The bright fixed star, Arcturus, souths on the 1st at half-past nine, and on the 16th at half-past eight, in the evening. *On Monday, the 1st of July, the Moon will be visibly eclipsed at midnight: the eclipse will begin at four minutes past eleven ; middle, forty-three minutes past twelve, when above ten parts out of twelve of the Moon's disk will be darkened; and the eclipse will end at twenty-one minutes after two o'clock on Tuesday morning. Greenwich, Kent. WILLIAM ROGERSON. JUVENILE OBITUARY. 1. DIED, Jan. 8th, 1832, at Rockley Hall, in the Barnsley Circuit, Miss Anne Biggins, in the twenty-third year of her age. She was a subject of religious impressions in early life, most probably in consequence of the religious instruction given her by a pious mother. When she was about twelve or thirteen years of age she visited her brother-in-law, who then resided at Tankersley. Her design was, that she might have an opportunity of attending some prayer-meetings which were held in the neighbourhood. These serious impressions, however, soon wore off; and the pleasures of the world, and the care of other things, occupied her attention. In April, 1829, she again visited her pious brother-in-law, who had removed to Wombwell. She inquired if he were going to Burton lovefeast: he told her he was; and if she were desirous of going, he would engage to procure her admittance. To this she readily agreed, and accompanied him to the house of God. Mr. Brookes preached a sermon preparatory to the lovefeast; at which time it pleased the Father of mercies to shine into her mind, and enlighten her understanding, so that she saw and felt herself a great sinner before God. The lovefeast succeeded the sermon, and afterwards a prayer-meeting. Here she was in the deepest distress, in consequence of the danger to which she was exposed through sin. From that time she had no enjoyment in the pleasures of the world, but gave up every thing she believed to be contrary to the will of God, and began carefully to seek the Lord with her whole heart. On the 8th of February, 1830, she, accompanied by a cousin, attended a religious meeting, at which time her distress was insupportable. It pleased the Lord, in his infinite mercy, to look upon his handmaid, and remove the burden from her mind, by enabling her to rely solely on the merits of her crucified Saviour; and she was enabled to say, "My God is reconciled, His pard'ning voice I hear, He owns me for his child, I can no longer fear; With confidence I now draw nigh, And, Father, Abba, Father, cry." She went home from the meeting rejoicing in the salvation of God; and from that time her deep piety, profound humility, zeal for the and bean; and tadpoles appear in great swarms in ponds and ditches. Clover is now in blossom, and yields its delightful fragrance; the poppy, fox-glove, and elder-tree are in blow, and the several species of corn and grasses are in flower. Greenwich, Kent. WILLIAM ROGERSON. BRIEF ASTRONOMICAL NOTICES, FOR JUNE, 1833. "Almighty Power! amazing are thy ways, The THE SUN rises on the 1st at fifty-one minutes past three, and sets at five minutes after eight: on the 12th he rises at forty-five minutes past three, and sets at fourteen minutes after eight. Sun enters the solsticial sign Cancer on the 21st, at seventeen minutes past five in the afternoon, at which time the summer quarter commences; and on the 28th the Sun rises at forty-seven minutes after three, and sets at eighteen minutes after eight. The MOON is full on the 2d, at ten minutes before twelve at noon; and rises on the 3d at a quarter past nine in the evening: she rises on the 5th at ten o'clock, and on the 7th at midnight. The Moon enters on her last quarter on the 10th, at twenty minutes past twelve at noon; and rises on the 12th at half-past one in the morning. The Moon changes on the 17th, at ten minutes past eleven at night; and sets on the 20th at forty minutes after ten in the evening she enters on her first quarter on the 24th, at thirty minutes past three in the afternoon; and passes the meridian on the 26th at ten minutes before eight: she souths on the 28th at halfpast nine, and on the 30th at a quarter after eleven, at night. MERCURY is invisible. VENUS is now a morning star, and is to be seen in the eastern horizon before sun-rise: she appears a beautiful crescent through a good telescope. MARS sets on the 8th at twenty minutes past eleven, and on the 26th about half-past ten, at night. JUPITER appears in the mornings: he rises on the 4th at two o'clock, and on the 15th about one hour earlier. SATURN is to be seen in the south-west after sun-set: his ring is invisible, even through a powerful telescope, till the 10th; afterwards it may be discerned. Saturn sets on the 16th about mid The bright fixed star, Arcturus, souths on the 1st at half-past nine, and on the 16th at half-past eight, in the evening. On Monday, the 1st of July, the Moon will be visibly eclipsed at midnight: the eclipse will begin at four minutes past eleven ; middle, forty-three minutes past twelve, when above ten parts out of twelve of the Moon's disk will be darkened; and the eclipse will end at twenty-one minutes after two o'clock on Tuesday morning. Greenwich, Kent. WILLIAM ROGERSON. JUVENILE OBITUARY. 1. DIED, Jan. 8th, 1832, at Rockley Hall, in the Barnsley Circuit, Miss Anne Biggins, in the twenty-third year of her age. She was a subject of religious impressions in early life, most probably in consequence of the religious instruction given her by a pious mother. When she was about twelve or thirteen years of age she visited her brother-in-law, who then resided at Tankersley. Her design was, that she might have an opportunity of attending some prayer-meetings which were held in the neighbourhood. These serious impressions, however, soon wore off; and the pleasures of the world, and the care of other things, occupied her attention. In April, 1829, she again visited her pious brother-in-law, who had removed to Wombwell. She inquired if he were going to Burton lovefeast: he told her he was; and if she were desirous of going, he would engage to procure her admittance. To this she readily agreed, and accompanied him to the house of God. Mr. Brookes preached a sermon preparatory to the lovefeast; at which time it pleased the Father of mercies to shine into her mind, and enlighten her understanding, so that she saw and felt herself a great sinner before God. The lovefeast succeeded the sermon, and afterwards a prayer-meeting. Here she was in the deepest distress, in consequence of the danger to which she was exposed through From that time she had no enjoyment in the pleasures of the world, but gave up every thing she believed to be contrary to the will of God, and began carefully to seek the Lord with her whole heart. sin. On the 8th of February, 1830, she, accompanied by a cousin, attended a religious meeting, at which time her distress was insupportable. It pleased the Lord, in his infinite mercy, to look upon his handmaid, and remove the burden from her mind, by enabling her to rely solely on the merits of her crucified Saviour; and she was enabled to say, "My God is reconciled, His pard'ning voice I hear, He owns me for his child, I can no longer fear; With confidence I now draw nigh, And, Father, Abba, Father, cry." She went home from the meeting rejoicing in the salvation of God; and from that time her deep piety, profound humility, zeal for the cause of God, and liberality in its support, were equalled by very few of her age and sex. In the summer of 1831, she had a slight affliction, and often afterwards experienced considerable indisposition and debility, but was at all times exceedingly patient and resigned. About three weeks before her last illness, she attended the funeral of one of her cousins. On the evening previous she went to the class; when she was unusually serious, and prayed most devoutly that she might go from her cousin's grave, and prepare for her own. noon. Her last affliction commenced on the evening of Christmas-day. In the morning she arose deeply impressed with the apprehension that something very important and awful was at hand; and prayed earnestly to the Lord to prepare her for all his righteous will. Though scarcely able to walk, she attended the service of the church in the morning, and the preaching at Brough-Green in the afterAt tea she was seized with violent pain; but being immediately put to bed, her friends anticipated her speedy recovery. But herein the Lord had otherwise determined. On the Wednesday following her Class-Leader visited her, and asked her most affectionately if she felt her heart was right with God, and if she was assured of her interest in Christ. She replied, "Yes; I feel that Jesus is my Saviour." On Thursday morning her friends thought her end was drawing near; and inquired if she wished any one to be sent for; when she requested her Class-Leader might be called. On his arrival, she expressed strong confidence in God, declaring that her soul was happy, and Christ precious. When her acute pain had in some measure abated, she talked of Jesus, her class, and the cause of God; and afterwards prayed in a most impressive manner, separately for herself, her father, brothers, and sisters, and their children, her Class-Leader, and class-mates, for the church, and then for the whole world. She never murmured at the dispensation of Providence; but was thankful that she was enabled to endure pain with patience; never expressed the least desire to recover, but prayed that she might do and suffer all the will of God. She faithfully warned all her friends and acquaintance of their dangerous situation while destitute of the saving grace of God. About ten o'clock in the night previous to her dissolution, she fixed her eyes first on one, then another, who stood by her bed, as if taking leave of them, and bidding her last and long adieu. She endeavoured to pray, but weakness appeared to prevent. She then lifted up her heart to Jesus, and said, "O Lord, if it be thy will, strengthen me that I may pray once more." She then prayed in a louder and stronger manner than she was wont to do, and that for near an hour, until she appeared quite exhausted; and then sunk imperceptibly into the arms of death. The last words which were distinctly heard were, "Glory, Glory! Lord Jesus! Amen, Amen!" Thus died one of the most patient, consistent, and pious young 2. Died, at Dodworth, near Barnsley, February 23d, Sarah Slack, aged twenty-three years. From her infancy she was of a mild and affectionate disposition, possessed of fine feelings, and was a subject of restraining grace. When she was about fifteen years of age, it pleased the Almighty to remove her pious mother out of time into eternity, and this made a lasting impression on her mind. Accompanied by the operation of the Spirit of God, this event induced her to seek the Lord with her whole heart. In the spring of the year 1824, she became a member of the Methodist society; and seeing her uniform conduct, and regular attendance on the means of grace, an attempt was made by a friend to obtain a knowledge of her spiritual state. She said that she had not satisfactory evidence that she was a child of God; but frequently felt happy in the service of the Redeemer: at other times she was much depressed, feeling herself an unworthy and unprofitable servant. About this time a revival of religion took place, and a prayer-meeting was established on Monday evenings. Then it was that, by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ with her whole heart, she obtained a sense of the divine favour, and began publicly to exercise in prayer. The humble yet earnest manner in which her petitions were offered, showed that her desire was to sit at the feet of Jesus, and meekly learn his will concerning her. After she had found salvation, she began to feel greatly concerned for the spiritual welfare of her father and brothers; and never is it recollected that she omitted praying that God would "strike with the hammer of his word, and break their hearts of stone." were her prayers in vain; for she had the happiness of seeing one of her brothers brought to a saving knowledge of the truth. She was not only a diligent attendant on the public means of grace, but loved to pour out her soul when none but God was near. Full well she knew that as the body could not be kept alive without the bread that perisheth, neither could the soul, without that which cometh down from heaven: hence it was her custom to retire to her closet immediately after having partaken of the bounties of Providence. But the meek and gentle spirit was soon called to bear the sufferings of affliction, which she endured with equanimity, and profound submission to the will of God. Soon after her recovery she became a subject of temptation. The anchor which sustained her soul almost lost its hold; the shield of faith was well nigh wrenched from her trembling hand; but after wrestling with God some time in prayer, several passages of Scripture were applied to her mind, and she was again made a happy recipient of the grace of God. Her reliance for eternal glory was on that foundation which God hath laid; and while she indulged in the most humiliating views of herself, she gloried in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Nor She was again called to suffer affliction, which she bore with Christian fortitude and resignation. She was persuaded that her affliction was unto death; and she looked forward with delight to |