England was pathetically delivered by a Clergyman and a Graduate long in his connection, attached to him by affinity of amiable qualities, as well as from conviction of the purity of his procedure. No alteration whatever was made in the service, except when he read that solemn depositure" For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," &c. he substituted the epithet Father in its stead, which had a visible effect upon the audience.

The funeral was conducted with great order, solemnity and propriety: neither coach, hearse, feather nor escutcheon were used, according to his express desire in his will

The inscription on his coffin was JOHANNES WESLEY, A. M.

The Inscription on Mr. Wesley's Tomb.

To the Memory of

The Venerable JOHN WESLEY, A.M.
Late Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
This GREAT LIGHT arose,
(By the singular Providence of God)
To enlighten THESE NATIONS,

And to revive, enforce, and defend,
The Pure, Apostolical Doctrines and Practices of
THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH:

Which he continued to do by his WRITINGS and his
LABOURS,

For more than Half a Century:
And to his inexpressible Joy,

Not only beheld their INFLUENCE extending,
And their EFFICACY witnessed,

In the Hearts and Lives of MANY THOUSANDS,
As well, in the WESTERN WORLD, as in
THESE KINGDOMS:

But also, far above all human Power or Expectation, Lived to see PROVISION made, by the singular GRACE of GOD,

For their CONTINUANCE and ESTABLISHMENT,

TO THE JOY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS!

Reader, if thou art constrained to bless the Instrument, GIVE GOD THE GLORY!

After languishing a few days, he, at length, finished his COURSE and his LIFE together: gloriously triumphing over DEATH, March 2d, Anno Domini, 1791, in the Eighty-eighth Year of his Age.

The following is a Copy of his Last Will and

Testament.

In the name of God, AMEN!

I, JOHN WESLEY, Clerk, sometime Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford, revoking all others, appoint this to be my last Will and Tes

tament.

I give all my Books now on sale, and the copies of them (only subject to a rent charge of 851. a year to the widow and children of my Brother) to my faithful friends, John Horton, Merchant; George Wolff, Merchant; and William Marriott, Stock-Broker, all of London, in trust for the general Fund of the Methodist Conference in carrying on the work of God, by Itinerant Preachers: on condition that they permit the following Committee, Thomas Coke, James Creighton, Peard Dickinson, Thomas Rankin, George Whitfield, and the London Assistant for the time being, still to superintend the Printing Press, and to employ Hannah Paramore, and George Paramore as heretofore, unless four of the Committee judge a change to be needful.

I give the Books, Furniture, and whatever else belongs to me in the three houses at Kingswood, in trust to Thomas Coke, Alexander Mather, and Henry Moore, to be still employed

in teaching and maintaining the children of poor travelling Preachers.

I give to Thomas Coke, Doctor John Whitehead, and Henry Moore, all the Books, which are in my study and bed chamber at London, and in my studies elsewhere, in trust for the use of the Preachers who shall labour there from time to time.

I give the coins, and whatever else is found in the drawer of my Bureau at London, to my dear grand-daughters Mary and Jane Smith.

I give all my Manuscripts to Thomas Coke, Doctor Whitehead, and Henry Moore, to be burnt or published as they see good.

I give whatever Money remains in my Bureau and Pockets at my decease, to be equally divided between Thomas Briscoe, William Collins, John Easton, and Isaac Brown.

I desire my Gowns, Cassocks, Sashes, and Bands, may remain at the Chapel for the use of the Clergymen attending there.

I desire the London Assistant for the time being, to divide the rest of my wearing apparel between those four of the travelling Preachers that want it most; only my pellise I give to the Rev. Mr. Creighton: my watch to my friend Joseph Bradford: my gold seal to Elizabeth Ritchie.

I give my chaise and horses to James Ward and Charles Wheeler, in trust, to be sold, and

the money to be divided one half to Hannah Abbott, and the other to the poor members of the Select Society.

Out of the first money which arises from the sale of Books, I bequeath to my dear sister Martha Hall (if alive) 401. to Mr. Creighton aforesaid 401. and to the Rev. Mr. Heath 601.

And whereas I am empowered by a late Deed to name the persons who are to preach in the new Chapel at London [the Clergyman for a continuance] and by another Deed to name a Committe for appointing Preachers in the New Chapel at Bath, I do hereby appoint John Richardson, Thomas Coke, James Creighton, Peard Dickinson, Clerks, Alexander Mather, William Thompson, Henry Moore, Andrew Blair, John Valton, Joseph Bradford, James Rogers, and William Myles, to preach in the New Chapel at London, and to be the Committee for the appointing Preachers in the New Chapel at Bath. I likewise appoint Henry Brooke, Painter, Arthur Keen, Geat. and William Whitestone, Stationer, all of Dublin, to receive the annuity of 51. [English] left to Kingswood School by the late Roger Shiel, Esq.

I give 61. to be divided among the six poor men, named by the Assistant, who shall carry my body to the grave; for I particularly desire there may be no bearse, no coach, no escutcheon, no pomp, except the tears of them that loved