very, very much needed. I sincerely hope "Believe me, with travelling and preach- "Before the departure of our dear Brother Hague took place, we had the grief to hear the doctor declare that Sister Hague had symptoms of the same kind of fever as that under which her dear husband was labouring; which he had before pronounced to be a bilions remittent, or yellow fever. Every precautionary measure was now taken, if possible, to disperse the disease, but in vain; the fever became more and more alarming, so much so, that early in the morning of the 30th, Dr. Dempster advised my sending for two other medical gentlemen, which was immediately done, and, in a few hours, one of them arrived. His opinion of the symptoms was, if anything, more cheering. Even this ray of hope would have afforded a momentary relief to our distracted minds, had not our attention been called to Brother Berger, who was, about this time, seized with head-ache and fever. It did not, indeed, at first appear to be the same fatal disease, as that by which Sister Hague was attacked, but, in a few hours more, we were but too well convinced by the irritable state of the stomach, of the FROM the last number of the nature of the complaint. The whole atten Brethren's Periodical Accounts, we tion of Dr. Dempster, who scarcely quitted the house for more than a week, was now extract the following Obituary of taken up in watching every change which the Missionaries they have lately occurred in the two patients, and immelost in Jamaica. It affords an ad-diately applying such means as were sugditional proof, that real Christians of every name are perfectly agreed, as to the ground of confidence in the hour of danger, and of death. “Wednesday, the 24th August, towards evening, Brother Hague began to feel slightly indisposed, and, before morning, fever came on. The next day, medical aid was called in, and proper medicine applied, MORAVIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. bat without the wished-for relief. After gested, either by his own skill, or that of his medical advisers, who paid frequent visits about this time. Whenever either of them appeared a little better, as they frequently did, conversing cheerfully and freely but as often were we again cast down by with us, we felt our hopes begin to revive, unfavourable symptoms, till on Friday, September 2nd, about 2 o'clock in the afterdear Sister Hague from her sufferings, by noon, it pleased our Saviour, to release our 48 hours, a remission of fever, indeed, did calling her home to himself; and on the take place, but his whole frame had al- following morning, about 4 o'clock, the same ready received such a shock, and his sto-ther Berger. Thus, in the space of 5 days, happy change took place with our dear Bromach and digestive organs became so inactive, that the doctor began to apprehend the number. was our adult family reduced to one half much danger. A second medical gentleman ings of the Lord, and his ways past finding How mysterious are the dealwas called in, whose opinion of the disorder ont! Our consolation is to know, that they exactly coincided with that of Dr. Demp- all departed in peace, as pardoned sinners, ster. He also approved of the means used, but said little to encourage our hopes of his trusting in the merits of their crucified Saviour. Their faith was, indeed, to the recovery. We continued, however, under the direction of the doctor, to use every good testimony of the hope that was in last, in lively exercise, and they all bore a possible remedy, and flattered ourselves them, so that of their admittance to heafrom time to time, that the symptoms became less alarming, till Monday, the 29th, doubt. But, alas! their gain is our loss: venly bliss, we cannot have a moment's in the morning about 7 o'clock, when he how much, according to our thoughts, do departed in peace, in firm reliance upon his we need their services, and how anxions God and Saviour. This bereavement we believed to be almost more than we could Lord are not as our ways, nor His thoughts were they to serve! But the ways of the bear, but what were we called upon still to witness! as our thoughts. Contributions received by the Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society, from December 20, 1825, to February 17, 1826, inclusive, not including Individual Subscriptions. FOR THE MISSION. Cardiff, English Baptist Church, by the Rev. W. Jones... Newbury, Ditto, Henley-on-Thames, Society in aid of by the Rev. Thomas Welsh Missions, at the Rev. R. Bolton's..... 36 3 4 18 3 6 6 4 19 151069 1 0 0 Bewdley, Collection, &c. by Rev. G. Brooks .... ...... ......... Kenninghall, (Suffolk) Baptist Church, by Mr. Roper. Robinson...... Irvine, Sundries, by Rev. George Barclay .... .... 12 Nairnshire Society for propagating the Gospel, by Rev. W. Barclay ... 24 0 6 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 132 10 Hull and East Riding Auxiliary Society, by John Thornton, Esq. Treasurer 8 Hackney, Young Gentlemen at Madras House Academy, by Mr. Allen ...... Donation 10 gooooo 0 0 TRANSLATIONS. SCHOOLS. 10 0 0 .... The thanks of the Committee are presented to the Rev. B. Coxhead, of Winchester; Miss Gregory, of Newbury; and Mr. Williams, Great Winchester-street, for sundry Books, Magazines, &c. Taylor, Green, and Littlewood, Printers, 15, Old Bailey. BAPTIST MAGAZINE. APRIL, 1826. MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. JOHN FROM Dr. Steadman's Funeral "The Rev. John Trickett descended from parents who were eminent for their piety, and were members, together with other relations of his, of the Baptist Churches at Clough-Fold, Goodshaw Chapel, and Bacup; places, as many of you know, in the borders of the neighbouring county of Lancaster. He was born on the 19th of August, 1776, so that when he died he had not quite completed his 49th year. He was called by grace in the year 1797, most probably under the ministry of the late Mr. Hirst, for many years Pastor of the church at Bacup, of whose life, as well as of the rise of the Churches at Bacup and in the neighbourhood, Mr. Hargreaves, formerly of Ogden, but now of Wild-street, London, has published an interesting account. Mr. Trickett was soon after baptized by Mr. Hirst, and became a member of the church at Bacup, and was, in the following year, called to the work of the ministry. His first ministerial engagements were at Polemoor, a place not far from Halifax, which church he supplied for a considerable time. In the year 1803, he came first to labour amongst you, and was dismissed from the church at Bacup, VOL. I. 3d Series. and ordained Pastor of the church at Bramley, September 29th, 1804. Here, then, he has laboured with exemplary diligence for nearly 21 years. "On his coming he found the church but small, and the place of worship very confined and inconvenient. He, however, addressed himself to his work with great assiduity; and a divine blessing attending his labours, the church soon increased, and began to put forth symptoms of returning prosperity. The congregation also increasing in proportion, they, in the following year, resolved upon the erection of a new place of worship. This erection they accomplished, and had the place opened for divine worship, early in the month of March, 1807. Here your pastor had more ample scope for his labours, and had the satisfaction of seeing the congregation and the church constantly on the increase. But finding himself surrounded by a very large population, the vast majority of which were manifestly living without God in the world, he felt thoroughly convinced that he could but partially discharge the duties of the ministry if he confined his labours to this place alone. He, therefore, soon began to extend his labours to the surrounding villages, in most, if not in all, of which he found persons willing to open their houses for the preaching of the Gospel, on Lord's day evenings, whenever his services at home could be dispensed with, and not unfrequently, on nearly every evening in the week. In this depart L |