thy exertions in all acts of piety and virtue, with more indefatigable industry, to make thy calling and election sure. O God, make my penitence, my faith, my obedience, such as they ought to be. May the counsels of my sainted mother be ever fresh in my remembrance, and observed with minute faithfulness. Precious guide of my youth, if allowed by God, be to your sorrowing son, his guardian angel. O, if permitted, be ever near me, as once by our dear Saviour there was one who, in the bitter griefs of Gethsemane, was present to comfort him. God of mercy, sanctify this heaviest of all my earthly bereavements! O, sanctify it to my poor sinful soul; may it be a profitable chastisement; and help me with accelerated steps in the onward path of holiness and eternal happiness! Amen!"

It has been observed that Dr. Bayard, from his earliest years, cherished a strong desire of visiting England, whose scenes were so intimately associated with the recollections of his childhood. His attached people at St. Clement's had long been aware of this desire, and, with him, cherished the hope that the Providence of God might so order their affairs, as to enable them to gratify him in this particular. On the sixth of April, 1840, a meeting of the vestry was called to take this subject into consideration, when the resolution below was unanimously adopted, accompanied by a preamble, setting forth their belief that the arduous labors of Dr. Bayard, for a period of ten years, during all which time his church had not been closed for a single Sunday, had been such as to render some relaxation necessary, and justly due to him in respect and gratitude. It was then "Resolved, That the Rector have leave of absence for six

months; that his salary be continued to him as usual; that an assistant be procured to supply his pulpit during his absence; and that, as a mark of respect, the vestry accompany him, in a body, on board the vessel the day he embarks for Europe."

Thus cheered by the voluntary action of his people, aided by their contributions and prayers, and animated by the hope of being able to accomplish, within the allotted term of absence, a tour through Europe to Syria and the Holy Land, he lost no time in preparation. In a very few days the necessary arrangements were completed, and all things in readiness for his departure. He sailed on the 27th of April, 1840, having bidden farewell to his family and the numerous friends, (among whom were many of the clergy of the city, and the members of the vestry of St. Clement's Church,) who accompanied him to the ship."

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From the day of his embarkation to the first day of his illness, his journal was regularly kept, and long and frequent letters, principally transcribed from its pages, transmitted by every convenient opportunity to his friends.

During the voyage, Dr. Bayard occupied himself principally in the study of the Scriptures, in their original tongues, an employment which he found at once so profitable and delightful, that he never omitted it for a single day. Captain Palmer, with great kindness and urbanity, gave him every opportunity for exercising his sacred functions among the seamen and passengers, and in the midst of a little knot of Christians, principally churchmen, in the cabin, the morning service was regularly celebrated on every Lord's day, while the afternoon was devoted to the seamen, and a Sunday school, which he organized among the children on board.

CHAPTER VI.

Landing in Ireland-Dublin-Arrival at Liverpool—Guildhall, etc.-London-Westminster Abbey-Hampton Court --First Sunday in London-Windsor Castle-St. George's Chapel-Cathedral service-Eton school-Exeter Hall, Lincoln's-Inn-fields-St. Paul's Cathedral-Arrival at Paris--Meeting with Bishop Luscombe-Departure for the Mediterranean-Journal of his tour through FranceDisappointment in regard to the Steamer at Marseilles— Chalons-Lyons, scenery, cathedral, etc-GrenobleFirst view of the Alps-Kindness of a French Protestant clergyman-Valencia-The Rhone-Arles-MarseillesCelebration of the "Fete de Dieu"-Procession-Preparation for departure.

On the nineteenth of May a head wind in the channel, drove the vessel near the Irish shore, and the opportune appearance of a pilot-boat enabled Dr. Bayard, with a few friends, to make a short tour in Ireland. The opportunity thus presented was gladly embraced, as it promised to obviate the necessity of his returning to Dublin from Liverpool, as he had originally intended. Having landed at noon of that day at Dunmore, he proceeded through Waterford, by the mail-road, to Dublin, where he arrived on the evening of the 21st. His journals are full of pleasing memorials of this tour, through an enchanting country abounding in picturesque ruins, and blooming in all the freshness and beauty of spring. The remains of Gerpoint Abbey, 18 miles from Waterford, presented an object of peculiar interest. We can sympathize with the feeling that prompted him, as his eye lingered over

its crumbling buttresses and ivy-covered walls, to mourn over the neglect under which such structures, beautiful even in decay, are gradually disappearing from the earth. The brief period of his stay in Dublin was crowded with interesting engagements, and his access to different places of resort was abundantly facilitated by the kind exertions of several gentlemen of the Established Church, to whom he presented letters of introduction from home. On Saturday morning, of the same week, he arrived at Liverpool, where a cordial welcome awaited him from a small circle of friends whom he had formerly known in New York. The following day was profitably spent in attendance, for the first time, upon the public services of the English Church, during which he confesses that his expectations of interest and spiritual profit were more than realized. The following is a passing record of some of the incidents of his last day in this city.

"I saw yesterday the splendid suite of rooms called Guildhall, where the Mayor gives his entertainments, and which will accommodate three thousand guests. I visited the Athenæum also, where I had the pleasure of holding in my hands the 'roll of the book' of Esther, a manuscript four hundred years old, in the Hebrew character. I was much gratified by a visit to the cemetery, where, in the midst of a beautifully excavated area of several acres in extent, is the monument of the celebrated Mr. Huskinson, who lost his life on the rail-road when it was first opened between this place and Manchester. I there noticed many touching evidences of the affection of relatives which has

planted upon the grave the sweetest little flowers, which, springing from the midst of death, seem to

proclaim the triumphs of that Gospel which has brought life and immortality to light. Truly this is a beautiful emblem of the true glory of England."

Dr. Bayard arrived in London on the evening of Thursday the 28th of May, after what he calls " a delightful ride through some of the fairest portions of earth's scenery. "Sweet and lovely," he remarks, were the fields of England, traversed on all hands by neat little hedges, and decorated with beautiful cottages, ornamented by the brightest spring flowers, here and there alternating with the splendid seats of the nobility and gentry. Almost the first thing I did in London was to seek the residence of my cousin: I went to the very house where we used to live, where he and I had so often played together in our childhood. You may judge what were my feelings when I was told that he had died, of apoplexy, only a few days before!”

"In the afternoon of the same day I visited Westminster Abbey, and there amidst the images and tombs of kings, heroes, and statesmen, I contemplated the most venerable pile of buildings on which the sun casts his beams. The Chapel of Henry the Eighth is superb beyond description. The daylight was nearly consumed in my devotions in this sacred place, and when I drew near St. Paul's, I found it was too late for entrance. On Saturday I visited Hampton Court, the birth place of Edward VI., and the residence of so many kings. The park is several miles square, with regular files of noble old horse chesnut, beech and oak trees, like our western monarchs. Here and there you see an opening for a fountain, playing; and then an immense lawn breaks upon you, laid out in walks decorated with flowers. The venerable palace is