and pleasantly retraces the strong character, the firm principles, and the pious spirit' of the fathers of New-England. In the second, founded on Luke ii. 14. he charmingly illustrates the benevolence and beauty, the purity and useful ness, the design and the effect of the christian dispensation. Although he seems rather desirous of awakening fervent feelings and devout sentiments, than of filling his discourse with cool reasonings and exact speculations,' his words are, however, as happily suited to enlighten the conscience, as to warm the affections. He seizes and uses all the advantages of the occasion for purposes of instruction, and suffers neither circumstance nor appendage to pass unnoticed. Many of his remarks are unexpected, yet natural; and if, in some instances, they border on the abrupt, they have every mark of partaking largely of the heart, and accordingly convey conviction and delight to the hearts of others. The author's notes, contained in the appendix, are written with the utmost freedom, and are extremely entertaining; they display more of history and character in a very few pages, than is sometimes to be found in as many volumes. We close our notice of these valuable sermons with the remarks, which finish the appendix : 'An obvious remark must make the conclusion. The history of mankind, of a nation, of a town, a parish, or any other society, I had almost said, of an individual, is a history of changes, troubles, contentions, and revolutions. For this, two reasons may be given. The first is, that "this is the state of man." The other is, that while per sons or societies proceed in the still and even tenor of duty and felicity, history can only say, it is well, they do well, and reap the fruits of well-doing. The objects, which meet the eye of the remote observer, are deviations, Mr. Toppan continued a long ministry without much variation. In all this time he was labouring diligently to teach and exhort his people, and they were receiving the benefit and sat heal their bodies and their minds; and isfaction. But this is all said in a few words. Dr. Tucker in the first half of his ministry suffered much tribulation, and of this we have some accounts. But, if we wish to know, what he was doing through the long peace of his latter days, we must go to his works, that are extant; and to his surviving friends, who will tell us in a word, that they esteemed him very highly in love for his work's sake, and that he was an example of what he taught. Yet it may be useful, to recover what remains of the times that are past, and which is rapidly departing from memory; it may be gratifying to those, who are in any degree connected, or interested in these subjects; and it may lead us to consider the ways of Provi dence, and the ways of mankind, and from all to derive some improvement. Mankind are the actors, and may be studied in the smaller affairs of a parish, as well as in the greater transactions of an empire. One reflection, at least, let us make and retain, when we search into the records of the dead; that we shall soon be numbered with them, and perhaps be subjects of future inquiries. May we so live, that our memories may be blessed by future generations. And, O Lord of mercy, may we be held in thine everlasting and gracious remembrance, through the redemption which is in Jesus Christ." ART. 53. Masonick and social address, as pronounced, c. c. Fc. Fc. Sc. Fc. at the laying the corner stone of St. John's episcopal church, in ample form, (where ?) on the 24th of June,A.L. 5807. By the Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of New-Hampshire. Printed by William Treadwell, Portsmouth, N. H. AND have we lived, kind readers, to behold sublimity itself so far out-sublimated?-Longinus awake! spirit of Burke arouse, and animate once more the mortal frame now mouldering in the cemetery's cold mansions! We call you to no fancied, fictious scene; 'tis all reality, 'reality indeed'!! We bid your venerable manes ' turn the retrospective eye' to that eventful day, the twenty-fourth of June, last past, when at the laying of the corner stone of St. John's church, somewhere within the limits, if to us conjecture may be lawful, of our sister state New-Hampshire, the venerable chaplain of said state's Grand Lodge towered, 'towered sublime, within the compass of an oblong square, enkindling raptures in the mason's soul.-But ah! these times are past, forever past! That festal morn, that solemn noon hath ceased,' &c. &c. &c. Most patient 'gentlemen subscribers,' accept, we entreat you,' some slight specimens of the truly wonderful literary performance on that occasion, with our most respectful felicitations, combined with those of the whole fraternity' of criticks throughout the United States, and every where else, in having it in our power to quote from it a few passages unutterably 'magnifical,' and sublime beyond rivalship. The 'elegant and inVol. IV. No. 8. 3 K Referring to the burning of St. John's church, in Portsmouth, which, to speak vulgarly, took fire at the steeple, he rapturously breaks forth : 'Behold! that little, trembling, almost dying spark! Ah see it light on yon tall spire! and gathering strength from every breath of air; and tenfold wood, O see! how swift the fell desenergy from passive weaknesses of troyer runs adown its sides! How rapidly he shoots along the kindling roof! How soon he wraps the dome within his blazing arms! infolds it to his glowing breast! and sinks beneath the openstant ruin sits enthroned on heaps of ing gulf, that yawns below! while inliving coals! and ruthless desolation waves her sceptre, round a gloomy, horrid void!' P. 11. Apostrophe to fire: "Then why, thou tyrant of a day! thou despot of an hour! O, why repeat the vain attempt? Why clothe thy fiery studs in living flames anew? Why speed thy glowing chariot round this hill the second time ? P. 12. A new method of extinguishing fire! And charity alone can quench the fiery flame in balmy oil. Water has hitherto been made use of for this purpose: but the present is an age of discovery ;' and the oil of charity may differ in its nature from all the other oils with which we are acquainted. The author of this elegant and ingenious address,' has however made another discovery, which it is our opinion may be turned to as good account as the other; viz. that any quantity of blank verse may be converted into a like quantity of prose, without suffering materially by the commutation, only by cutting down the initials of each line, and by filling out the width of a page, without paying any attention to the verse and mea sure ; and the profit, according to the nicest calculation, will ever be in direct ratio to the flimsiness of the poetry. We regret extremely that the 'Grand Chaplain' had so small a stock of this poetry on hand at the time of composing this address, since he has been under the necessity of introducing into it too great variety of style. This might have been owing partly to the limited period allowed him to prepare it: if so, we trust the next edition will be much improved in this particular. 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LITERARY AND Mr. Pinkerton, whose celebrity as a geographer stands at present unrivalled, has undertaken to edit a work of considerable magnitude, nearly connected with the subject of his late publication, a General Collection of Voyages and Travels, forming a complete history of the origin and progress of discovery by sea and land from the earliest ages to the present time. The narratives of the traveller and the navigator have ever been found to hold MISCELLANEOUS. out the highest attractions to every class and description of readers. The eagerness with which works of this description have been sought, has led at different periods to the compilation of collections in some measure resembling that which is now under our consideration. bare enumeration of the principal of these would form an extensive catalogue, The first was published by Grynæus, at Basel, in the early part of the 16th century. A |
