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London Female Penitentiary.
DAUGHTER of Anguish, child of Woe,
Whose bitter tears repentant flow,
To Him lift up thy melting eyes,
Who bids those springs of sorrow rise!
With care paternal, see him bend,
And from his lofty seat attend
The whisper'd sigh, the secret moan,
The drop that falls unseen, alone!"
When man but flatter'd to betray,
And lur'd thee from thy home away,
He bade thy peace of mind depart,
Then left thee to a breaking heart.

For thee remains no place of rest,-
Against thee clos'd the feeling breast,-
The downcast look, the virtuous eye,
Withheld from thee soft sympathy!
Ah, cease thro' devious paths to roam!
Lo, Charity provides a home,
Where Vice her blushing face may hide,
With Hope and Pity at her side!
Daughter of Anguish, cease to grieve,
Lo! Jesus bids thy spirit live!
Before thee sets an open door,

And whispers, Go, and sin no more!'

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A HARVEST HYMN.

YE sons of Britain join,

And swell each solemn chord,
Your grateful notes combine
To magnify the Lord :

In lofty songs your voices raise,'
The God of Harvest claims your praise!

In rich luxuriauce dress'd,

Behold the spacious plain! His bounty stands confess'd,

In fields of yellow grain! Come then, your hearts and voices raise,

And God, the God of Harvest, praise!.

Fair Plenty fills our isle ;

His mercies never cease! The husbandman doth smile To see the large increase. O let us then our voices raise,

And God, the God of Harvest, praise!

The precious fruits he gives,
O may we ne'er abuse!
But thro' our future lives,

To his own glory use.

Then rise to Heav'n to sound his praise In sweeter strains and noble lays! Birmingham.

I. C.

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MEN of God, go take your stations;
Darkness reigns throughout the earth:
Go, proclaim among the nations
Joyful news of heav'nly birth:
Bear the tidings

Of the Saviour's matchless worth!
Of his gospel not ashamed,

As the pow'r of God to save,'
Go where Christ was never named;
Publish freedom to the slave!
Blessed freedom!

Such as Zion's children have!
What, tho' Earth and Hell united,

Should oppose the Saviour's plan?
Plead his cause, nor be affrighted, -
Fear ye not the face of man.
Vain their tumult!
Hurt his work they never can!
When expos'd to fearful dangers,
Jesus will his own defend ;
Borne afar, 'midst foes and strangers,
Jesus will appear your Friend;
And his presence

Shall be with you to the end!

ON PSALM LV. 6.

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OPPRESS'D with care, but more with sin
Fightings without and fears within,
My spirit fervent cries,
Grant me the wings of yonder dove,
To flee to that blest world above,
My rest, my hope, my prize!
Alas! while here my daily grief
Is the strong power of unbelief,
In my deceitful heart!
Sometimes I think a conquest gain'd
But ah! how little I've obtain❜d!
How weak the better part!

Sweet are the moments which I spend
Within thy house, my God and Friend;
But Sabbaths pass away.
O for that world, where I shall see
My Jesus, and shall like him be
Thro' one eternal day!
Well may I pray, and long te dwell
In that blest world; for who can tell
What God hath there laid up?"
Patience and Faith hold out awhile,
Tho' darkest hours shall this beguile,
My anchor shall be Hope!
Westminster.

Printed by G. AULD, Greville Street, London.

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EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE.

SEPTEMBER, 1809.

BRIEF MEMOIR

OF

THE LATE REV. ANDREW HUNTER, D. D.

ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE TRON CHURCH,

AND PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

Taken from the Funeral-Discourse delivered April 30, 1809,
by Sir H. MONCRIEFF WELLWOOD, Bart. D. D.

Ir has been the good pleasure of God to take from the world, by a most unexpected death, your faithful and venerable pastor, at a time when he was as ardent and active in the service of the gospel as he had ever been; and when, to human observation, there was every reason to suppose that he might have been reserved for many years of useful and honourable labours. The will of the Lord be done! but let us not forget what he was amongst us, and before all the people whom we have followed to the grave with such deep regrets, and whose face we shall see no more.

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He feared the Lord from his youth; and, though he possessed advantages、 above the common lot for situations far more enviable in the eyes of the world, he early and earnestly resolved to devote himself to the service of God, in the ministry of the gospel.

He taught himself, from the beginning of his life, and 'was taught of God' to value the blessings of independence, chiefly as they enabled him, without distraction, to apply his mind to the duties of a Christian Minister; and, as a faithful steward of the gifts of God, to be kind and useful to human beings, especially to them whom he believed to belong to Christ, as Providence gave him the opportunities. He was distinguished through life by a liberality, in which he knew no other limits than the extent of the means which he could conscientiously employ in usefulness to men, or fidelity to God.

How he was prepared to labour, in word and doctrine, by the temper of mind which he possessed, and by all his views of conscien 3 D

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tious fidelity, I have no occasion to relate to you. The earnest ness with which he taught and exhorted, both publicly and from house to house, and the affectionate solicitude for your eternal interests, which was visibly marked on every part of his ministrations, have, I trust, left impressions on your minds, which ye will recollect with delight to the end of your lives.

But shall I not mention the known integrity and purity of his mind? the candour and sincerity which so eminently distinguished him through life, and which ever commanded the confidence of those who differed from him most in judgment? the fair, open, and generous spirit which he invariably discovered when he judged of other men, or acted with them? the scorn with which he ever contemplated an unfair, an interested, a disingenuous proceeding? - the mildness of his temper, of which, by the grace of God, he had acquired the entire command, and (what can certainly be said of few amongst us all) which was scarcely ever known to have been roused into passion, either in public or domestic life?-the earnestness and godly sincerity with which he followed every good work, and cooperated with other men whom he believed to be sincerely disposed to be useful? — with no shade of worldly selfishness to pervert his conduct; without ostentation, superior to envy, and superior to pride: gentle and forbearing with all men, but firm and immoveable when he saw his duty before him, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord!

It must not be forgotten, that genuine piety, and the habitual power and experience of personal religion, were the great sources of his conduct, and gave the spirit and character to his public ministrations.

The impressions of a sincere and ardent devotion, steadily cultivated through life, were ever on his mind. They accompanied and distinguished him wherever he was: - in his family, and among his friends, in his most cheerful state of mind; among those whom he endeavoured to assist or to edify by his private conversation, or his pastoral admonitions; when he instructed the youth committed to his care, and conscientiously laboured to train them, not only in the sound knowledge of the gospel, but in genuine godliness, for the service of the church of Christ; when he addressed you from this place, with the earnestness which was impressed on whatever he said, testifying the gospel of the grace of God, or exhorting you all with the solicitude of a man of God, that eternity and salvation by Christ might be ever in your thoughts, and that with purpose of heart ye would cleave unto the Lord.'

Genuine godliness and faith unfeigned, were, in visible and prominent characters, impressed on all his ministrations; and now that his labours have ceased for ever, and he is taken away, by the will of God, from the service of the church of Christ,

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