a chair to visit his beloved resort. And when that enjoyment was no longer possible his head gardener was regularly summoned into his room to receive instructions. On one occasion, in a moment of depressed feeling, he exclaimed, "When I am gone, brother Marshman will turn the cows into the garden." "Far be it from me," instantly replied Marshman, "though I have not your botanical tastes I shall consider the preservation of the garden in which you have taken so much delight as a sacred duty!”

During his last days he was visited by many friends. Lady William Bentinck was most assiduous and kind in her attentions; Dr. Wilson, the Bishop of Calcutta, was encouraged and inspired by the interviews he requested, and earnestly craved the venerable missionary's blessing; Mr. Duff, the young Scotch missionary, hereafter to take so important a part in the educational and religious progress of India, was amongst those who sought his presence. An incident which occurred during one of Mr. Duff's visits is most affectingly narrated by Dr. Culross in his "Men Worth Remembering." "On one of the last occasions on which he saw him-if not the very last-he spent some time talking chiefly about Carey's missionary life, till at length the dying man whispered, 'Pray.' Duff knelt down and prayed, and then said Good-bye. As he passed from the room, he thought he heard a feeble voice pronouncing his name, and, turning, he found that he was recalled. He stepped back accordingly and this is what he heard, spoken with a gracious solemnity: Mr. Duff, you have been speaking about Dr. Carey, Dr. Carey; when I am gone, say nothing about Dr. Carey-speak about Dr. Carey's Saviour.' Duff went away rebuked and awed, with a lesson in his heart that he never forgot."

With Marshman and Mack and other of his fellow missionaries he held most delightful converse. Two days before his death, Mr. Mack wrote thus to Mr. Christopher Anderson of Edinburgh :

"Respecting the great change before him, a single shade of anxiety has not crossed his mind ever since the beginning of his decay, so far as I am aware. His Christian experience partakes of that guileless integrity which has been the grand characteristic of his whole life. Often, when he was yet able to converse, has he said to his friends,-'I am sure that Christ will save all that come unto Him; and if I know anything of myself, I think I know that I have come to Him.' The ascertaining of that allimportant fact had been his object in much honest self-examination, and the result was the peaceful assurance that his hopes were well-grounded. Having pursued the inquiry to this result, when in the prospect of death, he seems to have been enabled to dismiss all further anxiety on the subject from his mind, and to have committed all that concerned his life and death to the gracious care of God in perfect resignation to His will. We wonder much that he is yet alive, and should not be surprised were he taken off in an hour. Nor could such an occurrence be regretted. It would only be weakness in us to wish to retain him. He is ripe for glory, and already dead to all that belongs to life."

On the 9th of June, 1834, in the seventy-third year of his age, his spirit passed away to the Saviour, whom, with such humble dependence, he so entirely trusted, and whom he had been enabled so long and so devotedly to serve. With every expression of profound esteem and sincere sorrow from representatives of the British Government, and of the Danish

Government, of sister Societies, as well as of the Serampore missionaries and the native Christian Church, his remains were laid to rest in the graveyard belonging to the Mission.

His last will and testament will be read with interest :—

"I, William Carey, Doctor of Divinity, residing at Serampore, in the province of Bengal, being in good health and of sound mind, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following:

"First-I utterly disclaim all or any right or title to the premises at Serampore, called the Mission Premises, and every part and parcel thereof; and do hereby declare that I never had, or supposed myself to have, any such right or title.

"Secondly I disclaim all right and title to the property belonging to my present wife, Grace Carey, amounting to 25,000 rupees, more or less, which was settled upon her by a particular deed, executed previously to my marriage with her.

"Thirdly-I give and bequeath to the College of Serampore, the whole of my museum, consisting of minerals, shells, corals, insects, and other natural curiosities and a Hortus Siccus. Also the folio edition of 'Hortus Woburnensis,' which was presented to me by Lord Hastings, Taylor's Hebrew Concordance, my collection of Bibles in foreign languages, and all my books in the Italian and German languages.

"Fourthly-I desire that my wife, Grace Carey, will collect from my library whatever books in the English language she wishes for, and keep them for her own use.

"Fifthly-From the failure of funds to carry my former intentions into effect, I direct that my library,

with the exceptions above made, be sold by public auction, unless it, or any part of it, can be advantageously disposed of by private sale; and that from the proceeds 1500 rupees be paid as a legacy to my son, Jabez Carey, a like sum having heretofore been paid to my sons Felix and William.

"Sixthly-It was my intention to have bequeathed a similar sum to my son Jonathan Carey; but God has so prospered him that he is in no immediate want of it. I direct that if anything remains, it be given to my wife, Grace Carey, to whom I also bequeath all my household furniture, wearing apparel, and whatever other effects I may possess, for her proper use and behoof.

'Seventhly-I direct that, before every other thing, all my lawful debts may be paid; that my funeral be as plain as possible; that I may be buried by the side of my second wife, Charlotte Emilia Carey; and that the following inscription, and nothing more, may be cut on the stone which commemorates her, either above or below, as there may be room-viz. :— 'WILLIAM CAREY, born August 17th, 1761; died ———. 'A wretched, poor, and helpless worm,

On Thy kind arms I fall.'

'Eighthly—I hereby constitute and appoint my dear friends, the Rev. William Robinson, of Calcutta, and the Rev. John Mack, of Serampore, executors to this my last will and testament, and request them to perform all therein desired and ordered by me, to the utmost of their power.

"Ninthly I hereby declare this to be my last will and testament, and revoke all other wills and testaments of a date prior to this.

"(Signed) WILLIAM CAREY.

"(Signed) W. H. JONES, S. M'INTOSH."