Before he I could be more confiftent and connected." loft his reason, which was about ten o'clock on Friday night, he requested that Doctor M'Whorter might preach his funeral fermon from Prov. xviii. 10. "The name of the Lord is a ftrong tower, the righteous runneth into it, and is fafe;" and on Saturday, between the hours of five and fix P. M. he breathed out his foul to God, without a struggle or a groan! On Monday, at ten o'clock A. M. his remains were conducted to the. church, attended by a number of his brethren in the ministry, and a large concourfe of his mourning parifhioners and friends. Dr. M'Whorter, in compliance with the dying request of the deceased, delivered a funeral discourse from Prov. xviii. 10.-The occafion in itself was truly mournful, and every tender emotion of the heart was called into action, by the pathetic address of the aged Doctor, and the other funeral folemnities, in which the Rev. Mr. Woodruff, and the Rev. Mr. Hillyer, took a part. The church was, on this occafion, truly an houfe of mourning; and I hope there was much of that godly forrow which worketh repent ance. Perhaps no inan ever lived more beloved, or died more lamented, by the people of his charge, than Mr. Smith. He had been fettled with them little more than a year; and yet, fo indefatigable had he been in his parochial duties, that he had vifited every family under his charge, for the purpofe of prayer and pious converfation; thus, like the Apostles of old, breaking the bread of life from houfe to house. Thus they lived in the most delightful harmony-not one difcordant voice was heard-Detraction opened not her mouth, and Envy's felf was put to filence! But how fuddenly the profpect changed! While they were enjoying all the benefits of his zeal and knowledge, and were flattering themfelves with the idea of years of increafing happinefs, the tender tie was fevered, and their full blown hopes buried in the duft. "Beware what earth calls happiness;-beware It is worthy of remark, that thirteen days before his death he preached a funeral fermon in a neighbouring parish, and took for his text, " This year thou shalt die. He was remarkably animated and affecting in his application of this fubject; and while he preffed it upon the confciences of his hearers, his own pure mind was fo ftirred up, that he seemed to realize that there was but a ftep between him and death. The next day he was taken ill, and though the fickness of fo many of his family at the fame time was calculated to overfpread his mind with gloom, ftill he maintained an uniform cheerfulness, and enjoyed fuch fenfible manifeftations of the love and prefence of God, that he, more than once, made it the fubject of grateful acknowledgment in the prefence of fome pious friends. Were we, my dear friend, to confult our carnal reafon, and judge from our own imperfect view of things, we fhould be at a lofs how to account for, and unable to fubmit to, this afflictive ftroke. To fee an amiable man fnatched, in the flower of his days, from a tender wife and helpless family, while thousands are continued in the world a burden to themselves, and a peft to those around them. To see a well inftructed fcribe fo early put to filence, and the faithful steward called to render up an account of his stewardship, juft as he had entered upon the duties of his office, while numbers remain and outlive their ufefulness; thefe are matters infcrutable to human fight! But though we fee through a glafs darkly, and are in heavinefs by reason of manifold temptations; though we are prone to call good evil, and evil good; yet, thanks be to God, there is a time approaching, when we fhall fee face to face, when all these feeming myfteries of providence fhall be unravelled, and the whole scheme of divine government unfold itfelf in com plete harmony to our enraptured fouls; while our willing voices fhall unite, with golden harps, to fing the fong of Mofes, the fervant of God, and the fong of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, just and true are all thy ways, thou King of faints." At prefent, let us keep in mind, that this is a ftate of trial and probation, and let us remain stedfaft in the Faith, trusting the promises of that God who cannot lie, and in his providence, for "he doth all things well;" and in due time we fhall reap, if we faint not. Add your prayers to ours, my dear friend, that God may fanctify this afflictive difpenfation of his providence, to the mourning family and friends of the deceased, and to his destitute and diftreffed flock; fo that they may raise their affections from a dead faint to a living Saviour, From the Spectator of Saturday, Sept. 5, 1801, Ο N the 31ft day of Auguft laft, died at Bloomfield, in the State of New-Jerfey, Mrs. MARY DAVIS, the wife of Mr. CORNELIUS DAVIS, Bookfeller of this city. Though the excellences of this lady's character were not of that obtrufive kind which court the obfervation of the world, they commanded the esteem and love of all who had the happiness of knowing her; and were well worthy of being remembered and imitated.Endowed by her Creator with an excellent understanding, the confecrated it to the best and most useful purpoles. Having become early convinced of the reafonablenefs and importance of religion, the embraced it with fincerity, attended on its duties with diligence, and enjoyed its pleasures in a very remarkable degree. In her feveral domeftic relations, the difplayed an affection, fidelity, and habitual kindness, which endeared her to all who fuftained fuch a connection, and which rendered her departure an irreparable lofs to her bereaved and mourning family. To the various obligations of focial life, he was eminently attentive. It may, with more than common propriety, be faid of her, that the "did not live to herself." Few perfons have been animated with a fpirit of more pure and difinterested benevolence than fhe; few have exhibited more faithfulness and zeal, according to the means afforded her, in performing the offices of kindness and charity which fuch a fpirit dictates; and few have had a deeper intereft in the respect and affections of those who were acquainted with her worth.-Correfponding with such a life, her departure was peaceful and happy. She fuftained a long and painful courfe of declining health, with the patience and ferenity of one who "walked by faith;" and finally obeyed the fummons of death with that refignation to the divine will; with that willingness to leave all that interested her in this world to a faithful Creator; and with that triumphant joy in the grace and glory of the Redeemer, which his religion alone can infpire. REVIEW OF WORLDS DISPLAYED. [From the London Evangelical Magazine.] Worlds Difplayed, for the Benefit of young People, by a familiar Hiftory of fome of their Inhabitants. TH HE ingenious author of this little work has, under the form of fictitious narrative, endeavoured to inculcate the moft important truths. Wrapt in vifion, like the great apoftle, he afcends to the third heavens, and attempts to exprefs the unutterable things which he is fupposed to hear. But not the celestial regions alone does this adventurous author explore; he vifits alfo the "fouls in prifon;" and his hiftory of Methufa, fuppofed to be drowned in, the flood, is very interefting and pathetic. Upon the whole, this miniature volume will afford young readers a feaft of entertainment, and it will be their own fault if it prove not equally edifying. The Seventh Anniverfary of the London Miffionary Society, held in London, May 13, 14, and 15, 1801. O N Wednesday morning, May 13, public fervice began in Surry chapel, at half past ten in the morning, when Mr. Herbert Mends, of Plymouth, preached from Zach. xiv. 6, 7. "And it fhall come to pafs in that day, that the light fhall not be clear nor dark. But it fhall be one day, which shall be known to the Lord, not day nor night; but it fhall come to pass that at evening-time it fhall be light." On the evening of the fame day, Mr. Roby, of Manchester, preached in the tabernacle, on 2 Theff. iii. I. "That the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you." On Thursday evening, in Tottenham-Court chapel, Mr. John Cook, of Maidenhead, preached from Matt. vi. 10. " Thy kingdom come." And on Friday morning, Mr. W. Tyler, rector of Braytoft, Lincolnfhire, preached in Chrift Church, Newgate-ftreet, from Gal. i. 14, 15." But when it pleafed God, who feparated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.' Mr. Johnson, chaplain to the British Colony in New Holland, has recently arrived, and been most affectionately received by his numerous friends; but his conftitution appears to be much debilitated by anxiety of mind, and the neceffary fatigues of his office. By him letters have been received from the miffionaries, Haffal, Shelley, and Puckey, who were all well, and labouring to be ufeful in their respective spheres Mr. Harris was gone to Norfolk Island, having been ftrongly recommended to perfons in command, a fpiritual inftructor being there much wanted. Mr. Bentom, ftationed at Quebec, has communicated to the Society his journal up to January laft; his hearers increase, and his miniftry appears to be acceptable and useful. Society for Miffions to Africa and the Eaft, inftituted by Members of the established Church of England. On Tuesday, May 26, this Society held their first anniversary meeting, when the Rev. T. Scott (of the Lock) preached a fermon before the Society at Blackfriars church, after prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Goode. Mr. Scott introduced his difcourfe (which was founded on Eph. ii. 12.) by controverting and refuting the opinion of thofe who would perfuade us that the heathen are in a safe state, and gave an affecting representation of |