Five days after the action, and when the walls of the entrenchment had been nearly levelled with the ground, the sandbank in the middle of the river was completely covered with dead Sikhs; and the ground on the left bank, and within the entrenchment, thickly strewed with carcases of men and horses. Then all was quiet; the European soldiers had been carefully covered with earth, and at one spot near the dry bed of the Nullah,

no fewer than twenty-seven soldiers of the 1st European light infantry lay interred in a single grave. The Sikhs had returned for their dead, and the Commander-in-chief generously allowed them to carry off the body of Sirdar Sham Singh, and other persons of note; but the task was found irksome, and hundreds of Sikhs were left as food for the jackal, the dog, and the vulture.-Dr. M'Gregor's History of the Sikhs.

JULY 26th, 1847.-At Gweek, in the Helston Circuit, Charity, wife of Mr. Johns, aged seventythree. She was a member of the Wesleyan society more than forty years, and walked worthy of her high vocation. For some months she was feeble; her death was comparatively sudden, having been confined to her room only a few days. She was evidently ready for the change. Her end was serene and happy. To her daughter, who paid her a visit, and who was about to leave her, she said, "Stay and see me escape to bliss." In reply to a question, her last words were, "I have a desire to depart and be with Christ."

J. E.

August 22d.-At Northwich, Mrs. Charlotte Joynson, aged eighty-six years. When fourteen years of age, she was awakened to a sense of her spiritual danger, by means of an earthquake, and soon after joined the society, of which she continued a devoted member to the end of her life. At that time Methodism in Northwich was much opposed, and its adherents assailed by persecution; but Mrs. Joynson remained steadfast. She possessed in a high degree the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. The house of God she truly loved. When deprived of the public ordinances, she devoted her whole time to reading and prayer. Her last moments were not only peaceful, but truly joyful. She often waved her hand in triumph, and without a struggle fell asleep in Jesus. J. C.

Sept. 4th.-At Hadley, in the Whitchurch Circuit, Salop, Mr. John Lewis, of Hadley-Hall, Marbury-cum-Quoisley, aged forty-three. His mother, who was a member of our society, was accustomed to take him with her to the means of grace. When he was but young and early in life, he became the subject of gracious influences. In the year 1828, he was deeply convinced of sin; but it was not till some years after that he obtained the assurance of his acceptance with God. From this period he went on his way rejoicing. After an illness of but a few days, in the prime of life, and to the grief of all who knew him, he exchanged time for eternity.

S. T.

Oct. 11th.-At Kidderminster, Mary Brown, in the fifty-second year of her age. She was

savingly brought to God about seventeen years ago, and joined the Methodist society. She patiently endured a long and painful affliction. Almost her last words were, "I am going; and I am going safe." J. S.

Oct. 13th.-At Darlington, Ambrose Douglas Perkins, only son of Ambrose Perkins, Esq., in the twentieth year of his age, of consumption, which he endured for six wearisome months, with unwavering patience and Christian resignation. From his childhood he was deeply impressed with the importance of divine things; and, while a pupil at the Sheffield Proprietary School, being only twelve years of age, he began to meet in class, and continued to do so for some time. But after this, the impressions which he had received in a great measure were effaced, until December, 1845, when he was truly converted to God, and reunited himself to the Wesleyan body. He was always affectionate and kind, although naturally reserved and timid. In writing to a friend of his, soon after the commencement of his illness, he observed, "It is the Lord's doing, and blessed be the Lord for the affliction." After this, he never expressed a wish to live. During the last six weeks of his earthly career, he was obliged to keep his bed, where, while his frail body was spending wearisome nights and days, his soul was evidently making daily advances in a meetness for that world where there will be no more pain, and the enjoyments of which he was permitted to anticipate. Some of his expressions were, "I get weaker every day; but I do not complain." "I know I am going to heaven." "Jesus is mine, and I am his." He often said, "I shall soon be in glory." When unable to sleep, he would frequently repeat hymns, &c., so that, to the end of his journey, it was delightful to hear him thus express his joyful hope of the glory of God. At length, nature having become exhausted, he quietly fell asleep in Jesus. R. H.

Oct. 19th.-At Wilden, in the Stourport Circuit, Mr. Isaac Summerhill, aged fifty-eight. In the year 1808, the Wesleyan Ministers visited his native village. He was one of the first who attended their ministry, and the same year he was brought to "a knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus." In 1815 he became a Local

Preacher, and for many years was the Leader of a class. His removal was sudden and unexpected. He preached with much energy, on the 3d instant, in the country, returned home, and, in the night, was seized with that disease which, in about a fortnight, terminated in death. His mind was kept in peace, and some of his last words were, "Glory, glory, glory!" shortly after uttering which, his spirit calmly and peacefully entered into rest. Reader, may thy last end be like his ! J. S.

Oct. 22d.-At Wrexham, Mr. John Jones, in the forty-seventh year of his age. He had been a member of the Wesleyan-Methodist society about thirty-three years, a laborious and valuable Local Preacher twenty-seven, and a Class-Leader for many years. To the poor, the sick, and the dying, he was a diligent, kind, and sympathizing friend. His affliction was short, and his end was calm and peaceful. Some of his expressions were, "I am happy;" "I am on the Rock; "I have not that rapture I should like; but I have peace." A little before he died, he commenced singing, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." He then prayed for his two daughters, and said, "Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly," and calmly expired. W. C.

Oct. 23d.-At Bath, Mr. John George Cook, aged twenty-seven. He was from infancy seriously disposed, and a subject of the strivings of the Holy Spirit; but did not decidedly give his heart to God until the removal by death of his beloved father, eleven years previously. This led him to seek an interest in the love of God; nor was he long before he realized the literal fulfilment of the promise, "When my father forsakes me, then the Lord will take me up." He continued from this time a highly conscientious member of the Wesleyan society, and died in the full assurance of salvation through Christ. Throughout his affliction, though his sufferings were great, no murmuring word escaped his lips, and the last few hours of his life were prayer lost in praise. Being interrogated shortly before his departure concerning his approaching dissolution, he expressed himself as being perfectly resigned to the will of God, and happy in the prospect of leaving this world of shadows.

W. D.

Oct. 26th.-At Ramsay, Catherine Gill, aged seventy-five; a doubting, fearing, but conscientious Christian. A deep sense of her own unworthiness kept her in humility before God; yet, through simple trust in Christ, she was frequently enabled to rejoice in the sense of the divine favour, and in hope of the glory of God. Her last illness, which was long and painful, was borne with unmurmuring submission; and as she entered the valley of the shadow of death, she could say, "I will fear no evil; for thou art with me."

W. S.

Oct. 26th.-At Ramsay, John Kelly, son of the late Mr. William Kelly, aged thirty-eight. From childhood he had been a steady member of the Wesleyan society, and for many years a valuable and successful Local Preacher. He was a man of firm integrity, of sincere piety, of ardent

love to, and fervent zeal for, Christ; and his uprightness and consistency commanded the respect of all who knew him. For some time he had been of an infirm state of health; but his friends had no apprehension of his immediate removal: when, however, they were flattering themselves that he was better than usual, in a few moments he was called to his reward. Although the suddenness of his departure prevented him from bearing testimony to the power of the grace of God in his dying moments, yet his previous life gives undoubting assurance that he is safely lodged in "Abraham's bosom."

W. S.

Nov. 2d.-At Calverley, in the Bradford Circuit, Mr. Samuel Hartley, youngest son of Mr. James Hartley, whose death is recorded in page 340 of this volume, aged forty-five years. He was converted to God, and became a Methodist, in the twenty-third year of his age, and maintained his profession with great consistency. His death-bed was an unusually happy one. He said to me, "I am very happy. I have Christ in my heart, the world entirely under my feet, and heaven full before me." Having committed his wife and nine children to that God who, in his holy habitation, is "a Father to the fatherless, and a Husband to the widow," he was undisturbed in his latter days by earthly cares, saying to a friend who kindly inquired if he had any wishes to express concerning his temporal affairs, Nay, I am dwelling in a higher region, and I shall not come down." Just before his death, his sister having said to him, "You are in the valley of the shadow of death," he replied, "Yes, I am; but, glory be to God, there is light right through." C. H.

Nov. 5th.-At Dover, Miss Elizabeth Bushell, aged thirty-eight. She was little more than two years old when her mother died; and her father, being at that time a Wesleyan, took her to the house of God, where her mind was gradually opened to receive the truth. Her attachment to the people of God was strengthened as she grew in years; and in 1826 she united herself to the society. She earnestly sought, and soon obtained, the knowledge of salvation by the remission of her sins. By reading Mr. Wesley's work on "Christian Perfection," and other works on the same subject, she was convinced of the necessity of a deeper work of grace; and in 1840, she was enabled to believe that the blood of Jesus Christ had cleansed her from all sin; and she kept the beginning of her confidence steadfast unto the end. She was strongly attached to the doctrines and discipline of Methodism ; and when she went out to service, one of the first questions she asked was, whether she should be allowed to attend the Wesleyan chapel; and she would not go to any place where she was denied that privilege. Well would it be if other servants would follow her example, and not surrender their privileges to High Churchism and Puseyistic intolerance. In the class-meetings, she spoke with much Christian simplicity of her union with Christ; and through her protracted and painful affliction, she was enabled to say, "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." Her love to the means of

grace constrained her to attend when prudence dictated the propriety of staying at home. For the last eight months of her life she was confined to her bed; but the presence of the Lord made her sick-room the house of God and the gate of heaven. It was a privilege to visit her, and to hear her express her strong confidence in God her Saviour, and to witness her Christian cheerfulness and patience, which enabled her to say in all her sufferings, "The will of the Lord be done." To a friend, who visited her, and who, on one occasion, found her exercised with strong pain, in answer to a remark of his, that "pain is not joyous," she said, "O, no! not to flesh and blood; but I have had supporting grace hitherto, and the Lord will not leave me now." On the day she died, she lifted her hand in token of victory, and said to her attendant, "I want to make you understand I am happy." These were nearly the last words she uttered; and with praise on her lips, and peace in her soul, she entered into the joy of her Lord. T. P.

Nov. 5th.-At Great Yarmouth, Sarah Westhorp Budds, aged thirty. From early life she was trained in the fear of God. At the age of fifteen she sought the Lord with all her heart, and joined the society. She soon obtained peace with God, and for some years walked in the comforts of the Holy Ghost. Through unwatchfulness she lost ground, and as soon as possible again joined the society, as did her husband; and for the remaining years of her life she never in heart even swerved from the ways or people of God, but became an example of every Christian virtue, to the end of her course. Her love to the house of God was ardent and fervent; and never was she absent when it was possible or prudent for her to be present. The constancy with which she read and searched the sacred oracles, rendered her conversations, whether in Christian fellowship, or on the sick-bed, where she long lay, greatly edifying. She did indeed walk with God. In the godly training of her children, she was exemplary; and to warn, exhort, and entreat sinners and backsliders, she spared no pains; and God gave her fruit. Her resignation to the will of God was great; and her calm and joyous anticipations of the better world made it a privilege to wait on God with her. Though comparatively poor, she was kindly, benevolent, and self-denying for the cause of God. She longed to depart, and to be with Christ. In this happy frame she left her sorrowing friends, for "the palace of angels and God." W. W., 3d.

Nov. 9th.-At Garsdale, in the Kendal Circuit, Margaret Haygarth, aged thirty-seven. During a revival of religion in Garsdale, about nine years since, she was brought to the enjoyment of true religion. From that time till her death, she was a member of the Wesleyan society. She profited greatly by meeting in class, where she invariably obtained spiritual good. At the commencement of her last affliction, her mind was painfully exercised by the assaults of temptation. But her faith, thus tried, was not overcome. After a while the snare was broken; peace of mind was again enjoyed, and divine support was continued to her death. A short time before she left this

world, she was very happy. When her friends stood beside her bed, mourning at the thought that she would soon be taken from them, she attempted to comfort them by informing them of her happy state, saying, "Jesus stands at the foot of my bed, waiting to receive me." At another time she waved her arm as expressive of victory, and shouted, "Glory! glory! glory!" Thus did her heavenly Father, whom she had loved and served in health, support and comfort her in affliction and in death; and she closed her earthly existence, to enter into the joy of the Lord. E. B.

Nov. 11th.-At Witton-Gilbert, in the Durham Circuit, Mr. John Ainsley, aged forty-four. For several years he had been a steady member of the Wesleyan-Methodist society. On the morning of the above day, he had gone into the fields to superintend the removal of some trees on the estates of the Earl of Durham, when he was suddenly called into the world of spirits. He was a truly good, benevolent, and pious man; and his sorrowing wife, children, and friends are consoled by the confident hope they cherish that to him sudden death was sudden glory.

S. R.

Nov. 11th.-At Redruth, in Cornwall, Mrs. Martin, widow of the late Mr. Samuel Martin, aged eighty-six. For sixty-one years she had been a member of the Wesleyan society, during which time she maintained a most unblemished and consistent profession. Few persons in the quiet walks of life have more signally adorned the principles of the Gospel. She was distinguished for humility, meekness, tenderness of conscience, firmness of purpose, and Christian charity; invariably throwing the mantle of love over the infirmities of others, never speaking evil of any, nor suffering it to be done in her presence, always returning good for evil, and regarding no office too menial or too laborious in doing good to the poor, the afflicted, and the desolate. As a wife, a mother, and a friend, she was affectionate and faithful, prudent and sincere. Her end was full of triumphant confidence in Christ. "It is finished,' that is my foundation," were her last words, spoken while tranquilly sinking into the arms of death.

J. G.

Nov. 11th.-At Shepton Mallet, William Timbery, aged ninety-five. He was converted to God in his twenty-fifth year; and from that time to the day of his death was a steady and consistent member of the Wesleyan society. His strength gradually declined, and he died in peace. J. T.

Nov. 13th.-At Retreat, in the Whitehaven Circuit, William Wilson, Esq., aged sixty-four. In early life, he was brought to a knowledge of Christ; and to the end of his days, he was exemplary for sincere piety and uniform attention to the duties of religion. During forty-five years, he discharged the duties of a Class-Leader with fidelity; and the office of a Local Preacher, for which he possessed superior qualifications. His attachment to the Wesleyan body, in the bosom of which he and his parents had been nurtured, was strong and unwavering to the last. By all who knew him he was highly esteemed. For his

Nov. 18th.-At Coleford, in the Shepton-Mallet Circuit, James Button. In early life he was savingly converted to God, and united himself to the Wesleyan society. He adorned his profession by a uniform and consistent deportment. For several years he filled the offices of Leader and Society-Steward with acceptance and usefulness. The affliction which terminated his life was borne with true Christian resignation. Some of his last words were, that he had no fear of going to heaven. He calmly fell asleep in Jesus, and departed to be "for ever with the Lord."

J. T.

Dec. 19th.-At Bristol, in the seventy-sixth year of her age, Mrs. Elizabeth Rouch, relict of the late Mr. Isaac Rouch, of that city, and mother of the Rev. W. W. Rouch, Wesleyan Minister. She was favoured with religious parents, who carefully trained their children in the way that they should go, so that she became in very early life acquainted with divine things, and at the age of fourteen years a member of the Wesleyan society, in union with which she remained until removed to the triumphant church. She was well disciplined in the school of affliction, which for many years she endured with Christian fortitude. Her last illness was severe and lingering; but patience had her perfect work, and she was filled with divine comfort. being made

"Meet through consecrated pain
To see the face divine,"

After

she exchanged mortality for life, and died in peace. W. W. R.

Feb. 6th, 1848.-At Glasgow, Isabella, the wife of the Rev. Roger Moore. She was a native of Nassau, New-Providence, Bahamas; but educated at Ayr, in Scotland. On returning to her native country, she became a member of the Episcopal Church, and served God according to

the light she had. Bereavement led her to seek the Lord more fully; and through the ministry of the Wesleyan Missionaries, she was led to see the way of salvation more clearly, and to obtain mercy. In 1815, she joined the Wesleyan society, and exerted her influence to promote the cause of God. For many years she enjoyed the blessing of sanctification, and fully evidenced its profession in her walk and conversation. Her zeal and usefulness called forth universal respect and esteem, both in the Bahamas and Bermudas, and in different Circuits in Great Britain. Her piety and benevolence will long be remembered. Anticipating her dissolution, she said, on coming to Scotland, "How peculiar will be the dispensations of God, if, after all my wanderings, I should come to Scotland to die!" Her death was rather sudden; but she was fully prepared. Some of her last words were, "I have no rapturous joy, but I have a settled peace. My trust is in my God. I am on the Rock. I can say nothing of myself, but with Mr. Wesley,

"I the chief of sinners am,

But Jesus died for me.'"

S. J. S.

Feb. 18th.-At Leigh, near Manchester, aged twenty-two, Mr. Alexander Innes Shipman, son of the Rev. John Shipman; a young man of great promise, and deep piety. He was amiable in his spirit, affectionate, and pleasant in his manners, by which he gained the love and esteem of all who knew him. The closing scene of his short life was deeply interesting, from the sure trust and confidence he had in God, through faith in Christ. Being naturally diffident, he surprised his friends by the holy exultation and triumph with which he met his last enemy. He indeed could have exclaimed, "O death, where is thy sting?" J. S.

March 6th.-At Huddersfield, Mr. John Winterburn, the father of the Rev. William Winterburn, aged fifty-five. He was converted to God under the ministry of the late Rev. Edward Gibbons, in 1807. For upwards of twenty-two years he was a diligent and faithful Class-Leader, and for thirty-six an acceptable and useful Local Preacher. From the time of his conversion to his departure, he not only maintained an unble. mished reputation, but he was greatly respected and beloved by all who knew him. His death is greatly lamented by that church to which, for more than forty years, he had been cordially united. He died as he had lived, happy in God; and of him, as of Stephen, it may be said, "Devout men carried him to his burial, and made great lamentation over him." J. H.

AMONG the reigning evils of the present day, one of the greatest, perhaps, is the almost universal spirit of party,

through which opinions are formed on public occurrences, not so much according to their real character, as according to the

relation in which they are supposed to stand to the interests of the party to which he who forms the opinion may happen to belong. The "Christian Spectator," conscientiously standing aloof from all party, endeavours to judge of events by referring them to the changeless and unerring standard of the word of God, and the plainly declared purposes and will of the living and Almighty Ruler of the world, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; and approves or disapproves them as they may conform to this standard, or be opposed to it. For praise or blame, he asks not by whom the measures have been proposed, but what is their character in reference to the great principles of the Gospel. But though he may experience little difficulty in forming his judgments, the case is different when he would express them. So extensive, almost so unlimited, are the ramifications of party, that the expression of Christian opinion brings him into collision with those whom yet he desires not to offend, and silence becomes wisdom. We have arrived at a state in which, at length, things will have their course, and the current of affairs is mightily moving on to its issue. In such a position, the Christian will stand still, and wait for the salvation of God. From the sure word of prophecy he knows both the ultimate purposes of God respecting the human race, and the unfailing wisdom and energy of that administration by which all things, even those which by human agents are otherwise designed, are directed to their promotion. It is his consolation to know that Zion's God, infinitely holy and benevolent, wise and powerful, in the most emphatic sense of the term, "reigneth;" and in this he rests, more earnestly than ever, praying, and calling on all who will listen to him to do the same, "Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven!" Two things are certain; for "the mouth of the Lord hath spoken" them. "The nation and kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish,"—that is, will not serve God as reigning in his church,—“ yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted." And, "The kingdoms of this world are

become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever."

Among the measures brought forward in the new Parliament, and thus far successfully, are two, which, as usual, are so thoroughly defended or opposed on the principles of party, that the "Christian Spectator must be content to mention them, and pass on. One is to enable the Government to establish diplomatic relations with Rome, the other to admit Jews into the House of Commons. They who think that the Legislature of a country like this ought to be Christian and Protestant, will view these measures with regret and alarm: they who think that the Legislature should have no distinctive religious character, will approve them, and urge their adoption. Be the latter opinion right or wrong, be such measures for the weal or woe of the land, the prevailing course of thought is assuredly moving in this direction; and the grand experiment is evidently about to be tried, whether legislation which discards all reference to the purposes of the actual administration of Providence as explicitly declared in Scripture, and which in some cases directly contravenes them, can ultimately prosper. Of one law of the divine government, no believer in the Bible can doubt, that God's highest displeasure is shown by suffering a people to walk in their own ways, and that they are punished, and corrected where correction is possible, by allowing them to experience the issues of their own determinations.

To one recent event, however, no "Christian Spectator" can look without pleasure and thankfulness. We refer to the appointment of the venerated Bishop of Chester, Dr. Sumner, to the archiepiscopal See of Canterbury. Whether so it ought to be or not, the power of such appointments belongs to the Crown; and never was such power more wisely, more beneficially, exercised, than in the present instance. Better advice to the Sovereign was never tendered, than that by which her chief Minister recommended the elevation of a man who is known to be one of the worthiest representatives, at