cause of missions. Why should it not be
adopted in all Christian families, and thus let the principle--the sound
and effective principle--of _systematic_ charity be extensively
established amongst us.

[8] Dr. Chalmers.

[9] Proverbs, xi. 17.

[10] Same, xix. 17.

[11] Isaiah, lviii. 10, 11.

[12] Matthew, v. 7.

[13] Matthew, xxv. 40.

[14] Psalms, xli. 1.

[15] Mrs. SARAH PARKMAN, the relict of Samuel Parkman, Esq., one of the
most distinguished of the merchants of this city. Those who knew her,
and have seen how faithfully, affectionately, and judiciously she
discharged the duties of a daughter, a wife, a parent to her own
offspring, and a mother to many others, who with her own children, have
abundant reason to "rise up and call her blessed;" or who have learned
from report the leading events of her virtuous, benevolent and active
life, will esteem the humble tribute thus paid to her memory, as
proceeding from an estimate of her excellencies by no means exaggerated.
As an evidence of the value of her services to the Asylum, the following
extract has, by permission, been taken from the Minutes of the Board of
Managers:--

_At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Boston Female Asylum, held
on the last Tuesday of July, 1835,--_

VOTED, That the Managers are deeply sensible of the loss sustained since
the last meeting, in the death of their excellent First Directress, Mrs.
Sarah Parkman, the last who remained at the Board, of its original
members, and for the last fourteen years its presiding Officer. That
they hold in affectionate remembrance her gentleness, her charity, her
thoughtfulness for others, her constant endeavor to do good; and it may
be permitted to add,--for it was a conspicuous trait in her
character,--the sincerity of heart with which, in all her varied
intercourse, she followed the apostolic injunction, "be courteous."

Also, that they acknowledge with much gratitude to her, and to the
children by whom her wishes were so promptly fulfilled, the receipt of
Five Hundred Dollars, the last testimony of her interest in an
Institution, which, from its foundation, has owed so much to her labors,
her counsels, and the liberality, which even in death, did not fail.

* * * * *

Since the establishment of the Asylum in 1800, 357 children have been
admitted. Of these, 273 have been placed at service, or otherwise
removed; 13 have died, and 71 remained in the Asy