this my dear wife was a living monument (in this diftant land), not only of growth but of maturity in the knowledge of Divine truth. Her diforder was a confumption, accompanied with fharp pains in the bowels, which the bore with great patience, to the admiration of those about her, joined with a fweetnefs of temper which alone had its fource from the fountain of all good. She was attended in the first stages of her diforder by fome able physicians, but foon dismissed them all, being fully perfuaded her defirable change was approaching., Taking one by the hand, the expreffed herself thus: "Doctor, the time is drawing near when all my pains and complaints fhall perfectly ceafe; nevertheless, I acknowledge thy kindnefs." She was confined to her bed about fourteen weeks, during the latter part of which time The would fcarcely admit any one into her room, excepting a particular friend, and when they were admitted, the often would not exchange a word. I thall, dear father, give thee one of her religious expreffions before fhe took to her bed: "I would not change my ftate for any worldly glory whatever." It would fwell this letter beyond all bounds to enumerate her religious expreffions from time to time; but before I conclude I fhall give thee the last: about eleven in the morning of the day fhe died, she informed me and those friends about her thus, "Now I fee the city that hath twelve gates, and of a truth there is no need of the fun, for the Lord God is the light of it." Directly after the enquired particularly the time of the day; when being informed that it was about eleven, fhe faid "I thought it had been later, for about four I fhall enter the city." During this interval of time the lay as it were wholly given up to the other state, frequently crying out, "Come, Lord Jefus! come, Lord Jefus About four fhe changed, and appeared in fervent prayer; then afking an intimate friend to turn her, faid, This would be the laft:" and in a few minutes concluded with "Now I go like one of the Lord's fheep." So immediately departed this life without a figh or groan, the 22d of the 6th month, 1788, aged near 42 years. Please to preferve this letter by thee. She was one of the most valuable of wives and exemplary mothers; was notable and ingenious, generally fpending her leifure time in visiting the fick, giving her mite chearfully to the poor, and very steady to public meetings; denying herfelf many things which feemed lawful both in her drefs and furniture. Of late fhe grew more and more redeemed from the world; for when I men tioned what a virtuous wife fhe had been, fhe treated it as it were with contempt, wholly relying upon the mercies of Jefus. At another time a fmall matter concerning family affairs was mentioned to her, to which the made this ferious reply: "I defire to know nothing but my Redeemer crucified, and I crucified with him." About two months before fhe died, the defired my daughter to bring a drawer of clean linen to her, which being done, fhe with much composure felected her funeral drefs, and gave me particular charge concerning who fhould fit up with her corpfe, defiring none but fuch as those who were ferious around her. She was much beloved by friends, as well as esteemed by her neighbours and her fchool-children, who in their behaviour fhewed great marks of fincere affection and respect towards her; for about fixty of them attended her funeral, walking two by two, from the house with becoming folidity to the grave, and back again. My children are well in health, and join me in love. From thy dutiful fon, To Richard Clark, No. 1, Weavers'freet, Bethnal-green. JOSEPH CLARK. Enquiry concerning the Blafphemy against the Holy Ghoft. MR. EDITOR, A FRIEND to the doctrine of the Restoration of all Things, and a conftant reader of your useful Miscellany, wishes that in fome future number, when your good judgment fee a fit opportunity, fomething may be faid on that text, in Matt. xii. 32. (ver. 31 favours your glorious doctrine): "All manner of fin and blafphemy fhall be forgiven unto men;" then it fays, "but the blafphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men;" it adds, "neither in this world neither in the world to come." If the commiffion of that blafphemy were not poffible, why did Jefus (as recorded of him in St. Matthew's Gospel) make fuch a declaration?` MR. AN ENQUIRER AFTER TRUTH. ANECDOTE. R. WILLIAM WHISTON being one day in difcourse with the late Lord Chancellor King, who was brought up a Diffenter at Exeter, but had conformed, a de Kk 2 bate bate arofe about figning articles which men do not believe, for the fake of preferment, which the Chancellor openly juf tified, becafe," faid he, "we must not iofe our ujefulness for fcruples." Whifton, who was quite of an oppofite opinion, afked his Lordship, "If in his court they allowed of fuch prevarication ?" He answered, "They do not." "Then," faid Whifton, "fuppofe God Almighty fhould be as juft in the next world as my Lord Chancellor is in this, where are we then ?" INSTANCES OF COURAGE, FROM, DE PAGE's VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA. H ERE the Reader will give me leave to relate two inftances of magnanimity; to the first of which I should have found it difficult to give credit, had it not happened at this place the evening before my arrival; and if, belides the public notoriety of the fact, I had not been an eye-witness of thofe vehement emotions of fympathy, blended with admiration, which it had juflly excited in the mind of every individual at the Cape. ་་ A violent gale of wind fetting in from the North NorthWeft, the barometer, which had ftood at 28° and a fraction during the preceding fine weather, fuddenly dropped to 27°, and three Dutch veffels in the road dragged their anchors. One loaded with grain for Holland was forced upon the rocks and bulged;—and while the greater part of the crew fell an immediate, facrifice to the waves, the remainder were feen ftruggling for their lives, by clinging to different parts of the wreck. The fea ran dreadfully high, and broke over the failors with fuch amazing fury, that no boat whatever could venture off to their affiftance. Mean while a planter, confiderably advanced in life, and long a member of the colony, had come from his farm on horfeback to be a fpectator of the fhipwreck. His heart was melted at the fight of the unhappy feamen; but knowing the bold and enterprising spirit of his horse, and his particular excellence as a fwimmer, he inftantly determined to make a defperate effort for their deliverance. He alighted, and blew a little brandy into his horfe's noftrils, when again feating himfelf firm in the faddle, he inftantly rushed into the midst of the breakers. At first both difappeared; but it was not long before they floated on the furface, and swam to the wreck, when taking with him two men, each of whom held by one of his boots, he brought them fafe on fhore. This perilous experiment he repeated no feldomer than feven times and faved fourteen lives to the public; but on his return the eight time, his horfe fatigued, and meeting a moft formidable wave, he lost his balance, and was overwhelmed in a moment.-The horse fwam safe to land; but his gallant rider, alas! was no more. I am doubtful if, in the hiftory of mankind, we have a more brilliant example of heroifm exerted in the cause of humanity. The fecond inftance of extraordinary fortitude I am to mention, is not equal to the firft; ftill, however, it may be coupled with it in our narrative, fince both have a tendency to fhew how naturally the mind is difpofed to imbibe great and intrepid fentiments, when removed from the pernicious influence of luxury, and placed in the eafe and freedom of rural life. There a man acquires the habits of labour and industry, whether it be to maintain himself and family in a decent mediocrity of fortune, or to acquire it by the conqueft of thofe difficulties, which a rude and uncultivated foil opposes to his fuccefs. It was in this view, I obferved, that our brave cavalier, though an European by birth, had been long a member of the colony; but I return to my ftory. A Creole, who refided inland at a confiderable diftance from the Cape, was wounded in the hand, and a gangrene had enfued, from negligence and inattention; at length he became convinced, that nothing but amputation could fave his life but reflecting he was at too great a distance from town to expect the aid of a furgeon, he determined to perform the operation himself. It was a procefs neither of much time nor expence to the Creole; for after preparing fuch herbs as he meant to apply as a remedy to the stump, he cut off his hand with one ftroke of a hatchet, and was indebted to no other affistance than that of a Negro, who held his arm steady during the operation, and the fimple precepts of nature foon effected his cure: I faw afterwards the patient in good health at Simon's Bay; he was attended by his flaves, and a number of waggons, containing butter and other articles, the produce of his farm. POETRY. Poetry. ON THE DEATH OF MISS JULIANA FOX. PEACE to the heart that mourns, the eye that weeps→→ And kindred Angels tun'd their golden lyres, And fhall for ever reign. Oh! Mother moft afflicted-fure if e'er Ceafe then thy plaints, look up with faith: Behold, The hour will come when grief fhall be no more; To him who was and is And fhall for ever reign. ON ETERNAL MISERY. To the Rev. Mr. WHITEFIELD. (Extraded from the London Magazine, July 1739.) HEAR, WHITEFIELD, hear, and anfwer, if you can; The |