"I can truly say, that during that time I have very often felt the force of the expressions of the Psalmist, my soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord.' I should have attended Church, however, before, had the weather been such as to render it prudent, but the two Sundays which preceded yesterday were very stormy.

"Yesterday was a very lovely day, and I not only attended. Church, but preached, though I was almost overcome by the manifestation of feeling, on the part of the congregation, at the introductory part of my discourse. We could not have had less than one thousand present. As it will interest you, and is not very long, I will transcribe the introductory part spoken of above. It is as follows:

"It is now, my friends, eight weeks since, by a dispensation of that Providence who ordereth all things after the counsel of his own will-and whose will is always right-it is now, I remark, eight weeks since I have been permitted to occupy this pulpit, while days and nights of weariness and pain have taught me the lessons of mortality. If there is one pleasure which I enjoy, if there is one hour during the week in which I feel more exquisitely than another, it is that sacred hour of the Sabbath in which I can have the privilege, from this place, of proclaiming in your ears the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Suffer me then, my brethren, with my little recruited strength, and my first feeble effort, to appear before you as an ambassador of Christ, and taking my stand by the great Apostle of the Gentiles, seek to testify my gratitude to God for the privilege and happiness he again permits me to enjoy, and to testify my fidelity to you, by some plain observations on a passage, which, living, I would wish to make my motto, and which dead, I would wish inscribed upon my tomb, God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.'

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"Your Friend and Brother."

"The overpowering effect which this language, delivered by himself in his own peculiar manner, must have produced upon an

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affectionate and devoted congregation, can be better imagined than described. An eye witness informs me that the effect was solemn and sublime beyond description. One part of his wish has been solemnly fulfilled. It was his motto even to the last struggle of mortal existence.

"Let now the hand of the sculptor verify the other, by 'inscribing upon his tomb,' GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD GLORY SAVE IN THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. So will strangers pause in passing, and friends shed the tear of sad recollection while silent memory ponders over the untiring faithfulness of one who being dead, yet speaketh.'”

After this attack of disease, his strength and health may be said to have been continually failing. His weakness led him to adopt, at this time, the habit of sitting in the pulpit while he was preaching, a habit which might have been expected to interfere with the freedom and interest of his manner in speaking far more than it did. Indeed, no stranger to him would have perceived the least difference produced by this cause. The same solemn earnestness, and the same gentle, but powerful action, still added their peculiar influence and charms to all he said; and his preaching was never so effectual, and so extensively instrumental of good, as after this period in his life. His failing health induced him to pass several weeks of every summer in travelling. And thus, as the early persecution after the death of Stephon, only scattered the disciples to carry the blessings of the Gospel abroad more widely, the truth which he preached "in power and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance," became under the

influence of his own bodily weakness the more extensively known, and productive of good effects, both upon the preachers and the hearers of the Gospel in many different and distant points in the United States. He was particularly fond of attending the Conventions of the Episcopal Church in Virginia, in which journey he indulged himself for several years. Not only his personal attachment to his uncle, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Moore, but his experience of the comfort

* This venerable man was providentially present in Philadelphia at the funeral of Dr. Bedell, and preached in St. Andrew's Church on the Sunday after. The following was the concluding passage of his sermon.

"My brethren,-It was this God and Saviour to whom I have called your attention this morning, which constituted the dependence of your departed pastor. You are the witnesses of the fidelity with which he discharged his important duties. You are the people for whom he laboured, and for whose present and eternal happiness he most ardently prayed. Remember, I beseech you, oh! remember how often, when debilitated by that disease which has separated him from your embrace, you have seen him ascend this pulpit, and proclaim to you with a seraph's ardour the riches of redeeming grace, praying you, in parental accents, to take refuge in the arms of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to be reconciled to God. Yes, at a time in which, from the languor of his countenance and the feebleness of his frame, you have been led to conclude, that the discourse in which he was engaged, in all probability would prove his final address; at such a time, you have seen him forget that feebleness, and with his eye sparkling with affection for his flock, you have listened to his appeals, and have silently determined to take up the cross and follow Jesus in the way. Are there not, I would affectionately inquire, are there not those present in whose minds such resolutions have been formed, and who, notwithstanding such resolutions, have delayed the surrender of themselves to the Almighty ? If such is the case with any individual before me, permit me, I beseech you, my brother, permit me, my sister, to press the consideration of eternity upon your conscience, and to beseech you in Christ's stead to be reconciled to God.

"Was your departed pastor permitted at this moment to address you, oh! how affectionately would he entreat you to listen to my counsel, and to take

and advantage flowing from those meetings led him there. In these Conventions, religious services were daily and almost hourly conducted in all the houses of worship of the town in which the Convention was held. All the members of the Church throughout the state who could attend, made it an object to be present. The Churches of all denominations were freely offered to the use of the Episcopal clergy, who have been in that state distinguished for their union in evangelical principles and preaching. Strong and universal feeling upon the great concerns of religion was produced, and much spiritual good was always accomplished at these meetings by their instrumentality. For these last years of the life of Dr. Bedell,

instant refuge in the bosom of the Saviour! Heaven, he would tell you, is noty worth your utmost efforts, and no sacrifice of worldly pleasure or granfcation can be too great in a cause so important as your soul's salvation. My beloved deethren hesitate no longer, I beseech you. Time is on the wing; pomoruar may be too late; now is the accepted time, this is the day of sal

» Pascy, I carrot dose my subject without returning my sincere thanks to de Tory of this Church, and to his unwearied physician, for their kindness to my deier'nepidem. Your attention to him during all his bodily indisposition, redects the highest honour upon you as a congregation. Your attention to his mert ezer la docease, proclaim, in language which cannot be misunderstand the acingy of your attachment to him and to his family. The cypress in whod sla sem semple is clad, conveys to the passing stranger the estimation sa wlot de was boil, and speaks volumes in favour of the love you still en**** ar y departed pastor.

•May the Congoday, my brethren, direct your attention to a suitable succeswow, and pervive you with a faithful shepherd. Finally, my beloved, in the wwvk of the Ipstie 1 did you for a season an affectionate farewell. Be perpet, de af good court; de of one mind; live in peace, and the God of love

his whole character seemed to be maturing for a better country. He was daily growing in sweetness of temper, meekness of spirit, humility and love, in preparation for his eternal rest. Each year, and almost each month, seemed more likely to be his last. And his concerns were so arranged, and his labours so devoted, as a man who had not long to live, as to accomplish the utmost possible amount of benefit for others, and to leave the least undone for himself. The following letter from the Rev. Dr. Aydelott, of Cincinnati, to Mrs. B., exhibits but one instance out of the multitudes of the same description, of the impression which his loveliness of character and meekness of spirit produced upon those who knew him best.

"Though I have been so long, and so far away from Philadelphia and the many kind friends there, yet be assured I do not feel the less interest in them. And among the pleasant hours of the past that steal across my memory, none come so acceptably as those I spent in your own blessed family. I say blessed, for I doubt not you are blessed in yourselves, and I trust that I found many blessings among you. How many precious lessons did my dear brother, now in glory, teach me of suffering affliction, and of patience" Did not his whole example speak most touchingly? If he was eloquent in the pulpit, it was far more instructive and affecting to be with him, and see him in the suffering and labours that daily came upon him.

"I shall never forget a reply he once made to me. I came in the room and found him as usual reclining on a settee, quite feeble and languid; he kindly asked me how I was? I answered, 'perfectly well.' In that touching tone, indicating a heart faint,