Mr. Cauldwell made a public profession of faith when he was about 20 years of age. He was one of those young men, mentioned in a former Magazine, who met for prayer when the Baptist church in Birmingham were destitute of a Pastor, and in answer to whose supplications the Lord sent them that eminent servant of Christ, Rev. Samuel Pearce. Having sat under his ministry with great profit and pleasure for a number of years, he removed with his family to the United States; and under the direction of Providence, he took up his a bode in the town of Montgomery, in New-York, where he continued until he quit his earthly for a heavenly inheritance. Although Mr. C. was disappointed in many of his hopes, and passed through many unexpected trials, yet he was patient and submissive to the will of God, and maintained a steady and uniform christian-walk. He was universally respected by his neighbours as a man of unimpeachable integrity, and consistent piety. He would have been the last to have said of himself, that he walked before his house with a perfect heart; but he did so walk, that his children felt there was a reality and excellence in religion. This gave weight to his instructions, and a solemnity and importance to family worship, which was attended with the most happy effects. It is recorded for the encouragement of pious parents, that he had the pleasure before he died, of hearing several of his children declare what the Lord had done for their souls, and of witnessing their connexion with the visible church of Christ. In his last affliction, which was severe and tedious, he was remarkably supported. As his outward comforts fled, his inward consolations abound ed. At a time when his recollection was impaired, and his understanding enfeebled by his disease, he frequently said, to the writer of this communication, "I know in whom I have believed, and that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him, against that day." One morning when he came trembling under his infirmities into the room, and had more the appearance of a corpse than a person in health, he said, "I could not sleep, but I had a blessed night; 1 thought how happy I should be when I got to heaven, and should see Christ as he is; and converse with Abraham, David, and Paul, and my dear old Pastor Samuel Pearce." Death had no ter ror to him. He looked forward to it as a happy release from sin and sor. row. With a smile on his countenance he repeatedly observed, "we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. A short time before he died, he requested that all his family would come into the room. To his wife, who had long walked with him in the faith and fellowship of the gospel, he said, "My dear, trust in the promises of a faithful and unchangeable God: and you, my dear children, (he added) who profess to be on the Lord's side, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; and you, my dear children, who are yet strangers to God, Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth." He was afterwards in great distress, until his spirit took its flight to the regions of life and immortality. In the experience of Mr. C. who was the subject of much bodily pain and debility for several years before his decease, we have another striking instance of the supreme excellence of christianity. During this period not a murmuring expression was heard from his lips. So far from being dissatisfied, he frequently remarked in reference to his trying situation, "It is all right. I have not one affliction more than what the Lord sees will be for my good." What a blessing must that religion be, which not only exalts the character of its possessor when actively engaged in the duties of life, but accompanies him to his sick chamber, and sustains and cheers his soul when his body is emaciated by disease! In such a case we have evidence before our eyes, that "Godliness is profitable unto all things, hav. ing the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." Who can read this Obituary, and not be ready to say, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ?" But would you share in the happiness of his death, you should be concerned to possess the principles which he exhibited in a righteous life. Faith in Christ was the inward spring which gave impulse to a pious and upright conduct for more than thirty years. And the same faith enabled him not only to rejoice in the retirement of affliction, but in the prospect of his departure from the world. Would you finish your earthly course like the deceased, you must have that faith which purifieth the heart, and worketh by love. Then you will be enabled to say, in the anticipa. tion of your final hour, "O death! where is thy sting? O grave! where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ." MRS. EUNICE ALDEN. Mrs. Alden made a public profes. sion of her faith, and united with the Baptist church in Conway, in April, 1816. She ever maintained an exemplary walk, but for a few years previ. ous to her last sickness, she did not enjoy those rapturous sensations which she had formerly experienced. In 1819 she was married to Mr. Cyrus Alden, of Ashfield, a member of the same church. She lived to become the mother of two children, and in the arms of faith, was enabled to remem ber them at the mercy seat, and surrender them to him from whom they were received. He who orders all things after the counsel of his own will, determined that her earthly course, although useful, should be short. Soon after her second daughter was born, she was attacked with a fever, which terminated in an affection of the lungs, and in a few weeks proved mortal. Soon after the commencement of her disease, she was visited by the writer. On inquiring into the state of her mind, she observed that she did not enjoy the presence of God as she wished. Whilst he prayed with her,she felt a strong desire for the presence of Christ, and the next day her darkness and doubts were removed. She often expressed astonishment, that distinguishing grace should be extended to so unworthy an object; but from what she had experienced she thought it would be criminal to doubt her being a chosen vessel of mercy. Through all her sufferings she appeared wholly resigned to the will of God. Her connexions often conversed with her upon religion, and the prospect of her own dissolution, and she would join them with the greatest freedom and delight. Sometime before her death, she was asked whether she had any choice, either to live or die; her reply was, that if she had, it was not known to her; that she consider ed death an infinite gain, but to feel anxious for it, indicated a want of entire resignation to the divine will. She observed, that she felt willing to bear whatever her heavenly Father saw fit to lay upon her, being confi. dent that all things were ordered in infinite wisdom towards her, and would eventually redound to the glo. ry of God. Being asked by her hus band if she could, without reluctance, contemplate his being left a lonely depressed subject of grief and sorrow, bereft of one without whom earth must lose its power to charm, and all nature appear clad in the deepest gloom, "O, (said she) Jesus will be your companion, your portion, and your friend. He is infinitely more able to smooth the ruffled scenes of life than I am, and will never leave nor forsake you Soon we shall reunite beyond the troubled scenes of time, where parting sounds shall be unknown, and eternity measure the duration of our joys. With such prospects in view, your mind cannot long be filled with gloom." When asked if she had no anxiety for her little daughters, exposed to the seductions of the world, and deprived of a fond mother's counsel, she calmly replied, "They are not mine-they are unreservedly surrendered to that Being, who has hitherto been my guide and protector After experiencing what I have of his unmerited goodness, I must be the most ungrateful creature on earth to entertain one doubt of his protecting them; (and added) you must not think that these feelings proceed from the want of attachment to you or them-my affections were never more fixed and constant than they are now; but I view you as inferior objects, unworthy the supreme affections which my Sa viour claims." She was asked if she did not consider herself a poor unfortunate child of affliction? With cheerfulness and animation she answered, "No, unfortunate! no! compare my situation with most of the unfortunate children of affliction and distress; view them, disturbed and restless, shifting from side to side, yet retain. ing their pain, despairing off hope from any earthly source, and nothing better to support their tortured minds, soon expecting to meet an angry God, a frowning Judge, and to bear their irrevocable sentence, Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity-while I, in possession of that peace which mortal strains can never express, know, that these light afflictions, which are but for a moment, are working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. When I reflect on what He endured who knew no sin, to purchase the joys that I possess, every murmuring and repining thought is hushed in eternal silence. He, after enduring a life of toil, privation and hardships, when arrived at the closing scene, had not a solitary friend to attend him. In his last agonizing pains and distress, all forsook him and fled. I have every cordial administered which the nature of my disease will admit. He from the hands of his persecuting enemies had nothing to allay his parching thirst but worm-wood, mingled with gall; while I, a poor polluted creature, through the merits of his sufferings, am by grace selected from the ruins of a fallen world, and enjoying the light of my Father's reconciled countenance. He was led to exclaim, in the anguish of his soul, My God, my God, why hast thou for. saken me? With these reflections, (she replied) can any one deem ine unfortunate? I feel under unspeakable obligations to my God for his dis.. tinguished love and goodness to me, a poor sinner." Feelings of this de. scription continued till the close of life without a cloud to obstruct her view of eternal glory With transport she, exclaimed, "If this be but a foretaste of heaven, what! O what must be the full fruition of that glory which will burst on my astonished mind, when all the beauties of the New-Jerusalem Honeys received by the Treasurer of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Baptist Ed. Society. 1823. Jan. 4. shall appear in full view, and when the character of that God who is love in perfection will be unfolded to the very life!" A few days before her death she observed to her companion, that if she had no more opportunities to converse with friends and connections on the subject of religion, she felt conscious of having discharged her duty in recommending and urging its importance upon all with whom she had conversed. This child of God resigned her soul into the hands of the Almighty on the 12th of May, 1822, in the twenty-first year of her age. In the contemplation of such a death, we find more to produce solemn delight, than sorrow or gloom. To behold a tender, affectionate mother, in youthful bloom, calmly committing to God the companion of her life, with the little pledges of their mutual love, addressing those around her on the importance of religion; declaring it to be that which supported her in the trying hour of dissolution, and then ex. piring in confident assurance of seeing her God in peace, is a scene, which, while it confounds the infidel, confirms the faith of the believer, and awakens in his bosom admiration and gratitude for that gospel, which brings such delightful prospects to view. By interest on stock By cash from N. R. Cobb, Treas. of Young 200,00 5,00 1,00 3,00 750,00 45,38 4,35 1,30 6,90 31,29 6,5 E. Lincoln, Treas. Poetry. LINES ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND. Beauty is but a transient hue, O look not for perennial joy, Wouldst thou obtain substantial bliss And when the soul shall leave its clay, A DIRGE, 'Tis the voice of deep sorrow, from India's shore, Mourn, daughter of Arrakan, mourn For Colman is gone! “ The spirit of love from on high, And labour and die !! O! what glory will burst on thy view, S. B. H. To Correspondents. S. B. H. has a talent for Poetry. We hope frequently to receive communications from this signature. The article of D. W. E. displays acuteness and originality of mind. We however deem it proper to postpone its insertion for two reasons. 1. The sub. ject is not, at present, a matter of controversy among our readers. And 2. We doubt the soundness of the ground on which the principal argument rests. should be glad to hear from him on some other subject, and should consider him a valuable correspondent. Memoir of Mrs. BW, of Gorham, N. Y. came too late for insertion. We MEMOIR OF REV. JAMES COLMAN, A GOOD likeness of a departed friend is justly esteemed a valuable treasure. We may have but little taste for the fine arts, but when we see the image of those features impressed on the canvass which once beamed with joy at our prosperity, and saddened with sorrow at the recital of our griefs, it awakens in our minds many pleas ant, and yet melancholy recollections. And although we have had no intimacy with an individual who has rendered eminent services to his country, to the cause of science, or religion, yet we love to gaze on the resemblance of one, whose talents and influence were consecrated to the good of mankind. That man is not to be envied who can view with indifference the portraits of those distinguished states men, who, under God, secured the independence of our country, and laid the foundation of our civil and political institutions. Nor is he to be admired who can look with apathy on those features, which in the persons of the reformers glowed with indignation at the rank abuses of popery, and received a stern er texture from an inflexible determination of soul to oppose those abuses in the face of every danger. But if the power of forming a distinct conception of the personal appearance of eminent men is grat ifying to us, an acquaintance with their moral and religious character will surely afford superior gratification. While we trace the history of their lives, and see the piety which they exercised, the purity of life which they maintained, and the benevolence which habitually influenced their conduct; we feel deeper self-abasement, and are excited to more high and holy attainments. It is difficult to turn away from the contemplation of real excellence, without some rebukes of conscience, and a determination to imitate the example which has been placed before us. It was to produce this salutary influence that the lives of good men are recorded in the scriptures. Their character is drawn, that we might not be "slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and patience inherit the promises." With these views of the tenden |