At Carew, Ireland, MARTHA EAKIN, aged 104.

At West Cambridge, (Mass.) JOSEPH ADAMS, Esq. Attorney at law, aged 31.

At Burlington, (Mass.) on the 8th ult. Gen. JOHN WALKER, aged 52. He was an exemplary professor of the Christian religion, and had been repeatedly honored with the confidence of his fellow-citizens. He has sustained the offices of representative in the legislature, a magistrate of the county of Middlesex, a military officer and an Elector of Pres. of U. S.

At North Yarmouth, the Rev. THOMAS GREEN, A. M. pastor of the Baptist church in that place, aged 53.

In England, Admiral ALEXANDER HooD, (Lord Bridport,) aged 87.

At Hartford, (Con.) Mr. THOMAS MERRILL, aged 100. He attended divine service a few days before his death, and enjoyed his rational faculties till his last illness. He had professed religion in the early part of life.

In England, the Rev. TIMOTHY PRIESTLEY, brother of the late celebrated Dr. Priestley, aged 80.

At New Orleans, Mr. BERTHE GYRMA, aged 73. Being indisposed in the middle of the night, he sent for Dr. FREITAS, who, in two minutes after feeling the pulse of his friend, fell down, and they both expired at the same instant.

In Virginia, RICHARD G. LEE, Esq. President of the Branch Bank at Norfolk.

AT the first annual meeting of this Socic ty in Boston, May 23, 1814, the allowing gentlemen were chosen officers; viz.

WILLIAM BARTLet, Esq. of Newbury port, President.

The Rev. JEDIDIAH MORSE, D. D. of
Charlestown, Vice President.
The Rev. Dr. Monse,

The Rev. LEONARD WOODS, D. D. of Ans dover,

The Rev. JOHN H. Caracп, of Pellam, (N. H.)

The Rev. JOSEPH EMERSON, of Beverly, and

SAMUEL FARRAR, Esq. of Andover, Executive Committee.

The Rev. JOHN CODMAN, of Dorchester, Corresponding Secretary.

The Rev. JosHUA HUNTINGTON, of Bos ton, Recording Secretary. HERY GRAY, Esq. of Boston, Treas urer.*

Mr. SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG, of Boston, Assistant Treasurer.

The Depository of the Society is at Mr. Armstrong's bookstore, No. 50, Cornhill, Boston.

NEW WORKS.

THE Place of the Clauch, on the grand chart of Scripture Prophecy, or the battle

*As Mr. Gray has declined accepting the office of Treasurer, all communica tions relating to that ofce will be made to Mr. Armstrong.

of Armageddon. In four Lectures, the three last of which were delivered on the annual Fast, April 7, 1814. By Thomas Andros, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Berkley. Boston; S. T. Arms.rong. 1814. pp. 48. 8vo.

The Covenant of God's mercy made known to Abraham, ratified with hiħ, a d the consequent duties obligatory upon his spiritual seed: illustrated in two Discourses. By Clark Brown, A. M. Minister of the Congregational Church and Society in Swansey, N. 1. Keene; John Prentiss.

1814. pp. 60. 12mo.

Human Life not always desirable. A Sermon, delivered at Richmond, N. H. Nov. 19, 1813, at the Funeral of Mr. Solomon Atherton, aged 73. By Clark 'Brown, A. M. Keene; John Prentiss. 1814. pp. 22. 8vo.

Heirs of Grace. A Sermon, delivered at Charlestown, Sept. 26, 1813, occasioned by the death of Mrs. Abigail Collier, consort of the Rev. William Collier, Pastor of the Baptist church in said town. By Thomas Baldwin, D. D. With an Appendix, containing extracts from Mrs. Collier's Diary, Letters, &c. Boston; Mauning and Loring, 1813, pp. 32. 8vo.

A Song of Zion. A Sermon, delivered on the occasion of a meeting of a Singing School for exhibition, at Cummington, Mass. March, 1811. By Jonathan Grout, A. M. Pastor of the Church in Hawley. Northampton; William Butler. 1812. pp.

14. 8vo.

An address on Sacred Music, delivered at a public meeting of the Rockinha.n Sacred Music Society in Hampton, Oct. 6, 1813. By Daniel Dana, A. M. Pastor of a Church in Newburyport. Exeter; Charles Norris, & Co. 1813. pp. 24. 8vo.

A Sermon, delivered before the Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America, at their anniversary, Nov. 4, 1813. By Joshua Bates, A. M. Pastor of the first Church in Dedham. Boston; Cummings & Hilliard. 1813, pp. 44. 8vo.

A Sermon, preached January 12, 1814, at the Old South Church, Boston, before the Society for Foreign Missions of Boston and the Vicinity. By William Greenough, Pastor of the second Congregational Church in Newton. Boston; Nathaniel Willis. pp. 20. 8vo.

Correct view of that part of the United States which lies West of the Allegany Mountains, with regard to Religion and

Morals. By John F. Schermerhorn, and Samuel J. Mills. Hartford; Peter B. Gleason, & Co. 1814. pp. 52.

An Oration, delivered at Tolland, Connecticut, before the Washington Benevolent Society, February 22, 1814; in commemoration of Washington's Birth-day. By John Hall. Hartford; Hale & Hosmer. 1814. pp. 26. 8vo.

Gaiatonsera ionteweienstakwa, ongwe onwe gawennontakon: A Spelling Book in the language of the seven Iroquois nations. By Eleazer Williams. Plattsburgh, (N. Y.) F. C. Poweil. 1813. pp. 24.

12mo.

A Dissertation on the subject of procur ing the education of pious youths for the Christian inistry; addressed to the relig ious Public. Boston; S. T. Armstrong. 1814. PP. 40. 8vo.

A Sermon, delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Ephraim Abbot to the pastoral care of the Congregational Church and Society in Greenland, Oct. 27, 1813. By the Rev. Eliphalet Pearson. LL. D. An dover; Flagg & Gould. 1813. pp. 40. 8vo.

An Appeal to the Public, on the controversy respecting the revolution in Harvard College, and the events which have followed it, occasioned by the use which has been made of certain complaints and accusations of Miss Hannah Adams against the Author. By Jedidiah Morse, D. D. Charlestown; 1814.

A Narrative of the controversy between the Rev. Jedidiah Morse, D. D. and the Author. By Hannah Adams. Boston;

1814.

Remarks on the Controversy between Doctor Morse and Miss Adams, together with some notice of the Review of Dr. Morse's Appeal. Second Edition, with Additions. Boston; S. T. Armstrong. 1814.

Sermons by the late Rev. J. S. Buckminster. With a Memoir of his life and Character. Boston; 1814.

A Sermon delivered before the General Association of Massachusetts Proper, at their annual meeting in Dorchester, June 29, 1814. By Thomas Snell, pastor the church in North Brookfield. Boston; S. T. Armstrong. pp. 22.

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A Sermon delivered in the North Meeting-house in Salem, before the Bible Society of Salem and Vicinity, their annual meeting, April 20, 1814 By Thomas Barnard, D. D. To which is added, the third report of the Society Salem; T. C. Cushing. pp. 29.

A Discourse delivered at Portland, May 5, 1814, before the Bible Society Maine, at their annual meeting. By Edward Payson, pastor of the second church in Portland. Published by request. Portland; Arthur Shirley. pp. 24.

An Oration pronounced before the

Federal Republicans of Charlestown, Mass. July 4, 1814. By Joseph Tufts, jun. Esq. Charlestown; S. Etheridge, jun. A Sermon preached before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, in Boston, June 6, 1814, being the 177th an niversary of their election of officers. By Samuel Carey, one of the ministers of the Chapel, Boston. T. Wells. pp. 26.

A Discourse delivered in Newburyport, July 4, 1814, in commemoration of American Independence, and of the Deliver ance of Europe. By Daniel Dana, A. M. pastor of a church in Newburyport. Wm. B. Allen. pp. 20.

Sermon preached before the Massachusetts Missionary Society, at their annual meeting in Boston, May 24, 1814. By Otis Thompson, A. M. pastor of the church in Rehoboth. Boston, S. T. Armstrong. pp. 20.

The

like them, are born to die.

grave of him, who once was great, Of her, who once charm'd ev'ry eye, Reminds us of our hast'ning fate;

Like us they liv'd-like them we die.

"Twas sin that drew upon our race

The righteous doom, that we must die; But, thanks to God's abounding grace, Salvation's offered from on high.

Believing in the Savior's love,

Though in the grave our ashes lie, Our souls shall mount to realms above, No more to sin, no more to die. New Hampshire, 1813.

OLNEY.

THE INQUISITION.

Lines on the tyranny and fall of the In quisition, occasioned by reading accounts of its abolition in Spain and Goa, in the Panoplist for Oct. 1813. p. 333.

BY A YOUNG LADY.

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Iv distant ages, number'd now and gone, When Sup, rstition sat on Reason's throne, When o'er the world her veil of darkness hung,

Forth from the deep abyss a monster sprung;

Earth trembled as his foot her verdure prest,

And hollow groans seem'd murm'ring in her breast.

At first a weak and with'ring wand he bore,

The mask of Sanctity his features wore, Though dark resolves, and deeds of fiendlike spite

Lurk'd in his heart, scarce hidden from the light.

A holy zeal he prais'd with vile intent, And to the holy church obsequious bent; Bow'd like her slave,-then as her cham

pion rose,

Though leagu'd in secret with her deadly foes.

Swoln with success, his brow was seen to low'r,

And his rude hand to grasp the rod of pow'r,

While with her thunders arm'd, her pomp array'd,

O'er her own head he shook his reeking blade.

Deep draughts of blood in secret cells he drains;

His ear finds music in the clank of chains; Forth to the rack the tortur'd form he leads,

Devouring flames with guiltless victims feeds,

With bolts and bars his wretched prey confines,

And holds in vassalage immortal minds. His lofty dome rose frowning on the shore,

Black as his sins, and mystic as his lore. When midnight wrapt the world in darkest shade,

The first accursed stone was hewn and laid,

Hell from beneath beheld the proud de

sign,

And let him treasures from her burning mine.

Deep in the cavern'd vaults with malice fraught,

Dire Cruelty and Superstition wrought;

prest,

The belt of iron bound the throbbing breast, The burden'd spirit sunk to rise no more, And Nature shudder'd at the load she bore.

Once as the monster with infernal sport Held the dark revels of his blood-stain'd court,

A heavenly ray with quick effulgence stream'd

Through those drear cells where light had never beam'd.

He heard the bursting bars, the captives free,

The breaking chains, the shouts of liberty; Saw through his grate a form of heavenly birth,

With seraph steps imprint the grateful earth;

In frantic rage his blood-shot eyes he roll'd

Internal pangs his changing features told; His champions fled-his guards forsook their place,

His horrid temple totter'd to its base; Its cleaving arch receiv'd the sweeping blast;

Its mould'ring columns fell in ruin vast. Down sunk the fiend with rage and mal

ice fir'd,

And in his fabric's pond'rous crash expir'd.

Hoarse moving thunders roar'd a mighty knell;

The glad earth shouted, as the prison fell; The pow'rs infernal join'd in one fell

moan,

And Satan trembled on his burning throne. On came the conqu'ring One;-no armed host,

Or martial trump, her silent footsteps buast;

And pave the entrance of the Prince of Life.

He to one fold his ransom'd flock shall draw,

The gather'd isles shall listen to his law, The warring nations fear th' avenging rod, Old Ethiopia stretch her arms to God, Peace with white wing the troubled globe invest,

The savage lion with the lambkin rest, The blinded eye the light of heaven receive,

The harden'd heart be touch'd, the infidel believe.

The skies shall sparkle, man to joy awake The new-rob'd earth the harp of gladness take;

Scas shout to seas-to mountains, mount. ains sing,

And Nature welcome her victorious King. A. H.

March 20, 1814.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

No. III. On the Sabbath, did not reach us in season for this number.

The lines On the Excellency of Christ, like most of the poetry which is offered to us, were written too hastily.

D. On the Misapplication of Scrip ture, has just come to hand. This will be a useful paper at some future time.

We have on band a large number of communications. Delays must of course be experienced, in regard to some of the papers, which will ultimately be published.

called the law of Moses, was in its nature limited and temporary, No other nation was ever bound

the Sabbath.

Ir obviously results from the divine appointment of the Sabbath in Paradise, that it must be obli. gatory upon the whole human family to the end of time; unless it can be made to appear, either, first, that the law respecting it has expired by its own limitations, or, secondly, that it has been formally repealed by God himself: These two being the only ways, in which any of his institutions can either be set aside, or lose the smallest degree of their original binding force. When men impiously presume to make void the law by their traditions, they do it at their peril. No human authority may ever interfere with the appointments of Jehovah. It would be infinitely less daring and absurd, for the meanest subject of the greatest earthly potentate to declare the fundamental laws of his empire null and void, than for man, who is a worm, to rise up against his Maker, and attempt to set aside his sacred institutions. The ceremonial law of the Jews, commonly VOL. X.

selves it was only a shadow of good things to come. When the Messiah, who was prefigured in its costly rites and ceremonies, came, it had begun to wax old and soon after vanished away.

Not so the law of the holy rest ordained in Paradise. It is a law of universal and perpetual obligation, for, first, it never can expire by its own limitations. The reason is, it contains no limitations The terms, in which it is promulgated, are general and indefinite. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work, which God created and made. Now if this solemn consecration of one seventh part of time imposed an obligation upon our first parents to keep that part of time holy, it obviously imposes the same obligation upon all their posterity; no intimation whatever being given, that the observance of the sacred institution was intended to be confined to a part of mankind, in the first ages, or to any limited period of time. The law, then, still remains in full force, and will SO remain

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