"I was with her last night," continues the narrator, “and, although our conversation was short, it will, I am sure, afford you satisfaction. Being left alone with our dear friend, I asked her whether there was any passage which afforded her especial consolation. She answered, 'Yes,' and then repeated, 'As thy day is, so shall thy strength be*;' together with the words of Isaiah,

When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee; and through the rivers, and they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviourt.'

Having once expressed, that she felt some anxieties and doubts respecting herself at the commencement of her illness, I remarked, that, at such a time, although the enemy of man's happiness might make a vigorous attack, to deter her from the profession of her faith, that Jesus Christ was the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever, and that his was a finished salvation: It is indeed a finished salvation,' she replied, and none can pluck us from his hands.'

* Deut. xxxiii. 25.

+ Isaiah, xliii. 2, 3.

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"I then read to her the beautiful hymn,

‹ When languor and disease invade
This trembling house of clay :'

she thanked me most affectionately, and we parted for the night.

"A younger sister having lamented that her sufferings were so great, she replied: I would cheerfully suffer it all over again, that you might enjoy the same consolation from religion, in the same circumstances.'

"This gave rise to a conversation on the impossibility of any personal sufferings, to procure for ourselves and others either temporal or spiritual benefits; and concerning the necessity which existed, for all that a blessed Redeemer endured on our account.

"Conversing with a friend, she observed, 'How delightful it was to think that, in one moment, she might be removed from her sick bed to a world of glory.'

"As her strength declined, her evidences proportionably augmented: her thoughts dwelt with increasing sweetness, on that rest which remaineth for the people of God; and her spirit was renewed day by day. She recurred, with peculiar delight, to the fifty-third, fourth, and fifth chapters of Isaiah, as expressive of her own condition; the unfailing promises of Jehovah,

and the sufferings of a triumphant Saviour, who, though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich.'

"The last words she addressed to one of her brothers, was the emphatic declaration of the beloved disciple: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world: if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him *." "

A short time subsequent to her departure, a faithful and devoted servant asked if she should turn her, to which Miss Sinclair gave the following extraordinary reply: "No: I am so comfortable and happy, I had better remain as I I say, extraordinary; for how great must be the power of that religion, which could enable an individual in the last stage of consumption, to speak of happiness and comfort!

am.”

At length she literally fell asleep in Jesus; for she departed when her attendants merely thought she was taking rest in sleep. Never was the closing period of existence more calm and tranquil: not a doubt, not a fear disturbed her; not a murmur escaped her lips; all was peace, peace.

Her countenance was beautifully serene. Happy emblem of that repose which her parting

* ] John, ii. 15.

spirit had experienced. As her life was placid and retiring, so was her going hence. She lived, and at length quietly slept, in Jesus. She did but, as it were, breathe under his shadow, and found his fruit sweet unto her taste.

Thus ended the mortal pilgrimage of Miss Sinclair. Her remains were deposited in the chancel of Kingston church, to await the great day of the resurrection to eternal life. But, though concealed from mortal eye, the spirit that animated them is not forgotten. To how many, her "Letter on the Principles of the Christian Faith" has been blessed, can only be known when the secrets of all hearts will be revealed. Her example is cherished by some, who rejoiced to reckon her among the number of their friends; and many of the poor, whom, while living, she instructed and relieved, love to look at their benefactress's place of rest, and to embalm her relics with their affectionate tears.

Authority..-"Memoirs of Miss Sinclair," affixed to the fourteenth edition of her "Letter on the Principles of the Christian Faith."

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Of N- Hall, in the county of N.

"Still shall the friends who loved her weep,
Though shrined in peace the sufferer sleep;
Still shall they weep, for, oft and well,
Remembrance shall her story tell;
Affection of her virtues speak,

With beaming eye, and burning cheek."

AMONG the various memorials of departed excellence, of characters that have adorned or improved the path of life-who have shone forth to exemplify both the restraining and sustaining efficacy of religion, few will be found more deserving of attention than the subject of our present biographic sketch.

This lady was the only daughter of the late William Withering, M. D. F. R. S. She was born on the 21st of February, 1778;-died October 26th, 1825.

Her education, though confided for a season to a judicious preceptress, was chiefly conducted under the immediate eye of her parents. With