Samuel had a love for learning, and his parents did what they could to give him a good plain English education. He was very diligent and persevering, and became a good arithmetician, and was enabled to become a teacher himself; so that more than once he had a school of his own. He was often helpful to others, and useful as an accountant. Soon after his marriage, he voluntarily became a teacher in the Sabbath-school at Westmoor; but he soon began to see that this was not sufficient; he felt it his duty also to join in with the people of God. Thus he became a member of the Society, and was gladly received by the friends. He was very useful amongst the children, and laboured not only to teach them them the letter of the word, but likewise the spirit of Christianity; he strove earnestly for the salvation of the children. He had a great love for Sabbath-school teaching, and seemed most in his element when amongst the children. His manner was so attractive that he secured their affections, and was greatly beloved.

Soon after his marriage, our brother was called to pass through a variety of trials. His, indeed, was a chequered scene, a rough path, an unsettled life. He removed to various parts, seeking a livelihood in different localities, having "no certain dwelling-place;" at times following the openings of Providence, and at times going against the clear indications of that God "who chooses the lot of his saints, and fixes the bounds of their habitations." But amidst all his trials he maintained his integrity, and retained "the pearl of great price;" and wherever he pitched his tent he used his endeavours to establish a Sabbath-school where none existed, to introduce the Methodist New Connexion where it was unknown, to benefit the perishing thousands around him by spreading among them the savour of Christianity, and to advance the glory of God.

At length he found a settled home at Willington, among his own people. J. Love, Esq., one of the owners of the works, had, in his earlier days, lived at Westmoor, and met in the class of the father of our departed friend. Out of respect to him, he took Samuel into his employment. Here he was happy and useful, and here he finished his useful career. He united himself with the Society, entered the Sabbath-school, and laid himself out for usefulness in the Church. He was regular in his attendance on all the means of grace, and an attentive

hearer of the Word of God. He heard the word in order that he might profit thereby, and his profiting appeared unto all; he mixed faith with what he heard, and reduced the same to practice. He obeyed the apostolic injunction, "not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord." He lived at Sunnybrow, attending the Sabbath-school there in the morning, and at Brancepeth chapel in the afternoon, bringing the children with him to the Sabbath-school there. It was truly interesting to see our excellent friend leading his young charge to the house of God. His holy example and instructions, his spiritual admonitions and fervent prayers, will long be remembered. His addresses in the Sabbath-school were such as tended to benefit both teachers and scholars. He was evidently growing in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and in a meetness for heaven. He had commenced a select class, which was likely to be the means of much good to the children; but before it had got well-established he was called away by Death to his reward. His removal is still felt; but our loss is his eternal gain; he has gone to be with Christ, which is far better. So clear and satisfactory were the evidences which he was enabled to give of the reality of his religion, that no doubt is entertained of his now being in heaven. May we all prepare to meet him there.

His death was sudden and unexpected, and was occasioned by a large quantity of stone falling upon him, which so injured his body that he died before he reached his home. This happened on Thursday, May 6, 1852. He was at the chapel on the Tuesday night, sitting beside the writer of this in the same pew; and on the Wednesday night at the prayer-meeting, at Sunnybrow,

when it was observed how much he was in earnest while engaged in prayer. Little did his friends think that the day following he would be called to worship in the upper and better Sanctuary, where all tears are wiped away.

It was a severe stroke for his bereaved partner and beloved children. They have each lost an excellent earthly friend. He was a loving husband, and an indulgent and kind parent; and in the short time he survived, expressed his concern for each of them. May his God be their God, and their guide even unto death, and their portion for ever! He was buried at Crook the Sunday following, when his remains were followed to the grave by about 300 persons, in

cluding friends and relatives, deeply lamenting their loss. It was said there never had been such a funeral at Crook before. His death was improved in Brancepeth Chapel, by Mr. Joseph Love, to a large and serious congregation, from Rev. xiv. 13. May the voice be heard and regarded which saith in this event, "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh." HENRY RIDLEY.

RECENT DEATHS.

REV. W. SEATON.

DEAR EDITOR,-On Thursday morning last, Oct. 21st, the Rev. W. Seaton, after months of intense bodily suffering, "fell asleep in Jesus." During his painful affliction, he could rejoice in hope of the glory of God. His faith, though tried as by fire, was firm and unfailing to the last. Now he walks by sight, not by faith. Surely, as one after another of our esteemed brethren and fathers in the ministry are being removed by the stroke of death, we who survive should be stimulated to do our work with all our might. Mr. Seaton was the last male descendant in a direct line from George fifth Earl of Wintoun, whose titles, honours, and estates were forfeited for his share in the Scottish rebellion in 1715. D. ROUND.

Mansfield, Oct. 27th, 1852.

DIED, June 12th, 1852, at Hunslet Carr, aged seventeen years, Jane Duckworth. She had been trained in our Sabbath-school there, which school has been a great blessing to the whole district; and, though rather a sequestered place, it numbers more than 300 scholars; and not a few who have been removed by death have given evidence of their well-founded hopes of heaven. The school, too, has multiplied the Society there, which numbers near eighty members.

Amongst the number who have been

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removed from the Church militant to the Church triumphant, the subject of this obituary was not the least remarkable. Her parents bear testimony to her dutifulness, and her attention to the school and means of grace was exemplary. But it was not till a short while before her death that she had a clear evidence of a change of heart. Then she rejoiced in God her Saviour; throughout her last sickness she was full of peace and joy through believing, and has left a bright testimony of the sufficiency of divine grace to support in a dying hour. Her youthful associates hold her memory in great respect. Hunslet. C. ATKINSON. MARGARET LATHBURY.-Her last affliction was short and severe, but the grace of God was found sufficient to sustain and comfort her mind, to enable her to bow with much submission to the divine will, and she died in peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, August the 15th, in the 55th year of her age. C. J. D.

Longton.

JOSEPH ORTON.-An old man, an old disciple, and had been a consistent member of our Church, first in the Country, and afterward in the Town Society at Longton, for many years. He was much afflicted, and one of the poor of Christ's flock, yet met with much sympathy and kind attention from our friends. But, though poor in this world, he was rich in faith. He enjoyed much of the consolations of the Gospel, and died in the full assurance of faith on the 15th of October. C. J. D. Longton.

MR. ARTHUR LIGHTFOOT died, in the enjoyment of a good hope through grace, Nov. 2, aged fifty-two years. Our departed friend had been connected with the congregation and Society in Longton many years. As far as a delicate state of health would allow, he was regular in his attendance on the means of grace. His experience in divine things was sound and clear, and his spirit and deportment exemplary. Though he had been in a poor state of health for the last eight years, yet his death was unexpected; but he was found watching; and blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing! C. J. D.

Longton.

DIED at Fenton, in the Staffordshire Potteries, on Thursday evening, September 30th, 1852, Mrs. Sarah Ann Proctor, aged forty-four years. The affliction which terminated in her death was pro

tracted and painful, but endured with Christian patience and entire resignation to the will of God. During the last few days, especially, of her life, her mind was filled with uninterrupted peace and a hope blooming with immortality. She died with the prayer of the dying Stephen on her lips, and is now, we cannot doubt, with the " great multitude" before the throne of God. May the bereaved family follow in her footsteps! Fenton. J. HOWARD.

WM. BOUGHEY, who for many years bad maintained a consistent character for piety, was, on the 28th of October last, after a short illness, removed to join the Church of the first-born in heaven. Although deprived of the faculty of speech during his short affliction, yet the use of reason was preserved to him; and, when requested to do so, he was enabled to raise up his arm, in token of peace with God and a hope of heaven. Our departed friend, of late years, had to pass through many adverse circumstances, but felt that the grace of God was sufficient for him. Now, however, his conflicts are for ever ended;

The quiet, immoveable breast Is heaved by affliction no more. May such bereavements have an eminently sanctified effect upon us as a Church!

grace. Her way through life had been clouded with many painful afflictions and wearisome toils. She was early bereft of her husband, and was obliged to struggle alone with the cares of a large and dependent family. To her honour be it spoken, that she laboured night and day

-often for weeks in succession without taking off her clothes-that she might live honestly before all men. In 1837 she was brought to a knowledge of the truth through the instrumentality of her son, and united with our Society in 1844. From that period she had been a sincere follower of the Lord Jesus, and her deportment commanded the esteem of all who knew her. In her last sickness the word of God was her comfort and strength, and, when the hour of her departure came, she meekly yielded her spirit into the hands of her Saviour, saying, "Happy, happy, bless the Lord!"

J. R.

DIED, November the 1st, in the city of Chester, Elizabeth Jones, aged seventy-five years. Mrs. Jones, I believe, was originally connected with the Wesleyan Methodists; but during many years has been a consistent member of our Church in this city. She possessed both the disposition and ability to aid the cause of God. Her last affliction was severe and protracted, but it was sanctified to the good of her soul. She was fully aware of her approaching dissolution, viewed it with becoming confidence, and gently fell asleep in Jesus, November the 1st, 1852. JOHN NELSON.

CHANT Book: a Selection of the Psalms, and other Portions of Holy Scripture, arranged and marked for Chanting. By WILLIAM SHELMERDINE, Professor of Music. London: Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., Paternoster-row; Nottingham H. Hudston.

The character and design of this work are stated in the preface.

"This book contains a selection of sacred words, put in order for being chanted in our sanctuary worship. Enough will be found here for varietynot very much, lest it should be a volume too costly. All the congregation should join in the chant. This book of words we would put within the reach of all.

"Touching the use of chanting in nonconformist worship, many doubt, and some object. Wise men will judge

of things-not by their accidental associations, or the unwise abuse of thembut by their own proper worth and merit. Here the only question that can fairly arise is one that will soon be settled. It is this: Can it be other than wise, and right, and best, to use the holiest words the world has in it-those which came from God-to bear up our praise to him in his temple? May we not well and worthily employ in praising those strains which are the earliest, the simplest, and the most sublime the Church has ever hallowed to her use. We are willing to keep, and still to use, the words of men and the later tures; but it must be ignorance or prejudice only that can refuse to add the words of Holy Scripture and the music of the earlier and the reformed Church.

"With these high words of inspired

piety, echoing of old in the glorious temple consecrated by the prayers of Solomon, and rising from the early Christian bands, apostles leading them, we would still enter into his gate's with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise.'

We approve of chanting as a part of divine worship when the whole congregation engage therein, but we have a decided objection to both chants and anthems, and, indeed, to every other kind of music for public worship, in which the congregation are excluded from the exercise, and the singing confined to a choir. These chants, however, are intended for congregational worship, and consist altogether of well-selected portions of Scripture, except the Te Deum Laudamus, which, from its antiquity, its pathos, fervour, and lofty strain of devo tional sentiment, will be acceptable to every Christian. Such being the character and object of the present volume, it has our cordial recommendation.

Besides a choice selection of various portions of Scripture adapted for chanting, there is a brief introduction, unfolding the scientific principles of chanting, which are illustrated by various examples. The typography and getting up of the book are excellent, and highly creditable to the publishers. The price of this neat little volume will be seen by referring to an advertisement on our wrapper for the present month.

THE CHRISTIAN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR 1853. London: The Religious Tract Society.

WE have here eighty-four pages crowded with most interesting matter, on a vast variety of topics, astronomical, chronological, legislative, statistical, political, domestic, agricultural, horticultural, and general. It is a most valuable compendium, and a suitable companion for the Christian in all the walks of life during the year 1853.

ROGER MILLER; or, Heroism in Humble Life. A Narrative. By GEORGE ORME. The fourth thousand. London: Cash.

We have introduced this excellent work to our readers before, and are glad to find that so striking a portraiture of sterling piety, self-sacrificing labour, and distinguished usefulness, exemplified in the history of a most devoted city missionary, has already reached its fourth

thousand. Besides this, the work has been republished in America. These facts speak forth its intrinsic worth, and its adaptation to general usefulness. Well would it be for the Church of God, and well would it be for the cause of depraved humanity, were there many more such as the devoted Roger Miller.

THE WESLEYAN ALMANACK FOR 1853. Compiled for the use of the Wesleyan and other branches of the Methodist Church; with which is incorporated Tempus Calendarium. By WILLIAM ROGERSON, of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. London: W. B. King, 3, Whitefriars-street, Fleet-street.

This is a very superior Almanack; and, to enable our readers to judge of its excellency, we present a brief statement of its contents. Besides the usual calendar and remarkable days, we have for each day in the year the sun's place in the ecliptic, the time of his rising and setting, and his declination; we have the moon's age and longitude, and the time of her rising, setting, and southing; and we have also the time of high water at London-bridge. The above ample information is given for each day in the year. Then we have for each month a list of occurrences with their chronological dates, astronomical notices as to the aspects of the planets, meteorological, zoological, and botanical phenomena; and, finally, directions as to farming and gardening. After the calendar and the information stated above, we are furnished with an account of the solar and lunar eclipses for the year, the visible eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, lunar occultations, a table to find the time of high water at the various seaports in the United Kingdom, a fair and foul weather table, law terms, university terms, meteorological table, the southing of the planets, a table of the geocen. tric longitudes, declinations and right ascensions of the planets for every eight days during the year. Then comes the usual information about stamp-duties, bankers, and post-office regulations; and, finally, statistics of the several families of Methodism, including a summary of the funds as well as the numbers of our own denomination. While this Almanack is one highly adapted to the public in general, it will be especially useful to Methodists and to individuals interested in astronomical science. We cordially recommend it to our readers.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL.-On Wednesday night, the 10th, after an opportunity had been given to the inhabitants of Walmer and the district to witness the remains of the late Duke of Wellington, they were privately, and without pomp or parade, removed to Chelsea Hospital. Here the Hall and Chapel were appropriately and magnificently prepared for "the lying in state." On the 11th, her Majesty, Prince Albert, and members of the Royal Family, honoured the place and the departed hero by a visit. On the following day the visits were still "private," as none could be admitted but by ticket from the Lord Chamberlain; but on the 13th, 15th, 16th, and 17th, liberty was given to any and to all to pay the last token of respect to one whose whole life had been spent in his country's service. Through imperfect arrangements one-third of those who had "private" tickets of admission on the first day, could not so much as reach the entrance to the Hospital; and on the 13th, the first public day, the crowd and crush were so fearful, and the arrangements so imperfect, that two females were crushed to death. Indeed, the confusion and crush of that day were terrific.

The arrangements on succeeding days were better, and thousands upon thousands came with eagerness to the place. The following is the number admitted publicly, besides those admitted privately, each day :

It would be impossible to convey in words an idea of "the gorgeous panoply of woe" as exhibited on this occasion. The visitor entered by a spacious corridor made for the purpose, hung with black, ornamented with armorial ensigns, and dimly lighted by a suspended chandelier decorated with plumes. On the right, down a flight of steps, was the chapel, with darkened windows, a few lighted tapers in silver candelabra, and eagles and banners-the relics of our successful campaigns in the East and elsewhere; on the left, down a similar series of steps, was the hall, at the end of which, on a raised daïs, lay all that was mortal of the great Duke. The hall was most sumptuously and gorgeously arrayed. Four rows of colossal silver

candelabra, two abreast, each seven feet high, containing a candle of equal height, three inches thick, formed the path. Those by the side walls stood on pedestals seventeen or eighteen feet high, and illuminated most majestically the room. At the other end of the hall were twelve brilliant candelabra, each containing five candles. These were surrounded by countless burning tapers. The daïs was laid with a carpet of gold, upon which stood the bier covered with black velvet; and upon it, again, stood the coffin, in crimson velvet richly ornamented. Here Marshal batons, and other honours won by our hero, met and dazzled the spectator's eye in every direction. In short, the hall was fitted up and ornamented in a way to exceed description, and yet to correspond with the greatness and gravity of the occasion. Never had sightseers a sight so mournful and yet so majestic.

On the evening of Wednesday, the coffin was borne to the Horse Guards, where, in a tent raised for the purpose in the parade-ground, stood inclosed a car specially prepared to convey it to its resting place in St. Paul's. And what shall we say of that car? In size it was remarkable, being twenty-seven feet long, ten broad, and seventeen high, and weighing from ten to eleven tons. But in design, and elaboration and finish, it exceeds description. "The bronze framework and the wheels especially are a study in themselves, while the upper portions have been finished in a style of magnificence worthy of the occasion."

At eight o'clock on Thursday (the 18th) the minute cannon began its first fire, and the procession began to be formed. In front were infantry, artillery, cavalry, and Life Guards; next followed marshalmen, deputations of public bodies, and Chelsea pensioners to the number of eighty-three (corresponding with the years of the Duke); next was carried the banner of Wel lesley, immediately followed by Lord Justices of Appeal, Cabinet Members, and other high dignitaries of the Church and the State; the Lord Mayor, carrying the city sword, and Prince Albert, drawn in a carriage and six, with other officials in their rear, followed; then came the batons of Spain, of Russia, of Prussia, of Portugal, of the Netherlands, of Hanover, of England, borne by representatives of those nations (Austria, resenting Haynau's ungracious