Sacred to the memory of MRS. HARRIET ATWOOD, Wife of Rev. Samuel Newell, Missionary at Bombay. Born at Haverhill, Mass., U. S. A., Oct. 10, 1793. Died, after a distressing voyage from India to this place, Nov. 30, 1812. Early devoted to Christ, her heart turned towards the heathen. For them she left her kindred, and her native land, and welcomed dangers and sufferings. Of excellent understanding, rich in accomplishments and virtues, she was the delight of her friends, a crown to her husband, and an ornament to the Missionary cause. This humble monument to her memory is erected by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The tomb and marble slab were kept clean and in good condition, and we were told that the spot was every year properly cared for by religious Americans and Englishmen, who gladly availed themselves of the opportunity of performing this work, simply as a labor of love. The brief life of one so beloved and accomplished has doubtless been regarded, by many of those who see and judge after the manner of men, as having been uselessly sacrificed, if not absolutely thrown away. To those, however, who know something of the workings of Protestant Christian missions in heathen lands, and can speak from observation of the great need of such women in the missionary field, the dedication of Mrs. Newell to the work, her patient sufferings, and short career, have yielded much fruit, and been of infinite service to the cause. Her example has also actuated so many of her countrywomen to cheerfully and gladly devote themselves to the same noble purpose, and has had such an effect in inclining others to become earnest and diligent workers at home, for the advancement of the Redeemer’s kingdom, that, on standing at the side of her humble grave, one can feel with truth that “though dead, she yet speaketh.” If there is a spot on earth where this sentiment can be truly felt, it is at the grave of one so young, and self-devoted, and accomplished, who shrank from no hardships, and halted at no sacrifice, as long as the cause of Christ and the good of souls was the end in view. With her, Christian duty was paramount to every other consideration; and although her early death was an irreparable loss to the cause in which her soul seemed to have expended its best energies, still it was fitting that the “Lord of the harvest” should call her thus early home, for it may well be said of her, in the eloquent language of Tasso,-- “These birds of Paradise but long to flee Back to their native mansions.”