warnings he has given you, be deeply engraven on your hearts; and remember, that although dead, he yet speaketh.

When David pronounced that most touching eulogy upon Saul, who had been slain upon the mountains of Gilboa, he called upon the daughters of Israel, saying, "Weep ye over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel." But your deceased Pastor, my fair young friends, recommended to you ornaments, far richer than these. He wished to see you adorned in the perfect righteousness of Christ; and with that lovely, meek, and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God, is an ornament of great price.

This solemn providence addresses this audience at large, and those in the ministry in particular. We lately, my brethren, were called to mourn with a sister church on a like occasion. Their beloved pastor* had been suddenly removed in the bloom of life. He too was a burning and a shining light. We sincerely loved him, for the truth's sake that dwelt in him, as well as for his other amiable qualities. Thus, brethren, one light after another is extinguished from off the walls of Zion. How are we admonished to work' the works of him that sent us while it is day; the night cometh when no man can work."

This text had been selected by our brother deceased, several years before his death, for the subject of his funeral sermon. Had it come to my knowledge seasonably, I should probably have addressed you from it to-day. The state of his mind, in reference to the solemn work in which he was engaged, and the vast importance of working while the day lasts, may

* Rev. Joshua Huntington.

be easily perceived in the faithful, persevering manner in which he pursued it. May it serve as a solemn memento to each one of us. The person who addresses you, may be considered as a candidate for the next call; but we are taught, by the event before us, that no age is exempt. In view of that solemn account which we must shortly render to our Judge, let us with all diligence and fidelity work while the day lasts, that we may finally receive the plaudit of "Well done, good and faithful servants, enter ye into the joy of your Lord."

Each individual of this numerous assembly is solemnly admonished, by the mournful occasion which has called them together to-day, to remember that they are all children of mortality; and that they must soon go the way whence they will never more return. The language of this affecting providence is, "Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel." There is no discharge in this warfare. If prayers, or tears, or medical skill could have availed, then our brother had not died.

But Heaven's high decree must be obeyed. "It is appointed unto men once to die." But I heard a great voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. AMEN.

HISTORICAL DISCOURSES.

In the press, and in a few weeks will be published, by James Loring, No. 2, Cornhill, price 31 cents,

THE Second Edition of TWO DISCOURSES, exhibiting an Historical Sketch of the First Baptist Church in Boston, from its formation in Charlestown, 1665, to the beginning of 1818. BY JAMES M. WINCHELL, A. M. PASTOR OF SAID CHURCH.