not be in danger of miftaking Paul for Mofes, nor Elijah for John the Baptift, fo neither will you miftake your fon for another; but in what ftate of improvement you will meet the departed innocent, whofe death you now fo heavily mourn, I cannot tell. Suffice it to fay, he will be in his measure, like Chrift his head. Come wipe away the tears from your eyes, indulge a chearful frame, rejoice in prefent good as well as in future expectation; you still have much in hand and more in hope, eternal life is before you, your gracious God has done nothing wrong, you yet have your comforts that ought to reconcile you to life and to the various duties of it. If Providence has taken one child, he has left another that claims your care, not to mention that your prefent fituation calls you to take care of your health. This affliction will, I truft, be a bleffing to you all your days. Whom our heavenly Father loves he chaftens, and fcourgeth every one, whom he receiveth among his firft-born children. The following verfes have fomething fuitable to your cafe and perhaps may tend to confole your heart. Come look with me beyond the veil, Nor let eternal profpects fail, To drink all forrow up. Our weary fouls fhall take their flight With an unclouded mind. There parted friends with rapture meet, There I my darling boy fhall greet, And clafp him in my arms. Child of forrow, care, and love, Each fhall with holy joy relate The wonders God hath done. We We fhall with full delight embrace, No more from God depart, But mercy view in Jefu's face, Univerfalift's Hymn Book, page 322. Perhaps you will fing this fong of Zion, and be no more fad. To conclude, I earnestly entreat you to pour out your foul before God. He heareth prayer, and heale h the broken in heart. He will teach you to rejoice in his name, and to fay concerning his conduct, He hath done all things well. I remain your fincere friend, June 19, 1798. and servant, in the Gospel of Chrift, W. V. Poetry. ODE ON THE NATIVITY. EARTH! jo'n with Heav'n, to fpread abroad, Who makes our groans and forrows ceafe, Mercy ftooping from the throne, Now to us a Son is giv'n, He will man from folly turn, Earth and hell reitore to Heav'n. He is born, our woes to heal, to foothe our cares, 1 Wonderful He! the firft-born Son of God! Wonderful love! unbounded, matchlefs grace! Who could conceive, to fave a loft rebellious race, Behold him in a manger laid! With beafts, behold his infant form! Here humbly shelters from the ftorm, Great Great Counsellor of Man! I hail the day! Makes the world thy goodness fee, The trumpet blow, and hail the happy morn All lonely, playful, mild, Heav'n's great Vicegerent! who shall reign Jehovah, ancreated God! Shall all to him subdue, I view the period haft'ning on, When all in heav'n, and earth, and hell, Shall hail as Father, David's Son! And with loud fongs his triumphs swell. Thou godlike Child! fhall wear bright wisdom's crown, Then all fhall fee, thy gen'rous care Is unremitting ev'ry where; United unto God like thee; Then fhall they boaft in thee a parent's name, And with loud shouts their father's praise proclaim. Hail, Son of Man! Hail, Son of God! I fee thy glories higher rife, Till hell fubdu'd beneath thy rod, Creation Creation to its God reftor'd, Rebellion fhall for ever cease, And thou be Prince of Univerfal Peace. But all fhall to thy voice attena, And all fhall own thy pow'r. Thy Father homage, thro' his Son, And ever worship him alone. MONTHLY OCCURRENCES. June 27. France, is 'adopting the moft vigo SEVERAL engagements have late-rous and decifive measures, and ad ly taken place in Ireland, in most of which the Rebels have been defeated, and General Munro, their principal leader, taken prisoner and executed. 28. Yefterday, the Earl of Befborough made a motion in the House of Lords, which was feconded by the Earl of Suffolk, to the following purport, That an humble addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, that he would take into confideration the prefent State of Ireland, and that when under Divine Providence the Rebellion fhall be fuppreffed, such a system of conciliation may be adopted as may beft tend to restore the bleffings of peace and good government, and alfo to implore his Majefty to employ thofe perfons in the adminiftration of affairs in Ireland, who enjoy the confidence of the people, and will infure to them the permanence of a juft and lenient fyftem of govern ment. The motion was negatived by the majority of 51 against 21. 30. Yefterday the King went to the House of Lords, and prorogued the parliament to the 8th of Auguft. July 3. dreffes from various parts of the country are daily prefented approv ing of them. Two bills have lately paffed the House of Representatives of great importance, one to authorife the Prefident to direct the commanders of the armed veffels to capture any French cruizers, who fhall be found hovering about the coafts of the United States to commit depredations; and also to retake any American merchantmen that may have been captured by fuch cruizers; the other is a bill to prohibit all commercial intercourfe between that country and any part of the French dominions, during the prefent differences between France and America. 4. The Weft India fleet confifting of upwards of 100 fail, under convoy of his Majesty's fhip Alfred of 74 guns, and other fhips of war, have fafely arrived in the Downs. 6. The French fleet under the command of Buonaparte, have taken poffeffion of Malta, a port of great importance in the Mediterranean. 9. The Courts of Vienna and Madrid are combining their inftances with the French Directory, for making an establishment for the Pope, By letters lately arrived from New fuitable to his dignity as head of the York, it appears the Spirit of Ame-Catholic church. rica is completely roufed. Her government irritated by the conduct of 12. The King of Spain has ac. quainted our government of his in tention 1 tention to fend a frigate and two other veffels to Leghorn, to bring the Pope from Tufcany to Spain, and has requested that these ships might not be molested by our crui zers. Our government has taken the earliest opportunity to inform Lord St. Vincent of its compliance with this request, and has ordered the Admiral to render his Holiness all the honours due to his rank, and his misfortunes, which he has borne with the utmost fortitude. 14. By the last advices from the East Indies, it appears, great fears are entertained of a rupture with Tippoo Saib, aided by a French force. Several regiments are order- | ed to that part of the world, from the Cape of Good Hope and Gibraltar, to meet the expected danger. | rapid progrefs in the Danish domini ons. Political clubs have been formé ed at Bergen in Norway, and political pamphlets of extraordinary boldnefs have lately appeared at Copenhagen. Among these, the work of Mr. Bickner on the Liberty of the Prefs, is peculiarly diftinguifhed, and has made a great impreffion. 23. Peter Porcupine, the American, has lately published an accouut of a fecret fociety of United Irishmen in the American States, whose object he has difcovered to be the fubverfion of the American Conftitution, and the introduction of anarchy and infidelity. Their oath is to promote Liberty and Equality' in whatever nation they may rende. 25. The mail from Dublin of the 16. The French frigate La Seine,20th, gives no reason to fuppofe that - of 42 guns, has been captured off the coast of France, after a most ob ftinate refiftance. 18. Some fears are entertained of a fresh rupture on the Continent, in confequence of the very unexpected and degrading demands made by the French on the German Princes at the Congress of Rastadt. The population of Dantzig in Poland, has within the laft thirty years fallen from 80,000 to 40,000 inhabitants, and that of Warfaw from 120,000 to 66,000, in the fame period. Such are the benefits which the paternal kindnefs of the Royal Spoilers of Poland has conferred upon their new fubjects. It is thus they have guarded property and focial order in that kingdom, from the fangs of Jacobiniẩm. 20. The predominant political fpirit of the age, appears to make a a rebel army now exifts. We have accounts of the attacks of small ftraggling parties, the remnants of a difperfed and difpirited confederacy, but we hear no more of a body, like a regular and numerous army. The infurgents after retreating from Wicklow, into the Bog of Ailen, made a defperate effort to reach the north, and in their way they were routed and difperfed, fince which they have not been able to make head. Their approach towards the North, has thrown that part of the country into great confufion, and it is probable their prefence may occasion another revolt. But the amnesty which is intended to be granted, together with the ftrong military force, are expected to restore tranquility in a very fhort time. CORRESPONDENCE. If G. Waller, or any other Calvinift, will ufe foft words, and hard arguments, they fhall have full liberty in our Miscellany; as we are får "from fhunning the clofeft investigation of our fentiments. We invite them to come forward. |