the happiness of knowing that his labours were not in vain in the Lord. He visited the sick, and endeavoured to direct the minds of the suffering to Jesus. In the appendix to his Memoir there is a lecture on the shipwreck of St. Paul, which evinces how carefully he prepared, and how faithfully he laboured, among the people of his charge. 66 While his son was at Rugby he organized a concert for prayer on behalf of the boys there, among parents and guardians. He did the same on behalf of the navy," in which he was joined by several pious officers. He was very earnest in aiding to cultivate evangelical religion at home-in opposition to Puseyism, and to spread it abroad. The cause of his Saviour was ever near his heart, and he gave liberally, as well as laboured heartily, to advance it. His correspondence was marked by the gentle spirit of the gospel which pervaded his life, and drew around him many like-minded friends. In the navy he had several, like the pious Sir John Franklin-from whose last letter to him we extract the concluding paragraph, and of whom it is so consolatory to think, amidst the sorrowful reflections on his fate, that he was a devoted Christian and an active labourer for the good of others : : "Again, my dear Parry, I will recommend my dearest wife and daughter to your kind regards. I know that they will heartily join with many dear friends in fervent prayer that the Almighty Power may guide and support us, and that the blessing of his Holy Spirit may rest upon us. Our prayers, I trust, will be offered up with equal fervour for these inestimable blessings to be vouchsafed to them, and to all who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity and truth. I humbly pray that God's best blessing may attend yourself, Lady Parry, and your family.— Believe me, ever your affectionate friend, "JOHN FRANKLIN." This was written at Whalefish Island, July 10th, 1845, just a fortnight before the Erebus and Terror were seen for the last time by a whaler, waiting for an opening in the ice, to enable them to reach Lancaster Sound. Sir Edward Parry obtained his admiral's flag in 1852, and left Haslar amidst many sincere regrets. In 1853, he was gratified to welcome the messenger from the arctic regions announcing the discovery of the north-west passage, near the scene of his own discoveries in 1819. In the same year he was appointed to the Lieutenant-Governorship of Greenwich Hospital, where he resided till his death. Unwearied in well-doing, and growing in grace, he was preparing for his change. An attack of cholera in 1854 prostrated him very greatly, and it soon appeared that his frame was breaking up. A journey to the Continent was resolved upon, and Sir Edward and Lady Parry left England on the 2nd May, 1855. Owing to Sir Edward's increasing weakness, they were obliged to halt at Coblentz for some days, and only reached Ems on the 5th June. There the sinking invalid was able for the first three weeks to walk to the baths, but he had to resign this effort. In the beginning of July it was evident that he would soon leave this scene, and all his family were summoned. How his faith appeared in this trying hour the following extract will best reveal. Thus wrote the Rev. E. H. Hankinson, his brother-in-law, who had kindly joined him : "June 21, 1855.-I said to him this morning, after reading a few verses of John xiv., 'I do not feel as though this illness were for recovery!' 'Oh, no,' he said, 'I think not.' 'Are you willing to depart, and go to Jesus?' 'Oh, I long for it, I long for it, I am sorry to say!' 'No,' I answered, 'not sorry,—and we would fain be willing to let you go, only pray for us, that we may follow after, and, with not one lost, be a family in heaven.' With great emphasis he said, 'Not one will be lost, for they are all beloved of the Lord!' 'What a mercy it is,' I added, 'that you have not now to seek a Saviour!' Again, with much emphasis, he replied, 'Oh! it is indeed; but I have known him, I trust, long ago, and now my whole trust is in him!'" Y To Lady Parry, on Saturday morning, 7th July,— "He said earnestly, 'I can only say that in Christ, and him crucified, is all my salvation and all my desire.' Yes,' she said, 'that is as he would have it,-that all but himself should be as nothing.' 'Oh,' he replied, 'nothing, nothing,-I sweep it all away! He is all my salvation, and all my desire.' Again, when the conversation turned on the prospect of his speedy departure, 'Oh, yes, I long for it! my desire is to slip away,-to slip into the arms of my precious Saviour. I think I shall soon slip out of your hands.' Shortly afterwards, he added, with characteristic earnestness, Mind, let there be no deathbed scene!' She asked him if he would not like to have his children round him-'Yes,' he answered; but take care, take care!' "Late on Saturday night he seemed sinking. A few words of prayer were offered up at his bedside, of which he was conscious, but too exhausted to speak, except once, when he was overheard to murmur, 'The chariots and horses!' evidently under the impression of his own immediate release. After a while, however, he rallied, and sank into a quiet sleep, which lasted, with only occasional interruptions, through the night. That night was the last he ever spent on earth. The next morning, at half-past nine, on Sunday the 8th of July, he entered into the rest which remaineth for the people of God." Such is a brief outline of a life of adventure, peril, and secular responsibility, united to faith, hope, and charity. Industrious in his avocation, Sir Edward Parry gained laurels among men ; but laying all at the feet of Jesus, he sought the title to eternal life, and to win volunteers for the same everlasting joy. Not the less adventurous, or worldlywise, that he looked for things unseen; but connecting both worlds, he sought to glorify God. Such is the example that a busy age like ours requires, and which we all should follow. The world demands our energies; let us be not slothful in business. Christ demands our heart; let us be fervent in spirit. "For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself or be cast away?” "Now weigh the anchor, hoist the sail, Launch out upon the pathless deep, Resolved, however veers the gale, The destined port in mind to keep; Through all the dangers of the way "When tempests mingle sea and sky, And winds, like lions, rage and rend, Or down unfathomed depths descend; "If lightning from embattled clouds Strike, or a spark in secret nurs'd Deliver us, good Lord, we pray. "Through yielding planks should ocean urge Rude entrance, flooding all below, Speak, lest we founder in the surge, 'Thus far, no farther shall ye go; Here, ye proud waves, your fury stay;'- "With cordage snapt and canvass riven; Through straits thick strewn with rocks and shoal; Along some gulf stream darkly driven; Fast wedged 'midst icebergs of the pole, Or on low breakers cast away,- "Save or we perish;-calm or storms, And shoots his darts from every starWant, pain, and woe, man's pathway lay: Deliver us, good Lord, we pray." J. MONTGOMERY. CHAPTER IV. SIR ANDREW AGNEW, BARONET. "Remember the Sabbath-day, to keep it holy."—Ex. xx. 8. "This day my Saviour rose, And did enclose this light for his: Man might not of his fodder miss. Christ hath took in this piece of ground, And made a garden there for those Who want herbs for their wound." HERBERT. It is interesting to observe in the history of the world, that particular persons have been raised up by Divine Providence to undertake and accomplish great and necessary works. Leaders are requisite to reforms, alike in the Church and in the State. There must be persons of ability, and energy, and earnestness, to give form and life to new movements. In the propagation and defence of the Truth, these have never been awanting in the time of need. God never left his Church without men qualified for their work. There were Pauls, and Peters, and Johns, in the early publication of the gospel; and such men as Athanasius and Augustine for its defence. There were Luther and Zwingle, Calvin and Cranmer, and Knox, for the Reformation of the Church; and Owen, and Edwards, Pye Smith, Butler, and Chalmers, for the defence of the truths most surely believed amongst us. Particular points of attack have thus been made fortresses of defence. The opposition of the enemy has brought out the strength of the truth. Enemies have been the means of giving prominence and usefulness to the friends of religion. The Sabbath has been a frequent subject of controversy, and has been sadly profaned. Defenders and reformers have been as necessary for this as for any other great truth of |