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J UOM THE BOSTON CF.NTINEI,.
* How fresh in Spring the morning breeze.
Ho* fresh in Spring the morning breeze,
\V hat fragrance fills the air,
How fraught with life each passing gale
Where buds all burnished are.
Cut then to think what lips have drawn
With tUine this balmy air ;
And then torhink those loving lips
Are breathing sweetly—Where!
To pluck the flower that you were want
To wreathe for beauty’s brow,
To see it fresh, and then to think
What wraps that beauty now.
To know the warmth of woman's heart
When fr endship fills her breast.
And know each pulse where *hou hadst part.
.Now dull in death doth rest;
To know the warmth of woman’s love,
And yet to live to see
There’s not an eye among the throng
But coldly turns on thee ;
The thought in youth and spring’s bright hour
Will come, like sudden hi eeze,
On ocean’s smooth and sunny breast,
That roughens all the seas.
A moment since the mirror there
Was deeply bright and blue ;
But now like youthful grief, wesee
It wears a varying hue.
IIow dark and rough and troubled all
As brisker breezes rise;
How white with clouds, and griefs wan check;
Now’ gilt by glowing skies. OROLIO.
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
THE OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY.
There is, in all the works of Mr. Montgomery,
a deep religious feeling—an anxiety to make his
genius subservient, at all times, to the most moral
purposes. No man can rise from the perusal of
his poctiv, without having received lessons cal
culated to make him a better Christian. It is a
blessing when genius is-so directed, and when the
tnind, which Providence has so favoured, feels it
to he its duty to prove its gratitude to its Creator,
by inculcating the precept of piety and virtue iu
the minds of his creatures.
We extract the opening of his poem, just pub
lished, upon the Omnipresence of the Dcity.lt
is in the suldimcst of poetry ;
1 Thou UxCREATt, tfffSEEN, Mid. UNDEFINED,
Source of all life, and fountain of the mind;
Pervading Spirit, whom no eye can trace.
Felt thro’ all time, and working in all space-
imagination cannot paint that spot,
Around, above, beneath, where Thou a -t not!
• Before the glad stars hymn’d to new-born Ea rth,
Cr young Creation revell’d in its birth.
Thy Spirit moved upon the pregnant deep,
Unchain’d the waveless waters from their sleep,
Bade Time's Majestic wings to be unfurl’d,
And out of Darkness drew the breathing World !
■* Ere matter form’d at thy creative tone,
Thou wert Omnific, Endless, and Alone ;
In thine own Essence, all that was to be—
Sublime, unfathomable Ocity!
Thou said’st—and lo ! an universe was born,
And light flashed from Thee, for its birth-day
morn!’
A world unshrouded, all its beauty now!
The youthful mountain rear’d its haughty brow,
FIow’m, fruits, and trees, felt instantaneous life,
And Ocean chafed her billows into strife!
And next, triumphant o’er the green clad earth,
The universal sun burst into birth,
And dash’d from off his altitude sublime,
The first dread ray that mark’d commencing
time.
Last rose the moon—and the array of stars
Wheel’d round the heavens upon their burning
cars!
But all was silent as a world of dead,
fill the great Deep her living sm arms outspread '
Forth from her teaming bosom, sudden came
lmmingied monsters—mighty without name!
Then plumy tribes, wing’d into being there,
And played their glearay pinions on the air—
Till, thick as dews upon a twilight green,
Earth’s living creatures rose upon the scene!
And now the gorgeous universe was rite,
Full, fresh, and glowing withjreated life !
And when th’ Eternal, fromfl.is starry height,
Beheld the young world baiting in his light,
And breathing incense of <*ep gratitude—
He bless’d it, for his mercy made it good !
Creation’s master-piece ! a breath of God,
Ray of liis glory, quicken’d at His nod,
Immortal man came next—divinely grand,
Glorious and perfect from his Maker’s hand;
Last—softly beautiful as Music’s close,
Angelic woman into being rose!
And thus, Thou w ert, and art, the fountain soul,
And count'ess worlds around thee live and roll;
In sun nnd shade, in ocean, and in air,
DilFrent, though never lessen’d—every where ;
AH life and motion from Thy source began,
From worlds to atoms, angels, down to man !
A WINTER SCENE.
The shortness of the days—the cold,
rugged aspect of the clouds—dhe oblique,
pale light of the sun, and certain other in
variable indications, proclaim that hoary
winter, the old age of the seasons, with
chilled features and white locks, is at (he
door. Nature has laid down her gaudy
covering, and sleeps the sleep of death.—
il some strangers to the order of nature
had looked out upon the face of the vege
table world, during the three past months,
his conclusions must have been most mel
ancholy. For any tiling he could see, he
must suppose that the great Maker of the
beautiful creation had abhorred bis woik
and breathed a pestilence over its loveli
ness : A solemn apprehension would have
filled his mind while lie comemplated the
sure approaches of fate ; alike terrible to
i every plant and flower on the green
t earth, an unseen visitation had happened
j to all; and with one Consent, while the
earth was yet temperate and moist beneath
them they had suddenly departed. No
philosophy, independent of experience,
could have accounted for this strange
change, or have foretold a resurrection of
these blighted landscapes.
These scenes, which would have so
solemnly arrested the attention of
the stranger, are so common to us that
their sweet, moral influence is generally
lost and the loud, admonitory preaching
of the seasons unregarded. This change
of seasons has an important meaning in
. the economy of nature. It may not bear
| sufficient strengtii of analogy to reach the
resurrection of the body; yet it should
cry in our ears of dealt), judgment, and
eternity.
The mind that has gathered no solemn
reflections irom the falling leaves, cun
scarcely hope to enjoy the sublime plea
sures of winter. In '-he northern ana
mountainous parts of our country, where
heavy snows occasionally fall, the winter
sceneiy possesses an unearthly enchant
ment, the pure whiteness of the snow that
“ You are severe.”
“ You say you have come a great dis
tance for the express purpose of seeing me
as you would go to see a Bear, an Ele
phant, or a Hottentot Venus I”
“ Yes.”
“ Now, sir, comply with the terms—
fifty cents a sight.”
“Indeed! Well, there.” (Gives him
the money.)
“ Stay, sir, take hack twenty-five cents;
children half price!”
“ Again ! Why you show no mercy to
one whe is anxious to serve you.”
“ To serve me ? Then unite your for
tunes with mine. Every wild beast that
is exhibited in this city, is accompanied
with a monkey.”
The stranger finding the poet “ too
much for him,” as the pugilists sav, and
perceiving that he was no more deficient
in feeling than in wit and talents, begged
his pardon for having so rudely intruded
upon his meditations, and was retiring,
when the poet returned the rest ot his mo
ney, and taking him by the hand, assured
him, that as impudence and ignorance are
always united, he could very safely par
don his presumption.—[AT. Y. Spec.
FROM THE ALBION.
STOP HIM WHO CAN.
“ There is no subject upon which
Jack’s exuberance of talk fails him; nor
do I think (hat he requires a subject at all.
It is is like a stage coach that rattles on
empty or full. Yet, Jack, though a nui
sance, is not absolutely insufferable;
where you grow accustomed to his garru
lity, it becomes like one of those noises
in your vicinage—that of a mill, for in
PROPOSALS,
F OR publishing in the City of Richmond, a
new weekly paper, to be styled THE
FRIEND OF THE UNION; to be conducted
by Oliver Oldschool: designed for extensive cir
culation among the People, and to cherish a
predominant attachment to the Union ot the
States, as the only bond of freedom, happiness,
and security. ;
EDITOR’S ADDRESS.
The proposition to establish a news-paper in
(he City of Richmond, where there are already
two respectable and talented prints, requires ex
planation. The Editor is solemnly impressed
with the opinion that a crisis has arrived, or is
fast approaching in this country, when the
strength of its institutions will be tried. It is vi
tally important that the great body of the people
should be enlightened ; and in aid of that object,
it is expedient that a cheap vehicle of information
should be established at the Metropolis of this
State, accessible to all who feel an interest in
political concerns. A weekly paper can be afford
ed by almost every reading man in community.
It will record all passing events deserving notice,
and vill sufficiently abound iu original views of
public men and measures, to enable its readers
to form a decided and impartial judgment. Its
title sufficiently indicates the predominant feel
ings of the Editor. He considers the Union in
danger, and is desirous to lend his humble efforts
to inspire a general conviction of the great bles-
| sings which it confers. Doctrines have been ad-
j vocated in the Southern portion of the United
I States, including Virginia, which if not manful-
h met and exposed, will sooner or later end in
subverting the fairest political fabric which heav
en ever vouchsafed to man. The idea has gone
forth, proclaimed in some instances by Legisla
tive authority, that each individual Slate posses
sed an inherent right to decide for itself, on all
vio!ations of the federal compact, and to with
hold at pleasure its allegiance to the Supreme law.
The death knell of the Republic is already rung,
unless this mischievous heresy, shall be at onct
strangled by the people themselves. The true
orgin and character of the Federal Constitution
must be spiead before them ; the extent of their
obligations, both to the National and State Go
vernments, must be explained : and the solemn
warnings or the best patriots whom America has
. ... , i | produced, (WASHINGTON at their head,) must
stance—to which you become reconciled, ; . v. . .. . . , , y. , .
. .. ’i be invoked to stay the destroying hand which is
because you know you cant stop it. Norj at wor ii. — —
is it a necessajy condition on your part,
that you should attend to him. Ailow
him to talk, and n -ibing more is requisite
to the contract. But, as to mere quantity
I never before witnessed loquacity that
covers the earth to a great depth, itnd j equaji^j jt, Jedediah Buxton, who reck
oned all the lines spoken by Garrick, in
Hamlet, then divided them into words,
and then again into syllables and let
ters, would have given up Jack, in des
pair. As to the French philosopher
who held that our lives were shortened by
every word we utter—had his theory been
sound, Jack would never have reached
manhood. I travelled with him once in
a stage-coach ; it was diverting beynd all
measure, to see the unavailing efforts of
the other travellers to get in a word ; and
the coacman told me that, upon one oc
casion, when Jack was the only inside
passenger, he happened to open the door,
and found Jack talking at his accustomed
rate, without a single hearer! Happy
Jack !”
It will be seen by the following Alphabet, that
the new English Premier has had hits to endure-
ALPHABET,
For the use of his Grace, the Duke of Wellington,
Marquess Douro, Marquess and Earl of Wel
lington, kc.; First Lord Commissioner of his Ma
jesty’s Treasury, Field Marshall in the army,
Colonel of tha Royal Regiment of Horse guards,
Colonel in Chief of Rifle Brigade, Governor of
Plymouth, and Lord Lieutenant and CustosRo-
tulorum Cwunty Southampton ; Prince of Water
loo ; Duke of Ciupad Rodrigo, Duke of Vittoria,
and a Grandee of Spaiu of the First class ; Mar
quess of Torres Vedras. Count of Viroeira in
Portugal, K.G., K.A., B.E., C.S., E., F.M., G.F.,
M.J., M.T., S., St. E., St. G., T.S., and W.,D
C.L.
“ The schoolmaster is abroad with his primer."
Mr. Brougham.
[From the Examiner.']
A is our “ ancient Ally” the Great Turk;
B is the bigotry good for our work.
C is the Church whose tithes we defend;
D is the Darkness befitting our end.
E is the Enlightenment which we so hate,
F is the Falsehood much used in the State,
G are the Grants for new churches and steeple,
H is the Hunger that pinches the people.
I stands for Ignorance—bless’d be the name !
J for the Jabber we spead without shame.
K is the Knowledge—Man’s fall in the Bible !
L is the Lawthat restrains it as libel.
M stands for Manchester, Murder and Massacre,
V Navarino and party tracasserie.
1 is the cry of atax-ridden nation,
? arejthe Pensions that go with high station.
J are the Questions we smotherwith “Not!’,
t the revenue, that’s rather so so.
" 5 is the State merely made for our prefit,
T the Taxation the people get of it.
U is the Union of knaves and dupes
V is the Vermin of time-serving troops:
' the next is a letter of paw-paw report,
X is the Premier that crossed it at Court!
V stands for Yeas which all reason o’erwhelm,
Z isthe Zany who sits at the helm.
which lias fallen so quietly that it has
loaded the branches of every tree and
shrub, increasing them to euormous di
mensions, is equalled only by the fantas
tic shapes of its drapery. The wilderness
is strange and wild with this hoary magnifi
cence, and the solitary man who travels
through the forest, nt this season, shut out
from the familiar scenes of nature, may
well think himself alone with his God.
It was near the close of one of these
storms that deposit such a volume of
snow on the earth, that a middle aged
man, in one of the southern counties of
Vermont seated himself at a large fire in a
log house. He was crossing the Green
Mountains from the western to the eastera
side ; he had stopped at the only dwelling
of man in a distance of more than twenty
miles, being the wid'h of the parallel ran
ges of gloom}' mountains ; he was deter
mined to reach this dwelling on the east
ern side that day. In reply to a kind in
vitation to tarry in ’he house and not dare
the horrors of the increasing storm, he de
clared that he would “o, and that the Al
mighty was not able to prevent him.
*#### #####
IIis words were heard above-the howl
ing of the tempest. Ha travelled from
the mountain valley where he had rested
over one ridge, and one more intervened
between him and his family. The la
bour of walking in that deep snow must
have been great, as its depth became
near the statute of a man, yot he kept on
and had arrived within a few yards of the
last summit, from whence he could have
looked down upon his dwelling. He was
near a large tree, parity supported by its
trunk; his body bent forward, and his
ghasttv intent features told the stubborn
ness of his purpose to overpass that little
eminence. The Almighty had prevented
him; the currents of his life blood were
frozen. For more than thirty years that
tree has stood by the solitary road, scored
to the branches with names, letters and
Why is a gardner the most extraordina
ry man in the world l
Because, no man has more business up
on Earth.
And he always chooses good Grounds
for what he does;
He commands his Thyme, and is Mas
ter of the Mint.
He fingeis Penny Royal, and raises
his Cellcry every year.
And it is a bad year indeed that does
not bring a Plum.
He meets witji more Boughs than a
Minister of State.
He makes more beds than are in the
French King’s Palace. •
And lie has in them more Painted La
dies too.
He makes Raking his business, and not
a Diversion, as many other Gentlemen
do.
He finds it advantageous to liis health,
and Fortune, whichfew rakes can boast.
His wife has enough of Lad's Love and
Heart's Ease, and never wishes for
Weeds.
Distempers fatal to others never hurt
him;
He walks the better for the Gravel,
hieroglypbicks of death to warn the travel- ; anf ] thrives most in a Consumption.
ler that he trod over a spot of fearful in
terest.—Zion's Herald.
ORIGINAL REPARTEE.
\ certain poet, who has written some
of the best Stanzas, and s*me of the worst
lines of an American bard, and who, for
some particular eccentricities, (but which
he has at length thrown aside,) has been
reputed mad, being, some time since in
the Assembly Room, at the City Hotel,
was interrupted in his “ dreams of fiction”
by a stranger, who thus accosted him :
“ Is your name C e ?”
“ C e, sir, is my name.”
“ I have come a great distance, sir, for
the express purpose of seeing you.”
“ Indeed ! Aud do you consider your
self amply remunerated for the fatigue of
a long journey, by a view of my delecta
ble person I”
“ Yes—you are a strange looking crea
ture. I have heard much of you. Some
people say you are mad; and I have
heard a number ofladies assert that if you
paid proper attention to your dress, you
would be a very pretty mao.”
“ A pretty man! Now, by Heaven,
sir, I consider that one of the most rascal
ly compliments they could have paid me.
A pretty man, sir, (like yourself, for in
stance,) is in my opinion, one of the most
contemptible objects that ever came from
the manufactory of heaveu V'
Why so, sir I”
“ Because, sir, the epithet implies the
absence of all that is manly.—They might
as well apply the term to the Ocean in a
storm, an eruption of Mount ./Etna, or the
Falls of Niagara.”
“ Well, you are really a strange fellow,
and in my opinion, a greater knave than
fool.”
“ Do you think so, sir ? I really Wish
that I could reciprocate the compliment.
But I am certain that no trait in your
character will bear any comparison with
your silly.tess, which, like Aaron’s rod,
or Pharoalt’s lean kine, swallows up all
the rest.”
His greatest Pride and the World’s
greatest wonder is, that he can have Yew
•when he pleases.
The Editor sincerely entertains the
belief, that without some revolution in the public
mind, the deference for the Union will be daily
lessened by the efforts of either designing or mis
taken men ; and that the Confederacy will
ultimately become a mere “rope of sand.’’—
He thinks that the much talked of evil of consoli
dation is a mere bugbear, and that the real vice
of our Institutions consists in a constant proneness
towaids anarchy and dismemberment. Consoli
dation, in the sense generally understood by
heated politicans, involving a prostration of the
State sovereignties, and a usurpation of all pow
ers in the Federal head, is in itself utterly impos
sible. If great minds have sometimes indulged
the chimera, they serve only to shew how the
brightest reason can be eclipsed by the power of
prejudice. A Republic like ours, constantly en
larging the sphere of its action,—the number of
its constituent parts,—its power, population and
resources,—must inevitably crumble into pieces
by its own size and weight, if not held together
by a strong common band, and by n poweiful
Central Authority. A fair and liberal interpre
tation of Federal rights, is therefore essential to
our very existence as a Nation; and if the strict
and literal construction, so much insisted upon,
should finally prevail, our Government must ine
vitably dissolve by its own weakness.
With respect to thepresent contest for the Presi
dential Chair,reduced as it is to a choicebetween
t io competitors,—the Editor does not hesitate to
express his preference for the present incumbent.
Without foreboding any immediate ill conse
quences from the elevation of Gen. Jackson, he
believes that the precedent of electing a man sole
ly for military merit, will exercise a mischievous
influence in after times. He believes also, that
the spirit in which thepresent opposition origina
ted,—an opposition concerted and organized at
the moment of Mr. Adams’ election,—is in itself
not only highly unfriendly, but—apart from
these considerations, the Editor considers the
question of p i sonal preference, wholly insignifi
cant- The Government, if administered in its
vhole constitutional vigor, would be safer, even
in the hands of a “.Military Chieftain,” than if
guided by a timid and irresolute Statesman.
)t will be the aim and object of this paper to
illustrate the true spirit of our institutions,—to go
back to the days of Washington, and to gather
the rich fruits of that great and good man’s ex
perience. to be spread before the present gener
ation Without admitting that unlimited refer
ence is due to any man, it may be safely affirmed,
that Waslvngton, more than any other benefac
tor of the human race, stands pre-eminent for ex
alted wisdom.—d- votion to liberty, and unrival
led public virtue. A model of such surpassing
excellence, ought to be continually presented to
the imitation of his countrjmien ; and it may be
truly said, that when his name and services are
forgotten. America will not have verged to the
very brink, but will have actually descended in
to the deepest abyss of moral and political degen
eracy.
Next to a right understanding of the true theo
ry and practice of our institutions,—the Editor
believes, that their duration is materially depend
ant upon the due enforcement and general popu
larity of what is called the American System.—
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by judicious encouragement and protection, is
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Richmond, (I’d-) March 14.
- NOTICE.
F OUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Conn
of Richmond County, for leave to sell Lot No
274, 8th district of the County of Carroll, bein»
the real estate of William B. Fox, dec. for t t
benefit of the Heirs and Creditors of said dec
ANN FOX, Adm'x
Jan 31 77 w9m
THE CASKET,
OR
Flowers of Literature, Wit and Sentiment,
EMBELLISHED WITH SPLENDID ENCRAVINGS.
T HF patronage that has already been extend
ed to the Casket, has not only exceeded
our most sanguine expectations, but, if we mis
take not, is unprecedented in the annals of
monthly liteiafure. This success has induced us
to give the work a more attractive form for the
present year, as well in its literary department,
as well as in its decorations and typographCal,
arrangements. A new font of type has beeu pro
cured, upon which it is printed ; the size and
number of the pages are to be considerably ex
tended and they are also enlarged, and paper
superior to that formerly used, is employed in its
publication ; meantime, that every department
may exhibit a corresponding degree of improve
ment, arrangements having been entered into
with artists, for various decorations and orna
ments. The usual number of copper-plates will
he found, and it is proposed to furnish each num
ber with two wood engravings, instead of one, as
heretofore. The wood engravings representing f "‘ the work‘of’Dr" Watts"-
Administrator’s Sale.
W ILL be sold, before the store of G. Abel!
&. Co. on Tuesday, the 8th of April next
i sundry articles of Clothing, three Watches, a lot
of Blacksmith’s Tools, an elegant sett of Gig
Harness. &.c. belonging to tbe estate of Joseph
Tuttle, dec.—Terms made known on the dav 0 t
sale.
LUTHER ROLL. Administrator
March 3 86 4t
The finest Hymn Book extant
WATTS & RIPPON,
A LARGER SIZE.
D AVID CLARK, encouraged by the favora
ble reception of his improved edition o f
Watts’ Si Rippon’s Hymn Book, has determined
to publish the same work in a much larger form
suitable for use in pulpits, pews, and families.—
The newly arranged indexes of subjects and first
lines will be introduced, and the same method
of numbering observed, by which the small and
larger books may be used at the same time with
perfect ease. The size will be octavo, with four
Copperplate Engravings, printed on a largr
English letter, procured for the special purpose.
The paper will be of the best quality, and the
binding done in a superior manner.
It will be remembered that the Psalms and
Hymns of Dr. Watts were first arranged under
appropriate heads, and the deficiencies supplied
by Dr. Rippon.and that his selection was intend
one that he has heartilv approved since the war
Cardinal Mazarin, when prime minister ofl812 ’ and he unhesitatingly thinks, that the
once said—“ I will create so many dukes
that it shall be a disgrace either to be or
not to be one of the numbe.” Jc ferai
tant de dues, qu'il sera bonteuz de I'ctrc, et
hontoux de ne I'etrc pas. So many hoti
er ables are created in our American news
papers that something like Mazarin’s re
mark might be applied to this case, as
well as to that of Esquires.—[A r a.t Gaz,
Indian Sarcasm.—Truths are apt to
become hackneyed; and perhaps it is for
this reason, that the dishonesty of lawyers,
and the vanity of woman, have long been
considered subjects loo trite for the exer
cise of legitimate wit. The following re
ply of an old Penobscott Chief has, how
ever, the charm of native about it. I saw
him in company with a fine looking ne
phew, whose gaudy trapping contrasted
strongly with the ragged and rusty apparel
of his uncle. “ Y v by don’t yon wear rib
bons and beads ?” said I. “ Me ” exclami-
ed the astonished old man. “What for
me wear ribbons and beads ? Me no want
to catch 'em Squaw.
An Irish gentleman lately fought a duel
with his intimate friend, because he jo
cosely asserted that he was born without a
shirt on his back. About as rational as du
els in general.
Dr. Jackson, in his work on Fever,
pronounces that the web of the spider pre
vents the recurrence of febrile paroxysms
more effectually than bark or arsenic, or
any other remedy employed for that pur
pose. It is administered in pills. The
web should be that of the black spider,
found in cellars and dark and damp places.
JOB PRINTING,
Neatly executed at this Office.
preservation of the union, mainly rests upon
such a system of National Internal Improvement
as shall knit together the great cardinal divisions
of the Empire in one common bond of interest.
Upon the subject of Manufactures, it it obvious,
that the scales of prejudice are fast falling from
the eyes of our citizens. Theit interests are too
important to be sacrificed to a few favorite max
ims in political economy ; and even those who
have heretofore espoused the theories of Adam
Smith, against the common sense of mankind,
are becoming ashamed of theii errors, and are
willin g to embrace the truth.
As the basis of all sound politics, the editor is a
rigid advocate for both public and private vir
tues. If there is one truth under Heaven, which
defies contradiction, it is, that morality and intel
ligence are essential to freeiiom. Make but a
people ignorant and vicious, and you make them
slaves. In the lauguage of our Bill of Rights,
“No free Government or the blessings of liberty,
can be preserved to any people, but by a firm ad
herence tojustice, moderation temperance, fru
gality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to
fundamental principles ”
In reference to himself, the Editor offers a few
words of explanation. He has chosen a fictitious
name, with no desire to shrink from personal res
ponsibility. Truth and argument are the same,
whether they proceed from a known or conceal
ed source ; and as he intends that nothing perso
nal or vindictive shall ever defile his columns, he
is aware of no obligation to appear before the
public in his individual character. He wishes his
merits as a public iDstructer. to stand or fall by
their own weight, and neither to derive aid nor in
jury, from his own humbie name. As due pre
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R F. COMME ND ATIOX S.
/ hiladclphia, Sept. 15 1827.
The well and universally appreciated excel
lence of Dr. Watts’ Psalms and Hymns, and the
judicious and spiritual appendix to his work by
Dr. Rippon are such, as in proportion tu they
arc know, must render recommendation imm-
cessarv. I have seen Mr. Clark’s (fust) edition
ot tile volume. Its execution is neat, and the
price reasonable. 1 hope lie will receive encour
agement from tbe churches, in addition to v. hat
lie lias already accomplished, to issue a copy
with a yet larger type.
WM. STAUGIITON.
The Subscribers, being apprized of Mr. David
Clark’s intention to publish another edition of
tiie excellent Hymn Hooks of Watts k Rippon to
gether, with a much larger type than the first, do
most heartily wish him success, and recommend’
it to all tiie Baptist Churches throughout the
country; believing it to be the Lest book of
Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs in use among
Christians. The larger book is very necessary
and desirable for public and family worship, and
particularly to those whose eye sight is too weak
to read a small type with ease. Judging from
the superior execution of liis firsl improved edi
tion of the work, we have no doubt but that the
larger books will also be made in tiie best man
lier, and meet the wishes of many who have long
regretted the want of a larger impression of this
most valuable publication.
Mr. Clark’s new arrangement of the indexes
and method of numbering the hymns, is a great
improvement, while it does not hinder the use of
it in conjunction with any other editions of tiie
books.bound either together or separately.
W. T. BRANTLY,
Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia
ELISHA CUSHMAN,
Pastor of the New Market Street Baptist Church,
Philladr.lphia.
JOSEPH H.KENNARD,
Pastor of the Baptist Church, Blackley
NOAH DAVIS,
Agent of the Baptist Gen'l. Tract Soc'ty Phil
Mr- Clark’s former edition of Watts fc Rippon
was executed in the best style- We rejoice that
bis success has encouraged him to publish an oc
tavo edition of the same work, and confidently
expect that he will offer to the public as he de
signs, the finest Hymn Book extant. For a book
of the proposed size and stile of execution, the
price must be considered reasonable, We wish
him the success which he well deserves.
JOHN L. DAGG,
Pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church, Philadelyhia•
THOMAS J. KITTS,
Pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Philadelphia
WILLIAM E. ASHTON,
Pastor of the Third Baptist Church Philadelphia.
DAVID JONES,
Pastor of the Lower Dublin Baptist Church, Pa-
Nets York, Dec 15, 1827.
Mr. Clark,
Sir,—It has afforded us great pleasure to leam
that you intend goon to publish an octavo edition
of Dr. Watts’ Psalms and Hymns as arranged
by Dr. Rippon, together with Dr. Rippon’s se
lection. Such a Hymn Book, if well executed,
and reasonable as to price, cannot fail to receive
a very extensive circulation, as it is believed that
the Churches of Christ in Ameica have long felt
the inadequacy of Dr. Watts’ Psalms and Hymns,
to all the purposes of divine worship.
Respectfully, Yours, kc.
CHARLES G. SOMMERS.
Pastor of the South Baptist Church, New Yarn
SPENCER H. CONE,
Pastor of the Oliver st. Baptist Church, New York.
AARON PERKINS.
Pastor of the Beriah Baptist Church, iVetf York.
ARCHIBALD MACLAY,
Pastor of the Babtist Church, Mulberry st. N. Y