cially grand in the welcome he would receive. Dear boy! he had his wish; he was there to see it.
When he found that his health required him to rest from his studies and remain at home for a time, he began to devise plans of usefulness here. He longed to see more earnestness and activity in the prayer meeting, especially among the young; more faithfulness in the singing and in the mission cause. He was very anxious to be well prepared for the work of the ministry; this seemed to be the chief end of all his plans. Often, during his sickness, he would say, "I hope this will make me a better minister."
As he grew weaker, he seemed to rest more fully on God as his Father. At one time he said, "O, how good it is to be able to trust in Him;" and again, "How blessed it is to think that He knows what is best for us." About three days before his death he said to father, after some of his Christian friends had been to see him, "How sweet is the fellowship of Christians. The Lord has been very good to me, dear father; he is always doing me good-whereas, I might have been like a pagan child, having no knowledge of the blessed Savior."
Brother ROBERT was born near Denbigh, and came with our parents to America when he was about a year old. Their faithful religious training early bore fruit in him, and he firmly believed that he experienced a change of heart when only seven years of age. When nine, he felt a quickening of his love to Christ, and a strong desire to be admitted to the church; but on account of his youth, it was thought best for him to wait. "This was a mistake," he used to say; "chil-
