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MISSIONARY,
ADDRESS
t?f the Rev. John S'iimmfrfifxd,
To the Young Men’s Missionary Society, Auxib
iary to the Missionary Society of the Methodist
EpifeCO pal Church.
Marseille?, [Frasct..] Feb. 20, 1823.
My Dear Brethren— Yon are Too we ac
quainted svith Ihe circumstance* which pre
sent ray filling the chair upon this pleasur
able occasion, to require that I should dwell
upon them; indeed il would he irrelative
to those important objects which have as
eeraided you together; not private sympa
thies bnt the pnhltek will be your pres*
vtil theme; on this 1 realize my full share
of joy with you, for although in a far distant
land, and that a land of strangers, my affec
tion? point to those “ whom I love in truth,
nod with whom I glory to be in any wise
associated in carrying an the cause of our
common Lord!
L'poo the occasion of an anniversary like
yours, exhortation to renewed zeal might
he deemed impertinent; the pulse of every
heart beats 100 high on such an occasion to
any decay in yout future exer
tions. This is rather a season of congralu
lation and rejoicing, and in commencing an
other year of labour and reward, 1 devout
ly implore for you a continuance of that
grace, which has enabled von to remain
“steadfast, immoveable, njjgays abounding
m the work of the Lord!”
-In common with all who love Ihe inter
ests of the Redeemer’s Kingdom. I rejoice
at witnessing Ihe increase ol Missionary
zeal, and Missionary means, which Ihe past
year lays open, not only in your auxiliary
and its parent Society, but among oilier de
nominations of the Christian Church; in
this “you also joy and rejoice, with me,”
for ** whether Paul, Apollo*, or Cephas, all
are ours!”—so that in whatever part of the
viheyard the work is wrought, we view it
“not as the woik of man, but as it is in
truth the work of God; for “ neither is he
that planteth atiy thing, neither ho that
watereth, it is God that giveth the in
crease!” YYe may collect Isom different
funds, but we bring o the same Exchequer;
and have no greater joy than in the accu
mulation of the Revenue of that relative
glory of the Divine character, which re
dound.- from the salvation of men, “ through
Christ Jesu®, unto the glory and praise of
God the Father!”
Bui abstracting: from general views of the
mighty work of missions, I regard the
branch to which you are attached with pe
culinr pleasure on this occasion. You
know that from the beginning of our exis
fence in the religious world, Mpthi'di-m has
always been a “history of missionsits
venerable founder, considering that ihis was
the first character of the Christian Church,
ami believing it would he the last, evpn at
that day, when “ many shall run to and t><.
and knowledge be increased,” wisely insti
lut'd a ministry which should be a standing
monument of what God could do by ibi*
U &...I ib hut haa find wrninrhl
Some there are, whom the frost of many
winters has not chilled to death, to whom
our Father's word mr.v still he spoken,
11 Saw ye nol the cloud arhe—
“ Little as a human hand !
Its present state zve ourselves have lived
lo see;
11 Now it spread* along the skies—
“ Ilanga o’er all the thirsty land !
“ When He first tl*e work begun
** Small and feeble was His day ;
M AW the Word doth swiftly run,
“AW it wins its widening way 1
“ More and more it spreads and grows;
“ Ever mighty to prevail,
••Sin’s strongholds it nowo’erthrowi,
“ Shakes the trembling gates of hell!’’
Indeed there are seasons wherein the
overwhelming influence of these reflections
so rests upon the mind, that unless we heard
the waroiug voice, “ what doest thou here
Elijah?” we should stand at the base of
this mighty structure, ad wholly spend our
time for naught, in admiring the symmetry
nnd proportion of all it-* parts, beholding
“ what manner of e<ones and buildings are
here!” But thus warned, we too “arise
and build!” Thus “instead of the fathers
are the children, and the childrens'’ children
shall yet add thereto, till the top stone be
raised, shouting grace, grace, unto il!”
My dear brethren, if there is a scene
within the universe of God, calculated to
lifi our miod* to heaven; if there
Calculated to bring down the heavenly host
to earth, it is that which poriraya in anti
cipation the fin* triumph of the “Gospel
of the grace of Godyes, the Gospel must
ultimately and universally triumph! Well
we may exclaim, what an object is thw! It
is the fairest scene that the pencil of heav
en, dipt in the colours of its own rainbow,
can delineate; ttnderen the great voice is
suing from the eternal throne, can utter
rrothiog more exhiliratingand sublime than
the consummation of this event, “'Behold
the tabernacle of God is with men!” Yes,
tty brethren,
“ Jtfu* shall reign where'er the sun
•“-Does bis successive courses run.”
The glow which pervaded the Apostle’s
mighty mind, -did not cause his pen to ab
♦ rrale; the spirit of inspiration sat upon
him when he declared that Jesus “murf
reign till he hath pul all enemies under his
feet!” That day will coined Do ire expect
the number who shall grace hi*
Igraipph ? Do we hum with sersvphick ar
dour to he among his train, “ when heshall
he revealed from heaven with power and
great glory ?” Then l, gird up the loins of
your mind, he sober, and hope to the end,
fur grace (hat i to be brought unto you at
ttie revelation f Jesus Christ l” Wherefore
comfort one another with these words,”
J'or truly ’tjs with the same comfort where
n ith | am comforted of God I
Yon, mv dear brethren of this auxiliary,
oho are the manager* of its concern*, 1
y>ail ‘.—A am also one of you. “ I write un
fit you, young men, because ye are atpong,
*,d the word of Gotl abideth iti you.” Ear*
Ily separated from the world, and ardehtly
i employed fit seeking the tnterests ol “ a
better country, that is a heavenly, God is
not ashamed to be called your God, for be
has prepared for you a city.’ “Walk
therefore by the same rule, mind the same
thing.” “ Love nol the world, neither the
things that are in the world.” “ S cl your
affections on things above, and not on things
upon the earth!” Soon you shall h pr
sounded, “ because thou ha* beiui lailhlul
over a few things, I will make thee ruler
over many things; enter thou into the joy
of thy Lord!” j
The friends and subscribers of this auxil- j
jury are entitled lo your thanks ; they have
merited them well; by means of the nu
merous little streams which have been di
rected to our reservoir by the friends of
missions, our “ water pots” it not always
full, have never become dry; on this occa
sion, however, yon look lo have them “ fil
led even to the briui;” and may He who
can convert our base material to subserve
His glorious purposes ot saving men, “draw
forth” therefrom that “ wine of the king
dom which cheers the heart of God and
man!”
I remain, my dear brethren, your lellow
labourer and servant,
J SUMMERFIELD.
Gamb : . j, Western Africa.
The Society lor benefiting the inhabitants
of this river, are cultivating a knowledge ol
the chief languages, with reference to the
establishment ot school? and the introduc
tion of the Scripture* in that pi ice. A Mr.
Singleton, from the Society oi Friends, has
made a visit to that coast, under their pat
ronage. At St. Mary’s, an island at the
mouth of Ihe Gambia, the Wesleyan Mis
sionary Society have erected a place for
publick worship. The Missionaries here
are endeavouring to acquire the Jaloof and
Mandingo languanges. Ch. Watch.
OBJECTION TO MISSIONS.
At a meeting for the formation of a miss
ionary association, at Beckenham, one of
the speakers"said, “It was observed to me,
that we ought to convert all the ignorant
and unbelieving at home, before we send
missionaries abroad.”
“ This 1 have been surprised to meet with,
as a verv common objection. 1 therefore
beg leave to remark, that if Christians in
the early ages of the church had acted on
this principle, then had Great Britain never
known the light nr blessing* of Christianity !
If continental Christians had waited till they
had converted all their tellow subjects be
fore thpy sent Christian missionaries abroad
then had ibis island still been enveloped in
the dark and sanguinary superstitions of
heathenish idolatry ! Indeed, on this princi
ple, it would have been utterly impossible
itiat Christianity should ever have made
any progress whatever in the world: the
Croat founder of the Christian Religion
Himself sent forth his apostolic missionaries
r-.mmandieg them, I grant, to begin at Je
’ ru a alem; but he did not enjoin them to re
'tiirxni triTT*- L.J o.uJ *ll <k
inhabitants of that renowned city, before
they extended their labours to other places;
had the apostles acted on this principle,
there would quickly have been an end to
their work altogether; for it is certain that,
generally speaking, the Jews blasphemed
and rejected the gospel, and the conversions
among them were comparatively few; hut
the Gentiles received the word ■with all read
iness of mind, and of them were daily added
to the church countless multitudes,”
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Ricf.eorough, April 23. 1823.
To the Editor of the Savannah Republican.
Sih—You will confer a favour upon some ,
of youe readers, by inserting in your pages
the following notice.
On Monday, 21st inst. a number of gen
tlemen, according to appointment, met at
the Court-House in Riceborougb, Liberty
county, for the purpose of forming a Socie
ty, auxiliary to the American Society, for
meliorating the condition of the Jews.
Rev. C. O. Scriven was requested lo act as
Moderator, and Rev. H. J. Ripley as clerk. |
After prayer by the moderator, the ob-!
ject of the meeting was stated, and docu- i
ments were read, relative to the design of:
the American Society, and showing the
present condition of the Jews.
The Hon. Mr. Elliott then moved, that
the meeting approving the design of the
“ American Society for meliorating Ihe con
dition of the Jews,” do join to form an aux
iliary Society. The motion was seconded
and carried by a unanimous vote.
A constitution for an auxiliary Society !
was presented, and read article by article,
and after some amendments was adopted.
CONSTITUTION.
Article 1. The undersigned, cordially
approving the object and constitution of A.
S. M. C. J. do agree to forma society, to I
be called the Liberty County Auxiliary So- i
ciety, whose chief object shall be trf raise j
funds for the parent Institution.
Art. 2. Every person, (male or female) j
subscribing, and paying one cZoWar per year i
shall be a member of this Society. Any I
person payiog five dollars a year, shall in
addition to membership, receive a copy of
the monthly publication of (be parent So-,
ciety.
AnT. 3. This Society shall choose a
President, three Vice Presidents, a Treas
urer, a Secretury, and seven Managers, who
together shall constitute a board of Direc
tors, five of whom, (of which number one
shall be either the President, or a Vice
President) shall be a quorum to transact bu
siness. Meetings of the board may be cal
led by the President, or one of the Vice
Presidents, whenever H shall be deemed,
expedient.
Art. 4. It ehall be the special duty of
the Treasurer, to present at each annual
meetings a report of all monies received,
and at tlfe manner, in which they have been
disbursed.
Art 5. The board of directors shall
have power to fill all vacancies that may
occur in their number, to enact by-laws,
and.to adopt all such measures ns they shall
judge best calculated to promote the design
of the society.
Art. 6. On the setond Monday in April,
an annual meeting of the Society shall he
held, at the Medway Meeting House, when
the report of the proceedings of the hoard
shall be received, and the officers ol the
society elected.
Art. 7. A copy of this constitution,
signed by the Secretary, together with the
names of the officers, and a copy ol each
annual report, shall be transmitted by him
to the Corresponding Secretary ol the pa
| rent Institution.
Art. 8. This constitution shell not be
■ altered, except at an annual meeting ol the
j Society, mid by a vote of two thirds of the
male members present.
After the gentlemen, who were present,
had subscribed to the constitution, they pro
ceeded to the choice of officers.
The Hon. J. Elliot, was choseu President.
Rev. \V. McWhirr, )
Rev. C. O. Scriven, > Vice Presidents.
Rev. R. Waterman, J
T. O. R aker, Treasurer.
Rev. H. J. Risslr-y, Secretary.
T. Mallard, h
T Bacon,
J. Hargreaves,
J. Law, Sr. Managers.
8. S. Law,
J. J. Maxwell,
D. Stewart, Sr.
Resolved, that it be the duly of the Sec
retary to inform the Secretary of the Pa
rent Society, of our proceedings this day.
Resolved, that the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Savannah
Newspaper*.
Resolved, that each manager be furnish
ed with a copy of the constitution, and be
required to solicit subscriptions.
After prayer by Rev. Mr. M’Whirr, the
meeting was adjourned.
H. J. RIPLEY, Secretary.
The officers of Liberty County Auxiliary
Society, as a board of directors, Lave ap
pointed to meet at Medway Meeting House,
on the first Mouday ir> June, at 10 o’clock,
A. M H. J. RIPLEY, Sec’y.
DIVERSITY.
ACCOUNT OF AFRICANER.
This celebrated roan is a Hottentot of
South Africa. He was for some time in
the service of a boor, or Dutch farmer,
within the colony of the Cape of Good
Hope, and was frequently employed in at
tending to his cattle at a distance from
home The boor instructed him and his
sons in the use ofSre-arms, and sent them
out lo rob for him on plundering expeditions
against the defenceless natives of the inle
riour. At length the boshnien robbed a
r.. r n>.r >-> *>>= nolffh fourt>o..<t, of cattle : and
Africaner’s master who held a subordinate
military command, ordered him and his son 9
to pursue them. They refused to obey,
and the master proceded to flog one of his
sons. A contest ensued, in which the mas
ter, his wife and child were killed. Africa
ner fled over the Great River, to North
Namaqua land, and became an independent
plunderer. His sons made an incursion
upon the colony, murdered a boor and a
bastard Hottentot, and took away many
cattle.
When the Missionaries of the London So
ciety settled in that region Africaner came
with bis family, and took up his residence
near them. For some time he behaved
peaceably; but was afterwards the cause
of ruin to the whole settlement.
The robber’s sons dared not visit Cape
Town themelves, fearing they should be
apprehended so% murder.—They hired a
Hottentot to take oxen thither for them,
and purchase a wagon. In the colony, the
oxen were taken from him by a boor to
whom be was in debt, and be returned
without them. The sons of Africaner
murdered him, to avenge their loss. This
occasioned a war, in which the friends of
the murdered man implored assistance from
Namaquas, residing at the missionary sta
tion, and received it. Africaner was in
censed, and threatened destruction to the
settlement. He made an attack upon it,
carried off their cattle and other property,
and caused the dispersion of the missiona
ries and their people.. Another settlement
also was broken up, in consequence of this
S event, and the threats of the robber to at
\ tack them also.
Thus this man of blood and rapine had
become the terror of the country. He
lived by plunder, and scrupled not to adopt
any means to secure his prey. The lives
of men were in his view indifferent as the
i lives of beasts, and murder had become his
j familiar practice. His hnnd wa9 against
J the natives, the boors, the government, and
I the servants of Christ. MeD, desperate in
i wickedness like himself, resorted to him,
i and his clan became powerful.—He had
lone special mortal enemy.—Berend,—<a
Griqua captain, On one occasion they and
their men fought against each other five
days in succession.
| When Mr. Campbell was in Africa, in
,1813, inspecting the missionary stations, be
sent Africaner a few presents with a con
ciliatory letter. For a long time, no one
was daring enough to convey them. At
length they reached him; and soon after
Mr. Albrecht took his life in his hand, end
made the ferocious chief a visit. The tiger
was softened and concluded peace with the
missionaries. He even requested that one
,of them should come and reside with him.
Mr. Ebner went, and the spirit of God went
I with him He witnessed very remarkable
displays ofdivine grace among the robber’s
people, and ere long baptized tffo of bis
sons. slout heart of Africaner himself!
was subdued, and he sat at the feet of
Christ. Said he, “ I am glad that lam de
livered. I have long enough been the
horse of the devil, who employed me in
hi* service : but now I am free from hi*
bondage. Jesus has delivered me; Him
will I serve, and with him will I abide.”
His kraal became a missionary station, and
is called Jerusalem. Five years ago, 40
had been baptized, and four hundred attend
ed publick worship.
Berend bad been converted a few years
before his enemy. Mr. Campbell in hi*
second visit, had the satisfaction of meeting
,dhem both, worshipping under the same
tent, and receiving the glad tidings of the
gospel with much feeling. Berend engag
ed in prayer, and Africaner knelt a! his side.
They are, says Mr. C- “ both judicious, ex
cellent Christians. They are now kings,
fathers, and priest*, in their domestick con
nexions. They instruct their families, pie
side among the people in the absence ot
the missionaries, and breathe nothing but
peace on earth and good will to men.”
We should be glad to know what infidel
ity can say to instances like these ; and how
opposers of mission* can dispose of them,
consistently with their scheme. The lacts
are beyoond dispute, and lo ns they are an
evident fulfilment of divine predictions.
“ The wolfalso shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the
kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, and
the fatling together, and a little child shall
lead them.”
Conversion of two young Jews.
The London Baptist Magazine for De
cember informs, on the authority of a Dutch
gentleman at the Hague, connected with
the Bible and other religious societies in
Holland, that two young Jews, educated at
the University of Leyden, and who have
dislinguishedMhemselves by their literature
and generally good character, have, by
consulting the Scriptures, been led to em
brace Christianity, and are about to be pub
lickly baptized in the Reformed Church.
The uncle of one of them, who is very
rich, offered him five thousand pounds ster
ling, more than 22,000 dollar*, besides a
share in his estate, provided he would de
fer his baptism till after his uncle’s death.
The youth answered, that as he considered
his salvation to be connected with a profes
sion of his faith in the Mesiah, no consider
ation whatever could turn him aside from
his purpose. C. Watchman.
FROM THE CHARLESTON COURIER.
Seamen. —Whoever has bad occasion re
cently to be on the ocean, cannot have fail
ed to observe the improvement in the man
ners, behaviour and discourse of seamen
It forms a striking contrast to the charac
ter which some years since it was fashiona
ble to attribute to them. This pleasing re
sult may perhaps in a great measure be at
tributed to similar institutions with that of
the ‘‘'Mariner's Church ” in this city—and
furnishes an excitement to persevere in
such laudable undertakings.
FROM THE SOUTHERN INTELLIGENCER.
We lately published a request from Chris
tians of Boston, that prayer might be offer
ed up for that city in particular. Tnose
prayers have ascended to the Throne of
the Almighty, who is indeed a prayer an
swering God. Boston has been visited.
Showers ofdivine mercy have fallen upon
it. We would now tremblingly, but earn
estly, request the prayers of the Christian
community for this city. It would be im
proper at this time to excite sanguine ex
pectations; but that event which a few
have so long and so ardently sighed for
with “ groanings unutterable,” seems to be
approaching. The “still small voice” is
beard in some of our congregations. Chris
tians appear to be more engaged that here
tofore ; the lukewarm are arousing from
their slumbers; and a few sinners seem to
be inquiring for the Lord. Would that we
could say more. But this we can say—
“ Brethren, pray for us !” Christians of
every name, in our city, we call upon you,
in the name of Christ, to be much in prayer,
that ye may be “ disceruers of the signs ol
the times.”
INFIDELITY OPPOSED.
The following happily illustrates the vir
tuous and fearless independence of the
press:
Hone —Many of onr readers may probably
know-ihaf a short time ago Hone published
what be called “The Apocryphal New
Testament.” This was, in consequence,
handled so severely in Ihe Quarterly Re
view, that he wrote a letter, which implied
a threat, to Mr. Murray, the publisher of
the Quarterly Review, demanding from him
the name of his opponent. In reply to Ihis
letter, Mr. Gildford, as editor of the Review,
forwarded the following note, through the
bookseller The mocker of his God—
the rude scorner of his Saviour—the buffoon
parodist of Holy Writ—the obscene carica
turist of his Prince —the cold-blooded,
heartless, malicious infidel, who labours day
and night to rob the sick of their consolations
of religion, and the dying Os their hopes of
immortality, inquires, 1 What writer in the
Quarterly Review, No. 50, denied the
soundness of his head, and the integrity of
bis heart?’ The reply is (briefly and boldly)
ALL.” [Albion.
Friends, benefactors, and enemies, are
neither more or less tu us than an Omnipo
tent Being sees fit to make them. Favours
and insults, gifts and injuries, nrp neither
sent us at randvm, nor without a good de
sign ; and it should be our constant prayer
that we may never frustrate the intended
good, or miss the lesson of improvement
which the page of Providence spreads be
fore us.
THE GOOD HUSBAND.
The good husband i* one, who wedded
not by interest but by choice, is constant as
well from inclination as from principle ; he
treats his wife with delicacy as a woman
with tenderness as n friend; he attributes
her follies to her weakness, her imprudence
to her inadvertency ; he passes.them over
therefore with good nature, and pardoq,
‘hem with indulgence : all his care and m .
dustry are employed for her welfare; a ||
his strength and powers are exerted for her
support and protection ; he is more anxious
to preserve his own character and repm a .
tion, because her’s is blended with it -
lastly, the good husband is pious and rt-lj!
gious, that he may animate her faith by hj s
practice, and enforce the precept* 0 f
Christianity by his own example; that a ,
they join to promote pch other’s happing
in this world, they may unite together i a
one eternal joy aud feljcity in that which
is to come.
How sublimely beautiful, how divinely
excellent are the precepts of Religion-it
is the heavenly foundation on which the soul
builds its hopes of lasting immortality: itj
the certainty which man cannot do aw*.
Happy is he who suffer® for thy sako;()
source of life eternal!—Blessed the expec
tation of him who wails thy sacred reward,
O religion—lt is the healing balm loila*
wounded soul; it is the consolation ollh®
oppressed, the hope of the sinner, and the
*tay of the saint—it is the offspring of the
deity, unchanging, everlasting—it is the
lamp that enlightens the grave, and the sun
that irradiates eternity.
In an address to the ptiblick by the Louis
iana Bible Society, it i< stated that the num
ber of Bibles polished since the discovery
of printing lo thcnrsinblishment of Bible S<v
c.ieties, is estimated at only 25 mil!ior,\
During Ihe 16 years’ existence of Bible So.
cietiessix millions of Bibles have been issu
ed. These have afforded a very inadequate
supply for the whole population of the
world. At the present rate of issue, il i*
estimated that it will be 500 years before n
copy of the Bible can be placed in each of
the families of the earth.
THE “ POINT OF HONOUR.”
The point of Honour has been deem’d of use,
To teach good manners, and to curb abuse;
Admit it true, the consequence is clear,
Our polish’d maimers are a mask we wear,
And at the bottom barbarous still and rude,
We are restrained indeed, but not subdued.
The very remedy, however sure,
Springs from the mischief it intends to cure.
And savage in its principles appears,
Tried as it should be, by the fruit it bears.
’Tis hard indeed if nothing veil] defend
Mankind from quarrels but their fatal end;
That uow and then a hero must decease,
That the surviving world may live in peace.
Perhaps at last close scrutiny may show
The practice dastardly, and mean, and low ;
That men engage in it, compell’d by force,
And fear, not courage, is its proper source.
The fear of tyrant custom, and the fear
Lest fops should censure us, aud fools should
sneer.
At, least to trample on our maker’s laws,
And hazard life for any or no cause,
To rush into a fix’d eternal state,
Out of the very flames of rage and hate,
Or send another shivering to the bar,
With all the guilt of such unnatural-war,
Whatever Use may urge, or Honour plead,
On Reason’s verdict is a mad-man’s deed.
Am 1 to set my life upon a throw, < ~
Because a Bear is rude and surly ?—No—
A moral, sensible, and well-bred man
Will uot affront me, and no other can.
Few lessons are more instructive than
this beautiful essay of Cowper on the
“ Point of Honour,” nor is there a fashions
ble vice, an honourable evil, to which the
citizens of this happy Republick are ad
dicted, that needs so much the correctiitjf
hand of morals anti religion, as the practice
lo which he here adverts. Our municipal
regulations have been found to be ineffec
tual, our religious intuition is lost in the
vortex of passion, and onr “Reason’s verdict
is a mad-man’s deed*. “ The fear of tyrant
custom and the fear lest fops should ce -
suie,” has given impetus to those acts of
rashness which have immolated upon this
altar of folly,much of our civick and heroic;;
boast.—This truth requires no other illu
tration than that universally painful depri
vation our country suffers in the loss of
Hamilton and Decatur. [ Floridian.
——oZZiKZZ*-
A young lady remarked to a Quaker flint
sbe did not like his meetings when there
was nothing said—it was enough to kill lh<y
devil : “ Yea my dear,” rejoined the Qua
ker, “ that is just what we want.”
Seasoning Glass.- Place the glass in a vessel
of cold water, and heat Ihe water gradually
till it boils. Glasses of every decription,
thus prepared, will afterwards bear boiling
water poured on Ihem without injury.
OBITUARY.
By the last mail from the South-West we have
received information of the death of the Hon.
John Williams Wai.keb, lately a Senator of
the United States from the State of Alabama, tn
the fortieth year of his age.
On this occasion, we mingle our sincere regrets
with those of his immediate friends nnd fellow-cit
izens. We knew him not until he took his seat in
Congress as one of the first Senators from the
state of Alabama, after its admission into the Un
ion, which ill health compelled him to resign
some months ngo. To say, that, in that station,
he enjoyed the respect nnd esteem of all who be
came acquainted with him, would bra faint ex
pression of the eentitnents inspired by his integrity,
his talents, his independent spirit, his candour,
his sauvity af demeanour. The critical state of
his health surrounded him with a deeper interest,
and shed an autumnal light over the prominent
traits of his character. When first known in
publick life, he was already affected with the
pulmonary complaint which terminated his mor
tal career. He knew that he was doomed to an
early grave, but he bore the dispensation of Pro
vidence with a firmness and fortitude which
would have induced the belief, if he had been
less known, that he was not aware of the nature
of bis disease.