She said, "I am glad to hear this from you; it is worth a thousand worlds." He said, "It is, Mrs. Hancox. I never saw so much of myself as I do now, and if I should live I will love my heavenly Father better than I have done. I see a greater need to be more in earnest than ever I did." Sister Hancox visited him again on the 7th, and found him in a similarly happy and resigned state of mind. "I still feel the Lord precious to my soul," he said. Our sister remarked, "You are very ill." He said, "I am; but the Lord's will must be done, and I am willing to suffer what he thinks right to lay upon me without murmuring. I feel quite resigned to his will, for I am his child." On another occasion he said, " Ah! when I get to heaven I shall have no affliction there;" adding, "I think I almost see heaven now; but what will it be to be there!"

Three days before his death, having had a sore conflict with the enemy of souls, who endeavoured to persuade him that he was not right, he desired that a few pious friends should be called in to hold a prayer-meeting with him. Our sister said, "Then you want to go to heaven with singing and prayer?" He answered, "Yes." After a short slumber, he began to sing several favourite verses and hymns, such as

"Hark what the voice from heaven proclaims," &c. &c.

"Thy grace with glory crown,

Who hast the earnest given,
And then triumphantly come down,
And take us up to heaven."

He then sweetly sang

"I will love thee in life, I will love thee in death,

And praise thee as long as thou lendest me breath,

And say, when the death-dew is coll on my brow,

If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now."

On

He sang the whole hymn through many times, and seemed very happy in the love of God. the following day, after having sung several hymns bearing on the subject of death, Mrs. Hancox said to him, "Then you feel no fear of dying?" He said, “I do not, for to me to live is Christ, and to die will be gain.' 'For I know that my Redeemer liveth; and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." Brothers Cartwright and Cooke, with others, who visited him, bear equally pleasing testimony respecting him, and speak of him as having died in a most peaceful and happy state of mind.

"

Brother Pearson, who was his leader, states, that in his classmeeting he manifested deep humility of mind, and spoke his experience with much earnestness and sometimes with tears; and that during the last few weeks of his life he seemed more especially devoted to God than he formerly had been. When the closing scene of life drew nigh, no anxiety or fear distressed his heart in regard to his future destiny, for he knew in whom he had believed, and that the presence of his gracious Lord would soften his dying pillow, and crown his last conflict with victory and peace. About four o'clock in the morning of the day on which he died, he said, "Where is my mothermy very dear mother?" His mother, who was at once called to his bedside, said, "What is it, my dear child?" He answered, "I shall very soon leave you and go to heaven." "Then you are going to leave us, my dear brother?" said Sister

A VOICE FROM AN OLD SCHOLAR IN

AUSTRALIA.

THE following letter, from an old Sabbath-scholar in the distant region of Australia, will give our young friends to see the need of missionary efforts in that country, and they will perceive how dear are the recollections of their own denomination to those who are severed from it. Surely here is an appeal to our young friends that will both arouse them to exertion and encourage their efforts.

"To the Editor of the New Connexion Magazine.' Rutherglen, "Ovens and Murray District, Victoria,

66 Australia. "DEAR SIR,-You may wonder at first on receiving these lines from a perfect stranger. But the feelings which prompt my addressing you are such that I am sure you will enter into. The July mail is just to hand, and amongst our letters, which, as you may be sure, we hail with childish joy, to hear of those we love in the mother

country;-but, as I said, amongst our letters is your Magazine, which I can assure you is almost devoured instead of being quietly read. But, dear sir, this month it gave me a real damp, the first page almost destroying an immense air castle I had built of the success of your dear Sabbath children at home,-I mean in the sending out of a missionary sup ported by them; while with you I must feel thankful towards those who have so nobly made up the £550 you speak of. Many years ago, while yet a scholar in the Sabbath-school, Guernsey, by some means or other, the subject came under my notice. I cannot remember now the circumstance, but this I remember, I began collecting for this same object, which now stirs up the attention of so many of your dear scholars; and by single pence and small silver coin, I handed to our worthy superintendent a sum made up of threepenny pieces, to what amount I cannot remember. But I can tell you I was proud of my success, though little. I little thought then that I should be now at the farthest end of Vic

toria, on the rugged borders of the Murray, feeling indeed the sad necessity of a minister; but I must not say without a minister, for we have one now-but for a very long time we were without. A few, and I may say very few, felt the sad want. We formed ourselves into a committee, and obtained promises to support a minister, should one come. We

got one, after a great deal of patience, belonging to the Independent Church-what did we mind what church, so long as he preached Christ! But my intention in writing this is, to arouse the dear children, by giving them this fact, and there are many places worse off than we have been. Therefore, giving them to know the awful fact of a township in this country, containing between 4,000 and 5,000 inhabitants, without the means of grace, they must indeed renew their efforts, and they must work hard. There is great need for more missionaries, and they must be energetic men, those who will not be afraid of a saddle for their pillow, and lonely rides through the darkest forest. But even this is not too hard for one who has the cause of his Master at heart.

"I did smile at the Rev. J. Maughan speaking of South Australia, the thermometer 100 in the shade; we could have made him feel last summer 116, and then we did not feel uncomfortable. Mr. Maughan is as yet a new chum. But I felt disappointed and almost angry for his leaving this country to try South Australia. That country widely differs from this; it is rarely so hot and oppressive in summer, nor subject to so many changes. In fact, it is almost the same mild climate as that of my own

dear native isle, excepting in the height of summer.

"One interesting item I must not omit. While we could not get a church we were not idle. We got up a Sabbath-school. We began with thirty, but now we number 150. We feel greatly the want of teachers, so few are there to be found in this outlandish part who feel interest enough to give their time to teach the young. To give you an idea of what we have to do, I will name my own labour. I am superintendent, secretary, and Sabbath after Sabbath I have also to mind, with my other duties, twenty or thirty infants; but if we do not work in this manner we should have to send the children home and close the school. But that God forbid. I must now draw to a close. I find, indeed, I have gone rambling on to no purpose; I only intended to ask, in the name of Christ, for your dear children to go on in their glorious work. God will bless them with a great reward. Let me tell them that in this land one of their old schoolfellows, who still loves the Connexion, whose whole soul is in the success of your movement, watches with the deepest interest, month after month, what they are doing. I trust you will excuse my liberty on your time, feeling with me and with many in this far distant land the real joy it would give us to see planted the standard of Christ under the name of the Methodist New Connexion; and allow once more those who have been separated from it for years to sit and enjoy its ministry. It is well to be connected with a church of Christ, but there is one we must love above another, and that we cannot find out till we