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His very physician who attended in the early part of his last illness, he made subservient to his desire to obtain information, and promote his correspondence for these purposes. Through him he entered on a communication with M. Coperus, one of the members of the late Dutch government in the eastern Archipelago, in order to set on foot the translation and circulation of the Scriptures in these dialects. The following is his memorandum to this effect, when little able to converse on the labors nearest his heart.

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April, 1812.-Java, Padang, Malacca: select all that is told respecting dialects, character, and religion, of the languages and people; and send to A. Coperus (through Dr. Wallich) for corrections and additions."

Such was the stream of enquiry he endea vored to trace, so soon as he had entered on a short period of hopeful convalescence; but when still incapable of holding any intercourse, except with his medical attendant.

Without reference to the will of God, in whose sight "precious is the death of his saints," the wonder would be that Mr. Brown continued to such an age, rather than that he sunk under the effects of uncongenial climate, great

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great exertions, and heavy trials, when he had completed only his forty-ninth year.

Till within a very short period of his departure, he had often been very heavy laden under his deep sense of infirmities, and unworthiness before God. He had often, too, felt oppressed by difficulties in his situation: and certainly his sanguine zeal had led him at all times to undertake work for his beloved Master much beyond his personal strength, or than was in the power of a single individual to accomplish. He well knew the importance of combination and union to effect the work of God; but for many years he felt that he was set to stand alone, and persevere by solitary effort. His domestic afflictions had been no light ones

he was cut off from all the friends of his youth, to whom he was uncommonly attached; and was bereaved of his three first-born sons in succession, and his most estimable and beloved wife, when he had attained only the age of thirty years. He had many severe and debilitating illnesses, under which he was repeatedly expected to sink, but that "he received help from God."

Notwithstanding his arduous application, and many shocks of his constitution, whether from ministerial exertions or private anxieties,

still his temperate habits and subdued tempers, under the influence of sincere piety, were blessed to the preservation of his general health, and healthy appearance in a remarkable degree. He had no habitually squalid or debilitated look, common to long residents in a relaxing climate; but even after more than a dozen years trials under it, he was distinguished and congratulated by the commanderin-chief, Sir Alured Clarke, at his public table, on still possessing the freshness of look of a healthy country gentleman in England, and that he was less affected in appearance by the heat, than most persons whose residence had been a much shorter period in the country. This is mentioned in proof, how greatly the correct habits, which a solid piety induces, befriend the constitution; even where the climate is naturally uncongenial.

Within the last year or two, previous to the lingering sickness which terminated his life, he seemed endued with renewed health and vigor of mind. His fine flow of spirits revived; and his healthy appearance, animation, and cheerfulness of manners, seemed to have returned to their youthful standard.

The purpose to which he put these blessings, was that of laboring more abundantly in the

line which he had chalked out as the predominant work and pursuit of his life.

Wherever his lot had been assigned, it may be safely pronounced, that upon his principle, his career of pious labor would have been as extensive as has been represented in these pages; for he had the only one purpose in his spiritual concerns of "whatsoever his handfound to do, to do it with all his might."

"I do not know that I am to live, but I do know that I am to work," was the impulse that swayed this disciple of Jesus Christ on first being overtaken with his last illness; and his sentiment was, that it was of consequence only, that while he lived he should, by every effort in his power, continue to spread the knowledge of the word of God.

The foreboding that his end was near, invigorated afresh his purpose to continue working; and even when he at length yielded himself to be persuaded to make a sea voyage, it was with the hope that this necessity might be made subservient to his purpose of extending the views of the Bible and church mission societies, more than had yet been done on the coast.

When his appointed hour should come, to have with respect to spiritual cares nothing to do but to die, and to quit the world, as a

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traveller proceeding homewards quits his inn, was his earnest wish; the language of which he adopted from archbishop Leighton, and repeated often in private and serious conversation.

When he enlarged on such desires, he expressed his opinion, that at that momentous period, when the spirit is about to return to God who gave it, it becomes the believer to lie quiescent in the hands of his Redeemer. The tenor of his whole ministry had been, (and he preached to himself what he preached to his hearers)-" Be ready:" "Agree with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him.” A calm, submissive frame, exercised neither by alarm nor triumph, was that which he felt to be most suitable to a sinner on sinking into the arms of his longsuffering merciful Saviour.

It was the habitual wish of his mind that he might depart unobserved; he had a repugnance to a death-bed display, and dreaded every thing like a scene on that awful occasion.

This, which was his habitual sentiment, occasioned his discouraging the approach of his friends under his dying circumstances. He was accustomed to remark, that when lying on a sick bed, worn down too by lingering disease,

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