,transcribed from the #ahej ,c4 ,gilpin1
 ,r4 ,y4 ,clarke1 and ,co4 edition by   
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,,new ,,series1 ,no #i4            ,,the
 ,,annual ,,monitor ,,for #ahea4        
,,or  ,,obituary  ,,of ,,the  ,,members 
,,of ,,the ,,society ,,of ,,friends  ,in
 ,great ,britain and ,ireland1  ,,for   
,,the ,,year #ahej4    ,,london3  ,,sold
 ,,by ,c4 ,,gilpin1 ,r4 ,y4 ,,clarke1   
,,and ,,co41 ,,darton ,,and ,,co41      
,,and ,e4 ,,marsh3 ,,george ,,hope1     
,,york4    #ahej4                       
,,introductory ,,essay4      ,we have   
again to present to our friends the     
,report of the ,annual  ,mortality in   
the ,society of ,friends1 in ,great     
,britain and ,ireland4  ,it  has        
frequently been observed1 how nearly the
 number of deaths in each  year has     
approximated1 but we have this year to  
notice a considerable  diminution in the
 annual return4  ,we are not disposed1  
however1 to  attribute the diminished   
numbers1 chiefly to any special cause   

connected  with health1 but consider it 
rather as one of those fluctuations     
which  are ever found to arise in a     
series of years1 in the mortality of a  
small  community4  ,the number of the   
dying1 however1 may be expected to bear1
 as  respects the average1 a pretty     
uniform relation to the number of the   
living4  ,and if the fact be1 as all our
 late inquiries lead us to believe  it  
is1 that we are1 though slowly1 a       
diminishing body1 we must expect  that  
our average number of deaths will also  
be found gradually to  diminish4    ,we 
have often anxiously pondered over the  
question1--,why the ,society of         
,friends should be a diminishing body8  
,and we propose to give in this  place a
 few of the thoughts which have been    
suggested to us in the course  of our   
consideration4    ,in the first place1  
let us notice the natural causes which  
tend to the  decrease of our ,society4  
,we have formerly shown that the        
mortality among  our members is less    

than in the community at large1 which so
 far as it  extends1 is of course a     
reason for the increase rather than the 
diminution of our numbers4  ,but then we
 have1 on the other side1 the well-     
ascertained fact1 that whilst in the    
community at large1 the registered      
births exceed the deaths1 by #de per    
cent2 in the ,society of ,friends1 the  
registered deaths actually exceed the   
births6  ,the cause of this fact is  to 
be found1 not only in connection with   
the number who marry out of the         
,society1 but also in the operation of  
that prudential check on entering  into 
the married state1 which will always    
prevail amongst a moral people1  where  
the means of subsistence cannot easily  
and with certainty be  obtained4  ,but  
to whatever we may attribute the cause1 
the fact itself is  a complete answer to
 the question--,why we are a diminishing
 rather than  an increasing people8     
,it may be said1--,why are not our      
religious principles aggressive8--,why1 

if they be true1 do they not find       
converts among the various ,christian   
communities of our land8--,why1 as in   
the early times of our ,society1 are    
there not numerous conversions1 and     
fresh bodies of warm-hearted1 and       
sound-minded believers1 added to our    
numbers8--,these are deeply important   
and very interesting questions1 and we  
are willing to offer a few  thoughts    
upon them1 with the seriousness and     
modesty with which it  becomes us to    
speak on the subject4    ,we believe1   
that a mistaken view prevails1 in regard
 to the truest  ,christian principle    
being that which will be accepted by the
 largest  number of persons4  ,the      
experience of all the past ages of the  
,church  contradicts the assumption1 and
 shows clearly that there is in man a   
deep-  seated opposition to the         
acceptance of divine truth in its purity
 and  simplicity4  ,true vital religion 
has ever called for the service of man's
  heart to ,god1 and in every age1 this 

allegiance has been the state of the    
few1 rather than of the many4  ,the     
history of the ancient church is  full  
of illustrations of this truth4  ,whilst
 ,moses lingered on the ,mount1  whence 
the children of ,israel knew that the   
law was to be given1 and from  whence   
such evident demonstrations of the      
divine power had been manifest  to the  
people1 they were employed in making the
 golden calf to go before  them1 and    
crying these are thy ,gods1 ,o ,israel6 
,and when they had  received the law1   
written by the finger of ,god1 and were 
somewhat humbled  under the correction  
of their sins1 how few were there1 who  
carried out  its injunctions in their   
genuine spirit1 and how many were there1
 who  from time to time1 defiled        
themselves by the idolatrous service of 
other  gods4  ,even when brought by a   
strong hand1 and an outstretched arm1   
attended by many palpable miracles which
 were wrought on their behalf1  they    
were seated in the ,land flowing with   

milk and honey1 which had  been promised
 to their fathers2 how prone were they  
constantly to desert  even the          
profession of their faith1 and to serve 
the gods of the nations  which they were
 sent to destroy2 yet in all these times
 there were a few1  and it was probably 
comparatively but a few1 who had not    
bowed the knee  to ,baal4    ,we have   
evidence of the same fact in the history
 of ,christianity4  ,the  beautiful     
example of the ,saviour1 and the        
wonderful miracles which he             
performed--all for the good of          
man--failed to attract the high boasted 
reason of the ,greek1 or the ,roman1 or 
to soften the obduracy of the blind  and
 hard ,pharisaic hearted ,jew3 it was   
still the few who had sympathy  with the
 character ,he exhibited1 and the truths
 which ,he spoke1 and who  found ,him to
 be to their souls the power of ,god    
unto salvation4  ,and  even when these  
few were gathered together1 and under   
the extraordinary  effusion of the ,holy

 ,spirit1 many were added to them1 and  
the multitude  of them that believed    
were of one heart and one soul1 they    
were still  comparatively but a few4    
,the further history of the ,christian  
,church may appear to some to exhibit  a
 different view1 but to us it seems not 
less clearly to illustrate the  same    
melancholy truth4    ,it is certain1    
that during the life-time of the        
,apostles1 many by their  powerful      
preaching1 under the influence of the   
,holy ,spirit1 were brought  to         
repentance and a living faith in        
,christ1 and we know that not a few     
sealed their testimony with their blood1
 yet the simplicity and the  purity of  
,christianity were soon more or less    
spoiled by the still  contracted spirit 
and notions of many of the ,jews1 or the
 false  philosophy1 not entirely        
abandoned1 of the pagan converts4  ,we  
doubt not1  however1 that               
notwithstanding these deteriorating     
admixtures1 there may  be said to have  

been many--aye1 a glorious              
multitude--who held the truth  in its   
primitive power1 and in a large measure 
of primitive simplicity4  ,still1 when  
these are compared with the whole       
population of the countries  where the  
,truth was preached1 the real converts  
must be spoken of as a  few1 and thus   
was it evident that there was still an  
inherent  opposition in man to the      
restraining and purifying doctrines of  
the  gospel of ,christ4    ,and when in 
later years1 whole nations and peoples  
were said to become  ,christians1 it may
 well be doubted whether in such times  
there had not  been as great a reduction
 of the number of true converts of old  
standing1  as there was addition of this
 class amongst the new ones4            
,christianity  as professed in those    
days1 had thrown off her simple garb1   
and had  decorated herself to please the
 corrupt taste of the people--as the sun
  and other heavenly bodies were        
probably the earliest objects of        

adoration  to mankind1 and were used in 
the first instance as striking symbols  
of  the light and power of the one      
,creator and ,father1 so did the        
professors  of ,christianity1 pretty    
early present to the people1 some       
intermediate  objects of reverence and  
love1 by which those who turned from the
 simple  affiance to the one ,great     
,redeemer and ,high ,priest1 might find 
a rest  suited to their carnal1 or at   
least imperfectly spiritual conception  
of  ,christianity4  ,and when the       
temporal church boasted of its universal
 sway  in ,europe1 and its entire unity1
 there were probably a smaller number of
  true ,christians within its pale1 than
 existed in the midst of pagan          
persecutions at the close of the        
apostolic age4    ,let us now look at   
times nearer to our own1 when ,huss1 and
 ,luther1 and  ,zwingle1 by a power not 
their own1 caused many rays of the      
glorious light  of ,truth to shine upon 
benighted nations1 and disturbed the    

slumbers of  the corrupted church4      
,great were1 and still are the blessings
 derived  from the great struggle4      
,many of the bonds of ,satan were       
broken1 and  many a heavy burdened soul 
found its long desired rest4  ,yet how  
soon was  even the brightness of this   
morning dimmed1 and how little progress 
did  the cause of the ,reformation make 
after the departure of the immediate    
instruments in the great movement4      
,in ,switzerland1 not inaptly called the
 cradle of the ,english ,reformation1   
the ,cantons which1 in the first        
instance received the truth and joined  
the ,protestant cause1 continue still to
 bear the same name1 but not one  which 
at that time retained the designation of
 ,catholic1 has since become            
,protestant3 and at ,geneva1 where      
,calvin taught1 and where his doctrines 
are still professed1 opinions which were
 not less abhorrent to him than  the    
worst of the errors of popery1 are      
openly maintained4  ,those who now      

preach the vital truths of the          
,reformation1 are the few not the many4 
,in ,england1 the iron rule of          
,elizabeth in ecclesiastical matters1   
and in  particular her requirement of   
uniformity with respect to the rags of  
,rome1 checked the real progress of the 
,reformation in the ,english  church1   
but by a reaction which in the ordering 
of ,divine ,wisdom1 often  makes the    
wrath of man to praise him1 it appears  
to have been the means  of raising up an
 increased antagonism to error1 in the  
persons of men  willing to suffer and to
 die for the cause of truth4  ,it will  
perhaps be  admitted that at many       
periods of the history of what is called
 the  ,english church1 whilst its       
nominal members numbered a large        
proportion of  the whole population1 the
 actual number of the genuine disciples 
of  ,christ within its pale were in     
small compass4  ,the revival in some    
measure1 of the spirit of its reformers1
 even in opposition to the letter  of   

many of its formularies1 has1 no doubt1 
in past times1 done much to  increase   
its living influence and usefulness1 but
 recent events have  shown how large a  
portion of its clergy instead of going  
forward in the  work of the             
,reformation1 are rather desirous of    
retrograde movement1 and  of            
approximating1 if not of entirely       
returning to the errors of ,rome4       
,such1 we ought ever to bear in mind1 is
 the natural tendency of man1 and  so   
prone is he1 even when raised by the    
,true ,light to a perception of the     
things which are most excellent1 to sink
 again into the grovelling habits  of   
his own dark nature4    ,we come now to 
the threshold of our own religious      
history1 and shall  endeavour to answer1
 in substance at least1 the queries with
 which we  commenced the present        
inquiry4  ,it was certainly an          
extraordinary period  of our national   
religious history1 in which the ,society
 of ,friends  arose--a time in which old

 foundations were shaken1 and an earnest
  inquiry excited in many minds after   
the way of truth and of real peace to   
the soul4  ,we think that it is not     
assuming1 to express our belief1 that  a
 remarkable extension of spiritual light
 and energy was extended to the  people 
of ,england1 in that day1 when ,george  
,fox1 and his early  associates1 went   
forth through the length and breadth of 
the land1 and  found so extraordinary a 
preparation for their service in the    
hearts of  their fellow-countrymen4     
,the first preachers knew a being made  
,christians themselves1 before they     
went forth to call others to            
,christ--what a deep sense of sin and of
 its  hatefulness in the sight of       
,god--what earnestness1 or rather       
agonizing in  prayer--what joy in the   
sense of the true knowledge of ,christ1 
and of  communion with him in           
,spirit--what subsequent watchfulness   
and reliance  upon him in every step of 
their course--what zeal in making known 

the  truth which they had found1 and    
what constancy in suffering for it1 yea 
thinking it all joy that they were      
counted worthy to suffer for the name   
of ,christ6--,such were the men who were
 heralds of our religious ,society1  and
 by whose instrumentality thousands at  
least1 were convinced of the  truth2    
large numbers of whom gave evidence that
 they were not only  convinced1 but     
converted to ,god4  ,need we then wonder
 at their success8  though still        
compared with the numbers to which they 
preached1 the  converts may be said to  
have been few4  ,it was still the many1 
who if  brought to see as it were their 
face in a glass1 went away and          
straightway forgot what manner of men   
they were4    ,we believe that the      
number of persons who went under the    
name of ,friends1  in ,great ,britain   
and ,ireland1 at the close of the #agth 
century1 was at  least three times as   
great as it is at the present time4     
,it will be in accordance with our      

object1 to endeavour to indicate what   
may have been the chief causes of the   
suspension of those active measures     
which we have called aggressive1--though
 full of love1 and which marked  the    
early periods of our ,society4  ,an     
historian of the church1 who was  not   
insensible of what constitutes true     
religious energy1 has stated1  that     
extraordinary revivals of this kind1    
have rarely been maintained in  their   
primitive vigour more than about forty  
years4  ,rather more than  that time    
elapsed between the commencement of     
,george ,fox's labours and  their close1
 at the time of his death4  ,about eight
 days previous to that  event1 he       
attended a meeting of ministers1 in     
,london1 and one of those  who was      
present says3 ,i much minded his        
exhortation to us1 encouraging  friends 
that have gifts to make use of them2    
mentioning many countries  beyond the   
seas that wanted visiting1 instancing   
the labours and hard  travels of friends

 in the beginning of the spreading of   
truth in our  days1 in breaking up of   
countries1 and of the rough ploughing   
they had in  steeple houses1 c41 but    
that now it was more easy2 and he       
complained1  that there were many       
,demases and ,cains who embraced the    
present world1  and encumbered          
themselves with their own business1 and 
neglected the  ,lord's1 and so were good
 for nothing2 and he said1 they that had
 wives1  should be as though they had   
none2 and who goeth a warfare should not
  entangle himself with the things of   
this world4    ,this characteristic     
extract will suggest1 probably1 to many 
readers1 our  object in quoting it4  ,if
 there was cause for the reproof        
conveyed in it  in that day1 in which we
 know the primitive zeal still burned   
brightly1  what must we say of the      
subsequent1 and of the present state of 
our  little church6    ,long after the  
death of ,george ,fox1 there continued  
to be a large  increase to the numbers  

of friends2 many who had been wise and  
great in  this world1 were made to      
rejoice in the laying down of their     
outward  wisdom1 and in sitting down in 
deep humility to learn of ,jesus1 by the
  teaching of the ,holy ,spirit in the  
heart4  ,these were prepared boldly to  
declare ,god's controversy with sin1 and
 the means by which it might be         
subdued1 not omitting to proclaim the   
alone ground of a sinner's pardon       
through the propitiatory sacrifice of   
our ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ4  
,we believe certainly that it has never 
been permitted to our ,society to  be   
without its faithful labourers in the   
gospel1 or without many sincere         
confessors of its doctrines1 who1 by    
life and conversation1 have been  true  
preachers to their brethren1 and to the 
world in general4  ,yet we  must        
confess1 that whilst as a ,society1 we  
continue to profess the same  religious 
views as were held and promulgated by   
our early ,friends1 we  fear we do not  

come up in practice to that pure        
standard to which they  attained4  ,the 
door is open to all the world1 yet we   
sit at ease in our  ceiled houses4      
,many around us are hungering and       
thirsting for the  knowledge of ,god1   
yet we are occupied with our farms and  
our merchandise4  ,let us not be        
inquiring1 ,what shall this man do1 or  
what should the  other have done8 but   
remembering the reproof1 ,what is that  
to thee1  follow thou ,me1 submit       
ourselves to that humbling1 but         
preparing hand1  which was so signally  
displayed in the cause of those who were
 engaged in  the planting and watering  
of our religious ,society4  ,then might 
we again  hope to witness an increase of
 spiritual life and vigour in the body1 
and  thus become as a city set upon a   
hill1 that could not be hid4            
,,the ,,annual ,,monitor4  ,,obituary4  
,age4  ,time of ,decease4    ,,hannah   
,,abbott1 ,thorley1 ,essex4  #hh #aamo4 
#ai #ahdi    ,,martha ,,ady1 ,london4   

#ha #cmo4 #bc #ahej    ,,elizabeth      
,,airey1 ,kendal4  ,widow4  #ha #emo4 #f
 #ahej    ,,william ,,alderson1         
,winterscale1 ,garsdale1 ,yorkshire4    
#fi #emo4 #b #ahej    ,,rebecca         
,,alexander1 ,goldrood1 ,ipswich4       
,widow of ,samuel ,alexander4  #gb      
#abmo4 #ac #ahdi    ,,edward            
,,alexander1 ,limerick4  ,son of the    
late ,edward ,alexander4  #bj #bmo4  #a 
#ahej    ,,joseph ,,allen1 ,dunmow1     
,essex4  ,a ,minister4  #gf #imo4 #ba   
#ahdi    ,,sarah ,,allen1 ,bristol4  ,a 
,minister4  #gg #fmo4 #a #ahej          
,,eleanor ,,allen1 ,ballitore4  ,wife of
 ,henry ,allen4  #di #cmo4 #d #ahej     
,,ann ,,allis1 ,bristol4  ,wife of      
,hagger ,allis4  #fe #hmo4 #cj #ahej    
,,john ,,allison1 ,durham4  #eg #fmo4 #a
 #ahej    ,,robert ,,alsop1 ,maldon1    
,essex4  ,a ,minister4  #gb #gmo4 #ba   
#ahej    ,,sophia ,,appleton1 ,stoke    
,newington4  ,wife of ,john ,appleton4  
#di #cmo4 #bh  #ahej    ,,william       
,,ashby1 ,hounslow4  #fa #amo4 #g #ahej 

,,hannah ,c4 ,,backhouse1 ,polam ,hill1 
,darlington4  ,a ,minister4  ,widow of  
,jonathan ,backhouse4 #b  #fc #emo4 #f  
#ahej    ,,george ,,baker1 ,askham      
,field1 ,york4  ,an ,elder4  #ga #amo4  
#bf #ahej    ,he was one who remembered 
his ,creator in the days of his youth1  
and who  proved in his own experience1  
that the fear of the ,lord is not only  
the beginning of wisdom1 but that it is 
also a fountain of life  preserving from
 the snares of death4  ,his earnest     
desire was to be found  walking         
acceptably before ,god2 and while a     
young man1 he became greatly  distressed
 at being overcome by drowsiness in     
meetings for worship4  ,on  one         
occasion1 when this had been the case1  
he retired to a secluded spot1  under a 
hedge1 where1 with many tears1 he poured
 forth his prayers for  deliverance from
 this besetment4  ,many years           
afterwards1 when  accompanying a friend 
on a religious visit to the families of 
that  meeting1 he pointed out the place1

 and remarked with expressions of       
gratitude1 that from that time1 he did  
not remember having been overcome  in   
the same manner4    ,he was deeply      
impressed with the words of his         
,saviour3 ,all things  whatsoever ye    
would that men should do to you1 do ye  
even so to them1  and he so carried this
 precept out into practice1 as to become
 remarkable  for his uprightness of     
character1 and for his consideration for
 others4    ,the following circumstances
 present instructive examples of the    
kindly  sympathy of this good           
,samaritan3    ,on the occurrence of a  
malignant fever1 in one of the eastern  
dales of  ,yorkshire1 while he resided  
in that district1 he left his own home  
for  several weeks1 to nurse some of his
 neighbours who had become affected     
with the disease1 devoting his whole    
time to the sick1 while dread of        
infection rendered it difficult for him 
to obtain assistance in this  office of 
mercy4    ,after his removal into the   

neighbourhood of ,york1 and at a time   
when many  persons were returning past  
his premises from a contested ,election1
 and  some of them so much intoxicated  
as to be incapable of taking care of    
themselves2 fearing lest any severe     
accident should befall them while in    
this condition1 he took several of them 
from the highway1 and lodged them  in   
one of his outhouses1 dismissing them on
 the following morning with  suitable   
but kind admonition4  ,and when numbers 
of the ,irish poor were  driven from    
their own country by famine1 and        
wandered about in this land  for lack of
 bread1 he sheltered many of them in his
 out-buildings and  ministered to their 
necessities4    ,george ,baker occupied 
the station of ,elder for many years1   
exercising a  fatherly care in the      
church1 and extending counsel or        
encouragement1 as  he saw occasion1 with
 a simplicity and godly sincerity which 
gave him  great place amongst his       
friends4  ,he was often applied to by   

his  neighbours for counsel1 and as a   
peace-maker2 and in serving them was    
remarkable for his patience1            
self-denial1 and success4  ,in his      
latter  years1 his powers both of body  
and mind failed greatly1 in consequence 
of  an accident which he met with1 while
 in the pursuit of his occupation as  a 
farmer2 but having worked while it was  
day1 he was preserved through  a period 
which might be spoken of as a night1 in 
which no man could  work2 so that love1 
that badge of discipleship with ,christ1
 shone  brightly in his last moments1 as
 from under the margin of a dark cloud1 
and a solemn feeling of peace with ,god1
 through ,jesus ,christ1 pervaded  his  
dying hours4    ,,elizabeth ,g4         
,,barclay1 ,walthamstow4  ,daughter of  
,joseph ,g4 ,barclay4  #b  #hmo4 #ca    
#ahdi    ,,robert ,,barker1 ,cheadle1   
,manchester4  #fb #imo4 #bh #ahej       
,,thomas ,,baynes1 ,bainbridge1         
,yorkshire4  #gj #emo4 #ad #ahej        
,,thomas ,,beakbane1 ,liverpool4  #ej   

#dmo4 #ad #ahej    ,,rachel ,,beeby1    
,allonby4  #fe #abmo4 #ae #ahdi         
,,mary ,,anne ,,bell1 ,belfast4         
,daughter of ,thomas and ,sarah ,bell4  
#ci #bmo4  #bc #ahej    ,,mary          
,,benington1 ,wakefield4  ,a ,minister4 
,wife of ,george ,benington4  #ee  #fmo4
 #h #ahej    ,,elizabeth ,,bennis1      
,clonmel4  ,daughter of the late        
,william ,bennis of  ,limerick4  #af    
#bmo4 #bd #ahej    ,,phoebe ,,bent1     
,sutton-in-,ashfield1 ,nottinghamshire4 
,widow of ,joseph  ,bent of ,stockport4 
#he #hmo4 #ae #ahej    ,,elizabeth      
,,bentley1 ,ipswich4  ,daughter of      
,thomas ,f4 and ,maria ,bentley4  #af   
#aamo4 #bh #ahdi    ,,mary ,,benwell1   
,sidcot4  #ej #amo4 #ac #ahej           
,,elizabeth ,,bewley1 ,rockville1       
,dublin4  ,daughter of ,thomas and      
,rebecca  ,bewley4  #c #amo4 #af #ahej  
,,william ,,binns1 ,poole4  ,an ,elder4 
#ha #dmo4 #aj #ahej    ,we have often   
had to observe1 that many of our        
friends1 who have lived to  a good old  

age1 and who have been loved and        
honoured in their respective  stations1 
as upright pillars in the church1 have  
left but few written  memorials of their
 course for the instruction of others2  
whilst  encompassed with infirmities1   
and looking for the help of the ,lord's 
,spirit to resist their manifold        
temptations and easily besetting sins1  
they have been enabled to pursue the    
even tenor of their way1 seeking        
through divine grace to fulfil the day's
 work1 in the day time1 and  hoping to  
hear at last the call of mercy into one 
of the many mansions  prepared by ,him1 
who has loved them and died for them4   
,we love to dwell  upon this class of   
our departed friends1 and without       
undervaluing those  whose gifts have    
been more prominent1 or whom            
circumstances have rendered  more       
conspicuous in our pages1 we sincerely  
desire that these more  hidden1 but not 
less valuable parts of the spiritual    
building1 may ever  be honoured amongst 

us4  ,such an one was our late friend1  
,william ,binns4  ,it was during his    
apprenticeship that1 under the ministry 
of two women  friends1 engaged in a     
family visit1 he was powerfully awakened
 to the  eternal interests of his soul1 
and through divine grace1 the impression
  made1 was of so decided a character1  
that putting his hand to the  ,christian
 plough1 he looked not back4    ,he was 
greatly concerned for the true welfare  
of our religious ,society1  and in the  
district in which he resided was        
eminently useful2 caring for  the flock 
over which the good ,shepherd had made  
him an overseer4    ,sterling integrity 
and uprightness marked his character2   
his judgment was  clear and sound1 and  
was frequently given in comprehensive   
and pertinent  language1 free from all  
superfluous expression4    ,he took a   
very low estimate of his own            
attainments1 and was humbled under  a   
sense of his shortcomings2 as the       
shadows of evening were closing  around 

him1 he frequently and feelingly        
intimated1 that there was for  him1 but 
one ground of faith and hope1 the free  
mercy of ,god in ,jesus  ,christ his    
,saviour2 such was the subject of his   
frequent expression to  his friends1 and
 they rejoice in the belief that having 
in his long  pilgrimage taken up his    
cross1 and sought above all things to   
follow  ,christ1 so in the end he was   
prepared to enter into the eternal joys 
of  his ,lord4    ,,george ,,binns1     
,bradford4  #eb #hmo4 #bf #ahej         
,,emma ,,binns1 ,sunderland4  ,daughter 
of ,henry ,binns4  #f #hmo4 #bb #ahej   
,,william ,,black1 ,cockermouth4  #ga   
#imo4 #bj #ahdi    ,,joseph ,,black1    
,lisburn4  #bb #emo4 #bc #ahej          
,,thomas ,,bowry1 ,stepney4  #fg #dmo4  
#bg #ahej    ,,robert ,,wm4 ,,brightwen1
 ,newcastle-on-,tyne4  ,son of ,charles 
,brightwen4  #d  #cmo4 #f #ahej         
,,thomas ,,brown1 ,cirencester4  ,a     
,minister4  #hd #ajmo4 #ac #ahdi        
,,amelia ,,brown1 ,luton4  ,a ,minister4

  ,wife of ,richard ,marks ,brown4  #fb 
#abmo4 #g #ahdi    ,this beloved friend 
was privileged beyond many in the pious 
care  exercised in her religious        
training4  ,she became early acquainted 
with  the teachings of divine grace1 and
 from childhood1 appears highly to have 
valued the holy scriptures4  ,it was    
frequently her practice to set apart    
some portion of the day for private     
retirement and meditation1 and in  thus 
seeking to wait upon the ,lord for the  
renewal of her spiritual  strength1 she 
was favoured to know times of           
refreshing1 and a growth in  pure and   
undefiled religion4    ,she loved the   
truth in sincerity1 and her mind was    
enriched in the  instructive            
contemplation of its order1 excellence  
and beauty1 and the  benign and salutary
 influence it has on those who obey its 
requisitions3  fervently she craved for 
an increase of faith and strength1 that 
she  might be found among the called1   
and chosen1 and faithful4  ,i felt1  she

 remarks on one occasion1 as if ,i could
 make any sacrifice called  for2 the    
language of my mind is almost           
continually1 what shall ,i render  unto 
the ,lord for all his benefits4         
,under the apprehension that it would be
 required of her publicly to bear       
testimony to the power and sufficiency  
of divine grace1 her mind was  greatly  
humbled1 and under the pressure of      
religious exercise1 she thus  records   
her feelings3 ,sweetly tendered in my   
room1 and craved for  strength1 fully   
and unreservedly1 to yield all to ,him1 
who still in mercy  visits me2 if       
consistent with divine goodness1 may my 
mind be more  illuminated1 that ,i may  
more clearly distinguish between my own 
will and  the ,lord's requirings4  ,she 
was recorded a minister in #ahbc2 and on
 this  important event she observes3    
,feeling some quietude1 humble desires  
are  prevalent that ,i may indeed be    
watchful4  ,dearest ,lord6 be pleased to
  hear my feeble though sincere         

aspirations after increasing strength   
and  wisdom4  ,thou knowest that ,i feel
 awfully fearful lest ,i should bring   
any  shade on thy blessed cause4    ,her
 connection in married life1 introduced 
her into a large family1 the  duties of 
which she cheerfully performed with     
maternal solicitude1 and  she became    
closely united in bonds of affection to 
the several branches  of the domestic   
circle1 anxiously promoting their       
religious and moral  welfare4    ,in    
ministry1 this dear friend was pertinent
 and edifying1 at times close  and      
searching2 in the exercise of her gift1 
she travelled at different  intervals in
 several of the ,english counties4  ,in 
the summer of #ahdh her  health began to
 decline2 her demeanour under pain and  
suffering evinced  her humble dependence
 upon the ,lord1 and the language of her
 soul was1  not my will1 but thine1 oh  
,father1 be done6  ,some alleviation was
  permitted1 and she so far recovered as
 to be able to assemble with her        

friends for divine worship2 on these    
occasions1 her communications  evinced  
her undiminished interest in the cause  
of truth and  righteousness4  ,in the   
last meeting she attended1 she bowed the
 knee in  solemn supplication1 craving  
for herself and those present1 the      
attainment of perfect purity and        
holiness1 and that this might be the    
chief concern of their lives4  ,a few   
days after1 she was seized with         
paralysis1 and although consciousness   
was not entirely effaced1 she said  but 
little2 she retained a grateful sense of
 her many mercies1 and a  fervent       
affection towards her husband and near  
connections4  ,gradually  declining1 she
 passed away as falling into a sweet    
sleep1 and we cannot  doubt exchanged   
the tribulations of time1 for the       
blissful joys of  eternity4    ,,joseph 
,,standin ,,brown1 ,hitchin4  #fj #fmo4 
#bg #ahej    ,,sarah ,,brown1 ,preston  
,crowmarsh1 ,oxon4  ,wife of ,richard   
,m4 ,brown1  junior4  #cf #cmo4 #ca     

#ahej    ,,george ,,brumell1 ,scotby4   
#gb #bmo4 #bc #ahej    ,,ash ,,budge1   
,camborne1 ,redruth4  ,wife of ,john    
,budge4  #ec #dmo4 #aj #ahej    ,in an  
unexpected hour1 and in the enjoyment of
 usual health1 it pleased  our heavenly 
,father to lay his hand of affliction   
upon this dear friend1  and after a     
severe illness of about four weeks1 to  
gather her1 as we  reverently believe1  
into the rest which remaineth for the   
people of  ,god4    ,it appears1 that in
 early life1 the grace which bringeth   
salvation1  wrought effectually in her  
heart1 so that her surviving relatives  
cannot  recall the time when the fear of
 ,god did not influence her conduct2 her
  pious mother1 who for many years      
filled the station of ,elder in our     
,society2 was deeply interested in the  
religious welfare of her children1  and 
earnestly sought1 in the morning of     
their day1 to imbue their minds  with   
the principles and precepts of the      
gospel of ,christ1 and her labours  of  

love in reference to this beloved       
daughter were graciously owned4  ,from  
her childhood1 she was more than        
commonly dutiful and affectionate to her
  parents1 rarely giving them any cause 
for uneasiness2 an aged grandmother     
also1 who resided for many years with   
them1 she waited on with such  tender   
care1 as to call forth the expression of
 her belief1 that a  blessing would rest
 on her on that account4    ,great      
meekness1 tenderness1 and humility      
clothed her mind1 not only  throughout  
the season of her affliction1 but for a 
long course of  previous years1 binding 
her in very tender bonds to her husband 
and  children1 as well as to her other  
endeared relatives and friends4    ,it  
appears1 from the first day on which her
 illness assumed a more  serious        
character1 that an impression pervaded  
her mind1 that it would be  unto death1 
and accompanying this impression1 a deep
 and earnest desire  for entire         
resignation to the divine will2 and this

 desire was graciously  answered2 for   
during the period of her illness1 her   
resignation1 and  consequent            
tranquillity1 were indeed remarkable2   
attended by a precious  measure of the  
peace of ,god which passeth all         
understanding4  ,so fully  was this the 
case1 and so little of the appearance of
 death accompanied  her illness1 that a 
lively hope of her restoration to       
health1 was1 even  to the last day of   
her life1 earnestly cherished by those  
around her1 and  in addition to this1   
such was the nature of her disease1 that
 great  stillness and uninterrupted rest
 were considered necessary2 thus        
circumstanced1 whilst both her mind1 and
 their minds1 were abundantly  satisfied
 with the precious evidence of the love 
of ,god in ,christ ,jesus1  shed abroad 
in her heart1 they were not anxious for 
much expression1 or  careful to commit  
to writing what1 from season to season1 
fell from her  lips2 feeling that her   
mind wore thanksgiving to her ,maker4   

,she evinced1 throughout her married    
life1 a deep interest in the well-      
being of her tenderly beloved children1 
making it her frequent practice  to     
spend some portion of her time in       
retirement with them1 in reading the    
holy scriptures and in prayer2 and this 
interest increasingly appeared as  she  
lay on the bed of affliction1 having    
them daily in her chamber1 and  again   
and again1 in tender affection1         
impressing on their minds the           
importance of divine and eternal things1
 urging them to walk in the way  of     
,god's commandments1 and to regard his  
favour and approbation as the  one      
thing1 beyond all other things1         
necessary both to their present peace   
and everlasting salvation3 similar      
counsel was also extended to the other  
members of her household and family1 to 
the friends who kindly visited  her1 to 
her medical attendants1 and to her      
neighbours4  ,more might be  said in    
reference to the ,christian graces which

 marked the character of  this beloved  
friend1 but the object is not to magnify
 the creature1 but  to set forth the    
excellency and sufficiency of the grace 
which is from  ,god our ,father1 and the
 ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and by the       
effectual  operation of which1 she was  
what she was4  ,the last words she      
addressed  to her tenderly beloved      
husband were3 ,all is well3 and again1  
shortly  before the final close3 ,my    
foundation is on the ,rock2 that ,rock1 
we  undoubtingly believe1 which no      
tempest overthrows4    ,,rebecca        
,,candler1 ,east ,hill1 ,colchester4    
#ee #emo4 #h #ahej    ,,sarah ,,carson1 
,liverpool4  ,wife of ,william ,carson4 
#ei #bmo4 #ba #ahej    ,,hannah         
,,carter1 ,preston4  ,daughter of       
,thomas and ,mary ,carter4  #d #gmo4 #ab
  #ahej    ,,hannah ,,casson1 ,hull4    
,daughter of ,benjamin ,casson4  #ad    
#hmo4 #bb #ahej    ,,hannah ,,catlin1   
,london4  ,died at ,york4  #fb #cmo4 #bf
 #ahej    ,,william ,,chantler1 ,lewes4 

#gh #bmo4 #ae #ahej    ,,daniel         
,,chapman1 ,reeth4  #bd #abmo4 #bi #ahdi
    ,,william ,,cheselden1 ,ipswich4    
#he #abmo4 #ag #ahdi    ,,john          
,,christmas1 ,colne near ,earith4  #hg  
#gmo4 #g #ahej    ,,mary ,,christy1     
,woodbank1 ,lurgan4  ,daughter of the   
late ,john ,christy1  of ,stramore4  #cc
 #amo4 #bc #ahej    ,,thomas ,,clark1   
,bridgewater4  ,a ,minister4  #ia #fmo4 
#af #ahej    ,,samuel ,,clark1 ,lower   
,grange1 ,ireland4  #fh #abmo4 #bh #ahdi
    ,,joseph ,,clark1 ,southampton4  ,an
 ,elder4  #he #emo4 #be #ahej    ,,susan
 ,,clemes1 ,ackworth4  ,daughter of     
,samuel and ,jane ,clemes4  #a #dmo4 #a 
#ahej    ,,john ,,barclay ,,clibborn1   
,duner ,mills1 ,clonmel4  #hj #cmo4 #bb 
#ahej    ,,joshua ,,coleby1 ,alton4  ,an
 ,elder4  #gc #cmo4 #be #ahej    ,,mary 
,,cooke1 ,liverpool4  ,widow of ,john   
,cooke4  #fh #abmo4 #i #ahdi    ,,mary  
,,cooper1 ,brighouse4  ,a ,minister4    
,widow of ,thomas ,cooper4  #gi #dmo4   
#bj #ahej    ,,martha ,,cooper1         

,lockwood1 ,huddersfield4  ,widow of    
,john ,cooper1 of  ,brighouse4  #fe     
#imo4 #ad #ahdi    ,,joseph ,,coventry1 
,stoke ,newington4  #gj #bmo4 #ag #ahej 
,,elizabeth ,,crapp1 ,truro4  #fd #amo4 
#bb #ahej    ,,mary ,,crawe1 ,norwich4  
,widow of ,spicer ,crawe4  #gg #cmo4 #h 
#ahej    ,,tabitha ,,crosland1          
,bradford4  ,wife of ,robert ,crosland4 
#de #ajmo4 #bi #ahdi    ,,rachel        
,,curchin1 ,ipswich4  ,died at ,york4   
#ej #amo4 #bj #ahej    ,,william        
,,curtis1 ,alton4  #gi #ajmo4 #ac #ahdi 
,,francis ,,darby1 ,sunniside1          
,coalbrookdale4  #fg #cmo4 #bj #ahej    
,,samuel ,,davis1 ,aldershaw1 ,garsdale1
 ,yorkshire4  #ha #emo4 #cj #ahej       
,,edwin ,,dawes1 ,stoke ,newington4  #ch
 #ajmo4 #bg #ahdi    ,,anna ,,maria     
,,day1 ,saffron ,walden4  #fh #aamo4 #h 
#ahdi    ,,gulielma ,,deane1 ,reigate4  
,daughter of ,james and ,sarah ,deane4  
#ah #aamo4  #d #ahdi    ,,sarah 7,sally7
 ,,deaves1 ,eglantine1 ,cork4  ,daughter
 of ,reuben and  ,sarah ,deaves4  #bb   

#ajmo4 #c #ahdi    ,the sudden death1 by
 ,cholera1 of this dear young friend1   
caused at the  time a very lively       
emotion among a wide circle of friends4 
,she was the  only and much beloved     
child of her bereaved                   
parents2--naturally of a most  amiable  
disposition1 and of that lively         
temperament which gives a  peculiar zest
 to life and all its passing enjoyments1
 she diffused around  her somewhat of   
the buoyancy and sunshine which seemed  
ever to attend her  own steps4  ,thus   
attractive and admired1 and drinking    
largely of the cup  of present          
pleasures1 the thoughts of the future   
appear to have had but  little place in 
her mind4  ,in a state of excellent     
health1 she had gone  to ,mountmelick to
 pass a few weeks with some near        
relatives1 when she was  seized with the
 disorder which1 in a few hours1 closed 
her life4  ,those  hours were passed in 
much bodily suffering1 but sorer still  
were the  conflicts of her mind4  ,the  

scales which had prevented her from     
seeing  the real worth of life and the  
awful realities of the future1 at once  
fell from her eyes1 and she saw or      
rather felt with indescribable          
clearness1 that the great truths which  
appertain to the welfare of the  soul   
belong alike to the young and the       
healthy1 to the sick and the  dying4    
,she saw that she had been living to    
herself and not to ,god1 and  this1     
whatever particulars she might lament1  
was the heavy burden of her  awakened   
spirit4  ,in the depths of contrition1  
and in the earnestness of  faith1 she   
was enabled to pray to her heavenly     
,father1 and ,saviour1 to  draw near and
 to have mercy upon her4    ,thus passed
 some hours never to be forgotten4  ,the
 rapid progress of her  disease hardly  
allowed time for much further mental    
exercise or  expression4  ,she sank into
 a state of quietude of body and of     
mind4  ,and  when all was over1 the     
sorrowing parents were condoled in the  

hope1 that  the prayers of their beloved
 child had been heard1 through the mercy
 of  ,him who never turned away his ear 
from the truly repentant suppliant4     
,what lessons does this brief narrative 
offer to survivors4  ,awfully does  it  
speak to the children of pleasure1 of   
the inestimable value of the  soul--of  
the importance of time--of the folly of 
living in forgetfulness  of ,god1 and   
unmindful of their high destiny as      
immortal beings4  ,what a  light does it
 throw on the responsibility of parents2
 and whilst  affording no encouragement 
to delay in the hope of a death-bed     
repentance1 what a view does it open of 
the infinite mercy of our  heavenly     
,father in ,christ ,jesus4    ,,martha  
,,dell1 ,birmingham4  ,widow of ,joseph 
,h4 ,dell1 of ,earls ,colne4  #gh  #dmo4
 #cj #ahej    ,,samuel ,,dickinson1     
,denbydale1 ,highflatts1 ,yorkshire4    
#gi #bmo4 #ai  #ahej    ,,edward        
,,doubleday1 ,harrington ,square1       
,westminster4  #ch #aamo4 #ad #ahdi     

,,isabella ,,dowbiggin1 ,preston4       
,widow4  #ge #gmo4 #bf #ahej    ,,joseph
 ,,doyle1 ,calledon1 ,kilconnor4  #fj   
#gmo4 #f #ahej    ,,thomas ,,dunbabbin1 
,chorlton-on-,medlock4  #fh #cmo4 #bi   
#ahej    ,,charlotte ,,edmundson1       
,kingstown1 ,dublin4  ,widow of ,joshua 
,edmundson4  #gf #ajmo4 #ah #ahdi       
,,jane ,,eustace1 ,hampstead1 ,dublin4  
#ef #abmo4 #aj #ahdi    ,,robert ,,farr1
 ,birmingham4  ,died at ,worcester4  #cf
 #cmo4 #aj #ahej    ,,anne ,,fayle1     
,enniscorthy4  ,widow of ,josiah ,fayle4
  #ed #amo4 #ah #ahej    ,,eleanor      
,,fell1 ,uxbridge4  ,wife of ,john      
,fell4  #da #ajmo4 #ae #ahdi            
,,susannah ,,fern1 ,rochdale4  ,widow of
 ,joseph ,fern4  #gf #gmo4 #bd #ahej    
,,susanna ,,finch1 ,reading4  #gh #abmo4
 #f #ahdi    ,,susannah ,,fincher1      
,evesham4  ,widow of ,john ,fincher4    
#gh #abmo4 #af #ahdi    ,,sarah ,,maria 
,,fisher1 ,newport1 ,tipperary4         
,daughter of ,benjamin ,c4 and  ,mary   
,fisher4  #ah #dmo4 #af #ahej    ,,sarah

 ,,fowler1 ,higher ,broughton1          
,manchester4  ,widow of ,william        
,fowler4  #hg #fmo4 #bh #ahej           
,,catherine ,,fox1 ,rushmere1 ,ipswich4 
,an ,elder4  ,wife of ,thomas ,fox4  #fb
  #ajmo4 #f #ahdi    ,,elizabeth        
,,freelove1 ,london4  ,wife of ,james   
,freelove4  #dj #abmo4 #ag #ahdi        
,,lucy ,,freeth1 ,birmingham4  #ec #amo4
 #ai #ahej    ,,ann ,,fuller1 ,yarmouth4
  ,widow of ,john ,fuller4  #gg #emo4   
#bj #ahej    ,,anne ,,gale1             
,racketstown1 ,ballynakill1 ,ireland4   
,widow4  #gc #fmo4 #aj  #ahej    ,,john 
,,gauntley1 ,bakewell4  #gb #gmo4 #bh   
#ahej    ,,mary ,,cooke ,,geldart1      
,norwich4  ,wife of ,joseph ,geldart4   
#ee #emo4 #bd #ahej    ,,robert         
,,goswell ,,giles1 ,oldford1 ,middlesex4
  ,an ,elder4  #hj #hmo4 #bc #ahdi      
,,joseph ,,gillett1 ,banbury4  ,son of  
,joseph ,a4 and ,martha ,gillett4  #ba  
#cmo4  #b #ahej    ,,thomas ,,goodyear1 
,adderbury4  #ge #hmo4 #ad #ahej        
,,benjamin ,,goouch1 ,greenville1 county

 ,kilkenny4  #hd #emo4 #b #ahej         
,,isabella ,,grace1 ,bristol4  ,daughter
 of ,josiah and ,mary ,grace4  #i #imo4 
#bh  #ahej    ,,elizabeth ,,green1      
,trummery1 ,ballinderry4  ,widow of     
,thomas ,green4  #if  #dmo4 #h #ahej    
,,ellen ,,green1 ,gildersome1           
,yorkshire4  ,widow of ,david ,green4   
#gj #dmo4  #be #ahej    ,,mary          
,,greenwood1 ,stones1 ,todmorden4  #gb  
#aamo4 #ab #ahdi    ,,james ,,greenwood1
 ,plaistow4  #gi #emo4 #i #ahej         
,,thomas ,,grimes1 ,chelsea4  #eb #emo4 
#bj #ahej    ,,abraham ,,grubb1 ,merlin1
 ,clonmel4  #gc #aamo4 #g #ahdi         
,,john ,,gulson1 ,leicester4  #hi #emo4 
#bf #ahej    ,,thomas ,,hagger1         
,hoddesdon4  #he #gmo4 #aa #ahej        
,,rachel ,,hall1 ,greysouthen1          
,cumberland4  #fi #amo4 #cj #ahej       
,,mary ,,harker1 ,bristol4  ,widow of   
,john ,harker4  #ha #aamo4 #e #ahdi     
,,adam ,,harker1 ,darlington4  #gf #dmo4
 #c #ahej    ,,margaret ,,harker1       
,cowgill1 ,dent1 ,yorkshire4  ,wife of  

,thomas ,harker4  #fc  #bmo4 #bc #ahej  
,,mary ,,harris1 ,peckham ,rye4  ,wife  
of ,john ,harris4  #fa #ajmo4 #g #ahdi  
,,john ,,harrison1 ,poole1 ,dorset4     
,son of ,samuel and ,sarah ,harrison4   
#c  #imo4 #bi #ahdi    ,,elizabeth      
,,harrison1 ,southgate1 ,middlesex4  #fj
 #cmo4 #bf #ahej    ,,mary ,,hartas1    
,sinnington ,grange1 near ,kirby1       
,yorkshire4  ,a ,minister4  ,widow of   
,thomas ,hartas4  #gd #cmo4 #b #ahej    
,,john ,,hartas1 ,westerdale1           
,castleton1 ,yorkshire4  #di #imo4 #bf  
#ahej    ,,william ,,hartley1           
,dunfermline1 near ,edinburgh4  #dc     
#dmo4 #bc #ahej    ,,john ,,haslem1     
,rosenalis1 ,mountmelick4  #ha #amo4 #e 
#ahej    ,,mary ,,hawksworth1 ,thorne4  
,wife of ,john ,hawksworth4  #fd #amo4  
#e #ahej    ,,ellen ,,haworth1          
,todmorden4  ,wife of ,william ,haworth4
  #eg #abmo4 #aj #ahdi    ,,benjamin    
,,hayllar1 ,dorking4  #hc #ajmo4 #f     
#ahdi    ,,hannah ,,hayton1 ,penrith4   
#gj #cmo4 #bd #ahej    ,,mary ,,ann     

,,head1 ,ipswich4  #cc #dmo4 #ah #ahej  
,,ann ,,herbert1 ,tottenham4  #gb #imo4 
#bd #ahdi    ,,isaac ,,hewitson1        
,penrith4  #hb #hmo4 #bh #ahej          
,,elizabeth ,,hill1 ,hillsborough1      
,ireland4  #hg #imo4 #ah #ahdi          
,,richard ,,ivey ,,hocking1 ,truro4  #di
 #ajmo4 #e #ahdi    ,,mary ,,hodgkin1   
,shipston-on-,stour4  #gh #abmo4 #h     
#ahdi    ,,james ,,hogg1 ,portadown     
,grange1 ,ireland4  #ea #amo4 #b #ahej  
,,ann ,,holmes1 ,huddersfield4  #ca     
#emo4 #ba #ahej    ,,sarah ,,hoowe1     
,edenderry4  #fg #hmo4 #cj #ahej        
,,martha ,,horne1 ,tottenham4  ,an      
,elder4  #he  #imo4 #b #ahej            
,,elizabeth ,,horsfall1 ,leeds4  #ej    
#amo4 #ag #ahej    ,,richard            
,,horsnaill1 ,dover4  #dh #gmo4 #bc     
#ahej    ,in endeavouring to pursue     
faithfully the path of manifested duty1 
we  believe it was peculiarly the aim of
 this dear friend1 to do justly1 to     
love mercy1 and to walk humbly with his 
,god4  ,he was of a very diffident      

disposition1 and cautious in giving     
expression to his religious feelings1   
lest he should thereby make a profession
 beyond what he thought his  attainments
 warranted4    ,for many years he       
laboured under a disease1 which was     
attended with much  suffering2 but this 
proved a means of weaning him from the  
world and its  pursuits1 and of inducing
 him more earnestly to seek first the   
kingdom  of ,god and his righteousness1 
with the unshaken belief that all things
  necessary would be added4    ,he      
manifested a deep interest in the       
prosperity of our religious ,society1   
and according to his measure1 especially
 in the latter part of his life1        
willingly devoted himself to its        
service4  ,he likewise took great       
delight  in promoting the best interests
 of the juvenile portion of the         
population  in the neighbourhood in     
which he resided2 and the counsel he    
gave to  those of this class1 often     
gained their good will and respectful   

attention4  ,he also exhibited a very   
humane disposition toward the animal    
creation1 and rarely allowed a case of  
ill-treatment or oppression to  pass    
without attempting to redress the wrongs
 inflicted4  ,for some years1  he took  
great interest in supplying the crews of
 foreign vessels1  resorting to the port
 of ,dover1 with copies of the holy     
,scriptures and  religious tracts2 and  
from his kind and unassuming manners1   
his efforts  were almost universally    
well received4    ,his last illness1 of 
four months' duration1 was attended with
 extreme  bodily suffering2 but the     
nature of his complaint being very      
obscure1 he  entertained a hope that he 
might be restored to his former state of
  health1 and expressed some anxiety for
 length of days1 in order that he  might
 be more useful to his fellow-creatures4
  ,but as his strength  declined1 this  
desire gave way to quiet submission to  
the will of his  ,god2 and it was       
evident1 that his soul was anchored upon

 that ,rock1 which  alone can support in
 the hour of trial4    ,soon after he   
was taken ill1 he remarked in allusion  
to his business1  that he had thought it
 right in one instance1 to decline the  
execution of  an order1 where more      
display of taste was required1 than he  
could feel  satisfied with2 and this    
sacrifice1 with some others of a similar
 kind1  had afforded him peace3 adding1 
,i do want to come clean out of         
,babylon4  ,he said1 the language had   
been much upon his mind3 ,purge me with 
hyssop1  and ,i shall be clean2 wash me1
 and ,i shall be whiter than snow3 and  
also  the words of our ,saviour1--,if ,i
 wash thee not1 thou hast no part with  
me4    ,being in great pain1 he         
said1--,you must pray for me1 that my   
patience  may hold out2 ,i have indeed  
need of your prayers1 for my sufferings 
are  very great2 but1 bye and bye1      
perhaps ,i may be able to say1 ,i have  
not  had one pang too many4  ,at another
 time1 he supplicated thus3 ,merciful   

,father1 be pleased to grant me a little
 ease1 ,o6 ,thou that makest the  storm 
a calm1 and sayest to the waves1 ,peace 
be still4  ,soon after which  he lay    
quiet2 and whilst tears of gratitude    
flowed down his cheeks1 he  said1 ,do   
not disturb me2 all is stillness1--what 
a mercy6    ,on one occasion1 when      
feeling exceedingly depressed1 he       
remarked1 that  the vessels he had      
visited1 and the poor sailors were      
brought mentally to  view1 one after    
another1 with much sweetness1 and whilst
 he took no merit  to himself1 he       
desired to encourage others to do what  
they could for the  good of the poor4   
,at another time1 after giving          
instructions to one of  his sisters1 to 
make some selection of tracts for the   
sailors on board a  ,german vessel1 then
 lying in the harbour1 he observed3 ,oh1
 what a field  of labour there is6 how  
,i do wish that some one would take this
 up1 for ,i  feel as though ,i should be
 able to do very little more in it4     

,his mind1 during his illness1 seemed   
filled with love and gratitude4  ,he    
remarked1 ,i never felt so much love    
before1 both to my family and  friends2 
,i do believe this illness will bind us 
more closely together  than ever4  ,and 
again3 ,oh1 how kind you are to wait    
upon me so2 the  ,lord will reward you6 
,at another time1 he said1 ,i had not   
thought to  have been taken at this time
 of my life1 but ,i am in such a        
critical  state1 that life hangs on a   
thread2--the pains of the body are what 
,i  seem most to dread4    ,on inquiring
 one day1 where that line was to be     
found1 ,at ease in his  possessions1 he 
remarked1 ,i do not think ,i have been  
at ease in mine1 ,i  have endeavoured to
 live loose to them4  ,a hope being     
expressed that his  illness would be    
sanctified to him1 he quickly replied1  
,yes1 and not to  me only1 but to all of
 you4  ,he gave some directions1 in the 
event of  his death1 with much          
composure1 observing3 ,it seems an awful

 thing for  me to say thus much1 but a  
great favour to be so free from anxiety4
  ,in  the night he was heard to say3   
,no merit of mine1 it is all of mercy1  
free unmerited mercy6  ,on a young man  
in his employment coming to assist  him1
 previous to going to his own place of  
worship1 when about to leave  the room1 
he thus addressed him3 ,mind and make a 
good use of the time1  and do not be    
afraid of looking into thy own heart1   
but suffer the  witness to come in and  
speak1 whether it be in the language of 
encouragement or reproof4  ,many persons
 go to their places of worship1  where  
much of the time is spent in singing and
 in music1 which please the  outward    
ear1 but this is not religion6  ,it is  
when we are brought to see  ourselves as
 we really are1 sinners in the sight of 
a holy ,god1 that we  are led to seek a 
,saviour1 and to cry1 in sincerity1 ',a 
,saviour1 or ,i  die6  ,a ,redeemer1 or 
,i perish for ever6'    ,on its being   
remarked to him1 that it was consolingly

 believed1 he was  one of those who had 
endeavoured to occupy with his talent1  
which1 if  only one1 it was hoped1 had  
gained an increase1 he replied1--,that  
will  only be known at the great day of 
account1 when weighed in the balance4   
,on ,seventh-day evening preceding his  
decease1 he remarked to a beloved       
relative1 that it seemed the safest for 
him to say but little in regard  to his 
own attainments1 adding1--,my desire is1
 for a continuance of kind              
preservation4  ,and on the day before   
his death1 he remarked with  gratitude1 
that his intellects had been preserved  
clear throughout his  illness4  ,during 
the night1 he was much engaged in       
prayer2 his bodily  powers were fast    
sinking1 but his mind appeared preserved
 in peaceful  serenity4  ,in the        
morning1 he expressed a desire that his 
sister would  remain by him1            
affectionately inquired for his father1 
and soon after1 we  reverently believe1 
exchanged a state of suffering for one  

of  never-ending rest and joy1 in the   
everlasting kingdom of our ,lord and    
,saviour ,jesus ,christ4    ,,albert    
,,george ,,horsnaill1 ,rochester4  ,son 
of ,george and ,maria ,horsnaill4  #d   
#emo4 #bb #ahej    ,,james ,,hotham1    
,leeds4  #dd #bmo4 #g #ahej    ,,john   
,,hull1 ,ramsgate4  ,died at            
,cheltenham4  #ee #fmo4 #c #ahej        
,,mary ,,hunt1 ,almondsbury4  ,a        
,minister4  ,widow of ,james ,hunt4  #gi
 #abmo4 #g  #ahdi    ,,david ,,hurst1   
,west ,houghton1 ,lancashire4  #ce #bmo4
 #ai #ahej    ,,hannah ,,irwin1         
,deptford4  ,wife of ,thomas ,irwin4    
#ee #bmo4 #i #ahej    ,,john ,,clark    
,,isaac1 ,studminster1 ,newton1         
,marnhull4  #fg #bmo4 #ab #ahej         
,,elizabeth ,,pim ,,jacob1 ,newlands1   
,dublin4  ,daughter of the late ,joseph 
,jacob4  #ag #ajmo4 #cj #ahdi           
,,elizabeth ,,jacobs1 ,folkstone4       
,widow of ,jacob ,jacobs4  #gf #fmo4 #i 
#ahej    ,,caroline ,,jacobs1           
,maidstone4  ,daughter of ,jacob and    

,lydia ,jacobs4  #f  #hmo4 #ae #ahej    
,,mary ,,ann ,,jefferies1 ,melksham4    
,daughter of ,thomas and ,martha        
,jefferies4  #ch #abmo4 #ad #ahdi       
,,emma ,,jeffrey1 ,folkstone4  ,daughter
 of the late ,john and ,eliza ,jeffrey4 
#aa #ajmo4 #f #ahdi    ,,sarah          
,,jephcott1 ,coventry4  ,wife of ,enoch 
,jephcott4  #gb #cmo4 #bf #ahej         
,,samuel ,,jones1 ,hoxton4  #ci #emo4   
#aj #ahej    ,,sarah ,,jones1 ,hereford4
  ,daughter of ,joseph ,jones4  #bb     
#gmo4 #ag #ahej    ,,judith ,,king1     
,castle ,donington4  #hf #hmo4 #aa #ahej
    ,,john ,,leslie1 ,wells1 ,norfolk4  
#ff #ajmo4 #ad #ahdi    ,,charles       
,,lidbetter1 ,croydon4  ,son of ,martin 
and ,elizabeth ,lidbetter4  #b  #bmo4 #i
 #ahej    ,,john ,,little1 ,alston4  #gh
 #cmo4 #bg #ahej    ,,richard ,,lynes1  
,chelsea4  #he #amo4 #c #ahej           
,,william ,,lythall1 ,baddesley1        
,warwickshire4  #fh #cmo4 #ac #ahej     
,,ann ,,malcomson1 ,milton1 ,ireland4   
,widow of ,thomas ,malcomson4  #gi #gmo4

  #b #ahej    ,,william ,,mally1        
,preston4  #gg #gmo4 #bc #ahej          
,,joseph ,,marriage1 ,chelmsford4  #gf  
#abmo4 #h #ahdi    ,,william ,,marsh1   
,ashton1 ,lancashire4  #ej #ajmo4 #a    
#ahdi    ,,rebecca ,,marsh1 ,dorking4   
,wife of ,william ,marsh4  #di #ajmo4   
#bg #ahdi    ,,alfred ,,marsh1 ,luton4  
,son of ,robert and ,maria ,marsh4  #d  
#hmo4 #ad #ahej    ,,david ,,marshall1  
,sheffield4  #fa #abmo4 #i #ahdi        
,,jane ,,mason1 ,leeds4  ,wife of       
,george ,mason4  #de #ajmo4 #i #ahdi    
,,mary ,,miles1 ,peckham4  ,wife of     
,edward ,miles4  #cf #dmo4 #a #ahej     
,,susanna ,,moore1 ,waterford4  #hj     
#hmo4 #ab #ahej    ,,priscilla ,,nash1  
,london4  ,daughter of ,william and     
,rebecca ,nash4  #ag #cmo4  #ac #ahej   
,,edward ,,philip ,,nash1 ,holt1        
,norfolk4  ,son of ,thomas ,w4 and      
,sarah ,nash4  #b #dmo4 #a #ahej        
,,hannah ,,neale1 ,mountmelick4         
,daughter of ,william ,neale4  #cc #cmo4
 #bi #ahej    ,hannah ,neale had an     

extensive circle of acquaintance1 by    
whom she was  much beloved and esteemed1
 as being one of a very innocent and    
blameless  life4  ,some of the          
circumstances relating to her1 are of a 
very affecting  and interesting         
character1 and speak loudly the         
uncertainty of all  earthly prospects4  
,in the summer of last year1 she entered
 into an  engagement of marriage with a 
friend residing in ,england4  ,having   
considered the subject with earnest and 
sincere desires to act in  accordance   
with best wisdom1 she looked forward to 
the completion of the  prospect with a  
pleasing and hopeful confidence1 yet    
even at an early  period of the         
engagement1 there was something that    
seemed to whisper to  her1 the          
uncertainty of its completion4    ,at   
this time she appeared in her usual     
health and full of spirits2 but  whilst 
on a visit to her aunt1 at ,kingstown1  
her health became affected1  and from   
this time1 symptoms exhibited           

themselves1 which baffled all  medical  
skill4  ,she was still1 however1 hopeful
 respecting her own  recovery1 and very 
often expressed in her correspondence1  
how much she  was pained by the thought 
of being the cause of so much anxiety to
  others1--that her own sufferings were 
trifling1 and the comforts  surrounding 
her so numerous1 she felt that she had  
every thing to be  thankful for4  ,it   
was1 however1 evident to those around   
her1 that there  was little ground for  
hope1 and a dear friend intimated to    
her1 that her  medical advisers         
considered her end might possibly be    
very near4  ,this  intelligence greatly 
startled her1 but she afterward         
expressed1 how  thankful she felt that  
she had been honestly apprized of her   
danger4    ,the solemn impression then  
made on her mind1 never left her1 and   
her  constant desire was1 that she      
might1 through divine mercy1 be made    
meet  for the kingdom of heaven1        
repeating emphatically1 ,i have much to 

do4    ,she often expressed her great   
sorrow1 that she had not yielded to the 
serious impressions with which she had  
been favoured1 saving1 ,they were  soon 
scattered2 and regretted much that she  
had not lived a more devoted  life4     
,she felt herself to be a great sinner1 
needing a ,saviour's  gracious pardon2  
and for a long time feared she never    
should obtain that  forgiveness1 she so 
earnestly longed for4  ,but though her  
faith was  feeble1 she endeavoured to   
lay hold of encouragement from the mercy
  extended to the ,prodigal ,son1 and to
 the ,thief upon the cross1 hoping  that
 the same mercy might be extended to    
herself2 but for a long time1  her poor 
tossed and tried mind could find nothing
 to lean upon4  ,she  remarked1 she     
could not feel that she had sinned      
against her  fellow-creatures1 but that 
she could adopt the words of the        
,psalmist3  ,against ,thee1 ,thee only1 
have ,i sinned1 saying1 ,i feel that ,i 
have  nothing to build upon1 and that ,i

 want every thing2 ,i am not prepared to
  die1 ,i want all my sins to be        
forgiven2 ,i hope ,i shall not be taken 
till  the work be fully accomplished4   
,the whole of the #east ,psalm1 she     
said1  seemed to suit her case1 and with
 solemnity repeated1 ',create in me a   
clean heart1 oh ,god6 and renew a right 
spirit within me4'  ,if ,i am saved1  it
 will indeed be at the eleventh hour1 ,i
 have been such a sinner4    ,thus did  
the ,spirit of ,truth search all things1
 and bring this beloved  friend sensibly
 to feel1 as she weightily expressed1   
that at such a  solemn hour1 it will not
 do to build upon having led a spotless 
and  innocent life1 something more is   
then wanted to lean upon4  ,she often   
observed1 how well it was for those who 
had given up their hearts to  serve     
their ,saviour in the time of           
health1--that had she done so1 she      
should not now1 in the hour of trial1   
have had to feel such deep sorrow  of   
heart1--that she could only hope for    

mercy and forgiveness1 adding1  ,if ,i  
perish1 let it be at ,thy footstool4    
,as her bodily weakness increased1 she  
remarked1 ,i often feel unable to  read1
 or even to think2 but ,i can cling2    
this is about as much as ,i am  able to 
do4    ,though this beloved friend took 
these low views of her own state1 her   
company was deeply instructive and      
edifying to those around her1 and a     
heavenly sweetness marked her           
deportment4  ,her heart was often filled
  with gratitude to her heavenly ,father
 for the extension of his love and      
mercy1 and she remarked many times1 ,i  
have indeed been mercifully dealt  with4
    ,the dear sufferer rapidly declined2
 yet her mind continued bright1 and  she
 was preserved in a patient1 waiting    
state1 fully conscious of the  approach 
of death1 she queried how long it was   
thought likely she might  live8         
praying1--,oh6 dear ,saviour1 may it    
please thee not to take me till  the    
work be fully accomplished4  ,she often 

said1 ,it is a solemn thing  to die2 and
 the evening preceding her death1 when  
her friends were  watching around her1  
she remarked that1 believing her end was
 near1 ,it  felt very1 very solemn to   
her4  ,at this deeply interesting       
season1 ,he  who is indeed ,love1       
condescended in great mercy to draw     
near1 so that she  seemed lifted above  
terrestrial things1 and permitted a     
foretaste of  those joys1 of which we   
consolingly believe1 she now fully      
participates4  ,under this precious     
influence1 her countenance beamed with  
sweetness1 and  she emphatically        
repeated many times1--,divine           
compassion6 mighty love6  and raising   
her hand1 exclaimed1 ,oh such           
love6--such love6--and to me  such a    
sinner2 is it not marvellous8 adding1 a 
weary burdened soul1 oh  ,lord1 am ,i1  
but the blood of ,jesus can wash the    
guilty sinner  clean4--,though ,i walk  
through the valley of the shadow of     
death1 ,i will  fear no evil4--,oh how  

wonderful6 hard things have been made   
easy1 and  bitter things sweet4    ,she 
remarked that1 at such a solemn hour1   
the world had no relish1 oh  no6 she    
said1 it is not worth a thought3        
',the world recedes1 it disappears1     
,heaven opens on my eyes1 my ears4'     
,to a young friend whom she tenderly    
loved1 she said1 ,oh if we should all   
meet in heaven1 will it not be          
delightful8 oh6 dear ---1 we must all   
come  to this1 and nothing will do for  
any of us but the blood of the ,lamb4   
,she continued for some time addressing 
those around her in this strain2  and to
 the question of her brother1 whether   
she was happy8 she replied1  ,yes1      
indeed1 ,i am happy4  ,thus her dying   
lips seemed to testify1 that  she was   
mercifully brought to see the salvation 
of ,god1 and that he is  able to save to
 the uttermost all those who come unto  
him1 through faith  in ,christ ,jesus   
our ,lord4    ,,henry ,,neild1 ,over    
,whitley1 ,cheshire4  ,an ,elder4  #ei  

#ajmo4 #d #ahdi    ,in the removal of   
this beloved friend1 we have another    
instance of the  uncertainty of time1   
and another call to prepare for the life
 to come4  ,henry ,neild left home on   
the #abth of #ith month1 #ahdi1 for the 
purpose of  attending his ,monthly and  
,quarterly ,meetings1 at ,nantwich2 but 
he was  taken ill in the former meeting1
 and though relieved by medical aid1 it 
failed to remove disease1 which         
continued daily to waste his frame1 and 
in little more than three weeks         
terminated his earthly pilgrimage2 and  
we  thankfully believe1 through         
redeeming mercy1 translated the immortal
  spirit to an inheritance              
incorruptible1 undefiled1 and that      
fadeth not  away4    ,he had long been a
 very useful and willing helper in the  
small ,quarterly  ,meeting1 of which he 
was a member2 and a true sympathizer    
with the  afflicted1 taking heed to the 
apostolic injunction1 ,bear ye one      
anothers  burdens1 and so fulfil the law

 of ,christ4  ,deep and fervent were his
  desires for the welfare of our        
,society1 for the maintenance of all our
  religious testimonies1 and that its   
members might be redeemed from the      
influence and spirit of the world4      
,in the early part of his illness1 he   
remarked that it was surprising to      
himself1 how entirely he could leave all
 earthly things2 he had desired  to     
leave all to ,him who doeth all things  
well2 and to commit himself into  the   
hands of his dear ,saviour4    ,at      
another time1 he said1 ,i am very gently
 and mercifully dealt with1 ,i  feel    
that ,i am a poor unfaithful creature1  
but ,i consider it a favour to  be made 
sensible of this1 for it is only of     
divine mercy that we can  rightly feel  
our need4  ,thus kept in humble reliance
 upon the mercy of  ,god1 in ,christ    
,jesus his ,saviour1 he was permitted to
 repose on that  ,anchor to the soul    
which is sure and steadfast1 and to cast
 all his  care upon our compassionate   

and ever present ,redeemer4    ,he died 
at ,nantwich1 at the house of ,croudson 
,tunstall1 whose own death  took place  
little more than a month afterwards4    
,,william ,,newsom1 ,limerick4  #fb     
#fmo4 #ah #ahej    ,in affixing a few   
lines to this name1 the desire is simply
 to arrest the  attention of any reader1
 who may be too closely engaged in      
temporal  things2 giving their strength 
to that which cannot profit1 and not    
sufficiently pondering the passing      
nature of all terrestrial things4       
,william ,newsom had been extensively   
engaged in commerce through great  part 
of his life1 and there was reason to    
fear he was unduly absorbed by  its     
cares and allurements3 for the last year
 or more1 he appeared to be  becoming   
more sensible that disappointment was   
stamped upon his pursuits2  his bodily  
health heretofore unbroken1 began also  
to decline1 and it was  comfortingly    
believed by his friends1 that this and  
other revolving  circumstances1 were    

tending to turn the energies of his mind
 from  perishable1 to imperishable      
objects4  ,a few months before his      
decease1 it  became still more evident1 
that the hand of his heavenly ,father   
was laid  upon him in mercy2 and on one 
occasion1 he remarked1 that he saw      
nothing  in the world worth living for1 
it abounded in trouble and              
disappointment1  all outward things were
 stained in his eyes1 there was nothing 
but  religion that could be of any avail
 for any of us2 and it mattered not     
when we were taken--young1 old1 or      
middle aged--if we were but ready1  that
 was the great point6  ,his experience1 
however1 during the last few  days of   
his life shewed1 that although the      
ground might have been  prepared1 the   
work was by no means effected2 deep and 
sore conflict was  then his portion1 and
 oh6 with what fervency did he call upon
 his  ,saviour1 beseeching him in his   
mercy to be pleased to look down upon   
his  poor unworthy creature1 for he     

alone could help in that awful hour4    
,once  he exclaimed1 what could all the 
world do for me now8  ,his wife1 under  
great exercise of spirit1 replied1      
,nothing6 the best1 when laid upon  such
 a bed as thou art1 have nothing to look
 to or depend upon1 but the  mercy of   
the ,saviour2 the poor sufferer         
earnestly pleaded that that  mercy might
 be extended to him1 remarking1 ,he has 
all power in heaven  and in earth4  ,he 
then fervently prayed that the ,lord    
would save his  never dying soul4  ,it  
is believed1 that whilst his many sins  
of omission  and commission were brought
 vividly before his view1 by the        
unflattering  witness1 he was made very 
fully sensible that the great work of   
salvation  rests between the soul of man
 and his ,creator1 and that no man can  
redeem his brother1 or give to ,god a   
ransom for him4  ,through the night1  he
 was mostly engaged in prayer1 with     
uplifted hands invoking for mercy  and  
forgiveness4    ,some time before his   

death1 the great conflict of mind he had
 been under1  appeared to subside1 and  
to be succeeded by a sweet calm1 and he 
intimated to his wife1 that he felt     
comfortable and satisfied4  ,till       
within half an hour of the close1 prayer
 continued flowing from his lips1  the  
last audible sounds being an appeal to  
the ,lord2 and but a few  minutes before
 he ceased to breathe1 a conscious look 
at his dear wife1  seemed to say1 all is
 peace2 and it was granted to her       
exercised spirit  to believe1 that the  
unshackled soul when released1 was      
received into a  mansion of rest1       
through the mercy and merits of his     
,lord and ,saviour4  ,in  reference to  
that impressive hour this dear relative 
writes1--,oh6 how  many times that      
solemn night1 did ,i long that all the  
world could feel  the great necessity1  
whilst in health and strength1 so to    
live1 as to be  prepared for that awful 
hour1 which sooner or later must come   
upon us  all2 it is a very dangerous    

thing to put off the work of the soul's 
salvation to a deathbed1 or to depend   
upon mercy being extended as at  the    
eleventh hour1 for it may not then be   
found4  ,let us then be  concerned to   
work whilst it is called to-day1 and be 
ready to meet the  awful                
summons1--,steward give up thy          
stewardship1 for thou mayest be no      
longer steward4    ,,susannah           
,,nickalls1 ,ashford1 ,folkstone4  ,wife
 of ,thomas ,nickalls4  #fe  #fmo4 #a   
#ahej    ,,mary ,,nicholson1 ,liverpool4
  #gh #abmo4 #ad #ahdi    ,,mary        
,,ostle1 ,newtown1 ,beckfoot1           
,cumberland4  ,widow of ,thomas ,ostle4 
#hc #abmo4 #ah #ahdi    ,,hannah        
,,palmer1 ,radway4  ,widow of ,william  
,palmer4  #ga #ajmo4 #ag #ahdi    ,,john
 ,,percy1 ,ballinagore1 ,ireland4  ,son 
of ,john and ,anna ,perry4  #c  #bmo4 #a
 #ahej    ,,richard ,,patching1         
,brighton4  #gj #bmo4 #ae #ahej         
,,rachel ,,pattinson1 ,felling1 near    
,newcastle-on-,tyne4  ,widow of ,thomas 

,pattinson4  #ei #amo4 #e #ahej         
,,sophia ,,gulielma ,,payne1 ,lambeth   
,walk1 ,surrey4  ,daughter of ,james and
  ,ann ,payne4  #a #fmo4 #g #ahej       
,,elizabeth ,,pearson1 ,preston4        
,daughter of ,daniel and ,ann ,pearson4 
#a  #gmo4 #f #ahej    ,,john ,,pegler1  
,mangersbury1 near ,stow1 ,warwickshire4
  #gd #gmo4 #f #ahej    ,,isabella      
,,peile1 ,carlisle4  ,wife of ,thomas   
,peile4  #de #hmo4 #a #ahej    ,,francis
 ,,edward ,,penney1 ,dorking4  ,died at 
,brighton4  ,son of the late  ,richard  
,penney4  #bb #gmo4 #bg #ahej           
,,elizabeth ,,hall ,,pickard1           
,bushcliffe ,house1 ,wakefield4  ,wife  
of ,david  ,pickard4  #ce #ajmo4 #cj    
#ahdi    ,,hartas ,,pickard1 ,bushcliffe
 ,house1 ,wakefield4  ,son of ,david and
  ,elizabeth ,h4 ,pickard4  #a #aamo4   
#bf #ahdi    ,,elizabeth ,,pierson1     
,dublin4  ,daughter of ,joseph ,pierson4
  #be #bmo4 #c #ahej    ,,sarah ,,lydia 
,n4 ,,pike1 ,derryvale4  #f #gmo4 #bg   
#ahej    ,,hannah ,,lecky ,,pike1       

,derryvale4  ,children of the late      
,james ,nicholson and  ,sarah ,pike4  #c
 #imo4 #g #ahej    ,,elizabeth ,,pim1   
,richmond ,hill1 ,dublin4  ,an ,elder4  
,widow of ,jonathan  ,pim4  #fc #bmo4   
#bb #ahej    ,,emily ,,pim1             
,mountmelick4  #d #dmo4 #e #ahej        
,,frederick ,,pim1 ,mountmelick4        
,children of ,samuel and ,susanna ,pim4 
#a  #gmo4 #ca #ahej    ,,elizabeth      
,,plumley1 ,tottenham4  #gb #amo4 #aj   
#ahej    ,,sarah ,,preston1 ,earith1    
,hunts4  ,an ,elder4  ,widow of ,samuel 
,preston4  #gi  #dmo4 #bb #ahej         
,,john ,,prichard1 ,leominster4  #hf    
#emo4 #bd #ahej    ,,esther ,,prideaux1 
,plymouth4  ,widow of ,philip ,c4       
,prideaux4  #ga #amo4 #h  #ahej    ,jane
 ,prideaux1 ,kingsbridge4    ,the       
decease of this friend is recorded in   
the ,annual ,monitor of last  year4  ,we
 have since been furnished with the     
following notice of her4    ,our beloved
 friend1 ,jane ,prideaux1 died the #bfth
 of the ,second month1  #ahdi1 aged #hg 

years3 for many years before her        
decease1 she filled very  acceptably the
 station of ,elder1 and therein approved
 herself a lowly  follower of her ,lord 
and ,master4  ,very precious to her     
surviving friends1  is the remembrance  
of her innocent1 circumspect walk1      
holding out as it  does in an impressive
 manner1 the invitation1 ,follow me as  
,i have  followed ,christ4  ,during the 
latter years of her lengthened life1 the
  fruits of her faith became            
increasingly prominent1 and she was     
endeared  to her friends and neighbours 
around her in no common degree4  ,but it
 was  during the last two months of her 
life1 when under great bodily           
suffering1 that her tongue was more     
fully set at liberty to declare the     
lovingkindness of the ,lord1 who in this
 season of trial was graciously  pleased
 to lift up the light of his countenance
 upon her1 and to grant a  full evidence
 of acceptance with himself1 enabling   
her to rejoice in the  assurance that   

when her earthly house of this          
tabernacle should be  dissolved1 there  
would be granted to her a building of   
,god1 a house not  made with hands1     
eternal in the heavens4    ,her patient1
 cheerful endurance of bodily pain was  
striking and  instructive2 and in some  
seasons of closest conflict1 her faith  
was  strong1 and her acknowledgment of  
the supporting power of ,god1 full and  
fervent4  ,she often said1 the ,lord was
 able to save and to deliver to the     
uttermost1 and would deliver her1 when  
patience had had its perfect  work4     
,very impressive were her short         
petitions to the ,father of mercies1    
for his support and deliverance1        
accompanied as they constantly were with
  the addition1 if consistent with thy  
will4  ,she remarked1 ,i am in the      
hands of an unerring ,creator1 ,he      
cannot err4  ,we must not look to       
ourselves1 but to our ,saviour1 who     
loved us and gave himself for us--even  
for me1 the most unworthy of his        

creatures4  ,he healeth all my          
diseases1 and ,i have many1 but my      
mercies outweigh them all4  ,love and   
interest for her friends seemed often to
 dwell in her heart beyond the  power of
 expression4  ,speaking of those who    
were members of the meeting  to which   
she belonged1 she sent messages to each1
 and made appropriate  remarks          
respecting them individually1 dwelling  
with especial comfort on  the           
remembrance of those among them who were
 bearing the burden of the  day1 and    
labouring to promote their great        
,master's cause4  ,she afterwards  said1
 whilst tears of tenderness flowed1 ,oh6
 how many comfortable  meetings ,i have 
had in that little meeting-house1 how   
have ,i loved to go  and sit there6  ,it
 was not a little illness that kept me  
away3 and how  has it rejoiced my heart 
to see individuals come in1 who have    
been as the  anointed and sent6  ,on    
being told one morning that ,friends    
were going to  meeting1 she said1 ,may  

they know the ,sun of righteousness to  
arise as  with healing in his wings2    
emphatically adding1 ,i think they will4
    ,at another time she sent messages  
of love to many of the members of her   
,monthly ,meeting1 adding with an       
expression of feeling1 to which those   
around could not be insensible4  ,but ,i
 cannot name all2 my love is  universal2
 ,god is love4    ,one night1 when in   
great pain1 she acknowledged in grateful
 terms1 the  kindness of her attendants1
 and her belief that a blessing with a  
full  recompense would be given them2   
and addressing one of them1 she         
continued1 ,i love thee tenderly1 and   
feel thee near in the best life--in  the
 truth that is blessed for ever4        
,afterwards1 she broke forth with an    
audible voice thus3 ,bless the ,lord1 oh
 my soul6 and praise him for all  his   
benefits4  ,what can ,i do6 how shall ,i
 praise him enough6  ,and then1  as with
 melody of soul1 she added1--           
,heavenly blessings without number1     

,gently falling on my head4    ,after   
taking an affectionate farewell of those
 around her1 and addressing  them in an 
instructive and encouraging manner1 she 
added1 ,i can heartily  say1 that death 
is robbed of its sting1 and the grave of
 its victory4  ,thanks be unto ,god who 
giveth the victory through our ,lord    
,jesus ,christ4  ,and again1 ,praise and
 magnify the ,lord6  ,oh if ,i could    
sing1 ,i would  sing his praise6    ,to 
some beloved relatives1 from a distance1
 who came to see her1 she  testified of 
her faith1 hope1 and                    
confidence1--acknowledged1 that         
although frail in body1 she was strong  
in the ,lord1 and in the power of  his  
might2 and expressed her desire1 that   
they might all meet where  partings are 
not known1 adding1 goodness and mercy   
have followed me all  the days of my    
life2 and there is a promise for the    
poor in spirit that  will be fulfilled1 
',when the poor and needy seek water and
 there is none1  and their tongue       

faileth for thirst1 ,i the ,lord will   
hear them1 ,i the ,god  of ,israel will 
not forsake them4'    ,she was permitted
 to pass quietly away without any       
apparent pain1 and is  now1 we          
reverently and thankfully believe1 an   
inhabitant of that city  which hath no  
need of the sun1 neither of the moon to 
shine in it2 for  the glory of ,god doth
 lighten it1 and the ,lamb is the light 
thereof4    ,,david ,,priestman1        
,gorton1 ,manchester4  ,son of ,henry   
and ,mary  ,priestman4  #c #hmo4 #a     
#ahej    ,,rachel ,,proud1 ,scarborough4
  ,a ,minister4  #gg #emo4 #d #ahej     
,,william ,,puckrin1 near ,whitby4  #hg 
#aamo4 #bg #ahdi    ,,ann ,,pugh1       
,tyddyn-y-gareg1 ,north ,wales4  #ij    
#fmo4 #bd #ahej    ,,ann ,,pumphrey1    
,worcester4  #hd #dmo4 #bb #ahej        
,,sarah ,,racey1 ,norwich4  ,widow of   
,thomas ,racey4  #gb #aamo4 #be #ahej   
,,james ,,ransome1 ,rushmere1 ,ipswich4 
#fg #aamo4 #bb #ahdi    ,,anne          
,,rawlinson1 ,newton-in-,cartmel4  #de  

#abmo4 #ab #ahdi    ,,deborah           
,,reynolds1 ,rochester4  #gf #emo4 #d   
#ahej    ,,sarah ,,reynolds1 ,liverpool4
  #fh #emo4 #ai #ahej    ,,susanna      
,,reynolds1 ,oldswenford1 ,stourbridge4 
,wife of ,john ,reynolds4  #de #abmo4   
#bh #ahdi    ,,william ,,richards1      
,wellington4  #gc #abmo4 #ai #ahdi      
,,josiah ,,richardson1 ,peckham4  #hd   
#amo4 #h #ahej    ,,helena ,,richardson1
 ,belfast4  ,wife of ,john ,g4          
,richardson4  #cj #abmo4 #g  #ahdi      
,,hannah ,,rickerby1 ,burgh1 near       
,carlisle4  #ej #gmo4 #ac #ahej         
,,joseph ,,robinson1 ,stoke ,newington  
,road1 ,london4  #gb #gmo4 #f #ahej     
,,william ,,robinson1 ,bellevile1 near  
,dublin4  #fb #ajmo4 #bf #ahdi          
,,frederick ,,robinson1 ,dublin4  ,son  
of ,samuel ,s4 and ,charlotte ,robinson4
  #af #abmo4 #af #ahdi    ,,mary        
,,robinson1 ,fleetwood4  ,widow of      
,isaac ,robinson4  #gg #bmo4 #h #ahej   
,,jane ,,robinson1 ,whinfell ,hall1     
,pardshaw4  ,wife of ,wilson ,robinson4 

#hd  #gmo4 #ae #ahej    ,,rebecca       
,,robinson1 ,tottenham4  ,wife of ,james
 ,robinson4  #ef #ajmo4 #aa #ahdi       
,,anne ,,robson1 ,sunderland4  ,wife of 
,thomas ,robson4  #fe #cmo4 #bj #ahej   
,,henry ,,robson1 ,huddersfield4  ,son  
of ,thomas ,robson4  #ea #hmo4 #ab #ahej
    ,,joseph ,,russell1 ,cork4  #fa     
#amo4 #ad #ahej    ,,james ,,sansom1    
,tideford4  ,an ,elder4  #gc #ajmo4 #aj 
#ahdi    ,,maria ,,scales1 ,nottingham4 
,daughter of ,lydia ,scales4  #cb #dmo4 
#af #ahej    ,it often pleases our      
heavenly ,father to carry forward the   
work of divine  grace1 in the hearts of 
his children1 by means1 and through     
dispensations1 altogether unfathomable  
to the finite comprehension of  men2 but
 the humble believer1 looking beyond the
 changing rugged path of  this life1    
with filial love and confidence can     
repose on the mercy and  goodness of the
 ,lord1 and believingly apply the       
language of our ,saviour1  ,what ,i do  
thou knowest not now1 but thou shalt    

know hereafter4    ,in very early life1 
the subject of the present brief notice 
was made  sensible of the contriting    
influence of divine grace on her heart1 
so  that many of her earliest           
recollections were fraught with love to 
her  ,saviour4    ,for many years1 she  
was subject to attacks of illness of a  
very trying  character1 in connection   
with which1 she was brought as into the 
very  furnace of affliction1 and earnest
 were her prayers1 that 'patience might 
have her perfect work1' and that through
 faith in the wisdom of her  heavenly   
,father1 she might become fully resigned
 to his holy will2 and a  sense of his  
supporting power and presence1 were     
often mercifully granted  to her1 in    
times of severest suffering4    ,her    
last illness was short3 two days        
previous to her decease1 she  remarked1 
,i have had an awful night1 but added1  
my mind is calm and  peaceful1 ,i can   
now quite say1 ',thy will be done2' and 
to the remark1  ,his grace is sufficient

 for thee1 she replied1 ,oh yes6 and    
without  that1 we can do nothing2 ,i    
cast all upon ,him1 and can say1 ,i     
fully trust  in ,his will1 and in ,his  
power4    ,,joseph ,,sefton1 ,liverpool4
  #ff #abmo4 #ae #ahdi    ,,sarah       
,,sewell1 ,wereham1 ,norfolk4  #he      
#aamo4 #d #ahdi    ,,george ,,shaw1     
,clonmel4  #fh #abmo4 #bb #ahdi         
,,susanna ,,sheppard1 ,mile ,end ,road1 
,middlesex4  #ig #dmo4 #af #ahej        
,,betty ,,shipley1 ,derby4  ,widow of   
,john ,shipley1 of ,uttoxeter4  #hf     
#bmo4 #c  #ahej    ,,margaret ,,sikes1  
,ashburton1 ,ireland4  ,wife of ,william
 ,sikes4  #dh #emo4  #d #ahej    ,,alice
 ,,sill1 ,kendal4  #hb #fmo4 #a #ahej   
,,george ,,simpson1 ,birkenhead4  #eh   
#gmo4 #e #ahej    ,,susanna ,,smith1    
,drynah1 ,mountmelick4  ,widow of       
,humphry ,smith4  #hj  #aamo4 #ai #ahdi 
,,mary ,,smith1 ,darlington4  #gg #cmo4 
#b #ahej    ,,abigail ,,smith1 ,preston4
  #gj #emo4 #ab #ahej    ,,hannah       
,,smith1 ,walton1 ,liverpool4  ,wife of 

,henry ,h4 ,smith4  #eh #amo4 #bc  #ahej
    ,,cassandra ,,smith1 ,birmingham4   
,died at ,dover4  #di #imo4 #bg #ahdi   
,,john ,,smith1 ,winchmorehill4  #gg    
#gmo4 #aa #ahej    ,,elizabeth          
,,snowden1 ,bradford4  ,daughter of     
,john and ,ann ,snowden4  #ba  #gmo4 #ba
 #ahej    ,,mary ,,ann ,,sparkes1       
,exeter4  #da #bmo4 #c #ahej    ,,eliza 
,,cole ,,sparkes1 ,exeter4  ,daughter of
 ,thomas and ,esther ,maria  ,sparkes4  
#a #dmo4 #bi #ahej    ,,joseph ,,spence1
 ,york4  ,an ,elder4  #ge #imo4 #bf     
#ahej    ,,charles ,,spence1            
,darlington4  ,son of ,charles and      
,hannah ,spence4  #f #abmo4  #h #ahdi   
,,mary ,,spencer1 ,south ,lodge1        
,cockermouth4  #fi #fmo4 #cj #ahej      
,,william ,,squire1 ,stoke ,newington4  
#ei #cmo4 #bd #ahej    ,,dorcas         
,,squire1 ,king's ,langley1 ,hempstead1 
,herts4  #fg #amo4 #i #ahej             
,,catherine ,,dyke ,,stade1 ,aberavon1  
,glamorgan4  ,daughter of ,j4 and ,r4   
,d4  ,stade4  #f #aamo4 #bf #ahdi       

,,susanna ,,staniland1 ,hull4  #gh #hmo4
 #bf #ahej    ,,james ,,steevens1       
,basingstoke4  #ei #bmo4 #be #ahej      
,,mary ,,stretch1 ,nantwich4  ,widow of 
,richard ,stretch4  #hj #cmo4 #be #ahej 
,,elizabeth ,,stretch1 ,finedon4  ,widow
 of ,samuel ,stretch1 of ,hortherton1   
,cheshire4  #ge #bmo4 #bg #ahej         
,,sarah ,,tackaberry1 ,ballygunner1     
,waterford4  ,widow4  #hh #emo4 #ab     
#ahej    ,,george ,,north ,,tatham1     
,headingley1 ,leeds4  #gh #emo4 #ai     
#ahej    ,,james ,,taylor1 ,heston1 near
 ,brentford4  #gi #bmo4 #g #ahej        
,,benjamin ,,thompson1 ,spring ,hill1   
,lurgan4  #gg #cmo4 #ai #ahej           
,,thomas ,,thomson1 ,dublin4  ,son of   
,benjamin and ,sarah ,thomson4  #bc     
#aamo4  #ba #ahdi    ,,philip ,h4 ,l4   
,,thornton1 ,sidcot4  ,son of ,william  
and ,catherine ,thornton4  #bb #fmo4 #e 
#ahej    ,the subject of this memoir was
 a native of ,kingsbridge1 ,devonshire2 
and  was educated among ,friends4  ,he  
was not by birth a member of our        

,society1  but was received into        
membership a short time previous to his 
death4  ,having been adopted by his     
uncle1 he was taken to ,ireland1 when   
about  fourteen years of age1 as an     
apprentice to one of the ,provincial    
,schools1  of which his uncle was the   
superintendent4    ,endowed with natural
 abilities well adapted for the         
acquisition of  knowledge1 and          
possessing a taste for various branches 
of literature and  science1--gifted1    
too1 with engaging manners and          
affability of  disposition1 he became1  
as he grew up1 a general favourite      
amongst those  with whom he associated1 
and his immediate relatives indulged in 
fond  hopes of his becoming an          
honourable and useful charter4  ,his    
best  friends1 however1 were sometimes  
anxious on his account1 lest the        
caresses of the world should turn aside 
his feet from the path of safety1  and  
prevent that entire surrender of heart  
and life to the requirements  of the    

gospel1 which alone consists with true  
,christian discipleship1 and  affords a 
well-grounded expectation of real       
usefulness and permanent well-  being4  
,but he was open to receive the         
admonitions of his friends1 and  there  
is reason to believe that the voice of  
,christian counsel was  instrumental to 
his good4    ,he was never very robust2 
and his application to study1 in        
addition to  his stated duties1 was1    
perhaps1 not favourable to bodily       
vigour4  ,before  the expiration of his 
apprenticeship1 he became so enfeebled1 
as to cause  his relations much anxiety2
 and as his uncle and aunt had withdrawn
 from  the ,institution1 the ,committee 
of the ,school kindly acceded to their  
proposal to remove him to their own     
house4  ,here he soon rallied2 and in   
the summer1 of #ahdh1 applied for the   
situation of teacher of ,sidcot         
,school4  ,he entered upon the duties of
 the station with earnestness and  zeal2
 and the notice and encouragement which 

he there received1 tended  both to      
render his occupation a delight1 and to 
draw forth the more  hidden depths of   
his character4  ,his heart was in his   
work1 and the field  of labour          
particularly congenial to his taste4    
,a few months1 however1 sufficed to     
bring on a return of delicacy1 and      
rendered it advisable that he should    
retire for a while from active duty2    
but the following year1 apparently with 
renovated powers1 he again  resumed his 
post4  ,for a while1 he appeared to     
think that his health was  becoming     
confirmed2 but about the commencement of
 another year1 he was  rapidly brought  
low1 and nearly disqualified for the    
performance of his  school duties4  ,he 
was however retained in his office1 with
 delicate  attention to his known       
wishes1 until in the #dth month1 #ahej1 
he was  obliged to withdraw1 and again  
make his uncle's house at ,mountmelick  
his  home4  ,the following extracts from
 letters and memoranda written previous 

to his leaving ,sidcot1 show the state  
of his mind at that period4    #bnd mo4 
#ajth4  ,i often feel1--oftener than    
ever1 that the thread of life  is in me 
weak1--very weak2 and1 oh6 ,i am        
sometimes almost overwhelmed  with the  
retrospects1 and prospects1 this feeling
 opens to my view4  ,i  feel that ,i    
have been pursuing false jewels1        
sometimes those which have  no          
appearance even of external brilliance1 
and the ,pearl has escaped my  notice4  
,i have1 ,i believe1 earnestly desired  
that ,i may be enabled to  see the true 
and real beauty of the ,pearl1 and its  
inestimable value1 in  such a light1    
that nothing may again warp my attention
 from it4    #bnd mo4 #bcrd1 #ahej4  ,my
 weakness of body1 and frequent         
illnesses1 have  brought before my mind 
the great uncertainty of my continuing  
long in  this scene of probation4  ,i   
feel that ,i have lived hitherto        
'without ,god  in the world1' plunged in
 sin and darkness2 that my sins are a   

greater  burden than ,i can bear2 and   
unless my all merciful ,god and ,father1
  through his dear ,son1 forgive them1  
and relieve me from them1 ,i fear they  
will draw me with them to the lowest    
grave4    ,i believe my heart's desire  
is1 to walk in the narrow way1--to be   
the  ,lord's on his own terms1 and to be
 humbled even in the dust4  ,the evil   
one suggests1 that ,i can never be      
forgiven1 and fills my soul with doubts 
and fears2 but1 oh ,lord6 thou hast     
said1 ',he that cometh to me1 ,i will in
  no wise cast out4'    #bnd mo4 #bdth4 
,strong desires are in my heart1 that ,i
 may be favoured  with an assurance of  
forgiveness2 but1 oh6 ,i fear that my   
repentance is  not sincere1 that the    
pride of the world still holds place in 
my heart4  ,oh ,lord6  ,i pray thee that
 thou wilt use thy sharp threshing      
instrument1  and break in pieces all    
that is at variance with thy holy will4 
,this is ,first-day4  ,be pleased to    
keep the door of my lips1 ,oh ,father6  

and reign absolutely in my thoughts2    
grant that meeting may be a time of     
favour and visitation1 and that ,i may  
be enabled to wait patiently for  thee4 
,oh6 that ,i could keep the world from  
pouring on me as a flood1 at  such      
times3 ,thou1 gracious ,father1 canst   
enable me to do this4    #crd mo4 #ast4 
,struggles seem to be my portion1 in    
which the world1 the  flesh1 and the    
devil often seem likely to get the      
victory4  ,lord1 grant  through the     
blessed ,saviour1 that if ,i have found 
the good part1 nothing  may be permitted
 to take it from me4  ,i greatly desire 
an increase of  faith4  ,alas6  ,i feel 
the little ,i have fail sometimes4      
#fth4  ,oh6 that none of the ,lord's    
intentions respecting me1 may be        
frustrated by my disobedience and       
unwatchfulness4  ,oh6 ,i feel that ,i am
  indolent and very lukewarm1 if not    
cold altogether1 in attending to my     
soul's salvation1 and in doing all for  
the ,lord's glory4  ,thou knowest1  oh  

,lord6 that ,i am very weak in body2    
but1 oh6 grant that ,i may not make     
that a cover for indolence and          
lukewarmness4  ,thou hast known my      
peculiar  trials1 and ,i thank thee that
 thou hast1 through the dear ,lamb1     
granted  me strength to bear them4      
,after his return to ,mountmelick1 this 
dear youth lived seven weeks1 and       
during this time his company was most   
sweet and instructive2 the tenor of  his
 conduct and conversation being         
beautifully regulated by the influence  
of the divine ,spirit1 bringing1 in     
great measure1 as there was reason to   
believe1 every thought into captivity to
 the obedience of ,christ2 and the      
composure and serenity of his           
countenance1 clearly indicated the sweet
  peace which pervaded his mind4        
,about the end of ,fifth ,month1 it     
became evident that the final change was
  drawing near4  ,this he was enabled to
 look to without dismay2 saying1  when a
 fear was expressed that he could not   

continue long3 ,i cannot say  that ,i   
have any fear4    ,on the night of the  
#bnd of #fth ,month1 he said3 ,i wish ,i
 could feel a  stronger assurance of    
acceptance with the ,almighty2 and      
afterwards he  requested to have the    
#bcrd ,psalm read to him4    ,the next  
morning1 sitting up in his bed1 he      
remarked3 ,there remaineth a  rest for  
the people of ,god2 and1 after a pause1 
,i want more of that  faith1 of which ,i
 fear ,i possess so little2 and yet1    
when ,i have asked  for what was proper 
and needful for me1 it has not been     
denied4  ,i desire  to be enabled to    
pass through the valley of humiliation1 
without much  conflict2 and then comes  
the valley of the shadow of death3--only
 a  shadow6 the finger of ,god will     
guide safe through1 all those who put   
their trust in him3 ',yea1 though ,i    
walk through the valley of the shadow   
of death1 ,i will fear no evil2 thy rod 
and thy staff they comfort me4'  ,the   
rod to chasten1 the staff to support6   

,oh6 all that is of the world1  and all 
that is in it1 are worthless in my      
sight4  ,if the ,lord has any  work for 
me to do on earth1 ,i trust ,i am       
willing to do it2 but if not1 ,i  have  
no wish to stay4    ,in the afternoon1  
the beloved invalid broke forth with the
 following  expressions3 ,the ,lord is  
my ,shepherd1 ,i shall not want2        
emphatically  adding1 ,what a very      
precious promise6 and1 after a short    
pause1--,come  now1 and let us reason   
together1 saith the ,lord1 though your  
sins be as  scarlet1 they shall be white
 as snow1 though they be red like       
crimson1  they shall be as wool1        
remarking1 and this was under the old   
dispensation4  ,oh6  ,i hope my sins are
 gone beforehand to judgment2 but  there
 seem to be so many fresh sins1 ,i have 
so much time that ,i do not  improve as 
,i ought2 but the poor weak body and    
this weak mind too6  ,on  its being     
remarked1 that we did not serve a hard  
master1 he seemed  comforted1 and       

continued1 ,oh6 that ,i could see the   
pearl gates2 but ,i  fear ,i have not   
faith enough1 nor love enough to love   
,him perfectly who  first loved me1 and 
died for me1 yes6 even for me6  ,oh6 ,i 
desire to  throw myself at his feet2 how
 ,i wish ,i could love him better1 and  
serve  him more4    ,the whole of       
,fourth-day he seemed fast sinking1 and 
calmly spoke of death  as very near4    
,he craved for patience1 again and      
again1 making use of  many sweet        
expressions as his end drew near4  ,o   
,jesus6 sweet ,jesus1  come6 and placing
 his hands together1 supplicated thus3  
,oh1 dear ,lord6  if it be thy will1 be 
pleased to take me1 for the sake of thy 
dear ,son4  ,and1 again1 ,thy will be   
done4  ,he remarked1 ,i believe ,i am   
passing  through the dark valley of the 
shadow of death2 and on the hope being  
expressed that he would be supported    
through1 he responded1 ,through  mercy6 
,soon after this1 he sank into a quiet  
sleep1 which lasted some  hours2 and1   

shortly after waking1 the unfettered    
spirit took its flight  so gently1 as   
scarcely to be perceptible to those     
around4    ,,frances ,,henshawe         
,,thorpe1 ,overbury1 ,tewkesbury4       
,widow of ,thomas  ,thorpe4  #fe #ajmo4 
#e #ahdi    ,,william ,,todhunter1      
,dublin4  #df #amo4 #ai #ahej           
,,susanna ,,todhunter1 ,dublin4  ,widow 
of ,john ,todhunter4  #gd #bmo4 #b #ahej
    ,,susanna ,,todhunter1 ,dublin4     
,daughter of ,thomas ,h4 and ,hannah    
,todhunter4  #a #hmo4 #cj #ahej         
,,catherine ,,toms1 ,amersham4  #fg     
#amo4 #h #ahej    ,,alexander           
,,townsend1 ,rathrush1 ,kilconnor4  #gj 
#abmo4 #g #ahdi    ,,croudson           
,,tunstall1 ,alvaston ,grove1 ,nantwich4
  ,an ,elder4  #fh #aamo4 #ag  #ahdi    
,dedication to the cause of truth1      
marked the character of our dear        
friend2 and divine grace wrought        
effectually in him--breaking the        
obstructions of the natural             
mind--smoothing the rugged path of life1

 and  enabling him to rejoice in the    
mercy which followed him1 and which was 
his support through many tribulations4  
,it was his earnest desire to know in   
himself a growth in the truth1 and  to  
have his building firm on the ,rock of  
ages4  ,his diligence in the  support of
 our meetings for worship and           
discipline1 and the reverent  frame of  
his spirit in these meetings1 was       
animating and exemplary to his  friends1
 as was also his daily circumspect walk4
  ,the chastenings of  divine love      
produced profitable experience1 and     
being accepted by him1  with humble     
gratitude and prayerful submission1 his 
heart was enriched by  spiritual        
blessings4  ,when near the confines of  
time1 and the power of  utterance nearly
 gone1 he was reminded by a friend of   
the faithfulness  and tender mercy of   
our ,saviour1 when he emphatically      
replied1--,that  is my only comfort4    
,thus under the rapid decay of the      
outward man1 he  possessed a peaceful   

mind1 in that blessed hope which had    
been in his  day1 as the anchor to his  
soul--sure and steadfast4    ,,thomas   
,,waddington1 ,penketh4  #di #imo4 #c   
#ahej    ,,john ,,waithman1 ,yealand4   
#di #aamo4 #b #ahdi    ,,maria ,,walker1
 ,wooldale1 ,yorkshire4  ,daughter of   
,samuel ,walker4  #bd  #ajmo4 #ah #ahdi 
,,hannah ,,walker1 ,dirtcar1 ,wakefield4
  ,wife of ,robert ,walker4  #fh #dmo4  
#c  #ahej    ,,barbara ,,waller1 ,york4 
#gj #aamo4 #ac #ahdi    ,the quiet      
acquiescence of this dear friend1 in the
 divine will1 under  changes of         
circumstances involving1 to her         
energetic and lively mind1  much        
suffering1 appeared to many of her      
immediate friends1 deeply  instructive4 
,in early life1 she was1 for several    
years1 resident in the  family of her   
brother ,stephen ,waller1 at ,clapton2  
and during the long  continued illness  
of his wife1 took charge of the family1 
including an  interesting group of young
 children1 between whom and herself the 

tenderest affection subsisted4  ,on the 
restoration of her sister's  health1 she
 came to reside with her brother ,robert
 ,waller1 of ,york4    ,in the ,first   
month1 #ahbi1 at the solicitation of the
 committee1 she  consented to undertake1
 for a time1 the domestic care of the   
,boys'  ,school1 then first established 
by ,york ,quarterly ,meeting1 in that   
city4  ,though in delicate health1 and  
with a voice which she could rarely     
raise  above a whisper1 she soon became 
so warmly interested in the institution1
  as to prevent the necessity for       
further inquiry for a female head4  ,her
  active and executive mind1 found here 
a large field of usefulness1 which  she 
well occupied4  ,her kind interest in   
the institution1 the scholars  and the  
officers1 increased from year to year4  
,her ability in providing  for and      
securing the comfort of all around her1 
always conspicuous1 was  eminently so in
 times of sickness1 whether of more or  
less severity4  ,on  these occasions1   

besides her power of skilfully          
ministering to physical  comforts1 her  
quiet spirit1 knowing where she herself 
had sought and  found consolation1 could
 direct others to the same unfailing    
,source4    ,at the close of the year   
#ahcf1 in consequence of the decease of 
her  sister ,hannah1 the wife of ,robert
 ,waller1 she was called from the scene 
of her arduous1 yet to her1 pleasant    
labours2 the beneficial results of      
which were1 the establishment of orderly
 arrangement1 and plans of  domestic    
comfort1 essential to the well-being of 
a school4  ,she remained  with her      
brother at ,holdgate1 till the time of  
his second marriage1 when  change was   
again her allotment4  ,after a short    
absence from ,york she  finally settled 
there4  ,her declining health rendered  
repose needful1  although the liveliness
 of her spirits enabled her greatly to  
enjoy  frequent intercourse with her    
friends2--and the school1 the scene of  
her  former labours1 was an object of   

continued affectionate interest4    ,in 
recording these few incidents1 which we 
well know1 of themselves1 are  of little
 importance1 perhaps entirely           
insignificant to the general  reader1 we
 believe1 nevertheless1 that a useful   
lesson may be conveyed4  ,the path of   
our dear friend was1 remarkably1 not one
 of her own choosing2  most of the      
changes of place and circumstance which 
she experienced1  involved much that was
 painful2 yet under all1 the quiet1     
peaceful1  thankful resignation which   
she was enabled to attain1 shewed where 
her  hopes were anchored1 and proved the
 power of divine grace to make hard     
things easy4  ,for many months previous 
to her decease1 she was confined  to her
 couch1 and latterly to her bed4        
,during this period1 she bore with      
unrepining patience1 much bodily        
suffering2 but her cheerful and         
energetic mind still retained its       
characteristic vigour4  ,in this1 her   
last illness1 the kind attentions1 and  

tender cares1 which she had so  often   
ministered to others1 were abundantly   
repaid to herself4  ,in  addition to the
 assiduous and faithful services of the 
family with whom  she had taken up her  
abode1 and who became warmly attached to
 her1 she  had for many weeks previous  
to her decease1 the tenderest attention 
of  one of her affectionate nieces1 of  
whose infant years she had been the     
watchful guardian4    ,a friend who     
frequently visited her on her bed of    
suffering1 says1 ,in  some of my last   
visits to her1 her expression of firm   
and loving reliance  upon the ,lord1    
whose support she had been wont to seek 
in the time of  health1 as well as in   
that of suffering1 was a sweet testimony
 to the  blessedness of having made him 
her portion4  ,she told me how comforted
  she had been under great bodily       
weakness1 when she felt unable          
definitely  to put up her petitions1 in 
the lively remembrance that she had a   
never-  failing ,advocate with the      

,father1 touched with a feeling of her  
infirmities1 ever living to make        
intercession for her4  ',oh6' she       
remarked1 'the sense of it has been     
precious to me4'  ,thus peace and       
thankfulness were the frequent clothing 
of her spirit1 till her earthly  house  
of this tabernacle was quietly          
dissolved1 and exchanged1 we  reverently
 believe1 for 'a house not made with    
hands1 eternal in the  heavens4'        
,,alice ,,waller1 ,the ,howe1 ,halsted4 
,widow of ,robert ,waller1 of ,york4    
#gf  #fmo4 #be #ahej    ,of the         
childhood of our friend we know but     
little4  ,her parents were  members of  
our religious ,society1 and brought up  
their children in  conformity with its  
practices4  ,she was1 at rather an early
 age1 placed  at the school for girls at
 ,york1 which had1 at that time1 some   
peculiar  advantages in regard to the   
religious and moral care of the pupils4 
,but  from this enclosure she was soon  
recalled1 to be the companion of her    

invalid mother2 and at the early age of 
sixteen1 when her beloved parent  was   
removed by death1 she took the charge of
 her father's domestic  concerns1 and   
resided with him till her marriage with 
,benjamin ,horner of  ,york4            
,although the shortness of the period   
she remained at school1 might be        
disadvantageous to her in several       
respects1 yet it is highly probable     
that1 in her mother's sick chamber1 some
 impressions were made1 and  lessons    
learned1 which were as seeds sown to    
bring forth fruit in a  future day4     
,her husband's circle of acquaintance   
was an extensive1 and1 in its           
character1 a much varied one2 and1 for  
some years1 ,alice ,horner mingled  much
 in gay society1 occasionally           
frequenting with her husband places of  
amusement1 especially those in which    
music formed the chief attraction4  ,but
 during this period1 in which she may be
 said to have lived to  herself1 she was
 not without compunctuous visitations2  

and as the  responsibilities of a mother
 came upon her1 she increasingly felt   
the  seriousness of life1 and the duty1 
as well as the privilege1 of living to  
,god1 and being enabled to look unto    
,him as a ,father and a ,friend4        
,these feelings appear to have gradually
 gained ascendancy in her mind1  and her
 prevalent desire became1 to be a       
,christian upon ,christ's own  terms4   
,she felt herself as one who had been   
forgiven much1 and therefore  loved     
much1--striving to be no more conformed 
to this world1 but  transformed by the  
renewing of her mind4  ,her conscience  
became not only  enlightened1 but       
tender2 and yielding to what she        
believed to be her duty  to ,god1 she   
not only refrained from all the public  
amusements in which  she had formerly   
taken pleasure1 but acted in her        
associations with  others1 consistently 
with her views as a ,friend4  ,if in    
this strait path2  walking much alone   
and inexperienced in the way3 she       

sometimes erred1 we  believe it was     
rather on the side of decision1 than on 
that of undue  yielding4  ,she seemed to
 live under a sense of that saying of   
the  apostle1 ,whatsoever is not of     
faith is sin4  ,and whilst the course   
which she pursued could not fail to     
restrict1 in some degree1 her           
intercourse with the world1 those with  
whom she still associated1 7and  her    
circle continued to be a wide one17     
appeared in general to estimate  her    
motives2 and many of them entertained an
 increased love and respect  for her    
character2 and ,he who1 above all       
things1 she desired to serve1  was      
pleased abundantly to comfort and       
strengthen her in all her trials4       
,the death of her only daughter1 at the 
age of nineteen1 as well as that  of her
 husband after a short illness1 a few   
years subsequently1 were  close trials  
to her2 but she bowed in humble         
submission to these  dispensations1 and1
 under the chastening hand of the ,lord1

 it became  increasingly evident1 that  
the one thing needful was steadily kept 
in  her view4  ,she was diligent in her 
attendance of our religious meetings1   
and often remarked1 that she had been   
permitted to find in them a  resting    
place to her soul4    ,after her second 
marriage1 with ,robert ,waller of       
,holdgate near ,york1 her  health1 which
 for a long time had not been strong1   
began more rapidly to  decline1 and at  
the death of her husband1 after a long  
and protracted  illness1 she was so     
complete an invalid1 as to be chiefly   
confined to her  bed for many months    
together4  ,this was a great trial upon 
her faith and  patience2 but her hope   
and trust in her ,saviour's love never  
forsook her1  and often through her long
 illness1 she was enabled to look       
forward with  hope and joy to that time1
 when absent from the body1 she should  
be  present with the ,lord4    ,six     
months after her husband's death1 she   
was removed1 in an invalid  carriage1 to

 the residence of her eldest son in     
,essex1 whose house  continued to be her
 home the remainder of her days4  ,in   
writing to a much  beloved friend1 from 
this quiet retreat soon after her       
arrival1 she  remarks1--,every comfort  
and every indulgence is allotted to me  
by my  attentive children4  ,oh what    
boundless demands upon my gratitude are 
thus  poured forth4  ,i would gladly    
hope not without a heartfelt            
acknowledgment  to that ,almighty       
,giver1 who is the author of all our    
manifold mercies4  ,for all things ,i   
reverently thank my ,god and ,saviour1  
remembering you my  dear friends1 whom  
,i have left1 with the truest affection4
  ,to the same  friend1 who herself was 
suffering from illness1 she again       
writes1 ,oh1  dearest ---1 how many of  
,his dear children does the ,lord keep  
long in the  furnace1 yet if he do but  
grant his presence there1 and watch over
 the  refining process he designs to be 
accomplished1 there ought to be no      

complaining either of the length of     
time1 or the severity of the  operation1
 but through all1 the full fruits of    
resignation should be  brought forth in 
perfection1 to his praise1 and his      
glory4  ,that so it  may be1 my dear    
friend1 forms a wish on my own account  
as well as on  thine1 day by day4  ,the 
time has appeared long to me1 that ,i   
have been  required to lay under the    
rod1 but when we measure time as did the
  ,apostle of old1 and think of it as a 
vapour that quickly passeth away1 or  as
 a shadow that abideth not1 we see that 
it is but for a little moment  that our 
chastening can endure4  ,i cannot       
forbear beholding my day as far  spent2 
but ,i do rejoice to see heaven as a    
place of rest for me1--yes1  even for   
me6 through the blood shed for my sins  
on ,calvary's ,mount4  ,this  mercy in  
,christ ,jesus1 how precious it is to   
dwell upon4    ,alice ,waller loved the 
company of all those that loved the     
,lord ,jesus1  and especially the       

messengers of the gospel were acceptable
 to her4  ,on  one occasion when        
receiving a visit from a friend1 whilst 
laid upon her  bed of suffering1 she1 in
 great contrition1 expressed her sense  
of her  heavenly ,father's love and     
mercy to her1 a poor creature1 adding1  
,i  feel bound to tell of ,his          
marvellous goodness to me1 even to me1  
by night  and by day upon my bed1 in    
seasons of trial ,i have been comforted 
by my  ,saviour's presence4    ,in the  
beginning of the ,sixth ,month1 #ahej1  
she became more poorly1 and  both       
herself and her children were impressed 
with the belief that her end  was       
drawing near2 on the #aeth she passed a 
very trying day1 but in the  evening    
revived a little and spoke most sweetly 
of the fulness and  clearness of her    
hope1 and her perfect confidence in the 
love and mercy  of her ,god1 extended to
 her for the sake of her beloved        
,saviour2 she was  full of sweetness and
 affection to all around her1 her heart 

overflowing  with gratitude to ,god and 
man4  ,dear ,hannah ,c4 ,backhouse1 she 
remarked1  visited me a short time      
before ,i came here1 and she said1 ',i  
believe  ,jesus has thrown his arm of   
everlasting love around thee1 and is    
drawing  thee nearer and nearer to      
himself1 and he will draw thee nearer   
and  nearer1 till at last ,he will press
 thee into his bosom4'  ,it was a sweet 
message2 ,i have often thought upon it  
since1 and ,i now feel such close  union
 of spirit with ,god1 that ,i cannot    
doubt it is even so4  ,on the  passage  
of ,scripture being repeated1 ,the angel
 of the ,lord encampeth  round about    
them that fear him1 she added1 yes1 and 
preserveth  them4--',this poor man      
cried1 and the ,lord heard him and      
delivered him  from all his troubles4'  
,the fear of the ,lord has been my      
support for  many years past4  ,and on  
being reminded of that verse of         
,scripture1 ,thy  rod and thy staff they
 comfort me1 she said1 ,he has been my  

staff and  my rod in the dark valley of 
death1 keeping my head above the waters1
 and  he has given me hope full of      
immortality1--full of immortality6 and  
,i  shall dwell in the house of the     
,lord for ever2 ,i humbly trust that    
such  will be my portion4  ,she then    
remarked ,it is just a week to-day since
 ,i  began to be so very ill2--strange  
conflict of the body1 with the mind so  
perfectly tranquil1 in strong           
confirmation of the blessed promise1    
',thou  wilt keep him in perfect peace  
whose mind is stayed on thee4'--,i have 
often thought ,i heard the song of      
,moses and of the ,lamb1 as ,i lay here 
in  deep exhaustion4  ,at another time  
she remarked1 ,i have often sinned1  and
 erred much1 but ,i have ,one in heaven 
that pleadeth for me4    ,she hailed    
with much joy the arrival of a beloved  
friend1 and spoke of  the event as      
filling up the only remaining desire she
 had on earth2 their  meeting was a     
season of mutual love and thanksgiving  

to the ,lord4  ,on  ,second day1 the    
#bdth1 she said1 ,i am so loosed from   
every thing below1  as ,i could not have
 believed2 and in the evening expressed 
that she was  so filled with            
thankfulness her heart was overflowing6 
,she intimated her  belief1 when her    
room was made ready for the night1 that 
it would be the  last she should have to
 pass1 and the next morning it became   
evident that  she was rapidly sinking4  
,it was said to her that it was a long  
and  trying travel1 but she was near to 
a better land6 when she quickly         
responded1 ,yes1 ,emanuel's land3 and on
 its being remarked1 ,the crown  is     
nearly won2 she emphatically replied1   
,oh1 ,i wish it were on6  ,a  short time
 after this1 her redeemed spirit was    
gently liberated from the  shackles of  
mortality1 to be1 we humbly believe1 for
 ever with the  ,lord4    ,,fanny       
,,martin ,,waller1 ,guildford4          
,daughter of the late ,thomas ,waller4  
#cj  #abmo4 #ad #ahdi    ,,edward       

,,wallis1 ,melksham4  ,son of ,abraham  
,wallis1 of ,london4  #bf #cmo4 #f      
#ahej    ,,john ,,walton1 ,southport4   
#fa #amo4 #g #ahej    ,,alfred          
,,watkins1 ,eydon1 ,northamptonshire4   
,son of ,john and ,susanna  ,watkins4   
#af #dmo4 #bb #ahej    ,,jane ,,watson1 
,allonby1 ,cumberland4  #he #ajmo4 #bj  
#ahdi    ,,fergus ,,watson1 ,allonby4   
#ij #amo4 #ba #ahej    ,,ann ,,watson1  
,heworth1 ,newcastle-on-,tyne4  ,wife of
 ,john ,watson4  #gb  #abmo4 #f #ahdi   
,,mary ,,watson1 ,cockermouth4  #fd     
#ajmo #ah #ahdi    ,,lucy ,,bell        
,,westwood1 ,brampton1 ,hunts4          
,daughter of ,john and ,elizabeth       
,westwood4  #ag #cmo4 #ai #ahej         
,,joseph ,,wheeler1 ,birmingham4  #ha   
#aamo4 #ba #ahdi    ,,thomas ,,white1   
,ratcliff1 ,london4  #hj #cmo4 #g #ahej 
,,jane ,,white1 ,chesham1 ,bucks4  #da  
#amo4 #b #ahej    ,,maria ,,bella       
,,white1 ,henley-on-,thames4  ,widow of 
,gabriel ,g4 ,white4  #hd  #hmo4 #ag    
#ahej    ,,anne ,,whitfield1 near       

,coothill1 ,ireland4  #he #cmo4 #ab     
#ahej    ,,richard ,,whiting1           
,tottenham4  #hd #gmo4 #c #ahej         
,,anne ,,whitten1 ,roscrea1 ,ireland4   
,widow4  #gb #cmo4 #bd #ahej            
,,maudlin ,,wickett1 ,darlington4       
,widow of ,benjamin ,wickett4  #id      
#aamo4 #ae  #ahdi    ,,william          
,,williams1 ,denbigh1 ,cheshire4  #gj   
#aamo4 #b #ahdi    ,,william ,,wilson1  
,bradford4  #hb #aamo4 #bc #ahdi    ,the
 following account has much of it been  
taken from a brief memoir of  ,william  
,wilson1 which appeared in the ,bradford
 ,observer1 and which has  since been   
published as a tract4    ,william       
,wilson might truly be said to be an    
,israelite indeed1 in whom  there was no
 guile4  ,he had his peculiarities of   
character1 but with  all1 was singularly
 good1 and we cannot doubt that his     
prayers and his  alms1 had come up for a
 memorial before ,him1 who seeth in     
secret4    ,at the age of fifty1 with an
 ample fortune1 he relinquished a       

business1  in which he had most         
diligently laboured1 when the full tide 
of  prosperity was flowing in upon him1 
in order that he might devote his  time1
 and the means placed by ,providence at 
his disposal1 to the cause of  neglected
 and suffering humanity4    ,for more   
than thirty years it became the         
essential and exclusive  employment of  
his life1 to explore and to relieve     
cases of poverty and  distress1 and in  
the accomplishment of this undertaking1 
he employed the  same assiduity and     
care1 which he had been wont to exercise
 in the  management of his secular      
calling1 distributing many times at the 
rate of  a thousand pounds a year4      
,as a steward of the gifts of ,god1 he  
carefully invested his money so as  to  
secure a fair rate of interest1 and on  
no occasion did he relax from  the      
utmost exactness in his monetary        
dealings2 and yet it is believed  that  
his personal and domestic expenditure   
never reached #aej pounds per  annum4   

,his house1 like his person1 was a      
pattern of plainness and simplicity4    
,his furniture consisted of nothing     
fashionable or superfluous2 and his     
table was equally marked by comfort and 
frugality4    ,he was a warm advocate in
 the cause of ,temperance1 and was      
deeply  interested in the subject of the
 prevention of ,cruelty to ,animals4    
,of ,tracts1 he must have paid for1 and 
circulated gratuitously1 some  millions6
  ,his whole time and energies were     
fully employed1 and often  heavily      
taxed1 in devising and carrying out     
schemes of mercy and  benevolence1 and  
his life presented one uniform tenor of 
consistent  piety4  ,to strangers he    
might appear reserved1 but his apparent 
reserve  only resulted from his         
constitutional modesty1 and retiring    
habits1  whilst to those who enjoyed his
 friendship1 he was frank1 open1 and    
intelligent in no ordinary degree4      
,william ,wilson was never robust1 but  
toward the close of his life1 his       

feebleness became more apparent2 for    
more than a week he was confined to  his
 bed1 but without any urgent symptom of 
disease4  ,his mind was calm  and       
peaceful1--he knew and loved his        
,saviour1 and through ,his mediation1   
we cannot doubt he has inherited the    
blessing to the pure in heart1  leaving 
behind him1 in many respects1 an example
 worthy to be followed1  practically    
bearing a noble testimony to christian  
moderation and  temperance in all       
things1 and against that covetousness   
which is  idolatry4  ,the memory of such
 a man is blessed4    ,,elizabeth       
,,wilson1 ,rawden4  #fi #dmo4 #ab #ahej 
,,mary ,,wilson1 ,kendal4  ,widow4  #fj 
#amo4 #ca #ahej    ,,james ,,wilson1    
,elm ,farm1 ,liverpool4  #gf #ajmo4 #ca 
#ahdi    ,,elizabeth ,,wood1            
,chelmsford4  #fh #amo4 #ag #ahej       
,,jane ,,wood1 ,highflatts4  ,wife of   
,john ,wood4  #bh #dmo4 #d #ahej        
,,francis ,,wright1 ,kettering4  #gf    
#emo4 #ac #ahej    ,,thomas ,,wright1   

,cork4  #fa #ajmo4 #i #ahdi    ,many1   
both within the limits of our own       
,society and out of it1 can bear        
testimony to the integrity1 benevolence1
 and ,christian deportment of this  dear
 friend4  ,in his transactions with his 
fellow-men1 he was  particularly careful
 not to over-reach1 or to avail himself 
of advantages  subversive to their      
interests2 and in the social circle1 as 
well as among  the poor1 his kindness of
 disposition was conspicuous4  ,during  
the  scarcity of provision in ,ireland1 
his liberality was great1 and his       
exertions on behalf of the destitute    
almost unremitting4    ,his illness     
commenced in the early part of the #ith 
month1 #ahdi1 and on  finding that the  
complaint did not yield to remedies1 he 
expressed his  earnest desire for       
resignation to the divine will1         
remarking1 that  whatever might be the  
termination1 he believed all would be   
well4  ,he  intimated1 that he had not  
been one who could give much expression 

to his  religious feelings1 but that for
 many years his mind had been daily     
exercised before the ,lord on his own   
behalf1 as well as on that of his       
family4  ,the prosperity of our         
religious ,society lay very near to his 
heart1 and he expressed his earnest     
desire for its preservation in  humility
 and simplicity4    ,the patience with  
which he bore the debility attendant    
upon his complaint  was remarkable2 ,his
 mind expanded in love to his family1   
his friends1 and  to all the world1     
repeating emphatically1 ,i love them    
all4    ,he frequently spoke of his     
willingness to depart2 and as his       
illness  advanced1 there appeared an    
increasing sweetness and solemnity in   
his  manner1 and he mostly addressed    
those about him in terms of affection1  
expressing his thankfulness for their   
attention1 and desiring that the  ,lord 
would strengthen them4  ,on a hope being
 expressed that his mind was  peaceful1 
he replied1 ,yes1 quite so4  ,he took an

 affectionate leave of  his wife and    
those around him2 after which nature    
rapidly sank1 and he  quietly1 and it is
 humbly believed1 peacefully expired4   
,,eliza ,,wright1 ,sutton1              
,cambridgeshire4  ,daughter of ,thomas  
and ,mary  ,wright4  #g #imo4 #h #ahej  
,,thomas ,,weight1 ,sutton4  #di #imo4  
#af #ahej    ,,henry ,,wright1          
,middlesboro4  #cj #imo4 #aj #ahdi      
,,john ,,fuller ,,youell1 ,yarmouth4    
#bh #abmo4 #a #ahdi        ,,infants    
whose names are not inserted4           
,under one month 4 4 4 ,boys #a 4 4 4   
,girls #a    ,from one to three months 4
 4 4 do4 #b 4 4 4 do4 #c    ,from three 
to six months 4 4 4 do4 #a 4 4 4 do4 #c 
,from six to twelve months 4 4 4 do4 #a 
4 4 4 do4 #a        ,,hannah ,,chapman  
,,backhouse4      ,died #fth of #eth    
month1 #ahej4    ,hannah ,chapman       
,backhouse was the daughter of ,joseph  
and ,jane ,gurney2 she  was born at     
,norwich the #ith of #bnd ,month1 #aghg4
  ,of her very early life  she has left 

but little record4  ,she disliked study1
 and was fond of  boyish sports1 until  
about the age of thirteen1 when she     
began to feel  enjoyment in reading4    
,possessed of a naturally powerful and  
energetic mind1 with talents of a  very 
superior order1 she soon began to take  
great delight in study1 and  was        
ambitious to excel in every thing that  
she undertook4  ,drawing she  pursued   
with intense eagerness1 and in this and 
other acquirements1 she  made great     
proficiency4  ,until about the age of   
seventeen1 her highest  enjoyment was   
derived from the cultivation of the     
intellectual powers1  and in the        
endeavour to raise these to their       
highest perfection1 she  imagined the   
greatest happiness to consist4  ,in her 
journal she  writes3--,my thoughts have 
been this week1 one continued castle in 
the  air of being an artist2 the only   
reality they were built on1 was my      
having painted in oils better than ,i   
thought ,i could1 and a feeling that  ,i

 shall in a little time succeed1 and an 
unbounded ambition to do so4  ,i  have  
had many arguments with myself1 to know 
if it would be right4  ,i  think it     
would1 if ,i could make good use of it4 
,but gradually she found that no object 
which had this world for its  limit1    
could satisfy the cravings of an        
immortal soul4  ,she began to feel  that
 she was formed for higher purposes than
 the gratification of self in  its most 
refined and plausible form1 and in      
#ahjf1 we note the gradual  unfolding of
 that change of view1 which through the 
operation of the ,holy  ,spirit1 led her
 to the unreserved surrender of her     
whole being to the  service of her      
,lord2--a surrender that in so          
remarkable a manner marked  her         
unwavering path through the remaining   
portion of her dedicated life4          
,speaking of this period1 after her     
first attendance of the ,yearly         
,meeting1 she says1--    ,july1 #ahjf4  
,this time1 for almost the first in my  

life1 ,i seem come to  a stand in the   
objects of my darling pursuits1 which ,i
 may say have been  almost entirely the 
pursuit of pleasure1 through the medium 
of the  understanding4  ,this ,i feel   
must be a useless search1 for the       
further ,i  go1 the more unattainable is
 the contentment which ,i hoped a degree
 of  excellence might have              
produced2--the further ,i go1 the       
further does my  idea of perfection     
extend2 therefore this way of attaining 
happiness ,i  find is impossible4       
,never in my life was ,i so sensible of 
the real  weakness of man1 though to all
 appearance so strong2 for ,i am        
persuaded  that it is almost impossible 
to conduct oneself through this world1  
without being sincerely religious4  ,the
 human mind must have an object1  and   
let that object be the attainment of    
eternal happiness4 99 99 99 ,after  such
 considerations1 can ,i be so weak as   
not to make religion my only  pursuit8  
,that which will1 ,i believe1 bring my  

mind into beautiful order1  and1        
rendering all worldly objects           
subservient to its use1 harmonize the   
whole1 and fit it to bear fruit to all  
eternity1 and the fruit of              
righteousness is peace4  ,i have felt my
 mind very much softened of late1  and  
more and more see the beauty of         
holiness1 but all the progress ,i can   
say that ,i have made towards it1 is in 
loving it more2--yet ,i feel ,i have  a 
great way to go before my heart is      
entirely given up4    ,feb4 #ith1 #ahjg4
  ,to-day ,i am twenty2 let me endeavour
 to describe with  sincerity what twenty
 years have effected upon me2 how       
difficult self-  love and blindness make
 answering the questions1 ,what am ,i8  
,how far am ,i  advanced in the great   
end of being1 the making such use of my 
time here1  that it may bear fruit when 
time with me is over8  ,when ,i look    
upon  myself with the greatest          
seriousness1 how ill do ,i think of     
myself6  ,i  see myself endowed with    

powers1 which ,i often1 7,i hope1 with a
 pure and  unfeigned heart17 wish may be
 applied aright4  ,but in my mind1 what 
strong 'bulls of ,bashan' compass me    
about6  ,what ,i fear most1 and that    
which sometimes comes upon me most      
awfully1 is1 that my will is not        
properly brought into subjection4 99 99 
99 ,often when clothed with something   
of heavenly love1 do ,i feel that ,i had
 rather be a door-keeper in the  house  
of my ,god1 than dwell in king's        
palaces1 but ,i fear the general        
tendency of my pursuits would make me   
more fit for the latter than the        
former4  ,what ,i want and do most      
sincerely wish for1 is1 that ,i may be  
truly humble1 and that where pride now  
reigns1 humility may prevail2 and  where
 ambition1 contentment4    ,in #ahjh1   
the death of a favourite first cousin   
appears to have been the  means of      
greatly deepening her serious           
impressions1 and of increasing the      
desire to relieve herself1 as she       

expresses it1 from the miserable  state 
of inconsistency in which a gay ,friend 
is situated4  ,a short time  subsequent 
to this period1 she writes3--    ,may1  
#ahjh4  ,with my father and mother ,i   
left the ,grove this morning1  with a   
mind much softened1 though not afflicted
 by parting with those ,i  love1        
earnestly wishing that what ,i was going
 to attend1--the ,yearly  ,meeting1     
might stamp more deeply the impressions 
,i had received4  ,we  reached ,epping  
that night4  ,i felt very serious2 ,love
 seemed to have  smitten me1 and under  
that banner1 ,i earnestly hoped that ,i 
might be  enabled to partake of whatever
 might be set before me in the          
banqueting  house4  ,i saw that it would
 be right for me to say thee1 and thou1 
to  everybody1 and ,i begged that ,i    
might be so kept in love as to be       
enabled  to do it1--that love might draw
 me1 not fear terrify me4    ,how deeply
 ,i felt to enjoy ,first-day1 and was   
strengthened at meeting4  ,for the first

 time1 to-day ,i called the days of the 
week numerically1 on  principle1 it cost
 me at first a blush4  ,this day has    
afforded me deeper  and sweeter feelings
 than any ,i have yet passed2 surprise  
and ridicule ,i  have felt to be useful6
    ,left ,bury ,hill early3 ,i can look
 back to the time ,i have spent here as 
the happiest in my life2 and ,i have    
earnestly wished that my example and    
influence in future life1 may be useful 
to those whom1 never before my  mind was
 so altered1 did ,i love with so sweet  
or so great an affection4    ,after     
alluding to some further change1 she    
writes2 ,i felt increasingly  the weight
 of advocating the cause ,i have engaged
 in2 oh6 may no word or  action of mine1
 stain the character ,i am assuming1 and
 may no  self-exaltation be the         
consequence3 the mind1 ,i feel1 must be 
kept deep  indeed1 to avoid the rocks   
that do every where surround4    #fth   
,month1 #ahjh4  ,went to                
meeting--thought that by observing the  

commandment1 and confessing ,christ     
before men1 we should only be showing   
the beautiful effect of obedience1 in   
the fruit of the ,spirit it             
produces1--that it does not consist in  
speech1 dress1 or behaviour1 but  that  
by being obedient in these and all      
things1 to the law written in our       
hearts2 we should be overshadowed by    
that sweetness and quietness of  spirit1
 the fruits of which would prove whose  
government we are under4    #gth ,month1
 #ahjh1 ,cromer4  ,walked on the shore1 
the sky was illuminated  by the setting 
sun the scene was of nature's greatest  
beauty1 ,i could not  speak1 but it was 
not the effect of the scene4  ,such     
scenes in which ,i  used to revel1 have 
lost much of their influence in the     
inferior peace  they bring1 to that     
which a few small sacrifices1 the effect
 of  obedience1 produce4    ,grove1     
#aath ,month1 #ahjh4  ,patience tried1  
and censoriousness of mind and  some    
words allowed to have too much dominion4

  ,the higher we rise1 the  more we feel
 the foibles of others2 and then the    
more need have we of the  spirit of love
 and charity1 to be patient with them2  
and if we are not1  it is not           
excellence1 but only the sight of it we 
have gained4    #abth ,month1 #ahjh4  ,i
 fear ,i have not sufficiently this     
week1 wrestled  for the blessing of     
peace4  ,i am sensible of having the    
power of  pleasing1 of having stronger  
natural powers and more acquirements    
than  most women1--,i am conscious too1 
of having with all my might1 sought that
  which is highest1 and that my heart   
has been made willing to sacrifice  all 
for the attainment of it1 and wonders   
have ,i already known2 if ,i do  not now
 diligently seek that which can make me 
feelingly ascribe all the  glory1 where 
alone it is due1 fruitless must all my  
talents be1 and great  my fall4    #abth
 ,month1 #abth1 #ahjh4  --- came1 the   
conversation in the evening1  softened  
my heart in the deduction ,i drew from  

it1 of what a prize was  our            
possession1--how anchorless the world   
seemed to be1--and ,i loved dear        
,friends6    #bnd ,month1 #ith1 #ahji4  
,twenty-two years old4  ,through the    
mercy of  everlasting kindness1 great is
 the change that this year has wrought  
in  me2 the power of ,love has enticed  
me to begin that spiritual journey      
which leads to the promised land3 ,i    
have left1 by ,his guidance and         
strength1 the bondage of ,egypt1 and    
have seen ,his wonders in the deep4     
,may the endeavour of my life be1 to    
keep close to that ,angel1 who can      
deliver us through the trials and       
dangers of the wilderness of this       
world4    ,i have not studied much this 
year1 yet ,i have almost every day read 
a  little1 and never was my sight so    
clear into the intellectual world4  ,the
  works of the head may1 ,i believe1    
usefully occupy such portions of time   
as are not necessary for discharging our
 relationship in society4 99 99 99  ,but

 above all things be humble1 which a    
love of all perfection is1 ,i  believe1 
not only consistent with1 but the root  
of4    ,in #ahaa1 ,hannah ,c4 ,gurney   
married ,jonathan ,backhouse1 and       
settled at  ,darlington4  ,the early    
years of her married life appear to have
 been much  devoted to her young family4
  ,for a time1 her journal was entirely 
suspended2 but in #ahae she writes3     
,these last four years1 are perhaps     
best left in that situation1 in which   
spiritual darkness has in a great       
measure involved them2 it may be the    
sweet and new objects of external  love1
 and necessary attention in which ,i    
have been engaged1 have too much  drawn 
my mind from internal watchfulness1     
after the first flow of  spiritual joy  
began to subside2 or it has been the    
will of the ,author of  all blessing to 
change the dispensation1 and taking from
 me the light of  his love1 in which all
 beauty so easily and naturally exists1 
to teach me  indeed1 that the glory of  

all good belongs to ,him alone1 and that
 ,he is  jealous of our decking         
ourselves with ,his jewels4    ,in      
#ahbj1 she first spoke as a minister1 in
 reference to which she writes3  #crd   
,month1 #ahbj1 ,had felt for some time1 
and particularly lately1 a warm  concern
 for the interest of our family1 which  
to my humiliation1  surprise1 and       
consolation1 ,i was strengthened to     
express to them in a  private           
opportunity1 before ,i left ,sunderland4
  ,on our ride home1 ,i felt  the candle
 of the ,lord shine round about me1 in a
 manner ,i had not done  for years1     
accompanied with much tenderness and    
some foreboding fears4  ,i  felt ,i had 
put my hand to the plough1 and ,i must  
not turn back1 but ,i  remembered the   
days that were past1 and ,i knew        
something of the power of  ,him in whom 
,i had believed2 though fear often      
compassed me about1 and too  much       
imagination4    #ahbj4  ,my heart has   
burned as an oven1 internal and external

  supplication has not been wanting to  
ease it2 may ,i endure the burnings  as 
,i ought4  ,speaking of attending the   
,yearly ,meeting soon after1 she  says3 
,i saw many dangerous enemies of my own 
heart near me1 yet was  there mercifully
 preserved a germ of truth1 in which met
 the hearts of  the faithful1 and which 
was an encouragement to me2 ,i          
afterwards spoke  twice in the ,yearly  
,meeting1 and the composure at the      
moment1 and after a  time the peace that
 ensued1 seemed to assure me that ,i had
 not run  without being sent4  ,the     
remembrance of former days came strongly
 before  me1 and in thus again publicly 
manifesting the intent of my heart1 ,i  
felt  the comfort of being no stranger  
to that ,hand1 which1 as it once fed me 
with milk1 seemed to me now after a long
 night season1 feeding me with  meat4   
,after her return home1 she writes3     
,opened my mouth in ,darlington         
meeting1 on ,first-day afternoon4  ,a   
mountain in prospect6  ,the meetings    

now became very interesting to me1 and  
as the reward of what ,i was  induced to
 believe was faithfulness1 often greatly
 refreshing4    ,in the course of this  
year1 she lost her eldest son1 a child  
of great  promise1 and the suffering    
attendant upon this deep sorrow1 in     
addition  to close mental baptism1 at   
times greatly prostrated her physical   
powers4    #aath ,month #dth1 #ahbj1 we 
find the following-memorandum3 ',oh how 
great is  ,thy goodness which ,thou hast
 laid up for them that fear ,thee1 which
 ,thou  hast wrought for them that trust
 in ,thee before the sons of men4'  ,in 
looking back to the last two or three   
months1 ,i feel ,i may adopt this       
language3 in them ,i have known the     
greatest portion of suffering that it   
has yet been my lot to taste4    #crd   
,month1 #ahbb4  ,she writes1 ,in the    
afternoon meeting1 a subject seemed  so 
clear before me1 that ,i ventured to    
speak2 but oh6 the evil of my  heart1   
the consciousness of having1 or         

supposing ,i had1 chosen my words  well1
 was like the fly in the ointment of the
 apothecary1 the baneful  effects of    
which1 ,i felt many days after4  ,the   
more ,i see of my own mind1  the more   
may the breathing of my soul be1--',if  
,thou wilt1 ,thou canst make  me clean4'
  ,sometimes to believe that it is ,his 
will1 is sweet to me1 but  we must      
maintain the fight1 for though the      
victory is ,his1 the fall is  ours4     
,the constant and deep consideration for
 others in the most minute  actions of  
life1 how ,i love it1 and feel myself   
'as a bullock  unaccustomed to the      
yoke4'    #eth ,month1 #fth1 #ahbb4     
,days and nights of much spiritual      
conflict1 or  rather perhaps the sight  
that there was much to conflict with2   
weak in  body and weak in mind6  ,in my 
ministry more patient and deep          
deliberation  wanting4  ,last night1    
believed ,i had not kept close enough to
 my ,guide in  prayer1 with which ,i    
felt some distress1--perhaps not        

altogether  wrong1--but had not stopped 
when ,i ought1 nor waited at every      
moment for  clearness and strength in   
the exercise2 ,i hope ,i shall not hurt 
others4    #fth ,month1 #ahbb4  ,a month
 is now passed in which ,i have been    
sweetly  enabled to enjoy the love of   
,god in my heart4  ,i trust we shall    
experience preservation1 though we may  
well fear for ourselves1 and be  the    
subject of fear for others4  ,oh6 that1 
without affectation1 we may  live deeply
 in the root of life6    #dth ,month1   
#ahbc4  ,i have much to bind me to this 
earth1 but perhaps more  power of       
gratefully enjoying its blessings is    
wanted1 and may be in store  for me     
before ,i leave it2 some minds seem     
deeply anchored in the truth1  meekly   
and patiently bearing the trials of the 
day1 with firmer faith and  greater     
purity1 but each heart alone knows its  
own bitterness1 and ,i  believe there is
 never much attainment without much     
suffering2--a  chastened habit of       

thought1 how desirable to be the habit  
of early life6  riches and indulgences  
how inimical to it6    #dth ,month1     
#ahbe4  ,my mind enjoyed a liberty1 and 
something of the light  of the glorious 
gospel1 a state which ,i often pant     
after1 and am so  generally a stranger  
to2 in each day a religious engagement  
seemed  peculiarly blessed to myself4   
,a sense of being liked and loved1 is   
gratifying2 at the same time ,i         
acknowledge1 it has its dangers2 it is1 
however1 a stimulus to do good and to   
communicate4    #dth ,month1 #beth4  ,a 
poor body1 and a weak restless mind6    
,how the sword  does wear the scabbard6 
but this world is not to be our         
paradise2 perhaps  ,i lose some little  
strength in striving to make it so4     
,oh6 my ,god1 have  pity upon me2 thou  
alone canst know how much ,i suffer2--if
 my children  ail anything1 what it     
costs me4    ,in #ahbf1 she visited the 
families of ,friends in ,darlington     
,monthly  ,meeting1 in company with     

,isaac ,stephenson2 and in allusion to  
this  engagement1 she writes3 ,entered  
last week on a visit1 with ,i4          
,stephenson1 to the families of this    
,monthly ,meeting4  ,ministry is surely 
a gift6 may the vessel be purified by   
using it in faith4    #crd ,month1      
#ahbf4  ,after many cogitations and some
 provings of faith1 ,i  went with ,isaac
 ,stephenson to ,manchester1 ,lancaster1
 and ,leeds3 ,i felt it  like leaving   
all to follow what ,i believed to be my 
divine ,guide2 it cost  me some         
heart-sinkings and tears1 but my mind   
was sweetly preserved in  peace and     
confidence2 and1 though ,i had times of 
depression and fear to  pass through1 ,i
 have been thankful that ,i made the    
sacrifice4  ,it has  endeared me to many
 individuals2 and at times1 in the      
undoubted belief  that it was a divine  
requiring1 it has strengthened my faith1
 and excited  some degree of            
thankfulness for being so employed4     
#dth ,month1 #afth4  ,a sweet day of    

rest and peace1 such as ,i do not       
remember to have known for years4       
#dth ,month1 #ahth4  ,monthly ,meeting  
one of perplexity and fear1 ,oh6 for    
dwelling deep and lying low6 and waiting
 in quietness for the 'little  cloud6'  
but it seems as if my faith were to be  
tried by things coming  unexpectedly    
upon me1 and to be humbled by feeling   
ill prepared4    ,from this time she    
went on advancing rapidly in the work of
 the ministry3  her truly catholic      
spirit expanded in love to her          
fellow-creatures2 the  inmates of the   
palace as well as those of the prison1  
shared alike her  ,christian zeal and   
interest4  ,her naturally powerful and  
refined mind1  deeply instructed in the 
things of ,god1 rendered her peculiarly 
fitted to  labour amongst those1 who    
being invested with wealth and          
influence1 she  regarded as stewards1   
deeply responsible for the right        
occupation of  their various gifts3 with
 many of these1 in the upper classes of 

society1  she sought and obtained       
opportunities for conveying religious   
counsel2  and in not a few instances    
there was a deep response in the hearts 
of her  hearers1 to the truths which she
 had to proclaim4    ,the public        
meetings which she held were very       
numerous1--many of them very            
remarkable4  ,her fervour in seeking to 
arouse to a sense of their  condition1  
those who were dead in trespasses and   
sins1--her sound and  convincing        
arguments1 in controverting the views of
 the infidel1--her  zeal against the    
lukewarm professor1 and her earnest     
affectionate  invitations to the humble 
believer in ,jesus1 to lay aside every  
weight1  and partake1 in all their      
fulness1 of the blessings purchased for 
them by  the dear ,son of ,god2 will    
long be remembered by those who felt the
 truth  and unction of her appeals4     
,she dwelt upon the glorious scheme of  
redemption1 through the propitiatory    
sacrifice of ,christ ,jesus upon the    

cross1 for the sins of the whole world2 
and of the absolute necessity of        
sanctification of spirit1 through the   
effectual operation of divine grace  on 
the heart1 as one1 who had herself      
largely participated1 in the  blessings 
and mercies of her ,god4  ,she was1     
however1 no stranger to deep  mental    
conflicts1 both in the prosecution of   
her religious labours1 and  in the more 
retired sphere of domestic life1 as some
 of her memoranda  show4    ,in #ahbg1  
after visiting with her husband1 the    
counties of ,devon and  ,cornwall1 an   
engagement which occupied them nearly   
two months1 and  included a visit to the
 ,scilly ,isles1 she writes3--    #gth  
,month1 #ahbg4  ,i felt it a day of     
favour when we gave in our account  at  
the ,monthly ,meeting1 the third day    
after our arrival at home1 but in       
returning from this journey1 ,i have    
been made remarkably sensible1 that  the
 business of religion is the business of
 the day1 and that the  exercises and   

strength of any past day1 are but as    
nothing for the day  that is passing    
over us2 and many of these days have    
been passed in much  mental conflict1   
and much bodily weakness and languor4   
#ahbh4  ,many1 and many have been my    
fears1 lest the good things that  others
 may see us surrounded with1 should be  
as a stumbling block leading  to        
covetousness2 how hardly shall they that
 have riches lead the life of  a humble 
follower of the dear ,redeemer6  ,these 
thoughts often beset me1  and sometimes 
make me fear1 if ever ,i have a right to
 open my mouth to  advocate ,his cause4 
,i could wish ,i had a heart1 a head1   
and a mind fit for all ,i could         
embrace1 but that may never be3 however1
 altogether my mind has been of  late1  
less covered with clouds than it used to
 be1 and my health revives  with it4    
',what shall ,i render for all thy      
benefits8' may well be the  language of 
my soul4    ,in #ahbi she was again     
joined by her dear husband in a visit to

 ,ireland2  after which she writes3--   
#ajth ,month1 #ahbi4  ,we passed through
 many deep baptisms1 many sinks both  of
 body and mind1 and in the course of    
three or four months1 attended all  the 
particular meetings2 ,i think we did too
 much in the time to do it as  well as  
we might2 there was much exercise of    
faith1 but patience had not  its perfect
 work3--may my daily prayer be for      
patience1 and the daily  close exercise 
of my spirit to obtain it2 for want of  
it1 ,i get into many  perplexities1 that
 might be avoided2 yet with all the     
omissions and  commissions that ,i can  
look back upon with shame1 ,i can number
 this  journey among the many mercies of
 my life1 being at times in it1         
introduced into a more soul-satisfying  
state than ,i had perhaps ever  known   
before1 and ,i was never more fully     
persuaded that we were  commissioned to 
preach the gospel4  ,the company of my  
dear husband was  truly a comfort and   
support1 as well as very endearing1 and 

this journey  has enlarged my heart in  
love to hundreds1 and has written many  
epistles  there1 which ,i trust may     
never be blotted out4    ,in #ahcj1 she 
laid before her ,monthly ,meeting1 a    
prospect of going to  ,america4  ,this  
concern was cordially united with1 and  
she and her husband  were liberated for 
the service in that land4  ,in reference
 to this very  weighty engagement1 she  
thus writes to her dear cousin1         
,elizabeth ,fry3--       ,darlington1   
#bnd ,month1 #dth1 #ahcj4       ,my     
dearest ,betsy1       ,i believe some of
 thy tenderest sympathies will be       
aroused1 on hearing     of the momentous
 prospect now before us of visiting     
,north ,america4  ,i     dare say many1 
many years ago1 thy imagination sent me 
there1--call it     by that name1 or the
 more orthodox one of faith1--so has    
mine1 but ,i     saw it without baptism2
 now1 ,i pass into it under baptism1    
which in     depth far exceeds any thing
 ,i have known before2 the severing work

 it     is to the ties of nature1 to my 
dear ,father1 ,mother1 and ,children1   
breaks me all to pieces1 but ,i have    
much1 if not entirely1 been spared      
from doubts2 all ,i seem to have had to 
do was to submit2 this is a     great   
comfort1 for which ,i desire to be      
thankful1 and for that peace     which  
in the midst of deep suffering has so   
far rested upon it4       ,thy very     
affectionate     ,h4 ,c4 ,,backhouse4   
,her labours in ,america were very      
abundant1 and there is reason to        
believe1 blessed to very many4  ,during 
the five years she spent on that        
,continent1 she visited the greater part
 of the meetings of ,friends1 and  in   
doing so1 shrank from no hardship or    
privation consequent upon  travelling in
 districts recently settled4    ,in     
#ahcc1 ,jonathan ,backhouse thus writes 
of her labours--    ,i do think my      
wife's labours in these parts1 have been
 of essential  service2--helped some    
sunken ones out of a pit1 strengthened  

some weak  hands1 and confirmed some    
wavering ones1 as well as comforted the 
mourners4  ,she has no cause to be      
discouraged about her labours1 they     
have been blessed4    ,her husband      
thinking it desirable to return for a   
while to ,england1  ,hannah ,c4         
,backhouse was provided with a most     
faithful valuable companion  in ,eliza  
,p4 ,kirkbride1 and for her as well as  
for many other beloved  friends to whom 
she had become closely united in        
,america1 she retained a  warm interest 
and affection to the close of her life4 
,in #ahce1 they returned to ,england1   
and in the bosom of her beloved family  
and friends1 great was1 for a time1 her 
domestic happiness4  ,but home          
endearments were not permitted to       
interfere with her devotion to ,him1 to 
do whose will1 was not only her highest 
aim1 but her chief delight3 and         
whenever the ,lord's call was heard1 she
 was ready to obey4  ,many parts of     
,england1 and ,scotland were visited    

between this time and #ahde4  ,during   
this interval some of her nearest       
domestic ties were broken2 her eldest   
surviving son1 an engaging youth of     
seventeen1 her beloved husband1 and a   
precious daughter1 the wife of ,john    
,hodgkin1 of ,tottenham1 were all       
summoned to their eternal home3 whilst  
under the pressure of sorrow  occasioned
 by the removal of ,ann ,hodgkin1 the   
following letter was  penned3--         
,tottenham1 #abth ,month1 #ith1 #ahde4  
,my losses have been many and great1 but
 the greatness of this1 ,i am           
increasingly coming into the            
apprehension of4  ,she was lovely in her
     life1 and in death may we not be   
divided6 or by death1 but may her       
sweet spirit be very near in my         
remembrance1 to the end of my days1     
and then may ,i join ,father and        
,mother1 ,brothers and ,sisters1        
,husband     and ,children1--how many of
 the nearest ties now1 we trust1 in     
heaven1     and how few on earth        

comparatively4  ,on this subject ,i     
cannot now     dwell1--when ,i can view 
her free from all weakness1 corruption1 
and     suffering1 in the enjoyment of  
that rest1 she knew so well how to      
appreciate1 ,i could smile with a joyful
 sorrow2 but few of such     moments    
have been given2 in general a patient   
bearing of the present     moment1 is   
the most we have arrived at1 under the  
blessed unmoved     confidence that all 
is well4       ,your very affectionate  
sister1     ,h4 ,c4 ,,backhouse4        
,from this time a cessation from labour 
was granted1 and after having thus      
devoted the meridian of her life to the 
service of her ,lord1 she was  permitted
 for some years previous to her decease1
 to enjoy a season of  almost           
uninterrupted repose4  ,love1 meekness1 
gentleness1 and peace were  eminently   
the clothing of her spirit2 and like    
,moses viewing from the  ,mount the     
,promised ,land1 she seemed almost to   
live above the trials and  temptations  

of time2 nothing appeared materially to 
disturb or ruffle the  repose of her    
soul1 deeply centred in ,god4  ,her     
ministry was often  strikingly beautiful
 and impressive1 especially exhorting to
 unreserved  dedication1 and dwelling on
 the glories of the heavenly kingdom4   
,during the latter part of #ahdi1 her   
health1 which had long been delicate1   
began increasingly to give way2 at the  
end of the #crd ,month of #ahej1 she    
was seized with alarming illness1 from  
which little hope was entertained  of   
her recovery2 from this she so far      
rallied as to leave her bed-room1  and  
go into an adjoining sitting-room1 but  
never was able to go down  stairs4  ,it 
was evident her strength was very small1
 but no immediate  danger was at this   
time apprehended4  ,she was at times1   
cheerful1 always  tranquil and full of  
repose1 and able to enjoy the company of
 those  immediately around her2 at other
 times illness oppressed her1 and       
prevented the power for much exertion of

 mind or communication of  thought4     
,but words were not needed to declare   
her faith or her love1  when through    
having faithfully occupied with the     
grace that had been  given to her1 her  
whole life might almost be said to have 
been one act of  dedication to ,god4    
,on the night of the #eth of ,fifth     
,month1 increased illness came on1 she  
continued conscious almost to the last1 
and alluded with perfect calmness  to   
the fresh symptoms of danger4  ,on her  
sister remarking to her1 that  though it
 was a dark valley1 it would soon be all
 joy to her1 she  responded by a        
beautiful smile1 but power of           
articulation soon failed1  and on the   
morning of the #fth of ,fifth ,month1   
#ahej1 she most gently  expired4    ,we 
cannot close this account more          
appropriately than in the language of a 
dear friend who had long known and loved
 her4    ,a character of such rare      
excellence1 such singleness of purpose1 
such  true devotedness1 in which the    

intellectual and the spiritual were so  
well balanced1 and well developed       
together3--a character in which1 with   
all the occasional undulations and      
agitations of the surface1 there was    
such a deep1 such a clear1 such a calm  
and steady under-current of  sterling   
piety1 of unwavering attachment to the  
cause of our ,god and of  his ,christ1  
of close adherence to the leadings of   
his ,spirit1 and strong  desire to do   
his will2--a character in which the     
woman1 the ,christian1  and the ,quaker 
were so fused into one1 did truly adorn 
the doctrine of  ,god her ,saviour4  ,it
 was conspicuous that by the grace of   
,god she was  what she was2 though      
nature had done much1 grace had done    
much more1 and  it was evident that she 
humbly felt that she was not her own1   
that she  was bought with a price2 that 
amidst all that surrounded her of the   
perishing things of time1 she did not   
live unto herself1 but unto ,him who    
died for her and rose again1 who was her

 ,alpha and ,omega1 her all in all4  ,in
 our little and afflicted church1 the   
loss is great3 she was one of our       
stakes1 and one of our cords6  ,the     
stake is removed1 the cord is broken1   
but our ,god abideth for ever4        ,a
 ,,sketch ,,of ,,the ,,life ,,and       
,,labours ,,of ,,patrick1  ,the ,apostle
 of the ,irish4      ,we think it will  
be agreeable to our readers1 that we    
should occupy a few  vacant pages1 by   
the following lively particulars        
respecting ,patrick1  the ,apostle of   
the ,irish4  ,they are extracted from a 
work lately  published1 under the title 
of1 ,light in ,dark ,places2 or         
,memorials of  ,christian ,life in the  
,middle ,ages1 which is stated1 in the  
preface1 to  be translated from a       
,german work by the late ,augustus      
,neander4  ,patrick  flourished in the  
early part of the fifth century1 before 
the ,romish yoke  was imposed upon the  
,british churches1 but not before much  
superstition  had become mixed with the 

purity of the ,christian faith4    ,his 
early circumstances seem1 however1 to   
have entirely detached him from         
dependence upon man1 and to have driven 
him to the ,one great ,source of  light 
and strength4  ,romanists have a story  
of his having gone to ,rome1  and having
 received there his authority as the    
first bishop of ,ireland2  but it is    
evident that his call to preach the     
gospel to the ,irish1 was  not of man1  
or from man1 but immediately from ,god1 
who inspired him with  holy faith and   
courage1 and in a most remarkable manner
 prospered his  labours4    99 99 99 99 
99    ,this remarkable man was prepared1
 by very peculiar circumstances1 for his
  important work2 and in his instance1  
also1 it may be seen1 how that  infinite
 wisdom which guides the development of 
the kingdom of ,god  amongst men1 is    
able to bring great things out of what  
seems  insignificant to the eyes of men4
    ,patrick1 called in his native      
tongue ,succath1 was born ,a4,d4 #cgb1  

between  the ,scottish towns of         
,dumbarton and ,glasgow1 7then appended 
to ,england17  in the village of        
,bonaven1 since named in honour of him1 
,kilpatrick4  ,he  was the son of a poor
 unlettered deacon of the village       
church4  ,no  particular care was       
bestowed on his education1 and he lived 
on  light-heartedly1 from day to day1   
without making the religious truths     
taught him by his parents matters of    
personal interest1 until his            
seventeenth year4    ,then1 it happened 
that he was awakened by a severe        
chastisement from his  ,heavenly ,father
 from this sleep of death to a higher   
life4  ,some pirates  of the wild tribe 
of the ,scots1 who then inhabited       
,ireland1 landed at the  dwelling-place 
of ,patrick1 and carried him off with   
other captives4  ,he  was sold into     
slavery to a ,scottish prince1 who      
committed to him the care  of his flocks
 and herds4  ,necessity directed his    
heart to that ,god of  whom1 in his days

 of rest in his father's house1 he had  
not thought4  ,abandoned of men1 he     
found consolation and blessedness in    
,him1 and now  first learned to perceive
 and enjoy the treasures which the      
,christian has  in heaven4  ,whilst he  
roamed about with his flocks1 through   
ice and snow1  communion with his ,god  
in prayer1 and quiet contemplation1 were
 his  portion4  ,let us hear how he     
himself1 in a confession which he       
subsequently wrote1 describes this      
change which took place in him4    ,i   
was about sixteen years old1 and knew   
nothing of the true ,god1 when ,i  was  
led into captivity with many thousands  
of my countrymen1 as we  deserved1 in   
that we had departed from ,god1 and had 
not kept his  commandments4  ,there ,god
 opened my unbelieving heart1 so that   
,i1 although  late1 remembered my sins1 
and turned with my whole heart to the   
,lord my  ,god1 to ,him who had regarded
 my loneliness1 had had compassion on my
  youth and my ignorance1 and had       

watched over me before ,i knew him2 who1
  ere ,i knew how to choose between good
 and evil1 had guarded and cherished    
me1 as a father doth his son4  ,this ,i 
know assuredly1 that before ,god        
humbled me1 ,i was like a stone lying   
sunk in deep mire2 but ,he who is  able 
came1 ,he raised me in his mercy1 and   
set me on a very high place4  ,therefore
 must ,i loudly bear witness to this1 in
 order1 in some measure1  to repay the  
,lord for such great blessings in time  
and eternity1 great  beyond the         
apprehension of human reason4  ,when ,i 
came to ,ireland1 he  says1 and used    
daily to keep the cattle1 and often     
every day to pray1  the fear and the    
love of ,god were ever more and more    
enkindled in me1 and  my faith          
increased1 so that1 in one day1 ,i spoke
 a hundred times in  prayer1 and in the 
night almost as often2 and even when ,i 
passed the  night on the mountains1 or  
in the forest1 amid snow and ice and    
rain1 ,i  would awake before daybreak to

 pray4  ,and ,i felt no discomfort1     
there was  then no sloth in me1 such as 
,i find in my heart now1 for then the   
,spirit  glowed within me4    ,after he 
had passed six years in the service of  
this prince1 he thought  he heard a     
voice in his sleep which promised him a 
speedy return to his  native land1 and  
soon afterwards announced to him that a 
ship was already  prepared to take him4 
,in reliance on this call1 he set out1  
and after a  journey of many days1 he   
found a ship about to set sail4  ,but   
the captain  would not1 at first1       
receive the poor unknown youth4         
,patrick fell on his  knees and prayed4 
,he had not finished his prayer before  
one of the  ship's company called him   
back1 and offered him a passage4  ,after
 a  wearisome voyage1 in which he       
experienced1 from the grace which guided
  him1 many a deliverance from great    
peril1 and many a memorable answer to   
prayer1 he arrived once more amongst his
 people4    ,many years after this1 he  

was again carried off by pirates4  ,but1
 in  sixteen days1 by the special       
guidance of ,providence1 he regained his
  freedom1 and again returned1 after    
many fresh perils and fatigues1 to his  
people4  ,great was the joy of his      
parents to see their son again after so 
many perils1 and they entreated him     
thenceforth to remain with them  always4
  ,but ,patrick felt an irresistible    
call to carry to the people  amongst    
whom he had passed the years of his     
youth1 and amongst whom he  had been    
born again to the heavenly life1 the    
tidings of that salvation  which had    
been imparted to him by ,divine grace1  
whilst amongst them4  ,as  the apostle  
,paul was by the ,lord called1 in a     
nocturnal vision1 to carry  to the      
people of ,macedonia the first tidings  
of salvation1 so there  appeared to     
,patrick one night1 in a vision1 a man  
from ,ireland with many  letters4  ,he  
gave him one1 and ,patrick read the     
first words1 ,the words  of the ,irish4 

,and as he read these words1 he thought 
he heard the  simultaneous cry of many  
,irish tribes dwelling by the sea1 ,we  
pray thee1  child of ,god1 come and     
dwell once more amongst us4  ,he could  
not read  further1 from the agitation of
 his heart1 and awoke4    ,another night
 he thought he heard in a dream a       
heavenly voice1 whose last  words only  
were intelligible to him1 namely1 these 
words1--,he who gave  his life for thee1
 speaks in thee4  ,and he awoke full of 
joy4  ,one night  it seemed to him as if
 something that was in him1 and yet     
above him1 and  was not himself1 prayed 
with deep sighings1 and at the end of   
the prayer  it spoke1 as if it were the 
,spirit of ,god himself4  ,and he awoke1
 and  remembered the expressive words of
 the apostle ,paul1 concerning the      
inward communion of the children of ,god
 with his ,spirit1 ,the ,spirit  itself 
helpeth our infirmities4  ,for we know  
not what we should pray for  as we      
ought1 but the ,spirit itself maketh    

intercession for us with  groanings that
 cannot be uttered4  ,and in ,romans    
viii4  #bd ,christ which  also maketh   
intercession for us4    ,as the         
,almighty ,shepherd of souls does not   
draw all to himself by the  same means1 
nor guide and nourish them alike2 but1  
on the contrary  reveals and            
communicates himself to them in divers  
manners1 according to  his various      
purposes for them1 and their various    
wants2 it pleased ,him to  grant        
,patrick1 by many manifestations of his 
grace1 the pledge of the  certainty of  
his fellowship with ,himself1 and of his
 call to preach the  ,gospel in         
,ireland4  ,his parents and friends     
sought to hold him back1  representing  
to him that such an undertaking far     
exceeded his capacity4  ,he himself     
informs us of this1 when he says3 ,many 
dissuaded me from this  journey1 and    
said behind my back1 ',why does this man
 throw himself into  danger1 amongst the
 heathen who do not know the ,lord8'    

,it was not said  maliciously1 but they 
could not comprehend the thing on       
account of my  rustic life and manners4 
,but nothing could mislead him1 for he  
trusted  in the power of the ,lord1 who 
imparted to him the inward confidence   
that  ,he had called him1 and was with  
him4  ,he himself says of this3 ,whence 
came to me so great and blessed a gift1 
that ,i should know and love ,god1  and 
be able to forsake my country and my    
kindred1 although large gifts  were     
offered me1 with many tears1 if ,i would
 remain8  ,and against my will  ,i was  
compelled to offend many of my kindred  
and my well-wishers4  ,but by  ,god's   
guidance1 ,i yielded not to them2 it was
 not my own power1 it was  ,god who     
triumphed in me1 and resisted them all1 
so that ,i went amongst  the people of  
,ireland to preach to them this ,gospel1
 prepared to suffer  much contempt from 
the unbelieving1 and many persecutions1 
even to  chains2 and1 if needful1 to    
sacrifice my freedom for the good of    

others4  ,and if ,i am counted worthy1  
,i am ready also to lay down my life    
with joy  for ,his name's sake4         
,patrick1 accordingly1 went to ,ireland1
 in the year #dca4  ,he could now  make 
use of his early proficiency in the     
,irish language4  ,he gathered  great   
multitudes of the people together in the
 open air1 by beat of drum1  to tell    
them of the sufferings of the ,saviour  
for sinful men2 and the  doctrine of the
 cross manifested its characteristic    
power over many  hearts4  ,patrick met  
indeed with much opposition4  ,the      
priests and  national bards1 who        
possessed great influence1 excited the  
people against  him1 and he had to      
endure many a hot persecution4  ,but he 
overcame by his  steadfastness in the   
faith1 by his fervent zeal1 and by a    
love which drew  all hearts to itself4  
,patrick addressed himself especially to
 the chiefs  and princes of the people4 
,they could do the most mischief1 if    
they were  excited by the ,druids       

against the strange religion2 and1 on   
the other  hand1 if they received the   
,gospel1 they might make their people   
more  accessible1 and form a            
counterbalance to the influence of the  
,druids4    ,patrick took the part of   
servants who had suffered hard usage    
from their  masters4  ,when he found    
youths of the lower ranks1 who seemed to
 him  fitted for a higher calling1 he   
provided for their education1 and       
trained  them to be teachers of the     
people4    ,he had1 from his youth1 as  
we have seen1 experienced the especial  
guidance of the ,lord1 and his heart was
 penetrated by it4  ,now1 whilst he     
laboured in the fervour and power of    
faith1 he was able to produce  effects  
on the rude minds of the ,irish1 such as
 never could have been  produced by     
ordinary human power4  ,he saw himself1 
moreover1 sustained by  the peculiar    
direction of that ,god whose word he    
preached4  ,patrick  speaks of it1 not  
in spiritual pride1 but full of the     

sense of his  unworthiness and          
impotence1 as well as of the            
consciousness of the grace  working in  
and through him4    ,after speaking1 in 
one of his letters1 of such marvels as  
,god granted him  to perform amongst the
 barbarous people1 he added3 ,but ,i    
conjure all1  let no one1 on account of 
these or the like things1 think to place
 me on  an equality with the ,apostles  
and other perfect men2 for ,i am an     
insignificant1 sinful1 and despicable   
man4  ,and more marvellous to him  than 
the miracles which were wrought by him1 
was the simple fact which  filled his   
whole soul1 that by him who1 until ,god 
drew his soul to  ,himself by severe    
chastisement1 had himself cared so      
little about his own  salvation1 many   
thousands of the people1 who had        
hitherto known nothing  of the true     
,god1 should be brought to salvation4   
,marvel1 he says1 ye  who fear ,god1    
small and great1 and ye eloquent        
talkers1 who know nothing  of the ,lord1

 inquire and acknowledge who it is that 
has awakened me1 a  simple man1 from the
 midst of those who are accounted wise1 
learned1 and  mighty1 in word and in    
deed4  ,for ,i1 who was abandoned beyond
 many others  in the world2 even ,i1 in 
spite of all this1 have been called by  
his  ,spirit1 that in fear and          
trembling1 yet faithfully and           
blamelessly1 ,i  should serve the people
 to whom the love of ,christ has led me4
  ,unweariedly must ,i thank my ,god1   
who has kept me faithful in the day of  
temptation1 so that ,i can this day     
trustfully offer my soul as a living    
sacrifice of thanksgiving to my ,lord   
,christ1 who has delivered me out of    
all my afflictions1 so that ,i must also
 say1 ,who am ,i1 ,lord8 and what is  my
 calling8 that thou hast so gloriously  
revealed to me thy ,godhead1 that  ,i   
can now constantly rejoice amongst the  
heathen1 and glorify ,thy name  wherever
 ,i may be1 not only in prosperity1 but 
also in adversity2 so that  whatever may

 befall me1 good or evil1 ,i can calmly 
receive it1 and  continually thank that 
,god who has taught me to believe in    
,him as the  only true ,god4    ,patrick
 endeavoured to avoid all appearance of 
seeking his own gain or  glory4  ,a man 
who1 according to the judgment of men1  
was not fitted to  effect such great    
things1 who from obscurity and poverty  
had been called  to so high a place1 and
 in whom therefore1 as is frequently the
 case1  those who had formerly known him
 after the flesh would not recognise    
what  the ,spirit had accomplished1 such
 a man was obliged1 with all the more   
circumspection1 to avoid giving any     
occasion to those who were disposed  to 
declare a thing which they could neither
 measure nor comprehend by the  common  
standard1 altogether beyond flesh and   
blood4  ,when many1 full of  love and   
gratitude to the teacher of salvation1  
their spiritual father1  freely offered 
him gifts1 and pious women offered their
 ornaments1  ,patrick1 although the     

donors were at first offended at it1 in 
order to  avoid all evil report1        
declined everything4  ,he himself gave  
presents to  the heathen chiefs1 in     
order thereby to purchase peace for     
himself and  his churches2 he ransomed  
many ,christians from captivity2 and was
 himself  prepared1 as a good shepherd1 
to lay down all1 even to his life1 for  
his  sheep4  ,in his confession of      
faith1 which1 after labouring for thirty
  years in this calling1 he addressed to
 his converts1 he says3 ,that ye  may   
rejoice in me1 and ,i may ever rejoice  
in you in the ,lord1 ,i repent  not what
 ,i have done1 and even now it is not   
enough for me1 ,i shall go  further and 
sacrifice much more4  ,the ,lord is     
mighty to confirm me yet  more1 that ,i 
may yield up my life for your souls4  ,i
 call ,god to witness  in my soul1 that 
,i have not written this to seek glory  
from you4  ,the  glory which is not     
seen1 but believed on in the heart is   
enough for me4  ,faithful is that ,god  

who hath promised1 and he lieth not4    
,but already in  this world ,i behold   
myself exalted above measure by the     
,lord4  ,i know  very well that poverty 
and hardship suit me better than wealth 
and ease2  yea1 even the ,lord ,christ  
became poor for our sakes4  ,daily have 
,i  expected to be seized1 carried into 
captivity1 or slain2 but ,i fear none   
of these things1 because of the promises
 of heaven2 for ,i have cast  myself    
into the arms of the ,almighty ,god1 who
 reigns everywhere1 as it is  said in   
the ,psalm1 ',cast thy burden upon the  
,lord1 and he shall sustain  thee4'     
,now ,i commend my soul to my faithful  
,god1 whom in my  insignificance ,i     
serve as his messenger4  ,for since with
 ,him there is no  respect of persons1  
and since ,he has chosen me for this    
calling1 that ,i  as one of the least of
 ,his people1 should serve ,him1 what   
shall ,i render  unto the ,lord for all 
his benefits8  ,what shall ,i say or    
promise unto my  ,lord8  ,for ,i can do 

nothing1 unless ,he himself give it me6 
,but ,he trieth  the hearts and reins1  
and ,he knoweth how greatly ,i long that
 ,he may give  me to drink of the cup of
 ,his sufferings1 as ,he has granted to 
others who  love ,him4  ,i pray ,god    
that ,he may give me perseverance1 and  
enable me to  bear a faithful witness   
until my departure4  ,and if ,i have    
striven after  anything good for my     
,god's sake1 whom ,i love1 ,i beseech   
,him that ,i1 with  those my new        
converts who have fallen into captivity1
 may shed my blood  for his ,name's     
sake1 even though ,i should never be    
buried1 even though my  body should be  
torn in pieces by wild beasts4  ,i      
believe firmly that if  this should     
befall me1 ,i should gain my body as    
well as my soul2 for  undoubtedly1 in   
that day1 we shall arise and shine like 
the sun1 that is1  in the glory of our  
,redeemer1 ,jesus ,christ1 who is the   
,son of the living  ,god1 as joint heirs
 with ,christ1 renewed in ,his image2   

for by ,him1  through ,him1 and with    
,him shall we reign4  ,that sun which we
 see1 rises  daily for us by ,god's     
command2 but it will never reign1 and   
its  brightness will not last for ever4 
,all those also who worship it will     
7unhappy ones67 draw down punishment on 
themselves4  ,but we pray in faith  to  
,christ1 the true ,sun1 that will never 
set1 and he also who doeth ,his  will   
shall never set1 but shall live for     
ever1 as ,christ lives for ever1  and   
reigns with ,god1 the ,almighty ,father1
 and the ,holy ,spirit1 from            
everlasting to everlasting4    ,patrick 
would gladly1 after the absence and     
labours of many years1 have  once more  
visited his relations and his old       
friends in his native ,britain  and in  
,gaul1 but he sacrificed his inclination
 to the higher calling4  ,i  would      
gladly1 he says1 have journeyed to my   
fatherland and my parents1  and also    
once more have visited my brethren in   
,gaul1 that ,i might have  seen again   

the countenances of the saints of my    
,lord2 ,god knows ,i longed  for it     
much1 but ,i am restrained by the       
,spirit1 who witnesseth to me1  that if 
,i do this1 ,he will hold me guilty1 and
 ,i fear lest the work ,i  have         
commenced should fall to the ground4    
,,table      ,shewing the ,deaths1 at   
different ,ages1 in the ,society of     
,friends in  ,great ,britain and        
,ireland1 during the years #ahdg-dh1 and
 #ahdh-di1 #ahdi-  #ej4    ,,age4       
,,year #ahdg-dh4        ,,year #ahdh-di4
        ,,year   #ahdi-ej4              
,male4 ,female4 ,total4 ,male4 ,female4 
,total4 ,male4 ,female4 ,total4  ,under 
#a year   #ac     #aj     #bc    #ad    
#aj      #bd     #e       #h      #ac   
#abi  ,under  #e years  #bb     #bc     
#de    #bj    #ag      #cg     #h       
#aa      #ai  ,from #e  years  to #aj   
#g      #i     #af     #d     #d        
#h     #b       #f       #h  ,from #aj  
to #ae     #g      #g     #ad     #c    
#c       #f     #j       #b       #b    

,from #ae  to #bj     #g     #ac     #bj
     #i    #aj      #ai     #b       #g 
#i  ,from #bj  to #cj    #ac     #af    
#bi    #ac    #ac      #bf     #i       
#f      #ae  ,from #cj  to #dj     #f   
#ac     #ai    #aa    #ai      #cj      
#f      #ab      #ah  ,from #dj  to #ej 
#ac     #ae     #bh    #aj    #bd       
#cd     #i      #ad      #bc  ,from #ej 
to #fj    #ad     #ab     #bf     #i    
#be      #cd    #ab      #ag      #bi   
,from #fj  to #gj    #bc     #be     #dh
    #bi    #cg      #ff    #ba      #cj 
#ea  ,from #gj  to #hj    #bh     #eh   
#hf    #bd    #dd      #fh    #cc       
#dj      #gc  ,from #hj  to #ij    #ba  
#bf     #dg    #af    #cc      #di      
#bb      #bb      #dd  ,from #ij  to    
#ajj    #c      #f      #i     #d     #h
      #ab     #b       #d       #f  ,all
  ages    #afd    #bbc   #chg    #aeb   
#bcg     #chi   #aca     #agi     #caj  
,footnotes3    #b  ,see ,memoir at the  
end of the ,obituary4    #abi  ,the     
numbers in this series are included in  

the text1 under #e  years4    ,average  
age in #ahdg-dh1 #dh years1 #aa months1 
and #be days4    ,average age in        
#ahdh-di1 #ea years1 #c months1 and #bb 
days4    ,average age in #ahdi-ej1 #ed  
years1 and #i months4