ceiving that his eldest brother cried, he said,
"Why is John weeping? Weep not for me, weep for yourselves." "What a
blessed change," said a friend, "will it be, from such a sick bed as
this to the joys of heaven!" to which he added, "To be in the arms of my
Redeemer, to see him face to face, and behold his glories in heaven: O
how admirable! O what are the glories of an earthly kingdom when
compared to this: but as the drop of a bucket to the ocean; yea, no
mortal can describe the joys of heaven." When he again sweetly dwelt on
the happiness of meeting all his friends there, "Where," said he, "we
shall meet to part no more for ever; and there shall be no more death;"
which he twice repeated. In the night he was much buffeted by Satan.
About four o'clock in the morning, he appeared to be dying, and in a low
voice, said, "May you all keep the commandments, and love God evermore.
Weep not for me, I am not worth weeping for." Being in an agony of pain
he was directed to the source of all good. Soon after he appeared
easier, and said, "Truly the heart is willing, but the flesh is weak,
and if the heart is willing, never mind the voice." Being reminded of
the joy he would feel at hearing his Lord say, "Well done, good and
faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord;" he exclaimed,
"Amen, so be it," and spoke no more. "Great are the troubles of the
righteous, but the Lord delivereth out of them all," was the last text
repeated to him, to which he nodded his head, and then calmly fell
asleep in Jesus, aged twelve years and three months.

Farewell, dear babe, with all thy sacred store,
In triumph landed on the heavenly shore;
Sure nature form'd thee in her softest mould,
And grace, from nature's dross, refund the gold.

THE DUTIFUL DAUGHTER.

ELIZABETH W. ORCHARD was born March 6, 1795, at Melksham, in Wiltshire;
and from an early age was very dutiful to her parents, and much attached
to her school and books. In 1802 her father removed from Newport, in the
Isle of Wight, to Bath; where he and his family attended the Rev. Mr.
J.'s chapel. Soon after their arrival at Bath, Elizabeth and William her
brother were admitted into the Sunday school belonging to Argyle chapel;
from the time of Elizabeth's admittance, she seemed to read her books
with understanding and profit; and during the week, it was always her
study to get her task by heart against the returning Sabbath. Her
partiality for her te