ed compensation for the little com- the natives-one at Mallagum, one a forts with which they supplied him. The Catholics. Jaffnapatam, and one at Ponnoreen. INTEMPERANCE. A writer in the Statesman remarks, that "in the year 1822 forty-four persons died in this city from intemperance, and that during the same period thirty-three persons were sent to the Lunatic Asylum whose insanity it is said, was caused by intem Sept. 17.-I feel great encouragement to labor among the Catholics. I went yesterday to the house of a young Catholic at Chillallee, who had previously been very attentive to what I had said to him. I took the first part of the New testament with me, and had the 19th chapter of John read to him. He afterwards follow-perance!" Shall nothing be done to ed me from place to place, and was joined by another young man, who also was attentive to what I said.One of them asked, whether a person who went to hell, could not get out after ten years. I have lately had some Scripture extracts written upon the olla, and send out my boys to read them to the Catholics. These extracts are taken from three of the Evangelists, and give a particular description of the sufferings and death of Christ. arrest the progress of this depopulat- During this month Dr. S. visited the Islands of Caradive and Urraturai. In the latter Island the cholera has lately raged, and among its victims were two Catholics who had heard the gospel from Dr. S.;-in regard to one of them, he says, "I am not without || hope that he has gone to a better world." This hope was justified by his conversation with his nephew on his death bed, relative to the instruc- In the year 1816 the Moral Societions he had received from Dr. S.-ty of Portland made a report, in which Many of the Catholics here, listened it was stated, that out of 85 persons, with apparent anxiety to the instruc- supported at the work-house in that tions of Mr. Koch. Tracts and Scrip- town, 71 became paupers in conseture extracts were received with quence of intemperance, being fivethankfulness, and with promises of sixths of the whole number; and that reading them attentively. Dr. S. out of 118, who were supplied at their gratefully notices also in his journal own houses, more than one half were the resolution of the Jaffnapatam Bible of that character. The expense of Society, to procure the printing of supporting the poor in Portland, dur4000 copies of the gospel of St. Luke; ing the year referred to, was upwards and the prospect of having 24,000 of 6000 dollars, more than two thirds Scripture extracts published by the of which, it was estimated, went to Colombo Bible Society. Three Bible support those who were made paupers Associations are now formed amongoy their vices. Thus did a town con Memoir of Mr. Wm. Mills. 85 canals without increasing the burdens of their constituents, let them suppress tipling houses. If our national government wish to increase the na taining little more than 7,000 inhabitants, tax itself four thousand dol lars a year to support the victims of intemperance. If such is the fact in a place where there is virtue enough invy, let them tax whiskey; and if the the people to support a society, es- Christian philanthropist wishes to tablished for the purpose of a double benefit suppress confer his upon speing vice and immorality, and where cies he will do all in his power to deall the respectable part of the commu-stroy those vices among his own counnity are arrayed against this vice in trymen which now exhausts his inparticular, what must be the case in come, that he may have a larger charthose parts of the country where no ity to bestow upon the perishing heathsuch restraints exist? Yet if we sup-en. N. York Observer. pose that the rest of the country pays only in the proportion of the town of Portland, we shall find that in the of Mr. William Mills, late Superinshape of poor taxes the people of this tendant of Friar Street Sun. School. state pay every year $800,000 for neglecting to adopt vigorous meas-teacher should be, we are not likely To exemplify what a Sunday School ures for the suppression of intemper-to succeed so well in merely laying ance and if we extend this calcula-to succeed so well in merely laying tion to the United States, it will be down rules for his observance, as by found that the nation is taxed on this a correct representation of one who account more than SIX MILLION DOL- and has now gone from his work to was zealous and active while living, LARS annually! MEMOIR his reward. A character of this description the writer is happy to introduce to the notice of Sunday School teachers; as he conceives it well cal ment to the diligent, to shame the indolent, and to bring into action some who possess suitable qualifications for the work, but who have not yet been induced to labor in the vineyard. Six million dollars will pay for the canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson. Six million dollars will open a stillwater navigation across the Allegha-culated to give on additional exciteny mountains from the Ohio to the Chesapeake. Six million dollars is more than the annual expense of the national government under Washington's administration. Six million dollars, annually would in a few years extinguish our national debt. Six million dollars per annum, would constantly support twenty ships of the line and twenty first rate frigates, in actual service. Six million dollars annually for twenty years would supply every family on the earth with a Bible. Of the early part of the life of Mr. William Mills, the subject of this memoir, we can furnish only a few particulars. He was for some time a scholar in Mr. Thornton's Sunday School at Bermondsey; where he first became the subject of serious impressions, which were so powerful as frequently to deprive him of his stated Let it be remembered, then that repose. These although they may intemperance is the cause of the hea-be regarded as the commencement of viest tax which is paid by the people a work of grace on his soul, did not and let no man hereafter complain of effect a thorough change in heart and the weight of taxes who refuses his life. When he arrived at years of support to associations for the sup-maturity, it pleased God in infinite pression of intemperance. If our re-mercy, under the preaching of the presentatives wish to build roads and Rev. John Sibree, to chase away the 86 Memoir of Mr. Wm. Mids. remaining darkness from his mind, and to impart the knowledge of salvation through the remission of sins by the blood of Christ. Having joined himself to the Lord, he became united to his people, and manifested the praises of that God, who had called him from nature's darkness to his marvellous light. the Sabbath; and if every Sunday school teacher were the subject of such feelings, there would be but few absentees; and probably the work of God among the children would be more prosperous. He was early in his attendance as well as constant. Though he resided at a considerable distance from the Soon after this eventful period of school, he generally arrived in time his history, he became a Sunday school to open it. This circumstance may teacher; and continned one, not for a appear to some as too trivial to be month or a year only, but to the ter-particularized; it certainly would not mination of life. In the Borough merit notice, if teachers generally Sunday school, belonging to the were at their posts in proper time; but Southwark Sunday School Society, the neglect of this duty by many, he commenced his labors as a teacher; renders this excellence more remarkand continued Sabbath after Sabbathable. for several years, to instruct and to Activity was another prominent exhort. On his removal from thence, feature of his character; that he really he became a teacher in another Sun- labored in the work, and exerted day school belonging to the same So himself to the utmost, must have ciety; which was afterwards removed been evident to every teacher in the to Friar-street, in the neighborhood school; for, in the morning, afternoon, of Blackfriars-road; where he contin- and evening, of almost every Sabbath, ued to the last Sabbath of his life, although frequently the subject of most laboriously to exercise his tal-great indisposition of body, he was ents for the eternal welfare of the chil-to be found with the children, and so dren. greatly did he exert himself, that we About three years previous to his believe he seldom returned home on death he was chosen superintendent, the Sabbath evening, after the labors from the fim persuasion of the teach-of the day were ended, without a faers, that he was exceedingly well tigued body and impaired health. In qualified for so important an office; this respect, perhaps, he went beyond and they were not disappointed, for the bounds of prudence, and yet his in all things he approved himself un- conduct may not deserve censure, to them. A few characteristic traits when it is considered that he was selof our deceased friend may not prove dom aided effectually in the public unacceptable; and we commence these duties of the school by more than one by noticing his constant attendance to teacher; and not unfrequently was he the school. This will appear of great entirely alone with the children. His importance, if the improvement of the mother (with whom he had lived from children be considered. Sometimes his childhood to the period of his dishe was prevented from attending by solution,) often inquired the cause of ill health; but we believe he never suf- his indisposition; to which he would fered himself to be detained by a tri-reply, "the services of the school are fle. The serious nature of his work, and his responsibility, joined with his delight in the employment, and his desire of being rendered useful to the children, influenced his conduct on too much for me." His mother would suggest to him to relinquish the office of superintendent; but he loved the employment too much to comply. Not only on the Sabbath did he la Narrative of the Religious Exercises of a Lady. 87 bor for the benefit of the children, but || employment; at three o'clock, he was he used to meet some of them during taken seriously ill; at five, he became the evenings of the week, for the pur- rather worse; when finding himself pose of explaining to them the word unable to stand, he sent for a coach, of God, and of extending their ac- by which he was conveyed to his habquaintance with its sacred contents; itation in safety. When mediaid. and whatever questions relative to was called in, his complaint was found the same, were proposed by the chil- to be an inflamation in the bowels. dren for solution; he was ready to His pain increasing, he was very resthear and answer. To his unwearied less till the morning, when he was diligence we may attribute the great frequently engaged in ejaculatory knowledge of scripture possessed by prayer. He remained for some time some of the children. In reference insensible while his mother and sisto this mode of instructing the chil-ter used every endeavor to resdren, he studied simplicity; he possessed the happy art of simplifying his ideas, and of rendering the great things of God and religion intelligent to the children, by the use of plain, but appropriate language. He aimed at being understood by the children, and he generally succeeded. To close this part of the memoir, he was never more in his element than when with the children: On Saturday evening he would often bid adieu to the world till Monday morning; joyfully anticipatiug the return of the Sabbath when he should renew his work of faith and labor of love. tore him; which, when they had effected, he said, "O mother, why hast thou brought me into this world of sin and sorrow again? I have been in heaven and seen the Lamb in the midst of the throne. Oh! I had a glance of my Saviour! of the print of the nails in his hands and feet!" then turning to his sister, he said, "heaven is a glorious place, and worth dying for; why have ye brought me back again?" His sister answered, "if you have been there, you will go again." "I know I shall," replied he, "for my time is within an hour." He then sung two verses of a hymn, composed Viewing his conduct in relation to by Mr. Berridge; "O happy saints the teachers it was no less praise wor-that dwell in light," &c.; after which thy; to them he was accommodating he engaged in prayer, and breathed and kind. He was often subjected to his soul into the hands of his Redeeminconvenience from a desire of pro-er, on Friday, October 11th, 1822, in moting harmony among the teachers, the 44th year of his age. Such was and of contributing to the comfort of the happy end of this useful man. each. In a word, his conduct towards S S. Teacher's Mag. the teachers tended not a little to promote that union among them, which they enjoyed from the time of his becoming superintendent, to his The events of the following brief removal from them. On the Sabbath narrative, took place in the immediprevious to his dissolution he attend-ate vicinity of the writer; if you think ed the school twice; he then complain-proper, you are at liberty to publish ed of great indisposition, but the teach it in your Religious Publication, ers and children were not aware that his labors were nearly closed, and that he was about to enter into rest. From the Christian Repository. MR. PORTer, M. S. was young, beautiful and amiable; possessed of every grace that could adorn, every charm that could On Thursday the 16th of October please. Her childhood, though ma k1822, he went as usual to his seculared with strict integrity and agreeable 88 Narrative of the Religious Exercises of a Lady. wailed with many tears her neglect of God, her misimprovement of the great blessings that Providence had shower ness of manners, was like most others of her age, spent in forgetfulness of that God before whom she was soon to appear, and regardless of that e-ed upon her. ternity in which she was to dwell. Though struggling almost in the Nothing worthy of particular notice agonies of death her resolution was occurred in her life, till her 17th year, to wrestle till the last expiring groan. when her health began to decline. Well might it be said that she "wrestHer complaint was evidently a ling-led with the Angel of the covenant." ering consumption, which though un-She continued in this state of increasperceived, preyed upon her constituing anxiety till about two days before tion, and was sure to bring her prematurely to the grave. her death. Her Saviour then appeared for her deliverance: Her joy at During the first of her illness, she first, was not the most extatic-a manifested no peculiar anxiety about calm serenity was spread over her her state. Her great desire seemed soul-her feelings seemed to flow out to be to regain her health, till her in gratitude to God for his sparing disease had made such ravages in her mercy, in prolonging her life, in constitution, that no hope remained bringing her, though at the very last of recovery. So deceitful was her hour, to behold his reconciled countendisorder so fearful were her friends ance, and shout the praises of Imto communicate to her, her real dan-manuel. Tho' the "lamp of life" was ger, that she was upon the very verge almost extinguished, she resolved to of the grave before she even thought "live while she did live." Her first her departure was at hand. At length, business seemed to be with her parby the entreaty of Christians, a judici-ents: them she exhorted with all the ous friend was selected to make her eloquence of feeling and fervor of acquainted with her real condition, affection to be reconciled to God. who entreated her to make her peace Her brothers and sisters she called with God, and cast herself upon his around her bedside, warned them of Sovereign mercy--Nor was the entrea- their danger, insisted on the madness ty vain. Being convinced that her of procrastination, exposed to them disease was inveterate, and her disso- from her own sad experience, the folly lution near, she began earnestly to of depending on an uncertain hereafter implore the remission of her sins, and for a more convenient season to seek seek with tears and supplication the for repentance and pardon. To her favor of God. Her strength now companions she gave the same warnbegan rapidly to decline, and she felting, and also gave a solemn charge to herself hastening into eternity, with the clergyman who attended her, to out hope and without pardon. Her deliever her dying testimony in favor feelings became intense, her suppli-of RELIGION, as her last message to cations constant and ardent. In her companions. Her message was prayer by herself or with friends, she indeed awfully solemn, heightened by continued day and night, scarcely the feelings which flow from dying excepting time necessary for repose. lips, and by the consciousness of truth Her language was strong and remark-which speaks from the grave! Her ably affected: "Sleep," said she, "I words I cannot repeat, but will leave cannot, I dare not! O that I knew the reader to ask himself what would where I might find HIM, I would be his message if he were speaking wash his feet with tears & wipe them from the borders of the visible world! with the hairs of my head!" She be- That was not the season to paint in |