rosity, sympathy, and humility commanded universal admiration; and this was sustained through the subsequent changes of residence which were experienced by her family. While resident in Derbyshire she gave birth to five children, two sons and three daughters. Of these children, three, with her esteemed second husband, have preceded her to the world of spirits during the last twelve years. Her only brother, and four of her five sisters, have also entered on the unseen state. In the spring of 1822 she, with her family removed to Heptonstall Slack, about two miles distant from her birthplace; her husband having accepted an invitation to become the minister there. In the midst of much care and labour, having in the family here, as formerly at Duffield, a number of boarders, pupils of her husband, she 'brought up children-lodged strangers-relieved the afflicted,' and 'diligently followed every good work.' After a residence of twelve years at this place Mr. Ingham removed to Nottingham, and after four years more, again to Belper, in Derbyshire, where he had formerly planted a church. In the beginning of 1839 she was again called to suffer the bereavement by death, of a much-loved daughter, who had been married only ten months. This stroke she felt very keenly; still it was marvellous to all her family how well she was enabled to sustain it. It was in the autumn of 1842, and under very painful circumstances, that she again became a widow. Her husband, having set out on a short tour, with a view to preach and collect for the Foreign Mission, was taken ill at Bradford, at the house of his nephew, the pastor of the church there, and after appearing to rally from his complaint, suddenly grew worse, and expired without any of his family being permitted to see him. Here the omnipotent influence of Divine grace was again manifested, and in her subsequent trials, which now gathered more thickly upon her, her faith, patience, and meekness seemed to become more and more conspicuous. She passed, indeed, through great tribulation, but having washed her robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, she is now before the throne, and serves him day and night in his temple. After again resigning to the imperious demand of death her eldest daughter, and then her eldest son, and suffering losses also in her circumstances by dishonesty, the time of her own departure drew near. Her once strong faculties began to shew symptoms of decay; and for several months, if not some years past, a gradual decline has been perceptible. It was the privilege and honour of her surviving son to entertain her under his roof for the last fifteen months she spent in this world, and he will never forget the heavenliness of disposition which marked her especially during this period, notwithstanding her mental decay. So anxious and happy was she to render any little help, so sympathizing and kind, so utterly oblivious of self. During a confinement to her chamber of several weeks, she was never known to utter a wish or request. There was none of that fretfulness which sometimes appears as the natural infirmities increase: on the contrary, she was always humble, placid, and thankful. She never appeared to be disturbed in mind as to her acceptance; and though somewhat reserved on subjects that concerned herself personally, as she had been throughout her life, she was always 'ready,' when questioned, affectionate endearing terms, in which she pleaded and adored his all-prevalent name cannot be forgotten by those who heard them. Truly did she regard is not aware that a whisper of complaint was ever made against her; and that is no common character which secures the universal esteem of the good, and avoids the slander of the bad. Without doubt it was her reli-Him first, him last, him midst, and withgious principles that produced this great excellence of character. She had the mind of Christ.' It is remembered as though an event of yesterday, how, when her husband was absent from home, and when she collected the family for devotion, her heart was poured forth in the tenderest and most confiding appeals; and how evidently the love and sufferings of Jesus constituted the sole spring and ground of her confidence. The tremulous, thrilling tones, and the out end." Thou, as a gallant bark from Albion's coast, The storms all weathered and the ocean crossed Shoots into port at some well havened isle, Where spices breathe, and brighter seasons smile, Her beauteous form reflected clear below, There sits quiescent on the floods that show While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay; So thou, with sails how swift! hast reached "Where tempests never beat nor billows D. T. I. the shore roar. THE PEACE CONGRESS OF 1851. THE last Annual Association, assembled at Derby, having 'affectionately recommended the churches to appoint delegates' to the Congress of the friends of universal peace,' about to be held at Exeter Hall, London, several of our churches, both in London and in the country, listened to the recommendation, and thus the General Baptist body was perhaps as fully represented in that interesting and important assembly as any other christian denomination, with the exception of the Society of Friends.' Those of our friends who were privileged to be present at Exeter Hall, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, July 22, 23, 24, will not very soon forget either the grand and imposing character of that immense assembly, nor the earnest and impressive sentiments which were uttered by the various speakers, during the course of the proceedings. For the benefit of those who were not present, as well as to place on the pages of our periodical some record of this, the fifth annual peace congress, we sub join the following brief account : The great room in Exeter Hall, including its galleries, &c, is capable of accommodating some four thousand persons; and this each day was filled in every part. The platform, and a large portion of the body of the Hall, were appropriated to delegates, who were requested to shew their cards on their entrance. The back part of the Hall, and the galleries, were devoted to visiters. The appearance of this vast assembly was deeply interesting, from whatever point of view it was contemplated; but that interest greatly increased when the elements of which it was composed were taken into account. There were delegates from France, Belgium, Prussia, Austria, Spain, America, and various other foreign countries; and many of these were men of high consideration, enjoying a world-wide reputation. The English delegates included more than twenty members of Parliament, a considerable number of literary and scientific names of high rank, several ative necessity of entering upon a system of International Disarmament. professors at various colleges, a number of newspaper editors, some two 4. This Congress, regarding the syshundred ministers of religion, besides tem of negotiating Loans for the prosea large array of well-known philan-cution of War, or the maintenance of thropists and distinguished persons. warlike armaments, as immoral in prinThe Hall might be said indeed, to ciple and disastrous in operation, recontain representatives of all nations, news its emphatic condemnation of all and of all classes, all come together such Loans. for the sublime purpose of promoting 'peace on earth and good-will amongst men.' The following is the Programme of the Resolutions, which was placed in the hands of the Delegates, printed in English and French; which Resolutions were all adopted in due course. 'The Congress of the friends of Universal Peace, assembled in London, July 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, 1851, considering that recourse to arms for the settlement of international disputes, is a custom condemned alike by Religion, Morality, Reason, and Humanity, and, believing that it is useful and necessary frequently to direct the attention both of Governments and Peoples to the evils of the War system, and the desirableness and practicability of maintaining Permanent International Peace, resolves: 1. That it is the special and solemn duty of all Ministers of Religion, In structors of Youth, and Conductors of the Public Press, to employ their great influence in the diffusion of pacific principles and sentiments, and in eradicating from the minds of men those hereditary animosities, and political and commercial jealousies, which have been so often the cause of disastrous Wars. 2. That as an appeal to the sword can settle no question, on any principle of equity and right, it is the duty of Governments to refer to the decision of competent and impartial Arbitrators such differences arising between them as cannot be otherwise amicably adjusted. 3. That the Standing Armaments, with which the Governments of Europe menace each other, amid professions of mutual friendship and confidence, being a prolific source of social immorality, fi: nancial embarrasment, and national suffering, while they excite constant disquietude and irritation among the nations, this Congress would earnestly urge upon the Governments the imper 5 This Congress, believing that the violence, of one country in the internal intervention, by threatened or actual politics of another, is a frequent cause of bitter and desolating wars, maintains that the right of every state to regulate its own affairs should be held absolute and inviolate. 6 This Congress recommends all the friends of Peace to prepare public opinion, in their respective countries, with a view to the formation of an authoritative Code of International Law. 7. This Congress expresses its strong abhorrence of the system of Aggression and violence practised by civilized nations upon aboriginal and uncivilized tribes, as leading to incessant and exterminating wars, eminently unfavourable to the true progress of religion, civilization, and commerce. 8. This Congress, convinced that whatever brings the nations of the earth together in intimate and friendly intercourse must tend to the establishment of Peace, by removing misapprehensions and prejudices, and inspiring mutual respect, hails, with unqualified satisfaction, the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, as eminently calculated to promote that end.' The proceedings commenced on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, when Sir David Brewster, who last year presided over the meetings of 'The British Association for the Advancement of Science,' was called to the Chair: after which the Rev. H. Richard, one of the English Secretaries, proceeded to read over the names of the Vice-Presidents and other Officers. Amongst them were Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., and C. Hindley, Esq., M.P., vice-presidents for England; MM. Cormenin and Horace Say, vice-presidents for France; Professor Rau, of Heidelberg, for Germany; M. Visschers, for Belgium; and W. Jackson, for America. The Secretaries chosen were:- -For England, the Rev. H. Richard and Rev. W. Stokes ; for France, MM. Joseph Garnier and M. Cocquerel, junr.; for Germany, Dr. Maquardsen and Dr. Kreutznach; for America, Mr. Elihu Burritt and Dr. Beckwith; and for Italy, M. Jules Avigdor, of Nice. The names of the foreign delegates having been read to the meeting, Mr. Rich ard stated, that the English delegates comprised upwards of one thousand Judge John N. Miles and the Hon. | to the sanguinary field, to the deathstruggles between men who are husbands and fathers, to the horrors of the siege violence and murder, in which neither and the sack, to the deeds of rapine and age nor sex is spared. In acts like these the soldier is converted into the fiend, and his humanity even disappears. under the ferocious mask of the demon or the brute. To men who reason, and who feel while they reason, nothing in inexplicable than that war, the child of the history of their species appears more barbarism, should exist in an age enlightened and civilized, when the arts of peace have attained the highest perfection, and when science has brought into personal communion nations the most If the sure word of prophecy has told distant, and races the most unfriendly. names. After a short pause for silent prayer, Sir David Brewster (the president,) read a most beautiful address, from which we cull the following sentiments: The principle for which we claim your sympathy, and ask your support, is that war undertaken to settle differences between nations is the relic of a barbarous age, equally condemned by religion, by reason, and by justice. The question, 'What is war?' has been more frequently asked than answered; and I hope that there may be in this assembly some eloquent individual who has seen it in its realities, and who is willing to tell us what he has seen. Most of you, like myself, know it only in poetry and romance. We have wept over the epics and the ballads which celebrate the tragedies of war. We have followed the warrior in his career of glory without tracing the line of blood along which he has marched. We have worshipped the demi god in the Temple of Fame in ignorance of the cruelties and crimes by which he climbed its steep. It is only from the soldier himself, and in the language of the eye that has seen its agonies, and of the ear that has heard its shrieks, that we can obtain a correct idea of the miseries of war. Though far from our happy shore many of us may have seen it in its ravages and in its results, in the green mound which marks the recent battle-field, in the shattered forest in the razed and desolate village, and, perchance, in the widows and orphans which it makes. And yet this is but the memory of war-the faint shadow of its dread realities-the reflection but of its blood, and the echoes but of its thunders. I shudder when imagination carries me us that the time must come when men shall learn the art of war no more, it is doubtless our duty, and it shall be our work, to hasten its fulfilment, and upon the anvil of Christian truth, and with the brawny arm of indignant reason, to beat the sword into the ploughshare, and the spear into the pruning hook. I am ashamed in a christian community to defend on christian principles the cause of universal peace. He who proclaimed peace on earth and goodwill to man, who commands us to love our enemies and to do good to them who despitefully use us and persecute us; he who counsels us to hold up the left cheek when the right is smitten, will never acknowledge us as disciples, or admit into his immortal family the sovereign or the minister who shall send the fiery cross over tranquil Europe, and summon the bloodhounds of war to settle the disputes and gratify the animosities of nations. The principle of this Congress, to settle national disputes by arbitration, has, to a certain extent, been adopted by existing powers both monarchical and republican; and it is surely neither chimerical nor officious to make such a system universal among the very nations that have themselves partially adopted it. If these views have reason and justice on their side, their final triumph cannot be distant. The cause of peace has made, and is making, rapid progress. The most distinguished men of all nations are lending it their aid. The illustrious Humbolt, the chief of the republic of letters, whom I am proud to call my friend, has addressed to the Congress of Frankfort a letter of sympathy and adhesion. He tells us that our institution is a step in the life of nations, and that, under the protection of a superior power, it will at length find its consummation. He recalls to us the noble expression of a statesman long departed, "that the idea of humanity is becoming more and more prominent, and is everywhere proclaiming its animating power." Other glorious names sanction our cause. Several French statesmen, and many of the most distinguished members of the Institute, have joined our alliance. The Catholic and the Protestant clergy of Paris are animated in the sacred cause, and the most illustrious of its poets have brought to us the willing tribute of their genius. The philosopers and divines of Germany too, have given us their sympathy and support; and in America, every man that thinks is a friend of universal peace. In the reign of peace, wealth will flow into new channels, and science will guide the plough in its fructifying path; and having nothing to fear from foreign invasion or internal discontent we shall sit under our vine and our fig-tree, to use the gifts and enjoy the life which providence has given to discharge the duties which these blessings impose, and prepare for that higher life to which duty discharged is the safest passport. But it is not merely to property that our principles will bring security and amelioration. With war will cease its expenditure. National prosperity will follow national security. The arts of peace will flourish as the arts of war decay. The talent and skill which have been squandered on the works and on the instruments of destruction will be directed into nobler channels. Science and the arts, in thus acquiring new intellectual strength, will make new conquests over matter, and give new powers to mind. Science will no longer bend a suppliant at the foot of power, and the intriguer will no longer dare to approach it. Education too, will then dispense its blessings through a wider range, and Religion, within its own hallowed sphere, will pursue its labours of love and truth, in imitation of its blessed Master. If we have not yet reached this epoch of peace and happiness we are doubtless rapidly nearing it; and among the surest harbingers of its approach is the Exhibition of the World's Industry, and the reunion of the world's genius which now adorn and honour our metropolis. As one of its daily visitors since it was opened by our beloved Queen, I may be permitted to call your especial attention to it as the first temple of peace that modern hands have reared. The annual meetings of the scientific men of all nations have already taught us that personal communication and the interchange of social kindness revive our better feelings, and soften the asperities of rival and conflicting interests. Nations are composed of individuals, and that kindness and humility which adorn the single heart, cannot be real if they disappear in the united sentiment of nations. We cannot readily believe that nations which have embraced each other in social intercourse, and in the interchanges of professional knowledge, will recognise any other object of rivalry and ambition than a superiority in the arts of peace. It is not likely that men that have admired each other's genius, and have united in giving a just judgment on mere inventions, will ever again concur in referring questions of national honour to the abitrement of the sword. If in the material works the most repulsive elements may be permanently compressed within their sphere of mutual attraction; if, in the world of instinct, natures the most ferocious may be softened and even tamed when driven into a common retreat by their deadliest foe-may we not expect in the world of reason and of faith, that men severed by national and personal enmitieswho have been toiling under the same impulse and acting for the same end— who are standing together in the porch of the same Hall of Judgment, and panting for the same eternal homemay we not expect that such men will never again consent to brandish the deadly cutlass or throw the hostile spear? May we not regard it as certain that they will concur with us in exerting themselves to the utmost in effecting the entire abolition of war?' After the President's address, the Secretary read addresses to the Confield and Dunfermline approving of gress from the Corporations of Shefthe principles of the Congress, and also from Count Pierre Dionysie Dumellie, member of the Chamber of |
