of the event was conveyed to the American Consul, Mr. Carrol, who exerted himself to render every service in his power on the occasion. It may be proper to say that he procured, at his own expense, suits of appropriate mourning apparel for the three bereaved children.

The burial service was fixed for four o'clock in the afternoon, and the requisite notice given as widely as possible. On the arrival of the hour, the cabin was crowded with the officers and seamen of the American vessels at the island; and the crew of the Sophia Walker appeared with crape on the arm as mourners. Mr. Bertram, a Baptist clergyman at St. Helena, performed the religious services on ship-board, consisting of a prayer, and a pertinent, affecting address to those assembled on the occasion. The coffin was then removed from the cabin to the boat which was to convey it on shore. Several other boats were connected with this, so arranged as to form a funeral procession - three going ahead, towing the one which contained the corpse, and moving forward with a slow, heavy beat of the oar; and another following, in which Mr. Judson and his three children, together with the captain of the ship, were seated as chief mourners.

Meanwhile a large assemblage had already

collected on the shore, awaiting the arrival of the melancholy train. Here a new procession was formed. The body was transferred from the boat to the bier, which was carried by a number of the seamen, with ladies acting as pall-bearers, and preceded by the chaplain. The other seamen, the American Consul and his family, and the principal residents of the place, followed. As the procession passed along, the shops were closed, and all business suspended. On arriving at the grave, another religious service was performed, and the body then committed to its narrow home, amid demonstrations of the deepest interest, from those who witnessed the proceeding. One of the choicest spots in the burying-ground had been selected for this purpose. A beautiful overhanging tree spreads its deep shadow over the grave, and will serve, until some more definite mark be added, to guide the steps of the visitor to her lowly resting place. At a little distance on one side, by a peculiar appropriateness of position, lies the body of an English lady, who laid down her life in the prosecution of the same missionary work; and, on the other, that of a fellow-countryman, an esteemed American captain, who died some years ago at St. Helena.

The chaplain, anxious to perpetuate in some

worthy manner the memory of so precious a name, has requested that a slab, with an appropriate inscription, may be sent out from this country, with the promise that it shall be placed in the walls of the church. At the conclusion of the solemnities, Dr. Judson expressed his thanks to the friends and strangers who had manifested so tender a sympathy in his affliction; and at nine o'clock in the evening, having all re-embarked, the ship again spread her sails upon her homeward voyage.

BURIAL

OF MRS. JUDSON AT ST. HELENA,

September 1st, 1845.

MRS. SIGOURNEY.

Mournfully, tenderly
Bear on your load,
The oars keeping time
O'er the billowy road,

While boat after boat

Gliding slowly the while, Approach the rude shores Of the ocean-beat isle.

What moveth the Teacher
Who labor'd so long
For the cause of his God
'Mid idolatry's throng?

That Teacher who stood
Unappall'd and sublime

'Mid the prisons and chains
Of idolatry's clime.