had a very clear
conception of christian doctrine, and I believe an equally clear, and
satisfying joy and peace through being consciously accepted in Christ.
I never passed by her house, so far as I can recollect, without some
such thought as this while going by, 'Within these doors dwells one
whom Jesus loves.'"

For the following we are indebted to the courtesy of the Rev. P.
McOwan.

"Mrs. Lyth was in the decline of life before it was my happiness
to form her acquaintance; and consequently I am but ill able to do
justice to her christian character, or to point out the various modes
of faithful pitying love, by which she endeavoured in her years of
prime to glorify God, and serve her generation. It was impossible,
however, to visit her, even in her invalid state, without being
impressed with her mental power, eminent piety, and scriptural
intelligence; without discerning that she was a 'mother in Israel.'
In my own case, these impressions were so deep, that, though in my
intercourse with her I had to sustain the Pastor's part, I often,
from choice, occupied the seat of the learner. Her favourite themes of
discourse, were the love of God in Christ Jesus, the grace and wisdom
of Divine Providence, the great and precious promises, christian
experience, missions to the heathen, and the revival and extension
of the work of God in the earth. I frequently proposed questions to
elicit her views on these and kindred topics; and when, drawn out in
conversation, she often gave utterance to weighty and discriminating
thoughts, judicious counsels, animating recollections of the past, and
bright anticipations of the future. Intercourse with her was truly
a means of grace; and I generally left her glorifying God on her
account, and longing for a double portion of her spirit.

"Mrs. Lyth, like all who excel in piety, was a diligent and devout
student of the book of God. She not only read the scriptures, but she
searched them; she pondered their import, and meditated in them day
and night. The result was, the word of God dwelt in her richly, in
all wisdom, so that she was able to teach and admonish others with
singular propriety and power. Her accurate and extensive acquaintance
with the scriptures gave a richness and impressiveness to her
conversation, which awed the trifler, edified the thoughtful, and shed
light and comfort upon the minds of anxious inquirers. Many of her own
sex resorted to her for counsel as to an oracle; and