young heart. "We all loved him," says one* whose recollections of a year spent in his family are among the most pleasing and vivid which memory has treasured up" we all loved him as a father, and I have never forgotten the affectionate admonitions and instructions which I received from his lips."

In the new sphere of duty thus providentially opened before Mr. Bayard, this amiable endowment was peculiarly valuable to him, and fitted him, in the most important respect, for the great work of Christian education. In this work, auspiciously begun at New Rochelle, he continued to labor, at different periods during his future life, and his efforts, as we shall see, have not been without rich results to the cause of Christianity and the Church.

*The Rev. Theodore B. Bartow, Chaplain U. S. N.

CHAPTER III.

Becomes Rector of Trinity Church, New Rochelle-Assumes the charge of a school for boys-Gratitude and self humiliation-Abundant lalors-Elessing upon his of a church at Mamaroneck-Reflections upon his birth efforts as an instructer of youth-Lays the corner-stone day.

TRINITY Church, New Rochelle, of which Mr. Bayard became the Rector in 1821, owed its existence, under God, to a colony of the persecuted Huguenots, who had established themselves, at a very early period, in Westchester county. Among these, Mr.Bayard's forefathers by the maternal line, had been among the most efficient and devoted adherents of the Church in this place, and it was in the mansion of his maternal grandfather, one of their descendants, that he proposed to receive a limited number of young gentlemen, to be fitted for college or mercantile life under his care. The proposal met with a favorable reception, and the auspicious promise of the first year was abundantly realized in the next, by the enrolment of the full number of pupils which he had contemplated receiving. Thus ample means were placed at his disposal not only for relieving himself from the pecuniary embarrassment in which his previously straitened circumstances had involved him, but also for securing a comfortable support for his family. With a heart deeply touched by the goodness of God in thus restoring to him mental peace, and hope

for the future, he thus records his gratitude and supplicates the Divine blessing upon his labors.

Aug. 14, 1822.-"I do therefore, most humbly in the presence of God, desire to acknowledge these things as flowing purely from his undeserved goodness. I desire to empty myself of all pride, as though mine own hand had procured for me this success, and I do ascribe to God all the praise and from my soul I desire to be unfeignedly thankful. Yet what coldness is at my heart! how little can I realize of that joy which used to spring up within my soul, when, among my beloved flock at Newark, I was working rather for the salvation of souls than for my own advantage. Willingly would I become poor, if, by so doing, I could be rich in Christ-houses and lands, all earthly comforts and joys I feel willing to forsake, and yet I find myself at the oar laboring for the meat that perisheth, and doing little or nothing for that glorious church which my Saviour purchased with his blood. Let thy powerful spirit, O God, quicken my failing strength, and give me a holy energy to rise and burst asunder the fetters with which sin would enslave my soul. Wash away in the fountain which has been opened for sin and for uncleanness, the foul stains it has contracted by the fraud and malice of the Devil or by its own carnal will and frailness. Apply to my most pressing necessities the righteousness of my Divine and adorable Redeemer, both God and man! May he indeed be the Lord my righteousness. O help me for his sake, powerfully, successfully, to plead his cause and gain access to the hearts of sinners. Make me, O my God! faithful unto death, for the sake of Jesus Christ our only Mediator and Advocate."

Sunday, Sept. 1, 1822.-"Thy ways are in the deep!' How truly mysterious are the ways of Divine Providence in its dispensations with man! If we go into the church-yard and read the inscriptions on the tomb-stones, we shall there witness with how little of discrimination the destroyer passes through the world-how on one hand the smiling infant, perhaps the only child of fond and devoted parents, is torn from them to be laid beneath the clods of the valley ;-on another how a father, the support of a large and promising family, is taken away, and leaves them without one to whom they can look for help. The young man who went into the world full of hope is levelled with the dust, while perhaps at his side, there repose the remains of one who has dragged out a painful existence to a protracted period, and seemed even to the last to find with difficulty that home which is appointed for all the living. How wise were man if he would always make a pious use of this uncertainty in human allotments-if he would learn properly what it is religiously to number his days. And greatly is the solemnity of this obligation enhanced by the devastations which are now justly to be apprehended from the pestilence which prevails in the city.* When I saw so many strangers in church this morning, it occurred to me how closely they should apply for that heavenly wisdom which should teach them the mercies of their God, and the mysteries of redeeming love. And yet, O my soul, it may be that there was not one present who might not have laid to heart these things with far more concern and care than thou hast done thyself. O Lord, increase my faith, and give me that repentance which needs not to be repented of. For the sake of thy beloved

*The Yellow Fever.

Son, blot out the handwriting which is against me, and give me the remission of my sins, and all other benefits flowing from his passion.

"Bless my ministrations, and make the people committed to my charge exemplary for their piety and virtue. I would most fervently beseech thee, O my God, that not one soul may be lost through any fault of mine. Make me, all unworthy as I am, the instrument of conveying to them the rich blessings of the Gospel!

ence.

"Bless my school, and make the tender minds of these youth bend to the yoke of Christian obediMay there be many here who will choose the self-denying profession of the ministry, and become able advocates for the Saviour who bled for them.

"Bless my family, and may I have grace faithfully to perform my duties as a husband and a father. These things, and whatsoever else is needful either for life or godliness, I would most humbly beg for the merits and through the mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord!"

Impressed with such views of duty, and realizing thus solemnly the obligations that were laid upon him to persevering effort in the work which his Divine Master had given him to do, it was not strange that Mr. Bayard should have been led to undertake an amount of labor which few men would have had the heart to contemplate. Beside the incessant toil and anxiety attending his duties as the principal teacher of his school, the claims of the parish, both in its public and private ministrations, were, we have reason to believe, most punctually and strictly attended to. Full services on the Lord's day, and a lecture during the week, demanded long and care