and left the harbor. Thus, by the judicious management of General Washington, the army and fleet were removed, without any blood shed, or injury to the town.

The English left Boston in great haste, and many belonging to the town, who were on their side, went with them. Our people who were at Cambridge immediately took boats and came to Boston, and landed on the common. On their arrival, they found horses and carriages then on the wharves, that were left by the people that had fled with the English. All who had been driven by oppression then returned to their houses. When our family took re-possession of their house they found the fire upon the hearth, not extinguished.

My father, after this, was in the Continental store, dealt out the rations and kept the accounts. He continued in this office six years. He lost much by the paper money then in use, which, at one time, was so depreciated that seventy-five dollars passed but for one dollar. I have heard my father say, that when he left the store, government honestly owed him a thousand dollars. All that he ever received to compensate for this loss was one hundred, which General Knox procured for him at Congress.

After peace was proclaimed he returned to

the book-binding business, and kept a store. He and his family formerly attended Dr. Elliot's meeting, at the house then called the New North; but in the latter part of his life he attended the Methodist meeting. He died of apoplexy, in the year 1816, in the 74th year of his age. He lived about a week after the shock. He could not speak or take any food, but appeared perfectly sensible. I lived at that time about thirty miles from Boston. My sister, who lived in Boston, was then at my house on a visit; a letter had been sent to inform us of his sickness, but we had not received it. My sister arose one morning, impressed that some affliction had befallen our father, and said she must return to Boston immediately. These feelings, it appeared, were caused by a dream that she had the night before. She dreamed that she stood by the side of her father's bed, and saw him die. Mrs. K., a lady

him, closed his After this, no

of her acquaintance, stood over eyes, and said, he is not cold. thing could be said to induce my sister to prolong her visit, and I accompanied her to Boston. When we arrived at our father's house, my brother's wife met us at the door with a great degree of solemnity upon her countenance. My sister said to her, is my father dead. No, said she, but he is breathing his last. We then went

into the room where my father lay. Mrs. K., the same lady that my sister saw in her dream, was standing over him, and, agreeable to the dream, closed his eyes and said, he is not cold. He lived but a few minutes after we arrived at the. house.

He was a firm believer in the necessity of a change of heart, and by what I have known and heard of him, I have reason to believe that he made a happy change. My mother lived a few years after him, and died when she was ninetyfour years of age. Notwithstanding her age, her intellect remained remarkably bright till the last. She found the pearl of great price in her old age, joined the Methodist Protestant church, and died in the full assurance of faith, and in hope of a glorious immortality beyond the grave. I have one brother and one sister, both living in Buston.

Jonathan Snelling, my brother, is well known in Boston as a school-master, having taught a school there for more than fifty years. We three are all that remain of ten children.

Our dying friends come o'er us like a cloud,
To damp our brainless ardours, and abate
That glare of life which often blinds the wise.
What saith this transportation of my friends?
It bids me love the place where now they dwell,
And scorn this wretched spot they leave so poor.

Thus smitten friends

Are angels sent on errands full of love:
For us they languish, and for us they die ;
And shall they languish, shall they die in vain ?

YOUNG.

CONCLUSION.

In conclusion, I would say something upon the all important subject of religion, the one thing needful, which all must possess to insure true happiness in this world, and in the world to come. Religion does not consist in names, modes and forms, but in a fixed principle in the heart, having the affections set on things above, and not on things on the earth. The apostle Paul said to some, "What you call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers." What many believe to be pure and undefiled religion, others, call enthusiasm. How important it is that we should search the Scriptures, that we may know our duty, and learn from the holy word of God what pure religion is. David says, "It is to fear the Lord and trust in him." Ps. cxv. 11.

Zachariah calls it righteousness and holiness. Micah says it is to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God. St. Paul says, it is