THE following memoir respecting ANN HARFORD LURY was prepared, near the commencement of the year 1825, by her brother, JOHN ELTON LURY, whose own health about that time began to decline, and who, after patiently enduring a lingering illness, attended with much debility, and in which support was mercifully extended to him from on High, peacefully quitted this state of being in the Eighth month of that year, and in the twenty-eighth year of his age, in an humble but firm faith and hope of the resurrection unto eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ.

J. E. L. had no view to the publication of this memoir, and intended it solely for the use of his near connexions; but it having been recently suggested by some friends that it is too valuable, particularly as regards some of the sentiments expressed in the memorandums, to be confined to so limited a circle, has induced the present publication, with a view to its more extensive circulation, and with an earnest hope that it may be useful to some, in encouraging them to a more full dedication of heart to that Divine Power which was her guide and support in life, and her hope in death.

MEMOIR.

THE subject of the following memoir, ANNE HARFORD LURY, was the daughter of JOHN and SARAH LURY of Bristol, and was born in that city on the 23d of the First month, 1796.

She was of a retiring disposition, but possessed a kind and affectionate heart. A tenderness of conscience, and scrupulous adherence to truth, marked her character in very early life. A few pieces which she then wrote, shew the thoughtful habit of her mind, and induce the belief that even in childhood, she was frequently engaged in self-examination, which led

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her into expressions of gratitude for favours she had received, and of regret for her own errors.

About the close of the year 1808, when she was nearly thirteen years of age, she lost her dear father; an event which appears to have made a deep and lasting impression on her mind. She frequently indulged herself with a melancholy pleasure, in recounting the endearments of her deceased parent, and in calling to mind the happy scenes in which he had participated. She manifested her sympathy with her surviving parent by nearly all she wrote about this time, and in one of her memorandums, dated in the year 1811, she mentions his decease, accompanied with a desire to “meet him on that angelic shore, where, in his Saviour's presence, she supposed him to be partaking of unmixed joy." There is reason to believe that at this time she was often engaged in religious meditation, and in watching against the assaults of the enemy of her soul, and seeking for power to withstand his temptations.

In the year 1812, it pleased Divine Providence to visit her with a fever; during the course of which illness, she passed through some mental exercise, which tended yet more to

bring her under the power of Redeeming Love. From this period it became more evident to those around her, that her thoughts were frequently abstracted from terrestrial objects and selfish considerations, and fixed on Him whom to know is life eternal; and that he was gradually drawing her nearer and nearer to Himself. The calmness which she at times evidently enjoyed, and the sweetness with which she would occasionally arouse from her abstractions, and enter into innocent and cheerful conversation, were evidences of the peace she had derived from communion with the beloved of her soul.

The earnestness with which she often conversed on religious topics, and the acuteness and vigour with which she pursued her inquiries on subjects which had arrested her attention, until she was satisfied, strongly evinced the bias her mind had received.

On the 6th of the Sixth Month, 1816, died her dear sister Maria at fourteen years of age. Her own account of this event, as contained in the following extracts from letters to a friend, will best shew the impression it made upon her:-"I think it will be pleasant to thee to