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SELECT SENTENCES

ON THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD.

I.

HE fubjects of God's providence are fometimes like the fhip-wrecked mariner, who is brought fafe to his defired haven by the very ftorms which threatened his deftruction.

II.

The providence of God appears, to those who attend to it, like a ftream, which in fome places a lamb may walk through, but in others an elephant may fwim.

III.

When we look into the ways of Providence, we must net expect to be able to comprehend every thing at once; this is but the infant state of man; the callous eaglet does not aspire to the fkies at once'; no, the makes effays at fmall diftances, and encreases the length of her flights by degrees, till at laft fhe learns to foar to the heavens.

IV.

When we fee the rough sketch of a painting, the outlines, ground, &c. in feeming confufion, and the picture intended to be produced entirely hid in that confufion, we have but a mean and indifferent opinion of it; but when in time the masterly touches of the artift are put to it, the finishing stroke given it, and we behold a compleat and finifhed piece, we then fee the utility of the rough fketch, and beftow on the artist deserved encomiums. Such is the way of God---observe, be filent, and adore him.

V.

It is faid (Rom. viii. 28.) “All things work together for good to them them that love God." They do fo; like the compounded medicine of the phyfician---in the compofition, perhaps, there are ingredients, which, administered by themfelves, would poifon the patient, but when mixed judicially, work together for his good---the chastisements of God are all mixed with love.

VI.

In the afflictive difpenfations of God's providence, we fhould, like the camel, receive our burden on our knees.

W.B.

In the high wind of November, 1795, which was N. W. a building, which faced the north-weft by weft, was thrown down the building being 60 feet in length and 30 feet high, it is required to find the force of the wind acting on the fame, by which it was overturned, fuppofing the wind to move with a velocity of 60 miles in an hour, which by experiment it is found to do in storms.

Note. The specific gravity of air to water is as I to 860, nearly.

Question II.

It is required to find from what height a ball of a quarter of a pound weight must fall to have the fame force on a plane that inclines to the horizon in an angle of 39 degrees, as another ball of half a pound, falling from the height of 14 feet, has on a plane whofe inclination is 27 degrees.

POETRY,

POETRY.

The friend of finners will he be,
Spectator of their mifery?
Yet unto them no pity fhew?
If fo, how chang'd fince here below!

Can he his agony forget,
His bitter pains and bloody fweat,
Or dreadful Calvary, where hë
Expir'd for them upon the tree.
Can he in endless pain behold,
The fouls for whom his life was fold,
Yet grant to them no kind relief,
But leave them loft in endless grief?

Then there can no proportion be,
Between their fin and mifery.
For finite crimes, infinite pains,
The thought, Jehovah's honour ftains.

If all things new created be,
Then all things old fhall pass away.
Thus does the word of promife run,
When all shall be in Chrift made one.

If grace fhall more than fin abound,
Where then fhall mifery be found?
It cannot be while one remains
Devoted unto endless pains.

That all mankind in Adam died;
This is a truth by few denied,
That all in Jefus Chrift fhall live;
This a truth but few believe.
Yet nothing is more plain reveal'd,
And by almighty promife feal'd,
That all fhail in his image fhine,
And in his praifes all combine.

THOMAS HARRISON.

ROBESPIERRE'S EPITAPH,

Compofed by Monf. Maron, in prifon, and within a few hours of being car ried out to execution; when the bell-man cried the arreft of the tyrant, he immediately wrote the following lines:

Ci git un monftre abreuve de forfaits:

Tigre altere de fang, tyrant fuant le crime;
Caligula, Neron, Phalaris, traits pour traits.

La foudre, helas! trop tard l'a plonge dans l'abime.

IMITATED.

Here lies a monster of the vileft kind,
Whofe mind to vice and cruelty inclin'd;
A tiger fell and fierce athirst for gore,

Sweating with crimes and guilt at ev'ry pore.
Nero and Calig'la met here difgrace,

Phalaris' fouleft crimes to his gave place.

Thus he but freedom's God, in vengeance flow.
Has, by his own thunder's awful blow,
Plung'd the dread tyrant in th' abyfs below.

PHILOMATH.

MONTHLY OCCURRENCES.
August 27.

IT has been officially published by
the College of Commerce at Co.
penhagen, that his Danish Majelty
has forbidden the entrance of priva-
teers into the ports of Norway, as
alfo the carrying in, and felling their
prizes there; in cafe, however, of
either privateers or their prizes being

put in by stress of weather, they are allowed to take fhelter, but muft proceed to fea as foon as weather will permit.

29th. The following extract of a letter from Bristol, dated Auguft 15, we are forry to fay, proves that the miffionaries have failed in the defign of spreading Chriftianity in the island

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of Otaheite. "In addition to the late unpleafant intelligence, respecting the miflionary-fhip, (the Duff) is the in'formation we have received this morning concerning our m ffionaries, late at Otaheite, who have been obliged to quit that ifland, to efcape being murdered. This account we have received from a merchant in Bristol, who has received letters from a Captain in his employ, dated the 18th of September, 1798, at Port Jackson, to which port they had brought the miflionaries. The account is as follows: On the 6th of March, 1798, the Nautilus touched at Otaheite, being in want of repairs and water; the officers and crew were treated very kindly by the miffinnaries, receiving every affiftance they could afford, after which they fet fail, but in confequence of adverse winds, and damage fuftained by ftorms, found it neceffary to return to the island, where they arrived on the 24th of March; during their ftay there, two feamen belonging to the Nautilus ftole the boat, and deferted the veffel; the boat was recovered the next day by the miffionaries, who alfo fent a deputation to the king, to reclaim the two deferters; when many of the natives feized the deputation, ftripped them naked, and almolt murdered them, which they would completely have done, had not the king's father intervened, and faved their lives. An application was in confequence made by the miffionaries, to the captain of the Nautilus, requesting him to take them to Port Jackfon, as they conceived their lives to be in imminent danger; to which the captain agreed, on their engaging to make good any extra expence, as to provifion, and to pay him the fum of 270l. On the 30th of March, 1798, the fociety, conlifting of eleven men, four women, and four children, with as many of their effects as the. veflel would admit, went on board, and arrived fafe at Pori Jackfon.

31ft. The French frigate, La Veftale, of 36 guns, and 235 men, from St. Domingo, bound to Rochefort, has been captured by the English frigate, the Clyde, of 38 guns, commanded by Captain Cunningham,

There was a corvette, of 26 guns, in company, which made off while the Clyde was fecuring her prize.

September 1. The French armies have been fo fuccessful in Switzerland, that it is expected the Archduke Charles will be obliged to retire from that country; and in order to forward fuch a measure, the French have directed three large armies into the heart of Germany.

2nd, Intelligence was received on Saturday, of the English troops having (after one of the most furious battles that has been fought during the war, by the British foldiers) made good their landing on the coaft of Holland. On Monday lall every preparation was made to debark on the finall peninfula, the north point of which forms the fouth fide of the Texel. The object was to take the fort of Helder and the batteries, commanding the entrance to the Zuider Zee.

At day-break on Tuesday morning, our troops were landed in flat-bottomed boats, at fome diftance weftward of Helder. The officers and men difplayed the greatelt ardour, leaping into the boats, and from thence into the water, eager to reach the fhore. The enemy foon aflembled, and formed to oppose them; the action began immediately upon, the landing, which was covered by our gun-boats, and veffels that could reach nearest the fhore; the battle lafted until five in the afternoon, when the enemy retired within the batteries; our troops had then an opportunity of landing every neceffary article, and to form arrange. ments for the attack of the fort the next day; but the enemy evacuated it in the night, after fpiking the guns, leaving our troops mafters of the whole peninfula, which is about eight miles long, and a milé and an half in the neck.

4th. An extraordinary gazette was yesterday morning publihed, with the important intelligence of the furrender of part of the Dutch fleet in the Texel; and in the afternoon another was published, with the important intelligence of the furrender of the remainder, the whole confifting of 13 fhips of war, befides tranfports. The Park and Tower guns were fired,

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