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OBITUARY.

DIED, at St. John, N. B., South Circuit, on Thursday the 7th of July, 1842, in the 45th year of his age, Mr. WILLIAM ROBINSON, formerly of Windsor, N. S. He removed to St. John about six years ago, with his family, pursuing his mechanical employment successfully, and maintaining his intercourse with the Wesleyan Society, as a disciple of Christ. The demands of a rising family, added to an enterprising and active mind, induced him to labour most diligently for "the bread that perisheth." Some of his friends have thought that undue attention to his worldly concerns, with the vexations incident to an embarrassed community, assisted greatly to hasten his removal. In the relations of life he was affectionate and attentive, interesting himself in whatever bore upon the happiness of the members of his household, and often sacrificing his own ease to promote their comfort.While in this City, his aged mother passed through a long and tediouslypainful affliction; to her wants he paid ceaseless regard, until the closing scene of her stay on earth.

Though occasionally complaining of indisposition he steadily pursued his labour until about three weeks of his death. In conversation occasionally about spiritual things, it was evident

his affections were being weaned from the world; in his class, he spoke confidently of the hope he had laid up in heaven; and now, many pleasing evidences occur to the minds of his friends of his growing meetness for the heavenly world. Throughout his affliction he maintained a firm hold of the promises of God, and though surrounded by his afflicted partner and six children, he never for a moment lost his confidence in Jesus as his Saviour; even when nature was completely prostrated, and he lay in a state of utter helplessness and weakness, when aroused by a sudden question as to his perception and rationality, he gave by signs what he failed to give by voice:-in his last moments, we saw realized, what we sometimes declare in health

"When death o'er nature shall prevail, And all the powers of language fail, Joy through my swimming eyes shall break,

And mean the thanks I cannot speak." The religious services connected with his interment were deeply affecting and profitable. A large and respectable funeral procession testified the esteem in which he was held, and the sympathy manifested by his unexpected removal. E. W.

POETRY.

"THE LORD IS GOOD."-Nahum, 1 chapter, 7 verse.
[From a Young Lady's Album.]

The hour may come, when o'er thy brow
Sorrow (although a stranger now,)
Will cast his veil ;-and on thy face,
The lines of Sadness deeply trace;
And, stealing inward, with his dart
Shall rudely, sorely, pierce thy heart.
Should this unwelcome guest draw nigh,
You may not hide, you may not fly;
Yet you may conquer: yes;-you may
Turn to that unfrequented way,
That path the Man of Sorrow trod,
Which leads to Victory and to GOD.
Oh! it is sweet, when worn with grief,
And earth cannot afford relief,
To go to Heaven, and pour the prayer
Which always finds acceptance there:
To wash in the atoning blood,

And know, and feel,-"The LORD is
good."
Fredericton,

"The LORD is good," the prophet cries:
"The LORD is good,"-the soul replies,
Which-long in Satan's fetters bound-
Hath mercy and deliv'rance found:
And stands erect at Christ's command,
And feels the virtue of His hand.

The woman thus, who eighteen years
Was bowed with grief, and bathed in
tears;

At length, when suddenly set free,
And loosed from her infirmity,
In sight of all the wondering crowd,
She sang, and praised the LORD aloud.
To her it seem'd, that mountains then,
And hills and valleys caught the strain;
That gladness floated in the breeze,
And waved with joy the forest trees:
And earth and skies together strove
To honour Him, whose name is Love.
J. G.

[For the British North American Wesleyan Magazine.]

STANZAS.

"Tis sweet to behold how the sun, brightly shining.
Disperses the mists that hang over the sea:
But when my weak heart is dispos'd to repining-
My love growing cold, and faith's fervour declining-
The presence of Jesus is sweeter to me.

"Tis lovely to gaze, when the daylight is closing,

On the moon's gentle beams and the evening star :
But when faith on the Saviour is firmly reposing-
Each promise his glorious provision's disclosing-
Both sunlight and sunset are lovelier far.

Then I read a new language of love on each flower,
For grace sheds a glory before unrevealed,
All creation's a record which speaks of his power,
And my heart, thus directed, can learn every hour

Of the wonders of GOD from a volume unsealed.

I love from the rill to trace onward the river,

Thought floats on its stream till it meets with the sea;
It reminds me thy mercy and faithfulness never
Fails ought thou hast promised, and mercy shall ever
Safe guide me through time till in glory with thee.

Through nature my thoughts thus are constantly mounting
To Nature's Great Architect, whom I adore:

I trace up joy's river, to drink at its fountain,
I rise from the plain till I dwell on the mountain,
And live in the valley of shadows no more.

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BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN

WESLEYAN-METHODIST MAGAZINE,

FOR OCTOBER, 1842.

BIOGRAPHY.

MEMOIR OF A VICTIM OF PROCRASTINATION,

BY MR. GEORGE THOMPSON, OF MIRAMICHI, N. B.

To those whose faces are turned Zionward, there is no one. department of Religious Reading, apart from the Word of God, so directly profitable as Christian Biography. There, as in a moral mirror, believers in Christ behold much that is, as it were, a true reflection of their own trials, toils, and troubles; therein they learn that "the same afflictions were accomplished in their brethren," from all of which they reached a happy issue; and hence they feel encouraged to patience in their own troubles, knowing that the same God" is good to all," and that "HE knoweth them that put their trust in HIM." Nor is this all,they are stimulated by such reading to persevere in the pathway of life, content alike whether it conducts them "mid scenes of sorrow," where much suffering may be felt, or whether it leads them upward across the mount of rejoicing; in either case, having their conversation ordered aright, they shall be brought to behold the “Salvation of God.". They are content that God should order their steps as well as appoint their paths, for He hath said "that all things shall work together for good to them that love God."

To such Biographical Reading your numbers afford their monthly contributions. But are there not many of your readers who have neither joy nor sympathy in common with those who are truly seeking a city out of sight? And are there not those who may be fondly flattering themselves, that there is VOL. II. First Series. OCTOBER, 1842.

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