. Joseph Alleine: his companions & times; a memorial of "Black Bartholomew," 1662. B B Chapter for tlje Bratoc. inquit, veritatem dixisti: consummatum est$ iiY j/V pa<vimento sua casula decantans: 6 Gloria Patri, et jilio etSpiritui SancloS Cum Spiritum SanBum nominasset, spiritum e cor poreexhala-uit ultimum, ac sic regna migravif ad celestial CUTHEERTI EPISTOLA BE OBITU VENERAEILIS BED^. Y work is done. One day, when, forfour hours, attendants had been waitingin the hush of strained expedtancy forthe last moment of Joseph Alleineslife on earth,—when they almost thought that allwas
. Joseph Alleine: his companions & times; a memorial of "Black Bartholomew," 1662. B B Chapter for tlje Bratoc. inquit, veritatem dixisti: consummatum est$ iiY j/V pa<vimento sua casula decantans: 6 Gloria Patri, et jilio etSpiritui SancloS Cum Spiritum SanBum nominasset, spiritum e cor poreexhala-uit ultimum, ac sic regna migravif ad celestial CUTHEERTI EPISTOLA BE OBITU VENERAEILIS BED^. Y work is done. One day, when, forfour hours, attendants had been waitingin the hush of strained expedtancy forthe last moment of Joseph Alleineslife on earth,—when they almost thought that allwas over,—when the physician, watch in hand, hadwhispered, cf Only a few minutes now,—thesewords broke from his lips like a distant sound,cc Weep not for me ; my work is done. He was mistaken. He had yet more work todo. When just passing through the shadows thatborder the spirit-land, he was summoned to turn. TOLL FOR THE BRAVE. 371 back into the daylight of this world again forwork. The pleasant sojourn at Bath, and all theworks done there, came after this—but we havenow nearly reached the end of the story. Faithful unto death, his last work on earth con-templated the religious instruction of great difficulty, he accomplished a journey offive miles to see his friend, Mr. Joseph Barnard, whohad, like himself, just had a great deliverance ;but whether from sickness, or prison, or both, hasnot been told us. He proposed that they shouldunite in presenting cc a thank-offering to God, byprinting, at their own expense, six thousand copiesof the Assemblys Catechism ; and that they shouldthen engage the assistance of their friends to send ahundred copies to each minister in Wiltshire andSomersetshire who would promise to undertaketheir distribution among the children around Barnard consented, the plan was completed,a letter was drawn up to be sent to each minister intheir
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