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and to die is gain.' He often repeated, * The best of all is, Gon is with us; wand also recited the following lines

My JESUS to know, And to feel his blood flow,
'Tis life everlasting, 'tis heaven below.
And this I shall prove, Till with joy I remove
To the heaven of heavens in JESUS's love.'

"A further account of the christian experience and death of this excellent man may be expected."

The REV. S. WOOLMER has transmitted the following account of MR. HULME's death, in a Letter, dated Dudley, Nov. 13.

"It is with no ordinary degree of grief that I have to inform you of the death of my very worthy Colleague MR. HULME. He died last evening! A week before that time, in consequence of wet feet, a violent cold was brought on, and was followed by an inflammation of the liver, which baffled all medical skill. His latter end was marked, not only by peace, but by christian triumph. I was with him during the

greater part of yesterday, and at the close of his life. His conversation was truly spiritual, and strikingly indicated the holy tranquillity of his mind. His last words were a quotation from Rev. i. 6,- Unto him that hath loved us," &c., and from the first five verses of the 103d Psalm, Bless the LORD, O my soul,' &c., &c. These words he uttered, only a few minutes before he closed his eyes in death, with extraordinary force and emphasis. I have lost in him a most excellent Colleague. The more I knew of him, the more I found him to be no ordinary Minister of the Gospel. His general reading was uncommonly extensive; and probably few of his standing had made greater proficiency in sound theological knowTedge. He was greatly esteemed, and had lately entered on the third year of his ministry in this Circuit."

MR. HULME died, we believe, in the thirteenth year of his labours as a Methodist Minister.

In the celebrated Temple dedicated to that Goddess, at Sais, in Lower Egypt; over which was placed the following inscription :

I AM ALL THAT HATH BEEN, IS, OR SHALL BE, AND MY VEIL NO MORTAL HATH EVER YET UNCOVERED."

Fondon.

ERE conquering Persia took from Egypt's brow
Her ancient diadem of regal might,

Her fanes majestic wav'd their stately height,

And priests, in mysteries vers'd, presum'd to know
Her form divine; for, veil'd from human sight,
Imperial Isis hid her splendour bright,

And challeng'd mortal power that veil aside to throw.
Like her, Celestial WISDOM long denied

The covering from her glory to remove;

But man, in sin and error wandering wide,
Was seen and pitied by Almighty Love:

His hand withdrew the interposing shade,
And in the ETERNAL WORD eternal truth display'd!

ON THE MURDER OF THE INNOCENTS.-(Matt. ii. 16-18.)

O WEEP not o'er thy children's tomb,

O Rachael! weep not so:
The bud is cropp'd by martyrdom,
The flower in heaven shall blow.

S. R.

Thy babes are safe; the murderer's knife
Has miss'd its deadly aim:

The GOD, for whom they lost their life,

For them to suffer came.

Though evil were their days and few,
Baptiz'd in blood and pain,
He knows them, whom they never knew,
And they shall live again.

Then weep not o'er thy children's tomb,
O Rachael! weep not so:
The bud is cropp'd by martyrdom,
The flower in heaven shall blow.

ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE :
By the late REV. MR. CLARK, of Trowbridge.

SWIFT as an arrow cuts its way
Through the soft-yielding air;
Or as the sun's more subtile ray,
Or lightning's sudden glare;
Or as an eagle to the prey,

Or shuttle through the loom;
So haste our fleeting lives away,
So rush we to the tomb.

Like airy bubbles, lo! we rise,

And dance upon life's stream; Till soon the air, that caus'd, destroys

The' attenuated frame:

ANON.

Down the swift stream we glide apace,
And carry death within;
Then break, and scarcely leave a trace
To show that we have been.

The man, the wisest of our kind,
Who length of days had seen,
To birth and death" a time "assign'd,*
But none to life between.
Yet lo! what consequences close
This transient state below;
Eterual joys, or, missing those,
Interminable woe.

Eccles. iii. 2.

ON THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE.
(Imitated from HORACE, Lib. I. Ode 11.)

WHY should I vainly wish to know
How long or short my life may be,
How near, or how remote, the blow

That separates the world and me?
This winter may conclude my doom:
The vernal sun may dry the tear
That friendship shed upon my tomb,

And bid the daisy blossom there. Or, should kind Heaven defraud the grave

Another and another year,
The rock, that must divide the wave,
Is, at the greatest distance, near.

Ev'n while I write, a moment bears
A portion of my life away;
Another comes and disappears,

Nor will its swift successor stay.

Then me let nobler cares concern,
Than life's uncertain date to know;
Let me to high advantage turn

The fleeting seasons as they go.
Since life is short, and death is sure,
Let me, through JESU's dying love,
By humble faith and prayer, secure
A mansion in the world above.

CARMEN NUPTIALE; OR,

THE BLESSING IN THE MARRIAGE SERVICE VERSIFIED.
By the REV. J. JACKSON, A. M. Vicar of Over, Cheshire.

FATHER of Heaven, Eternal King!
Sovereign of each created thing!
Who, ere mankind had known offence,
In the sweet days of innocence,
Didst join the first angelic pair
In holy wedlock,-hear our prayer!
Bless These, that now thy grace would
find

In the pure state by thee design'd!
GOD of the Patriarchs of old,
Descend in blessings manifold!
With grace and peace from Thee sup-
plied,

Bless Thou the Bridegroom and the
Bride!

O GOD the SON, ETERNAL WORD!
By saints and seraphim ador'd,
Who, when thy course on earth be-

gan,

Working eternal life for man,

A wedding-guest didst deign to be,
In Cana erst of Galilee :
Look down upon them from above,
And bless and sanctify their love!
O cheer them with thy smile benign!
Fill all their water-pots with wine!
Pour Thou their cup of joy, and then
Their souls shall never thirst again.

O HOLY SPIRIT, uncreate,
Higher than highest potentate!
Who with the FATHER and the Sox
Art in eternal Godhead One:
Kindle their souls with sacred fire !
Their breasts with holiest love inspire!
Improve each joy ;-in every ill
Their hearts with heavenly comfort fill!
-Till earth's dim shadows pass away,
Till darkness glimmer into day,
Till death be lost in victory,
And Time become Eternity.

ΤΟ

VOL. II. OF THE THIRD SERIES.

N.B.-In addition to particular references to each Article, the following GENERAL
HEADS of SUBJECTS, with Lists of the Articles arranged under them, will be found in
this Index: viz. SERMONS, LETTERS, MEMOIRS, OBITUARIES,-POETRY,―
NOTICES (Characteristie) of Books,-REVIEW OF BOOKS, TEXTS ILlustrated,
-CHRISTIAN RETROSPECT, INTELLIGENCE, (Home and Foreign,)—MISSIONARY
NOTICES, VARIETIES, WESLEYAN - METHODIST, &c. &c. These GENERAL
HEADS the Reader may find it convenient to consult, if he have any difficulty in discovering
a direct reference to any Article he seeks.

ADDRESS OF THE CONFERENCE to the
Methodist Societies in Great Britain,
685

Adult School Society at Bristol, extract
from its circular, 682
Aerolite, account of one said to have
fallen in Iceland, 48

Africa. See South Africa, and West
Africa.

African Institution, public meeting of, 471
Agricultural experiment, Dr. A. Clarke's

remarks on one, 28-account of one
by Mr. Paddon, 29

Air, its elasticity described, 293
Alarum, account of one newly invented
for the prevention of burglaries, &c. 48
Alfred, King, and Boethius, conversation
between, on the freedom of the will,
450

America, South, remarks on its political
independence, 41

America, United States of. Extracts from
the Third Annual Report of the Mis-
sionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, 58-further ac-
count of the operations of this So-
ciety, 260-extract from the Minutes
of the several Annual Conferences of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, for
the year 1823, 683

American Board of Foreign Missions, ex-
tract from its publications, 196
American Colonies, (British.) See Mis-
sionary Intelligence.

Analogy, review of the controversy be-
tween Dr. Copleston, Mr. Grinfield,

&c., on, 747

Anecdote of the Rev. Mr. Whitelamb, 15
-of Dr. Samuel Johnson, 16-of
Count De la Tour, 25-of the Rev. J.
Wesley, 63, 64—of a poor Widow, 103
of the Rev. J. Fletcher, 105-108, 165
-of drunkards, 237-of two dying
men, 699-of French Infidelity, 670
-of a Catholic's conversion, 809

Anniversaries of Religious Societies,
382-396, 465-476-their nature and
design, 226, 323

Antiquities of Egypt, evidences of the
truth of sacred prophecy, 169
Aquatic Excursions, 666, 682
Arundel, Rev. J., his speech at the anni-
versary of the Wesleyan-Methodist
Missionary Society, 409

Ascham, Roger, letter from, to his wife,
on the death of their child, 808
Askelon, fulfilment of Zechariah's Pro-
phecy concerning it, 245

Attributes, divine, Archbishop King's
view of them refuted, 740, 812

Bacon, John, Esq., his speech at the

anniversary of the Wesleyan-Methodist
Missionary Society, 400

Baking (public) on the LORD's Day
condemned, 370, 605

Baptism of infants, the antiquity of that
rite supported, 165

Baptist Missionary Society, extracts from
its publications, &c., 199, 339, 769,
841-anniversary of, 827

Bathurst, Lord, copy of an official letter
from, on the right of negro-slaves to
marriage, 196

Bedford, proceedings of a County-Meet-
ing held at, on the subject of prevent-
ing the burning of widows in British
India, 442

Bees, denial of the extraordinary tena-
city of life said to be possessed by
them, 325

Belzoni's discoveries in Egypt, allusion
to, 175

Benevolence, the pleasures of, are pecu-
liar to man, 434
Benson, Rev. J., his "Life of the Rev.
J. Fletcher" noticed, 817
Bethelsdorp, account of the improvement
of the Missionary settlement there,

128

VOL. II. Third Series. DECEMBER, 1823.

4 B

Bible Society, British and Foreign, pub-
lic meeting of, 384-report of the
speeches at, 528-540

Bible Society, Naval and Military, origin
of the, 736-appeal in behalf of its
exhausted funds, 752-Anniversary
of, 436

Blair, William, Esq., some account of
his death, 101

Blasphemers, warning to, 739

Blyford, Mr. Matthew, of Blakeney,
memoir of, by Mr. S. Easthaugh,

421
Boyd, H. S., Esq., his remarks on the
antiquity of infant-baptism, 165-an-
tiquity of popery disproved by him,
229

Britain, the great focus of Gospel-light,

British and Foreign School Society, public
meeting of, 394
Brownell, Rev. John, memoir of, by the
Rev. T. Jackson, 1, 70, 137, 209
Bryant, Rev. J., his "Sixteen Plain and
Practical Sermons" noticed, 176
Books. See REVIEW OF Books, and
NOTICES OF Books.

Bouring, Mr., extracts from his " Spe-
cimens of the Russian Poets," 207,
492-his lines entitled "The World
to Come," 635

Buchanan, Dr., his opinion on the subject
of burning widows in India, 443, 444,
447

Buckley, Miss, memoir of, 709
Bulls, &c., papal, against Bible-Socie-
ties, 662, 728

Burder, Rev. G., his "Sea Sermons"
noticed, 40

Burder, Rev. H. F., his "Discourses on

the Divine Attributes" noticed, 249
-extract from, 89

Butterworth, J.. Esq., his speeches as
Chairman of the Anniversary Meeting
of the Wesleyan-Methodist Missionary
Society, 398, 407

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and progress of the Wesleyan Mission
to that island, 452-Letter from Mr.
Fox at Colombo, 49, 829-from Mr.
Stead at Jaffna, 50-from Mr. Roberts
at Batticaloa, 51, 831-from Mr. Car-
ver at Trincomalee, 51-from Mr.
Clough at Colombo, 258-from Mr.
Allen at Negombo, 260, 830-from
Mr Newstead at Kornegalle, 260—
from Mr. M'Kenny at Caltura, 477,
830-from Mr. Callaway at Galle,
478-from Mr. Hume at Matura, 479
Chalmers, Dr., the style of his preaching
described, 30-extract from his in-
troductory Essay to a new edition of
Thomas à Kempis's "Imitation of
CHRIST," 723

Chapel-Fund, General, remarks on the,

Chapels, Methodist, opened, 52, 53, 183,
553, 679-682, 753, 821

Christ, his attention to the poor, 25—
his Kingly Office, 178-his Priestly
Office, its importance, 222-his Divi-
nity, 584-nature and necessity of
faith in him, 151, 221, 287, 359, 518,
576, 650
Christianity, its beneficial moral ten-
dency to individuals and to society,
377, 513, 514-an object of fear and
hatred to infidels, 322-present state
of Christianity at Thebes, 243-at Je-
rusalem, 247-among the Catholic
Converts in India, 673-in Spain, 748.
See also Religion.

CHRISTIAN RETROSPECT.

No. IX. South American Independ-
ence.-Greek Cause.-Importance
of the Preservation of peace in
Europe to the interests of Chris-
tianity, 41

No. X. Meeting of Parliament.-
Threatened war between France
and Spain.-Light afforded by the
Scripture-doctrine of Providence,
and of CHRIST's kingly office, on
the present state and final issue of
public affairs, 178

No. XI. Parliamentary debate on
the convictions for uttering infidel
publications, 320

No. XII. Proceedings in Parliament
respecting slavery, 461

No. XIII. Probable termination of
the war in Spain.-Aspect of Eu-
ropean affairs.-Insurrection in
Demerara, 747

No. XIV. Insurrection in Demerara
-The last Session of Parliament.
Advantages of a state of peace, in
reference to domestic legislation.
Principles of British Law. Recent
alterations in our Criminal Code.
Amended Marriage Act, 819
Chrysostom, St., quotation from one of
his orations, on the subject of infant-

baptism, 165--his comment on Matt. | Cumberland, Mr. G., his remarks on the

xvi. 18.... 230

Church Missionary Society, extract from
its proceedings, 127, 197, 337, 699,
770-public meeting of, 382
Church of England, opinions of its
Bishops and Divines respecting the
witness of the SPIRIT, 297
Church of God, its universality, 38
Clarke, Dr. A., his letter on the General
Chapel-Fund, 20-ditto on the natural
increase of wheat, 28-his speech at
the anniversary of the Wesleyan
Methodist Missionary Society, 410
Classics, explanation of that term, 326
Clericus, letter from, on the Witness of
the SPIRIT, 294-reply to his letter,
296-remarks on a second letter re-
ceived from him, 586

Coke, Dr., his first visit to the West
Indies, 406-his habitual spirit of
prayer, 455-affecting scene at his
embarkation for Ceylon, 455-cir-
cumstantial account of his death, 455
-reflections on that event, 457-de-
scription of a monument erected to
his memory in City-Road Chapel, 26
Collection, Yearly, 823-July, 381, 823
Colton's "Select Maxims," extracts

from, 524

antediluvian den of hyæuas discovered
in Yorkshire 166

Cunningham, Rev. J. W., his "Sermons "
reviewed, 30

Dean, Rev. John, memoir of, by the
Rev. W. Moulton, 277
Deaths, Two, contrasted, 669
Deaths, awful, in New South Wales,
account of, 237

Deaths of good men, encouragement
from them, 36

Debell, Rev. Philip, account of his death,
140, 141

Demerara, remarks on the late insurrec-
tion at, 749, 819

Dendara, description of the temple of;
170

Devotion, the pleasures of, are peculiar
to man, 434
Digestion, essay on the function of, 598
-properties of the gastric juice, 601
-office of the bile, 601-animal food
more easy of digestion than vegetable,
601

Divinity of CHRIST, evidence relative
thereto derived from the office and
testimony of John the Baptist, 584

Coltsfoot, remarkable fact concerning Dolbell, Miss Mary, of Jersey, memoir

the plant so called, 325

Conference in Ireland, 602

in Sheffield, 603

annual address of, 685
Confidence in GoD, reasons for the con-
stant and cheerful exercise of, 517
Conscience, the power of, described, 293 |
Contemplation, the pleasures of, are
peculiar to man, 433

Continental Society, for the diffusion of
religious knowledge in Europe, public
meeting of, 474

Contrast, the, an account of two death-
bed scenes, 669

Conversion of M. Henhofer, and that of
many of his parishioners, to the Re-
formed Religion, 593-singular con-
version of an Irish Roman-Catholic,
809

Cooper, Mr. James, of Dalkeith, memoir

of, by Dr. M'Allum, 218
Copleston, Dr., his "Inquiry into the
Doctrines of Necessity and Predes-
tination reviewed, 740

Coptic Christians, Dr. Richardson's ac-
count of, 244

Cor, Rev. R., his "Life of the Rev.
John Fletcher" reviewed, 104
Craig, Rev. E., his "Plain Pastoral Ad-
dresses on Regeneration" noticed, 817
Croly, Rev. G., his lines entitled “The
Genius of Death,” 66—“ Sun-Rise in
a Foreign Country," 276
Crowther, Rev. J., his "Critical Disser-
tation on Acts xvii. 30" noticed, 249

of, by the Rev. W. Toase, 781
Doob-Grass of India, account of, 307
Drunkenness, fatal effects of, 237
Dubois, Abbé J. A., his "Letters on the
State of Christianity in India" re-
viewed, 672

Duty of man as a reasonable creature,
580-as a fallen creature, 581
Duties, abstracts of, 580-583
Dwight, Dr., his "Travels in the
Northern States of America" noticed,
177, 818

Education, essay on, 365-rewards and
punishments, 365-bad effects of em-
ploying the principle of shame, 367
Education, female, in India, 197
Education of the poor, remarks on, 251–

Scriptural education in Ireland, 392
Egypt, compared with Palestine, 168-
description of, 169-mythology of,
172-ruins of, 242-low state of
Christianity there, 243-reflections
on, 245-miracles wrought there, 313
Egyptians, ancient, their knowledge, 9
Enoch, translation of a passage in the
apocryphal Book of, 239.

Epitaph on the Rev. Dr. Coke, 26-on
the Rev. J. Fletcher, 27--on a monu-
ment in the Parish-Church of Preston,
419

Euphrenius, observations on his letter
concerning the Witness of the SPIRIT,
156, 301

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