June 21, at the baptist chapel, Falmouth, by Mr. Booth, Mr. Edward Merriman, baptist minister, Ilfracombe, to Henrietta Eliza, youngest daughter of Commander William Green, Royal Navy.

June 22, at the baptist chapel, Denmark Place, Camberwell, by Dr. Steane, H. H. Heath, Esq., of Camberwell, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of John Hepburn, Esq., of Camberwell.

June 28, at the baptist chapel, Dudley, by Mr. James Cooper, of Aberdare, father of the bridegroom, Mr. Jabez Cooper, of Blackheath near Dudley, to Miss Sarah Sophia, daughter of Mr. Pearsall, of Dudley.

June 28, at Feniton, by Mr. Evans Foote, baptist minister, Mr. Joseph Wood, of Honiton, to Mrs. H. Thomas, of Wilmington.

July &, at the baptist chapel, Bourne, by Mr. Pike, Mr. James Mann, to Miss E. Rippon, both of Deeping St. James.

July 6, at the baptist chapel, Ely Place, Wisbeach, Mr. George Taylor, to Miss Maria Bouch, both of Walpole St. Andrews. July 12, at the baptist chapel, Mansfield, by Mr. Wood, Mr. James Yeomans, to Miss Harriet Hollis.

July 18, at the baptist chapel, Castle Donington, Mr. G. G. Jordain, to Miss Mary Richards.

July 16, at the baptist chapel, Feniton, by Mr. Evans Foote, Mr. Henry Ash, to Miss E. Kerridge, both of Honiton.-And on the next day, Mr. C. W. Ham, to Miss J. E. Vincent, both of Honiton.

July 19, at the Circus baptist chapel, Birmingham, by the Rev. J. A. James, the Rev. G. Marsland, B.A., of Bakewell, to Elizabeth, fourth daughter of T. F. Griffiths, Esq., Edgbaston.

July 20, at the baptist chapel, Eagle-street, Holborn, London, by Mr. F. Wills, Mr. R. R. Pickering, to Miss C. M. Graham.

July 20, at the baptist chapel, King-street, Bristol, by Mr. Winter, Mr. W. Evans Foote, baptist minister, Honiton, to Miss Sarah Ann Sampson, of Bristol.

July 24, at the baptist chapel, Grimsby, by Mr. Blow, Mr. T. Joys, to Miss S. Petheridge, Hull.

July 25, at Edinburgh, Mr. William Baines of Leicester, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Mr. Edward Kemp, of Uppingham.

Aug. 1, at the baptist chapel, Wallingford, by Mr. S. Davies, Mr. P. Davies, of Reading, to Miss Elizabeth Gammon, of Wallingford.

Aug. 3, at the baptist chapel, Bratton, Wilts., by Mr. Joseph Preece, Mr. George Chibblett, Bristol, to Mrs. Newth, of Bratton.

Aug. 7, at the baptist chapel, Bridlington, by Mr. J. W. Morgan, Mr. H. N. Elliott, to Miss S. A. Elliott.

Aug. 8, at the baptist chapel, Milford, Hants., by Mr. Gill, Mr. Thomas Prichard, of Southampton, to Miss Louisa Cole, of Milford.

Aug. 8, at New-court baptist chapel, Newcastle-on-Tyne, by Mr. Isaac Davies, Mr. George Curry, to Miss Harvey.

June 30, at Saint Hill, near Collumpton, Devon, aged 86, after a long and painful affliction, Mrs. Elizabeth Radford, for nearly forty years a consistent member of the bap tist church there. She died in peace.

July 31, Mr. W. Holland, of Blackheathroad, Greenwich, for many years an active member of the London Itinerant Society, and deacon of the baptist church, Lewishamroad, Greenwich.

Aug. 6, very suddenly, the Rev. William Robinson, pastor of the Independent chapel, Redbourn, Herts. He had preached and administered the Lord's-supper in the morning, and was removed by paralysis in the evening.

Aug. 7, at Wokingham, after long sufferings, aged 60, Letitia, the beloved wife of Mr. Stephen Sale, and mother of Mr. John Sale, baptist missionary, Jessore, East Indies. At the closing scene, her feelings seemed to be embodied in the lines which she repeated, Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling; Naked, look to thee for dress,— Helpless, look to thee for grace; Black I to the fountain fly,Wash me, Saviour, or I die.

Aug. 14, Mr. Thomas Speakman, aged 64, a town missionary at Chatham. Mr. S. was attending a social tea-meeting at Zion chapel, and was engaged in the act of prayer, when he sunk down and expired.

of prayer but a few hours before-and among the inhabitants of the town in general.

Though our departed brother had been, during the greater part of the past winter, in a feeble state, he seemed, during the summer, and especially after a visit to the sea-side, to be recovering strength. The tidings, therefore, of his unexpected departure, produced on many minds a sudden overflow of the tenderest emotions.

The following notice, we presume from the pen of brother William Underwood, pastor of the other General Baptist Church in Derby, appeared in the columns of the Derby Reporter of Sept. 8th.

"It is our painful duty to record the decease of as holy a man-as able a theologian—and as useful a preacher and writer as any it has been our privilege to know; and whose honoured name has been associated with the town of Derby for nearly half a century. We refer to the Rev. J. G. Pike, Pastor of the Baptist Church in St. Mary's-gate. This event occurred so unexpectedly on Monday last, as to produce a shock of surprise and grief among the members of his family -among the people of his charge among his dissenting ministerial breth

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Mr. Pike was born at Edmonton in His father was the Rev. Dr. Pike. Having had a good classical education his youth was spent as an assistant teacher in a seminary, where he once had among his pupils, the late Rev. John Williams, the martyred missionary of Eromanga. He afterwards studied for the ministry in the Dissenting College at Wymondly, having become a member of the General Baptist Church, in Church-lane, London, under the care of the Rev. Dan Taylor. Some time after the completion of his college course, by what seemed at the time a mere accident, (that of being too late for the coach) he was met by the Rev. John Deacon, of Leicester, who introduced him to the then vacant church in Brook-street, Derby. This was in 1809. In the following year he settled over that church. His ministry was successful from the first; for in the next year galleries were erected in the chapel, and even then it was too small to afford accommodation to the hearers. Efforts were made to secure a new place of worship in a more central situation; but failing in this design, the devoted Pastor prevailed on his people to enlarge and

repair the old building. Here he preached three times on the Sabbath for about 30 years, and during the middle part of his life he often delivered a fourth sermon, in the summer season, out of doors. Nor did this satisfy his sense of duty to his Lord and Saviour. The missionary spirit had become widely diffused among the Particular Baptist Churches, and Mr. Pike used means to enlist the sympathies and liberality of his own denomination in this enterprise. He corresponded with the Rev. A. Fuller respecting union of effort on the part of the two bodies; but as this plan was not cordially approved, the General Baptist Missionary Society was formed. Mr. Pike was unanimously chosen its secretary; and the devotion of the most affectionate parent to the welfare of his natural offspring can scarcely surpass that which he evinced, to the close of his life, for this small but endeared society. He wrote, travelled, preached, and toiled for the mission as if its wants were the only claims he had to meet.

Yet his pastoral duties were not neglected. His congregation and church steadily progressed in numbers until the Brook-street Chapel became inconveniently crowded. At length his people purchased a vacant mansion in St. Mary's-gate, and converted it into the largest Nonconformist Chapel in the town. Here he laboured till the last Sabbath; and it might be said, till the last day of his life. For on Monday morning he attended the monthly prayer meeting of the Independent and Baptist ministers, by whom he was congratulated on his apparent improvement in health. When the hour of prayer closed he consulted with his brethren on the propriety of uniting in a public thanksgiving for the abundant harvest. In the course of the day he made some calls, and in the afternoon retired to his study to attend to his correspondence. Several envelopes were directed, and one note was commenced; but his pen was paralyzed by the

stroke of death. Not answering to the call to tea, his daughter entered his study, and found him sitting in his chair, pen in hand, with his forehead on his desk, senseless and lifeless! His death is supposed to have been instantaneous, and to have occurred without a struggle or a pang. He was in his seventy-f -first year.

'How many fall as sudden-not as safe!'

In him was realized the devout

wish of Wesley, expressed in terms so terse and chaste:

'My body with my charge lay down,
And cease at once to work and live.'

Or, according to the sublime ideal of Paul-mortality,' in his case, was swallowed up of life.'

It is wholly out of our province here to attempt to portray the character of the deceased, or to give any description of his doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, &c.' Such a man deserves, and will doubtless have, a more extended biography than is suited to the columns of a newspaper. And whoever undertakes the task shall have our prayer for his success in its performance.

'Some angel guide his pencil while he draws,—
What nothing less than angel can exceed,—
A man on earth devoted to the skies.'

To our brief tribute of repect to a man of this order, a few other sentences may be added. As many of our readers may have had no personal acquaintance with Mr. Pike, it may be proper to say that his physical frame was tall and large, and capable of more than an ordinary amount of labour. His countenance, since his advance in years, wore a somewhat heavy and ungenial aspect; but when approached more closely, and when engaged in conversation, there was a mildness in the beaming of his eyes, and a blandness in the tones of his voice, which rendered his company both agreeable and pleasant.

As a Christian, Mr. Pike was thoroughly catholic in his spirit; nominally he belonged to one of the smaller sections of the Church of Christ, but his sympathies embraced