DEATH OF MRS.\THOMPSON, LATE OF QUILON. Mrs. Thompson, wife of the Rev. J. C. Thompson, missionary at Quilon, Travancore, East Indies, was a native of Dalkeith, near Edinburgh. She lived, however, the greater part of her life at Berwick-upon-Tweed, and was brought up in connexion with the Relief Presbyterian Congregation there, of which her parents were members. She was an early and faithful attendant on the Sabbath school attached to the above congregation, and was admitted into communion with the congregation in April, 1820, and continued in full membership till her marriage in the spring of 1827, when she and her husband left their native land for British India, in connexion with the London Missionary Society. Having arrived at Quilon, the station to which they were appointed, they pursued their missionary labours, as far as circumstances would permit, with indefatigable zeal, until Mrs. Thompson was compelled, by severe illness, to leave India, and return to her native country as the most likely means of restoring her health. She arrived here (Berwick) in November last; and for some time after her arrival, hopes were entertained by her friends of her recovery; but in the end of December her medical attendant observed that her disorder had taken an unfavourable turn; and from that time her health rapidly declined, till the evening of the 13th of January, 1832, when she departed this life, in the thirty-first year of her age. Mrs. Thompson was remarkable for the mildness of her temper, the kindliness of her heart, and the affability of her manners. Her mind was early and deeply imbued with the principles of divine truth, and her Christian attainments were such as to qualify her for being a help-meet for a missionary to the heathen. Her faith in the word of God was founded on rational and scriptural grounds; her love to the Redeemer was strong and ardent; and her devotedness to the missionary cause was firm and decided. Since her return to Europe, she has frequently mentioned the pleasure she had in visiting, along with her husband, the different schools under his inspection, and observing the progress of the young in their education; and more particularly the great delight she took in instructing the young females she had taken under her own immediate tuition. Several times she has expressed her regret that she had left India, and at the same time added, that it was her intention, as soon as a kind providence should restore her health, to return to the scene of missionary labour, and resume her duties there. On being asked if she felt perfectly satisfied that she had given herself up to the missionary cause, she answered in the affirmative, and added, that she regretted she had been able to do so little; but never, never should regret what she had suffered in her health in the cause of Christ. Being asked by a relative, one Sab. bath before her death, how she enjoyed her Sabbaths in India, she said that the duties of the Sabbath, both private and public, were observed at their station with the greatest solemnity and fervour, and that she often felt, while engaged in them, as if she had been in the suburbs of heaven. "I should like," she continued, " were it the will of God, to spend more Sabbaths in India, to see my dear husband again, to see my dear boy trained up in the fear of the Lord, and to see the missionary cause prosper at Quilon; but God knows what is best for me; I am resigned to his holy will;-I trust in him-he is allsufficient." On being asked, the day of her death, by one who went to pray with her, how she felt, she said, I feel very weak." “ I perceive,” replied her visiter, that you speak with difficulty and pain, but perhaps you could join in prayer." "Yes, yes," she answered, I have always had much delight in prayer; it refreshes my mind much." On being asked afterwards if she felt perfectly composed, she said, "Yes, I am quite composed; my mind is comfortable." On being asked if she had any thing to communicate to her husband, she answered, "Nothing besides what I have written to him, (alluding to a letter she had begun, but not entirely finished) only let him know that I am perfectly resigned to the will of my hea venly Father. I trust we shall in due time meet in heaven." Under the pressure of increasing trouble, and the solemnity of approaching dissolution, she was resigned and tranquil, sensible to the last, and meekly and peacefully yielded up her immortal spirit to God who gave it, rested from her labours, and is now enjoying her reward. ANNIVERSARY. ONGAR. On Thursday, September 15th, was held, at the Rev. J. Tozer's meeting-house, Ongar, Essex, the third annual meeting of the Brentwood District Auxiliary Missionary Society. The Rev. John Arundel, of London, preached on the occasion. After the morning service a public meeting was held, at which the Rev. John Clayton, senior, presided. The Rev. Messrs. Thornton, Smith, Arundel, Swan (Missionary), Woodwark, Brown, and other ministers and gentlemen, addressed the meeting. Mr. Swan, from Siberia, gave some interesting and most affecting particulars of the state of Christianity in that dark part of the world, which he had just left. From the report it appeared that the churches in the district still professed devotion to the great object of the Society; and their ministers, the representatives of absent friends, pledged themselves to renewed exertion. The meeting was well attended, and the day is remembered with very much interest. NOTICE. On Thursday, April the 12th, Mr. W. H. Drew, late student at Highbury, who has been appointed by the Directors to India, will be ordained at Dartmouth, Devon. The Rev. Thomas Stenner, Mr. D.'s pastor, Dr. Payne, and others, are expected to conduct the service. DEPUTATION TO IRELAND. The Rev. George Mundy, Missionary from India, is deputed by the Directors to visit the sister kingdom, on behalf of the Society, this month (March). It is proposed that he commence his labours in the City of Cork on Sunday, the 18th instant, then travel through a portion of the south, so as to reach Dublin in time to attend the annual meeting of the Hibernian Auxiliary Missionary Society on Friday, April the 6th. We understand the Rev. Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, has been invited by the Committee of the Auxiliary, to preach on behalf of the Society in Dublin on the preceding Sabbath, April the 1st. MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS. The Officers of Auxiliary Societies are earnestly requested to accompany their Remittances with correct Lists, having the Names of Places and Persons alphabetically arranged, as in the Society's Annual Report. [Collections, Anonymous Donations, and all other Donations of £5, and upwards, received from 1st to 31st January, 1831, inclusive.] 5 16 8 3 13 0 13 2 6 0 5 4 13 7 10 17 0 10 3 3 2 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 6 ........... 3 11 0 1 0 0 33 6 3 5 17 10 98 Pembrokeshire Auxiliary Society- 16 10 10 |