in her religious and nonconforming principles, | to sympathize and symbolize with this unnatural blending, compromise, and degeneracy. Uniform and consistent in principle, profession, and practice, she, as she believed, spoke. In other words, principle was the basis and reason of practice; and practice was the fruit, illustration, and evidence of principle. As willing to give as to take, she duly appreciated the conscientious scruples of those that differed from her in creed, rituals, and observances. But she felt it a commanding duty to be consistent with her own avowed profession. The following remarks concerning her valuable character and life, presented by the writer to a large assembly in her funeral sermon, may not be incongruously, but befitting ly, introduced in this place. Having glanced at the world's fallacious estimate of character, dignity, and worth, and adverted to nature's bountiful gifts in her case, together with her improvement of those bestowments, and her superior literary acquirements, he added, “These, my friends, were not the only-no, not the chief accomplishments of Mrs. Conway. She was a genuine, a thinking, a zealous, a working, a useful, and a hallowed Christian. Not such in name only, not such by education only, but such in deed and in truth. Deep and energetic were her cherished feelings of interest in the advancement of the cause of Christ at home and abroad. When, many years since, the ladies of England adopted measures to raise the character, and meliorate the state, of the oppressed and degraded | females of India, by means of female education, she soon joined their ranks, and participated in the toils of their noble enterprize. Beneath her auspices, and through her exertions, a Monmouthshire school for female education was originated and was opened in Bengal, and as long as her health and strength admitted, our excellent friend was its untiring advocate and zealous promoter in her native county. Her pen, her influence, and her personal endeavours, were all made subservient to the praiseworthy object. " Singular to observe, this very day three and thirty years, I had the privilege to baptize and receive into the church, my highly valued sister, with her alike valued husband; and though residing at the distance of twelve miles from Abergavenny, she continued her membership with us, and generally on ordinance days we enjoyed her truly delighting fellowship. "Just twenty-one years after she joined us, she became a permanent resident of our neighbourhood; and the last twelve years of her life, and of her sojourn with us, were years of much usefulness, and to numbers, of sweet enjoyment. In her departure, her surviving relatives have indeed lost a friend and a counsellor, the church in this place a pillar, the poor a benefactress, our British | school, missionary cause, and other interests, a cheerful supporter. But you need not be told the virtues and excellencies of the deceased. You have witnessed them, you have read them in her holy and devoted life. Once "She went down to the grave under circumstances of dire bodily sufferings. in her conflict with the harbingers of death, she said to the writer, I want more faith.' Yet her faith and hope firmly grasped the Rock of ages. And having fought a good fight, finished her course, and kept the faith, whilst her happy spirit has joined the spirits of just men made perfect, her body rests on the soft pillows of the sepulchre, till the Lord her Redeemer descends in the clouds, and bids her come away. O that with her, we may be found on his right hand in the day of | doom ! " Thus the two loving and pious sisters, Mrs. Price and Mrs. Conway, ran the Christian race, and reached the goal. "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his !" MICAH THOMAS. Abergavenny, Dec. 8, 1848. MRS. MARY LANG. Mary, for fifty-four years the beloved wife and affectionate companion of the late John Lang of Liverpool, and for four years his widow, was born, in 1767, at Moffat, in Annandale, Scotland. Her parents, John and Elizabeth Stewart, were pious, excellent people, and trained up their children in the right way. She was brought to a knowledge of divine things at a very early age. When only fourteen she lost her only sister, which made a deep and permanent impression on her mind, and two years after this event she made a public profession of the name of Christ, by joining the "Relief Church" of Scotland. Six years afterwards circumstances led her to England, where she was married, and joined the independent church at Bolton, with her husband. Subsequently, in the providence of God, being brought to Liverpool, they were led in a short time to attend the ministry of the late Rev. Samuel Medley, of whom she says in her diary, "A name that will ever be dear to me: he was a faithful and affectionate preacher of the glorious gospel of the blessed God, and was the means, in the hand of the Holy Spirit, of showing me the way of God more perfectly." On the first sabbath in February, 1796, she and her dear partner, with some others, were baptized by Mr. Medley, and united to the church at Byrom Street. After the decease of Mr. Medley, they, with several members of the church and congregation, formed a new interest, at which time, l er husband being chosen one of the deacons, she took the office of deaconess, which she sustained in a faithful manner for forty-eight years, being distinguished for her meek and peaceful character. During her long life her trials were various. She suffered much from domestic bereavements, before her husband's decease, having lost six of her children by death; but she was consoled by the firm belief that they had only preceded her to their heavenly home. Of her love to Christians, especially to Christian ministers, numbers of whom at different times were inmates of her family, much might be said. She loved to talk with them of heavenly things, and truly enjoyed the conversation of the disciples of Christ. To young inquirers she was particularly encouraging, cheering them by her counsels and example. She was truly "a mother in Israel." In the Bible Society she took a most active part, collecting weekly, and when she found any of the poor who could not read, she formed classes, and persevered in teaching them, until they could read the New Testament. To the poor of God's people she was most affectionate in her demeanour, and was beloved by them in return. During health and strength, she took a great interest in the girls' school connected with the church of which she was a member, and with her originated the idea of forming the "Dorcas Society " belonging to the same church. To her dear pastor, the Rev. James Lister, one of her earliest friends, and with whom she preserved an uninterrupted friendship for more than forty-six years, she was particularly attached, and loved him dearly for his faithful ministry. In her diary she frequently mentions him, especially on the Lord's days. Speaking of one of the anniversaries of his ministry, she remarks, "This is the thirty-eighth anniversary of our dear pastor's ministry. This day, 2nd sabbath of March, 1803, he preached his first sermon to us. Since then he has not ceased to declare the whole counsel of God. Very few that then heard him will hear his voice to-day. They have entered into their rest, and we are just waiting the summons. 'Be ye also ready." The sabbath was her delight. She loved it above all days: an earnest to her soul of the never-ending sabbath on high. But she likewise loved the "assembling of the saints" at all times, and invariably filled her place on the week evenings when health and circumstances permitted, until prevented by extreme debility. Her last attendance on Wednesday evening was about five months previous to her dissolution. She took a very deep interest in the cause, and when her dear old friend and pastor was obliged to resign on account of health, she welcomed his youthful Buccessor as one sent of the Lord, and delighted to encourage him in his work. The glorious doctrines of the gospel, justification by faith alone, Christ's finished work, God's electing love, and free grace, were themes on which she loved to dwell, and often by her was repeated the following verse, "Tis like a living spring, Of waters pure and clear, Foolish and trifling conversation she would gently put down, and introduce some reflection to lead the mind upwards. Worldly company she avoided, at all times showing her decided preference for the society of God's people. Prayer was her delight. She loved communing at the mercy-seat, and in her widowed state always conducted that part of family worship herself until her great weakness prevented her being able to speak much. Early in the summer of this year her strength began rapidly to decline. Taking farewell of a dear friend who resided at some distance, she said, "I am a frail bark, tossed about on the ocean of life, but I shall enter the haven at last." "The pins of the tabernacle," as she expressed it, "were now being taken down," and often she would exclaim, "I wonder when my heavenly Father will send for me." Her thoughts and affections were above, and her soul longed for the summons to "depart and be with Christ." She loved his sacred word-the revelation of his will to her below-and she earnestly desired a clearer manifestation in his all-glorious presence. The twenty-third and one hundred and twenty-first psalms she almost daily reverted to. Though most tenderly attached to her children, her affectionate heart could freely surrender them, and all earthly objects, and in reference to this she would repeat those lines, "I'd part with all the joys of sense, Every power of her mind seemed to expand with love to Christ, as her bodily energies grew more enfeebled. She would often say, "I trust the great Head of the church will be with me to-day," and "I would like to lie low at the foot of the cross, and weep for Christ;" and then she would expatiate on the love of the Saviour. As she approached her latter end, her faith became stronger and brighter. She would say, " Give to the winds thy fears" (and with a sweet smile add), Hope, and be undismayed." On being asked if she were ready to depart, she replied, with her habitual promptness, "Yes, this moment." For her, death had no terrors; she viewed it calmly, and hailed it as her passport to eternal life. When asked if she had any fear, be answered, "Oh, no; all fear is taken away," Within a few hours of her dissolution, one of her children remarked, "You are happy, mother; you are going to your Saviour." She replied, with great emphasis, "Christ altogether-farewell!" When she became unable to articulate, she still remained perfectly conscious, and her last parting sign gave token that she knew and felt persuaded that she was going to him in whom she had believed, even Jesus, the Author and Finisher of her faith. And now the "golden bowl was broken," and "the pitcher broken at the fountain," and the aged saint gained the victory over death; rested for ever from her labours, and entered into the "joy of her Lord." So calm was her dismissal, that those who stood around her hallowed deathbed could not believe all was over. "One gentle sigh her fetters broke, Its station near the throne." Thus, on the 21st of October, 1848, at the good old age of eighty-one, this honoured disciple passed from earth to heaven. MISS ELIZABETH THOMAS. On Wednesday the 22nd of November, departed this life, aged 24 years, Elizabeth, the beloved and youngest daughter of the Rev. Timothy Thomas of Newcastle Emlyn. She was baptized by her father, with four others, on the 21st of August, 1842, and from that time to the day of her dissolution, she lived an ornament to her profession, and a very useful teacher in the Sunday school. During her affliction, which she bore with the greatest resignation and tranquillity, she would often dwell on the honour she had of professing religion so young, and that eternity would not be too long for her to praise and thank the Lord, for the night that she came to the determination to present herself before the church of God. On Monday night previous to her death, she called all the family to her room to bid them adieu, and addressed them very pathetically, saying, that her faith in Christ was very strong, and waving her hand, she cried out, "I have often sung,— 'My Jesus is my God, My strong and sure hold.' I really find him to be so to-night; he is very precious; recommend him to all my friends." She pointedly addressed her youngest brother, the only one of eight children who had not put on the Lord Jesus Christ, to beware not to come to eternity, without first taking up the cross, and obey the ordinances of the great head of the church. She again rallied a little, and was easier the following day, but on that night she again requested to see all the family, and beholding them bathed in tears, she desired them not to weep, that she was very happy, and that the struggle would soon be over, and said, "We had a long time to live together, and now I am the first to part, and you will soon follow, when we shall meet in a better world." The following morning, Wednesday, she was told that her sister had arrived from Cardigan to see her, "Oh, very well," she said, very placid and composed, "you are all here to-day, and I shall be going home to the purified saints in glory." About one o'clock, P. M., she exclaimed out triumphantly, "Christ is all in all," which were her last words that could be intelligible. She beckoned to her father to come to her, who knelt by her bed-side, but could not understand anything more, when a visible change took place, and she continued to breathe quietly till three, when her immortal spirit took its flight to the mansions of bliss, without a struggle or a groan. This solemn occurrence has overwhelmed the family in sorrow and tears, for the desire of their eyes has been taken away with a stroke, and they are ready to exclaim, "Oh master, she was a borrowed one." It is true she has slept the sleep of death, but she has slept in Jesus, and their loss is her eternal gain, and though they cannot help sorrowing, yet they sorrow not without hope, and wish to be the followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. On Monday the 27th of November, the funeral took place, when the Rev, E. Roberts of Drefach read and prayed at the house, and afterwards a concourse of many hundreds of people followed the corpse to its long-appointed home, to the burial place of the ancient church at Cilfowyr, where the Rev. R. Jones of Trewen read the 23rd Psalm and prayed. The Rev. N. Thomas, minister of the place, delivered a most impressive sermon from 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8. The body was then deposited in the silent tomb, and the Rev. D. Rees of Cardigan delivered a most affecting oration to the weeping multitude, and prayed. We then parted in full and sure hope to meet her again at the glorious resurrection morn. Caiff cymdo gaeth hen Gilfowyr Ond hi yn ddis taw ac yn fud. MRS. VINCE. Died, on the 8th of September, 1848, Frances, the wife of Mr. J. Vince, deacon of the baptist church, Swaffham, Norfolk, aged fifty-five years, greatly and deservedly respected by all who knew her. MR. W. SAVAGE. Died, on Saturday, October 7, 1848, after a long and painful affliction, in the sixtysixth year of his age, Mr. William Savage, of Swaffham, Norfolk. The deceased was for more than twenty years one of the deacons of the baptist church in this town. His remains are interred in the chapel where he had so long and constantly been an attendant. MRS. CLARKE. Ashford, Kent, November 5, died suddenly, aged sixty-three, Ann, the beloved wife of Thomas Clarke, pastor of the baptist church. She was a Christian distinguished by her symplicity, humility, and love, all of which were pleasingly exemplified in her character as a wife, mother, and friend; whilst to the last she conscientiously and unremittingly discharged her duties as a member of the church of Christ. REV. J. C. WYKE. Joseph Caldwell Wyke was in childhood the subject of a tender conscience, and of religious convictions, but the work of grace upon his heart was so gradual in its operations that it was not known at what precise period he was "born again." He was, moreover, of a retired and reserved disposition, with a somewhat melancholic cast of mind. The former trait concealed from his friends his inward emotion, and the latter led him to doubt his personal and saving interest in Christ. But in process of time it became manifest to all associated with him, that his love to Christ, his people, and his cause, was such as to admit of no question that he was one chosen of God with an effectual calling. He was, therefore, when about eighteen years of age, invited to Christian fellowship. After considerable hesitation, arising from his fears lest he should not walk worthy of the high vocation, he followed his divine Master in the ordinance of baptism; on which occasion, his joy was unspeakable, and he felt almost constrained, then and there, to "Invite the strangers all around, His pious march to join." He was baptized, and received into the communion of the second baptist church, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, by Mr. Charles Evans, late missionary in Sumatra, and who was then the pastor. His after conduct proved how "holily, and unblameably," and usefully, he maintained his Christian profession. Here he laboured for four and a half years honourably and successfully; many, through his instrumentality, were added to the Lord, and the church was edified and quickened. But he had his "thorn in the flesh,"melancholy and depression of spirits arising from dyspepsy-made him peculiarly sensitive of every little difficulty and discouragement which came across his way in the prosecution of his ministerial engagements. Thus tried, having received an invitation to take the oversight of the church at Shelfanger, Norfolk, and being at the same time strongly recommended by a neighbouring minister to undertake the charge, he accepted the call. Finding himself, however, not so happily circumstanced in his new sphere as he anticipated, his connexion with the people of God here ceased at the end of twelve months. His next field of labour was at the Heath, near Whitchurch, Shropshire. Here he had the charge of a school, and preached twice every Lord's day, but was exempted from the pastoral care. His ex For four years he discharged his several duties in this place, with advantage to his young pupils, and with profit to those who were favoured with the ministry of the word from his lips. At the end of this period he was afflicted with a severe nervous attack, which obliged him to give up his engagements, and to leave the neighbourhood. perience, at this time, resembled that of the pious Cowper in his seasons of melancholy. For about nine months from this time he was unable to engage in public duties excepting very occasionally. Well was it for him that Providence had directed him to the choice of a wife whose temperament was such as fitted her to meet this as well as every other visitation, with fortitude and calm submission; and being also possessed of every essential qualification to constitute a good nurse, under the blessing of God, her kind and judicious treatment served materially to bring about his restoration to health and spirits. He was united in marriage to Miss Savina Clarke, of Diss, Norfolk, the 22nd of May, 1839. It was not long before it was discovered that he possessed talents which eminently qualified him to dispense to others what he had himself" tasted, and handled, and felt, of the word of life;" and he was urged by competent and judicious Christians to devote himself entirely to the work of the ministry. Self-diffidence, coupled with a weakly physical constitution, presented a formidable barrier to his making up his mind to this important step; but at length his scruples gave way; he received a regular call from his church to exercise his gifts, and in February, 1833, he entered Horton College, Brad-tempt to establish a baptist interest at Long ford, then under the presidentship of the late venerable Dr. Steadman, preparatory to his taking the pastoral office. Recovered from his mental depression, he was induced to make, at the request of the Norfolk and Suffolk Home Mission, an at Melford. He was engaged for twelve months, but, seeing no prospect of success, he relin. quished this department of labour at the end of six months. During this season he enjoyed a greater share of cheerfulness and vigour than had fallen to his lot for some years. His next remove was to Chenies, Bucks. In April last he visited this place, and having supplied for four successive sabbaths, his term of probation being ended, the church here gave him a unanimous invitation to become their pastor; he complied, and entered upon his stated labours the second Lord's day in May. He had previously taken a violent cold, which so far debilitated him, that it was with considerable difficulty he completed the engagements of the day. From this time his health irrecoverably gave way; and, after patiently enduring the will of God, "he fell asleep in Jesus," the fifteenth of November, 1848, in the thirtyeighth year of his age. He was born March 20, 1811. His medical attendant has given the cause of his death to be pulmonary consumption. In relation to his last illness, his widow penned the following memorandum: "My dear husband during his illness was troubled with doubts and fears respecting his interest in Christ, not being favoured with those consolations the gospel is adapted to impart to the suffering Christian. "On the 26th of October, when I took him up his dinner, he said he did not intend to have any, as he had been praying hard, and he wished to fast as well as pray; I however prevailed on him to take a little in conside. ration of his great weakness. He then requested me to let no one go into his room, as he wished to be alone. "He afterwards told me, that having wrestled hard in prayer, the Saviour appeared to him, and, still praying, he told him that he had had no comfort or consolation to support his mind during his affliction, and that he supposed this was part of the discipline appointed him. The Redeemer then gave him to enjoy what he had been praying for; he availed himself of the privilege granted him, exercised faith upon the Saviour, and realized a sense of pardon with all its accompanying blessings. From this time he was enabled to Read his title clear To mansions in the skies.' With calm and peaceful acquiescence he said with Job, "All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come;" and at last cheerfully welcomed the messenger leath, triumphing in those glimpses of heaven he was favoured to behold, 'ere yet he reached the place.' "For some time before his death his speech for the most part became unintelligible; yet was he much engaged in prayer, and in endeavours to represent to those around him what he saw and felt of the glory and happiness upon which he was about to enter, "In the frame of his mind, the upward di rection of his eyes, and the expressions he gave utterance to, his end was like to that of Stephen, He being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.' Thus lived and died this saint of God, affording a noble proof of the credibility of the gospel. We have not followed cunningly devised fables,' but "have a more sure word of prophecy whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts.' This lamp through all the tedious night Till we behold the clearer light Of an eternal day.' Died, at Tregonissey, in St. Austell, Cornwall, November 29th, aged thirty-one, Mary, the beloved wife of J. H. Osborne, baptist minister, Wells Town. She was an humble and devoted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, and her end was peace. Being asked by a beloved friend a little before she died, if Jesus was precious to her soul, she instantly replied, "Yes, never so precious as now; death has lost its sting-I am sheltering in the bleeding side of my Saviour." Her last words were, "The Spirit and the bride say |