Died at Mirfield, Yorkshire, April 23rd, 1848, Mr. Joseph Hirst, aged 82 years.* He had been a Wesleyan Methodist above forty years, but about nine years since he became acquainted with the doctrines of the New Church, which he received with great delight, as the means, through the Lord's mercy, of enabling him to understand the Scriptures in a light much more instructive and edifying than formerly. He was one of the trustees of the chapel at Mirfield, and, till infirmities prevented him, he was a very regular attendant at the public worship of the Lord. His end was peace. J. H. At Mirfield, July 4th, 1848, aged 32 years, Mr. John Hirst. He was seven years a teacher and superintendent of the Sunday School. He was also treasurer to the society. His exemplary life and his active usefulness cause his loss to be greatly felt by the society. But the Lord's will be done! J. H. Died, at Holbeck, Leeds, on the 29th of September, Mr. George Oliver, aged 58 years. Our friend, for some years, had been afflicted with a disease of the heart, which, however, was not considered dangerous. A few weeks before his death he caught cold, but soon apparently recovered so as to be as well as usual. The day before his death, however, he became worse, and at night was seized with difficulty in breathing, which brought on apoplexy, and terminated fatally. Thus, in this sudden manner, was the society at Leeds bereaved of one of its most estimable members, and one of its most liberal supporters. Mr. Oliver received the doctrines in 1818, during the short sojourn of the Rev. Mr. Bradley in this town. See this Periodical for 1840, p. 288. Ever afterwards he considered it as one of his greatest blessings to be acquainted with them, and he became a useful and beloved member of the church. His love was sincere and unbounded, which, in addition to many other forms, was frequently manifested in generous hospitality. He had risen by care, economy, and industry, to comparatively comfortable circumstances, but he never turned his back upon the class from which he had sprung. "The poor were ever with him,” and in him they found a good friend. He was remarkably patient and resigned under every trouble. In business he was just and upright, and had a great aversion to being in debt. But of all his virtues none was so prominent as his love of peace. He would do anything for peace, give way, forego his own opinion where principle was not absolutely compromised, and even suffer pecuniary loss. He was not, however, a simple good man-he was intelligently good; for he had obtained, particularly in his latter years, a very good knowledge of the writings of Swedenborg. It was his custom to read the Word daily, and almost every day his beloved wife and himself read a portion of some of the works of Swedenborg together. He was known and respected by a very extensive circle ; and was attended to the grave by nearly all our friends at Leeds. On Sunday evening, October 8th, a sermon on his death was preached by the Rev. R. Edleston, to a large congregation. We pay this humble tribute to his memory, for we feel that he was a good man, and loved his brethren. R. E. Departed this life November 6th, 1848, in the 33rd year of her age, Mrs. Betsy Unwin, of Bowden, Altrincham, daughter of the late Mr. Jos. Harrison, whose death is recorded in the number for August last; racterised by a love of use, order, and Let us who survive, the kingdom pursue, B. "Butter and honey shall he eat, that he Causes and Uses of Sleep, 298 Lamartine, M. de, and Swedenborg, 181 Mind, on the future growth of the, 148 Conference, or Assembly of the New Church Moral Culture, Materials for, 176, 287, 371, in Germany, 327, 441 Controversy, the Hampden, 98 for a more Full Development of a Truly Educational Training, 421 Elucidation of a Passage in the Last Judg- New Church Doctrine of Repentance, the ment respecting Louis XIV., 25 Emblems, 401, 451 Evangelical Magazine, the New and Old, 61 Explanation of John xx. 17, 106 Friend, Letter to a, 10 Friendship, Genuine, 109 Practical Utility of, 142 Orthodoxy, Shiftings of, 5 Peace-making, on the Blessedness of, 58 Remarks on 1 Corinthians xi. 29, 461 General Baptists, Improvement in the Views Roman Catholic Church, Assumptions of the, of the, 379 Ghosts and Ghost-Seers, 222, 252 Good Works, the necessity of, irreconcileable Good to do, and not to combat against Evil, Heavenly Life, Spiritual Aphorisms, 409 Inquiry respecting the Uses of Apparent 365 Salvation, Philosophy of the plan of, 21 Stone not Hewn, Exod. xx. 25, 121 Spiritual World, the real Existence and Na- Symbols and Correspondences in Nature, and Swedenborg's Theology and the Massachusetts' Swedenborg's Doctrine of the Soul, Psycho- Trine in the Church, 49 Universe, &c., Government of the, 304 Writings of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, in World, and the Evil of the World, 137, 281 REVIEWS. Divine Law of the Ten Commandments Ex- Letters of a Man of the World disposed to Believe, by J. E. Le Boys des Guays, 389 Popery and Infidelity in the Last Times. A Sermon preached before the University Reply to the Rev. Dr. Wood's Lecture on Rising in the World, by T. S. Arthur, 390 shown to be the True Key to a right MISCELLANEOUS. Abstract of the Report of the Exeter Society Donations for the erection of a Sunday School Accrington-Laying the Foundation Stone of Erection of a Sunday School at Ipswich, the New Jerusalem Church, 234 Annual Assembly of the New Church in Anniversary of the New Church at Jersey- Anniversary of the New Church Society, Appeal to the Members of the New Church Brightlingsea, 319, 439 Bush, Professor, and the English Edition of Lectures at Malton, Yorkshire, by the Rev, his Statements, 37 Catalogue of New Books, 198 Cape of Good Hope, 319 Conference, Minutes of, 37 Conference, Forty-first General, 354 Conversazioni of the Swedenborg Association, 118 R. Storry, 474 Life and Character of Swedenborg, 38 Nsw Church in Australia, 116 New Church Public, Notice to the, 159 New Church Repository and Monthly Re- New Church in America, Thirtieth General New Church, St. Helier, Jersey, 396 Prescott's Rev. T. O. visit to Ireland, 274 Religions State of Germany, 199 Society for the Diffusion of New Church Suggestions regarding the New Church Sunday School and Youth's Temperance Swedenborg Association, 37, 78, 359 Translation of the Works of Swedenborg, 358 Young Men's Weekly Meetings, 158 Birth-Day, to my Wife on her, 394 Child, on the Death of a, 353 POETRY. Harvest, 34 Lady's Album, Lines written in, 312 Sea, on beholding the, in an agitated state, 34 LONDON MISSIONARY AND TRACT SOCIETY, 116, 216 Cave and Sever, Printers, 18, St. Ann's-street, Manchester. |