lieved that God had accepted her; and her joy increased until she was led out to praise the Lord with all her powers. A few days before she departed, her patience and experience were full of interest. Her aunt asked if she was afraid to die. "No," she replied, "I am not afraid to die." She desired her aunt to pray, and praise the Lord. In her devotion her soul was so happy, that her bodily strength was exhausted. Her exhortations to her mother to give her heart to God, and meet with his people, were so powerful, that her mother promised to do so. On Thursday, before she died, she was very weak, but so happy that she longed to be with Jesus. The day she departed her mother looked at her in her affliction (which was the dropsy) and wept. "Mother," she said, "do not weep for me; I am not yours; I am only lent to you for a little time. I belong to Jesus, and he is coming for me." The last distinct word she uttered was, Hallelujah." MISCELLANEA. JUVENILE MISSIONARY MEETINGS. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. - Mr. | school alone. The amount colEditor. We held our second lected at the meeting was 18s. Juvenile Missionary Meeting in We are in hopes of surpassing Salem Chapel, Newcastle-on- last year's efforts before ConTyne, on Lord's day, March 19th. ference, besides having raised The meeting commenced by £1 for the Australian fund. singing the 333rd hymn, W. J. T. Оп MANCHESTER, NORTH. Sunday afternoon, the 19th of March. we held our annual Salem Juvenile Missionary Meeting in the School-room beneath the chapel, Strangeways. The meeting was well attended, both by members of the congregation and also by our scholars. The chair was ably and efficiently occupied by Mr. Derbyshire, and energetic addresses were delivered by Revds. J. Graham, E. Wright, Messrs. Makinson, Stanley, and Jenkinson. A few short and appropriate pieces were recited by some of the "Jesus, thou soul of all our joys," &c. and prayer from our respected minister, Rev. G. Hallatt, after which Mr. Hallatt took the chair, and delivered an interesting address on the present state of our Missions at home and abroad; addresses were also delivered by Messrs. Townsend, Potts, junr., E. Moore, J. Hedley, J. Johnstone, and J. Watson. Pieces were recited by John Hedley, junr., Elizabeth Hedley, and Elizabeth Spiers. Several anthems were sung at intervals by the children, which, altogether, gave the meeting a degree of interest proportioned to the occasion. From the report read, it appeared that up- scholars. The amount raised wards of £4 had been contributed this year for the missions, by the to the general fund by our teachers and scholars, is-by cards, £6 2s. 1d; collected at the annual meeting, £1 19s. 6d., making the total amount raised £8 18. 73d. This sum is about £1 less than we raised last year, but we hope before Conference to realize as large an amount as last year, exclusive of the £1 we sometime ago subscribed for the Australian missions. JNO. MAKINSON, Manchester, April 1, 1854. which they are thus assisting to CRIGGLESTONE. The children of the Providence Chapel held their first Juvenile Missionary meeting on the Lord's day morning, March 5th, 1854, when the superintendent, Mr. Joseph Turver, was called to the chair, and opened the meeting by a few remarks on the advantages of effects of the missionary cause, OLDBURY.-On Sunday af-Sunday-schools, and the good ternoon, March 26, the Juvenile Missionary Meeting was held in the Oldbury chapel, Dudley east circuit, S. Sadler, Esq. in the chair (being proposed for the office by some of the boys). The meeting was addressed by the Rev. G. Grundy, with Messrs. E. Holyoake, T. Clark, J. Pardoe, T. Smith, and W. Fisher. Pieces adapted to the occasion were recited by J. Clift, N. Sadler, and J. Mills, S. J. Whitehouse, J. Hollyway, J. Whitehouse, and S. Sadler. There was also appropriate singing, in which the choir kindly assisted. The report, which was read by Mr. J. Bagnall, to whose zeal in training and encouraging the children much of the result is owing, announced that the sum collected by cards and school boxes was £10. The collection at the meeting was £7 15s., making the entire proceeds £17 15s., being £5 15s. in advance of last year. The chapel was well filled, the meet- GATESHEAD FELL, MARCH ing was one of delightful in- 24, 1854.-Rev. Sir.-I beg to terest, and the pecuniary pro- inform you that I have this day ceeds reflect, we think, the forwarded to B. Fowler, Esq., greatest credit upon the children, Liverpool, a post-office order for the teachers, and the friends the Australian Mission Fund, generally. May they all enjoy which sum has been raised by the fullest blessings of that gospel the Gateshead Fell Sabbath school, and should wish it to be | schools in the Gateshead Circuit acknowledged in the MAGAZINE to do likewise. for April. Perhaps you will have the kindness to do so if not too late, as it may be the means of stirring the remainder of the I remain, Rev. Sir, POETRY. ASPIRE. BY MARTIN F. TUPPER. GEORGE S. YOUNG. 1. HIGHER, higher, ever higher, 2. Let a just ambition fire God and man to serve,-- 3. Let not doubt thine efforts tire, 4. From the perils deep and dire 5. And while thus a self-denier, 6. Higher, then, and always higher, Holy liver! happy dier! Earth's poor best, and Heaven's quire, ON SPRING. How cheerful now the fields appear In woods, and shady groves, we hear No more the angry tempests rise But fleecy clouds spread o'er the sky, The lambs, in innocence array'd, The happy moments pass, At liberty sport on the mead, And nip the tender grass. Soft murmuring thro' the blooming vales Where spicy odours scent the gale The swallow, safely perch'd on high, Upon the chimney sings, Or, watching for the fleeting fly, Cowslips, anemones, full blown, The forest banks adorn, Where late the snowdrop peep'd alone Beneath the naked thorn. my indulgent pains and study, not regarding my service to God, but only to my prince." A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE. he recovered. Unexpectedly, both to himself and every one else, he gradually attained his former health. During the progress of his recovery, he regarded The Rev. John Olds, a de- his vow, and professed decided voted minister in London, to- attachment to the service of God; wards the close of the seven- but when he returned to the teenth century, suddenly became business of life, he resumed his ill, immediately after his after- gaieties, and indulged in all the noon prayer, before commencing vanity of a fashionable life. A his sermon, and was removed friend, who was deeply affected from the pulpit to glory. And by his solemn vows when in it is remarkable that, on the trouble, reminded him of the next Sabbath but one, Mr. Kentish, having just roused the attention of his own congregation by mentioning in his sermon the sudden death of Mr. Olds, was himself struck with death. Thus each "His body with his charge laid down, And ceased at once to work and live." REMARK OF JOHN NEWTON. The Rev. John Newton one day mentioned at his table the death of a young lady. A young woman who sat opposite immediately said, "O sir, how did she die?" The venerable man replied, "There is a more important question than that, my dear, which you should have asked first." Sir," " said she, "what question can be more important than 'How did she die?" "How did she live ?" was Mr. Newton's answer. 66 DEATH IN THE BALL-ROOM. A young merchant, in one of the large cities of America, was seized with a dangerous illness, which brought him, apparently, to the very confines of the eternal world. In this situation his past neglect of the Saviour rushed with power on his conscience, and in the most solemn manner he vowed to lead a new life, if Then affecting scene; he remembered THE SIX BROKEN vows. A poor thoughtless man was once taken ill, and sent for the minister of his parish to visit him. He then professed to be very penitent; but he recovered, and again fell into his evil courses. A second time he was ill, and the same promises were held out, but never fulfilled. Six times was this the case in the course of his life; but at length, while engaged in sin, he was cut off suddenly, and called into the eternal world. Reader, 66 to-day" hear the voice of God. and harden not thine heart. |