afternoon, and assisted Dr. Janeway in the evening. 4th Sabbath-So unwell as not to be able to go from home all day--confined to my house all the week. February, 1st Sabbath-Still unwell. 2d do. Still obliged to keep in my house. 3d do.--Not out from home all day. 4th do.--Attended a prayer meeting in the morning, and the communion in the 2d Presbyterian Church--assisted Dr. Neal in the afternoon, and Dr. Janeway at night. April, 1st Sabbath--Preached to the children belonging to the Sunday Schools --in the evening assisted Dr. Janeway. Monday afternoon preached to a great collection of children in Mr. Paterson's meeting house, and attended a prayer meeting in the evening. Tuesday evening spoke and prayed in Dr. Brodhead's meeting. Wednesday evening preached for Dr. Neill in Spruce street. Friday evening assisted Dr. Janeway. 1817. Made my report to Presby tery. 3d Sabbath in April--Preached in the First Presbyterian Church in the Northern Liberties to a great collection of children and others—very attentive, and some much affected-in the evening assisted Dr. Janeway. July, 1st Sabbath--Was distressed in the morning with a bowel complaint and very sick stomach, but was relieved just in time to go and preach in the north Presbyterian Church, Mr. Patterson being away, when I was favoured with divine assistance-addressed a large collection of children of the Sabbath Schools in the afternoon at half past 2 o'clock-attended worship after at Dr. Broadhead's Church, and spoke in the evening in a society of the Baptists in Fromberger's court. November, the 1st Sabbath-Preached a charity sermon in Mr. Patterson's meeting in the Northern Liberties for the Sunday Schools--attended at the Hospital in the afternoon, and assisted Dr. Brodhead in the evening. 2d Sabbath-Preached in the State Prison to a great number of prisoners from the 16th of Luke, from the 19th to the end--some of them at first appeared very careless, but afterward they were very attentive, and many of them seemed to be much affected and wept. Good Friday supplied for the Moravians at their minister's request. 4th Sabbath-Preached morning and afternoon at Frankford. Monday preached to a great collection of children in Mr. Patterson's meeting, supposed to be above 1500. Tuesday evening preached in the Methodist meeting by request. Wednes day evening for the Baptists in the 1st meeting house. 5th Sabbath--Preached again both parts of the day at Frankford, and assisted Dr. Janeway in the evening. April, 1st Sabbath-Preached for the Africans in the morning, and at the Hos. pital in the afternoon. July 4th-Held meeting in the morning with a Baptist society, and in the afternoon with the Presbyterians-also in the evening. 1st Sabbath-Preached in the Navy Yard in the morning-attended a funeral in the afternoon, and assisted Dr. Janeway in the evening. November, the 1st Sabbath-Was at Evesham in the morning-assisted in pub. lick worship there-preached in Moores town in the afternoon and evening to a very attentive congregation. This visiting in Jersey to be mentioned to the Presbytery; they appointed Mr. Burch and myself to visit Camden, Haddonfield, Moorestown, Mount Holly, and Burlington, in 1812. Mr. Burch went but once. There has since been four meeting houses built where I have attended. Two miles beyond Moorestown, at a large school house, a woman called upon the men to try to have worship often there. 2d Sabbath-Preached morning and afternoon at the Falls of Schuylkill. January 1st, 1819-Preached in Frankford. 1st Sabbath-Assisted Mr. Patterson in the morning; preached for the children of the Sabbath Schools in the Seceder's Meeting in Spruce street in the afternoon. Mr. M'Cartee prayed last. 2d Sabbath-Preached for Mr. Hoff at Spring Garden in the morning; assisted Dr. Brodhead at his communion imme. diately after; assisted Mr. Patterson in the afternoon, and spoke for Dr. Hol combe's people in the evening; had a solemn time. 3d Sabbath-Attended the communion with Dr. Wilson, and preached for him in the afternoon; assisted Dr. Janeway in the evening. March, the 1st Sabbath-Assisted Mr. Patterson at his communion in the morn ing, and attended a Sabbath School in the evening, where a number of Jewish chil dren attend, and some of their parents. 2d Sabbath-Preached in the Hospital, visited many sick, and distributed tracts; read one publickly. A lady who had, when chained to the floor, requested me to pray, was now restored to her reason, assisted Dr. Janeway in the evening, both of us spoke and prayed. July, 1st Sabbath-Assisted at Mr. Patterson's in the morning; preached for the poor in the afternoon; at night as usual. 2d Sabbath-Assisted Dr. Brodhead at his communion in the morning, and Dr. Janeway at night; attended many meetings in the week. 3d Sabbath-Preached in the Seceder's meeting in Spruce street in the morning for Mr. M'Cartee; at the Hospital in the afternoon, and assisted Dr. Janeway at night. 4th Sabbath-Preached at Haddonfield in the morning, at Moorestown in the afternoon. Monday evening at Mount Holly. Tuesday preached a funeral sermon there; preached at Burlington on Wednesday evening. August, the 1st Sabbath-Attended a funeral in the morning to the Free Quaker's burying ground; preached in the afternoon in the Orphan Asylum; wea ther very warm. 2d Sabbath-Preached morning and afternoon at the Falls of Schuylkill. 4th Sabbath of October-Began preach ing to the seamen, morning and afternoon; many attended both times, and conducted very well. Some were affected. Having traced the life and ministerial services of Mr. Eastburn - to the period when he began to preach to the mariners, to whom he afterwards devoted his stated labours, it may be proper to make a few remarks on his journal, and to notice more particularly some events of which he takes only a cursory notice. Of the journal his particular friends and acquaintance will probably wish for more, and others may think that too much has already been given. Not a fourth part of what he wrote has been extracted. In selecting the parts which appear, the design has been to present a fair specimen of the whole, and to show in how many different places and on what a variety of occasions this faithful minister of Christ was employed in his Master's service. Except when sickness prevented-and it was only to serious illness that he ever yielded-scarcely a Sabbath passed, in which he did not engage twice, or thrice, and occasionally four times, in some publick religious exercises, beside many visits paid in the intervals of worship to the sick and the afflicted. VOL. VI. Ch. Ady. On the Sabbath on which his beloved wife expired, we find that he preached in the morning, and attended her death-bed in the afternoon. Her complaint was a decline, so gradual that the time of her departure could not be foreseen, either by herself or others. She was probably not in appearance more likely to expire, on the day on which she actually breathed her last, than on many that had preceded it. There was, therefore, no want of sympathy, or attention, on his part, in leaving her for two or three hours in the morning, that his publick usefulness, which it was her desire as well as his to consult, might be interrupted as little as possible. The only written memorial which he has left of his wife is that quoted from his journal, which in the manuscript is surrounded by broad black lines. The following inscription appears on a monumental stone, which he caused to be erected over her grave In memory of Ann Eastburn, Through the merits of Jesus Christ, The following letter from her aged brother, on the occasion of her death, bears a pleasing testimony to the excellence of Mr. Eastburn's character as a husband and a friend "Dear Brother-I received your letter, which announced the death of my last and most beloved sister: and though it is inherent in human nature to mourn the departure of our dear and valued friends, yet when we call to mind her advanced age, her long and painful illness, her resignation and desire to be removed, we must acquiesce in the dispensation of that kind Providence, which hath taken her from this life of pain and misery, to the 2 Z enjoyment of an eternity of bliss, in the presence of the God whom in this life she loved and adored. Yet but a short time, and we shall follow. The longest human life is but a short space of time, and we may consider ourselves verging on the close-particularly myself, who am a number of years older than you. I can perceive my faculties, both bodily and mental, rapidly on the decline. My sated appetite for what is called the good things of this life, has often reminded me of old Barzillai's reply to king David, when invited by him to spend the remainder of his life at court. "Please to tender my best respects to Mrs. Hall, if she still lives, and let me know from time to time, how you and my other friends are: for be assured I shall always regard with sentiments of esteem and friendship, the man who has, for so many years, been the tender and indulgent husband of my dear departed sister. "Your affectionate brother, "Sullivan County, Aug. 17, 1811. bours. That part of the German Calvinist church in Philadelphia, to whom the English language had become more familiar and intelligible than that of their ancestors, dissatisfied with attending on the preaching of the gospel in what was to some of them almost "an unknown tongue," separated from their brethren in the year 1809, and formed a society by themselves. They at first met for worship in a large publick hall, in what was then and still is usually known by the name of the Old Academy. They applied to Mr. Eastburn to preach to them statedly, and it appears from his journal that, he did so, from the latter part of July, 1809, till December of the same year, when the Rev. Samuel K. Burch, to whom they had given an invitation, arrived among them. This people, who have since become a flourishing congregation, in connexion with the Reformed Dutch Church, have always considered Mr. Eastburn as, in a sort, the father and founder of their religious society. When his stated labours among them terminated, they addressed to him a very affectionate letter, containing the sum of one hundred dollars, which they begged him to accept, not as a remuneration of his services, but as the expression of their sense of obligation to him, for what he had done to promote their spiritual interests. He immediately subscribed and paid over this sum to their treasurer, to aid the congregation in building their church-To the end of life he was peculiarly attached to this people, and was much beloved by them. The Sixth Presbyterian church in Philadelphia was, in like manner, greatly indebted, in its infant state, to the faithful labours of this devoted man of God. While they worshipped, in the court house of the city, before the erection of the church edifice which they now occupy, he scarcely ever failed to minister to them publickly, when they were not otherwise supplied: and his kind and assiduous attentions in visiting their sick, and in attending funerals and speaking at the grave, gave him a strong hold on their affections, which he retained to the last. For a series of years, indeed, he seemed to be considered a kind of common property of the whole religious community, in the region where he was known. If an effort was to be made to establish religious worship, in a place where it had seldom or never been known -if appearances indicated that a revival of religion was commencing -if a destitute portion of country called for some occasional preaching-if extraordinary services were required at sacramental seasonsif a minister of the gospel, by reason of sickness or infirmity, could not perform his ordinary dutiesif addresses were to be made on extraordinary occasions-on all these and numerous other occurrences, Father Eastburn was always looked to, and always, if compliance was possible, he cheerfully undertook, and most acceptably performed, the services to which he was called. May 16th-The iron-bound coast of Erin lies full in view off our lee bow. And as the wind rose at night, and the weather became hazy, the captain paced the deck nearly all night, apparently in some anxiety. We were also approaching Kinsale, and I could not help thinking of the wreck of the Albion, and the loss of my friend Professor Fisher. My thoughts sought expression in the following lines The sun has sunk behind the west, Was dashed in pieces by the wave, Defend me with thine arm of might, No anxious thoughts shall cross my breast, In mansions of eternal day, May I for ever wake with Thee." Keviews. We have just received the Eclectic Review for June last; from which we extract the following short article, as serving to give a compendious view of the state of religion in Germany. An die Evangelische Kirche zunächst in Sachsen und Preussen. Eine offene Erklärung von D. August Hahn, der Theologie ord. öffentl. Professor in Leipzig. 12mo. pp. xii. and 140. Leipzig 1827. A Publick Declaration, ad dressed to the Lutheran Churches in Saxony, Prussia, and the neigh bouring States: by Augustus Hahn, D.D. one of the Professors of Divinity in the University of Leipsick. great in arousing the publick mind, and in aiding the re-action which, from almost every quarter we hear, is powerful and increasing, on be half of truth and holiness. The various In this publication, Dr. H. writes with the most respectful temper towards his opponents, some of whom had been his college tutors and early friends, and in the tone of a man who is conscious of the goodness of his cause, and who Knows how to defend it with talent and fidelity. After the preface and introduction, which we have found work into three chapters: I. "The very interesting, he divides the Nature and History of Rational ism;" which, by the induction of ample proofs, he shows to be the identical system, with some artful The awful corruption of Chris- disguises, of Lord Herbert of Cher tianity which has taken place in bury, and the other English deists Protestant Germany, its character of the seventeenth and eighteenth and operations, and the honourable, centuries. Chap. II. manly, and scriptural repulsion efforts of the Rationalists to overwhich has arisen against it in that throw Bible Christianity." In this very country, form a subject to chapter, we have a disclosure of the which it is scarcely possible for us art and management by which the to pay an attention adequate to its disciples of the self-called Ration importance. The pamphlet now on alist divines are first humoured as our table is the production of a gen- children, and kindly indulged to be tleman who, a little more than a "Faith Christians, the elementary year ago, maintained a publick dis- pupils in religion;" are next im putation at Leipsick, in favour of the proved into "Reason Christians;" truly evangelical and orthodox doc and in the third and last stage, trines of Christianity, against Pro- come "the Purer Christians, or the fessor Krug, who came forward to finished," whose essential principle support the Antisupernaturalist, or is a perfect indifference to all docfalsely called Rationalist opinions. trines and opinions, all systems, We have been informed, that this churches, and parties; and who disputation was attended by many place the highest point of religious persons who felt a profound inter- wisdom in regarding all religions as est in the subject, among whom alike good, alike true, alike false. were some of great eminence in The author pursues and examines station and learning; that it was the different modes and shapes conducted in a mutually respectful der which persons who substantially manner; that the advantage in point reject every idea of Divine autho of argument and impression, ap- rity in Jesus and his apostles, peared to remain with Dr. Hahn; present themselves and get accre and that the effect has been very dited as "Christian and be re evangeli |