed hope which had been in his +day, as the anchor to his soul--"sure and steadfast." + +THOMAS WADDINGTON, _Penketh_. 49 9mo. 3 1850 + +JOHN WAITHMAN, _Yealand_. 49 11mo. 2 1849 + +MARIA WALKER, _Wooldale_, _Yorkshire_. Daughter of Samuel Walker. 24 +10mo. 18 1849 + +HANNAH WALKER, _Dirtcar_, _Wakefield_. Wife of Robert Walker. 68 4mo. 3 +1850 + +BARBARA WALLER, _York_. 70 11mo. 13 1849 + +The quiet acquiescence of this dear friend, in the divine will, under +changes of circumstances involving, to her energetic and lively mind, +much suffering, appeared to many of her immediate friends, deeply +instructive. In early life, she was, for several years, resident in the +family of her brother Stephen Waller, at Clapton; and during the long +continued illness of his wife, took charge of the family, including an +interesting group of young children, between whom and herself the +tenderest affection subsisted. On the restoration of her sister's +health, she came to reside with her brother Robert Waller, of York. + +In the First month, 1829, at the solicitation of the committee, she +consented to undertake, for a time, the domestic care of the Boys' +School, then first established by York Quarterly Meeting, in that city. +Though in delicate health, and with a voice which she could rarely raise +above a whisper, she soon became so warmly interested in the institution, +as to prevent the necessity for further inquiry for a female head. Her +active and executive mind, found here a large field of usefulness, which +she well occupied. Her kind interest in the institution, the scholars +and the officers, increased from year to year. Her ability in providing +for and securing the comfort of all around her, always conspicuous, was +eminently so in times of sickness, whether of more or less severity. On +these occasions, besides her power of skilfully ministering to physical +comforts, her quiet spirit, knowing where she herself had sought and +found consolation, could direct others to the same unfailing Source. + +At the close of the year 1836, in consequence of the decease of her +sister Hannah, the wife of Robert Waller, she was called from the scene +of her arduous, yet to her, pleasant labours; the beneficial results of +which were, the establishment of orderly arrangement, and plans of +domestic comfort, essential to the well-being of a school. She remained +with her brother at Holdgate, till the time of his second marriage, when +change was again her allotment. After a short absence from York she +finally settled there. Her declining health rendered repose needful, +although the liveliness of her spirits enabled her greatly to enjoy +frequent intercourse with her friends;--and the school, the scene of her +former labours, was an object of continued affectionate interest. + +In recording these few incidents, which we well know, of themselves, are +of little importance, perhaps entirely insignificant to the general +reader, we believe, nevertheless, that a useful lesson may be conveyed. +The path of our dear friend was, remarkably, not one of her own choosing; +most of the changes of place and circumstance which she experienced, +involved much that was painful; yet under all, the quiet, peaceful, +thankful resignation which she was enabled to attain, shewed where her +hopes were anchored, and proved the power of divine grace to make hard +things easy. For many months previous to her decease, she was confined +to her couch, and latterly to her bed. During this period, she bore with +unrepining patience, much bodily suffering; but her cheerful and +energetic mind still retained its characteristic vigour. In this, her +last illness, the kind attentions, and tender cares, which she had so +often ministered to others, were abundantly repaid to herself. In +addition to the assiduous and faithful services of the family with whom +she had taken up her abode, and who became warmly attached to her, she +had for many weeks previous to her decease, the tenderest attention of +one of her affectionate nieces, of whose infant years she had been the +watchful guardian. + +A friend who frequently visited her on her bed of suffering, says, "In +some of my last visits to her, her expression of firm and loving reliance +upon the Lord, whose support she had been wont to seek in the time of +health, as well as in that of suffering, was a sweet testimony to the +blessedness of having made him her portion. She told me how comforted +she had been under great bodily weakness, when she felt unable definitely +to put up her petitions, in the lively remembrance that she had a never- +failing Advocate with the Father, touched with a feeling of her +infirmities, ever living to make intercession for her. 'Oh!' she +remarked, 'the sense of it has been precious to me.'" Thus peace and +thankfulness were the frequent clothing of her spirit, till her earthly +house of this tabernacle was quietly dissolved, and exchanged, we +reverently believe, for 'a house not made with hands, eternal in the +heavens.' + +ALICE WALLER, _The Howe_, _Halsted_. Widow of Robert Waller, of York. 76 +6mo. 25 1850 + +Of the childhood of our friend we know but little. Her parents were +members of our religious Society, and brought up their children in +conformity with its practices. She was, at rather an early age, placed +at the school for girls at York, which had, at that time, some peculiar +advantages in regard to the religious and moral care of the pupils. But +from this enclosure she was soon recalled, to be the companion of her +invalid mother; and at the early age of sixteen, when her beloved parent +was removed by death, she took the charge of her father's domestic +concerns, and resided with him till her marriage with Benjamin Horner of +York. + +Although the shortness of the period she remained at school, might be +disadvantageous to her in several respects, yet it is highly probable +that, in her mother's sick chamber, some impressions were made, and +lessons learned, which were as seeds sown to bring forth fruit in a +future day. + +Her husband's circle of acquaintance was an extensive, and, in its +character, a much varied one; and, for some years, Alice Horner mingled +much in gay society, occasionally frequenting with her husband places of +amusement, especially those in which music formed the chief attraction. +But during this period, in which she may be said to have lived to +herself, she was not without compunctuous visitations; and as the +responsibilities of a mother came upon her, she increasingly felt the +seriousness of life, and the duty, as well as the privilege, of living to +God, and being enabled to look unto Him as a Father and a Friend. + +These feelings appear to have gradually gained ascendancy in her mind, +and her prevalent desire became, to be a Christian upon Christ's own +terms. She felt herself as one who had been forgiven much, and therefore +loved much,--striving to be no more conformed to this world, but +transformed by the renewing of her mind. Her conscience became not only +enlightened, but tender; and yielding to what she believed to be her duty +to God, she not only refrained from all the public amusements in which +she had formerly taken pleasure, but acted in her associations with +others, consistently with her views as a Friend. If in this strait path; +walking much alone and inexperienced in the way: she sometimes erred, we +believe it was rather on the side of decision, than on that of undue +yielding. She seemed to live under a sense of that saying of the +apostle, "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin." And whilst the course +which she pursued could not fail to restrict, in some degree, her +intercourse with the world, those with whom she still associated, (and +her circle continued to be a wide one,) appeared in general to estimate +her motives; and many of them entertained an increased love and respect +for her character; and He who, above all things, she desired to serve, +was pleased abundantly to comfort and strengthen her in all her trials. + +The death of her only daughter, at the age of nineteen, as well as that +of her husband after a short illness, a few years subsequently, were +close trials to her; but she bowed in humble submission to these +dispensations, and, under the chastening hand of the Lord, it became +increasingly evident, that the "one thing needful" was steadily kept in +her view. She was diligent in her attendance of our religious meetings, +and often remarked, that she had been permitted to find in them "a +resting place to her soul." + +After her second marriage, with Robert Waller of Holdgate near York, her +health, which for a long time had not been strong, began more rapidly to +decline, and at the death of her husband, after a long and protracted +illness, she was so complete an invalid, as to be chiefly confined to her +bed for many months together. This was a great trial upon her faith and +patience; but her hope and trust in her Saviour's love never forsook her, +and often through her long illness, she was enabled to look forward with +hope and joy to that time, when "absent from the body," she should be +"present with the Lord." + +Six months after her husband's death, she was removed, in an invalid +carriage, to the residence of her eldest son in Essex, whose house +continued to be her home the remainder of her days. In writing to a much +beloved friend, from this quiet retreat soon after her arrival, she +remarks,--"Every comfort and every indulgence is allotted to me by my +attentive children. Oh what boundless demands upon my gratitude are thus +poured forth. I would gladly hope not without a heartfelt acknowledgment +to that Almighty Giver, who is the author of all our manifold mercies. +For all things I reverently thank my God and Saviour, remembering you my +dear friends, whom I have left, with the truest affection." To the same +friend, who herself was suffering from illness, she again writes, "Oh, +dearest ---, how many of His dear children does the Lord keep long in the +furnace, yet if he do but grant his presence there, and watch over the +refining process he designs to be accomplished, there ought to be no +complaining either of the length of time, or the severity of the +operation, but through all, the full fruits of resignation should be +brought forth in perfection, to his praise, and his glory. That so it +may be, my dear friend, forms a wish on my own account as well as on +thine, day by day. The time has appeared long to me, that I have been +required to lay under the rod, but when we measure time as did the +Apostle of old, and think of it as a vapour that quickly passeth away, or +as a shadow that abideth not, we see that it is but for a little moment +that our chastening can endure. I cannot forbear beholding my day as far +spent; but I do rejoice to see heaven as a place of rest for me,--yes, +even for me! through the blood shed for my sins on Calvary's Mount. This +mercy in Christ Jesus, how precious it is to dwell upon." + +Alice Waller loved the company of all those that loved the Lord Jesus, +and especially the messengers of the gospel were acceptable to her. On +one occasion when receiving a visit from a friend, whilst laid upon her +bed of suffering, she, in great contrition, expressed her sense of her +heavenly Father's love and mercy to _her_, a poor creature, adding, "I +feel bound to tell of His marvellous goodness to me, even to me, by night +and by day upon my bed, in seasons of trial I have been comforted by my +Saviour's presence." + +In the beginning of the Sixth Month, 1850, she became more poorly, and +both herself and her children were impressed with the belief that her end +was drawing near; on the 15th she passed a very trying day, but in the +evening revived a little and spoke most sweetly of the fulness and +clearness of her hope, and her perfect confidence in the love and mercy +of her God, extended to her for the sake of her beloved Saviour; she was +full of sweetness and affection to all around her, her heart overflowing +with gratitude to God and man. "Dear Hannah C. Backhouse," she remarked, +"visited me a short time before I came here, and she said, 'I believe +Jesus has thrown his arm of everlasting love around thee, and is drawing +thee nearer and nearer to himself, and he will draw thee nearer and +nearer, till at last He will press thee into his bosom.' It was a sweet +message; I have often thought upon it since, and I now feel such close +union of spirit with God, that I cannot doubt it is even so." On the +passage of Scripture being repeated, "The angel of the Lord encampeth +round about them that fear him," she added, "yes, and preserveth +them.--'This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and delivered him +from all his troubles.' The fear of the Lord has been my support for +many years past." And on being reminded of that verse of Scripture, "Thy +rod and thy staff they comfort me," she said, "He has been my staff and +my rod in the dark valley of death, keeping my head above the waters, and +he has given me hope full of immortality,--full of immortality! and I +shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever; I humbly trust that such +will be my portion." She then remarked "It is just a week to-day since I +began to be so very ill;--strange conflict of the body, with the mind so +perfectly tranquil, in strong confirmation of the blessed promise, 'Thou +wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee.'--I have +often thought I heard the song of Moses and of the Lamb, as I lay here in +deep exhaustion." At another time she remarked, "I have often sinned, +and erred much, but I have One in heaven that pleadeth for me." + +She hailed with much joy the arrival of a beloved friend, and spoke of +the event as filling up the only remaining desire she had on earth; their +meeting was a season of mutual love and thanksgiving to the Lord. On +Second day, the 24th, she said, "I am so loosed from every thing below, +as I could not have believed;" and in the evening expressed that she was +so filled with thankfulness her heart was overflowing! She intimated her +belief, when her room was made ready for the night, that it would be the +last she should have to pass, and the next morning it became evident that +she was rapidly sinking. It was said to her that it was a long and +trying travel, but she was near to a better land! when she quickly +responded, "Yes, Emanuel's land:" and on its being remarked, "The crown +is nearly won;" she emphatically replied, "Oh, I wish it were on!" A +short time after this, her redeemed spirit was gently liberated from the +shackles of mortality, to be, we humbly believe, "for ever with the +Lord." + +FANNY MARTIN WALLER, _Guildford_. Daughter of the late Thomas Waller. 30 +12mo. 14 1849 + +EDWARD WALLIS, _Melksham_. Son of Abraham Wallis, of London. 26 3mo. 6 +1850 + +JOHN WALTON, _Southport_. 61 1mo. 7 1850 + +ALFRED WATKINS, _Eydon_, _Northamptonshire_. Son of John and Susanna +Watkins. 16 4mo. 22 1850 + +JANE WATSON, _Allonby_, _Cumberland_. 85 10mo. 20 1849 + +FERGUS WATSON, _Allonby_. 90 1mo. 21 1850 + +ANN WATSON, _Heworth_, _Newcastle-on-Tyne_. Wife of John Watson. 72 +12mo. 6 1849 + +MARY WATSON, _Cockermouth_. 64 10mo 18 1849 + +LUCY BELL WESTWOOD, _Brampton_, _Hunts_. Daughter of John and Elizabeth +Westwood. 17 3mo. 19 1850 + +JOSEPH WHEELER, _Birmingham_. 81 11mo. 21 1849 + +THOMAS WHITE, _Ratcliff_, _London_. 80 3mo. 7 1850 + +JANE WHITE, _Chesham_, _Bucks_. 41 1mo. 2 1850 + +MARIA BELLA WHITE, _Henley-on-Thames_. Widow of Gabriel G. White. 84 +8mo. 17 1850 + +ANNE WHITFIELD, _near Coothill_, _Ireland_. 85 3mo. 12 1850 + +RICHARD WHITING, _Tottenham_. 84 7mo. 3 1850 + +ANNE WHITTEN, _Roscrea_, _Ireland_. Widow. 72 3mo. 24 1850 + +MAUDLIN WICKETT, _Darlington_. Widow of Benjamin Wickett. 94 11mo. 15 +1849 + +WILLIAM WILLIAMS, _Denbigh_, _Cheshire_. 70 11mo. 2 1849 + +WILLIAM WILSON, _Bradford_. 82 11mo. 23 1849 + +The following account has much of it been taken from a brief memoir of +William Wilson, which appeared in the "Bradford Observer," and which has +since been published as a tract. + +William Wilson might truly be said to be "an Israelite indeed, in whom +there was no guile." He had his _peculiarities_ of character, but with +all, was _singularly good_, and we cannot doubt that his prayers and his +alms, had come up for a memorial before Him, who seeth in secret. + +At the age of fifty, with an ample fortune, he relinquished a business, +in which he had most diligently laboured, when the full tide of +prosperity was flowing in upon him, in order that he might devote his +time, and the means placed by Providence at his disposal, to the cause of +neglected and suffering humanity. + +For more than thirty years it became the essential and exclusive +employment of his life, to explore and to relieve cases of poverty and +distress, and in the accomplishment of this undertaking, he employed the +same assiduity and care, which he had been wont to exercise in the +management of his secular calling, distributing many times at the rate of +a thousand pounds a year. + +As a steward of the gifts of God, he carefully invested his money so as +to secure a fair rate of interest, and on no occasion did he relax from +the utmost exactness in his monetary dealings; and yet it is believed +that his personal and domestic expenditure never reached 150 pounds per +annum. + +His house, like his person, was a pattern of plainness and simplicity. +His furniture consisted of nothing fashionable or superfluous; and his +table was equally marked by comfort and frugality. + +He was a warm advocate in the cause of Temperance, and was deeply +interested in the subject of "the prevention of Cruelty to Animals." + +Of Tracts, he must have paid for, and circulated gratuitously, some +millions! His whole time and energies were fully employed, and often +heavily taxed, in devising and carrying out schemes of mercy and +benevolence, and his life presented one uniform tenor of consistent +piety. To strangers he might appear reserved, but his apparent reserve +only resulted from his constitutional modesty, and retiring habits, +whilst to those who enjoyed his friendship, he was frank, open, and +intelligent in no ordinary degree. + +William Wilson was never robust, but toward the close of his life, his +feebleness became more apparent; for more than a week he was confined to +his bed, but without any urgent symptom of disease. His mind was calm +and peaceful,--he knew and loved his Saviour, and through His mediation, +we cannot doubt he has inherited the blessing to the pure in heart, +leaving behind him, in many respects, an example worthy to be followed, +practically bearing a noble testimony to "christian moderation and +temperance in all things," and against that covetousness which is +idolatry. The memory of such a man is blessed. + +ELIZABETH WILSON, _Rawden_. 69 4mo. 12 1850 + +MARY WILSON, _Kendal_. Widow. 60 1mo. 31 1850 + +JAMES WILSON, _Elm Farm_, _Liverpool_. 76 10mo. 31 1849 + +ELIZABETH WOOD, _Chelmsford_. 68 1mo. 17 1850 + +JANE WOOD, _Highflatts_. Wife of John Wood. 28 4mo. 4 1850 + +FRANCIS WRIGHT, _Kettering_. 76 5mo. 13 1850 + +THOMAS WRIGHT, _Cork_. 61 10mo. 9 1849 + +Many, both within the limits of our own Society and out of it, can bear +testimony to the integrity, benevolence, and Christian deportment of this +dear friend. In his transactions with his fellow-men, he was +particularly careful not to over-reach, or to avail himself of advantages +subversive to their interests; and in the social circle, as well as among +the poor, his kindness of disposition was conspicuous. During the +scarcity of provision in Ireland, his liberality was great, and his +exertions on behalf of the destitute almost unremitting. + +His illness commenced in the early part of the 9th month, 1849, and on +finding that the complaint did not yield to remedies, he expressed his +earnest desire for resignation to the divine will, remarking, that +whatever might be the termination, he believed "all would be well." He +intimated, that he had not been one who could give much expression to his +religious feelings, but that for many years his mind had been daily +exercised before the Lord on his own behalf, as well as on that of his +family. The prosperity of our religious Society lay very near to his +heart, and he expressed his earnest desire for its preservation in +"humility and simplicity." + +The patience with which he bore the debility attendant upon his complaint +was remarkable; His mind expanded in love to his family, his friends, and +to all the world, repeating emphatically, "I love them all." + +He frequently spoke of his willingness to depart; and as his illness +advanced, there appeared an increasing sweetness and solemnity in his +manner, and he mostly addressed those about him in terms of affection, +expressing his thankfulness for their attention, and desiring that the +Lord would strengthen them. On a hope being expressed that his mind was +peaceful, he replied, "Yes, quite so." He took an affectionate leave of +his wife and those around him; after which nature rapidly sank, and he +quietly, and it is humbly believed, peacefully expired. + +ELIZA WRIGHT, _Sutton_, _Cambridgeshire_. Daughter of Thomas and Mary +Wright. 7 9mo. 8 1850 + +THOMAS WEIGHT, _Sutton_. 49 9mo. 16 1850 + +HENRY WRIGHT, _Middlesboro_. 30 9mo. 10 1849 + +JOHN FULLER YOUELL, _Yarmouth_. 28 12mo. 1 1849 + + + +INFANTS whose names are not inserted. + + +Under one month . . . Boys 1 . . . Girls 1 + +From one to three months . . . do. 2 . . . do. 3 + +From three to six months . . . do. 1 . . . do. 3 + +From six to twelve months . . . do. 1 . . . do. 1 + + + +HANNAH CHAPMAN BACKHOUSE. + + +_Died_ 6_th of_ 5_th month_, 1850. + +Hannah Chapman Backhouse was the daughter of Joseph and Jane Gurney; she +was born at Norwich the 9th of 2nd Month, 1787. Of her very early life +she has left but little record. She disliked study, and was fond of +boyish sports, until about the age of thirteen, when she began to feel +enjoyment in reading. + +Possessed of a naturally powerful and energetic mind, with talents of a +very superior order, she soon began to take great delight in study, and +was ambitious to excel in every thing that she undertook. Drawing she +pursued with intense eagerness, and in this and other acquirements, she +made great proficiency. Until about the age of seventeen, her highest +enjoyment was derived from the cultivation of the intellectual powers, +and in the endeavour to raise these to their highest perfection, she +imagined the greatest happiness to consist. In her journal she +writes:--"My thoughts have been this week, one continued castle in the +air of being an artist; the only reality they were built on, was my +having painted in oils better than I thought I could, and a feeling that +I shall in a little time succeed, and an unbounded ambition to do so. I +have had many arguments with myself, to know if it would be right. I +think it would, if I could make good use of it." + +But gradually she found that no object which had this world for its +limit, could satisfy the cravings of an immortal soul. She began to feel +that she was formed for higher purposes than the gratification of self in +its most refined and plausible form, and in 1806, we note the gradual +unfolding of that change of view, which through the operation of the Holy +Spirit, led her to the unreserved surrender of her whole being to the +service of her Lord;--a surrender that in so remarkable a manner marked +her unwavering path through the remaining portion of her dedicated life. +Speaking of this period, after her first attendance of the Yearly +Meeting, she says,-- + +July, 1806. "This time, for almost the first in my life, I seem come to +a stand in the objects of my darling pursuits, which I may say have been +almost entirely the pursuit of pleasure, through the medium of the +understanding. This I feel must be a useless search, for the further I +go, the more unattainable is the contentment which I hoped a degree of +excellence might have produced;--the further I go, the further does my +idea of perfection extend; therefore this way of attaining happiness I +find is impossible. Never in my life was I so sensible of the real +weakness of man, though to all appearance so strong; for I am persuaded +that it is almost impossible to conduct oneself through this world, +without being sincerely religious. The human mind must have an object, +and let that object be the attainment of eternal happiness. * * * After +such considerations, can I be so weak as not to make religion my only +pursuit? That which will, I believe, bring my mind into beautiful order, +and, rendering all worldly objects subservient to its use, harmonize the +whole, and fit it to bear fruit to all eternity, and the fruit of +righteousness is peace. I have felt my mind very much softened of late, +and more and more see the beauty of holiness, but all the progress I can +say that I have made towards it, is in loving it more;--yet I feel I have +a great way to go before my heart is entirely given up." + +Feb. 9th, 1807. "To-day I am twenty; let me endeavour to describe with +sincerity what twenty years have effected upon me; how difficult self- +love and blindness make answering the questions, What am I? How far am I +advanced in the great end of being, the making such use of my time here, +that it may bear fruit when time with me is over? When I look upon +myself with the greatest seriousness, how ill do I think of myself! I +see myself endowed with powers, which I often, (I hope, with a pure and +unfeigned heart,) wish may be applied aright. But in my mind, what +strong 'bulls of Bashan' compass me about! What I fear most, and that +which sometimes comes upon me most awfully, is, that my will is not +properly brought into subjection. * * * Often when clothed with something +of heavenly love, do I feel that I had rather be a door-keeper in the +house of my God, than dwell in king's palaces, but I fear the general +tendency of my pursuits would make me more fit for the latter than the +former. What I want and do most sincerely wish for, is, that I may be +truly humble, and that where pride now reigns, humility may prevail; and +where ambition, contentment." + +In 1808, the death of a favourite first cousin appears to have been the +means of greatly deepening her serious impressions, and of increasing the +desire to "relieve herself," as she expresses it, "from the miserable +state of inconsistency in which a gay Friend is situated." A short time +subsequent to this period, she writes:-- + +May, 1808. "With my father and mother I left the Grove this morning, +with a mind much softened, though not afflicted by parting with those I +love, earnestly wishing that what I was going to attend,--the Yearly +Meeting, might stamp more deeply the impressions I had received. We +reached Epping that night. I felt very serious; Love seemed to have +smitten me, and under that banner, I earnestly hoped that I might be +enabled to partake of whatever might be set before me in the banqueting +house. I saw that it would be right for me to say _thee_, and _thou_, to +everybody, and I begged that I might be so kept in love as to be enabled +to do it,--that love might draw me, not fear terrify me." + +"How deeply I felt to enjoy First-day, and was strengthened at meeting. +For the first time, to-day I called the days of the week numerically, on +principle, it cost me at first a blush. This day has afforded me deeper +and sweeter feelings than any I have yet passed; surprise and ridicule I +have felt to be useful!" + +"Left Bury Hill early: I can look back to the time I have spent here as +the happiest in my life; and I have earnestly wished that my example and +influence in future life, may be useful to those whom, never before my +mind was so altered, did I love with so sweet or so great an affection." + +After alluding to some further change, she writes; "I felt increasingly +the weight of advocating the cause I have engaged in; oh! may no word or +action of mine, stain the character I am assuming, and may no +self-exaltation be the consequence: the mind, I feel, must be kept deep +indeed, to avoid the rocks that do every where surround." + +6th Month, 1808. "Went to meeting--thought that by observing the +commandment, and confessing Christ before men, we should only be showing +the beautiful effect of obedience, in the fruit of the Spirit it +produces,--that it does not consist in speech, dress, or behaviour, but +that by being obedient in these and all things, to the law written in our +hearts; we should be overshadowed by that sweetness and quietness of +spirit, the fruits of which would prove whose government we are under." + +7th Month, 1808, Cromer. "Walked on the shore, the sky was illuminated +by the setting sun the scene was of nature's greatest beauty, I could not +speak, but it was not the effect of the scene. Such scenes in which I +used to revel, have lost much of their influence in the inferior peace +they bring, to that which a few small sacrifices, the effect of +obedience, produce." + +Grove, 11th Month, 1808. "Patience tried, and censoriousness of mind and +some words allowed to have too much dominion. The higher we rise, the +more we feel the foibles of others; and then the more need have we of the +spirit of love and charity, to be patient with them; and if we are not, +it is not excellence, but only the sight of it we have gained." + +12th Month, 1808. "I fear I have not sufficiently this week, wrestled +for the blessing of peace. I am sensible of having the power of +pleasing, of having stronger natural powers and more acquirements than +most women,--I am conscious too, of having with all my might, sought that +which is highest, and that my heart has been made willing to sacrifice +all for the attainment of it, and wonders have I already known; if I do +not now diligently seek that which can make me feelingly ascribe all the +glory, where alone it is due, fruitless must all my talents be, and great +my fall." + +12th Month, 12th, 1808. "--- came, the conversation in the evening, +softened my heart in the deduction I drew from it, of what a prize was +our possession,--how anchorless the world seemed to be,--and I loved dear +Friends!" + +2nd Month, 9th, 1809. "Twenty-two years old. Through the mercy of +everlasting kindness, great is the change that this year has wrought in +me; the power of Love has enticed me to begin that spiritual journey +which leads to the promised land: I have left, by His guidance and +strength, the bondage of Egypt, and have seen His wonders in the deep. +May the endeavour of my life be, to keep close to that Angel, who can +deliver us through the trials and dangers of the wilderness of this +world. + +I have not studied much this year, yet I have almost every day read a +little, and never was my sight so clear into the intellectual world. The +works of the head may, I believe, usefully occupy such portions of time +as are not necessary for discharging our relationship in society. * * * +But above all things be humble, which a love of all perfection is, I +believe, not only consistent with, but the root of." + +In 1811, Hannah C. Gurney married Jonathan Backhouse, and settled at +Darlington. The early years of her married life appear to have been much +devoted to her young family. For a time, her journal was entirely +suspended; but in 1815 she writes: "These last four years, are perhaps +best left in that situation, in which spiritual darkness has in a great +measure involved them; it may be the sweet and new objects of external +love, and necessary attention in which I have been engaged, have too much +drawn my mind from internal watchfulness, after the first flow of +spiritual joy began to subside; or it has been the will of the Author of +all blessing to change the dispensation, and taking from me the light of +his love, in which all beauty so easily and naturally exists, to teach me +indeed, that the glory of all good belongs to Him alone, and that He is +jealous of our decking ourselves with His jewels." + +In 1820, she first spoke as a minister, in reference to which she writes: +3rd Month, 1820, "Had felt for some time, and particularly lately, a warm +concern for the interest of our family, which to my humiliation, +surprise, and consolation, I was strengthened to express to them in a +private opportunity, before I left Sunderland. On our ride home, I felt +the candle of the Lord shine round about me, in a manner I had not done +for years, accompanied with much tenderness and some foreboding fears. I +felt I had put my hand to the plough, and I must not turn back, but I +remembered the days that were past, and I knew something of the power of +Him in whom I had believed; though fear often compassed me about, and too +much imagination." + +1820. "My heart has burned as an oven, internal and external +supplication has not been wanting to ease it; may I endure the burnings +as I ought." Speaking of attending the Yearly Meeting soon after, she +says: "I saw many dangerous enemies of my own heart near me, yet was +there mercifully preserved a germ of truth, in which met the hearts of +the faithful, and which was an encouragement to me; I afterwards spoke +twice in the Yearly Meeting, and the composure at the moment, and after a +time the peace that ensued, seemed to assure me that I had not run +without being sent. The remembrance of former days came strongly before +me, and in thus again publicly manifesting the intent of my heart, I felt +the comfort of being no stranger to that Hand, which, as it once fed me +with milk, seemed to me now after a long night season, feeding me with +meat." + +After her return home, she writes: "Opened my mouth in Darlington +meeting, on First-day afternoon. A mountain in prospect! The meetings +now became very interesting to me, and as the reward of what I was +induced to believe was faithfulness, often greatly refreshing." + +In the course of this year, she lost her eldest son, a child of great +promise, and the suffering attendant upon this deep sorrow, in addition +to close mental baptism, at times greatly prostrated her physical powers. + +11th Month 4th, 1820, we find the following-memorandum: "'Oh how great is +Thy goodness which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee, which Thou +hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men.' In +looking back to the last two or three months, I feel I may adopt this +language: in them I have known the greatest portion of suffering that it +has yet been my lot to taste." + +3rd Month, 1822. She writes, "In the afternoon meeting, a subject seemed +so clear before me, that I ventured to speak; but oh! the evil of my +heart, the consciousness of having, or supposing I had, chosen my words +well, was like the fly in the ointment of the apothecary, the baneful +effects of which, I felt many days after. The more I see of my own mind, +the more may the breathing of my soul be,--'If Thou wilt, Thou canst make +me clean.' Sometimes to believe that it is His will, is sweet to me, but +we must maintain the fight, for though the victory is His, the fall is +ours." + +"The constant and deep consideration for others in the most minute +actions of life, how I love it, and feel myself 'as a bullock +unaccustomed to the yoke.'" + +5th Month, 6th, 1822. "Days and nights of much spiritual conflict, or +rather perhaps the sight that there was much to conflict with; weak in +body and weak in mind! In my ministry more patient and deep deliberation +wanting. Last night, believed I had not kept close enough to my Guide in +prayer, with which I felt some distress,--perhaps not altogether +wrong,--but had not stopped when I ought, nor waited at every moment for +clearness and strength in the exercise; I hope I shall not hurt others." + +6th Month, 1822. "A month is now passed in which I have been sweetly +enabled to enjoy the love of God in my heart. I trust we shall +experience preservation, though we may well fear for ourselves, and be +the subject of fear for others. Oh! that, without affectation, we may +live deeply in the root of life!" + +4th Month, 1823. "I have much to bind me to this earth, but perhaps more +power of gratefully enjoying its blessings is wanted, and may be in store +for me before I leave it; some minds seem deeply anchored in the truth, +meekly and patiently bearing the trials of the day, with firmer faith and +greater purity, but each heart alone knows its own bitterness, and I +believe there is never much attainment without much suffering;--a +chastened habit of thought, how desirable to be the habit of early life! +riches and indulgences how inimical to it!" + +4th Month, 1825. "My mind enjoyed a liberty, and something of the light +of the glorious gospel, a state which I often pant after, and am so +generally a stranger to; in each day a religious engagement seemed +peculiarly blessed to myself. A sense of being liked and loved, is +gratifying; at the same time I acknowledge, it has its dangers; it is, +however, a stimulus to do good and to communicate." + +4th Month, 25th. "A poor body, and a weak restless mind! How the sword +does wear the scabbard! but this world is not to be our paradise; perhaps +I lose some little strength in striving to make it so. Oh! my God, have +pity upon me; thou alone canst know how much I suffer;--if my children +ail anything, what it costs me." + +In 1826, she visited the families of Friends in Darlington Monthly +Meeting, in company with Isaac Stephenson; and in allusion to this +engagement, she writes: "Entered last week on a visit, with I. +Stephenson, to the families of this Monthly Meeting. Ministry is surely +a gift! may the vessel be purified by using it in faith." + +3rd Month, 1826. "After many cogitations and some provings of faith, I +went with Isaac Stephenson to Manchester, Lancaster, and Leeds: I felt it +like leaving all to follow what I believed to be my divine Guide; it cost +me some heart-sinkings and tears, but my mind was sweetly preserved in +peace and confidence; and, though I had times of depression and fear to +pass through, I have been thankful that I made the sacrifice. It has +endeared me to many individuals; and at times, in the undoubted belief +that it was a divine requiring, it has strengthened my faith, and excited +some degree of thankfulness for being so employed." + +4th Month, 16th. "A sweet day of rest and peace, such as I do not +remember to have known for years." + +4th Month, 18th. "Monthly Meeting one of perplexity and fear, Oh! for +dwelling deep and lying low! and waiting in quietness for the 'little +cloud!' but it seems as if my faith were to be tried by things coming +unexpectedly upon me, and to be humbled by feeling ill prepared." + +From this time she went on advancing rapidly in the work of the ministry: +her truly catholic spirit expanded in love to her fellow-creatures; the +inmates of the palace as well as those of the prison, shared alike her +Christian zeal and interest. Her naturally powerful and refined mind, +deeply instructed in the things of God, rendered her peculiarly fitted to +labour amongst those, who being invested with wealth and influence, she +regarded as stewards, deeply responsible for the right occupation of +their various gifts: with many of these, in the upper classes of society, +she sought and obtained opportunities for conveying religious counsel; +and in not a few instances there was a deep response in the hearts of her +hearers, to the truths which she had to proclaim. + +The public meetings which she held were very numerous,--many of them very +remarkable. Her fervour in seeking to arouse to a sense of their +condition, those who were "dead in trespasses and sins,"--her sound and +convincing arguments, in controverting the views of the infidel,--her +zeal against the lukewarm professor, and her earnest affectionate +invitations to the humble believer in Jesus, to "lay aside every weight," +and partake, in all their fulness, of the blessings purchased for them by +the dear Son of God; will long be remembered by those who felt the truth +and unction of her appeals. She dwelt upon the glorious scheme of +redemption, through the propitiatory sacrifice of Christ Jesus upon the +cross, for the sins of the whole world; and of the absolute necessity of +sanctification of spirit, through the effectual operation of divine grace +on the heart, as one, who had herself largely participated, in the +blessings and mercies of her God. She was, however, no stranger to deep +mental conflicts, both in the prosecution of her religious labours, and +in the more retired sphere of domestic life, as some of her memoranda +show. + +In 1827, after visiting with her husband, the counties of Devon and +Cornwall, an engagement which occupied them nearly two months, and +included a visit to the Scilly Isles, she writes:-- + +7th Month, 1827. "I felt it a day of favour when we gave in our account +at the Monthly Meeting, the third day after our arrival at home, but in +returning from this journey, I have been made remarkably sensible, that +the business of religion is the business of the day, and that the +exercises and strength of any past day, are but as nothing for the day +that is passing over us; and many of these days have been passed in much +mental conflict, and much bodily weakness and languor." + +1828. "Many, and many have been my fears, lest the good things that +others may see us surrounded with, should be as a stumbling block leading +to covetousness; how hardly shall they that have riches lead the life of +a humble follower of the dear Redeemer! These thoughts often beset me, +and sometimes make me fear, if ever I have a right to open my mouth to +advocate His cause." + +"I could wish I had a heart, a head, and a mind fit for all I could +embrace, but that may never be: however, altogether my mind has been of +late, less covered with clouds than it used to be, and my health revives +with it. 'What shall I render for all thy benefits?' may well be the +language of my soul." + +In 1829 she was again joined by her dear husband in a visit to Ireland; +after which she writes:-- + +10th Month, 1829. "We passed through many deep baptisms, many sinks both +of body and mind, and in the course of three or four months, attended all +the particular meetings; I think we did too much in the time to do it as +well as we might; there was much exercise of faith, but patience had not +its perfect work:--may my daily prayer be for patience, and the daily +close exercise of my spirit to obtain it; for want of it, I get into many +perplexities, that might be avoided; yet with all the omissions and +commissions that I can look back upon with shame, I can number this +journey among the many mercies of my life, being at times in it, +introduced into a more soul-satisfying state than I had perhaps ever +known before, and I was never more fully persuaded that we were +commissioned to preach the gospel. The company of my dear husband was +truly a comfort and support, as well as very endearing, and this journey +has enlarged my heart in love to hundreds, and has written many epistles +there, which I trust may never be blotted out." + +In 1830, she laid before her Monthly Meeting, a prospect of going to +America. This concern was cordially united with, and she and her husband +were liberated for the service in that land. In reference to this very +weighty engagement, she thus writes to her dear cousin, Elizabeth Fry:-- + + Darlington, 2nd Month, 4th, 1830. + + "My dearest Betsy, + + I believe some of thy tenderest sympathies will be aroused, on hearing + of the momentous prospect now before us of visiting North America. I + dare say many, many years ago, thy imagination sent me there,--call it + by that name, or the more orthodox one of faith,--so has mine, but I + saw it without baptism; now, I pass into it under baptism, which in + depth far exceeds any thing I have known before; the severing work it + is to the ties of nature, to my dear Father, Mother, and Children, + breaks me all to pieces, but I have much, if not entirely, been spared + from doubts; all I seem to have had to do was to submit; this is a + great comfort, for which I desire to be thankful, and for that peace + which in the midst of deep suffering has so far rested upon it. + + Thy very affectionate + H. C. BACKHOUSE." + +Her labours in America were very abundant, and there is reason to +believe, blessed to very many. During the five years she spent on that +Continent, she visited the greater part of the meetings of Friends, and +in doing so, shrank from no hardship or privation consequent upon +travelling in districts recently settled. + +In 1833, Jonathan Backhouse thus writes of her labours-- + +"I do think my wife's labours in these parts, have been of essential +service;--helped some sunken ones out of a pit, strengthened some weak +hands, and confirmed some wavering ones, as well as comforted the +mourners. She has no cause to be discouraged about her labours, they +have been blessed." + +Her husband thinking it desirable to return for a while to England, +Hannah C. Backhouse was provided with a most faithful valuable companion +in Eliza P. Kirkbride, and for her as well as for many other beloved +friends to whom she had become closely united in America, she retained a +warm interest and affection to the close of her life. + +In 1835, they returned to England, and in the bosom of her beloved family +and friends, great was, for a time, her domestic happiness. But home +endearments were not permitted to interfere with her devotion to Him, to +do whose will, was not only her highest aim, but her chief delight: and +whenever the Lord's call was heard, she was ready to obey. Many parts of +England, and Scotland were visited between this time and 1845. During +this interval some of her nearest domestic ties were broken; her eldest +surviving son, an engaging youth of seventeen, her beloved husband, and a +precious daughter, the wife of John Hodgkin, of Tottenham, were all +summoned to their eternal home: whilst under the pressure of sorrow +occasioned by the removal of Ann Hodgkin, the following letter was +penned:-- + + Tottenham, 12th Month, 9th, 1845. + + "My losses have been many and great, but the greatness of this, I am + increasingly coming into the apprehension of. She was lovely in her + life, and in death may we not be divided! or _by_ death, but may her + sweet spirit be very near in my remembrance, to the end of my days, + and then may I join Father and Mother, Brothers and Sisters, Husband + and Children,--how many of the nearest ties now, we trust, in heaven, + and how few on earth comparatively. On this subject I cannot now + dwell,--when I can view her free from all weakness, corruption, and + suffering, in the enjoyment of _that_ rest, she knew so well how to + appreciate, I could smile with a joyful sorrow; but few of such + moments have been given; in general a patient bearing of the present + moment, is the most we have arrived at, under the blessed unmoved + confidence that all is well. + + Your very affectionate sister, + H. C. BACKHOUSE." + +From this time a cessation from labour was granted, and after having thus +devoted the meridian of her life to the service of her Lord, she was +permitted for some years previous to her decease, to enjoy a season of +almost uninterrupted repose. Love, meekness, gentleness, and peace were +eminently the clothing of her spirit; and like Moses viewing from the +Mount the Promised Land, she seemed almost to live above the trials and +temptations of time; nothing appeared materially to disturb or ruffle the +repose of her soul, deeply centred in God. Her ministry was often +strikingly beautiful and impressive, especially exhorting to unreserved +dedication, and dwelling on the glories of the heavenly kingdom. + +During the latter part of 1849, her health, which had long been delicate, +began increasingly to give way; at the end of the 3rd Month of 1850, she +was seized with alarming illness, from which little hope was entertained +of her recovery; from this she so far rallied as to leave her bed-room, +and go into an adjoining sitting-room, but never was able to go down +stairs. It was evident her strength was very small, but no immediate +danger was at this time apprehended. She was at times, cheerful, always +tranquil and full of repose, and able to enjoy the company of those +immediately around her; at other times illness oppressed her, and +prevented the power for much exertion of mind or communication of +thought. But words were not needed to declare her faith or her love, +when through having faithfully occupied with the grace that had been +given to her, her whole life might almost be said to have been one act of +dedication to God. + +On the night of the 5th of Fifth Month, increased illness came on, she +continued conscious almost to the last, and alluded with perfect calmness +to the fresh symptoms of danger. On her sister remarking to her, that +"though it was a dark valley, it would soon be all joy to her," she +responded by a beautiful smile, but power of articulation soon failed, +and on the morning of the 6th of Fifth Month, 1850, she most gently +expired. + +We cannot close this account more appropriately than in the language of a +dear friend who had long known and loved her. + +"A character of such rare excellence, such singleness of purpose, such +true devotedness, in which the intellectual and the spiritual were so +well balanced, and well developed together:--a character in which, with +all the occasional undulations and agitations of the surface, there was +such a deep, such a clear, such a calm and steady under-current of +sterling piety, of unwavering attachment to the cause of our God and of +his Christ, of close adherence to the leadings of his Spirit, and strong +desire to do his will;--a character in which the woman, the Christian, +and the Quaker were so fused into one, did truly adorn the doctrine of +God her Saviour. It was conspicuous that by the grace of God she was +what she was; though nature had done much, grace had done much more, and +it was evident that she humbly felt that she was not her own, that she +was bought with a price; that amidst all that surrounded her of the +perishing things of time, she did not live unto herself, but unto Him who +died for her and rose again, who was her Alpha and Omega, her all in all. +In our little and afflicted church, the loss is great: she was one of our +stakes, and one of our cords! The stake is removed, the cord is broken, +but our God abideth for ever." + + + +A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND LABOURS OF PATRICK, +The Apostle of the Irish. + + +We think it will be agreeable to our readers, that we should occupy a few +vacant pages, by the following lively particulars respecting "Patrick, +the Apostle of the Irish." They are extracted from a work lately +published, under the title of, "Light in Dark Places; or Memorials of +Christian Life in the Middle Ages," which is stated, in the preface, to +be translated from a German work by the late Augustus Neander. Patrick +flourished in the early part of the fifth century, before the Romish yoke +was imposed upon the British churches, but not before much superstition +had become mixed with the purity of the Christian faith. + +His early circumstances seem, however, to have entirely detached him from +dependence upon man, and to have driven him to the One great Source of +light and strength. Romanists have a story of his having gone to Rome, +and having received there his authority as the first bishop of Ireland; +but it is evident that his _call_ to preach the gospel to the Irish, was +not of man, or from man, but immediately from God, who inspired him with +holy faith and courage, and in a most remarkable manner prospered his +labours. + +* * * * * + +This remarkable man was prepared, by very peculiar circumstances, for his +important work; and in his instance, also, it may be seen, how that +infinite wisdom which guides the development of the kingdom of God +amongst men, is able to bring great things out of what seems +insignificant to the eyes of men. + +Patrick, called in his native tongue Succath, was born A.D. 372, between +the Scottish towns of Dumbarton and Glasgow, (then appended to England,) +in the village of Bonaven, since named in honour of him, Kilpatrick. He +was the son of a poor unlettered deacon of the village church. No +particular care was bestowed on his education, and he lived on +light-heartedly, from day to day, without making the religious truths +taught him by his parents matters of personal interest, until his +seventeenth year. + +Then, it happened that he was awakened by a severe chastisement from his +Heavenly Father from this sleep of death to a higher life. Some pirates +of the wild tribe of the Scots, who then inhabited Ireland, landed at the +dwelling-place of Patrick, and carried him off with other captives. He +was sold into slavery to a Scottish prince, who committed to him the care +of his flocks and herds. Necessity directed his heart to that God of +whom, in his days of rest in his father's house, he had not thought. +Abandoned of men, he found consolation and blessedness in Him, and now +first learned to perceive and enjoy the treasures which the Christian has +in heaven. Whilst he roamed about with his flocks, through ice and snow, +communion with his God in prayer, and quiet contemplation, were his +portion. Let us hear how he himself, in a confession which he +subsequently wrote, describes this change which took place in him. + +"I was about sixteen years old, and knew nothing of the true God, when I +was led into captivity with many thousands of my countrymen, as we +deserved, in that we had departed from God, and had not kept his +commandments. There God opened my unbelieving heart, so that I, although +late, remembered my sins, and turned with my whole heart to the Lord my +God, to Him who had regarded my loneliness, had had compassion on my +youth and my ignorance, and had watched over me before I knew him; who, +ere I knew how to choose between good and evil, had guarded and cherished +me, as a father doth his son. This I know assuredly, that before God +humbled me, I was like a stone lying sunk in deep mire; but He who is +able came, He raised me in his mercy, and set me on a very high place. +Therefore must I loudly bear witness to this, in order, in some measure, +to repay the Lord for such great blessings in time and eternity, great +beyond the apprehension of human reason. "When I came to Ireland," he +says, "and used daily to keep the cattle, and often every day to pray, +the fear and the love of God were ever more and more enkindled in me, and +my faith increased, so that, in one day, I spoke a hundred times in +prayer, and in the night almost as often; and even when I passed the +night on the mountains, or in the forest, amid snow and ice and rain, I +would awake before daybreak to pray. And I felt no discomfort, there was +then no sloth in me, such as I find in my heart now, for then the Spirit +glowed within me." + +After he had passed six years in the service of this prince, he thought +he heard a voice in his sleep which promised him a speedy return to his +native land, and soon afterwards announced to him that a ship was already +prepared to take him. In reliance on this call, he set out, and after a +journey of many days, he found a ship about to set sail. But the captain +would not, at first, receive the poor unknown youth. Patrick fell on his +knees and prayed. He had not finished his prayer before one of the +ship's company called him back, and offered him a passage. After a +wearisome voyage, in which he experienced, from the grace which guided +him, many a deliverance from great peril, and many a memorable answer to +prayer, he arrived once more amongst his people. + +Many years after this, he was again carried off by pirates. But, in +sixteen days, by the special guidance of Providence, he regained his +freedom, and again returned, after many fresh perils and fatigues, to his +people. Great was the joy of his parents to see their son again after so +many perils, and they entreated him thenceforth to remain with them +always. But Patrick felt an irresistible call to carry to the people +amongst whom he had passed the years of his youth, and amongst whom he +had been born again to the heavenly life, the tidings of that salvation +which had been imparted to him by Divine grace, whilst amongst them. As +the apostle Paul was by the Lord called, in a nocturnal vision, to carry +to the people of Macedonia the first tidings of salvation, so there +appeared to Patrick one night, in a vision, a man from Ireland with many +letters. He gave him one, and Patrick read the first words, "The words +of the Irish." And as he read these words, he thought he heard the +simultaneous cry of many Irish tribes dwelling by the sea, "We pray thee, +child of God, come and dwell once more amongst us." He could not read +further, from the agitation of his heart, and awoke. + +Another night he thought he heard in a dream a heavenly voice, whose last +words only were intelligible to him, namely, these words,--"He who gave +his life for thee, speaks in thee." And he awoke full of joy. One night +it seemed to him as if something that was in him, and yet above him, and +was not himself, prayed with deep sighings, and at the end of the prayer +it spoke, as if it were the Spirit of God himself. And he awoke, and +remembered the expressive words of the apostle Paul, concerning the +inward communion of the children of God with his Spirit, "The Spirit +itself helpeth our infirmities. For we know not what we should pray for +as we ought, but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with +groanings that cannot be uttered." And in Romans viii. 24 "Christ which +also maketh intercession for us." + +As the Almighty Shepherd of souls does not draw all to himself by the +same means, nor guide and nourish them alike; but, on the contrary +reveals and communicates himself to them in divers manners, according to +his various purposes for them, and their various wants; it pleased Him to +grant Patrick, by many manifestations of his grace, the pledge of the +certainty of his fellowship with Himself, and of his call to preach the +Gospel in Ireland. His parents and friends sought to hold him back, +representing to him that such an undertaking far exceeded his capacity. +He himself informs us of this, when he says: "Many dissuaded me from this +journey, and said behind my back, 'Why does this man throw himself into +danger, amongst the heathen who do not know the Lord?' It was not said +maliciously, but they could not comprehend the thing on account of my +rustic life and manners." But nothing could mislead him, for he trusted +in the power of the Lord, who imparted to him the inward confidence that +He had called him, and was with him. He himself says of this: "Whence +came to me so great and blessed a gift, that I should know and love God, +and be able to forsake my country and my kindred, although large gifts +were offered me, with many tears, if I would remain? And against my will +I was compelled to offend many of my kindred and my well-wishers. But by +God's guidance, I yielded not to them; it was not my own power, it was +God who triumphed in me, and resisted them all, so that I went amongst +the people of Ireland to preach to them this Gospel, prepared to suffer +much contempt from the unbelieving, and many persecutions, even to +chains; and, if needful, to sacrifice my freedom for the good of others. +And if I am counted worthy, I am ready also to lay down my life with joy +for His name's sake." + +Patrick, accordingly, went to Ireland, in the year 431. He could now +make use of his early proficiency in the Irish language. He gathered +great multitudes of the people together in the open air, by beat of drum, +to tell them of the sufferings of the Saviour for sinful men; and the +doctrine of the cross manifested its characteristic power over many +hearts. Patrick met indeed with much opposition. The priests and +national bards, who possessed great influence, excited the people against +him, and he had to endure many a hot persecution. But he overcame by his +steadfastness in the faith, by his fervent zeal, and by a love which drew +all hearts to itself. Patrick addressed himself especially to the chiefs +and princes of the people. They could do the most mischief, if they were +excited by the Druids against the strange religion; and, on the other +hand, if they received the Gospel, they might make their people more +accessible, and form a counterbalance to the influence of the Druids. + +Patrick took the part of servants who had suffered hard usage from their +masters. When he found youths of the lower ranks, who seemed to him +fitted for a higher calling, he provided for their education, and trained +them to be teachers of the people. + +He had, from his youth, as we have seen, experienced the especial +guidance of the Lord, and his heart was penetrated by it. Now, whilst he +laboured in the fervour and power of faith, he was able to produce +effects on the rude minds of the Irish, such as never could have been +produced by ordinary human power. He saw himself, moreover, sustained by +the peculiar direction of that God whose word he preached. Patrick +speaks of it, not in spiritual pride, but full of the sense of his +unworthiness and impotence, as well as of the consciousness of the grace +working in and through him. + +After speaking, in one of his letters, of such marvels as God granted him +to perform amongst the barbarous people, he added: "But I conjure all, +let no one, on account of these or the like things, think to place me on +an equality with the Apostles and other perfect men; for I am an +insignificant, sinful, and despicable man." And more marvellous to him +than the miracles which were wrought by him, was the simple fact which +filled his whole soul, that by him who, until God drew his soul to +Himself by severe chastisement, had himself cared so little about his own +salvation, many thousands of the people, who had hitherto known nothing +of the true God, should be brought to salvation. "Marvel," he says, "ye +who fear God, small and great, and ye eloquent talkers, who know nothing +of the Lord, inquire and acknowledge who it is that has awakened me, a +simple man, from the midst of those who are accounted wise, learned, and +mighty, in word and in deed. For I, who was abandoned beyond many others +in the world; even I, in spite of all this, have been called by his +Spirit, that in fear and trembling, yet faithfully and blamelessly, I +should serve the people to whom the love of Christ has led me. +Unweariedly must I thank my God, who has kept me faithful in the day of +temptation, so that I can this day trustfully offer my soul as a living +sacrifice of thanksgiving to my Lord Christ, who has delivered me out of +all my afflictions, so that I must also say, Who am I, Lord? and what is +my calling? that thou hast so gloriously revealed to me thy Godhead, that +I can now constantly rejoice amongst the heathen, and glorify Thy name +wherever I may be, not only in prosperity, but also in adversity; so that +whatever may befall me, good or evil, I can calmly receive it, and +continually thank that God who has taught me to believe in Him as the +only true God." + +Patrick endeavoured to avoid all appearance of seeking his own gain or +glory. A man who, according to the judgment of men, was not fitted to +effect such great things, who from obscurity and poverty had been called +to so high a place, and in whom therefore, as is frequently the case, +those who had formerly known him after the flesh would not recognise what +the Spirit had accomplished, such a man was obliged, with all the more +circumspection, to avoid giving any occasion to those who were disposed +to declare a thing which they could neither measure nor comprehend by the +common standard, altogether beyond flesh and blood. When many, full of +love and gratitude to the teacher of salvation, their spiritual father, +freely offered him gifts, and pious women offered their ornaments, +Patrick, although the donors were at first offended at it, in order to +avoid all evil report, declined everything. He himself gave presents to +the heathen chiefs, in order thereby to purchase peace for himself and +his churches; he ransomed many Christians from captivity; and was himself +prepared, as a good shepherd, to lay down all, even to his life, for his +sheep. In his confession of faith, which, after labouring for thirty +years in this calling, he addressed to his converts, he says: "That ye +may rejoice in me, and I may ever rejoice in you in the Lord, I repent +not what I have done, and even now it is not enough for me, I shall go +further and sacrifice much more. The Lord is mighty to confirm me yet +more, that I may yield up my life for your souls. I call God to witness +in my soul, that I have not written this to seek glory from you. The +glory which is not seen, but believed on in the heart is enough for me. +Faithful is that God who hath promised, and he lieth not. But already in +this world I behold myself exalted above measure by the Lord. I know +very well that poverty and hardship suit me better than wealth and ease; +yea, even the Lord Christ became poor for our sakes. Daily have I +expected to be seized, carried into captivity, or slain; but I fear none +of these things, because of the promises of heaven; for I have cast +myself into the arms of the Almighty God, who reigns everywhere, as it is +said in the Psalm, 'Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain +thee.' Now I commend my soul to my faithful God, whom in my +insignificance I serve as his messenger. For since with Him there is no +respect of persons, and since He has chosen me for this calling, that I +as one of the least of His people, should serve Him, what shall I render +unto the Lord for all his benefits? What shall I say or promise unto my +Lord? For I can do nothing, unless He himself give it me! But He trieth +the hearts and reins, and He knoweth how greatly I long that He may give +me to drink of the cup of His sufferings, as He has granted to others who +love Him. I pray God that He may give me perseverance, and enable me to +bear a faithful witness until my departure. And if I have striven after +anything good for my God's sake, whom I love, I beseech Him that I, with +those my new converts who have fallen into captivity, may shed my blood +for his Name's sake, even though I should never be buried, even though my +body should be torn in pieces by wild beasts. I believe firmly that if +this should befall me, I should gain my body as well as my soul; for +undoubtedly, in that day, we shall arise and shine like the sun, that is, +in the glory of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ, who is the Son of the living +God, as joint heirs with Christ, renewed in His image; for by Him, +through Him, and with Him shall we reign. That sun which we see, rises +daily for us by God's command; but it will never reign, and its +brightness will not last for ever. All those also who worship it will +(unhappy ones!) draw down punishment on themselves. But we pray in faith +to Christ, the _true Sun_, that will never set, and he also who doeth His +will shall never set, but shall live for ever, as Christ lives for ever, +and reigns with God, the Almighty Father, and the Holy Spirit, from +everlasting to everlasting." + +Patrick would gladly, after the absence and labours of many years, have +once more visited his relations and his old friends in his native Britain +and in Gaul, but he sacrificed his inclination to the higher calling. "I +would gladly," he says, "have journeyed to my fatherland and my parents, +and also once more have visited my brethren in Gaul, that I might have +seen again the countenances of the saints of my Lord; God knows I longed +for it much, but I am restrained by the Spirit, who witnesseth to me, +that if I do this, He will hold me guilty, and I fear lest the work I +have commenced should fall to the ground." + + + + +TABLE + + +_Shewing the Deaths, at different Ages, in the Society of Friends in +Great Britain and Ireland, during the years _1847-48, and 1848-49, 1849- +50. + +AGE. YEAR 1847-48. YEAR 1848-49. YEAR 1849-50. + Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. +Under +1 year 13 10 23 14 10 24 5 8 13 +{129} +Under +5 years 22 23 45 20 17 37 8 11 19 +From 5 +years +to 10 7 9 16 4 4 8 2 6 8 +From 10 +to 15 7 7 14 3 3 6 0 2 2 +From 15 +to 20 7 13 20 9 10 19 2 7 9 +From 20 +to 30 13 16 29 13 13 26 9 6 15 +From 30 +to 40 6 13 19 11 19 30 6 12 18 +From 40 +to 50 13 15 28 10 24 34 9 14 23 +From 50 +to 60 14 12 26 9 25 34 12 17 29 +From 60 +to 70 23 25 48 29 37 66 21 30 51 +From 70 +to 80 28 58 86 24 44 68 33 40 73 +From 80 +to 90 21 26 47 16 33 49 22 22 44 +From 90 +to 100 3 6 9 4 8 12 2 4 6 +All +ages 164 223 387 152 237 389 131 179 310 + + + +Footnotes: + +{2} See Memoir at the end of the Obituary. + +{129} The numbers in this series are included in the text, "under 5 +years." + +Average age in 1847-48, 48 years, 11 months, and 25 days. + +Average age in 1848-49, 51 years, 3 months, and 22 days. + +Average age in 1849-50, 54 years, and 9 months. + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1851*** + + +******* This file should be named 18502.txt or 18502.zip ******* + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/5/0/18502 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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