Parish Church of Limehouse, in which he has officiated for the last ten years, as an introductory Sermon, after a long separation from his parishioners. This separation, we learn from himself, was rendered necessary in consequence of an unremitted attention to the duties of a most anxious and laborious situation, which had materially impaired his health. We are fully aware of the cause; we take leave, however, to add, what Mr. R. has, with his characteristic humility, suppressed, that he was not contented with performing his duty by a mere perfunctory discharge of it, but he imposed upon himself those additional toils which his energies of conscience suggested, and without the fulfilment of which he would have felt dissatisfied with himself. It is a laudable standard, and worthy of himself; yet we cannot help interposing the admonition, between his present recovery and his future pursuits, that he owes a duty to himself and his family, which no self-devotion can justify him in losing sight of; nay, that he cannot better fulfil his duty towards his flock, nor more essentially consult their filial consideration of him, than by making his pious exertions commensurate with his health; we need not carry this advice farther, although perhaps the hand that suggests this might add a few hints that would circumscribe his well-meant ef forts within the limits of his immediate charge. We do not hesitate to confess, at the same time, that he has increased our esteem for him, by his unwearied assiduity; still we would have him reflect, that the blessing of health is too valuable a gift to be neglected; and whether the neglect arise from too great application to what he chooses to prescribe to himself as a task of duty, or from any careless estimation of the mercy, which we know is not likely to be the case with him, the consequence inust be the same, and he must eventually be subjected to sufferings, which all who know him would painfully regret. This is language which we admit to be somewhat unusual in reviewers, but we do not see the justice of excluding such an one from participating in the interest which all must take in the well being of a good man, and an exemplary Minister of our Church." Salus bonorum, civitatis sulus.

We must now return to our more peculiar department; and, in justifica

expressed of this Discourse, we present our readers with the following extracts:

"Let it be remembered, that Hɛ, who is our SAVIOUR, is also our God; and that by his almighty agency this world of ours was created-that it was by his power the earth was formedby his wisdom the world was established-and that by his understanding the heaven was stretched out: and if any should ask, who called for the waters of the sea, and poured them out upon the face of the earth, the answer, in the language of the Prophet Amos, is-The LORD the LORD JESUS-is his name! Or, should you wish to have the doctrine reinforced by the authority of an Evaugelist, or the opinion of an Apostle, hear their united testimony:-'In the beginning was the Word; the Word was Gon; and without him was not any thing made, that was made.'+by him,'-St. Paul speaks of the same Almighty Being- By him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth;'-and in him all the fulness,' -the power and majesty of the GoDHEAD dwells!'-What a force and ener gy does this consideration lend to the subject upon which I am employing so largely your thoughts and meditations; and, oh! what an interest,-what a majesty does it throw around its every view, when we reflect, that it is to our LORD and only SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST, that we have rendered the homage of our wonder and adoration; and that, if we have hitherto viewed the workmanship of his hauds in the mighty deep, with the eye and with the feelings of a philosopher, we must now contemplate them with the mind and with the transport of a Christian; and should blend, with our every admiration of these, the visible operations of his hand, our love and our gratitude for that wondrous display of power and beneficence, of

* "It has been well and beautifully expressed by Dr. S. Clarke, in his admirable Sermon on the Wisdom of God, that from the brightest star in the firmament of heaven to the meanest pebble upon the face of the earth, there is no part of matter, great or small, wherein the wisdom of the Creator does not more clearly and undeniably appear, than the skill of an architect is manifested by a building, or the judgment of an artificer by the completeness of his work."

which we are the living monuments, and of which we are to trace the exhibition in the rich and costly scheme of redemption by JESUS CHRIST; by which, as it were, a new world was formed, and a new and beauteous system was created out of the ruin and confusion in which the whole of the moral world had been involved by the disobedience of Adam, and the sin and apostacy of its inhabitants. So rapid had been the march, and so frightful the magnitude of this ruin and confusion, that now every thing seemed to have retrograded to the state in which it originally appeared at the first creation of the world without form-void and darkness on the intellect of every child of Adam. In this situation, in which all were dead in trespasses and sins, and in which there was an appalling darkness veiling the mental vision of every man, it required the same creative mind, the same mighty energy, but-and, oh! I speak it with all the devotion and all the gratitude which the sentiment should inspire-a far more extraordinary and intenser feeling and exertion of benevolence than at the first creation, to undertake and accomplish. But this benevolence did our dear LORD possess in a degree, and to an extent, which baffles the powers of human thought or language to conceive or describe Such were the mighty force and operation of this divine principle, however, that he was prompted to embark in his great and perilous undertaking,- for which indeed the world had been prepared by a long train of cumbersome rites and sacrifices, all bearing on one point, and prospective of one person-from which no prospect of future suffering-no fear of present reproach-no ignominy of the accursed cross, could divert a mind which, from first to last, was intent only on the happiness of dispensing happiness and blessedness to countless myriads of a lost and ruined world. In order that he might restore to the moral earth its every image and its every feature of its original goodness and perfection, he had to sacrifice much; but willing was the sacrifice, because love was the duty. The constant expression of his lip, and the unvaried tenor of his life, corresponded in beautiful harmony one with the other; and whether at the prospect, or in the extremity of his sufferings, whether in the garden of Gethsemane, or on the accursed tree of Calvary,Europ. Mag. Vol. LXXIV. Oct. 1818.

we recognise no other language from the lips of the holy JESUS, but I delight to do thy will, O my God!Father! not mine, but thy will be done!' And to shew that such had ever been the feeling of his heart, a reference is made to the Sacred Scriptures' in which it is said, 'Then said l-Lo! I come; in the volume of the book it is written of me-Lo! I come to do thy will, O God! In furtherance thereof, he left the mansions of his glory, the throne of his power, and the seat of his government; and, disrobing himself of all the external attributes of the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords, he came to this rebellious province of his empire, proclaiming peace, and promising pardon to all who would throw down the arms of their rebellion, would return to their allegiance, and be the dutiful subjects of his benign and merciful government !"

There is much excellent instruction in the foregoing passage, such as the faithfulness of the servant of God may well be expected to give to his fellow Christians; and from what follows, we are certain the same conclusion will be drawn:

"When you have thus experienced the wondrous efficacy of this pure river of water of life, precious as the jasper, and clear as the crystal, proceeding out of the throne of GOD, and of the LAMB;t-and have, moreover, tasted that the LORD JESUS has been gracious to you that, when you applied to him in prayer, he it was who delivered you out of your distress-who, when you were sick, was the Physician that comforted and relieved you-who, when you were wasting away on the bed of languishing, and were drawing near 'to the gates of death," administered to you the efficacious medicine which removed your pains, and recovered your health-who, when the waves and billows of the deep' endangered your vessel, was your refuge from the storm, and the rock of your salvation

think of that return which love and gratitude should constrain you to make to him, who has thus manifested himself to be your SAVIOUR and your GOD. You never, indeed, will be able to repay the debt under which the mercies and interposition of Heaven have laid you. The best life, the holiest services, the most dutiful allegiance, can never

* Psalm xl. 7. Heb. x. 7. + Rev. xxii. 1. Y y

breast, exhibited the ordinary spectacle of pitiable imbecility; and yet this illustrious infant was destined to ascertain the laws of nature, to measure the circumference of the earth, and to disclose the secrets of the universe. But what renders an infant still more interesting is, that what is rising up into man, may be transformed into the CHRISTIAN, indulging the hopes, and cherishing the exalted prospects of immortality."

Some beautiful extracts from Pope, Beattie, Fawcett, and others, are subjoined, and are all happily illustrative of the innocent endearments of the infant state.

But

"Infaucy, feeble and helpless, cannot be pronounced of long duration. With the usual assiduous care bestowed upon it by maternal affection, both body and mind are insensibly enlarged, pushing onwards towards maturity," and when the articulation of words is mastered, infancy, with all its charms of helpless innocence ceases, and here begins the interesting period of childhood."

Amusing extracts from Shenstone and Cowper characterise this period of life; but the following anecdote of Dr. Beattie's method of teaching his eldest son, is too interesting to escape notice. He had reached his sixth year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little; when, as he had received no particular information respecting the AUTHOR of his being, his father took the following method, as related by himself:-" In the corner of the gar den, without informing any person of the circumstance, I wrote in the mould with my finger, the three initial letters of his name, and sowing garden cresses in the furrows, covered up the seed, and smoothed the ground. Ten days after he came running to me, and with astonishment in his countenance told me, that his name was growing in the garden. I smiled at the report, and scemed to disregard it; but he insisted on my going to see what had happened. Yes,' said I, 'carelessly, on coming to the place, I see it is so, but there is nothing in this worth notice-it is mere chance;' and I went away. He followed me, and taking hold of my coat said, with some earnestness, it could not be mere chance; for that somebody must have contrived matters so as to produce it. I pretend not to give his words or my own, I

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have forgotten both, but I give the substance of what passed between us in such language as we both understood. So you think,' I said, 'that what ap pears so regular as the letters of your name cannot be by chance.' 'Yes,' said he, with firmness, I think so.' Look at yourself,' I replied, 'consider your hands and fingers, your legs and feet, and other limbs, are they not regular in appearance, and useful to you. He said they were,' • Come you then hither by chance' said I. No,' he answered, that cannot be→ something must have made me.' And who is that something,' I asked? He said he did not know.' I took parti cular notice that he did not say as Rousseau fancies a child in like circumstances might say,-that his parents made him. I had now gained the point I aimed at. I saw that his reason taught him (though he could not so express it), that what begins to be must have a cause; and that what is formed with regularity, must have an intelli. gent cause. I therefore told him the name of the Great Being who made him and all the world, concerning whose adorable nature I gave him such information as I thought he could in some measure comprehend. The les son affected him greatly; and he never forgot it, or the circumstance that introduced it."

We cannot say that we agree in the decided testimony of the historian Gibbon against the joys of childhood, while we peruse with delight the ob servations of Sir Richard Steele, when he says, "the cheapness of puerile delights, the guiltless joy they leave upon the mind, the blooming hopes that lift up the soul in the ascent of life, the pleasure that attends the gra dual opening of the imagination and the dawn of reason, made me think most men found that stage the most agreeable part of their journey."

From the school-boy we pass on to the lover, who

Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eye-brows.

Here we are again abundantly sup. Dryden, Langhorne, &c. A picture of plied with illustrations from Milton, rural courtship is happily introduced from Dryden.

He preferred me Above the maidens of my age and rank: Still shunn'd their company, and still sought

mine,

And when he found a nest of nightingales Or callow linnets, he would show 'em me, And let me take 'em out.

Advice to lovers is seldom acceptable, or the admirable remarks of Dr. Aikin, in a letter to his son, are replete with wise reflections on the choice of a wife. To such as are on the point of settling for life, we would seriously recommend the perusal of them.

The Irregular Ode introduced under this part of the subject, as it was written under the inspiration of first love, should not be subject to criticism, or we would express our satisfaction that the author has realized his anticipation of connubial felicity so far, as to prevent him from courting the muses a second time.

Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, succeeds the soldier, whose actions are best illustrated by quota tions from Shakspeare himself. Under this head also, we are presented with the beautiful poem of “The Soldier's Return," by that sweet child of nature, BURNS. Our limits forbid its extract, or we would gratify our readers with its perusal.

From the soldier to the justice, down to old age, and finally to second childishness, we are conducted in the same lively and agreeable manner. We are prevented, from the length of this notice, to indulge in further extracts, though we cannot help remarking, in particular, Mrs. Hamilton's dialogue between herself and Old Age, as being a hamourous little piece; and, as Mr. Evans justly remarks, "fraught with the pure and unadulterated spirit of Christian Philosophy:" numerous glean ings are gathered from many of our best poets; and the whole is strung together in a manner highly creditable to the ingenious author.

We cannot lay down this interesting volume without recommending it to our reader's attention. Its hearty support in the cause of virtue, and the admirable lessons it conveys to the mind, render it highly useful to the young student; while the variety of its contents, and the superiority of its extracts, will repay the attention of

THIS Number of the Pamphleteer contains nine pamphlets, of which four are original-we present the following analysis of their contents to our readers.

ARTICLE I. Some Inquiries respecting the Punishment of Death for Crimes without Violence. By Bazil Montagu, Esq.

If any evidence were wanting to convince us that the punishment of death should ever be sparingly exercised, and proportioned to the enormity of the offence, this stall but ingenious dis. sertation would supply it. When, on the authority of a great legal writer, it appears, that there are not_fewer than one hundred and sixty offences, which by Act of Parliament have been declared to be felonies without benefit of clergy, it becomes the duty of every humane and intelligent person to endeavour to procure an amelioration of the law, and vindicate the propriety of punishing minor delinquencies with mo deration. Owing to the reluctance of enforcing the execution of penalties, which appear, in many instances, to have been enacted in the true spirit of the Athenian lawgiver, the chances afforded to a daring offender, of escape, are so numerous, that he is incited in some measure to relieve his necessities and gratify his vices, by a conviction that he may venture on both with impunity. Juries, though they view without pity the death of a murderer, and are even solicitous to bring him to the scaffold, can never be prevailed upon to regard the lighter offences of theft with the same just severity-their indignation is disarmed by the excessive rigour of the punishment; and they are glad, at the expense even of their oaths, to acquit the guilty, rather than inflict upon them, by a verdict, consequences which they feel would be harsh, and more than harsh, cruel in the extreme.

II. Remarks on a Course of Education, designed to prepare the Youthful Mind for a Career of Honour, Patrist ism, and Philanthropy. By Thomas Myers, A.M.

Education, in the opinion of this gentleman, should be conducted on the principle of improving the heart, as