and consolations, which the world knows nothing of. She was the child of my affections, yet the joy that I felt at her happiness overbalanced the parting for a time. Since then I have felt much, and do to this day. May you, my dear sister, if it be the Lord's will, never experience the loss of children; I know your great delight will be in leading their tender minds to God. That the Almighty may own and bless your labours, is the earnest prayer of your affectionate sister,

"H. N."

MEMOIR OF JANE DYER.

JANE DYER was born on the 18th of April, 1800, at Trowbridge, in Wiltshire. Although an only child, the situation of her parents put it out of their power to give her such an education as their affectionate solicitude prompted them to wish for her; but this defect was, after a while, providentially, and most amply made up. God knows our necessities; and when the supplying them will be for our good, he knows what means to use; for the heavens, and the earth, and all things are his; and he has said, "No good thing. will I withhold from them that walk uprightly." At seven years of age, little Jane was taken by an aunt who kept a school at Chelsea; and here she enjoyed not only the advantage of having her mind cultivated, but the important subject of re

ligion was pressed on her attention. She was taught that she had a soul; that earth was not her home; that there is a heaven, to which time is only a path, and a very short one too: and there Jane is now rejoicing, that by the straitened circumstances of her parents, by which she was cast into a pious circle; and for the spiritual instructions of her aunt, and her aunt's friend, who wrote the annexed lines. To the affectionate admonitions of both, Jane appears to have been indebted for her first religious views. Ye friends of youth, never be weary in kindly addressing the affections, the hearts of those young ones to whom you have access. means are ours, the end is with Omnipotence: we know not which effort God may bless; but we know, that great will be our joy, if made an instrument of saving one of these precious ones !

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She began her song of praise while on a bed of extreme suffering; and now, that her pains are left behind, and her joys complete, her song is "more sweet, more loud."

After about two years had been spent at Chelsea, Jane was seized with a pain in the knee,

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accompanied with an inflammation.
attentions of her aunt were exerted, and medical
advice resorted to, but in vain; the die was cast;
death had received its commission-dire symp-
toms of scrofula were encreasing. The mother
was anxious to have her child with her, and she
returned to Trowbridge, February, 1811, with
strong desires to sow in the hearts of her parents,
some of that good seed, there was reason to hope,
the Spirit of God had graciously planted in her
own. The word of God declares, "by their
fruits ye shall know them ;" and some of the
fruits this dear child was enabled to produce, to
the glory of God, and to the admiration of be-
holders, were, submission to the will of her
heavenly Father; patience in extreme weakness,
and under excruciating pain; with a constant
watching against, and mourning over, a natural
irritability of temper; gratitude to God and man
for every kindness bestowed; and an anxious
solicitude for the salvation of all, especially for
her parents, to whom she manifested an affec-
tionate obedience; a very tender conscience,
"The slightest touch of sin to feel;" and, near
the close, steady faith in Jesus.

Those who know the nature of the disorder

with which this poor sufferer was exercised, and which absolutely drained her life away, will be aware, that strong must be that grace, which could cause her to rejoice in her sufferings, and to be willing to continue in them even when heaven appeared her own! She knew there was a prize, and that it was ensured to her; that her "Light afflictions, (her own quotation,) were working out for her a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory!"

These sufferings, she felt, were sanctified to her; that in mercy they were permitted. She was much pleased with the visits of the truly pious, to whom she could communicate her experience, and from whose conversation and prayers, were derived great encouragement in seasons of darkness, and on some occasions, when sorely attacked by the enemy of souls, happy deliverance. At one time, when in great distress of mind, she had solicited the presence of a Christian friend, whose conversation being blessed to her, she observed, "Blessed are they who endure temptation; for when they are tried, they shall receive a crown of life." After this time her joy was unclouded, and she was patiently waiting her dismissal; she had endured strong conflicts