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his aid. Mr. W. also proposes to exhibit correct etymologies of many Greek, Latin, and Hebrew words, to

be inserted in future editions of dictionaries and lexicons of those languages.

List of New Publications.

The importance of preaching the Word of God, in a plain, distinguishing, and faithful manner. A sermon, delivered at the ordination of the Rev. Josiah W. Cannon, to the pastoral care of the church and congregation in Gill, (Mass.) By Theophilus Packard, A. M. pastor of the church in Shelburne. Greenfield. J. Denio 1806.

A discourse, delivered at the dedication of the new academy in Fryeburg, June 4, 1806. By the Rev. Nathaniel Porter, A. M. Portland. Thomas B. Wait. 1806.

A sermon, delivered at Ashburn, ham, May 22, 1806, at the interment of Mr. John Cushing, jun. who expired at the house of his father. By Seth Payson, A. M. pastor of the church in Rindge. Leominster, (Mas.) S. & J. Wilder. 1807.

A sermon, delivered at Hartford, January 6, 1807, at the funeral of the Rev. James Cogswell, D. D. late pastor of the church in Scotland, in the town of Windham. By Nathan Strong, pastor of the north Presbyterian church in Hartford. Hartford. Hudson & Goodwin. 1807.

A Catalogue of Plants contained in the Botanic Garden at Elgin, in the vicinity of New-York,-established in 1801, by David Hosack, M. D. professor of Botany and Materia Medica in Columbia College, and Fellow of the Linnean Society in London. NewYork, T. & J. Swords.

The Domestick Chaplain: being fifty-two short Lectures, with appropriate Hymns, on the most interesting subjects, for every Lord's day in the year. Designed for the improvement of families of every Christian denomination. By John Stanford, M. A. New-York, T. & J. Swords.

A world without souls. First American from the second London Edition. Hartford. Lincoln & Gleason.

A discourse delivered next Lord's

day after the interment of deacon Pe, ter Whitney, who departed this life Dec. 9, 1805, in the 60th year of his age. By Nathanael Emmons, D. D. pastor of the church in Franklin. Providence. Heaton & Williams.

The Christian Institutes; or, the sincerc word of God. Being a plain and impartial account of the whole faith and duty of a Christian. Collected out of the writings of the Old and New Testament: digested under proper heads, and delivered in the words of Scripture. By the Right Rev. Father in God, Francis, late bishop of Chester. The 1st American, from the 12th London edition, 12mo, pp. 330. New York. T. & J. Swords.

The Grave, a poem, by Robert Blair. To which is added, Gray's Elegy in a Country Church-yard. 12mo. Newburyport. W. & J. Gil

man.

Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, one of the first settlers of New England, containing an account of the hardships which he and others experienced on their landing. 12mo. 37 cents, marble covers. Boston. W. T. Clap.

The Christian Character exemplified from the papers of Mary Magdalen As, late wife of Frederick Charles As, of Goodman's Fields; selected and revised by John Newton, Rector of St. Mary, Woolnoth New-York, Kimber, Conrad, & Co.

The Wonders of Creation, natural and artificial, in 2 vols. Containing an account of the most remarkable mountains, rivers, lakes, caves, cataracts, mineral springs, Indian mounds, and antiquities in the world. Boston. J. M. Dunham.

IN THE PRESS.

A new edition of Webster's Grammar, revised and greatly enlarged by the author. New York. Brisban & Brannan.

Walker's Dictionary abridged. New York. Brisban & Brannan.

Institutes of Biblical Criticism, or, Heads of the Course of Lectures on that Subject, read in the University of King's College, Aberdeen, in 8vo. by Gilbert Gerrard, D. D. Professor of Divinity. England.

Beausobre's Introduction to the New Testament. England..

WORKS PROPOSED.

Sermons, by Hugh Blair, D.D.F.R.8. late Professor of Rhetoric and Belle Lettres, in the University of Edinburgh, in 3 vols. complete, from the 25th London edition of 5 vols. To which will be prefixed, the Life of the Author. Boston. J. M. Dunham.

Drdinations.

On the 11th of June, 1806, the Rev. JOSIAH W. CANNON, was ordained to the pastoral care of the Congregational church and society in Gill. The Rev. Moses Miller, of Heath, made the introductory prayer; the Rev. Theophilus Packard, of Shelburne, preached the sermon ; the Rev. Joseph Field, of Charlemont, made the consecrating prayer; the Rev. John Emerson, of Conway, gave the charge; the Rev. David Smith, of Durham, (Con.) gave the right hand of fellowship, and the Rev. Ezekiel L. Bascom, of Gerry, made the concluding prayer.

On the 18th of Feb. 1807, was ordained at Winthrop, (Me.) Rev. DAVID THURSTON. The introduc

tory prayer by the Rev. Asa Lyman of Bath; sermon by Rev. Elijah Parish, from 2 Cor. ii. 16. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Jonathan Powers of Penobscot; charge by Rev. Eliphalet Gillet of Hallowell; the right hand of fellowship by Rev. Mighill Blood of Buckston: concluding prayer by Rev. Mr. Bayley, of Newcastle.

Ordained, 4th February, 1807, as an evangelist, at West Hampton, Rev. ALVAN SANDERSON. Sermon by Rev. Rufus Wells, of Whately; charge by Rev. Dr. Lyman; right hand of fellowship by Rev. Enoch Hale Rev. Payson Williston made the introductory prayer; ordaining prayer by Rev. Solomon Williams; concluding prayer by Rev. Mr. Tracy.

Obituary.

AT Stafford, (Conn.) on the 16th ult. Rev. JOHN WILLARD, D.D. Pastor of the First Church in that town. He was son of the late Rev. Samuel Willard, of Biddeford, and brother of the late President of Harvard College. He was graduated at that Seminary in 1751; and the few contemporaries who survive him, ill remember and lament one whom they loved for his virtues, and respected for his talents, his industry and his acquirements. After having laboured with fidelity for more than half a century of years in the vineyard of Christ, with little interruption from sickness, and none from indolence, he was removed from this state of sorrow, disease and death. He died lamented by his professional brethren with whom he associated, whose confidence he fully possessed; and more especially by children whom he eduoated at public seminaries; while his

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with those anxieties, fears, and distressing convictions, which prepare the way for the work of grace, he became deeply sensible of his inexcusable criminality, and of the per fect righteousness of God in his condemnation. After that his mind was, enlightened in the knowledge of Christ, and his heart filled with peace by an experimental discovery of gospel mercy. He manifested those new views and affections, which are the fruit of regenerating grace. The Bible appeared to him a new book, full of light and glory in every part. Those representations of God and divine objects, which once occasioned gloomy and painful feelings, gave him the most pure and substantial satisfaction. He loved religious retirement, and also greatly delighted in public worship. That preaching, which brings down the loftiness of man, and makes Christ all in all, best suited the renewed temper of his heart. Though for several years he enjoyed much tranquillity and heavenly delight in communion with God his Saviour, he afterwards had seasons of anxiety and doubt. He

THE FIRE-FLY.

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deeply lamented his wandering thoughts, and his spiritual dulness. These inward struggles and afflictions led him to a more thorough acquaintance with his own depravity, and his dependence on infinite mer. cy. His own experience abundantly taught him, that without Christ he could do nothing. His habitual acknowledgment was; "by the grace

of God I am what I am." His outward deportment corresponded with his inward frame. Says a judicious friend, who was intimately acquainted with him; "never did I know the man who showed more of the spirit of a Christian than he did; and as he approached nearer to the heavenly world, the more holy and heavenly he appeared." A Christian, so exemplary and pious, must have been beloved and useful in life, and deserves to be lamented in death.

In this town, on the 13th inst. the Rev. SAMUEL STÍLLMAN, D.D. Pastor of the First Baptist Church, in 'the 70th year of his age, and the 43d of his ministry. We shall insert some particulars respecting this em

inent minister in our next Number.

Poetry.

LITTLE rambler of the night,
Where and whence thy glowing light?
Is it form'd of evening dew,
Where and whence thy brilliant hue?
Hark! methinks a voice replies,
He that form'd the azure skies,
Great in least, and good to all,
Lord of man and insect small;
He it was, that made this vest;
Search, adore nor know the rest.

Little rambler of the night

Blessed be this voice of thine! He that cloth'd thy form in light

Is thy God as well as mine! Go enjoy in verdant fields, What his royal bounty yields; Nip the leaf or taste the flower; Sip in nature's roseate bower; Filling full the span that's given, With the boons of gracious Heav'n. Amer. Museum.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A review of Dr. Lathrop's fourth volume of sermons has been received, but is necessarily deferred till next month.

We have received a well written biographical sketch of the late Rev. Oaks Shaw, whose death we noticed in our last No. This sketch is highly honorary to the ministerial character of the deceased. Its insertion is necessarily postponed for the present. An interview with the author is requested. Candidus is just received, but is too late for this month.

Pastor's concluding number on the importance of a general association of Congregational ministers is received, and shall appear in our next. Those who feel concerned for the union and prosperity of our churches, we doubt not will read this excellent essay with interest, and we hope with conviction. ERRATUM. In the Panoplist for January, page 373.-Thesis I. Read as follows-There are certain external works, &c.-which use, or are wont solent) sometimes to be freely done, &c.

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REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE OF MR. WILLIAM HOWARD.

Messrs. Editors,

WHAT I here send you is taken from a pamphlet, containing some remarkable passages in the life of Mr. William Howard, who died at North Ferriby, in the county of York, (Eng.) March 2, 1804, by JOSEPH MILNER, A. M. late master of the grammar school of Kingston upon Hull, and vicar of Trinity church.*

He first relates the remarkable conversion of Mr. Howard, who was one of his parishioners. "His conversion was very similar to that of Col. Gardiner; not so striking in some circumstances, but equally solid."

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means of awakening and convincing him, and of bringing him to the saving knowledge of Christ. In pointing out the excellence of his renewed character, Mr. Milner mentions, 1. His uncommon religious joy. "Wonder, gratitude, and love were the constant effusions of his soul, whenever he spoke of the Most High. His language was a continued series of blessing and praise, and that not in a formal manner, but with spontaneous ease and liberal dignity of mind." 2. His godly fear. Amidst the overflowings of his joy, he retained a constant fear of sin. His remembrance of what he had been, and still might be, if left to himself, had an evident tendency to temper his joy, and to preserve all his affections in their due equilibrium. 3. The strength and simplicity of his faith. 4. His love. His affections were ever on the wing towards God, equally lively and steady. He ardently loved the saints, and even panted for the conversion of sinners. 5. Chastity. This is particularly mentioned, because

"his soul had been the sink of uncleanness." He had few rivals in impurity, whether in word or deed. But after his conversion, no man was more pure, chaste, sober, and decent in his whole deportment. If he ever spoke of past scenes of folly, it was in the language of the deepest abhorrence and self humiliation. 6. Humility.

In pointing out the defects of Mr. Howard's character, Mr. Milner shows the admirable candour and impartiality of his heart. This is a branch of biography too little attended to by those, who write the lives of eminent Christians.

"It seems

to me useful," says Mr. Milner, "to show the whole of the character; and as this is evidently the divine method of procedure in the Scripture, all apology is superseded."

Mr. Milner closes with a chapter of reflections, from which the following are extracted. They are such as we should expect from this admired author.

"It is high time to to ask the reader, what he thinks of the foregoing narrative, and to desire him to reflect what is the most probable mode of accounting for the extraordinary scenes which we have reviewed. Extraordinary it must be confessed they are; and, as a rational creature was the subject of them, and they issued in a lasting moral alteration of his principles and conduct, any person who judges seriously of the importance of events, and who feels with a proper degree of regard for the good of the human species, will overlook at once the political insignificance, both of the subject and of the author of these me

moirs, and will own that nothing in the brilliant course of public affairs deserves half the attention.

"Let us state to our minds what is certain in these transactions. Here is an human being immersed in uncommon vice and profligacy, even to the decline of life. The force of habit has strengthened his passions in evil, by such constant and uncontrolled a course of indulgence, that, humanly speaking, his reformation is to be despaired of; the powers of conscience are, as it were, obliterated, and nothing remains within him, that seems capable of making the least head against the abounding torrent of iniquity: yet is this man, without any philosophical aids and reflections, suddenly, as in a moment, from a state of extreme insensibility, alarmed, awakened, changed in the whole bent of his affections, solidly, and abidingly altered in his whole deportment, and lives all the remainder of his days, a course of some years, a life of the most pious regard to his Maker, of the strictest chastity and temperance towards himself, and of the most genuine charity towards all mankind. Thus far, plain matter of fact lies before the reader. Had the story been told of a person living in China or Japan, it might have been said by some, with a sagacious sneer, that the writer had taken care to draw his narrative from a convenient distance; but the story, here submitted to the reader's attention, lies within the compass of every one's means of information. I flatter myself its truth will not be disputed by any; and should any really doubt of it, I can easi

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