- a man whom he valued highly for his excellent sense, modest worth, and benevolent activity. It is proper to remark, that this sketch cannot be viewed as presenting precisely what was said by him on that occasion; on many of its topics he greatly enlarged, as he often did when his mind was excited, in terms more eloquent and striking than those which he had prepared.

"The object of this meeting is to pay the last sad tribute of respect to the memory of a good man, -a melancholy office indeed! The heart sinks at the thought of what is lost to us in death. Silent is that tongue whose counsels were so wise, and whose accents were so soft and so kind. Those hands shall no more be lifted up in prayer to God, or stretched out in beneficence to the poor. Cold is that bosom which was the dwelling-place of sympathy and gentleness. Motionless now that heart, almost every pulsation of which was in virtue's cause. But let us turn to objects which will afford relief to our minds. We know that they who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.' We look forward to that bright morning when God will change our mortal bodies; we anticipate the future grandeur and dignity of our renewed natures - bodies glorified-souls ennobled. The present is but the infancy of our being. We spring from the dust, but we sink that we may rise again. After a long and moonless night, we shall awake to enjoy the light of a day that will be without a cloud and without a close. The blessing we anticipate is stupendous. The eye hath seen nothing like it in the treasures of earth, or on the moun

tains of vision; the ear hath heard nothing like it from the voice of history or the more excursive flights of imagination. The glory of Paradise is light inaccessible to mortal eyes; the songs of the blessed are sounds not audible to mortal ears. The intercourse of heaven is in words which cannot be uttered; its joys are joys unspeakable. Our friend has gone to share in them. They are worth dying for. It was a good report,' he can say, that I heard of them in my own country; but the half was not told me; their blessedness far exceeds their fame.'

"Our departed friend hath bequeathed to the churches, and especially to their ministers, a rich legacy, in a character dignified by a bright assemblage of eminent spiritual excellencies. His piety, the most eminent feature of his renewed heart, shone with mild and modest lustre, like the star of the morning, gentle, pure, and introductory to a celestial day. It was scriptural and rational. The work of God's Spirit formed his just views of his Father's character, and of his own interest in that Father's love. It imparted a heavenly devotion to his thoughts, his words, and his pursuits; but it was not obtrusive on public observation. He was not the man who would say, 'Stand by, I am holier than thou.' His modesty and mildness of temper secured an extensive range of the unbought friendship of wise, deserving, and good men. His religious worth was seen by every body but himself. He loved retirement, but in solitude was not alone. There was a mild and a pure atmosphere around him, in which envy could

not breathe. Nature and grace seem to have formed him for the mild majesty of private life. When called to sustain the public station of a minister of God, he seemed to suffer rather than to enjoy his elevation. The people of his charge beheld him with veneration, and looked up to him as to their father. They will long and gratefully cherish the recollection of his great suavity of manners, and of the blessed effects of his counsels and example on their own hearts and lives. Their voluntary presence this day around his grave is an honourable tribute of respect to their own hearts and to his unassuming worth. They will study, by a life of unfeigned piety and of pure morals, to meet the high expectations which the privileges they have enjoyed entitle the public to form and cherish.

"The ministers of religion who knew our lamented brother will listen to the voice which, with ominous solemnity, arises from this open grave. It fills our ears; and in tones of authority not to be resisted, requires of us, - 1st, To 'work while it is day; the night cometh, wherein no man can work.' To labour, to travail as in birth, till Christ be formed in the souls of men,till their understandings be enlightened with the knowledge of him-their consciences possess the peace which confidence in the atoning blood of the Son of God alone can impart,-and they be ennobled with the lively image of Jesus Christ, the perfection of moral beauty and excellence.2dly, It calls upon us to watch, as we know not the hour when our labours shall close. In the

activity of his life, when his cultivated faculties were still vigorous, and prospects of usefulness were still opening before him, was our beloved brother summoned to leave his post. Let the young and the strong remember, that youth and vigour are no security for lengthened life; but the admonition falls with tenfold weight on us who feel the additional excitement of fading powers and debilitated constitutions.-3dly, It calls on us to adorn our sacred profession with a life formed on the principles of the Gospel, and in illustration of its holy and heavenly tendency. The life of our departed friend will mightily assist our efforts. Like a torch, it will enlighten and enkindle. Like him, let us study the grace, the atonement, the advocacy, and example of Christ, as of God made unto us sanctification;-let us implore of God to enrich our minds with large measures of his Holy Spirit, as the spirit of knowledge, of revelation, of sympathy, of fidelity, and of increasing activity in the work of the Lord;--let us press forward, leaning on God, and put forth the strength we have, accounting nothing done while aught remains to be done. When our hearts grow cold, or our purposes vacillate, let us hasten to the cross for warmth and stability of heart. O there is inspiration on Calvary! The seraph's warmth and the martyr's firmness emanate thence.—4thly, Let us encourage ourselves in the Lord. The approbation of the Judge, Well done, good and faithful servants,' how animating! Let us oppose it, and that happiness to which it shall call us, to all the temptations we may meet with from man's

friendship or frown, from diminished acceptance, from the neglect or dereliction of those who once favoured us, from the arduousness of duty, and from the inadequate returns we may receive from men for the exertions we make for their best interests; let us anticipate, amidst the bitterness of present separations, perpetual fellowship with the wise and good on high, who have the knowledge of angels with the simplicity of children, and especially fellowship with the Son of God, the story of his love read on his own countenance, and heard from his own lips,-with redeeming grace warming our hearts, the promises of God strengthening our nerves, the approbation of our Judge anticipated in our ears; - let us be strong in the Lord-let us quit ourselves like men- let us help every one his neighbour-and let every one say to his brother, 'Be of good courage;' and when our warfare is accomplished, may we fall with our face to the foe, and be hailed as more than conquerors through Him that loved us."

But there were other offices of friendship to which he was called, and which he discharged not less admirably. The letter now to be presented was intended to counteract an impression which had been made on the mind of a young brother in the ministry, that Dr. Waugh had, through the medium of an anonymous letter, expressed disapprobation of his conduct, for preaching in places of worship not in his communion. His young friend was wrong in paying the least attention to an anonymous letter; and many a man