Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. Rom. v. 12. IS S Man, who once so noble was, TO Did Man transgress his Maker's laws, Oh! Nature, heave a sigh, That Man so late immortal made Yes-law condemns, and justice pleads, O'er ev'ry land, in ev'ry age, Where'er we turn our eye, That sentence stands, in ev'ry page, When time at first began its course, But still a thousand years could show What The Progress of Vice; OR THE FATAL EFFECTS OF STROLLING DLY ABOUT ON THE THRICE had rung in the solemn peals That cheer fair Scotia's happy vales, Then Satan, ever on the watch, Then, O beware! ye thoughtless hearts, Had I in reading spent the day, Or gone to church to sing and pray, The roaring lion found his prey I found the helpless maid that day But, ah! should I the tale relate, "Twould shock the stoutest frame; Should I the horrid story state, Yet it may sooth the wreathing pangs To To warn all thoughtless youths to shun E'er hung, when life's short race I've run, The deed was done, discover'd too- So forc'd was to abide. My crimes confess'd,-in iron's hung Let each dry bone, and parents tongue That, as some little sparks of fire But often read his Holy Word, And holy keep his day. July 17th, 1813. A. H. NOTES TO CORRESPONDENTS. WHEN any communication is noticed, and not afterwards inserted, the writer may rest assured that the publishers have some particular reason, although it may not be stated. If" A SUBSCRIBER" will have the goodness to look again, he will find that it is Anecdotes levelled against particular prevailing vices cur correspondent speaks of in No. 8; and we shall be happy to have something of this nature, suitable to our plan, occasionally from his pen. The admirers of The BEACON will be gratified to learn that the Observant Pedestrian has apologized sufficiently for his long silence, and will appear again in our next number. The EVENING LAY, and the favours of F.-R. P.-A. P.~Typographicus, and Philomathicus, are received. HADDINGTON: Printed and Published, MONTHLY, by G. MILLER & SON. [VOL. I. OLD FRIAR AUGUSTINE, &c. IN WHICH SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT FLOW FROM THE CALAMITIES OF LIFE ARE CLEARLY STATED AND POINTED OUT. The miseries, the calamities, the heart-rendings, and the tears, which are so intimately interwoven by the Great Artist in cur natures, as not to be separated in a single instance, are, in the first place, our security of a future state, and, in the next place, serve to slope the way before us." To the Editors of The CHEAP MAGAZINE. THERE is not a greater failing incident to humanity, than the propensity that one man has to impute the conduct of another to improper motives, and while you seem to have barboured the idea that I might have been offended at the hint you gave me "to be a little more brief in future," it is not improbable, that some of your correspondents, particularly |