Make haste to Christ by Faith to flye;
Reader, repent, for all must dye;
The time when, or where, or how
Is uncertaine. It may be now!

Catherine Owen, died 1850, æt. 17.
Thy time is short, thy days are few,
They pass away like morning dew.

Mary Morgan, died 1824, æt. 24.
Dear husband, now my life is past,
My love to you so long did last;
Therefore for me no Sorrow take,
But love my infant for my sake.

Blanch Jenkins, died 1825, æt. 51.

Farewell husband and children dear, I am only gone before, You'll follow soon; prepare, delay no more.

Death little warning to me gave,

But quickly sent me to the grave.

Then haste to Christ, make no delay,

For no one knows his dying day.

Thomas Thomas, died 1854, æt. 12.
Let Parents learn to be content,
For God requires What but was lent;
In youth or childhood put no trust,
For all must die that came from dust.

William Taylor, died 1835, æt. 10 months.
Weep not for an Infant's death,

Here he rests from all alarms;
When he yielded up his breath,
Christ received him to his arms.

ST. BRIDE MINOR.

A parish, partly in the hundred of Newcastle, and partly in that of Ogmore, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, is two miles south from Bridgend, containing, in the year 1833, a population of 306. It is situate on the

river Ogmore, which, after running through it in a southerly direction, unites with the river Ewenny at its influx in the Bristol Channel. The soil is various, and coal of a good quality is found in divers parts of the

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parish; the lands of which are inclosed, being in a good state of cultivation, afford some very pleasing mountain scenery, and many interesting views. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff, and rated in the king's books at £5 3s. 64d., in the patronage of the Countess of Dunraven.

The mortality in the church and church-yard, shown in August, 1859, gave 53 males, living together 1908 years, whose average was 36 years; and 41 females, living together 1604 years, averaging 39 years, 1 month, 13 days. The combined average of the 94 persons, living together 3,512 years, was 37 years, 6 months, 21 days. There were deaths recorded here as early as 1676, 1681, 1695, and 1697.

Epitaphs at St. Bride Minor.

Maria, relicta Edmundi Gamage, M.A.;
Rector de Llanharie-Sepulta fuit
5to: April 1697.

On a defaced stone in the chancel, name unknown.
God guide you with his grace,
Prepare your Souls to come,
And Christ will find a place.

Ann, Daughter of Howell ab Evan,
died Oct 6, 1681, æt. 19. Also-
Evan, the Son of Evan Howell, and
Grandson of Howell ab Evan,
died 2nd May 1695, aged 13 weeks.

David Beavan, died 1747.
Weep not for me, Lament no more;
I am not lost but gone before!

Edward Morgan, died 1828, æt. 52.
O Earth, O Earth, observe this Well,
That Earth to Earth must come to Dwell.
Then Earth in Earth shall close remain,
Till Earth from Earth shall rise again.

The average duration of the lives in the Glamorganshire parishes, has, it will be seen, been deduced, in the foregoing tables, from the returns of mortality, obtained upon unequal numbers. Hence, they show the apparent average of the whole number of lives, and also the average of each parish, upon unequal numbers, over all the parishes contained in the inquiry; but these results can not be taken to represent the true average, one with the other, of the entire mortality, such as would be developed by a return of deaths in equal numbers. For that purpose I have ascertained what is the correct average of the combined population upon equal numbers, which is here represented.

over all ages, on 1092 persons.

PARISHES.

217 Males and females.

1st,

Coity

Laleston

Merthyr Mawr

Newcastle

Average of life upon equal numbers, 43 years, 5 months, and 2 days, against 42 years, and 33 days; showing a difference above the apparent average of 1 year, 4 months, and 29 days.

2nd, over ages of 20 years and upwards, on 762 persons.

Average of life upon equal numbers, 59 years, 10 months, and 10 days, against 58 years, and 28 days; showing a difference also above the apparent average of 1 year, 9 months, and 12 days.