a fresh fupply of water. The country, which borders upon the fea of Galilee, is remarkably beautiful and fertile. CNIDUS, a city ftanding on a promontory, or foreland of the fame name, in that part of the province of Caria, which was more peculiarly called Doris. This city was remarkable for the worship of Venus, and for the celebrated statue of that goddefs, made by the famous artificer Praxiteles, COLOSSE, a city of Phrygia, which Herodotus tells us flood where the river Lycus running under ground, difappears: but this river rifing above ground again, at the diftance of five furlongs from this city, empties itfelf into the river Meander. It is generally agreed among learned men, that Coloffe ftood at no great distance from Laodicea, and Hierapolis; whence we find St. Paul mentioning the inhabitants of these three great cities together, Col, iv. 15. This city, Dr. Wells informs us, has been long fince buried in ruins, the memory of it being now chiefly, if not wholly preferved in the Epiftle of St, Paul, wrote to its inhabitants. Coos, an island of the Archipelago, lying near the fouth-west point of Afia-Minor. It is now commonly called Lango; and was formerly celebrated for its excellent wine, and is alfo memorable for the birth of Hippocrates, the celebrated phyfician, and Appelles, the famous painter. Here was formerly made that fine thin fluff, fo much used among the chief ladies of Rome, which at once fhewed them both cloathed and naked. In the fuburbs of the chief town of this ifland, called by the fame name as the ifle, ftood a temple of Afculapius, much celebrated in former times, add greatly enriched by the offerings made to the fuppofed Deity, CORINTH, a celebrated city, the capital of Achaia, feated on the Ifthmus, and feparates Peloponnefus from Africa. This city was one of the best peopled and most wealthy of all Greece. Its fituation be tween two feas drew thither the trade of both the east and weft from all parts. Its riches produced pride, oftentation, effeminacy, and alt manner of vices, which are the confequences of too great plenty. Lafcivioufnefs in particular was not only tolerated here, but in a manner confecrated, by the worship of Venus, and the public prostitution of those who were devoted to her. But what this citadel was most famous for among the heathen authors, was, its citadel, which was called Acro-Corinthus, from its being built on a high mountain or rock, and for its infolence aga'nt the Roman legates, which made L. Mummius deltroy it; but in its conflagration, fo many ftatues of different metals, were melted down, that the remains of them made the famous Corinthian brafs, which was accounted more valuable than either gold or filver. After this deftruc tion, it was reftored by Julius Cæfar to its former fplendor, and in a fhort time became the most beautiful city of all Greece, infomuch that the neat order of the pillars, which are used at this day in the decoration of all fine buildings, took from this place the name of Corinthian pillars. CRETE, one of the nobleft iflands in the Mediterranean Sea, being formerly called, Hecatompolis, as having a hundred confiderable towns or cities; as alfo Macarios or Macaronefus, the Happy Ifland, from the goodness of the foil and the temper of the air. It is now commonly called Candia, from its principal town Candia, which was an archbishop's fee, great, rich, and populous, as long as it continued in the hands of the Venetians Venetians; and flood the longest fiege against the Turks of any place in the whole world, but was at laft obliged to fubmit in 1669. This ifle lies over against the mouth or entrance of the Ægean fea, or Archipelago, and at a pretty near equal diftance from Furope, Afia, and Africa. The inland parts are very mountainous, yet fruitful, efpecially of wines called Mufquadine; but it is deficient in corn. Titus was conftituted by St. Paul firft bishop of Crete, charging him in that epiftle which he wrote to him, to rebuke the people of this ifland feverely, and in ftrong terms, to prevent their being fond of Jewifh fables, human ordinances, and the obfervances of the law: for as' he adds, (chap. i. 12, 13,) "the Cretans, as one of their own prophets, or poets, bear witness, are always liars, evil beafs, flow bellies." This Cretan poet is generally acknowledged to be Epimenides, a native of Crete, who afferts this particular fo much to the difadvantage of his countrymen. CYPRUS, a famous ifland in the Mediterranean Sea, between Cilicia and Syria. It is diftant, (according to Dr. Wells) about a hundred miles from the main land of Syria, and about fixty from Cilicia; is extended in length from east to west about two hundred miles, and in breadth, fixty. The ancients were of opinion it took its name from the cyprefs-tree, which grows there in great abundance. They celebrate it much for its fertility, as being fufficiently provided with all things within itself; for which reafon they call it the rich and happy ifland; but fo infamous was it for luxury and all kinds of debauchery, that it gave the name Cypris or Cypria to Venus, who was the chief Goddess of it in the time of heathenifm, when they used to confecrate their women to whoredom, and, by a law, compel them to lie with ftrangers, as did the Babylonians. The Apostle Paul and Barnabas departed from Antioch, embarked at Silencia, and landed in the ifle of Cyprus, Acts xiii. 4, 5, 6. While they continued at Salamis, they preached Jefus Chrift in the Jewish fynagogues, and from thence they went and vifited all the cities in the ifland, preaching the gofpel every where: At Paphos they met with the pretended prophet Barje. fus, whom St. Paul truck with blindnefs. St. Barnabas is confidered as the principal apoftle and first bishop of this ifland, where, it is faid, he fuffered martyrdom. [To be continued.] TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEW CHRISTIAN'S MAGAZINE. Gentlemen, Should the following profe tranflation of the Latin verfes, which appeared in your Magazine, for July, Vol I. be unexceptionable, your inferting it will oblige, your conftant reader, TYRO. Life is uncertain, Death is fure. Alas! alas!--How infignificant a being is mortal man! How uncertain is life, whofe vital principle is fo easily quenched! EASE, mortals, cease to bewail your human lot, for death, inexorable death, with his fatal weapon, fubdues all before him ; and by this means, all of us, fooner or later, fhall be reduced to one common habitation, even the grave. Nor can this event be far diftant, ́death will foon manifest his power, -our funeral proceffion will foon commence; yes, thus it must be, for thus it is ordained by the laws and immutable decrees of heaven. But, O happy mortals! when death is paft, another much happier life begins in which the foul of every righteous man fhall fhine in everlafting glory;-anxious cares fhall ceafe, and the juft, in the full enjoyment of peace, fhall fing never ending praifes to the eternal God. POETRY. POETRY. IN THE COMPLAINT. 'N vain the mufe dejected grafps the lyre, The powers of melody and facred fong Refufe their aid; the languid numbers tire, The plaintive founds roll heavily along. 'Tis fix'd, 'tis certain, man is doom'd to know Succeffive forrows, and a life of care: Still as his hopes in flatt'ring profpect shew, Some unforeseen misfortune lays them bare. O how fhall I, weak child of duft, prefume, In thy dread fight, thòu Majefty divine! To plead exemption from the righteous doom, To vindicate my ways before thy fhrine: Yet ne'er in paths of vanity to ftray, Nor idle eafe-nor riot could delight; But chearful labours well employ'd the day, But guiltlefs pleasures beautified the night. Ne'er did my bofom luft for fordid wealth, On human friendship build afylum vain : My wish was frugal competence and health, Thou Lord! the fpring of joy,-the balm in pain. Oft thro' affliction had my spirit fail'd, Paffion had oft o'er-power'd calin reafon's voice: But truft in thee, o're all diftrefs prevail'd, Gilt, forrow's gloom, and bade me yet rejoice. I faid, "Let holy hope fupprefs each fear, "Each anxious doubt let patient faith re move; "Wife is that God whofe will has plac'd thee here, "Boundless his pow'r, and infinite his love." A recent inftance of his heavenly care, The power omnipotent was pleas'd to fhew; He call'd me from the manfions of defpair; He bade unlook'd-for fuccours round me glow. And tho' like fields unbleft by genial shower, Alike, when God fhall give, or when re- Nor you my friends, the inftruments of heaven, Deem not your generous labours ill repay'd; Tho' to your bounty no fuccefs be given, Or could it from the grateful memory rade I A CONSOLATORY HYMN IN AFFLICTION. N this frail, imperfect state, Troubles are our certain fates For as fparks do upwards fly, Man muft fuffer 'ere he die. Let the tears then ceafe to flow, And with patience undergo Your hard lot, and be refign'd; God is merciful and kind. We know that he for good intent Your afflictions friendly fent; Therefore yield not unto grief, He can likewife fend relief. Raife your thoughts to fcenes above, Scenes of, harmony and love; Where the righteous fhall find reft, And with perfect joys be bleft, Tho' afflictions be your lot, They fhall quickly be forgot; When the holy angels wait, To guide you to a better state. Where these founds thall bless your ear, Faithful fervant enter here. A. C. TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEW CHRISTIAN'S MAGAZINE. Gentlemen, Being in Hendon Church-yard, the other day, I remarked among the tombs thè fol. lowing Epitaph, on the wife of a perfon in Doctors-Commons, whofe name I omitted to take down; as I think it a very good one, your giving it a place in your Chriftian's Magazine, for next month, will oblige a conftant fubfcriber, and am, Sir, your humble fervant, Aug. 11, 1783. W &G. 'HEN worth and truth, like hers, defcend to duft, Grief is a debt, and forrow is most juft; Such caufe had he to weep, who pious pays This laft fad tribute of his love and praife; Who mourns the best of wives, and friends, combin'd Where with affection diligence was join'd.' Mourns, but not murmurs, fighs, but not defpairs; Feels as a man, but as a Chriftian bears: Trufts he fhall meet her on that happy fhore, Where ficknefs, pain, and death, fhall be no more. A PARAPHRASE. Y ON THE 148th PSALM. E immenfe orbs which roll through boundless space; Empyreal fcenes, peculiar feats of grace; Ye glorious hofts of the feraphic choirs, Ye tuneful cherubs with melodious lyres, Join your celestial notes, your voices raife; Send thro' th' empyreal realms Jehovah's praise : Thou fun, now rifing on the eastern shore, Rejoicing fpeed your way, declare the pow'r Of that Almighty hand that placed thee there, Conducts thy motions, thro' the revolving year; From pole to pole, re-echo ye the found, Myfterious worlds, our glitt'ring lamps through night, Confummate majelty each way displays, While you purfue your courfe refound your maker's praife; Ye heaven of heavens, the darling seat of To Jah's omnipotence, by whofe decree, Thus far tempeftuous, or calm, thou fea. Earth with your cumbrous, countless, use ful throng, To your wife architect, join nature's long ; Ye cavern'd deeps from whofe dread, dark abyfs, The fubtle ferpent darts his poisonous hifs, Ye vales adorn'd in perfect fymmetry, With beats of every fort, of every kind, Ye mighty potentates who rule below, TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEW CHRISTIAN'S MAGAZINE. Gentlemen, As, vice is fpread through every city, town, and village of this country, and though the Lord gives figns of his difplea fure, both in earth and air, yet few underftand or lay it to heart, but ftill run on in darknefs; your inferting the following hymn (which being chiefly among the Dif fenters, few of your Proteftant readers perhaps have feen it,) may, by divine grace, be a means of awakening fome careless finner to a fenfe of his danger and duty, and will give a lasting pleasure to your constant reader. The year rolls round, and fteals away Dangers fland thick through all the ground, And fierce difeafes wait around, To hurry mortals home. Good God! on what a flender thread Hang everlafting things; Th' eternal ftate of all the dead, Infinite joy, or endless woe, Waken, O Lord, our drowsy fense, N On INGRATITUD E. O conduct can the human heart affect, So much as bafe returns or difrespect; For when we've done as much as mortals can, To ferve the turn of an ungrateful man: We're fhock'd at wrongs that man may deign to give, MY AN H Y M N. This flesh, this world, and wean my love; W. R. The feather'd choirs now cease to fing, The world now tir'd with anxious cares, But not fo fweet th' afflicted fleeps,. G. æquum. Paftorem; qui vitam fic pro grege reliquit ; Jefum: qui fcelus mortalibus abluit ægris, Atque fuo fignavit ad altum, fanguine calle, Chriftum: qui fpem gentes tulit ad omnes, Virtutifque fuo laudem dat munere bono. Clolaudetur Chriftufque colatur in orbe! Quin populos voluit Chriftus confidere regnis Hoftibus ejectis, debellatoque barathro Hic decus omne fuis; firmo qui fædore jungens Terram cum cœlis, folvit formidine gentes.. Hic caput pecudum, paftorque finu gerit agnos, Hic et pafcere guadet oves in gramine læto, Paceque gubernans, in patria limina ducit Mortalibufque dedit fractis, poffidere cœlum. Laudetur Deus omnipotens! res condidit omnes ! Cælo laudetur Chriftufque colatur in orbe! DM. DD. B b |