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What I have Seen in Shanghái.
JUNE,
Mrs. Southwell, and by the decease of the Rev. Messrs. Southwell and Spalding and Mrs. Wylie.
In the death of Mrs. Wylie the cause of missions lost one who had zealously and successfully toiled in the service of the good Shep- herd: seven years she labored among the dark colored and dark ininded descendants of Ham, searching after and gathering together and teaching little children, following the example and obeying the commands of that Great Teacher who himself, when on earth, showed his tenderest love to such little ones. "Her mission to Africa was the result of an ardent desire to do something in the Redeemer's kingdom among the perishing heathen; her previous career had been of a checkered character ; the vicissitudes through which she had been called to pass, no doubt having done much to establish that decision and firmness of character for which, in later years, she was eminently distinguished; being deprived in infancy, of the tenderest of all earth- ly relations, she was, by her dying mother, committed to the special guardianship of a pastor, who has ever since taken a deep interest in her proceedings; her father also was removed while she was yet young; and being thus deprived of her most affectionate protectors, she was exposed more than is the common lot of children to the frowns of an unfeeling world. However, notwithstanding these disadvantages, the spiritual life early became developed in her, giving evidence of a renewed heart, and this was fostered by a large circle of pious relatives. Whilst she ever conceived the most humble thoughts of her own worth, she invariably and most unreservedly committed her- self to the guidance of God. So strongly was that feeling of confidence in the divine Will impressed upon her heart, that she seems to have had no anxious thought for the future in this life, but to have been solely and most ardently desirous to be instrumental of advancing Christ's kingdom in the world. While in Africa her sufferings were not inconsiderable; her work was abundant; and some of those under her care gave satisfactory evidence of their conversion to God." Having been compelled by the war of 1845 to leave Caffreland, she returned to England; and, when opportunity offered, with the same zeal for the missionary work, she came to resume it among the more polished children of this land. Her love for the African was very ardent; had she lived to labor for the Chinese, her regard for them doubtless would have been the same. In the mysterious providence of God it was ordered otherwise. At the prospect of death she was calm, and with great resignation committed her little babe and her afflicted husband to her Heavenly Father's care.