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season, and filled the heart of her revered father with great consolation.

On the day preceding her death, Mr. Haynes went out to attend a funeral, and requested prayers in her behalf. She was now sinking rapidly. During his absence she became speechless, and seemed to be dying. On his return, as he approached her bed, she knew him, and revived. He then informed her that prayers had been offered for her at the meeting, at which she seemed well pleased. He discoursed long and faithfully with her, imparting consolation, praying her to put her whole trust in the merits of the Saviour, and receiving from her dying lips assurance that Christ was her "all." The morning following she died, leaving the consolation to her friends that she had "fallen asleep in Jesus." The next day being the Sabbath, like David in his affliction, "he came into the house of the Lord and worshipped," unattended by his family. With composed and affecting solemnity he took the lead in the morning service, and preached from 1 Pet. iv., 17: "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" How perfectly appropriate was his text to the occasion.

Funeral service in the afternoon was performed by Rev. John Whiton, of Granville, Middle Parish. The preacher, in consequence of ministering to his own congregation, arrived at a late hour. After the assembly had been some time in waiting, Mr. Haynes arose, and gave out the following appropriate hymn from Watts:

"Not from the dust affliction grows,
Nor troubles rise by chance,
Yet we are born to cares and woes,
A sad inheritance.

"As sparks break out from burning coals,
And still are upward borne,

So grief is rooted in our souls,

And man grows up to mourn.

"Yet with my God I leave my cause,
And trust his promised grace;
He rules ine by his well-known laws
Of love and righteousness.

"Not all the pains that e'er I bore
Shall spoil my future peace,
For death and hell can do no more

Than what my Father please."

After listening to the sermon delivered on this occasion, he arose and addressed the youth with great effect. Throughout the painful trial, he manifested great calmness and Christian resignation. It proved a sanctified affliction. He often lamented that he had felt no more anxiety for the welfare of her soul. He frequently said, “The meeting of parents and children at the judgment is a truly affecting thought, which, since the decease of my own child, I most sensibly realize."

The daughter was thus taken away, and called home as a pioneer to that world whither her father was soon to follow. And thus was the Lord preparing his faithful servant to glorify him by his dying behaviour. Scarcely would he allude to his daughter's decease without exclaiming "Oh, that I had been more faithful!"

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CHAPTER XVII.

HIS LAST VISITS ABROAD.

IN 1828, his intimate friend and former parishioner, Joseph Burr, Esq., of Manchester, was taken ill, and died in the month of April. Mr. Burr, the distinguished patron of religion and science, was early an orphan, and received a mercantile education from his brother in New York. He commenced business in Manchester, Vermont; and, by his rigid uprightness, soon acquired the confidence of the community. In early life, like many of the enterprising men in Vermont at that time, he was disposed to cavil at the doctrines of grace, and openly professed to disbelieve that God, in his direction of the universe, noted the minute and daily transactions of men. In the revivals with which Manchester was blessed, his views were essentially changed: he became a firm believer in the doctrines of revelation, and a liberal patron of the objects of charity and piety. Like the aloe, which blooms but orice in a century, such men are rarely found. Mr. Burr, on perceiving that his dissolution was drawing near, sent for his former beloved pastor to visit him and minister to him in the last extremity. Mr. Haynes spent several days with him. He was calm in view of eternity. In some of his last remarks he said "I feel that I have brought myself and all that I have to the feet of Jesus." Mr. Burr had ex pressed his determination to bequeath to several literary and religious institutions the greater part of his estate.

He was apparently near his end, and nothing had been done respecting the distribution of his possessions. Judge Skinner, who had been expected to transact the business, was absent, and the time of his return was uncertain. Mr. Haynes, perceiving the peculiarly critical state of this important business, was at first exceedingly moved, and appeared very anxious to do something which would secure to the cause of learning and religion the ample provisions which Mr. Burr had intended to make, and which were every moment liable to be lost by his death. But soon his composure returned, and sitting quietly down, he said, "Ah! if the Lord have need of this money, he will have it."-He has it.

In 1832 he visited New-York to attend the anniversaries. In a letter to a friend, he says:-"In my visit to New-York I was greatly entertained. I did not expect to see so much piety among the people. I was cordially received by the ministers. I preached at New-York, Albany, and Troy, and received ample pecuniary compensation. I was much pleased with the company of Dr. Sprague, of Albany. He brought the handwriting of many of the old ministers that have been in their graves for years. Those he obtained in England; such as the handwriting of Dr. Doddridge, Dr. Guise, Mr. Henry, John Newton, and many others. I remarked to the doctor, 'If it afforded so much satisfaction only to see their manuscripts, what joy would it be should we be admitted to see and dwell with them in the heavenly world.' Should I live until next November, it will be half a century since I commenced preaching the gospel. I have abundant reason to bless God for his goodness in maintaining and supporting me so long, and in his so abundantly opening a door for improving the

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small talent he has given me. But, 'Oh, my leanness ! my leanness! As I draw near the eternal world, I trust I feel more and more that, should I ever be saved, it will be through astonishing grace. I am about closing my stated ministry among this people. I preach to them occasionally. My strength holds out remarkably. I most earnestly desire to visit Granville, if it might be the will of God, and intend to this spring or summer, Providence concurring. Give my love to brother Baker, -tell him it is through great tribulation that good ministers, in a special manner, enter into the kingdom of heaven. Sincerely yours."

In 1833, the pulpit in Granville, Massachusetts, being vacant by the declining health of their beloved pastor, Rev. Joel Baker, application was made to Mr. Haynes to preach there for a short season. As he had been contemplating a visit to the place, this request was seasonable and gratifying. His visits, though "few and far between," had been ever greeted by his friends with enthusiastic delight. No personage, of whatever rank or character, could receive a more cordial welcome. Upon his arrival in Granville and appearing in the pulpit on the Sabbath, the people, without regard to sect or denomination, crowded the house of God. His own feelings on this occasion may be learned from the fol lowing brief extract of a letter to his family.

"We arrived safely at Granville on Saturday, four days after leaving home. Lodged at Manchester the first night; at Williamstown the second; at the Reverend Dr. Shepard's, in Lenox, the third. Preached at Granville on the Sabbath, and it was an affecting thought to stand in the desk where I used to preach more than forty years ago. The people are remarkably kind."

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