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her memory.-Long-long may it be, before you * experience the interest which I now feel, in bearing witness to the virtues of a departed wife. X Endowed with a pleasing and engaging aspect," she bore a mind, which envy "could not but call fair." Diffident and reserved in mixt society, her intellectual powers were best appreciated in the recesses of private life. Warm and affectionate in her attachments, placable and forgiving when injured, and extending her charity with unsparing hand to the deserving and distressed, her life was such a continued

*Mr. Lyttelton's lady died in child-bed,

six years after their marriage, and was the subject of the MONODY to be found among Lord Lyttelton's Works.

preparation for eternity, that the unexpected event, which we all so painfully felt, might to her be deemed a blessing. I say unexpected, for she was apparently well; and, on Whitsunday morning, was preparing for that attendance on church, which was never omitted, when she suddenly expired. Her health and spirits, though naturally good, had been gradually undermined by a long, an anxious, and an assiduous attendance on a near and dear relative; and her illness had been accompanied by severe sufferings, as appeared by several of her manuscript prayers, which came into my hands after her decease. -I know it may appear selfish to praise, where the object might be deemed a part of oneself. But why

should I not declare her virutes? The light which they will shed, may guide many of my fellow christians to eternal happiness.

MR. LYTTELTON. Such praise, Lord Bishop, requires no apology. When all the habits and affections are centered in one beloved object, the breaking of the bond of union must be like the separation of the soul and body, -the annihilation of all earthly comfort.

BISHOP GIBSON. Mr. Lyttelton is musing, Brother, on the dear object of his choice: shall we recal him from his reverie, by proceeding in your subject?

BISHOP HOUGH. If we have losses, we should recollect the possessions we retain, and the additions we are daily making to them,—of children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces, relatives, connexions, advancing in lif, displaying the good effects of the instruction and assistance which we have given them, and supplying new friends to fill up the broken ranks, and to produce fresh objects of kindness and affection. I mean not, however, to preach stoical apathy on the death of those who are dear to us. Time must pass, and grief must be soothed by a limited indulgence, before the heart is ready to receive even the balm of consolation. But an even temper, which does not impatiently struggle

under adversity, will eventually overcome; slowly indeed and by degrees, but with more assured and complete victory. For where we humbly submit to affliction, and at the same time use all proper endeavours to lighten its weight, our heavenly father will send his blessed spirit, to influence and support us, and to enable us to apply our afflictions for the furtherance of our present and future happiness.

BISHOP GIBSON. I am perfectly aware, that it is by trials endured and duties fulfilled, that we become fitted for the angelic state; and have often traced in my own history, and in that of my nearest and dearest friends, that events, painful and distressing at the