labourers for Christ, in North Wales: and his mother was a woman of the same nature, united in the bonds of affection; and more nearly as living members of the living Head Christ Jesus. The instruction and examples of his parents produced an early impression, through the divine blessing, on the mind of the child. He was led to the ministry of the same teachers, and embraced early in life the same truths. He continued labouring with his father, having obtained only the improvement of a common school; but the suggestions of many ministers and others, who witnessed his genuine piety, that he might be useful in the ministry, turned his thoughts to desire so noble an employment of his days, if God, in the way of his providence, should open a door for his admission. The great and good Countess of Huntingdon had then established her College at Trevecka, for the education of young men for the ministry. Her benevolence was every where spoken of; and on application, permission given to the good father to bring up his son to her Ladyship for examination. A scene of the most affecting nature passed on the occasion. After the usual enquiries and approbation, the old man, whose locks were then silvered o'er with time, went up into the study, where Lady Huntingdon had collected the students, and there falling on his knees with his son, he poured out his soul in prayer for him and his work, and, with many tears, solemnly gave up his only son, to God our Saviour, as a devoted child and servant, with such fervour of devotion as produced a flood of tears from every one present. At Tre vecka he studied about a year or more, going in turn, with the other students, to exhort in the vicinage the poor of the flock; and daily pursued his studies with the other pils. But this change of life and kind of labour seemed to affect his lungs, and threaten consumptive symptons: he, therefore, was sent home to his parents, to drink goats' milk; and desist from every other attention but to his health. This, after a while, was mercifully restored; and expressing a wish to gain admittance into the Church of England, which, by an education at Trevecka, would have probably met with great obstacles, it was advised, that he should pursue his education under the tuition of Mr Jones, vicar of Llanbadan Fawr, Brecknockshire. There he continued till bis twenty-fifth year, with considerable improvement in classical learning; and what he reckoned a much higher attainment, a growing acquaintance with the Scriptures of Truth. As from these schools many of the Welch students, who cannot afford an university education, have been often ordained to the ministry in the church, he obtained a title from that highly respectable servant of Jesus, James Stillingfleet, Prebend of Worcester; and served with great fidelity and blessing the parishes of Knightwick and Doddington upwards of six years; and afterwards, under the same kind patron, removed to St. John's Worcester. During the time of his service with Mr. Stillingfleet, he formed a connection with one in the family, who was of the household of faith; and who proved for many years his faithful friend and helper. A numerous family and a small provision subjected him to difficulties; but he pursued the work of his ministry with steadiness and zeal. The exercises he met in the deaths of seven out of ten children, often called for sorrow, patience, and resignation; and led him to seek in his afflictions nearer communion with God, and to employ the great Christian remedy of humiliation and prayer. In 1787 the estate of Missenden Abbey (the ancient seat and religious house of sir T. Missenden) was purchased in chancery by J. O. Oldham, esq. together with the presentation to the living. As it was a principal object with him to introduce the Gospel into that village, which was then in a state of spiritual darkness, Mr. Oldham applied to Lady Huntingdon for a suitable minister; and she recommended Mr. Newell, in very handsome terms. What were this good man's feelings on being inducted to Missenden, in Buckinghamshire, and the manner of his reception, will best appear from the following extract from Mr. Newell's Common Place Book: "When I reflect on the providence of God, and the many unexpected favours he hath bestowed on me, I am constrained to say, "Thou preventest me with the blessings of thy goodness." My presentation to the vicarage of Missenden is a signal instance of the Lord's conferring unI was curate to the rev. James sought mercies upon me. Stillingfleet, of Worcester, totally unknown to Mr. Oldham, when he, from pure love to the Gospel of Christ, offered me his living. As the living was given me without solicitation, the comforts it affords me are sweeter, and the crosses I necessarily meet with, are easier borne on that ac count. VOL. III.-No. 68. 3 I "Dec. "Dec. 16, 1787, I preached my first sermon in Missenden church. The text was, Acts xiii. 26, "Unto you is the word of this salvation sent." As the generality of the people were then entirely unacquainted with the doctrines of the Gospel, and greatly prejudiced against exteinpore preaching, they laughed and sneered a good deal at what they heard some of them betrayed their ignorance so far, as to laugh at the words of the text. In the course of the following week, I was informed, the boys ran about the streets crying, Unto you is the word of this salvation sent:" but I trust this sermon was made useful to the conversion of some soul. One person, who had lain in darkness and the shadow of death, about two years after, said to me, "Sir, when you preached your first sermon, the word was sent with power to my soul; then I was brought to know the way of salvation, which I was entirely igno rant of before.' She now walks humbly with God; and in a late severe affliction, appeared to be resigned to her Hea venly Father's will. This instance of the Lord's goodness encourages me to "cast my bread on the waters, hoping to find it after many days." Mr. Newell soon lived down prejudice, his labours were blessed, and be was much beloved by his parishioners. He preached often thrice on the Lord's day; and in the week, visited and conversed with the poor of the flock who would receive him; and found his work his wages. His stipend was small, because he hated contention; and vicarial tythes are a wretched provision in general: to take them in kind, is as offensive as difficult; and the composition for them, where it is known that a quiet and good man will enter with great reluctance into any claim that may be li tigated, is too frequently below the real value. His income for several years scarcely exceeded eighty pounds, till the same kind friend who gave him Missenden, having procured for him the adjacent perpetual curacy of Lee, about forty pounds addition was made to it; but hardly earned, by a ride or walk of six or eight miles every Sunday, and the necessary parochial calls of duty; yet he felt his sphere of usefulness enlarged; and his preaching, and that of his brethren who occasionally assisted him, was there blessed. The service, which had been irregular, and often not once a month, be performed every Lord's day; and sometimes in the week there was a lecture preached. A numerous congregation congregation assembled, where hardly half a score had used to attend; and the Gospel word ran and was glorified, in the conversion and edification of several who had never known the truth as it is in Jesus. As he had to read prayers and preach three times a day, and winter and summer to travel to Lee and back again, with other occasional services on the Lord's day, and his weekly lecture and parochial duties, his health began to suffer. Being invited to preach before the London Missionary Society, at their annual ineeting, he felt himself honoured by their choice; and highly approving the institution, he set himself to compose for the occasion with some anxiety, from his great modesty and diffidence, though he executed the task with high approbation; and, as it is his only publication, it affords a pleasing specimen of his ministerial gifts and abilities. He came to town unwell, having been previously afflicted with a sore throat and fever: and his work and engagements among friends being attended with much fatigue, and differing from the uniform tenor of his usual life, tended to increase his indisposition, which rapidly advancing on his return to Missenden, he committed himself to the great Shepherd and Bishop of Souls, who soon dismissed him from the burdens of the flesh, to receive the reward of his labours in a better world, June 11, 1803. ther As Mr. Newell had no property but what arose from his living, he left a widow in a state of pregnancy, with three children, wholly unprovided for, except that his patron, unknown to him, had, by insuring his life, secured a small annuity for Mrs. Newell. Soon after this painful event, Mr. Oldham also opened a subscription for the family; and the Lord opening the hearts of the religious public, a far encouragement was given to rely on this promise, "Let thy fatherless children trust in me. We understand, between fourteen and fifteen hundred pounds were collected. The religious public have, in many cases, nobly distinguished their liberality towards the evangelical laborious ministers, who have left their orphan families with their great and gracious Master. They have not been forsaken,. nor their children begging bread. Mr. Newell died in the prime of life, aged forty-seven. Uniform in sentiment from the beginning of his ministry, and determined to know nothing but Jesus Christ, and him crucified, he, for twenty-three or twenty-four years, was 3 I 2 not nat ashamed of that Gospel he had proved to be the power of God unto salvation. He entered into the ministry with clear views of evangelical truth, which he had early imbibed, and confirmed at Trèvecka. He preached the doctrines of the Church of England, according to the conscientious subscription he had made to them. He held them in their literal and grammatical sense, the sense commonly called Calvinistic. His labours and life adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour, which he preached; and confounded the futile and absurd charges of preaching faith without works. In every relation of life, he was a pattern of good works, not only in doctrine, shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity; but as a husband, a father, a master, a friend, holding forth an example worthy of imitation. His spirit was singularly gentle; he carefully avoided all grounds of dispute and controversy, chose rather to suffer many wants than even claim the full rights of his vicarage; and, under many unkindnesses and opposition to his labours of love, in meekness and patience he bore with, and often overcame his adversaries. NEWNHAM, THOMAS, was the son of Mr. Thomas Newnham, and was born about 1631, at Gotton, in the Isle of Wight, an ancient family seat. His education in the island was first at Kingston school, and afterwards at the free-school at Newport, where he made some proficiency in grammar learning, with a brother of his who was designed for the university. But he refusing to go, the father asked his son Thomas, whether he was willing to be a minister? And he discovering an inclination to the office, was sent to Oxford, where he continued some years. He returned from Oxford to the island with Dr. Pettis, who af terwards conformed, and was first rector of Gatcomb, in the Isle of Wight, and then of St. Botolph's without Bishopsgate, and they were both ordained together, by presbyters, in Newport church. Mr. Newnham being ejected from his living of Week in Hampshire in 1662, for his nonconformity, some of his parishioners shewed a particular respect for him, by carrying in their corn before Bartholomew Day, on pur pose that he might have the tythe of it; while some others, not so well affected to him, would not carry in theirs till afterwards, which it was observed, was in great part spoiled by excessive rains. After his ejectment, (being persuaded that |