Poetry. newly 79 Presentation of the Bhite & they married.-At Chatillon on the 19347 Loire, in France, a Bible Association has recently been formed among the children, for the purpose of presenting a Bible to every newlymarried pair. The effect of this institution thus far has been very happy, both upon the children and upon the young persons who receive their present. The plan, we think, is worthy of universal imitation. It seems to be the most simple and effectual method of keeping every family in the country supplied with the sacred volume; and if it were universally introduced, we might soon hope to see family worship extensively revived. The Archives du Christianisme, a periodical work published in Paris, contains the extraordinary intelligence, that on the 6th of April last, M. Henhoffer, the Roman Catholic Rector of the parishes of Mullisausen and Steyneyg, in the Duchy of Baden in Germany, with the Baron de Gimdingen, his household and forty other families making in all 220 persons, publicly embraced the Reformed Religion, in the Seignorial Chapel in Steyneyg; after which the adults received the Holy Communion, according to the Rites of the Protestant Church. The affectting ceremony took place in a Roman Catholic country in the midst of a vast assemblage of personages of different religious denominations, without the smallest interruption or disorder. Ship Thames.-This Ship, which sailed from New-Haven in Nov. 1822, with the interesting Mission family, destined for the Sandwich Islands, was left at Woahoo, on the 21st of April last. The period of her arrival out, is not stated; but the Iris, which reports her, has doubtless brought letters from the Missionaries to their friends in this country. A HYMN ON THE LORD'S DAY. Welcome the hour of prayer, Descend, celestial Dove, And o'er me spread thy wing, While I his praises sing: Then shall my soul its life attain, Nor Sabbaths be indulg,d in vain. The waking morn shall see The pleasing task begun, Nor my devotion be Clos'd with the setting sun : My God shall hear my ev'ning suit, And grateful songs his ear salute. Spread thy light wings, and soar away, The blessings of our favor'd age, To snatch the heathen from the grave, The sick to heal, the lost to save. And blinded Israel turns to God. And o'er the darkness of the tomb Bid the bright dawn of Faith appear. Who shed atoning bloed for man. H. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "L. M." and "P." are received, and will be inserted. Several other Communications, without Signatures, have been received, and are under consideration. |