School, and in sustaining their prayer-meetings when the state of religion was low. Mr. L., with his usual diffidence, expressed the fear that he had done very little good, and added, as he often did on such occasions, that if any good had been done, it was not himself, but solely of the power and mercy of God.

Soon after he said, "I have no hope from anything I have done, or can do; all my hope is in Christ."

On another occasion he said, "I have not those great spiritual joys which some have: but I have a comfortable hope. I am one of those who believe that there is no man that liveth and sinneth not that in all things we come short, and in most things offend altogether; and that it is only through the righteousness of Christ we can find any acceptance with God."

More than once, when speaking in his family of the progress of his disease, he was heard to subjoin, "But why should a living man complain: a man for the punishment of his sins?"

Being asked what message he would send to his daughter in India, he said, "Tell her the time of my departure is very near. Tell her I die with a comfortable hope-hoping to meet her before long, where there is no more parting and sorrow: I hope to meet you all there.”

Soon after, his little grandson said to him, "Grandpa, Aunt is crying." "Aunt must not

cry," he replied, "she must be satisfied that what God does is best."

Speaking of not resting so well for several nights as he had previously, he said, "Wearisome nights are appointed unto me; but the Lord doeth all things well, and in infinite loving kindness to those that put their trust in him.”

His last conversation, a few moments before his death, was with his minister, who, having led in prayer for divine support in the hour of trial, said to him, I suppose it does not alarm you to have the subject of death mentioned." "O no, Sir," he replied, "not at all." "What a blessed thing it will be," added his minister, "if any of us ever get to heaven." "Yes," said Mr. L., "it will be blessed, with respect to the change which will be wrought in us, and with respect to the society and employments of heaven.

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have `entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him;'" and added, "The blessedness and glories of heaven are such as we can can form no conception of here."

He soon peacefully closed his eyes, (Jan. 17, 1831,) and entered into those joys, which his

tongue had just been laboring in weakness to

describe.

MIRON WINSLOW.

From the "Memoirs of American Missionaries." MIRON WINSLOW was born in Williston, near Burlington, Vt., in December, 1789. His parents, both of whom are now dead, were Nathaniel and Anna Winslow, the former a native of Salisbury, Conn., and the latter of Sheffield, Mass. His mother was a daughter of Josiah Kellogg, Esq., of Sheffield, Mass. Both of his parents. were pious, and they consecrated him to God in baptism. He was a subject of serious impressions from his childhood. He was educated for a merchant, and at the age of fourteen entered a store as clerk, in which he continued till twentyone, when he entered into business for himself, in Norwich, Conn., in which he continued successfully two years. During the latter part of the first year, his mind became increasingly serious; and at length he was brought to rejoice in the liberty of Christ. From that time he felt a strong desire to preach the gospel, and to preach it to the gentile nations sitting in dark

ness. In his very first letter to his parents announcing his conversion, he expressed a desire, and a strong conviction of duty, to renounce his worldly prospects, and give himself to the heathen in the service of Jesus Christ; saying, that although his worldly prospects were good, he counted it no sacrifice to relinquish them for Christ; and that as the heathen nations were without light, and none seemed to care for them, he felt it to be his duty to devote himself to them. As his previous education had been thorough, and his reading extensive, after studying a year and a half, he was qualified to enter college two years in advance. He commenced his preparation for college while yet pursuing his mercantile business; nor was he able to bring it to an entire close, till he was nearly or quite through college. He entered Middlebury College in 1813, and was graduated in 1815. He also subsequently spent some time in New Haven, and took a Master's degree at Yale College, in 1818. In January, 1816, he entered the Theological Seminary at Andover, and completed the course at that Institution in the autumn of 1818. He employed the last vacation of his junior year, and the two vacations of his senior year, in travelling as an agent to collect funds for Foreign Missions. In

these periods he travelled through most of New England, and was very successful. He also wrote his History of Missions in his senior year, and the subsequent Autumn. On the 4th of November, 1818, he was ordained as a Missionary, in the Tabernacle Church, in Salem, Mass., together with Messrs. Fisk, Spaulding, and Woodward. The sermon was preached by Professor Stuart of Andover. He married Miss Harriet Lathrop of Norwich, Conn., eldest daughter of Charles Lathrop, Esq., since deceased. On the 8th of June, 1819, he embarked at Boston for Calcutta, in company with Messrs. Spaulding, Woodward, and Scudder, and their wives. They arrived at Calcutta after a voyage of about five months; and thence embarked for Ceylon, where they have since labored.

Mr. Winslow's station has been at Oodooville, where he has diligently labored for the education of the natives. That the exertions of our Missionaries in Ceylon have not been altogether in vain, is shown by the fact, that there are now 836 scholars in the different schools of this station, 678 males, and 158 females; and 49 native members of the Mission church. The congregation on Sabbath mornings, is from four to five hundred, and fills the church. From seventy to