unceasing activity. A zealous friend of civil and religious liberty, he, 1798, wrote a very warm po Jitical pamphlet in reply to the Bishop of Landaff's Address to the People of Great Britain. This was pronounced a libel, for which he was two years imprisoned in Dorchester gaol! Soon after his liberation in 1800, he died of a fever, in the forty-sixth year of his age, lamented by the friends of learning and piety! His publications were numerous; his principal work was a Translation of the New Testament. There was also his Sylva Criticæ, his edition of Lucretius, and of various classics. He published his own Memoirs in one volume, and another was added by Mr. Towell Rutt after his decease: it is an interesting and amusing work. He was a man of intellect and erudition, benevolence and piety. His will concludes, "I come quickly, and my reward is with me, even so, come, Lord Jesus. Amen." He was interred at Richmond, of which his brother was for many years the much-respected rector, but is lately deceased.

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GEORGE HORNE, D. D.

BISHOP OF NORWICH.-DIED 1791.

So far was the advent of CHRIST from carrying with it any appearance of war, that the nations at the time lay hushed in the tranquillity of an universal peace. He spake peace to the heathen, as well as

to his own people the Jews. The waves of this troublesome world ceased to toss themselves, and a delightful calm seemed to forebode the approach of those halcyon days when the Prince of Peace should make his abode among us; like the stillness of that hallowed night on which the angelic choir descended to sing peace on earth; peace with God by the pardon of sin; peace with ourselves by the answer of a clear conscience; peace with one another by

MUTUAL CHARITY.

O divine peace-how lovely and how pleasant dost thou appear! How happy and heavenly is the kingdom of the Messiah where thou art found! Who would not wish to see, who would not labour to promote, the full accomplishment of prophecy in the extension of the kingdom and dominion of Christ, from sea to sea, and from the rivers to the ends of the earth, that so all nations of the world might remember themselves, and turn to the Lord Jesus, as many as did at the first preaching of the gospel? And let the daughter of Zion lead the way, restored to her pre-eminence among the churches! We will not envy her the honour as she formerly envied us Gentiles, but rather rejoice and shout with her in the day, when she shall be led to acknowledge her king-the king of righteousness, salvation, and peace; the once lovely, but now highly exalted JESUS of Nazareth; who came to visit us in great humility, and shall come again at the appointed hour to judge the world-when we shall behold him glorious as Jerusalem herself can wish, riding

upon the heavens, in power and majesty unutterable, amidst the acclamations of saints and angels! Amen. Sermons.

GEORGE HORNE was born about the year 1720, at Otham, in the vicinity of Maidstone, of which his brother was rector till his death. He was distinguished for the mildness of his temper and the benevolence of his heart; he also displayed an early love of learning. When sent to Oxford, though young, he soon distinguished himself by his general good conduct and application. Here he resided most part of his life: indeed, he was attached to a College-life, affording him every facility for study and improvement; and, becoming the head of Magdalen College, he was for a series of years one of the ornaments of the University. He, at last, was raised to the See of Norwich, but did not long survive it. On his first visit, he complains that he could scarcely walk up the steps of the palace to take possession of it! He died, 1791, near seventy years of age. His publications were few-A satirical piece, ridiculing the philosophy of David Hume, and some smaller pieces, in confutation of Dr. Priestley, the champion of Unitarian theology. His principal work was his Exposition of the Psalms, which is of a very devotional complexion, and Sermons, marked by a spirit of benevolence and philanthropy. It is here we meet with the Female character drawn with beauty and delicacy. Bishop Horne lies in

terred in Eltham church-yard, beneath a tomb, with a handsome eulogy to his memory.

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WILLIAM PALEY, D.D.

ARCIIDEACON OF CARLISLE.-DIED 1805.

THE national temper of the Jews was intolerant, narrow minded, and excluding. In JESUS, on the contrary, whether we regard his lessons or his example, we see not only benevolence, but benevolence the most enlarged and comprehensive. In the parable of the good Samaritan, the very point of the story is that the person relieved by him was the national and religious enemy of his benefactor. Our Lord declared the equity of the divine administration, when he told the Jews (what probably they were surprised to hear), That many should come from the east and west, and should sit down with Abraham Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven, but that, the children of the kingdom should be cast into outer darkness. His reproof of the hasty zeal of his disciples, who would needs call down fire from heaven to revenge an affront put upon their Master, shows the lenity of his character and of his religion, and his opinion of the manner in which the most unreasonable opponents ought to be treated, or at least of the manner in which they ought not to be

treated.

The terms in which his rebuke was con

veyed deserve to be noticed-Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of!

Evidences of Christianity.

WILLIAM PALEY was born at Peterborough, 1743, and, in 1758, admitted of Christ College, Cambridge. After diligently prosecuting his studies, he was ordained, and presented to a rectory in Westmoreland, as he was also soon after to the vicarage of Appleby. In 1780, he became one of the prebendaries; in 1782, archdeacon; and, in 1785, chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle. He published, 1790, his "Hora Paulina; or, the Truth of the Scripture History of St. Paul evinced, by a Comparison of the Epistles which bear his Name, with the Acts of the Apostles, and one another." This, though the least read, is one of the most valuable of his works. He soon after published his very popular work, Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy; afterwards, his View of the Evidences of Christianity, which had an extensive circulation; and, lastly, his Natural Theology, a production of extraordinary merit and utility. Indeed, these are three of the most valuable publications in any language. He was not a man of original genius, but made a happy use of the works of others. In his Philosophy he is indebted to Search; in his Evidences of Christianity to Lardner; and in his Natural Theology to Derham's Physico-Theology. There were also two volumes of Sermons pub

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