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ments was brought forward, and approved of, which ||
was directed to be presented by the Sheriffs, and Mr.
Byng; one of the representatives of the county; the
other representative Sir F. Burdett, not being allowed
the honour, on account of certain sentiments judged
inconsistent with patriotism, which he had uttered at
a meeting of his friends, publicly assembled at the
Crown-and-Anchor in the Strand, which sentiments
he did not then disavow, but defend.

On the same day a motion was brought forward in the house of commons by Colonel Crawford, recommending the immediate execution of a plan for the fortification of London. After a long discussion the motion was withdrawn. Mr. Fox, the same day, moved an address to his Majesty for the appointment | of a military council; which, after some debate was negatived.

dence, that the wisdom of the measures which his parliament had adopted, and the ardour and enthusiasm in the cause of their country which animate all classes of his people, would, under the continuance of divine protection, amply secure the safety of this country. The address contained no allusion whatever to the state of the continent.

The whole, or the greatest part of the Hanoverian army, is already disbanded and disarmed, and those who composed it dispersed towards their different homes. It is stated that the French army, while on the Elbe, wishing to cross that river, sent to the Danish side for pontoons, and received the following answer:-" You cannot come to this side without invading a territory to which you have no claim, and the attempt, if persisted in, will be considered as an act of hostility, and resisted by all the strength we The Secretary at War, stated that the spirit of can oppose to you."-The French troops in Hanover volunteering had risen to such a height as justified the are now withdrawing. A part of them are to be sent suspension of the act, for the general arming of the into Holland, and others are marching to Hanover to inhabitants; and brought in a bill to enable his replace them. Fifteen thousand men are to occupy Majesty to suspend it at his discretion. The Defence the district of Lauenburgh, for whose use the magaAmendment bill, and the revenue bills have occupied || zines recently established there for the Hanoverian a considerable part of the attention of parliament. army, will be appropriated; and the inhabitants of In these discussions mention was introduced of an the district have been ordered to furnish without deoffer made by the Prince of Wales to be employed inlay 30,000 shirts, 15,000 pair of shoes, and various the defence of his country in the present crisis. other articles of clothing for the same purpose. Three When urged on the subject of the prince not being millions of franks have been exacted of the Hanoemployed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said, that verians, for the support of the French army. It is the was ready to acknowledge, that the illustrious per- said that the first Consul will assume the title of comson in question, had shewn every desire to share the mander in chief of the army of England, which is to dangers of his countrymen which would do him honour. consist of 200,000 men. This army is to form a But that having said this much he must pause; and cordon from the mouth of the Elbe to Rochelle and nothing but the express commands of his majesty, or Rochefort, and is to be subdivided into four separate the authority of that house, would ever draw from armies; the first of which is to extend from the him another word on the subject. On the 10th, Mr. mouth of the Eibe to Flushing, and to comprehend the Sheridan brought forward a motion recommending a troops dispersed in the electorate of Hanover, and the vote of thanks to be passed by the house to the vo- Batavian republic; the second is to be formed by the lunteer corps of the kingdom, for the zeal and spirit troops in Belgium, and to extend from Flushing to with which they came forward to give their labours Dunkirk; the third is to extend from Dunkirk to and lives for the defence of their country. The mo- Cherbourg, and to comprise the troops cantoned in tion was violently opposed by Mr. Windham, but sup- the departments of the north, the Pas-de-Calais, la ported by the members, and carried without a divi- Somme, and Basse Loire, and the fourth is to extend sion. On the 11th was discussed Colonel Hutchin- from Cherbourg to Brest and Rochefort, and to comson's motion for an address to his majesty to lay be-prehend all the troops distributed in the West. fore the house information respecting the rebellion in The coast of England is divided into cruizing disIreland, and the state of that country. This motion tricts, in each of which a naval officer of reputation was opposed by the ministers as unseasonable and im- commands, with a competent force of large and small politic, and by consequence rejected. On the 12th, vessels under him. To Sir Sidney Smith is allotted his majesty repaired in his usual state to the house of the station between Harwich and the mouth of the lords. In the address of the speaker of the house of Thames. Lord Keith is the commander on the Downs commons, allusion was made to the principal acts of ane North-sea station, and has made arrangements to the session; to the liberal grants of supplies; to the re-inforce in case of emergency, any particular station, revision of the system of the permanent revenue, by without leaving the rest exposed. The whole of our consolidation of the duties in each of its principal naval disposition is highly approved of by competent branches; to the facilities granted to mercantile tran-judges. The preparations of Bonaparte are not by sactions by the bills for warehousing and bonding; to the acts respecting the church, and lastly to the measures taken for defence in the present war, and for the suppression of the rebellion in Ireland.-The tendency of his majesty's address was chiefly to declare his satisfaction with the conduct of parliament, in all the particulars alluded to by the speaker of the house of commons; and to express his confi

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any means so far advanced as ours.

In the last intelligence from France it is stated that the First Consul has put off his journey to the left bank of the Rhine. And we have received a Bull of the Pope, which regulates the new ecclesiastical division of Piedmont. It is to be divided into eight dioceses, Turin (the seat of the Metropolitan), Saluces, Acqui, Coni, Asti, Alexandria, Vericelli, and Yvrèe.

NOTICES.
LITERARY.

The plan of the periodical work to be edited by Assessor Storch at Petersburgh, which we noticed in the last Number The Reverend T. White, B. A. late of Pembroke Hall, of the LITERARY JOURNAL, has undergone some alteration. Cambridge, is preparing for the Press, "More Proofs of the It is to be published in numbers, under the title "Russia Expediency of Revising the Liturgy of the United Church under Alexander I." the first number, which is shortly to of England and Ireland!" To which will be annexed-make its appearance, contains among other interesting artiStrictures on the prevailing, though unauthorised practice, cles a correct and full account of the Russian-American among "The regular Clergy," of altering and amending Society, which has of late in a peculiar degree engaged the the Liturgy. attention of the public.

A Bibliotheca Britannica, or, Complete History of English Literature, has been begun under the direction of Mr. Southey.

Mr. Donovan, who has edited so many elegant works in Natural History, is employed on a collection of Fossils, Shells, &c. found in Great Britain.

SCIENTIFIC.

On the 12th May the "Athenée des Arts, (formerly Lycée) at Paris, held its 69th Public Sitting. In the absence of the President, Citizen Berthier, Minister at War, De sessarts, the physician, supplied his place. Lebland, the Secretary, read a report of the memorable events which on David Leroy, Colson, and Jeaurat, Members of the Athenæum lately deceased. Emeric David, another Secretary, proclaimed the honourable mention, ordered by the Institution, of Simon librarian to the Tribunate, as translator of "Soaves' Novelus," for the use of young persons; of Leblanc, as author of a Treatise on Crystallotechny; of Boyard on account of his journey from Terracina to Naples, and of Goudron la Richardiere, on account of a metallur

We are glad to inform our readers that Mr. Hayley is en-happened since the last sitting, and added brief eulogiums gaged on a Life of Mr. Romney; the principal materials were furnished by that truly original artist during the long intimacy he preserved with his poetic friend.

A new translation of the Lusiadas of Camoens has been strongly recommended to Lord Strangford, and we trust this nobleman will employ his abilities on this beautiful Epic Poem: there are many passages in which both Fan

shaw and Mickle have failed.

vigorous resistance. Favard read a biographical account of Molé the player: Lecamus described the new microscope of Delleburres, and Framin a new lyre with seven chords, invented by Mariane.

POLITICAL.

Dr. Priestley has lately written a History of the Chris-gic composition for setting razors and other edged instru ments. Rondelet read a fragment of a work on the contian Church, in 6 vols. 8vo. The work is now in the press struction of the ships of the ancients, relative to galleys with and will appear shortly. several thwarts or seats for rowers. Simon read a paper, An excellent, and hitherto, perhaps unrivalled collection of entitled "The Triumph of Women over the Law," the prints is now publishing at Paris, under the title of Musée object of which was to shew, that the Tribunes at Rome Français, ou Recueil complet des tableaux, statues et bas-successfully availed themselves of the influence of women reliefs qui composent la Collection Nationale. The editors to obtain the repeal of a law against emigration, which had announce that they are already in possession of 250 draw-been enacted in spite of their most decided opposition and ings by the most celebrated artists; and that about 140 plates are either wholly completed, or in the hands of engravers. The size of the engravings is 13 inches by 9; on the finest vellum paper of 23 inches by 17; unless, sometimes, the peculiar shape of the picture or sculpture should require a different proportion. Each of the prints is accompanied by a notice of its subject; and by historical A new religious sect has lately risen in Holland, under remarks, and critical reflections on the talents and style of the name of Christo Sacrum." It consisted at first of its author. The literary department is entrusted to Mr. four persons, but is already so much increased, that it conCroze-Magnan, well known by his several works on the tains several thousand members. The principal object of Polite Arts: the typographical execution is committed to this society is to unite all religious sects. The principal Mr. Herhan, inventor of a stéréotype. The Prospectus meeting is at Delft, where the Society has already erected contains also an alphabetical list of about 85 French and a very handsome church. Calvinists, Lutherans, Moraforeign artists, who are charged with the execution of the vians, Roman Catholics, in short, persons of all sects and several prints, among whom we find the veterans Bartolozzi, professions join there, like brethren, in common devotion. how in Lisbon; and Morghen, in Florence; this depart-It is a leading principle of the Society, that no particular ment of the work is under the general direction of M. Lau- sect shall predominate. Preachers, properly speaking, are rent, a celebrated engraver. Subscriptions are received at not appointed by the Society, but two learned orators sup Paris, by Mr. Robillard Peronville, Rue de la Concorde. ply their place, and deliver during the service religious dís No. 26; and at London, by Mr. De Boffe, Gerrard-street. courses, standing before an altar, raised twelve steps above Renouard and Baudouin, at Paris, have publishedthe ground, and dressed in a toga. Divine Service is divided "Analyse des opinions diverses sur l'origine de l'imprimerie, into acts of religious reverence and instruction. The forpar Daunou, Membre de l'Institut National." The chief mer consist chiefly in reflections on the greatness of the result of this analysis is, that the mode of printing used in Supreme Being, and the latter in considerations of matters China occasioned playing cards and wood-cuts to be made of revealed religion. Six times in the year the Lord's Supin Europe about the end of the 14th, and at latest about per is celebrated. During prayers the congregation kneels the beginning of the 15th century; that as early as 1440, down. The regular clergy at first strenuously endeavoured collections of figures cut in wood with short inscriptions, to check the progress of the Society, but in vain, the latter made their appearance either at Haarlem or some other having obtained permission to continue its religious meetings place, which were soon followed by little church and school undisturbed. books; that before the year 1440, Gutenberg of Strasburgh, and afterwards of Mentz, had some idea of moveable types; that the mode of founding or cutting these types was probably invented either by him or Fust, but materially improved by Schöffer, and that the Latin bible without a date, which contains 637 folio leaves, and 40 to 42 lines on each page, was the first printed work undertaken by Schöffer, Fust, and Gutenberg,

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

* The continuation of the Account of Sir Home
Popham's Embassy, is unavoidably delayed till our
next Number.

ERRATUM. In page 158-for List of Publications from
August 1 to 16, read, July 16 to August 1.

VOLUME II.]

THE LITERARY JOURNAL.

LITERATURE.

SEPTEMBER 1, 1803.

Sermons by William Laurence Brown, D. D. Principal of Marischall College and University, Professor of Divinity, and Minister of Grey-Friars' Church, Aberdeen, &c. &c. 8vo. 491 pages. Dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

DR. BROWN has been already before the Public, and

his abilities as a successful Candidate of the Teylerian prize are well known. We therefore opened this volume prepossessed in its favour; nor have we at all been disappointed. If we expected its learned author to have taken a greater depth of argument, and to have selected difficult rather than popular texts, the fault perhaps was on our side; and though we may regret that the abilities of Dr. Brown have not rather been employed to elucidate scripture, than to enforce morality, we arose from the perusal of the volume highly gratified with the piety, and the integrity of the preacher.

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Dr. Brown is of opinion that the word translated wise, more properly signifies prudent, discerning, cautious: that translated harmless, also admits of the sense of sincere, and simple, as opposed to doubleminded, and deceitful. The following gives an admirable character of the prudent and intelligent man:

"He is, particularly, on his guard against the influence of passion, whether in himself, or in others. Experience has taught him how apt excessive warmth is to change the nature of things, to invest them with its own colours, to magnify, or to diminish them, with the glass which it occasionally uses, and to lead to conduct as absurd and iniquitous, as its principles are immoderate or false. He endeavours, therefore, to acquire an habitual self-command, and presence of mind which preclude surprise; or, if pasion should rise, in spite of his vigilance, he suspends his judgment and procedure, till the temporary commotion is appeased, and he has recovered his composure of mind. He is equally cautious against catching the contagion of the impetuosity of others, or imbibing their prejudices. He knows that prejudices shut the door to truth, that all information, conveyed through the channel of intemperate zeal, is disfigured, and assimilated to the disposition of the reporter; and that those, who have been the most violent in any pursuit, or the warmest in support of any erroneous opinion, often stand astonished at their own vehemence and obstinacy, as soon as their passions have evaporated, and the object, for which they contended, is placed, to their returning reason, in its real light. The prudent and discerning person knows how infectious passions are, those especially of a social complexion, how quickly the sparks are communicated from breast to breast, till a general con flagration be raised, and widely extended evils, produced from insignificant causes.

"As the man, prudent and sagacious as the serpent, examines, deliberates, arranges, and anticipates, before he adopts any system of opinions, or any decided plan of conduct; so, when his judgment is formed, and his choice

The number of these Discourses amounts to eighteen in many passages the style reminds us of Blair, but we observed some expressions we did not entirely approve. "The great Apostle who penned my text."-And in the following paragraph, the repetition of may be, and be, destroys the force which the language employed would otherwise possess, not to mention the inelegant phrase of refreshing relish: "In whatever external circumstances you may be placed, however clouded the atmosphere in which you breathe, however violent the storms that assail you, may be, there are still two sources of comfort and delight, whose spring can never be dried, whose stream can never be troubled, whose refreshing relish can never be impaired. These are an approving conscience, and the favour of God." Why is there a period after the made, he delays not the execution of his scheme, but word impaired, ought it not rather to be a colon? rouses all his activity. He is aware that a favourable In speaking of vice, we do not quite approve of the portunity, lost, may never be regained, and that a desirable expression (p. 266.) that Men "frequently push their object increases in value by being speedily procured. He career into the centre of her empire."-Nor at page boldly encounters obstacles, and contemns difficulties, 306,"If you must push your way through life."- dangers, and hardships, provided the sum of good, in prosIn the following sentence, page 299, it is astonishing pect, overbalance their amount. Like a skilful general, that the frequent repetition of the word of, did not however, he always endeavours to be master of his ground, strike Dr. Brown." The admirable tendency of secures himself on every side, whence he may be attacked, the union of a sagacious understanding, and of an seizes on every pass from which any obstruction may be upright heart contains in itself one of the strongest nourably avoid, and aims at obtaining his object at the thrown in his way, courts no danger which he may hoinducements to render the cultivation of these comleast expence possible. He attends to times, to persons, bined qualities the great study of our lives."-In the to situations, and to circumstances, and accommodates his eighth Sermon, On the progressive Nature of Religion conduct to them. He knows the proper period for comin the Soul, the preacher suffers himself to be carried mencing, for prosecuting, for suspending, or for abandonaway by the sublime simile of the Sun, until he vergesing, his plans. While any prospect of success remains, on bombast. (page 246.)

But we now hasten with pleasure to point out some of the many beautiful passages in this volume, which we extract from one of our three favourite Discourses, On the specific Qualities of Prudence and Simplicity of Character. The text is from Matthew, 10. 16. Be ye wise as Serpents, and harmless as Doves.

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his efforts are incessant. When this probability vanishes, they immediately cease, and are never continued from obstinacy, or pride. The various fluctuations of opinion, and mine their complexion, or their degree. Adverting to his of events, serve to temper his proceedings, and to deterpeculiar situation, he adapts, to it, the manner which he assumes. He never does too much, or too little, omits nothing conducive to his aim, avoids every thing superN

Buous; and, when involved in unforeseen and unavoidable embarrassment, seeks and provides the most effectual remedy.

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Thus, what is said in scripture, of the Father of lights, and of the source of wisdom, may, in some respect, that it is both a sun and a shield-a sun to enlighten, and a shield to defend us against danger; and that, both by direction, and by defence, it leads us to the safest and most compendious means of accomplishing any desirable purpose. It appears, also, that it is the result of much reflection, discipline, and exercise, and must, by these, be formed into a habit, in the same manner with every other valuable quality of mind. Something, however, there certainly is, which, as its origin, must be supplied by the author of our nature. This may indeed, be wonderfully improved by culture and experience. Without this original stock, as in the case of trees of a bad kind, cultivation will never produce much fruit, either useful or agreeable. There is a natural good sense that distinguishes one man from another, on which all solid improvement must be grafted. Devoid of this, learning will become pedantry; information will fortify self-conceit; experience, render folly more conspicuous; and imagined superiority, arising from all those unimproved means of improvement, speedily substitute low cunning for genuine wisdom, and odious duplicity for salutary prudence. Against these perversions we are, therefore, particularly cautioned by being required, at the same time we are wise as serpents, to be harmless as doves."

The reader will be equally pleased with the following extract from the same Sermon. The language in this passage is particularly bold and energetic:

"Whatever be our talents, whatever our knowledge, whatever our penetration, our experience, or our sagacity, it must be our sacred and inviolable maxim, never to use them to the prejudice of our brethren.-We must, on no account, employ them to mislead, to deceive, to oppress, or to betray. They must never be employed to conceal or to disguise truth, and to recommend error, in order to promote private interest, or the views of party; to rouse the passions of men to their own and to the public detriment; or to clothe superstition or enthusiasm in the garb of religion. They must not be employed to pervert justice and equity to the purposes of iniquity and fraud, to gratify vanity by the ostentatious display of sophistical ingenuity, to acquire preferment or power by the dark arts of insidious politics, or to purchase wealth by prevarication, imposition, and craft. They must not be practised to shun inconveniencies and dangers when duty requires to face them, to provide a skulking-place, when conscience calls to appear with boldness, or to twist our sentiments into a vicious conformity with those of others, when duty demands the manly declaration of them. They must not be practised to flatter folly or vice, because they are powerful or opulent, to encourage villainy and profligacy by prostituted complaisance, or to suppress honest indignation, when reverence for God, the love of mankind, a sense of becoming dignity, and the best interests of society, exact its most articulate and energetic expression. They must not be practised to keep down rising merit, because it threatens competition; to blacken or impair the character already recognised, because its lustre wounds the eye of envy; or to snatch, for ourselves, our connexions, or our dependents, the rewards and advantages which justice has assigned to superior desert. Our talents and acquirements must be exercised in nothing injurious, nothing dishonest, nothing mean, nothing unbecoming the character of a good man, and a sincere Christian. We must be simple, as the apostle expresses it, absolutely simple concerning evil."

Dr. Brown was driven by the French Invasion from his charge in the English church at Utrecht, and from his professorship in the university of that city. He alludes to this calamity, in a pathetic address to his congregation at the close of the first Sermon, On the Duty and Character of a Christian Preacher.

The Prophetic or Anticipated History of the Church of Rome, written and published Six hundred Years before the rise of that Church. In which the prophetic Figures and Allegories are literally explained; and her tricks, frands, blasphemies, and dreadful persecutions of the Church of Christ are foretold and described. Prefaced by an Address, Dedicatory, Expostulatory, and Critical, to the Rev. Mr. Whitaker, Dean of Canterbury. To which are added, 1. A Pill for the Infidel and Atheist; in which the Divine Authority of the Apocalypse, is logically and philosophically proved. 2. A Word to the Editors of the Gospel Magazine, and Theological Review. 3. The Errors and Misrepresentations of Bishop Sherlock, in his Discourses on the Prophecies, detected and refuted. By Joseph Galloway, Esq. 8vo.

We are always glad when a Layman is employed to substantiate, or illustrate the Scriptures. But the task chosen by Mr. Galloway, is the last which in our opinion a Layman should select. Our belief in the revelations is firm and decided-and yet we feel a strong prejudice against the mode now too generally adopted of employing this Holy Book as a ineans of illustrating, or anticipating, the eventful History of the Times-How easy would it be to apply the following verses to Bonaparte invading England. Chap. xiii. "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of Blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast and they worshipped the beast saying, Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" Having premised thus much, we must allow that Mr. Galloway frequently delivers some crude and sensible remarks, and appears to be actuated by a devout zeal for the cause of divine truth. His answer to the authors of the Gospel Magazine deserves the hearty thanks of his countrymen. And, in his remarks on Dr. Sherlock's Discourses on Prophecy, if we do not quite agree with Mr. Galloway, who asserts that they abound in contradictions, transpositions of words, and perversions of texts, we yet are ready to acknowledge that the observations of our author are well worthy the attention of our divines.

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Alexanander Geddes, LL. D. By John Mason Good. Svo. pp. 547.

We had occasion lately to notice a publication of this gentleman, of which we could not give a very favourable account; but very different is our opinion of the work now before us. The common error of Biographers is an idea they take up, that it is necessary to be the panegyrist of the person whose life they are writing, and to defend every error, and palliate every fault, from which the life, the opinions, and the writing of no human being can be exempt. But Mr. Good, while he shews the warmest feeling of esteem, on every occasion, for Dr. Geddes, as well as respect for his memory, never scruples to dissent from his opinions when they differ from his own, first stating those opinions candidly, and then afterwards as candidly his own objections, thus

"Finding like a friend,

"Something to blame and something to commend." In this age of mutual forbearance as to religious opinions, we by no means wish to revive censures against any particular sect: but this work exhibits some very curious instances of the intolerant spirit of the church of Rome, in the exercise of her authority over her ministers and votaries, even in this country, where her power is circumscribed by laws that have, in the idea of some liberal minded men, been deemed to border on persecution, and shows that such authority had been so exerted, as almost to prevent the relaxa. tion of those laws which has lately taken place. The following letter from a Roman Catholic Bishop to Dr. Geddes savours more of the thunders of the Vatican in ages of Papal tyranny than of the present degraded state of the Roman Hierarchy.

"London, June 27, 1793.

<< SIR, "Since it is evident from your letter to me that you adhere to and maintain the doctrines, which were censured by the Pastoral Letter, to which you allude; unless you signify to me, in writing, on or before Friday the fifth day of July next, your submission to observe the injunction contained in the 21st page of the said Pastoral Letter, viz. We prohibit our clergy, in particular, from preaching, teaching, maintaining, or supporting any of the aforesaid condemned opinions, I hereby declare you suspended from the exercise of your orders in the London district. "JOHN DOUGLAS, Vicar Apostolic.

"Rev. Alex. Geddes, LL. D."

We find the following remark on Castalio's Latin translation of the Bible:- 2.

"I had been taught to consider Castalio's translation as a prophane burlesque of Holy Writ. What was my surprise to find that he had seized the very spirit of the original, and transfused it into elegant Latin! I saw indeed, and was sorry to see, that through his excessive refinement, a part of the simplicity of his original had evaporated in the operation, and in this respect his version is inferior to the Vulgate."

Here Dr. Geddes seems to give two contradictory opinions. For if that translation gives the spirit of the original transfused in elegant Latin, and is for that reason inferior to the Vulgate, such a translation is not proper for the sacred Scriptures; which we confess

to be our own opinion. Perhaps few of our readers will think Psalm cxviii. v.25, in our common version, 'Help me now, O Lord! O Lord, send us now prosperity, either very accurately, or very elegantly translated by Eja Jova serva age! Eja Jova fave age.' Yet such is the translation of Castalio.

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We are, notwithstanding the contrary opinion of Dr. Geddes and his biographer, inclined to agree with those sensible men and admirable scholars mentioned by him,

"Who contend that the phraseology of the Bible ought not to be changed on any account; that much of its sanctity and impressive power depend upon the venerable diction in which it has been handed down to us; and that,

although it do not contain the language of the present day, liar to comprehend the whole of its meaning, as well as to it contains a language with which we are sufficiently fami relish the whole of its beauties."

In chapter iv. p. 93, there is one of the clearest and most satisfactory accounts of the nature of the Hebrew vowel-points and accents we have ever seen. The passage is too long to be inserted here on a subject so little interesting to the generality of readers, but is well worth the attention of the Hebrew student.

As a specimen of the poetical talents of Dr. Geddes, we give the following extracts from a little poem, called the Norfolk Tale, or a Journey from London to Norwich.' Where he describes his relieving a poor widow in the utmost distress into whose cottage he was driven by the weather.

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Eager she seiz'd my hand, and prest
It closely to her throbbing breast:
And while it on her bosom lies,
A pair of pearls drop from her eyes,
Warm as the weeper's grateful heart,
And fall on the uncover'd part.
Dear drops! ah! could your briny stain
A lasting mark on me remain;
Not Francis' Stigmata would be
A cause of jealousy to me!
Two other drops, before they fell,
(Yes, Kit! I'm not asham'd to tell)
I intercept as down they flow
Her cheeks that now begin to glow:
My face upon her face I fix;

And with her tears my tears I mix." him here a little too far; but the following passage we Perhaps the fervor of the Doctor's charity carried quote with unqualified pleasure:

"Here, for a moment, let me pause; And think on the mysterious laws Of Providence, whose wondrous chain No human wisdom can explain.

"Had I, that morn, refus'd to hear The spirit whisp'ring in mine ear Proceed to Norwich.'-Had I gone At any other hour but One.Had not keen hunger made me stay An hour at Wotton, on my wayI should have passed the dismal down, Before the skies began to frown.Or, had that providential show'r Fallen at any other hour, I to the cottage had not run That providential show'r to shun! Or had I been a man of gold, And in a gilded chariot loll'd;

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