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 Madam, 
 
 Not from ceremony, but from sincere 
 sentiments of gratitude and respect, arising from 
 reminiscenses of a mingled nature ; I humbly offer 
 this little work to Your Royal Higbness's inspection ; 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 
 Page 
 
 Man .... 
 
 I 
 
 The Pilgrim 
 
 5 
 
 Great Events from Little Causes 
 
 49 
 
 The Vineyard . 
 
 57 
 
 The Garden 
 
 73 
 
 The Field 
 
 93 
 
 The Old Shepherd 
 
 99 
 
 The Corn Field 
 
 J 07 
 
 Education 
 
 115 
 
 Education of the Higher Orders 
 
 119 
 
 Female Education 
 
 125 
 
 Mysterious Escape from ) 
 Assassination ) 
 
 133 
 
 Gratitude Exemplified . 
 
 137 
 
 
TO THE READER. 
 
 1 HE art of making Books is quickly learn'd, where 
 gain alone is sought, mere worldly gain ; the secret 
 lies in finding out the tastes of those before whom the 
 Author and the Vender wish to spread their bill of 
 fare. To accomplish this they search the Records, 
 and by two important features can discern and fix upon 
 the sortoffood they may most profitably to themselves, 
 supply. These features are, First, The numbers sold, 
 and Secondly, The profits gained by other works ; by 
 the former they can find what will please the bulk of 
 Readers ; by the latter, which pays the best. 
 
Vlll TO THE READER. 
 
 To one who wishes, while himself he serves, to 
 serve his Readers ; 'tis lawful to adopt the rule above 
 laid down, that all his toil may not be lost, but holding 
 still a sacred wish, to use his talents for the good of 
 all. He will next consider, whence he safely may 
 collect materials for his pure design of doing while he 
 is receiving good. This is the Author's firm resolve 
 in forming a New Year's present ; and as the Great 
 Supreme has condescended to instruct mankind by 
 apt similitudes as to His Nature and His Will. 
 The Author hopes, he shall not degrade the Sacred 
 Scriptures by earnestly desiring that from His Nosegay, 
 there may ascend a sweet savour to the court of Heaven, 
 as the great recompense of his labour. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 &INCE the rich Field of Poetry and Prose lies 
 open to the view of him, who seeks to cull the blos- 
 soms which he hopes may prove, when nicely mixed, 
 a sweet and profitable guide through the rough, pain- 
 ful and complicated wilds of a life but just begun 
 and yet if God will have it so, 'ere long to end ; it 
 may be called unfashionable, alas ! if so it is ; yet the 
 Author's conscience must be heard, and that points 
 out the wisdom of appeal to Higher than mere worldly 
 dictates, in a plan designed to profit those, whom it 
 may perchance amuse and please. This brings to 
 remembrance one of the most wise and beautiful of 
 those Collects of the admirable Liturgy of the Church 
 
X INTRODUCTION. 
 
 of England which runs as follows: "Prevent us O 
 Lord in all our doings with Thy most gracious favor, 
 and further us with Thy continual help, that in all 
 our works begun, continued and ended in Thee, we 
 may glorify Thy Holy Name, and finally by Thy 
 mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord." 
 
 " God moves in a mysterious way 
 " His wonders to perform ! 
 " He plants His footsteps in the sea 
 " And rides upon the storm ! 
 
 " Deep in unfathomable mines 
 ; - Of never failing skill, 
 *' He treasures up His vast designs 
 *' And works His So\'reign will !" 
 
 No power on Earth, in Heaven, or Hell, 
 
 His purpose can withstand. 
 All things in each, the Scriptures tell. 
 
 Submit to His command ! 
 
 Consummate wisdom, mix'd with lovt 
 The eye of Faith perceives. 
 In all afflictions, sent to prove 
 It's strength, while it receives. 
 
INTRODUCTION. XI 
 
 Thus is that Scripture fulfilled in experience, to the 
 comfort and refreshment of our souls, in all the trials 
 of this transitory life; " They that wait upon the Lord 
 14 shall renew their strength ;" and thus they are pre- 
 pared to see the truth of another, " He maketh all 
 things work together for good, to them that love 
 God," to them who are the " called according to his 
 purpose." The following narrative of facts will 
 shew the truth of the above remarks, which though in 
 the manner of communicating them to the reader, may 
 vary in some degree from the exact detail, yet in 
 essentials may be relied on as strictly true, and within 
 the personal knowledge of the writer. 
 
MAN. 
 
 Man as he was, earth form'd, but quicken'd by the 
 
 hand of God, the great Original of Light and Life ! 
 how widely different from what he t«/ deform'd by sin, 
 and dead to Things Divine ! Adam the good, the perfect 
 creature, full of grace, and purity and love to Him 
 whose image then he bore, through strong temptation, 
 yielded to the fatal act his lovely partner had com- 
 mitted, full assent. At what a dreadful price, was this 
 indulgence purchas'd for excited passions ; Death, 
 tremendous penalty ! who can describe its pangs, its 
 never ending horrors? A breach 'twixt God and the 
 immortal soul, from joy an exile, and to pain allied, 
 and that for ever: the fountain marr'd, the streams 
 proceed empoison'd and condemned in every soul 
 produced from such a fallen and polluted source. Thus 
 in Adam nil die, the first separation of soul and body 
 
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Z MAN. 
 
 fix'd on all; and if the breach thus made can ne'er be 
 clos'd, then all the human race must perish in their 
 guilt, and die for ever. This is the present state of 
 man, as he proceeds from his earthly parents, and en- 
 ters on the present life. Born in sin and an inheritor 
 of a corrupt Nature, how gloomy the prospect as it opens 
 on the rising powers of the youthful mind, where early 
 cares have not been spent in vain, to train the soul to 
 holiness in God's appointed way, prescribed for all, 
 and sealed as Truth by Hirn, whose office 'tis, to lead 
 and guide us in the way to Jesus Christ. 
 
 Self-inov'd, the Great Eternal deign'd to look 
 On man, thus fall'n ! by his wilful act rebellious ! 
 And with a Love unspeakable, sublime, and gracious, 
 Form'd His vast design of Mercy, first reveal'd 
 In Paradise, the scene of man's tremendous Fall, 
 In Promise, pointing to the Tempter's shame ; 
 To Man's Salvation, by His spotless Son, 
 Then called the Woman's Seed, made known at length 
 As God's eternal Son, though veil'd in human form ; 
 Manhood inestimable ! Fount of Life! thro» death 
 Disarming Vengeance, recompence deserv'd for man's rebellion ! 
 Yet by a strict submission honoring the Law, 
 And so retaining Justice perfect, Truth entire 
 While Mercy's fountain flowed in rich abundance 
 On the Human Race, thro' Faith in that Redeemer's death. 
 Whom God in love to sinner's gave to die. 
 
MAN. 
 
 <4 O ! for this love, let rocks and hills 
 " Their lasting silence break ! 
 
 ** And all harmonious human tongues 
 " Their endless praises speak.'* 
 
 Wrap't in the theme, my soul aspires 
 To heaven's exalted heights ; 
 
 And fill'd with hope and strong desires, 
 The last glad summons waits. 
 
 Reader ! attend, 'tis Wisdom's Voice, 
 
 Hasten to make th* important choice 
 •Twix't Heaven or Hell ! 
 
 In earth or heav'n no neutral ground 
 By man's invention can be found ; 
 The ways are fix'd — The ends are sure. 
 Wisdom alone makes One secure : 
 Folly directs the blind to chuse 
 The broadest way, so much in use ; 
 But He who made the seeing eye, 
 Bids us the narrow way to try ; 
 And, 'gainst the thorns and thistles shod 
 His Pilgrims safely reach their God ; 
 While down to darkness and despair 
 Thousands pursue their mad career, 
 Till Hell receives them, and they find 
 Their Leader like themselves was blind ! 
 But, is there no less toilsome way ? 
 No middle course, 'twixt pray'r and play ? 
 No, my gay friend for Heav'n or Hell, 
 Before the sound of passing bell, 
 
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MAN. 
 
 You must prepare, for Time is fleet 
 And shortly you and I shall meet, 
 Before the judgement seat on High, 
 To sing- with joy, or deeply sigh ! 
 Prepare ! prepare ! make speedy choice 
 »Twixt God and Mammon ! e'er His Voice, 
 Which fornvd the world, pronounce the word 
 Depart from Me your slighted Lord! 
 And with your Tempter taste the pains 
 Due to your sins, and guilty stains ! 
 Wisdom and Lore, wiih watchful care, 
 Are waiting for y cut fervent pray*r ! 
 A chart's prepavd to point the way, 
 In which the Tempter can't betray ! 
 The happy Pilgrim found therein 
 Will never own the Power of Sin, 
 Rebelling now 'gainst all but God, 
 Who for his good hath us'd the rod. 
 In proof of this enquire around 
 Some bright examples maybe found ! 
 And this will rouse the slumb'ring mind 
 To run the race, a crown to find. 
 
THE PILGRIM. 
 
 Some few years ago Providence so ordered if, 
 that an aged Pilgrim, who for nearly fifty years bad 
 trodden in the " narrow way that leadeth unto life;" 
 paid me a visit while I was surrounded by my pupils, 
 and thus accosted me : Sir, I trust you will excuse 
 my presenting a strange face to your view, without 
 an introduction. I have often heard of you as a 
 Minister of Christ, ready and willing to assist in doing 
 good to those who stand in need of counsel and advice. 
 Having been early called to the knowledge of the 
 truth, under the ministry of Mr. Romaine, I learned 
 that Christians are of one family, and are always ready 
 to help each other, bearing one another's burthen, and 
 so fulfilling the law of Christ, which is to " love one 
 another." Presuming on my spiritual relation to the 
 Son of God, through faith, I thought it best boldly 
 
O THE riLGRiM. 
 
 to declare in person, what is the desire of my heart, 
 without seeking for any other medium of access to 
 von. than the bond of a true and lively faith in our 
 common and adored Redeemer. It may he supposed 
 that he was here prevented from proceeding, until 
 hand joined in hand, we formed the bond of reciprocal 
 attachment. He then proceeded, — I must gire you a 
 brief history of my pa<t pilgrimage, and then you will 
 form more easily an opinion concerning my present 
 wishes. For some years after my conversion under 
 Mr. JRomaine, I wrought for my support as a broad 
 cooper, and in my leisure lime I learned the science 
 of navigation, thinking it might in Providence be of 
 use at some future period; but a more pleasing study 
 now began to occupy my thoughts and time, the 
 sacred Scriptures. I read, prayed, praised and pon- 
 dered with increasing eagerness; I planned the 
 arduous task of learning Hebrew from a little 
 grammar published by Mr. Romaine among his con- 
 gregation, in this I made considerable progress and 
 by diligent labour saved sufficient to purchase an 
 Hebrew Bible. While reading and studying this, 
 I did not neglect the science of navigation altogether, 
 but added to my former store proper instruments, and 
 to astronomy as connected with the art of navigation, 
 
THE PILGRIM. 7 
 
 I now turned my thoughts. Here a wide field of 
 beauty and of profit opened to my view, and thus I 
 thought, — 
 
 " Who but a God of wisdom infinite, and of power supreme, 
 4i Cou'd make, and keep such creatures all in tune? 
 *• And fix their limits, which they must not pass, 
 '' But ever be subservient to his Sovereign Will." 
 
 These reflections led to a perusal of Mr. Hervey's 
 Meditation on the Starry Heavens, "where things 
 sublime and beautiful upraised my thoughts to Him 
 w T ho hanged upon the tree, to keep from sudden ruin 
 such a world of beauties." And here I felt the force 
 of those remarks which shewed the folly and the sin 
 of man, who could behold these works of God and 
 not perceive 
 
 " The Hand that made them was Divine."' 
 
 My heart now felt a secret impulse, to which it 
 was before a stranger, to find out some means of 
 exercising my zeal, if my talents were but small, in 
 endeavourino- to awaken in others a sense of danger 
 in the path of sin, and the consequent importance of 
 turning to the Strong Hold for help. Nothing now 
 
8 THE PILCH1M. 
 
 could satisfy me but teaching and preaching Jesus 
 Christ as that Strong Hold, for sinners to flee unto. 
 
 To the church of England 1 had a sincere attach- 
 ment, since in her sacred trails I had fire! heard 
 effectually, the glad tidings of Salvation. To her 
 
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 Articles and Homilies I most cordiallv assented : but 
 the way into her ministerial ranks was hedged up 
 for lack of an university and classical education. 
 Pressed in spirit I was led, after much prayer for 
 direction, from Him, whom in faith I could call my 
 God, to accept an offer to traverse the seas for 
 Missionary purposes. In the discharge of those duties 
 which devolved on mc, I was an eve witness of the 
 gross darkness and immoral state of the Heathen in 
 the South Sea Islands ; at Otaheite I received the 
 Sacrament with the Brethren, the bread used on the 
 occasion being" made from the bread fruit tree. In 
 traversing those seas, we fell in with a vessel on board 
 which, there was not an individual with science suffi- 
 cient to navigate her; and now the providence of God 
 clearly pointed out the advantage of 'my early applica- 
 tion to the study of navigation ; I was requested to 
 put in practice the theory of that art, and fcis the 
 humble but I trust, clearly the appointed instrument 
 for rescuing three Missionaries from impending 
 
THE PILGRIM. 9 
 
 murder, two of their nnmber having already fallen 
 sacrifices to (he brutal violence and ignorance of the 
 natives. This brought ine to New South Wales, 
 where we all arrived in safety, and where through the 
 kindness of the Governor I officiated by licence as 
 chaplain and schoolmaster for several years, until the 
 arrival of a regularly ordained chaplain. My course 
 being now run out, and my labours superseded T am 
 returned to my native land with ample testimonials of 
 character and usefulness ; hoping (T trust not pre- 
 sumptuously) that through friends I may have the 
 happiness of finding some dark spot in Britain, where 
 I may be admitted to officiate by Episcopal ordination 
 and appointment, as a minister to the poorest and most 
 illiterate of my countrymen. I wps recommended, my 
 dear Sir, to lay my case thus before you, as a clergy- 
 man who had been successful in helping many into 
 the church, without the expense and delay of keeping* 
 Terms at the University. I now Sir, commit my 
 history and wishes to God and you, and will take my 
 leave for the present, trusting you will well consider 
 it, and allow me to call again in a short time. To 
 which having received a cordial assent, he took his 
 leave. 
 
 When I had meditated on the narrative and the 
 
10 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 simplicity of the narrator, I was led to consider him 
 as one who had lived in the times of the Apostles, 
 who had learned to endure hardness as a good soldier 
 of Jesus Christ. One who had not wasted his time 
 in counting the cost of any undertaking which 
 appear'd likely to promote the Glory of God and the 
 good of souls. 
 
 While I pondered on these things a difficulty 
 occurred, for which a remedy must be provided, or 
 the cause fail at the threshold. His recent arrival 
 in this country after an absence of seven years, would 
 render it totally impracticable to obtain testimonials 
 for the last three years, from three beneficed 
 clergymen, as the church requires or rather 
 custom demands. There were not three Clergymen 
 in New South Wales, to sign a testimonial for the 
 time of his residence to his departure, the time of his 
 voyage would make an hiatus in the period required, 
 and lay testimonials only could be procured, backed 
 by the testimony of two Clergymen who had known 
 or heard good report of him, for from twenty to thirty 
 years. This was therefore all that could be obtained, 
 except for the three months which had elapsed since his 
 landing in England. The subject was thoroughly 
 canvassed on our next interview ; and we resolved to 
 
THE PILGRIM. II 
 
 try the first opportunity how far this testimony would 
 answer. A title was obtained, but the defect in 
 testimonials was fatal to that attempt. Wait for two 
 years and nine months he must; but how to exist was 
 a matter of some consequence. His finances ttere very 
 low, having from a strict and scrupulous regard to the 
 reputation of a holy man, that none might say, he went 
 out to amass property from the hard earnings of others, 
 he remained and taught as a schoolmaster gratis, until 
 he left his little store barely sufficient to pay his pas- 
 sage home. Ten-shillings, a scanty stock of clothes,, 
 and the hammock he had used several years, constituted 
 his estate personal: some land he had in New South 
 Wales, which he let at a low rate to an industrious 
 convict, of whom he never would take anv rent, after 
 he had obtained what he wished and prayed for. As 
 I had a room connected with my school room I de- 
 termined that there he should sling his hammock and 
 abide; and among friends I raised about fen-shillings 
 per week, on which for nearly three years he main- 
 tained himself and assisted in teaching the little boys 
 to read, cast accounts, &c. At my leisure moments, 
 1 instructed him in Latin and Greek, just sufficiently 
 to enable him to translate literally an article into* 
 Latin, and to construe two or three chapters of St~ 
 
12 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 John's gospel in Greek. At length he obtained am- 
 ple and indisputable testimonials from three eminent 
 beneficed clergymen, and a title now in the Diocese of 
 of some Bishop, who would under the peculiar circum- 
 stances of our pilgrim, waive the College degree, was 
 the object of my anxious search and enquiry. At 
 length I resolved from some little knowledge of the 
 Bishop of Durham, to lay the case before him, and 
 enquire whether, should I procure a title in his Lord- 
 ship's Diocese, he would admit him as a candidate. 
 ] waited on his Lordship and told him my tale in the 
 way I have been stating it to you, his Lordship kindly 
 received me and my petition, and said, if your friend 
 and you will assure me, that in case of his ordination 
 to a cure in my Diocese, he will there abide until I 
 give him permission to remove, 1 will admit him as 
 a candidate; for said his Lordship, 1 have been 
 induced to ordain several young* men on strong 
 recommendations, though, of inferior talents and 
 acquirements to curacies in the dark parts of North- 
 thumberland, who sooji thought themselves fit for a 
 more enlightened sphere, and by removing into such 
 spheres, have brought reproach on me for having 
 ordained them. An University education is not 
 absolutely a recommendation among the miners, 
 
THE PILGRIM. 13 
 
 though, even there if it be used with judgement it can 
 do no harm, but in more polished parts of the country, 
 a clergyman highly esteemed among miners or 
 colliers, might be looked down upon with contempt, 
 if destitute of classical learning. Since nothing could 
 be urged in opposition to such sensible observations 
 on the fitness and suitableness of officers to the offices 
 they are commissioned to occupy, 1 took my leave of 
 that excellent prelate, under the impression, that 
 Northumberland or Durham must furnish the spot on 
 which my aged pilgrim must ground his staff, swing 
 his hammock, and open his simple message and 
 commission, to the dark and benighted moles that 
 hoard together chiefly under the earth, to explore her 
 treasures, and bring them forth to light for the use of 
 men more rich, and less inured to labour by the sweat 
 of their brow to eat bread. 
 
 And now reader, if thou art not weary of this de- 
 tail, turn your eyes with deep attention to the following 
 evidence of a peculiar Providence, watching over the 
 seemingly minute affairs of poor worms of the earth; 
 I had scarcely returned from my Interview- with the 
 Bishop, before I fell in with an excellent man, whom 
 I had not seen ( I believe) for several years, to whom 
 (as uppermost in my mind) I recounted what you 
 
14 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 have read, and he immediately entered into the case 
 with zeal and cheerfulness, promising- nothing, but 
 wishing me success in my endeavours. A few days 
 afterwards I received a letter from him, stating that 
 he had procured a title for my pilgrim, in the midst of 
 the lead mines, bordering on the counties of Durham 
 and Northumberland, where he had an estate and a 
 small residence for occasional visits; and as there was 
 at present a curate with ten children holding the 
 cure, against whom many complaints for drunkenness, 
 had been made to the Bishop, who had long forborne 
 to remove him, on account of his half-starved family; 
 my frien I liberally offered to allow the curate to receive 
 his stipend, and to pay the pilgrim fifty pounds per 
 annum, to do the duty, if the Bishop would ordain 
 him. I hastened to lay this proposition before his 
 Lordship, in Grosvenor Square, but he was gone to his 
 palace at Bishop Aukland, in the county of 
 Durham. This was rather a trial of faith than a 
 disappointment, and I wrote the result to my friend 
 proposing to accompany my pilgrim to the Bishop's 
 palace, if the means could be any way raised for the 
 purpose. He by return of post concurred in my plan, 
 and with earnest prayer for my success, and giving 
 me full power to use his house and servants as if they 
 
THE PILGRIM. 15 
 
 were my own, he added advice which course to steer 
 as most free from interruption and delay, and what 
 was the main point, he sent me a sealed book of fifty 
 two pages which he called, a book of the roads to be 
 opened on the morning* in which I designed to take 
 our places. On opening it, I found fifty one-pound 
 notes running numbers, according to pages in a book. 
 Having thus experienced the goodness of God in 
 overcoming every obstacle to the journey, and having, 
 I trust, each one for himself and his fellow traveller, 
 sought the Divine blessing on our purpose, we set 
 out for Leeds in Yorkshire, where we intended to rest 
 until the testimonials which were transmitted to the 
 Bishop for his countersign, should be returned to us. 
 During our stay for three long days, we made some 
 valuable acquaintances, and enjoyed much religious 
 conversation, which in a great measure was an answer 
 to our prayers, and quenched the spirit of murmuring 
 at our delay on the road, which we found at times 
 ready to rise up in our imperfect natures. At length 
 the much desired letter from the Bishop cheered our 
 drooping spirits, and with increasing hope of success 
 we pressed forward, and arrived in safety at Bishop 
 Aukland, took up our residence at an Inn, kept by an 
 old servant of the Bishop, from whom we learned that 
 
\G THE PILGRIM. 
 
 his Lordship was at home, and if we wished to see 
 him, we had better send up our cards that evening, as 
 his Lordship was an early man and might go to Dur- 
 ham before we were aware of it. We followed his 
 advice and received a kind invitation to attend his 
 Lordship at eleven, the next morning. My old friend 
 began now to quake and tremble, not having been 
 honoured so far as to be in company with such an ex- 
 alted personage, (the Governor of New South Wales, 
 and the King of Otaheite, excepted) this feeling was 
 no part of his religion, but of his nature, and conse- 
 quently I urged him to remember that a Greater than 
 the Bishop was now present with us, and yet he did 
 not tremble before Him. The remedy took effect, and 
 with a calm and resigned demeanour lie appeared at 
 the appointed time with me at the palace. The Bishop 
 wished to see me alone for a few minutes, which gave 
 mv friend a little more time to commit himself and his 
 cause into the hand of God. The Bishop seemed 
 astonished on my relating to him, the object of our 
 journey e You are a bold man, said his Lordship, to 
 unddtake so long a journey, at a peiadventure, and 
 the expence must have been considerable. My Lord, 
 I replied, the object is greater than the labour, and 
 the expence is provided for by a liberal hand ; and 
 
TI1R PILGRIM. \1 
 
 these are ihe reasons which induced me to determine 
 
 on the expedition, for I gathered from these things 
 
 that we were following, the guidance of an overruling 
 
 Providence, and therefore should either succeed in 
 
 our wishes, or, have our consciences cleared of having 
 
 neglected the means which were thus put in our 
 
 way." Why, truly, said his Lordship, it is remarkable 
 
 that every apparent obstacle has been so easily and 
 
 speedily removed, your obtaining a title in the only 
 
 spot which was likely to suit the man whom you have 
 
 described to me, your meeting with a friend both able 
 
 and willing to frank you down hither, and who offers 
 
 such a noble remuneration to your Missionary, 
 
 without depriving the poor family of the Curate 
 
 either of their dwelling, or their salary; but my 
 
 ordination does not take place for a month or six 
 
 weeks. My Lord, I replied, our good friend has 
 
 desired us to board and lodge at his house on the 
 
 estate, to which the chapel belongs, until the time 
 
 your Lordship might fix for the ordination, if you did 
 
 not reject our old Pilgrim, and in case you should 
 
 deem it right to decline the proposal ; then we were 
 
 to stay as long as we pleased to see the country, and 
 
 return, having done all we could, and having nothing 
 
 to blame ourselves for neglecting. Well, said his 
 
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18 THE PILGRIM, 
 
 Lordship, now let me see this wonderful man of many 
 adventures. On my introducing him, his Lordship 
 received him kindly, and the old man glanced an eye 
 at me, seeming to say, pray do not leave me, I resumed 
 my seat, and his Lordship, whose eye penetrated 
 into the meaning of our looks, said to me, I do not 
 want you at present, perhaps you Will be amused with 
 a walk in the garden, I thanked his Lordship, and 
 apologized for staying on the ground of my friend's 
 timidity. His Lordship exclaimed, smiling, " No man 
 need be afraid to speak truth in any presence, and 
 your friend has been in much greater dangers than 
 he is at present. I now left them, and in about half 
 an hour my friend came out to say, his Lordship 
 wished to see me alone. 
 
 Well, said his Lordship, on my entering the room, 
 I like the simplicity and honest candour of your old 
 Pilgrim ; he seems to have no secrets, no subterfuges, 
 he is, as it appears to me, what a witness in court 
 ought to be, prepared to speak the truth, the whole 
 truth, and nothing but the truth. Yes, my Lord, and 
 according as his conduct is in his dealings with 
 men on common subjects, so I believe, he will act in 
 the discharge of his higher and more important 
 office as a witness for God to men concerning 
 
THF. PILGRIM. V) 
 
 His Son; I think so too, and therefore replied 
 his Lordship, I shall admit him as a candidate 
 for ordination, you and he must dine with me 
 to-morrow (Saturday), I am going to Durham in the 
 morning and shall return to dinner at five o'Olock. 
 With many hearty, but briefly expressed thanks, 1 
 retired, and found my old friend behind a large Tree 
 in the Park, watching for my approach and seemingly 
 in a fever of anxiety; but when I came up to him, he 
 said, I thank the Lord I am prepared for all events, 
 I have been enabled to cast my burden upon Him, 
 and can say His will be done. It is well for you and 
 every christian, when he can do so, flesh and blood 
 cannot effect it, rather do they strive against it, but 
 the Lord hath explained how it is accomplished, 
 "not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit"! Yes, 
 truly, said he, for I have been walking too and fro' 
 under the shelter of these trees in much agitation for 
 some time, blaming myself for not plucking up 
 courage to stand the fiery ordeal of this day, but I 
 found the well of human nature was dry, and with all 
 my labour I could not draw up one drop of resolution, 
 this brought me to my knees in prayer of heart for 
 resignation, and blessed be God, I have received it; 
 and now I think, I could face a Lion! Then, said I, 
 
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20 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 according" to your faith shall if be unto yon, "//*e Door 
 is not shut" Had you witnessed the change o( 
 countenance, which, I saw at this moment, you would 
 never have forgotten it, and he exclaimed, " may it 
 " be your happy portion and mine, always to find an 
 a Open Door, untill we shall be safely lodged in our 
 " blessed Saviour's bosom," and may you gentle 
 Reader be included in this heartfelf petition, and 
 
 its happy consequences! 
 
 On returning to our Inn, we mutually commu- 
 nicated the substance of our conversation with the 
 Bishop, in which kindness, mingled with great 
 shrewdness in discerning character, was stongly 
 evinced by the venerable prelate. The Old Missionary 
 told me, that notwithstanding he went in armed with 
 the text, "Who art thou, that art afraid of a man that 
 shall die?" yet his memory like a leaky vessel, let it 
 slip away at the door, the moment he saw the 
 Bishop's wig; and when you Sir, quitted the room, 
 (said he), I thought my knees trembled as much, as 
 when I was surrounded by the Natives, in one 
 of the South Sea Islands, intending as I thought, to 
 plunder my box, and perhaps, roast me for their 
 suppers. But when his Lordship opened his mouth, 
 and put this important question to me, — Under what 
 
THE PILGRIM. 21 
 
 Clergyman did you receive your first religious 
 impressions? The mist was cleared away from my 
 eyes, the darkness was chased away from my mind, 
 and in the simplicity of a man who is suddenly 
 convinced that all the terrors and alarms, which he 
 had just experienced, arose merely from a dream; I 
 said within myself, thank God, it was but a figment 
 of the brain, oppressed with long cares, and restless 
 anxieties ; with new found energy, I replied, good 
 old Mr, Romaine, was the first and best of preachers, 
 by whom the Lord was pleased to instruct and build 
 up his poor servant in the fundamental doctrines of 
 belief and practice. 
 
 Mr. Romaine, said his Lordship, was a great and 
 good man, and it is a question to be answered in the 
 secret place of the Most High, which has produced 
 the most good among mankind, his preaching or his 
 writings; I have the latter in a prominent station 
 among my numerous books, and the dust cannot take 
 up an accusation against me, that they have had a quiet 
 resting place. His Lordship, then asked me a few 
 questions, relative to my object, my answers to which 
 closed our conference, I then communicated to him 
 in a few words the substance of my conversation with 
 his Lordship, and closed, by observing, we are to dine 
 
22 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 with tlie Bishop to-morrow, and lie will then perhaps 
 axamine you, or cause his Chaplain to examine you, 
 as to your classical acquirements, (his countenance 
 drooped,) but, 1 have told the Bishop, that you make 
 no pretensions to classical knowledge, and he seemed 
 inclined to be very lenient towards you on that point, 
 (his countenance revived), and perhaps, he maybe 
 satisfied with one chapter in the Greek Testament, 
 and a Latin theme on some given subject, (his face 
 gathered blackness), at least if not in Latin, in 
 English ! here he fetched a deep sigh ! Well, said he, 
 the Lord knows best, and this Lord must do no 
 more than my lord permits and ordains. Well, said 
 I, and therefore let us wait and see, what our Lord 
 will do with us, for I feel deeply interested in the 
 result of this extraordinary journey, and the^ohject of 
 it. In order then to tranquillize our minds, we took a 
 gentle walk by the side of the large river which 
 saturates the meadows that bound his Lordship's 
 park, and carries in its bosom, supplies of fuel, and 
 provisions to many distant towns and villages in its 
 meandring course; by the time we had finished our 
 ramble, it became needful to think of dressing our- 
 selves for dinner ; I should here observe, that my 
 friend was by no means a dandy, or even a beau of 
 
THE PILGRIM. 23 
 
 the old school, but rather careless and slovenly from 
 his long* habits of seclusion from better society than 
 almost savages. Moreover his wardrobe was not very 
 amply furnished, for with great prudence worthy of 
 imitation in higher spheres, he said, I must furnish 
 myself with the needful for decency sake, and if I fail 
 in my'wishes, I shall not blame myself for extrava- 
 gance, if I succeed, I shall then for the credit of the 
 cloth, add something suitable to my altered condition. 
 Come, said I, let us see what you have in your trunk, 
 a plain black coat nearly new, and black satin 
 waistcoat with pockets, to carry his spectacles and 
 pocket Bible in, and a pair of satin smalls^ as he 
 called them very properly, for as they never were 
 designed for union to each other, the latter in 
 humility kept at a small distance from his waistcoat 
 pockets, with this only advantage, that he might 
 occasionally find employment in attempts to unite 
 them, while he was trying to combine his scattered 
 thoughts; and this practice he had learned in more 
 places thau one, the Bar and the Pulpit having, as 
 men write, furnished several great authorities for such 
 a mode of gaining time, and connecting links 
 in oratory. I had provided powder and pomatum as 
 substitutes for his usual cmbclishmonts of a orraf 
 
24 THE PILGKIM. 
 
 body of sausage shaped curls, which were candle 
 ends and flour, and having secretly acted as his 
 Frisseur, he cut a very venerable appearance, and we 
 sallied forth, in glancing my eye over his whole 
 costume however, I found that one of his shoe strings 
 was old and the other new, this slight defect being 
 rectified, we were introduced into the drawing room, 
 where we were soon joined by a very well dressed, 
 fashionable Divine, who it appeared afterwards, had 
 returned from Durham, with his Lordship ; a very 
 pleasing and affible young lady of about thirty, the 
 orphan of a Clergyman, and one of a family for all 
 the members of which his Lordship had liberally 
 provided, received us as appointed Hostess, his 
 Lordship having lost his amiable wife, some time 
 before. His Lordship soon joined us, and particularly 
 introduced us to each other; during the dinner, I ob- 
 served his Lordship shew particular attention to my 
 old friend, who at times seemed thoughtful and absent. 
 He questioned him much on many things relative to 
 his Voyages and Travels, indeed so much, that at 
 length his Lordship, perceived my good friend lay 
 down his knife and fork to make his replies; and he 
 exclaimed, I beg your pardon, my old friend, for 
 putting so many questions to you at dinner, we will 
 
THE PILGRIM. :>"> 
 
 deici them till afterwards, or I perceive that 1 shall 
 finish mine before you can have an opportunity of be- 
 ginning- yours; to which my friend replied, pray my 
 Lord do not mention it, for I have been accustomed to 
 much more unpleasant interruptions to my dinner, by 
 savages rushing in and carrying all away, and of course 
 I am tolerably quick in satisfying nature's require- 
 ments, which are not really so many as we sometimes 
 imagine ; when the cloth was removed, his Lordship 
 asked my friend to take a glass of wine with him, 
 which he with respect, but firmly declined, being" as he 
 observed, always accustomed to drink water, and being 
 asked to give a reason, he did not hesitate to declare, 
 that as he could not afford when by himself to 
 indulge in any stronger liquor, he had made a 
 resolution not to deviate from the practice, should he 
 at any time be asked to dine, or sup at any person's 
 house, for said he, the flesh is weak in one sense, it 
 soon gets a bad habit, and it is strong in another 
 sense, it will not easily give one up when contracted ; 
 besides, to indulge at times because it is at another's 
 expence might make me discontented with my common 
 beverage, and that would be a sin against a bounteous 
 Providence, who has assured His people of bread and 
 water, wherewith I have learned at the Apostle's fect ? 
 
J(> THE I'lLGUlM. 
 
 to be content. Well then, said the Bishop, perhaps a 
 few grapes would not infringe upon your rules of 
 abstinence; No, my Lord, fruits which have not been 
 rendered hurtful by man's invention, and were 
 intended for man's sustenance in hot climates, and 
 when unfermented are cooling* and wholesome, these 
 are allowable in my case. But now let me ask you, 
 said the Bishop, handing a fine bunch of grapes to the 
 old Pilgrim, did you ever see or taste any equal to 
 these ? Why, my Lord, you ask me for the truth, and I 
 would not tell a falsehood, for your Lordship's mitre ; 
 1 have seen much finer, I will taste them to answer 
 the last part of the question, he tasted the grapes like 
 a man who could well distinguish flavours, smacking 
 his lips (not very genteely), but with a view to 
 ascertain where the truth lay ; Yes, my Lord, I have 
 tasted much better, though these are perhaps the best 
 in England, for I perceive by your Lordship's grapery, 
 that you spare no expence or skill, to have the best; 
 How do you prove what you say to be any thing more 
 than a Traveller's story ? Why, my Lord, the peaches 
 which ripen upon your walls in the open sunshine, are 
 more highly flavoured, than those which are forced by 
 heat artificially; Yes, said his Lordship, that is true, 
 lut grapes generally do not ripen on our walls, so as 
 
THE PILGRIM. 27 
 
 to acquire a flavor, or size, or beauty like these, and 
 such as are forced in hothouses. True, my Lord, but 
 in New South Wales, peaches and grapes require 
 neither wall nor hothouse, but they are as the 
 Scripture says, " precious fruits brought forth by 
 the Sun " and I have seen much finer clusters and 
 each grape on the cluster much larger than these, and 
 the flavonr is far beyond any I ever tasted in 
 England, as to the peaches, my friend here has tasted 
 one that I brought from that settlement, preserved in 
 its own syrup without the aid of sugar, which among 
 many others I gathered from the trees, growing like 
 curranttrees in this country, qui te free for any one 
 to partake of. These grapes and a little piece of 
 bread have served me for many a meal, and dried in 
 the sun have furnished me a banquet when the season 
 was over in which they ripened. 
 
 The Bishop thanked him for his candour, and for 
 the imformation which he communicated, relative to 
 the salubrity of that distant land, next to the grapes of 
 Eshkol, my Lord, which never saw their equal, the 
 grapes in common growth in some parts of New South 
 Wales may challenge the world, for size and flavor. 
 
 The Bishop now requested our Pilgrim to 
 recount the various dangers and difficulties in which 
 
28 Tin: riLGiuM. 
 
 lie bad been conversant; which seemed to astonish 
 and entertain the Clergyman, and tbe lady I mentioned, 
 not a little; and at tbe close, tbe Bishop asked him, 
 whether tbe expence incurred by this Country in 
 transporting culprits, bad met with any adequate 
 recompen.ee ; I mean, said bis Lordship, do you know 
 of any, and what number of conversions have taken 
 place among those wretched beings? Why, my Lord, I 
 do know of one verv wicked man, who was well 
 nigh banged for heavy and repeated crimes, whose 
 sentence was commuted for transportation for life, 
 after a tbree years observation of him, I saw an 
 uninterrupted observance of every christian duty, 
 be became as notorious for religion, as be bad 
 been for wickedness and blasphemy, and I never 
 knew him miss an opportunity of hearing the gospel, 
 or, of holding communion for tbe last two years of 
 bis life. 1 believed him to be a true convert, and 
 so did all who knew him; of him therefore, 1 had 
 good hones, and as 1 saw his end and prayed with 
 him to the last, I can say, 1 know, that he was one 
 brand plucked out of the burning; 1 had good 
 hope of another of my congregation, but he is still 
 living, and you know my Lord, " he that persevereth 
 to the end r shall be saved." Well, said his 
 
run pilgrim. 29 
 
 Lordship, this is sufficient testimony to satisfy my 
 mind upon the public expenditure. "For said he," 
 speaking- with energy, " who can put a price upon 
 an immortal soul ?" After a little more conversation 
 of the same kind, we were summoned to coffee, and 
 in our way to the drawing room, his Lordship, 
 took us into a magnificent Court room, which his 
 Lordship had built and fitted up in the Gothic 
 style and wainscoated with true British Oak, 
 the windows were glazed with glass ting*ed with 
 Bishop's purple ; in this room, the Bishop took 
 my friend familiarly by the arm, and when he 
 had given time for viewing this grand and elegant 
 apartment, where as a prince his Lordship presided, 
 he turned round to him and said, * Providence has 
 made an outward distinction between you and me, 
 while I dwell in a superb palace, you will rest 
 your aged limbs in a hammock swung in an humble 
 cottage, but if we are enabled to perform the duties 
 of our different situations with clear consciences, 
 we shall meet under other circumstances, and have 
 glorious mansions to reside in for ever, a few years 
 will lay our bodies in the same dust ; and our souls 
 will be of equal value in His estimation, who died 
 to redeem both high and low, rich and poor." Yes, 
 my Lord, and our God has been graciously pleased 
 
30 the Pilgrim. 
 
 to honor the lowest rank in this life, by his personal 
 residence among us, in the form of a servant, and 
 has not degraded the highest rank, in that, He 
 hereby afforded them a wholesome lesson by his 
 example to exercise their riches and influence, in 
 supplying comfort and support to those who stand 
 in need of them, for it is written: "though He was 
 rich, He became poor, that we through His poverty 
 might be made rich," the Nobleman's son, and the 
 Centurian's servant, met with equal attention from 
 our blessed Lord, because they both believed. Hence 
 the conclusion of the spirit, God hath chosen the 
 poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of a 
 kingdom, blessed is he then that believetb, whether 
 he be a king or a peasant ! True, said the Bishop, 
 but how do you account for the tranquillity of a 
 poor believer under severe trials, his faith is not of 
 human fabric, it is a Heavenly tempered gift from a 
 Wise and Gracious God, therefore the trial of it 
 " vorketh patience, and patience experience, and 
 experience hope^ and hope maketh not ashamed, 
 because the love of God, is shed abroad in the 
 heart by tbe Holy Ghost." 
 
 Wv?ll, said his Lordship, and is it not the same 
 in a rich believer. Yes, my Lord, Faith is the same 
 in all, but the trials of it are not so, they generally 
 
THE PILGRIM. 3 
 
 arise in the poor man's case, from outward difficulties 
 and bodily wants, and these must be met with 
 daily and hourly renewal of strength from on High. 
 The rich man's trials of faith arise more from the 
 inward enemies, as pride, avarice, lust, vanity, and 
 a spirit of tyranny, the natural offspring 1 of power, to 
 resist these daily and hourly applications for Grace 
 are needful ; and to be a partaker of a lively Faith 
 in the Son of God, is as needful- to oue as to another 
 Where then is the difference ? Why, my Lord, the 
 poor man has enemies internal as well as the rich 
 man, such as envy, discontent, murmuring thoughts 
 concerning God's dealings, covetousness, directed to 
 the heaps of gold in the rich man's possession. The 
 rich man knows nothing of outward wants,he may fare 
 sumptuously every day, and yet being a believer he 
 has his inward trials, but compared with the poor 
 man, he is liable to a sarcastic remark made to a 
 rich believer, by one in moderate circumstances, who 
 asked him, how he went on in his Christian profession, 
 O, said he, I trust in God. Aye, said the other 
 
 ** 'Tis easy to say, my God, I will trust, 
 u When the pocket is as full as it can thrust ;" 
 But when the scanty board but bread supplies, 
 This 'lis, that heavenly gifts and graces tries. 
 
32 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 After ail, my Lord, it must bo owned, that speaking 
 after the manner of men, the middle state of life is most 
 desirable, though all states are suitably provided for, 
 by an All-wise and Overruling Providence; hence the 
 prayer left on record in the Scripture for our imitation, 
 " Give me neither poverty nor riches, lest I be rich and 
 forget God, or lest I be poor and steal and take the 
 name of my God in vain !" The old man now pre- 
 sented unto the Bishop, the remarks he had made in 
 writing, by his Lordship's desire, on the question, 
 "What need is there of a Redeemer ? His Lordship 
 now led us to the drawing room, where while the 
 coffee was handing round, the Bishop placing me by 
 his side, said, I have brought my chaplain with me 
 from Durham with the secret intention of giving your 
 friend a private ordination in my chapel here to- 
 morrow morning (Sunday), for I should wish to do 
 this favor for the old 3Iissionary in the kindest manner 
 possible. He would perhaps, feel awkward among 
 some of the young sprigs of Divinity who may attend 
 the regular ordination, and as vou are with him and 
 may perhaps like to see the place and introduce him to 
 to his charge, you can set off on Monday. I thanked 
 his Lordship, most heartily, for his consideration in 
 both particulars, and soon after we retired, under an 
 
THE PILGRIM. 33 
 
 encasement to dine with his Lordship after the 
 services next day. A note soon after followed to invite 
 us to breakfast at the palace next morning. 
 
 The nio-ht we had now arrived at, was one never 
 to be forgotten. The dialogue between my old friend 
 and myself lasted till twelve o'clock, and as the 
 clock struck, 1 told him, (for I was prohibited 
 till then), that his Lordship was quite satisfied with 
 his Theme, and had expressed his full confidence 
 in us both, that he would abide in the station to which 
 he was about to be set apart, by imposition of hands, 
 until his Lordship's approbation to remove should be 
 obtained. His eyes which had been rivetted on my 
 lips now filled with tears, and through them his 
 mind seemed to look up to heaven, and though he was 
 silent, I could fancy the words of the Psalmist were 
 upon his tongue, " Bless the Lord, O my Soul ! and 
 all that is within me, bless His Holy Name." After 
 a short silence we united in prayer and praise, and as 
 we slept in a two-bedded room, our conversation 
 continued for two hours at least, at length I 
 perceived that my old friend worn out in mind and 
 body, had yielded reluctantly to the allurements of 
 Morpheus. I know not why, but sleep did not visit 
 my eyelids for sometime, and just as I was about to 
 
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34 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 yield, I heard him, cry out, — No, my Lord, I beg- your 
 Lordship will not press me, I never take wine ; the 
 grapes are good, but no more, I have had abundance, 
 and I have never proved these, perhaps, they may 
 have an intoxicating quality: now, pray my Lord, do 
 not give me any more. I found he was uneasy, and 
 so 1 spoke to him, and told him that he must be sure 
 not to lie in bed too late, O no, said he, no fear of that, 
 the day of greatest joy on earth will soon dawn, and 
 then, my dear sir, the Devil will have another, though 
 a feeble enemy, if the Lord do but arm me with 
 heavenly grace, to put on the whole armour of God I 
 We both from real watching, now became silent, and 
 at six o'clock, I waked and saw my old friend kneel- 
 ing by his bedside on bare knees, and his hands up- 
 raised to heaven in silent prayer. After this he set 
 about his preparations for dressing, as he now knew 
 that we were to breakfast with the Bishop, this mighty 
 work being accomplished, and having had our morn- 
 ing worship, we went to the palace and walked upon 
 the lawn till breakfast was announced. His Lordship 
 received us very cordially, and told me privately, that 
 as the neighbours were allowed the priviledge of at- 
 tending his chapel, when he was there, he had invited 
 his Chaplain to stay over Sunday night, and would 
 
THE PiLGlllxM, 35 
 
 give my friend a still more private ordination at eight 
 o'clock on Monday morning, which would be in good 
 time for us to set out on our journey to Northumber- 
 land. This I communicated to my friend, and though 
 it was a delay of twenty four hours, yet he felt parti- 
 cularly grateful to the Bishop, under God, for afford- 
 ing him an opportunity of attending the Sabbath ser- 
 vices, previous to the agitating ceremony, he was 
 about to attend: 
 
 This day passed as agreeably as we could expect 
 or hope for, the sermons were good and suitable, 
 though, not so highly seasoned with doctrine and 
 practical application as sometimes we meet with on 
 such occasions. 
 
 The conversation however, was in some measure 
 under our control, for we were the chief speakers in 
 replying to the Bishop's questions relative to the expe- 
 rience we had both had, of the special Providence of 
 God, concerning which his Lordship seemed to be quite 
 of our opiniou, and indeed, the text judiciously thrown 
 in by our old Missionary, " Not a sparrow falls to the 
 ground without My Father," settled the point without 
 any decent opposition. 
 
 After dinner, I in treated his Lordship not to press 
 my old friend to eat so many grapes, as he did the last 
 
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36 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 time we dined there, for he did nothing but talk of them 
 in his sleep, and expressed some doubts to your Lord- 
 ship in his dream, whether without man's art, they had 
 not an intoxicating quality. The Bishop laughed 
 heartily, and said, he should do just as he pleased. At 
 length we parted with his Lordship, who hoped with a 
 smile on his benevolent countenance, that we should 
 not be late at the chapel in the morning. On arriving 
 at the Inn we did not indulge in long conversation, as 
 my old friend was desirous of reading over again the 
 ordination service; which he did in an audible voice 
 to our mutual edification ; and I would (by the way) 
 recommend to every clergyman of whatever rank in 
 the church, to make a practice of doing the same at 
 least twice in the year ; lest he should let slip the im- 
 portant and solemn injunctions there laid down, and 
 not keep up a sense of the high responsibility which 
 attaches to the assumption of the sacred function. 
 
 " Before the Lark had raised its mat tin song, 
 " Or ere the Red-breast led the warbling throng 
 " To tune their maker's praise." 
 
 We both were stirring and solemn duties personal 
 and social being over, we hastened to the lawn 
 before the palace. 
 
THE PILGRIM. 37 
 
 The chapel bell now summoned us to the courts 
 of the Lord's house, it vibrated on the old man's heart 
 and with upraised hands and tearful eyes, he entered, 
 put on a surplice and approached the altar, whither 
 the Bishop, his Chaplain and myself as a Priest, soon 
 entered and the Bishop's family and ; dependents 
 formed the congregation. The service now began, 
 and in a solemn tone and demeanor the Bishop took 
 the prominent part. All was still, imposing, and most 
 suitable to the occasion. I marked the Pilgrim's looks, 
 which were the most placid, happy, and cheerful I had 
 ever seen them, even when he spoke of New South 
 Wales. At length it came to his turn to read the 
 Gospel appointed for the occasion, his eye beamed, 
 and with an energy and correctness not much expected 
 by the Bishop he went through it, and evidently made 
 a deep impression npon the minds of all present, for 
 he appeared as an aged Patriarch in the midst of his 
 household, endeavouring to lead the way to the heart 
 worship of God, conscious of his effectual call to this 
 Ministry, and perfectly aware of the deportment which 
 must henceforth prove, that he had not thrust himself 
 presumptuously into the sacred order of deacons. 
 After the Bishop's solemn administration of the Sacra- 
 ment, and the final blessing, we took a hasty break- 
 
38 THF PILGRIM. 
 
 fast; and a grateful farewell for all the kindness we 
 Iiad met with, being pronounced by each of us, we 
 entered a carriage prepared for us by his Lordship to 
 convey us as far as Durham, from whence we were 
 constrained, on account of the roughness of the road 
 over the moors, to take saddle horses to go about 
 thirty miles to the village of which my friend was now 
 constituted the officiating Curate, After many ludi- 
 crous occurrences on the road, arising out of the 
 novelty of my friend's situation on the back of a lofty 
 rawboned horse, whose walk was almost sufficient to 
 shake off a better horseman than our walking Pilgrim. 
 His trot, put him in such a fermentation that he cried 
 out more than once, if it were not for speed I would 
 much rather walk, as I have been accustomed to. I 
 cheered him up from time to time with a few 
 anecdotes, of by-gone times as he used to call them, 
 and we at the close of twelve hours hard but not 
 swift riding, reached a lonely Inn situated close to a 
 rapid river whose bed of granite caused ten thousand 
 echoes, most interesting to one who had not witnessed 
 the Falls of Niagara. On enquiry, we found that 
 we had passed over fourteen miles or there-av^ay, as 
 the landlady, a lusty widow, informed us; and 
 declared that she dare not recommend our proceeding 
 
THE PILGRIM. 89 
 
 farther that night over the moors, for we should have 
 to cross the river fords six times before we reached 
 our destination; so here we were fixed for the night, 
 to the no small satisfaction of the horses and even of 
 our old Pilgrim, for he said., I feel my bones as sore 
 as if I had walked fifty miles. He willingly looked 
 to the horses, while I looked to our own refreshment 
 and repose. In both respects we were altogether 
 satisfied, and indeed I may say, that I never was better 
 supplied with hospitality in any part of the United 
 Kinodom. On the morrow, all desire of eating" beincr 
 removed, as Homer says very frequently, by a hearty 
 breakfast, we set off once more on our palfreys at the 
 rate of some three miles per hour by Shrewsbury 
 clock; we found it quite certain that the landlady's 
 advice had been given rather in tenderness to our 
 necks, than a tender feeling for her own interest, for 
 surely even with a guide, we never could have kept 
 our horses on their legs in the twilight ; large stones 
 as if strewed on purpose to impede a charge of cavalry 
 lay every yard on the road in every part ; and it 
 required the skill of an ./Eneas, to steer among them 
 $o as to avoid breaking our horses knees and perhaps 
 our own necks, even by daylight. The peasants told 
 us for our consolation, that a new road was making 
 
40 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 over the moors which was expected to be finished in 
 about a year and a half. A new road ? said I, why 
 there is no road at all now ! How can it be a new one ? 
 Whoy, said the man, grinning, it is but a sorry waye to 
 be sure, but there be two of ye, sure our waves will 
 soon be mended. Yes, said I, if the materials be as 
 plentiful, as they seem to be in this break-neck track, 
 for road it is not. Oah, said he, there be a mort of 
 materials to work upon, they be all underground, but 
 if the trumpet sound right, they'll soon come up and 
 join ye, naw doubf. After many ups and almost downs 
 we arrived at a small town chiefly built of stone, with 
 an ancient church, and a beautiful stone bridge across 
 the river, which parted the two counties of Northum- 
 berland and Durham ; here, we were to enquire for our 
 good Friend's Bailey, as he was called ; and perceiving 
 a Shoemaker, eating his dinner at his stall door, 1 
 asked, if he could tell where Mr. Davidson lived. 
 What, said he, Jackey Davison. I said, yes, I believe 
 his name is John. Naw, naw, said he, John Davison 
 is a youngster that kills the moor cocks ; but Jackey is 
 his father, who is bailey to the Lord o' the Manor. 
 Well, said I, where does he live. The man came into 
 the road, and pointing to the gable end of a white 
 house, he cried, Do ye ken yon hoose horseback oth 
 
THE PILGRIM. 11 
 
 the heel. What, said I, that white house. Aye ! aye ! 
 that be Jackey Davison's. When we had reached 
 the summit of this hill, we found a tolerably good 
 farm house, with some additional rooms built in a 
 more modern fashion, and better guarded against the 
 searching winds, which often rushed with violence 
 through the winding channel at the bottom of which 
 the river took its rapid course. These rooms were 
 intended for the occasional accommodation of the land 
 owner when he visited his romantic estate, and which 
 were now prepared for our reception, a good dinner 
 and a good fire, and pleasant countenances, waited 
 our arrival, and saluted our senses on entering. The 
 horses were taken care of, and we set to with appe- 
 tites sharpened by a tedious journey and the fresh air 
 of this Northern climate. After dinner we were 
 escorted round the groves by John Davidson, the 
 gamekeeper, and saw the chapel and school-room, 
 where my old friend was to be occupied in preaching 
 the Gospel to an uncultivated but shrewed congrega- 
 tion on the Sabbath Days, and during the week to 
 teach the young idea how to shoot, among a set of 
 untamed but sharp witted children. My old friend, by 
 the Bishop's permission deferred the commencement 
 of his official duties, till after his return from London, 
 
4*2 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 to which place he was to go with me, in order to 
 collect his little matters, and. take leave of his friends. 
 We resolved however, to stay over two days, and at 
 the request of the people, I preached twice in the 
 evenings to a chapel full of cheerful faces, and the 
 children sang* with voices shrill and mighty, while the 
 woods and groves re-echoed the melodious notes, 
 which were regulated by a singing master,, with 
 fingers and thumb marking" the time, in which he was 
 imitated by the boys and girls with much more correct- 
 ness, than I have observed, among* more polished 
 pupils aided by instruments. I announced to the 
 congregation after service the second evening, that 
 my old friend would come down shortly and be 
 their resident pastor and schoolmaster. With nods 
 txnd smiles they seemed to say, we shall be heartily 
 glad to see him, and hope to be edified by his doc- 
 trines. The next morning w^e hastened back to Dm- 
 iiam by a more circuitous route, but found the old 
 adage true, — the farthest way about, is often the near- 
 est way home ; for we reached our destination that 
 night, and set off for London by coach next morning*, 
 and as nothing material happened to us on the road, 
 I shall request the reader to accompany us by mail to 
 the great metropolis, where we arrived through a 
 
THE PILGRIM. 43 
 
 gracious Providence safe and happy. My old friend, 
 having* as he said, a furlough for three weeks, wished 
 to commence his ministerial efforts to a poor congre- 
 gation in London, and I had the pleasure of hearing 
 him preach a simple but faithful sermon, and was* 
 greatly pleased and thankful, that I had been one 
 honored instrument in God's hands, of bringing about 
 this apparently difficult and almost hopeless object. 
 What shall I add to this, perhaps, tedious narrative, 
 but that in due time, my old friend commenced his 
 ministry, and calmly pursued the object he had 
 ultimately but chiefly in view, the leading sinners to 
 the Rock of Ages, Jesus Christ; and that he finished 
 his course in that spot to which Providence had so 
 wonderfully directed his steps. He died suddenly, 
 and was most respectfully attended to the grave by 
 the neighbouring Clergy, and to the honor of the 
 Bishop, 1 must remark, that occasional presents of 51. 
 were put into his hand, by special messengers, and in 
 his pocket one of these was found, on which he had 
 written the Bishop's name. I will say, of this my 
 friend, that if all Christians had as few failings as he, 
 and as many good traits in their characters, they would 
 still stand as much in need of Christ's righteousness, 
 as of his atonement ; nevertheless, I pray, that you 
 
 
44 THE PILGRIM, 
 
 and I, reader ! may die the death of the righteous, and 
 that our last end, may be like his ! — Fare thee well. 
 
 Two years after the settlement of my old Pilgrim 
 in his retired cabin, situated on the summit of a precipit- 
 ous slope, covered with fir trees, intermingled with 
 other sons of the forest, to the verge of a rapid rivulet, 
 whose streams were often swollen by the headlong- 
 currents from the neighbouring moors, and seemed by 
 its geutlest murmurs to excite repose, and in its mad- 
 dest foamings to intend destruction ; a small spring 
 of delicious water for the supply of the inhabitants, who 
 were settled contiguously to the old man's' residence, 
 was continually pouring forth its transparent treasure; 
 here I found my Pilgrim wrapped in meditation, 
 apparently secluded from the cares and concerns of 
 active life, and unembarrassed with the complex trifles 
 of a changing scene of trouble and vexation. How 
 suitable his lot, to those simple, unaffected, pious 
 lines, written by Dr. Stennet, on his own retired 
 cottage, on Muswell Hill near London ; the reader 
 may judge when he has perused them ; I have been 
 myself delighted with them, and they may not have 
 
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THE PILGRIM. 45 
 
 been so generally read as they deserve; and if they 
 have met my reader's eye before, they will not cloy 
 by a repetition, or else, my judgement is erroneous, 
 or tastes are changed from what they were among 
 the class for whom 1 cull the present little effort to 
 amuse and satisfy the mind, and not excite the 
 passions. 
 
 Th»d of the world's incessant noise, 
 And sick of all its flatting joys, 
 I hail the day, I bless the hour, 
 That brings me to my rural bow'r. 
 In sweet reflection, here I sit, 
 And here enjoy the soft retreat ; 
 Ascend my little flow'ry mount, 
 And there Life's weary steps recount ; 
 Then cast my cheerful eye around, 
 On distant hills and mossy ground ; 
 On trees array'd in vernal green 
 Enraptur*d with the pleasing scene. 
 The fleecy sheep, the harmless lambs 
 That sportive play about their dams ; 
 The violets, flowers, and shrubs that rise 
 And taller trees that tempt the skies ; 
 
 All strive to make me happy here ! 
 
 Happy, without an anxious care ; 
 Strive to divert my thoughful breast 
 
 And calm my passions into rest. 
 
lti THE PILGRIM, 
 
 Thus sooth'd by Nature's silent voice 
 And charm'd with these her artless joys 
 I feel my soul prepar'd to hear 
 What Heaven shall whisper in my ear, 
 'Twas in the evening of the day 
 When the bright sun's decliuing ray, 
 Darted his light thro* Eden's trees 
 Wa\ ing their tops with gentle breeze, 
 'Twas then my God, that dwells on high 
 Deign'd to descend from yonder sky, 
 And in a form divinely sweet, 
 To own and bless the sweet retreat ; 
 There he was used to walk, and there 
 To entertain the happy pair 
 With new diseov'ries of his will, 
 And joys that none but angels feel. 
 Oh ! wou'dHe deign, to visit me 
 In Mercy, mix'J with Majesty ! 
 Deign, when I walk in evening shade, 
 Amid these bow'is His hands have made 
 To whisper softly in my ear 
 The gentle words, I loug to hear — 
 w Thy many sins are all forgiv'n 
 11 Thy worthless name is writ yi Heav'n.*' 
 The rapt'rous news I'd speak around, 
 The woods should echo back the sound ! 
 I'd write His name on ev'ry tree, 
 And tell the world His love to me ! 
 This soft this sweet enchanting spot 
 Should never, never be forgot ; 
 
THE PILGRIM. 17 
 
 My friends ami neighbours all shou'J know, 
 There's still a Paradise below ! 
 
 The sentiments of the Author, thus simply ex- 
 pressed, without any pretentions to poetic genius, are 
 nevertheless most worthy of adoption; for as 1 lie 
 Psalmist has expressed himself, " Except the Lord 
 build the House, their labour is but lost that build 
 it." "Except the Lord keep the City, the watchman 
 waketh but in vain!" all the delights of the world, 
 all the sweets of retirement, all the gratifications of 
 taste and sense, are cloying and deceptive, unless, 
 the presence and blessing of a reconciled God and 
 Father, in Christ Jesus be enjoy'd ; then we begin 
 to live, then commence real, substantial joys, such 
 as the world has no power to diminish, much less 
 to increase — 
 
 Then may we stand on solid roek 
 Nor fear the storms of life, 
 Our God will shield us from the shock 
 And still the raging strife. 
 
 And how doth He bring these wond'rous things to 
 pass ? To answer this important question shall be 
 my next attempt, nor need I ransack the varied 
 
48 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 store, of ancient, or cf modern history. Possess'd 
 of facts in no scanty measure laid up in memory, 
 and often for instruction of myself reviewed, I soon 
 shall place before you, careful reader, proofs of His 
 power to bring to pass mighty events, from causes 
 too minute for busy mortals to perceive, yet, quickly 
 seen by eyes endow'd with heavenly light. 
 
GREAT EVENTS, 
 
 FROM 
 
 LITTLE CAUSES. 
 
 Some few years ago, a Gentleman who had been 
 many years in India, whither it is said, he went as 
 a soldier, returned to this country with a very con- 
 siderable fortune, and after a few days, or hours illness, 
 died at an hotel in London, leaving no wife or child 
 to inherit his hard earned wealth, and still worse, 
 without having'made a will ; I say still worse, for as 
 the world goes they who make no provision concern- 
 ing temporal things, may be presumed not to have 
 been very careful about eternal things. And to pass 
 before the judge of quick and dead, without a 
 wedding garment, will be an awful and tremendous 
 blow, hurling the thoughtless intruder into unutterable 
 misery, and torment; what a dreadful contrast to the 
 
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50 GREAT EVF.NTS 
 
 gaudy and voluptuous trappings of the East! ant! the 
 glittering gold, and the downy couch, the luxurious 
 table, and the noisy revels, too often styled : " the 
 Feast of Reason, and the Flow of Soul." Hell's dark 
 and gloomy mansions, only rendered visible by the 
 flaming fire and brimstone, which will for ever burn, 
 but not destroy ! Not presuming to limit the Grace 
 and Mercy of God, nor, applying the above remark to 
 any particular individual; I proceed to relate some of 
 the above named events. Advertisements for the next 
 of kin, were inserted in all the papers ; and applicants 
 without number hastened to Town, to make out their 
 relationship to the dead East Indian Nabob, as he was 
 called. It happened that a person of the same name, 
 was burried in my churchyard, and a tombstone was 
 placed over his remains; it was ruinous and almost 
 the entire of the inscription was obliterated ; my 
 Register was searched continually to find out the mar- 
 riages, births, and deaths, of those who must make up 
 the genealogical tree, to shew which was most entitled 
 to the property, or a portion of it; many links of the 
 golden chain were found, but each competitor became 
 at last so confident of his claim, that a trial soon took 
 Dlace to decide upon all their pretentions. One small 
 matter brought me personally into court. I had under 
 
FROM LITTLE CAUSES. 5 1 
 
 my close custody, in the iron chest of the church, a 
 document, which most of the parties were totally unac- 
 quainted with, until I heard that a dispute had arisen 
 about the age of the ancestor, who was deposited in my 
 church yard. It immediately occurred to me, that I 
 might easily ascertain what they wanted, and which 
 could not be collected from the Register Book, (the 
 ages of parties never being inserted). I did examine 
 the document alluded to, and found the age of the per- 
 son, and also, the disease of which he died. When it 
 was known that there was such a record, it was ordered 
 to be produced at the trial, I declined entrusting it, to 
 any man's possession, except the Judge at the trial in 
 my presence, lest any interested person should make 
 an alteration. I have been more particular in this 
 detail, to shew the regular order of Providence, in 
 bringing forward His eternal purposes; 1 hasten now 
 to what will to the Christian reader, appear suitable 
 lo'the title of this little narrative. 
 
 I was subpoened to attend the first trial at , 
 
 which not being; decisive, another was appointed to take 
 
 place at , as soon as it was ascertained, that 
 
 I should be detained there, over the Sunday after my 
 arrival ; 1 suggested to the Society, for which I had 
 taken several journeys to make congregational collec- 
 
 e 2 
 
5*2 GREAT EVENTS 
 
 tions, that if they had any interest with the Rector of 
 
 the Parish, I might be employed to preach a collection 
 sermon for them : as I never wished to be hindered 
 
 from excercising my Ministry; it turned out that the 
 Rector was favourable to the cause, and being* applied 
 to on my behalf, gave his cordial assent to the pro- 
 posal ; and advertisements and placards were widely 
 distributed round the neighbourhood. On my arrival 
 at the place, on the Friday evening, the Rector paid 
 me a visit at my lodging, with a flushed countenance 
 and a clouded brow, to inform me, that the calendar 
 was so heavy, the Judges, instead of having the 
 Assize Sermon on the Friday, as usual, had resolved to 
 have it on Sunday; he said, " 1 have been with them 
 several times to argue the point, stating the loss it 
 would occasion to the Society, and the unpleasart 
 predicament both he and the intended preacher would 
 be placed in, after so wide a circulation of the notices. 
 But the Judges were inflexible on the point, and he 
 said, I hope they will shew more mercy towards the 
 prisoners, than they have shown to my feelings. Seeing 
 that the old gentleman felt exceedingly on my account, 
 as well as his own ; I endeavoured to quiet his mind, 
 by stating, that we both had done all we could, and 
 therefore we must submit to Higher Powers, conclud- 
 
FROM LITTLE CAUSES. 53 
 
 nig- with the remark, often made without well con- 
 sidering- its truth, "No doubt, Sir, it is all for the 
 best." Well, said he, my dear Sir, all I can do to heal 
 this wound, is this, if you will contrive to come 
 down sometime in the Summer. I will not only sladly 
 open my pulpit for you, but get you another church 
 within a few miles, for the afternoon ; and as my 
 
 friend Mr. , who is a very good man, and has 
 
 been enquiring about you, is very desirous to be 
 your host on such an occasion, and will convey you 
 in his carriage to the other church, perhaps, we 
 may make a little amends for our present disappoint- 
 ment to the Society; thus the affair rested, I saw 
 during my stay this friend of the Rector, and we 
 became as intimate in a few hours, as the bonds of 
 the Gospel can make men, who were before unknown 
 by face to each other; on the Sunday also, I saw 
 the hand of God in this disappointment, for I had 
 thus an apportunity of hearing a most excellent 
 
 sermon, from the Sheriff's Chaplain, Rector of -, 
 
 with whom my friend was acquainted, and who in- 
 troduced me to him, and mentioned the disappoint- 
 ment we had all met with, and the plan of the Rector 
 for me to come down in Summer; he immediately 
 took me b; the hand, and said, as 1 have innocently 
 
54 GREAT EVENTS 
 
 prevented your preaching to day, you shall have my 
 pulpit when you come down, as some recompense for 
 the delay of your efforts in the good cause. Titos, 
 the apparent evil was overruled for good; certainly, by 
 a Superior Power, yet, apparently in natural order 
 and due course of events. Time, with steady pace 
 moved on, and Summer came, our plans matured as 
 far as man could regulate events ; but now a higher 
 purpose budded forth, and promised fruit of a nobler 
 kind, surpassing all our finite calculations, yet con- 
 nected closely with our fondest wishes. 
 
 The Rector, whose health required renovation, 
 by the advice of his Physician, meditated an absence 
 of a few weeks, to visit the sea-sjde ; he mentioned his 
 purpose to my friend, and the difficulty he was in for 
 the supply of his duty in his absence, and without 
 making any observation to the Rector, my friend 
 wrote to me requesting, if 1 could manage to be 
 absent two or three Sundays about the time appointed 
 for my visit to the Town, to preach for the Society as 
 proposed; I had better write a line to the Rector, 
 stating that as I was coming to make some stay at 
 my friend's house, if I could be of any service to him, 
 relative to duty, for two or three Sundays in July, 
 immediately after my Charity sermons were preached, 
 
FROM LITTLE CAUSE?. 55 
 
 I should be most happy to undertake it, in whole, or 
 in part, as he might arrange; as some sort of return for 
 his kindness, in promising- me another church, as well 
 as allowing the use of his own for the Society; this 
 offer was made and thankfully accepted, and at the 
 time appointed I set forth on my journey, and arrived 
 safely at the begining of the week, so as to have 
 some christian intercourse with my friend, And now 
 began one of those mysterious operations of Pro- 
 vidence, which when the veil is withdrawn, exhibit 
 a striking proof, that His hand is in every thing, 
 and every thing in His hand, though men see it 
 not, until the effect proclaims it, and leads them to 
 say, " This hath God done," perceiving that it is 
 His work. In conversation, relative to conversion, 
 my friend asked, me this important question; Whether, 
 I thought it right for a converted man to remain 
 in a situation, where he could not hear to the profit 
 of his soul in the church of which he was a mem- 
 ber, and to which he was cordially attatched in other 
 respects? I replied, that it depended upon circum- 
 stances; if the party had abundant means of gratifying 
 his wishes, in a pecuniary point of view, he ought to 
 consider, First, By what means God had been pleased 
 to open his eyes? Secondly, What influence he had, 
 
56 GREAT EVENTS 
 
 or might have in establishing an active and zealous 
 Curate, to aid the infirm and aged Pastor in the 
 important duties of so large a sphere? My means, said 
 he, are ample, but my influence small ; as far as I 
 can see at present, and all I can do is to distribute 
 Bibles, Prayer Books, Homilies and Tracts, and 
 Subscribe to schools, to teach Children and Adults 
 to read them. I have done this freely, but meet 
 with nothing of co-operation; I will tell you candidly, 
 
 that I have bought a house at , to be under 
 
 Mr. , 31inistry, and have advertised this place 
 
 for Sale. Then, said I, why ask my opinion ? when 
 you have already packed up as it were, taken your 
 place, and are ready for starting. Why, said he, I 
 have some misgivings about it ; since I advertised, I 
 have only had one offer, and that is not half what 
 I expect for my Estate ; again, this condescension 
 in the Rector, which has induced him to allow you, 
 because you are my friend, to take his duty ; these 
 things stagger me, and I know not what to do. I 
 then asked him, whether he ascribed his conversion 
 to the effect of public preaching, or any other par- 
 ticular cause. Certainly, he replied, not public 
 preaching, but by private reading of the word of God, 
 which I was inclined to, from this thought which 
 
FROM LITTLE CAUSES. 57 
 
 came into my mind while handing out copies to the 
 people about me; Ought I not to know something* of 
 the book, I am putting into the hands of others ? 
 Thus, the Lord called me out of darkness to light. 
 I said, where was this ? Here, said he, in my closet. 
 Then, I replied, to my mind, your way is clear. Here, 
 with scanty outward means, God has given you light: 
 here abide, and " let your light so shine before men, 
 that they may see your good works, and glorify 
 your Father, who is in Heaven. " How can you tell 
 that the Lord has not in purpose called you, to be 
 the instrument of assisting to chase away darkness 
 from this place ? my friend, in some surprise exclaimed 
 you have used almost verbatim, the agrument of 
 
 Mr. . — , himself, to whom I have appealed ; now 
 
 out of the mouth of two witnessess, the thing is 
 established, and I stay here as long as the Lord 
 shall permit, and make use of me. This very im- 
 portant matter being settled, I recounted to him a 
 very strange occurrence, which was intimately con- 
 nected with my present journey, at a meeting 
 for religious converse, between four or five Clergy- 
 men, and myself the Saturday evening, previous to 
 my departure on the Monday from Town. I stated 
 the particulars which had led to my admission to 
 
58 GREAT EVENTS 
 
 preach in the several churches which are above men- 
 tioned ; they unitedly and as it were with one voice, 
 admired the mysterious ways of Providence ; but as 
 if influenced by one spirit, they began to caution me 
 as to my matter and manner of preaching in a New 
 Place or Places. One said, be sure you do not preach 
 extempore ! (my usual method). Another, be sure 
 you do not touch upon the Doctrine of Election ? For, 
 said they, if you do, the door may be shut against any 
 future effort. One, very wisely hinted, that at least I 
 had better take up a Sermon-case, instead of a Bible. 
 I was utterly astounded for some minutes ; I stared 
 at them, as one who had heard the most alarming news. 
 At last, I said, with some degree of composure, Do 
 you believe, my friends, that there is such a thing as a 
 superintending Povv er over the movements of rational 
 creatures ? Certainly. Are the bounds of our habi- 
 tations fixed by that Power ? Surely. To come to 
 the point ; Do you think that I am specially called to 
 this Work? There can be no doubt of it. Then, as I 
 am an extempore Preacher, and never concealed any 
 doctrine that bears upon the subject I am engaged in, 
 if you are right in your advice, would it not have been 
 much better, that one of you Gentlemen entertaining 
 such ideas, should have been sent on this Mission, 
 
FllOM LITTLE CAUSES. 5.0 
 
 rather, than that 1 should go in masquerade, and in a 
 strait waistcoat ? However, as your advice and my own 
 feelings, are at present, North and South, I shall be 
 guided by Him who rules the winds and the waves, 
 and men's hearts which are much more changeable: 
 and placing my portmanteau ready for closing before 
 me, a few written Sermons on one hand, and my Bible 
 and Concordance on the other, I shall pray for a 
 Divine Influence to direct my mind which way to 
 determine; and as I feel after this appeal for counsel 
 and advice, I shall act. On the following morning 
 (Sunday), one of the Clergymen hurried to my house, 
 and informed me, that in consequence of the conver- 
 sation of the night before, he had been very restless,, 
 and fancied (whether sleeping or waking he could not 
 tell), that I was tried on some charge, and was sen- 
 tenced to throw myself out of my drawing room 
 window ; that he came up and whispered to me to 
 catch hold of the lamp-post and Jet myself down easy; 
 that I immediately with a stern look, said no ; 1 scorn 
 all subterfuge; and taking a run, I leaped out of the 
 window heels over head and came upon my feet on 
 the opposite side of the street, and made him and his 
 friends a very low bow, having felt no hurt. He said, 
 that he awoke in a great alarm, on recollecting the 
 
(JO CHEAT EVENTS 
 
 advice lie had given to take a Sermon case, instead of 
 a Bible; and he came to unsay all he had said, lest I 
 should be influenced by it to do wrong. And now 
 the important day approached, on which I was to plead 
 the cause of the Society. I found that out of polite- 
 ness the Rector had determined to stay over the Sun- 
 day to hear my discourse; he took his place in the 
 gallery, opposite the pulpit, from whence, if I had 
 attempted, or wished to conceal my plan of preaching*, 
 he could easily have detected me. I proceeded in 
 my usual manner, and having a text which led me 
 to bring* forward and explain the everlasting cove- 
 nant, relative to the seed of the woman, in all its 
 bearings upon future transactions, as recorded in the 
 New Testament ; and, to apply that important Doc- 
 trine to the consciences and experience of each 
 individual, together with an explanation of the 
 Society's objects, for which I had specially to plead ; 
 I preached an hour, during the whole of which time, 
 the Rector stood with his eyes fixed on me, except 
 occasionally, with his handkerchief he veiled them to 
 remove the tears which were ready to flow down his 
 aged cheeks. On retiring to the Vestry room, 
 the Reader, in the most gross manner and tone of 
 voice, exclaimed, ar'nt you tired ? I replied, not in the 
 
FROM LITTLE CAUSES. 61 
 
 least, 1 am almost tired to death, said lie, I thought 
 you would never have done ; you must have preached 
 three quarters of an hour I If, said I, you can only 
 account for three quarters of an hour, you cannot be so 
 very tired, as you must have slept a quarter, for I was 
 a full hour. On this the Rector entered, but oh ' what 
 a contrast ! He took me by the hand, with tears in 
 his eyes, and said, I wish I could preach so, with all 
 my heart, I shall now leave home with a quiet mind, 
 and a safe conscience, since I have such a supply ; I 
 am aged and infirm, and good for nothing. I called 
 to mind the advice I had received before I left Lon- 
 don, and my having given no heed to it ; I rejoiced 
 that I had been enabled to ve'rify on this occasion, the 
 old adage, "Honesty is the best policy." I was 
 now put in possession of two churches for the follow- 
 ing Sabbaths ; namely, at three in the afterooon,my 
 friend conveyed me seven miles for the second sermon, 
 where I was received with kindness, and assured, that 
 at a future period, the pulpit would be at my service. 
 I shall not enter into the particulars of what occurred 
 during the future services of the churches in this 
 Town, any farther than to state, that there were, as my 
 friend informed me, more than one person attracted by 
 curiosity, very deeply, and I trust lastingly impressed 
 
()2 GREAT EVENTS 
 
 with (at least) a love for that truth, which before had 
 been slighted or despised. A great caballing among 1 
 the card players took place, and threatenings deep and 
 loud were uttered of writing to the Rector, to request 
 he would put a stop to such riotous proceedings as had 
 taken place by throngs of people trampling one another 
 to death. Hearing this, I wrote to the Rector a plain 
 statement of what had passed, for which by return of 
 post, he sent me his cordial thanks. 
 
 During the days between Sabbath and Sabbath, 
 I preached and collected in various places for the 
 Society and obtained Subscribers. In making an 
 attempt to obtain an important Personage as a Vice 
 President, 1 could not help adverting to the fact, that 
 his Lordship, I perceived was a friend to the British 
 and Foreign Bible Society in another County, and 
 yet, that in this County where he chiefly resided, .no 
 County Auxiliary had been formed. His Lordship 
 replied, the people in this county are so inanimate 
 that we cannot get them to come forward in any thing. 
 1 immediately and bluntly replied, your Lordship is 
 the twelfth person, who has said the same thing; of 
 course you except yourselves, and I have therefore a 
 Jury complete, and a Grand Jury it is, if your Lord- 
 ship will be the Foreman, we will try the County, and 
 
FROM LITTLE CAUSES. 03 
 
 I have no doubt, we shall find some guilty, but many, 
 very many, will be acquitted of the charge. I will be 
 either head, or tail, whichever may be thought best, 
 replied his Lordship. I related this to my Friend, 
 and in about six weeks, one of the most numerous 
 and respectable County meetings took place, and the 
 first years produce was as large if not larger than that 
 of any other County, distant from the Metropolis. My 
 journey was but a small link in the chain of Provi- 
 dence, but as it pleased him to make use of it, we must 
 not, for truth's sake, " despise the day of small things." 
 After enjoying much comfort and great satisfaction in 
 my mission, I returned to my post at home; and met 
 my Privy Counsellors, to whom I recited all that had 
 occurred. They united with me in thanksgiving- to 
 that God, * whose way is in the Sea, and His footsteps 
 not known." To come speedily to the most important 
 point, in proof of the correctness of my motto, Great 
 Events from Little Causes : about three or four 
 months after my departure from my friend's house, he 
 wrote me word, that the Rector feeling his infirmities 
 increase upon him, had called on him and requested 
 he would write to me, entreating it as a great favour, 
 that I would find out a young man of similar senti- 
 ments to my own, to be his Curate. By the same 
 
64 GREAT EVENTS 
 
 post, 1 received a letter from a lady, whom I 
 had never seen, requesting- me to find a curacy 
 more to the South, than Yorkshire for an 
 excellent young man of piety and zeal, tempered with 
 tenderness for the ignorant, and those, who are out of 
 the way; I answered both letters by writing to the 
 principals, fixing for the young man to meet me at 
 
 , on the Tuesday after Christmas day ; and to 
 
 the Rector, to say, I would at that time personally, 
 if all were well, introduce the man whom I thought 
 (designed in Providence for the post), most suitable 
 to his wishes, and the benefit of the people; this 
 matter was accomplished ; and by the blessing of 
 God, for about six years, an active ministry was 
 continued, and paved the way for the ultimate fixing of 
 a pious, and useful incumbent in a parish, containing 
 upwards of five thousand souls. My friend is since 
 gathered to the church triumphant after seeing his 
 heart's desire accomplished, and after receiving a full 
 evidence, that he was rightly advised, and made 
 willing to take advice, not to move his tent, because 
 he had not all he wished, but to abide where God had 
 called him, until a plain path of removal should be 
 pointed out. 
 
 I hope the candid reader, will not imagine that 
 
FROM LITTLE CAUSES. 65 
 
 these things are recorded from motives of vain 
 glory, or with a view to exalt self; that be far from me ; 
 indeed, on a thorough examination it will be found, 
 that I was but a feeble link in the chain, though 
 apparently necessary to the perfection of God's 
 Sovereign purposes; and in this view of the subject 
 my motto is established, Great Events did arise, from 
 Little Causes. However, the true motive for intro- 
 ducing this history of facts, is, to shew the weakest 
 Christians how beneficial it is to their own comfort, as 
 well as to the interests of true religion, to follow the 
 leadings of Providence, instead of attempting to run 
 before, by the deceptive twinkling of finite reason ; 
 and also, to excite Ministers to be consistent in their 
 manner and matter of preaching, wherever they may 
 be called to exercise their Ministry ; God being the 
 only true Judge of His own purposes, and conse- 
 quently of the fitness of the agents, He is pleased 
 to employ. 
 

THE VINEYARD, 
 
 And now, gentle reader, let us take an excursion 
 into the Vineyards and see how the work of culture 
 proceeds, and mark the progress of those beautifully 
 descriptive emblems of Christ and His Church* " 1 
 am the Vine, ye are the branches." Behold those 
 rich clusters of purple hue, supported by the tendrils 
 on the artificial trelice, placed by the Gardener to 
 keep them duly exposed to the genial rays of the sun, 
 yet screened from its too powerful beams, by their 
 numerous and verdant leaves, intended for the double 
 purpose of being parasols and parapluits in rainy sea- 
 sons. How promising they appear I and how beautiful 
 to the eye,are the order and arrangement of the several 
 plants, near enough to render mutual shelter and 
 shade, not too near, lest they should rob each other 
 of the nutriment which heaven and earth afford 
 
 f2 
 
68 THE VINEYARD. 
 
 them, for their individual growth and fruit fulness. 
 Without damage to the rest, the Gardener can pay 
 attention to their culture and regulation, removing 
 the unfruitful branches, and arranging and support- 
 ing those, that are loaded with luscious treasure, 
 soon to be crushed, to produce the most cheering 
 beverage, or dried, for winter's supply of food. 
 Sweet elucidation of the Saviour's words," my flesh is 
 meat indeed, and my is blood drink indeed." To the 
 perfection of the labour, as well as the fruits which are 
 to recompense the toil, the Sun is absolutely neces- 
 sary, so the God-head of Christ, "the true Vine," is 
 needful to render his manhood, productive of perfect 
 success in His vast undertaking. The eternity of His 
 commix't nature is required, to give His atonement 
 an eternal efficacy, and, His participation with us of 
 mortal nature, called His Manhood, was necessary 
 to the actual payment of Believers' debts, to a broken 
 and unrelenting law. His humiliation and his exalt- 
 ation, arise from this mysterious union of two natures, 
 and render him the only fit Mediator, between God 
 and man. As the root of the vine communicates 
 life and vigour to the branches, through the power- 
 ful and fructfying radiance of the Sun, so, the Lord 
 Jesus communicates life to the souls of his people, 
 
THE VINEYARD. 69 
 
 and through His healing beams, causes them to 
 bring forth fruit in due season, to the glory of 
 His grace, and their eternal consolation, for be it 
 remarked, that the vine is what we call an ever- 
 lasting plant, and not an annual ; yea, it brings 
 forth fruit unto old age, and is fat and flourish, 
 ing; but it is a deciduous, or leaf-dropping plant- 
 to shew us our need of the renewing radiance of 
 the Sun of Righteousness, and especially to eluci- 
 date that beautiful description of the Saviour in the 
 Prophecy of Isaiah, where He is compared to a Root 
 out of a dry Ground ; in winter, the vine answers to 
 this in appearance, " there is no form or comeliness in 
 it then," but when as we now see it, covered with 
 clusters tending towards perfection, our souls are ready 
 to cry out, struck with the emblamatic likeness to 
 Christ, surrounded with His pearls in Heaven. 
 "He is the chiefest of ten thousand, and the all- 
 together lovely." The wine of our consolation 
 flows from His bleeding wounds, who declared, iC I 
 have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the 
 people, there was none with me." He gained the 
 victory, and produced our comfort and peace, by 
 being crushed under the wrath of a Just Law-giver, 
 because He stood between His people, and the 
 
70 THE VINEYARD. 
 
 sword of vengeance, and thus by death, also over- 
 came death and, him that had the power of death, 
 which is the Devil. As wine cheers the heart 
 and spirit of a man, so the blood of Jesus viewed 
 by faith, communicates joy unspeakable and full of 
 glory, and enables the subjects of it, to defy the 
 world, the flesh, and the devil ; and prepares them 
 to shout at last, "more then conquerors through Him 
 who hath loved us, and washed us in His blood!" 
 but when Jesu's manhood was cut down, did not 
 His disciples begin to faint in their minds ? Yes, 
 but when by His God-head power, He arose again 
 their hopes were revived, and their Faith led them 
 to believe, that as He died and rose again, so He 
 was able to raise up them also in His likeness, at 
 the great day. And herein is that Scripture veri- 
 fied with respect to Christ, and all His living 
 branches, who will drink of the same cup of death 
 which He drank of. "There is hope of a tree 
 if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, by the 
 scent of water it shall bud ?" But vain professors 
 of discipleship are liable to something* more than 
 being cut down by death, they may be cut off 
 from their mere professional engrafting on Christ ; 
 their unfruitfulness dooms them to eternal death. 
 
TH1- VINEYARD. 71 
 
 "Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He 
 (aketh away.'"' These are they, who pervert the 
 vineyard, to the baneful indulgence of their carnal 
 thirst, cause great intoxication, and the catalogue of 
 dreadful consequences ensue. O that the Lord would 
 indent on every creature comfort, and give professors 
 eyes to read it, and hearts to attend to the whole- 
 some instruction it contains, "moderation." Then 
 should we be mutually and individually, prepared 
 to expand our living branches, buds and blossoms, 
 to the cheering rays of the Sun of Righteousness, 
 and full of rich clusters His production, we should 
 cry out with one voice, Lord thou did'st speak truly, 
 when thou said'st, "from Me is thy fruit found." It 
 is worthy of remark, that the vine is considerably 
 renovated, and becomes very prolific, by frequent 
 application of blood and water ! How true is this, 
 when the Christian is considered as partaking 
 of fruitfulness in every good word and work, 
 by the application of the blood of the Lamb, 
 and the waters of sanctilication by the Holy Ghost, 
 typified by the pierced side of Jesus, our paschal 
 Lamb ; whence proceeded " blood and water.'' The 
 nature of the vine, as a figurative emblem of a 
 Christian, is remarkable in this respect; without 
 
72 THE VINEYARD. 
 
 support, it cleaves to the earth and is trodden 
 under foot; supported, it aspires towards] Heaven* 
 and it is furnished with verdant hands by which it 
 clings, and climbs to the top of its ladder. 
 
 Thus the Christian grovels on earth, till Faith's 
 object Jesus, is applied, then Faith's hands lay hold, 
 and the soul aspires towards Heaven, courting the 
 rays of the Sun of Righteousness, and not to be 
 satisfied, till it reaches the Head of Influence in 
 the eternal world. 
 
 Up Jacob's Ladder still he climbs 
 To God who stands above ! 
 Nor stops to rest his weary limbs 
 Supported by the power of Love. 
 
 What binds me to this world, he cries? 
 Fill'd with deceit and pain ; 
 My wishes are above the skies 
 There's my Eternal gain ! 
 
 Yet, " not my will, but Thine be done,'' 
 {Thy words, when griev'd for me,) 
 Thou*, Thou, art my all cheering Sun 
 I'd leave ray time with thee ! 
 
 Whether to stay and bear my cross 
 For others' good, or mine ; 
 Tho' billows roar, and tempest's toss, 
 Be the decision Thine ! 
 
 Content I wait ! or, if to go 
 To be with Thee, my King! 
 Content I'd bear the friendly blow, 
 And Vict'ry in Death, wou'd sing 
 
THE GARDEN. 
 
 The early dawn proclaims arise and praise thy 
 gracious Benefactor, who with watchful eye, and 
 mighty hand, has given thee calm and undis- 
 turbed repose. The red-breast calls thee to the 
 dewy lawn, where he is^ seeking for the food, his 
 great Creator hath prepared ; and with his mattin 
 song, his gratitude declares. And wilt thou linger ? 
 and abuse thy scanty hours by yielding soul and 
 body, to the facinating arms of sloth ? Wilt thou 
 lie useless in a bed of down, while all things else 
 in harmony, pursue the end of their Creation? The 
 little Ant, hath long since put forth its head, and 
 formed an estimate of what the clouds or sun por- 
 tend ; whether to venture forth his store to harden 
 in the sun, or keep it close protected from the rain, 
 and having this important matter settled in the grand 
 
74 THE GARDEN. 
 
 assembly, now proceeds with wayward steps to find 
 some labour, to increase his store against the ap- 
 proach of winter, when his work must cease, or 
 meet with much interruption. 
 
 Sluggard, arise ! and if no useful labour should 
 demand thy close attention, come with me and edify 
 thy mind in sweet contemplation on the fragrant 
 assemblage here arrayed to please the eye, regale 
 thy smell, perhaps to court thy taste, but above all, 
 calculated to excite a feeling of gratitude to Him, 
 who made all for man's enjoyment, health and 
 edification. By types and figures, emblems and simili- 
 tudes God taught men knowledge, and though 
 the lapse of ages sweeps them off the stage of 
 time, yet like the trees, plants and flowers, their 
 places soon are filled with their rising offspring, and 
 to them, the Lord supplies continued teachers in 
 the annual resurrection of herbs, plants and flowers 
 in their seasons, coming forward to proclaim the les- 
 son they were formed to teach. Enter we then, this 
 silent assembly of beauties in all their native love- 
 liness, they emblematically shew the innocent con- 
 dition of man and his helpmeet in Eden; e're they 
 had tasted the forbidden fruit, no shame, no flattery, 
 no coquetry, no vain and trifling small talk can be 
 
THE GARDEN. 75 
 
 heard among them ; yet, they are all speaking at once 
 to thee and me, and seem to say," behold! in us, the 
 power, wisdom, goodness and providence of God your 
 Creator, Preserver and Saviour! Here, you may 
 see things pleasant to the eye, and good for food, 
 without the fear of giving offence to Him who has in- 
 tender pity to thy fallen state, appointed us for your 
 advantage, to gratify your senses and renew your 
 vigour. Does the fancied address excite no recollec- 
 tions ? does the spot on which you stand, bring nothing 
 to your mind, of high import? no question force itself 
 on your conscience ? surely, you must remember, 
 that a Garden was the spot in which God placed 
 your parents ! and what followed, will of course arise 
 in gloomy sad succession to thy view; excluded, 
 cast forth from thence, and sent into the wilderness 
 where thorns and briars rose in quick succession, to 
 increase the toil of fallen man, in making poor pro- 
 vision to a fainting frame. Disobedience ! Oh ! the 
 sad effects produced by Thee! to Adam first, and 
 then to all his race. Disobedience ! conscience 
 cries, 'tis that lies heavily on me ! and if the God 
 of vengeance, had not proved to us, a God of grace, 
 we all had long since perished in our guilt. But 
 now the scene is changed, from black despair, behold ! 
 
76 
 
 THE GARDEN. 
 
 the grace of hope, points out a way through the 
 wild wilderness of sin, to the rich garden of the 
 Lord below, (His Spiritual Church) ; where plants 
 renowned, in harmony combined, send up their incense 
 rendered sweet through Him, the Great High Priest. 
 And now, draw in thy breath, inhale the sweets of 
 this silent group of flowers, herbs and fruits ; are 
 they not delicious, fragrant, exhilirating and grateful ? 
 suppose them Christians, various in form and staturr, 
 gifted alike with life but with properties peculiar 
 to the offices they are appointed to fulfil ! The 
 humblest Christian in his state, may claim a kindred 
 likeness to the Violet, that creeps upon the ground 
 and scantily spreads its leaves for a short time, to 
 suffer its fragrant flowers to expand, and open to 
 the cheering Sun ; then, quickly hides its rifled 
 blossoms with a veil of more extended verdure, 
 to prepare the latent seeds for a new and countless 
 progeny the following year, its own increasing 
 growth, securing an enlarged protection for the ten- 
 der seedlings cherished under its paternal care. 
 The children of the Christian poor, are often 
 better taught, than those of a more exalted rank, in 
 things that relate to happiness beyond the grave; 
 no other knowledge have they time to gain, this 
 
THE GARDEN. 77 
 
 all-sufficient for their humble lot, while others have 
 a round of studies of a less useful kind, to share 
 at least, if not engross their earlier years; perhaps, 
 far distant from the Light of Truth, which shines 
 with bright example in the Peasant's cot. This 
 humble state our Saviour chose, when here on earth 
 He wrought His heavenly Father's Will ; that pressed 
 with poverty, the real believer might not lose his 
 hope, because his lot was cast in a low and toiling sta- 
 tion ; nor rich men boast and swell with pride, as if they 
 only could be the objects of Divine attention and re- 
 gard ! But hands and feet do most to fill the granary 
 and the cellar, thus sustaining and cheering those, 
 who merely lookers on, reap plenty from the pea- 
 sant's toil. Then let no slight, neglect, or scorn be 
 shewn to those, who quietly perform the task, to 
 which in a mysterious Providence, they have been 
 appointed ; but, let them have the tribute justly 
 due for all their useful labours for the general weal 1 
 The humble Violet, claims this tribute for it watches 
 in early spring, to renovate the fragrance, which 
 chill Winter had banished from the gay parterre ; 
 and then with modesty retires at the approach ot 
 others of a higher rank, in man's imperfect estimate. 
 This tribute of regard, the Violet always claims, 
 
78 THE GARDEN. 
 
 and justly receives, for scarce two yards square of 
 garden can be found without its presence, beau- 
 tifully, through emblematically fulfilling that text 
 allusive to the Church of Christ. "Here rich 
 and poor, high and low, meet together, and God 
 is the Maker of them all." But rest awhile, before 
 this small conservatory, in which plants tender, 
 rare and highly valued by the owner, group 
 together to attract our observation ! The Myrtle 
 is now, in its most inviting dress, its verdant leaves 
 with glossy surface negligently to appearance, shelter 
 the pearly blossoms just sufficiently to form a pleasant 
 mixture to regale the eye, while a spicy perfume from 
 the leaves, revives the spirits and imparts delight. 
 Sweet emblem of the Saviour, who to the eye of 
 Faith is lovely, the perfume of whose Intercession 
 is grateful to the nostrils of His Father, and our 
 Father, His God and our God, and as such must 
 be reviving to the spirits of His lively members. 
 This tree, observe, is evergreen, is always a favourite 
 with those, who know its virtues and admire its 
 features. In sandy deserts, as I have read, the 
 traveller provides himself with a sprig of Myrtle, 
 which he oft applies to his nose and finds it a pre- 
 servative from fainting Christ gives " power to the 
 
THE GARDEN. 7.9 
 
 faint, and to him that hath no might, He increaseth 
 strength ;" remember this ! for certainly, Christians 
 all agree, that this is truth, "They that wait upon 
 th e Lord, shall renew their strength." The Christian 
 in an extacy, cries out, " Surely, in the Lord have 
 I righteousness and strength." The leaves and 
 berries of this tree, have been used medicinally, 
 to strengthen the system ; thus Jesus by faith, be- 
 comes the medicine and the purifier of the souls of 
 those, who once were dead in trespasses and sins, 
 poison'd by the breath of the old serpent Satan. 
 If then, you wish to have a Nosegay, to regale your 
 senses, take the best emblems of your dearest Friend, 
 to keep in memory His goodness, and His grace. 
 The Myrtle will form the dark ground of beauty ; 
 next the Rose, with leaves of lighter green, and 
 blossoms of the chastened red ; the broad green tongue 
 shaped leaves of humble Lillies, bred in vallies, 
 with their little string of whitest balls, intermix'd 
 with these on either side a sprig of Gilead's 
 Balm; all emblems used in Holy writ to give 
 a pleasing glance on Him whom Cnristians call their 
 life. You have pluck'd the sprig of Myrtle and its 
 virtues know, but of the Saviour, who can fully 
 know the Divine perfections! none on earth, nor 
 
80 THE GARDEN. 
 
 yet in Heaven, for He is, and was, and will be the 
 incomprehensible Original of whom glorified Saints 
 will be but slender likenesses, yet sufficiently so, to 
 give an earnest longing to enjoy that blessed vision of 
 the great God and Saviour in an eternal state, far from 
 all change, care, pain and death. 
 
 Now let us seek the full blown Rose and partner 
 bud, just tinged in opening streaks with lovely 
 red ; for fragrance, one pre-eminent among the 
 shrubs and flowers here arranged ; the other, for its 
 beauty ! behold, the wished for sprig, examine all its 
 features, inhale its sweets, and then consider all its 
 substantial properties, in medicine scarcely ever absent 
 for renovating the languid, healing wounds, and curing- 
 many internal diseases. Its virtues well known by 
 those, whose profession calls them to extract from 
 nature's stores the fittest antidote to man's dis- 
 tempers, fruits of disobedience to the Lord's com- 
 mand. Fit emblem of that glorious Being, who 
 condescends to be shadowed forth in Holy Writ, by 
 various things and objects, common and well known 
 to men in daily intercourse with the silent creatures 
 of the Almighty's hand ; Usefulness and Beauty, 
 fitly mark these emblems; the Myrtle speaks by 
 its evergreen livery, Christ's unchangeableness. The 
 
THE GARDEN. 81 
 
 Rose, His matchless beauty, and renovating* powers. 
 The Lilly of the valley, His humility and meekness. For 
 this beauty of the vale, nor courts, nor finds applause 
 from passers by; it is an humble, diffident, retiring* 
 innocent; no arts are needed to adorn, for whiteness, it 
 excels the snow, for verdure it may challenge all the 
 tenants of the wood, or field, or gay parterre. Its em- 
 blematic quality is this, that those who once have 
 known it, never can forget it, but while it lies beneath 
 the earth and hides its beauties, no ardent lover can 
 more eagerly desire the expected return of his dearest 
 object, than the proprietor awaits the vernal ap- 
 pearance of his favourite flower; shall I ascend another 
 step and say, that it is calculated to remind us of the 
 disciples going to Emmaus, when they said, " we trust- 
 ed that it was He, that should have redeemed Israel, 
 and besides all this to-day is the third day, since these 
 things were done." And when Christ was pleased to 
 make himself known to them in blessino and breaking 
 bread, it is written, when He appeared to the rest, 
 "Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the 
 Lord." Sweet remembrances of the meek and lowlv 
 Jesus ! while I receive Thee into my bosom, may I 
 be reminded of the joy that flows from receiving Him 
 into my Heart! But where is the fragrant Balm of 
 
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82 THE GARDEN 
 
 Gilead ? there it stands ready for him who courts if* 
 perfume, or its healing styptic virtues, but alas ! to be 
 as true an emblem of the Lord of life, health and sal- 
 vation, it must pass under severe process, to produce 
 the cure of * wounds and bruises, and.putrifying sores." 
 Hence the application of this emblem to the efficacy of 
 Christ by faith to all the House of Israel. " Is there no 
 Halm in Gilead ? no Physician there" to extract its vir- 
 tues, and apply them to the wounded. " Wherefore is 
 not the wound of the daughter of my people recover- 
 ed ?" Were all the lovers of these Plants as much in 
 love with Christ ! Oh ! what a world were this ! The 
 half-dead multitudes which linger out a painful pil- 
 grimage in crowded cities, are all delighted with these 
 pretty flowers as they universally style them. Covent- 
 garden is a treat indeed ! though all the odours of 
 the vegetable tribe, with the decomposed refuse of all 
 the elements of the dunghill, rise in angry opposition 
 to the scented stock, the yellow gillif lower, mint, 
 thyme and sage, pinks, cloves, and carnations, not to 
 name the green-house tenantry, and the plants re- 
 corded, as familiar to garret window and the cellar 
 door, as household gods in ancient heathen lands. 
 The extacy of a London populace on Covent-garden 
 market-day, in this resort of all that is pleasant to 
 
THE GARDEN. 83 
 
 the eye and good for food, whether for man or 
 beast, is uniformly this, O ! what a fragant walk 
 we've had in that delicious garden ! The most 
 charming fruit, and flowers of all sorts! we have 
 bought a Myrtle in full bloom ; a dwarf Rose in 
 a pot; a few Lillies of the valley, and as sweet a Balm 
 of Gilead as ever was seen or smelt ! What then ? these 
 plants will soon decay and die of soot and smoke, and 
 thus the money's gone, and scents and perfumes must 
 be sought again,and again be lost,without one jot of gain 
 to the immortal Soul ! but let the visitors attend to this 
 feeble effort to extract from trees, plants and flowers, 
 wholesome instruction to adorn and renovate the soul, 
 by leading them from the creature to the Creator ; and 
 then the Garden, whether in town or village, will 
 afford indeed, a delightful treat ; and to produce this 
 good effect, the Author aim'd, when first he touched 
 upon the Theme ; and still pursues his course in every 
 quarter, seeking means and subjects to attract and 
 fix his attention on the only worthy object of a sinner's 
 love, hope and confidence, Christ the Redeemer and 
 Righteousness of His beloved Church : for as the 
 Poet sweetly sings, 
 
 " What though I trace each herb and flow'r, 
 M That drinks the morning dew, 
 
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84 THF. GARDEN. 
 
 4 Did I not own Jehovah's Pow't ! 
 
 " How vain were alt I knew ! 
 
 " Say, what's the rest, but empty boast ? 
 
 ** The Pedant's idle claim ; 
 
 " Who, having all the substance lost, 
 
 " Attempts, to grasp a Name. — Handel. 
 
 Adieu! sweet flowers and plants, we thank you 
 for the thoughts your presence has excited ; reflection 
 now must have its turn, to guard the mind against 
 forgetful ness, for in a crowd of objects quickly pass- 
 ing by, the forms and features only, settle on the 
 labouring memory, while the inward virtues and 
 useful properties, are not impressed so strongly as 
 they ought to be, where profit is designed to mix with 
 pleasure. The Garden then we leave, and to the 
 study now repair ; here let us thinR awhile, and 
 we may then arrange in proper plans, what we have 
 but hastily collected in our morning visit to its 
 tenants. The Garden ! (lay it deeply to heart my 
 little reader!) was the scene of man's creation, 
 fall, and promised redemption! Eden! O! may I 
 ne'er forget thee I Thou wast witness to those great 
 events, in which I feel a deep and eternal interest. 
 
TAE GARDEN. 85 
 
 I stand this day in form of Adam, the good work 
 of God. I am within allied to a rebel against his 
 God and King, doomed in nature to the dust, from 
 whence my parent sprung at God's command ; by 
 practice, 1 have proved my pedigree; The promise 
 of Redemption by the seed of the woman, Thou 
 too, O Eden ! didst hear pronounced, I blush with 
 shame to think of Thee, and yet, my heart beats 
 high with hope ! and in this gleam of cheering light, 
 I'll venture to approach Gethsemane ! where that 
 promised Saviour underwent the pains and penalties 
 due to my sins from the Hands of a justly incensed 
 Lawgiver. O pause awhile ! and view the solemn 
 scene, so beautifully described in the following lines : 
 
 Agonizing in the Garden 
 
 See your Maker prostrate lies ! 
 
 Who can reflect on this heart-piercing scene, 
 and not, be moved to cry out Oh ! the breadth, and 
 length, and depth, and height, of the love of Christ 
 to his spouse the Church ; how lovely must She 
 be in His eyesight ! for Him to suffer such dread- 
 ful agonies in the furnace of His Father's wrath ; 
 and tp endure such an ignominious death, to save 
 Her from destruction ! so mortals judge, untaught 
 
86 THE GARDEN, 
 
 of God ; but sacred Scripture speaks a different 
 language, " while we were yet sinners, Christ died !" 
 nothing in man was found to recommend him to a 
 Saviour's love; this act of mercy then, is more 
 enhanced in value in the esteem of those, who own 
 the name of Sinners, and when we , come through 
 grace to feel our sins a burthen, past our strength to 
 bear, we seek the cause in vain, while to ourselves 
 we turn our thoughts, and are constrained to trace the 
 act of mercy, up to the ocean of Jehovah's will and 
 Sovereign purpose ; hateful to God is sin I the culprit 
 so beloved, 'as to induce the Great original of light 
 and life, to suffer on the cross in manhood form, and 
 cloath'd in man's transgression, that to the Father's 
 eye, He might present at last a glorious church with- 
 out a spot or blemish, richly arrayed in robes of purity 
 Himself had wrought ; yet such is human nature, that 
 while a friend so loving, so sincere, and under such 
 tremendous woes, as caused Him to sweat great drops 
 of blood for rebels, some of the constant followers 
 could sleep though twice exhorted earnestly, to 
 watch and pray, such a nature, never can arrive in 
 heaven ! yet, in such polluted prisons, sojourn souls 
 of purity and love ; the Saviour's blood, the font in 
 which they're cleansed from guilty stains, and thus 
 
THE GARDEN. 87 
 
 -seen reel from hell ! and though the flesh is ever weak 
 the spirits of such, submissive yield to the Father's 
 will, the Saviour's yoke, and the blessed Spirit's genial 
 influence; for proof of this, refer to what the apostle 
 Paul asserts, " with my mind I serve the law of God, 
 but with my flesh, the law of sin." And if in this state? 
 St. Paul is found, though wonderfully call'd to bear 
 the light of truth to a benighted world, where shall we 
 find a man on earth, whose nature is not still the same, 
 though grace has purified the soul, and made it meet 
 for a temple of the living God. A Christian then in 
 some sort is like his Lord, a partaker of two natures, 
 one from his birth derived from Adam, corrupt, de- 
 praved and cleaving to the earth ; the other from 
 regeneration by the Spirit, therefore called divine ; the 
 latter, needs the power of God to keep it in strong re- 
 bellion against the former, hence the warfare spoken 
 of by the apostle, " the spirit lusteth against the 
 flesh." There is then a mighty work, to raise the 
 soul from this polluted prison, to the glorious liberty 
 of the children of God; and this work is done, when 
 death dissolves the bond which holds the soul and 
 body in their present union. But that work of death will 
 not secure to all, the glorious liberty we speak of! for 
 guilty partners here below, will still be partners in 
 
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 THE r.ARDTN. 
 
 eternal woe ! Then what remains Tor those whose souls 
 are purified by Christ's sufferings and death ? Their 
 bodies rest in dust, till He shall speak the word, and 
 they shall rise immortal, stamped with a likeness to 
 Himself, without a spot or wrinkle, or a stain of sin. 
 And this because, i( He is the resurrection and the 
 life." To gain their souls deliverance from death and 
 hell, He groan'd, and was betrayed, condemned, and 
 crucified, and with His last breath, He did proclaim 
 His work complete. — 
 
 M On the bloody cross behold Him r 
 " Hear Him cry, before He dies, 
 " It is finish'd!- — 
 " Sinners, will not this suffice ?'» 
 
 And now the mourners weep ! and timid females 
 tremble at the sight ; yea, Nature totters to a fall ; the 
 heavens assume a mourning garb, the earth in agony 
 doth quake, the tombs send forth th' astonished dead, 
 and full couviction passes on the minds of lookers on, 
 " truly, this was the Son of God." Though dead, 
 believers yet retained a hope, that some reviving cir- 
 cumstance would prove, that this eclipse though for 
 a moment total, would not last beyond the appointed 
 
I 11 F- GARDEN. S9 
 
 days. They laid Him in the tomb, in Joseph's 
 Garden, yet still " they, sovv'd in tears, and wept for 
 love of Him on whom their hearts were fixed, and by 
 whose grace and power, they had escaped from end- 
 less death. Poor Mary Magdalene, of whom the 
 Scriptures speak so much, was not behind the rest in 
 shewing- how she felt her loss, let's hear her sad 
 lament? 
 
 MARY'S TEARS. 
 
 O'erwhelm'd with her woe 
 
 Poor Mary did go 
 
 Her Lord to embalm and bemoan, 
 
 But vain was her care 
 
 No Jesus was there, 
 
 Ah ! Mary, the Master is gone. 
 
 Love flows from her eyes 
 
 Love heaves in her sighs, 
 
 How pensive she utters her moan ; 
 
 The stone is remov'd, 
 
 Lost her all, that she lov'd, 
 
 Ah! Mary, the Master is gone. 
 
 Alas ! 'tis in vain 
 
 To seek ease for my pain 
 
 From bosoms as callous as stone. 
 
 None on earth seems to calm 
 
 By sweet sympathy's balm, 
 
 A heartful of sorrow, the Master is gone 
 
iH) THE », A Ft DEN. 
 
 In vain was my care 
 
 Those perfumes to prepare. 
 
 Or attempt to embalm him alone! 
 
 Taken hence from my view. 
 
 What, alas ! shall I do, 
 
 Ah ! Mary, the Master is gone. 
 
 Hallelujahs arise, 
 
 Assist me ye skies 
 
 To rejoice with the Mary that mournM : 
 
 Hence sorrow, hence care ! 
 
 To the winds with despair ! 
 
 Rabboni ! the Master's return'd ! 
 
 The joy that Mary felt on this occasion was too great 
 to he retained in her own bosom; with winged feet 
 she therefore lightly skimmed the ground ; and full of 
 the glad tidings, rested not till she had declared her 
 Lord's commands to his disciples, to go into Galilee, 
 where He wished to shew Himself to them. But as 
 the Gospel preached to a mixed multitude ; so this 
 news met with various reception ; some doubted, too 
 good to be true; yet as in this case, so with the Gos- 
 pel ; the message is true and the Messenger faithful. 
 A secret power must prepare men's hearts to receive 
 the Truth, blessed are they, who thus receive it, and 
 rejoice with Mary Magdalene. 
 
THE GARDEN. D\ 
 
 The spring of hope returns, and after a gloomy 
 season of doubts and fears, revives the spirits, and in- 
 vigorates the faith and love of those who were but 
 now, fainting for the absence of their Lord. 
 
 Garden of Joseph! who can think of thee, and 
 not lament the sad occurrence which brought to thy 
 bosom the Lord of life and death. Who doth not feel 
 a thrilling joy, when forming to himself, the glorious 
 scene, of thy renown productive, thy remembrance 
 being so closely joined with that event, which forms 
 the test of prophecy, and the Saviour's promise, His 
 resurrection from the tomb, u Thou wilt not leave 
 my soul in Hell, nor suffer thy Holy one to see cor- 
 ruption ;" thus David speaks in the spirit of prophecy. 
 " Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise 
 it up," said Christ. 
 
 How great the wisdom, power and providence of 
 God '. In secret, forming His stupendous plan of 
 man's deliverance from endless woe, by open acts of 
 goodness, love and grace, declaring to mankind enough 
 to prove their danger for their sins, and stretching 
 forth His sceptre to assure the trembling penitent, that 
 though in darkness oft He exercises power and might, 
 yet " His dwelling is a Mercy Seat" to those, who 
 trust His holy Word. 
 
f >2 the Garden. 
 
 Who, that surveys the sacred roll 
 
 In which His purpose is reveal'd, 
 
 Will not submit to His control, 
 
 From Whom no thought can be concealed. 
 
 Confession of our sin secures 
 Free pardon from His grace, 
 His promise still the mind assures 
 With hope, in joy to see His Face. 
 
 That Face which once was marr'd, for sins 
 Which ive in folly, dar'd commit ; 
 Now shines in Glory ! hence begins 
 Our hope, " He will our sins remit." 
 
 Exalted Saviour ! hear our pray'r, 
 Give us the eye of Faith to see, 
 And in thy heavn'ly glory, share, 
 When from polluted earth we're free. 
 
 Or, if it be Thy great design, 
 On Earth refiu'd, Thyself to shine, 
 Be it our joy to find a place 
 Where we may see thy lovely Face. 
 
THE FIELD. 
 
 The fragrant smell of new mown grass invites a 
 walk more open, airy and for health and exercise 
 required, where Nature dressed in lovely green, or 
 daisied broidery regales the sight, and gently soothes 
 the mind by less intensity of thought, than that which 
 former subjects have required. Here though each 
 blade of grass and ear of corn proclaims our Maker's 
 providence, for man and beast, yet widely spread, the 
 scrutiny is less severe, than close inspection of indivi- 
 dual beauties. A landscape will delight and not fatigue 
 the eye, but single figures must be viewed with nice 
 correctness, to draw each beauty from the mass. Come 
 then my young probationer, and view the landscape 
 o'er; see meadows newly shorn, invite the flocks and 
 herds, to browze and ruminate, with calm content 
 engraved on every brow, and free from the fear of 
 
94 THE FIELD. 
 
 v 
 
 enemies, because men always guard them, for their 
 own enjoyment. Now see the grouping flock collected 
 under the shady hawthorn in yonder pleasant vale, 
 and there they chew the cud, and rest their limbs, 
 while the faithful Shepherd counts them o'er and 
 satisfies his mind that none are missing, according to 
 the Poet's description, 
 
 " And e\'ry Shepherd tells his tale, 
 ** Under the hawthorn in the vale." 
 
 And here w T e'Il rest awile, and muse upon the fleecy 
 care of that weatherbeaten Shepherd, who now r 
 reclines upon the grassy bank, refreshes nature with 
 a scanty morsel, and quenches his thirst with water 
 from the ripling brook that passes near ; and in doing 
 this, we shall ne'er forget the Keeper of this happy 
 flock; for what protection hath the silly sheep, except 
 the Shepherd's care. Hence, our dearest Lord was 
 pleased to count his people sheep, Himself our faith- 
 ful Shepherd, " I am the good Shepherd." 
 
 See the fleecy youngsters skipping round their 
 dams, and forming races to amuse the lookers on, and 
 give an appetite for that delicious store, the mother 
 now is forming from the fragrant field fresh gathered, 
 
THE FIF.LD. 95 
 
 and anon to yield with pleasure, as a boon for that 
 frolick dance with which she's sooth'd, and which her 
 bleating* seldom interrupts. Happy innocents! ye 
 little understand the end for which you're now pro- 
 tected with unceasing- care. You're feasting now, 
 unconscious of the feast your owner shortly will enjoy 
 at your expense ! yes, your little limbs so nimble now, 
 will soon lie smoking on the festive board I and 
 while without a struggle you shall yield your life, 
 you'll speak a language to the Christian's heart, none 
 but a Christian understands, — iC Behold the Lamb of 
 God that taketh away the sins of the world." But 
 hark ! I hear the signal for the flock to spread abroad 
 once more to feed, the tinkling bell depending from 
 the wether's neck, bespeaks bis movement as the 
 guide to the pleasant pasture ; and now the lambkins 
 rest together on the sunny bank, or imitate their dams, 
 with cropping here and there a blade of tender grass. 
 The Shepherd's eye surveys the distant Leader and 
 the straggling* troop, with gentle steps pursuing yet 
 not driving, lest their feeding be disturbed. O! hap- 
 py flock ! for your annoyance no prowling wolf is 
 nigh, no roaring lion ready to devour, no anxious 
 cares for time to come, can press upon your hearts and 
 make you wretched I all your wants supplied, your 
 safety sure, your watchful guardian nigh, to help you 
 
96 THE FIELD. 
 
 if perchance by treacherous bank of rivulet you graz- 
 ing-, are deceived and wet your fleece, his well 
 trained dog obedient runs to help, before himself can 
 reach you with his crook ; or if with wistful eye, the 
 kite or jay, the magpie, or the carrion crow, dart 
 down upon you, fallen on your backs unable to arise, 
 his weapon quickly thundering round their ears, or 
 kills, or drives them far away. But though so happy, 
 and so well defended 'tis but a ray of joy preceding 
 certain death, and then, no heaven or happiness re- 
 mains for you, your final end is come, and ye are 
 perished ! ye live then only to devour the herbs 
 appointed as your food, and fatten, but to feed man- 
 kind ? no more ! you have your portion for your wants 
 sufficient, but to man you are sent to feed and clothe 
 his body and instruct his mind, "The Iambs are for 
 thy cloathing." 
 
 O ! what a oracions God is ours ! what care He 
 takes, and methods uses, to teach us Truth, by things 
 familiar to our daily views. The sajety of His people 
 we may clearly see portrayed in this inclosure and its 
 present tenants, sheep and Shepherd. Their need of 
 His protection, by the Shepherd's constant presence, 
 and their danger when they stray far from Him 
 seeking pleasure on forbidden ground, by the wan- 
 dering rebels of the flock who leaping e'er the neigh- 
 
THE FIELD 97 
 
 bouring fence, are quickly followed by a dog to drive 
 (hem out, or fetch them back. Their value in His 
 estimation, by the toilsome days and weary nights in 
 which the Shepherd tends his flocks. A common 
 Shepherd thus lays out his life to protect his fleecy 
 charge, but our Good Shepherd Jesus, lays down His 
 life for us. His sheep are purchased with His pre- 
 cious blood ; and verily the whitest fleece you see 
 tho' newly wash'd and shorn, cannot compare with the 
 cloathing He hath wrought out for them that believe 
 in Him, 'tis whiter than the driven snow ! " Let then 
 His people praise Him for His goodness, and declare 
 the wonders that He doeth for the children of men." 
 
 Such constant intercourse by day and night be- 
 tween the Shepherd and the sheep, must make a deep 
 impression on them all ! instinct induces the dumb 
 animals to know whose hand doth feed, protect, and 
 heal their wounds, and through this gift of nature it is 
 that u the Ox hnoweth his owner, and the Ass his 
 Master's crib." and sheep not less endowed than these, 
 know well their Shepherd's Voice, and yield a quick 
 obedience to his call from danger, and to rest. But do 
 they indeed, distinguish voices and persons ? Surely, 
 for herein are they proper types of Christians who hear 
 their Saviour's voice, and follow Him, for what saith 
 
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98 THE FIELD. 
 
 the word of truth. "My sheep, hear My voice, and 
 they follow Me," thus obeying- His command; and in 
 a multitude so great as this, doth the shepherd also 
 know the individuals ? And by what nnrk ? He knows 
 them all, by the cast of countenance with which from 
 habit, he is well acquainted. This is indeed, a wonder! 
 Yes, by many scarcely known or credited, though the 
 fact has oft been proved, one instance of the kind, I 
 can attest from undoubted authority. The personal 
 enquiry and observation of a dear departed friend, 
 whose faith, integrity and truth, were most conspicu- 
 ous, while he sojourned here below. I shall recite the 
 ancedote, for it clearly proves, that Christ's similitudes 
 are all correct, and though they may fall far short of 
 Him, the Great Original, and Christians may be 
 thought of higher value than the animals, He chose 
 to represent them by, yet still as the shadow fairly re- 
 presents the substance, yet has no solidity; so the 
 sheep and Shepherd fairly depict as shadows, Christ 
 and His flock of blood bought sheep. Our Lord 
 moreover, adds another trait in His sheep, which if my 
 anecdote be heard, is true, with regard to those 
 fleecy emblems of His people, which are now before 
 us, "a stranger will they not follow! for they know 
 not the voice of strangers." 
 
THE OLD SHEPHERD, 
 
 (An Anecdote.) 
 
 Some twenty years ago, an aged Pilgrim, of ap- 
 proved faith and strict integrity, in one of our mutual 
 conversations, on the wond'rous goodness and grace of 
 God; made this remark: I've oft been ridiculed, 
 maligned, and counted hypocrite, madman and enthu- 
 siast, and have suffered great persecution for His 
 name's sake, who hath through unmerited grace, made 
 me to differ! but I am often cheered with that most 
 delightful text, "Nevertheless the foundation of God 
 standeth sure 1" " The Lord knowest, them that are 
 His." And I have found, in all my afflictions the word 
 established, for He has been a God hearing: and an- 
 swering my prayer, and He has thus owned or known, 
 my soul in adversity, and of course, I listen to His 
 
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100 THE OLD SHEPHERD. 
 
 voice which speaks in promises of aid, and in precepts 
 for my direction; thus is the Bible made a light to my 
 feet, and a lantern to my path, and if a rising" thought, 
 or murmuring word from Satan's forge, or my corrupt 
 flesh, escape me, I know its origin, and hurry to my 
 Lord, in fervent prayer, for pardon and for strength to 
 keep these enemies of my peace under His controul. 
 Thus lVe been taught to know the voice of my dear 
 Saviour, and to obey it, to recognize the voice of 
 Satan speaking by the lips of the ungodly, and the 
 more delusive voice of my corrupt nature, and herein 
 is my safety rendered doubly sure. Impressed with 
 this experience, I took an evening walk upon the 
 downs near the Sea, to inhale the briny air, and haply, 
 to obtain some useful lesson from the objects that 
 engaged my sight. Scattered o'er a vast extent of 
 open ground, without a tree for shelter or for shade, a 
 numerous flock were feeding, far as the eye could see, 
 they seemed but specks of white upon the verdant 
 plain. Under a little bush, on a rising hillock, I 
 perceived the aged Shepherd seated, with his crook 
 laid down, and his faithful dog attentive to his hand, 
 with which he was taking his homely supper. I joined 
 the party, and with the looks of seeming pleasure at the 
 notice I had taken of him in his humble lot, he doft 
 
tHE OLD SHEPHERD. 101 
 
 his hat, and exposed to view that hoary head which is a 
 crown of glory, when it is found in the way of righte- 
 ousness. I bid him cover this token of an advanced 
 age and toilsome pilgrimage ; and enquired how long 
 he had been used to this employment ? He replied, from 
 a child. My father tended here for three-score years, 
 and I have succeeded his place for more than forty by 
 myself, and before that, with him, when the flock was 
 larger, more than thirty. Then, I replied, you have 
 attained a good old age. I'm now four score. You 
 have had a deal of time to think on death and an 
 eternal world, and if you can read, you must surely 
 have met with the Bible. O aye ! dear sir, that's my 
 chief delight, my friend, companion, guide ; my healing 
 balm for every sore, though thank my blessed Lord, 
 my afflictions, which all are heir to, have been but light 
 compared with many. Then I have a kind master, 
 and a healthy flock, and from long habit, I love them 
 as though they were my own. I am no hireling sir, 
 though my master keeps me from want of every kind. 
 You seem my friend, to have laid up some store of 
 wisdom from L tbat Sacred Book, now pray tell 
 me, is it true in experience, that your flock hear 
 your voice and follow you ? And, will they not 
 obey the voice of strangers, not knowing theirs ? 
 
102 THE OLD SHEPHEKD. 
 
 Aye [ as true as you stand there and I sit here. 1 
 always thought as much, said I, but I want a proof 
 to satisfy others. Then you soon shall have it, replied 
 the Shepherd. In a few minutes I shall call that 
 widely scattered flock to fold. And, said I, let me 
 first try my voice under your direction, to ascertain 
 whether they will attend to me or not. Then he doft 
 his great coat, I put it on, and took his crook in hand, 
 and he concealed himself behind me, he then taught 
 me two notes which he used, and may be guess'd at 
 
 by the way of spelling, Yo — ho the last note 
 
 elongated and more exalted. On hearing something 
 like the usual sound, some of the most distant lifted up 
 their heads and looked, but turned again to feed; the 
 rest regarded not. I repeated the call, but all in vain, 
 not one was interrupted by my voice. I am satisfied, 
 said I, that word is true, u they know not the voice of 
 strangers, nor will they follow ;" now try your method 
 and confirm the whole, by shewing that they will hear 
 your voice and follow you. He then assuming his 
 coat and crook, lifted up his hand to his mouth and 
 cried Yo — ho — , the dog flew off to the most distant 
 part of the downs to see if any wanderer had got en- 
 tangled in the little thickets, and in a moment every 
 sheep had turned round and with the leading-bell- 
 
THE OLD bH LP HERD. L03 
 
 wethers marched in thickening order towards the ibid 
 which was not far from where we stood, towards which 
 we walked gently forward and arrived long before the 
 leading' sheep, and as they all drew near, the universal 
 bleat declared their pleasure to behold their faithful 
 guardian; whose kindly eye surveyed each sheep, to 
 see the state in which his health appeared, and at 
 the same time to take the muster roll, which soon was 
 perfected with one exception. The dog who had 
 quietly attended them to the fold, was now commis- 
 sioned to fetch up the missing sheep; he flew away 
 with nose on ground and eyes of fire, and soon was 
 out of sight, but in a few seconds we perceived a sheep 
 with speed pursuing the new trodden track of those 
 who had arrived ; the dog behind, but not annoying 
 or alarming him. When he arrived the universal 
 answer to his bleating sounded on my heart, ah ! 
 thought I, it is thus, the joy in heaven is marked 
 when a poor sinner is brought to repentance from his 
 wandering state. 'Twas evident from his shaggy 
 and mud stained fleece, he had been caught by a bush 
 on the edge of some filthy ditch, from whence the dog 
 had drawn him forth, for he also, was muddy and 
 some wool still hung upon his fangs. Good dog! and 
 naugty sheep! were all that the culprit and the 
 
104 THE OLD SHETHERD. 
 
 servant got for this event. Tbe approbation so 
 scantily pronounced seemed all sufficient to the dog, 
 who licked his master's hand, and had a quiet pat in 
 secret, to induce a faithful conduct on a future trial. 
 The reproof so mild seemed to contain a volume. 
 Why did'st thou wander from the rest ? Why wast 
 thou not content within bounds', thou hast paid dearly 
 for thy discontent, and had no helper come, you soon 
 had perished in the mire, or been the food of ravenous 
 enemies, beware of straying from your quiet com- 
 panions, and you're safe ) for they are watched and 
 kept within the view of Him who loveth them. I was 
 highly pleased with this strong evidence of the beauty, 
 fitness and instructive tendency of this condescending 
 comparison, which our Saviour makes between Himself 
 and shepherds, His people and sheep. Having taken 
 a christian leave of the old Shepherd, I returned to 
 my lodging, and set down in my diary a brief account 
 of this pleasing occurrence." I must acknowledge 
 that this narrative communicated to me in the animated 
 manner which characterized my aged christian friend, 
 delighted me at the time beyond measure, for any 
 positive proof in aid of my opinion " that Christ's 
 similitudes are perfect when minutely examined," was 
 worth all the opinions in the world. And now, my 
 
THE OLD SHEPHERD. 105 
 
 young readers, when you see a flock of sheep feeding 
 at large in pastures green and fair, think of the glories 
 in reserve for those, who have already gleaned a 
 scanty pittance in this lower slate, and soon expect to 
 hear the Shepherd's^Voice, " Come up hither, enter 
 into rest." There in a never ending brightness they'll 
 proclaim the Shepherd's praise, and bless the hand, 
 the Precious Hand that saved their lives from death, 
 by suffering on the cross, kept them supplied by secret 
 power while on earth they grew to full maturity in 
 knowledge of their God, and now receives them, 
 purged from dross and all the seeds of sin, to purily 
 and peace and endless bliss. Or, when the butcher 
 with unfeeling roughness drives the sheep and lambs 
 before him into the"shamhles, then consider all that 
 He endured for you when He w r as led as a lamb to the 
 slaughter;" and in this thought perceive the sinful- 
 ness of sin in God's eyesight, and pray, that it may 
 be so in yours. Be this your daily song and prayer. 
 
 " Blest be the Lamb, whose precious blood 
 ** Alone, can cleanse ray soul from sin ! 
 " Blesl Spirit, teach me what is good! 
 " O wash and keep me pure within. 
 
THE CORN FIELD. 
 
 And pray, my^ dear sir, what can you possibly 
 collect from this unornamented, open, and uneven 
 field, where 'tis almost impracticable for a female foot 
 to tread, without the risk of sinking in the clay and 
 getting* weary 'ere the walk's begun ? Art thou, my 
 child, so little skilled in those operations of Nature 
 and of Art, as not to know the use of this extensive 
 plot of ground ? Is it not the main support of life 
 which here is raised, by man's hard labour, as the 
 consequence of sin, and by God's blessing made to 
 prosper to the end designed ? Bread is the staff of 
 animal life ; bread does not come to your table as the 
 manna came to the Children of Israel in the Wilder- 
 ness, direct from heaven. It passes thro' many forms, 
 undergoes many changes, costs men great labour, and 
 a vast expense of patience is required, before the heart 
 
108 THE CORN FIELD. 
 
 or life of man, can be strengthened by ifs substance. 
 The land is ploughed, and cleansed and ploughed 
 again, and left for the sun, rain, and frost, to sweeten 
 renovate and pulverise, till the seed time ; then the 
 seed is sown, ploughed in, and harrowed, (here its 
 body dies, but life springs up by a Power Divine 
 ordained, to pierce the clod, and put forth a tender 
 blade, which winter snows protect from icy cold, and 
 when the snow dissolves, the verdure begins to 
 gladden the patient eye of the husbandman, and 
 genial rain, and mild effulgence from the sun pro- 
 duce energy to raise the spikey stem on which the 
 cells. are formed to hold the promised corn, quite soft 
 and green at first, but hardened by the sun, with 
 stronger heat, it ripens for the sickle ; and then this 
 wide enclosure will invite to prospects cheering e'en 
 te thee ; the merry reapers soon will carol o'er the 
 yielding handsful of nut-brown wheat ; and that, an 
 ear may not be lost, the busy tribes of gleaners will 
 gather straw by straw till none remains! The owner 
 watching o'er the sturdy bands, rejoices at the fruits 
 which Providence bestows, and thus, the scripture is 
 fulfilled, " sower and reaper rejoice together." I 
 cannot give you so beautiful a description of these 
 operations, as you may find in your Bibles, in the 
 
THE CORN FIELD. 109 
 
 Hook of Ruth, road it, and bless God for it ; while I 
 endeavour to pursue my settled purpose, of exciting 
 serious thoughts concerning Him, whom Nature 
 strongly shadows forth in all her movements. 
 
 As wheat is the appointed staff of life, 'tis not 
 surprizing that the eyes and hearts of all are fixed on 
 its rise and progress to maturity ; and when this is 
 come, the cares increase and multiply around, lest 
 haply 'twix't the sickle and the barn, some evil should 
 befal the golden treasure. What joy then, can com- 
 pare with that of harvest home ; Mirth, excited to the 
 highest pitch, in this imperfect state, quickly subsides, 
 and careless mortals oft forget the Bountiful Giver of 
 the things which caused, but now, such heartfelt joys ! 
 Infinite Wisdom has ordained this tide and ebb of joys; 
 as suited best to man's capacities, for constant joy like 
 constant sorrow, would destroy the feeble structure 
 'ere the great purpose of His new creation had been 
 answered, " To take up His Cross and follow Christ." 
 Hence we perceive the best security of those, whom 
 the secret Power of God, leads on through varied 
 paths of sorrow and of joy, suiting the burden and 
 the boon, to wisely proportioned strength, thus con- 
 vincing the proud heart of man, that his pretended 
 
I 10 THK CORN FIELD 
 
 strength is weakness, and his wisdom folly. For 
 Nature exclaims, " let us live all the days of our 
 lives," which being interpreted, is " let us eat drink 
 and be merry," but grace teaches the highly-gifted 
 soul to declare, " It is good for me that I have 
 been afflicted, for before I was afflicted, I went 
 astray, but now I have kept Thy word." And thus 
 all Christians are brought to believe and rejoice 
 at that, which David, by inspiration teaches concern- 
 ing the Regulator of all His peoples joys and sor- 
 rows. • In the hand of the Lord there is a cup, 
 and the wine is red, it is full of mixture, and He 
 poureth out of the same." Thus believing, every 
 soul may say in adversity, u It is the Lord, let Him do 
 what seemeth Him good !" in prosperity " Hallelujah, 
 for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth." 
 
 The grain in straw now safely housed, what then ? 
 Can man now take it as it is, and eat? Not so ! to make 
 it useful for support, it must be separated from the 
 straw, and the chaff, the mill must grind it and then 
 the house-wife must exert her industry to knead, 
 ferment, and bake it in the oven. These operations 
 clearly shew the vast extent of that emphatic sen- 
 tence of an upright judge, " In the sweat of thy brow 
 
THE CORN FIELD. Ill 
 
 shalt thou eat bread." When bread is on thy table 
 plac'd, O think of this ! and mourn for Him who un- 
 derwent in figure, all the changes of a grain of wheat, 
 before the soul of man could reap the souls supply 
 of strength, to pass the wilderness of sin and death, 
 and enter into rest. Premising always, in descants like 
 these, on emblems, types or figures, pointing- to the 
 .Lord of Light and Life ; that He is all perfection, 
 as in Natnre, so in suffering for the special purpose 
 of ensuring an eternal, perfect, and unchanging state 
 of happiness, for Saints beyond the grave; Christ in 
 His origin is "God over all, blessed for ever," in 
 His undertaking, that is essential ; for to pacify a 
 God, 'tis God must do what man alone cannot. 
 And in the way of God's decree, a Manhood must 
 be taken into the person of the anointed Saviour; 
 here, begins the process ; Jesus, this grain of wheat, 
 in earth is sown, springs up in due season, rises 
 in growth and ripens in the varied seasons of suffer- 
 ing privation and hunger, till cut down and bruised, 
 enduring the fiery oven of His Father's wrath, for 
 our sins, He dies, He rises by an inherent power, 
 without seeing corruption, for in Himself no sin 
 was found, no curse entailed. Here, He surpasses all 
 
1 12 THE CORN FIELD. 
 
 that prolific nature sets before our eyes, and this 
 defect in Nature may be noticed, to proclaim Him as 
 He is, pre-eminent in all. 
 
 Christ now is styled the First Fruits, which were 
 ordained to be the choisest of the field, and flock, a 
 grateful offering to the Lord, which Abel first in Faith 
 did ofTer and was accepted. He with Faith's eye beheld 
 (l the Lamb of God, that was to take away the sins of 
 the World." He was succeeded in the Faith by those, 
 who in the appointed first fruits of the corn, beheld the 
 risen Saviour as the Head of Millions then unborn, to 
 be His glorious members, and thus, the Scripture was 
 verified in Him, '' who here on earth sowed in tears, 
 he now reaps in joy from year to year, a rich harvest, 
 until the time when things now visible shall vanish, 
 and His sheaves in fullness, shall appear in glory ; 
 Christ the First Fruits, afterwards, they that are 
 Christ's." 
 
 When you seethe flail with whirling force fall on 
 the new-housed wheat ; go on in thought, the mill 
 with mighty sails expanded, carries on the great 
 design. For " bread, corn is bruised." And He 
 " was bruised for our iniquities !" and on Him by 
 Faith depending, we are nourished as with bread. 
 
THE CORN FIELD. 113 
 
 Much more than this might here be said, to raise 
 an hatred in our hearts to Sin and Satan ; and love to 
 Him who baffles all, and plucks his captives from the 
 grasp of enemies to God and men ! but, let us rest 
 awhile ; and by an easy turn, from things requiring 
 thought, and undistracted contemplation, enjoy the 
 pleasing prospect now before us. 
 
EDUCATION. 
 
 The Village School-room, late the scene of active 
 industry, is just deserted ; and the ruddy tribes set 
 free, for air and exercise begin their gambols on the 
 verdant ground, some to the shady bower retire ; to 
 read some little tale of weal or woe ; instructive lessons 
 to repeat in school when play is over. Some bend the 
 bow ; some whirl the top, or round the utmost 
 boundary with skilful hand direct and urge the hoop. 
 Emblems of all the human race. The greatest num- 
 ber occupied in pleasure and in toil, while a chosen 
 few are engaged in ardent efforts to improve the mind, 
 and store the memory with things important to their 
 future peace, real happiness, and through the mercy of 
 a Heavenly Guide, to their everlasting joys. The 
 largest River that in silent state moves on majestic 
 to the briny Deep, traced to its fountain seems but a 
 
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1 1(> EDUCATION. 
 
 channel for the thickening dew from mountain's top, 
 or formed by th' art of man, to drain the waters from 
 contiguous land, in times of rain ; advancing downward 
 in its course it gathers strength and breadth from 
 other streams, till rolling on, it sweeps itself an en- 
 larged and deeper trough to pour its waters through, 
 as if ashamed in puny streams to pay its tribute to the 
 parent Ocean, whence its first supplies were drawn. 
 Thus the infant pupil, early taught ceconomy of time, 
 and strict obedience to the teacher's wish, with all the 
 eagerness to know, culls little at a time, yet lays up 
 what he gathers, till what was duty, proves a pleasure, 
 and pursuit excites a thirst for more and more ; till a 
 rich treasure is acquired, and manhood reaps the har- 
 vest of an infant seed-time. The wisest man's advice, 
 experience has proved, is most correct, " Train up a 
 child in the way that he should go, and when he is old 
 he will not depart from it." Yet true it is though 
 strange, that till very lately, thousands thought it folly 
 to commence instruction till a child had reached an age 
 in which he might begin to work and help support 
 himself; and then it oft occurred, that parents rather 
 taught their children how to get their bread, than how 
 to bless and praise that Heavenly Hand, that gave 
 tli em food to eat. 
 
EDUCATION. 117 
 
 But now the riplitig brook of charity appearing-, 
 first in Sunday schools and local day schools confined 
 to certain numbers ; hath swoollen to a mighty river: 
 and with a course mjijestic visits every age, from in- 
 fancy, to hoary locks, with wholesome lessons for the 
 soul, and thus prepares the mind for public worship, 
 and for secret prayer ! Blest change of system ! 
 Happy, thrice happy they, who lend a helping hand to 
 lead the blind to light and life ! Let selfish mortals 
 keep their ill-stored wealth, to pamper appetite and 
 swell the pride of greatness often reaped without an 
 effort, as the fruit of others' toils. And let the unfeel- 
 ing* hug themselves in their broidered vest*, ami count 
 the poor as made to toil for their support, without a 
 gleam of hope to better their condition, or taste a mor- 
 sel of bread from Heaven, for lack of knowledge how 
 to read the Word of God. The cry of such as thus 
 despise the poor is not so frequent now as heretofore ; 
 " keep them ignorant, or else they'll soon despise the 
 labour and the toil, which now they willingly endure*" 
 Deceptive and unchristian thought I Will the ability 
 to read the Word of God (designed for all) incline the 
 peasant to relax his labours to supply his children with 
 their needful food ? Doth not the Bible teach its 
 readers to perform their various duties, with redoubled 
 
1 18 EDUCATION, 
 
 energy and zeal? Doth it not direct the servant to 
 submit with all due respect, and without a murmur to 
 obey ? Did not the Lord Himself point out and lead 
 the way ? To give the poor as much instruction as 
 the nobler class, were loss of time, unsuitable, and vain ! 
 But, to give them what is just and equal, knowledge 
 suited to their state, is quite as much the duty of the 
 rich and learned, as to preserve them from the pinch- 
 ing cold, and pressing hunger! The liberal devise 
 liberal things ! and such will e'er be found, to deal 
 out suited portions, (to the poor within their sphere;) 
 of that which may help them through the world and 
 guide them safely to Heaven ; always expecting from 
 their Sovereign Lord a blessing on their good design, 
 which otherwise would prove abortive. 
 
EDUCATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 HIGHER ORDERS 
 
 Though great the contrast 'twixt the peasants cot, 
 and royal palace ; yet when nicely scanned, one thing 
 in common they require. A good Foundation, solid 
 Rock for each must be preferM ; for storms and tem- 
 pests no regard will pay to potent monarch or the 
 hardy clown. Wisdom alone directs the choice of 
 those, who wish to form a suited residence, 'twixt sand 
 and rock. The spot selected, each forms his plan, 
 his means and object well consider'd, to decide the 
 extent and height of what he seeks to raise on the T?ell 
 chosen scite. The humble poor with scanty means, 
 will not aspire loo high above the soil, but snug and 
 dry, become the motto to his home. While royal 
 
120 EDUCATION OF THE 
 
 palaces arise in solid masses, heap on heap, adorned 
 with turrets, or the lofty dome aspiring to the clouds, 
 as if defying the terrors of the angry storm ; and fear- 
 less of danger from the forked lightening, which lofty 
 spires haply may attract. They both are tried, and if 
 well founded, equally may stand uninjured by the 
 shock ; the strength of building suited to the 
 bulk. 
 
 If thus, in things pertaining to the present slate, 
 some Wisdom be required; and if the Saviour chose 
 to teach by similies Tike this, His patient hearers ; 
 we may well refer to his authority, and not fear the 
 scoff of infidels, or heartless enemies to truth and 
 holiness. Ye rich and noble ! who expend thousands 
 on thousands to enclose yourselves in cedar! and 
 secure on earth erect the stately mansion ! Say, will 
 all this splendour fit the soul for Heaven r Is this 
 the everlasting scene prepared for never dying souls ? 
 Is nothing else required : No pains, expence or 
 labour called for, to prepare for higher still, and more 
 enduring splendour r Doth Wisdom teach her sons 
 to spend the hours of time, to lull the senses by the 
 constant buz of crowded rooms ; or wind the passions 
 up above the pitch of temperance, by the flowing gob- 
 let or the sparkling glass; the constant harbingers of 
 
HIGHER ORDERS. 121 
 
 morning head-aches and depressed spirits ? Is man 
 though gifted with the gold of Ophir, or the splendid 
 palace, only an animal ? Hath not a soul immortal been 
 entombed in mortal flesh ? Then to confine our efforts 
 to uphold a mouldering tenement of clay, were proof 
 that one thing needful claims attention ; namely, to 
 search the safest way to Heaven, the destined place 
 for those, endowed with wisdom from on High ! 
 
 All arts and sciences demand a lengthened time 
 to be acquired, but these are seldom thought of for a 
 child of tender age. The spring of life remains un- 
 claimed by these; 'tis thought sufficient to impart 
 the power to read and write, and then the rudiments of 
 classic lore absorb the whole of time, {at all events but 
 short) till choice be made of some profession ! for rich 
 or poor, it were sin indeed, to stand a cipher in the 
 bustling scene, a butt to ridicule and a plague to self. 
 Wisdom however, would presume to hint, " that life's 
 uncertain, and a child may never live to chuse a man's 
 employment." Far belter then to teach from early 
 dawn of life, the rudiments of that sublimer art, to know 
 ourselves, and God to whom for all our time we shall 
 be called to give a strict account. The choice of 
 Teachers, where a tender mother's care is insufficient, 
 
1:22 HDL CATION OF Till- 
 
 is of vast import. With servants children oft are 
 doomed to hold their chief converse. These, if well 
 chosen, may begin to lay a good foundation for the time 
 to come, correcting all the wildest shoots of fertile nature, 
 and instead, engrafting few but useful branches of that 
 Tree of Knowledge, which when nurtured by the 
 hand of God, may gain such strength and vigour, as to 
 form the man of piety and the saint of God. In still 
 advancing years, the choice of tutors should be fixed 
 with nicest care. The brilliant classic or the most re- 
 nowned for skill in other arts or sciences, will not be 
 Wisdom's choice, except herewith, a heart devoted to 
 the truth be found, to guide and guard the pupils in 
 the dangerous voyage through pagan seas and philo- 
 sophic lakes. The modern practice clearly proves, 
 that this opinion spreads; for many parents seek for 
 such a guide with anxious care, to counteract the 
 poison oft imbibed in public schools, and to prepare 
 for one more dangerous voyage through Alma Mater's 
 treacherous streams. One year or two at most thus 
 set apart to undermine bad habits, and establish good, 
 are just sufficient proof, that parents think the forming 
 suitable connections in the world, is worth the risk of 
 endless happiness to the soul ! yet, finding what the 
 
HfGHtER oilDEKS. 123 
 
 danger is ; at last apply the only remedy, which, if 
 used in time long past had been a source of mutual Joy 
 For the happy youth well trained and furnished in his 
 early years, with sacred principles and sound morality, 
 may venture on the dangerous seas with ardent hope 
 of escaping shipwreck, his vessel well equipped and a 
 constant watch kept up, to mark the shoals, or enemies, 
 or rocks, that oft impede the course. If parents wish 
 to see their children rise to honoured manhood, and 
 attain at last the happy haven of eternal rest, they will 
 oft exclaim, what shall we do to keep these dearest 
 pledges of our mutual love, from sinking in the miry 
 clay ot sin and folly ? I answer from the page of 
 Sacred Truth. By precept and example, culled from 
 Holy Writ, allure their infant minds to obey the great 
 command of God. * ; Seek ye first (above all) the 
 kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all other 
 things shall be added unto you." Antiquated notions, 
 seme will cry ; then they are worthy of regard ; and 
 as the wheel of fashion takes its round, and as to dress 
 makes old things new, so let it be in matters more im- 
 portant, for the mind in health will surely come to this 
 conclusion, that ours is a puny Race compared with 
 those who are gone before, to wear the Crown of 
 
1*24 EDUCATION OF THE 
 
 Martyrdom in their Saviour's cause. Modern Divinity 
 may please and satisfy a modern palate, but taste the 
 ancient ; and like choosing- wine, to use our Lord's 
 similitude, you will come to this decision M The old is 
 better." 
 
FEMALE EDUCATION. 
 
 Many individuals of excellent principles and 
 sound judgment have written elaborate Treatises on 
 the subject of Female Education; and it may be ob- 
 served, without presuming to be wiser than the writers, 
 that the advice of each has been formed upon the par- 
 ticular plan upon which they have themselves been 
 educated. Some who have been early trained to reli- 
 gious principles, by maternal care, and not allowed to 
 mix at all in those amusements, which are intended to 
 exhibit the graces of the person rather than the 
 beauties and culture of the mind; are strenuous op- 
 posers of what is called ornamental education; dancing 
 and music of a trifling kind are strongly reprobated. 
 Can such Authors or Authoresses make a fair entre 
 or sortie to and from the circle of a higher class, 
 without being counted awkward and clownish ? per- 
 
1*26 EDUCATION OF Til E 
 
 Imps not. And if their books are taken as a standard 
 
 of correct education, it will soon be said, " like Author 
 like Readers/' There are others who would make it 
 an absolute law, that none should be initiated into the 
 arcana of fashionable circles, until thev can exhibit 
 an elegant and commanding air, and an exquisite taste 
 and execution in the dance, the sonof, the harp or 
 light guitar. One prepares for the cloister, and the 
 other for the masquerade. A middle course, between 
 these two extremes, (betwixt which, on either side are 
 many shades of variation.) might be adopted, by sim- 
 ply calculating the time required to be proficients in 
 one useful branch of learning, and counting up the 
 sum of years it would take to finish all, in such a 
 style, as might produce a female with a mind well 
 stored with theory in arts, and a fair proficient in the 
 practice of them. To commence this enquiry or caten- 
 ation, lake the prospectus of a first rate Ladies' School 
 where fashion erects its standard. First appears, for 
 supplies of the body, board &c, so much. Reading 
 and English Grammar, French, Italian, Music, 
 Drawing, Dancing, Gymnastics, Geography, History, 
 Use of the Globes, Writing and Arithmetic and lastly, if 
 mentioned at all, a seat in Church and morals attended 
 to. Take another of the opposite kind, board, &c; The 
 
FEMALE EDUCATION. 127 
 
 greatest possible attention will be paid to ground the 
 pupils in the religious principles of the Established 
 Church, to which their regular attendance will be 
 required, and each pupil according to age, expected 
 to give a good account of the sermons she may hear. 
 Every useful branch of education will be attended 
 to, according to the estimated value of it, History, 
 Geography, the Use of the Globes, (Botany, as an 
 amusement of leisure moments), Needle works of use- 
 ful and ornamental kinds; particular stress will be 
 laid on Arithmetic and Writing; if required, French 
 and Italian will be added, when in other more useful 
 acquirements sufficient advance has been made. Music 
 with limitations as to subjects, Walking and instruc- 
 tions for making a graceful entre and sortie, will be 
 sufficiently regarded, both for the formation of the 
 personal figure, and to dissipate awkwardness of 
 address and manners. 
 
 Take one more and choose for yourself, Board, 
 &c; The instruction of the pupils in this establish- 
 ment it is hoped, may conduce to the training up 
 sound christians, good wives, kind mothers, and use- 
 ful members of that class, to which they are by birth 
 or talent, designed at a future period. Religion will 
 be^the foundation, the superstructure will have a re- 
 
128 FEMALE EDUCATION. 
 
 ference to it, so in the reading department, whether 
 English, French, or Italian, such subjects will be 
 selected as are totally free from the contagious poison 
 of infidelity, and the insinuating delusions of fancy. 
 Great attention will be exerted, to prevent any thino- 
 like a superficial acquaintance with important sub- 
 jects, by not crowding too many into the mind of the 
 learner; for the mind cannot well endure two oper- 
 ations at the same moment, and sudden, or repeated 
 transitions from one subject to another, are in pro- 
 portion injurious; therefore, the study of a science 
 will be accasionally exchanged for active exertion of 
 body, or reading History, Amusing and instructive 
 Works, by Authors of sound principles and well 
 regulated minds. What are called accomplishments, 
 will not be allowed to take precedence of useful 
 knowledge, nor will these be permitted to trench 
 upon the nicest rules of piety and prudence. Parents 
 who are desirous of adding such to the stock of 
 their children's attainments, will best perform 
 the responsible task under their own eye, during 
 Vacations, or on the pupils quitting school. The 
 Conductress of this establish nivsnt, wishes for no other 
 honour or fame, than that of being the guide to 
 religious and useful knowledge, and to a preparation 
 
FEMALE EDUCATION. 1*29 
 
 for any Society which may form the sphere in which 
 her pupils may hereafter be called to shine. 
 
 Calculation of Time necessary on the Modern 
 System, to fit a candidate to make her debut in a 
 fashionable circle. 
 
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 French 4 years 
 
 Italian 2 years 
 
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 Besides these are to be learned, History, Geo- 
 • raphy, Use of the Globes, Needlework, Drawing, 
 3 ainting Flowers, &c, Dancing and all in about 
 ine or ten years at most. Religion left out of the 
 uestion, it is impossible for the strongest mind to ac- 
 omplish every thing here enumerated. Therefore, 
 lot out all useless consumers of time, and regulate 
 le precious moments, so as to carry on without con- 
 ision the chief objects, perfecting the most important, 
 
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130 FEMALF. I.DLC "ATION. 
 
 and advancing the rest according to their value ; but 
 remember, in each language the Scriptures are to be 
 found. v 
 
 May I be permitted without offence to the Ladies 
 to say, that in most fashionable schools, it would be 
 counted vulgar to write a good hand, and cast ac- 
 counts fluently and correctly. It is their misfortune 
 not their fault, that so it is. They have had no time 
 allowed for these very useful acquirements, twice a 
 week for two hours is deemed sufficient to waste on 
 these vulgar arts. It is no wonder therefore that in 
 regulating the affairs of a family many Ladies lie ex- 
 posed to the greatest impositions; and are constrained 
 to attribute their non-attention to their accounts, to 
 want of time, when it should be imputed to want of 
 science. As to the hand writing, that can be made 
 beautiful in six or twelve lessons. Again, in needle- 
 work they are generally so deficient that they could 
 scarcely purchase any thing of female dress, except 
 ready made, for fear their servants should spoil the 
 materials for want of that instruction which the 
 Mistress is unable to afford. What hope then is 
 there that such a Mother would be capable of superin- 
 tending the nursery, in the infant period of her chil- 
 dren, with science enough to direct the nursery maid 
 
FEMALE EDUCATION. 131 
 
 how to dress or undress her charge. Thus disabled 
 a mother is but a cipher and a servant is mother, 
 mistress and infant-teacher. Here begins the career 
 that, if not changed, will lead to splendid misery and 
 fantastic dreams of happiness never realized. Though 
 it may be hoped, that of late years few instances of 
 this sort may have occurred, yet these are sufficient to 
 shew the importance, of using great caution in the 
 choice of females . to attend on these matters in the 
 absence of the parent. May we not hence conclude^ 
 that a very particular concern should be excited for 
 the suitable instruction of the lower classes of females, 
 to supply such important stations in the families of the 
 higher orders ? This has been partially felt to be an 
 imperative duty as it respects the objects, and it is 
 now also seen to be for the interest of those, who wish 
 for a supply of proper females for their nurseries. T 
 have been particularly minute in these observations 
 from personal knowledge of the baneful effects pro- 
 duced by placing children in the hands of those 
 servants whose chief object has been to imitate their 
 mistresses in dress, and indulge the children in every 
 wish, in order to silence them concerning any incidents 
 during their walks, which they were desirous of keep- 
 ing from their mistress's knowledge. Thus lying so 
 
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132 FEMALE EDUCATION. 
 
 natural to mankind, deceit and disobedience to parents, 
 through petty bribery are sown, take deep root and 
 if not resisted in time, will hurry their objects to ruin 
 temporal and eternal. 
 
 Wise parents! ne'er will trust a child 
 To such as do not fear the Lord, 
 Lest Nature's soil, neglected, wild, 
 Produce such weeds as grief afford. 
 
 Chuse those who Christian paths have trod, 
 With tender care, who'll watch and pray, 
 Directing step by step to God, 
 And Jesus, as the only way. 
 
MYSTERIOUS ESCAPE 
 
 FROM 
 
 ASSASSINATION. 
 
 An excellent and amiable old Christ km, whose 
 integrity and honesty had often been tried with good 
 and bad designs and still remained unsullied, hap- 
 pened without his fault, to give offence to one, who 
 had the power and will to do him harm ; and against 
 whose malice and violence he was often warned by 
 friends and by strangers, declared his faith and con- 
 fidence in God, to preserve and protect him from all 
 that could do him serious injury, and therefore did 
 not hastily retreat from the post in which Providence 
 had placed him ; though he exercised continual prayer 
 for preservation, and for warning to escape in time of 
 peril from his enemies. He was for a long time in this 
 posture of danger threatning, and of danger kept off* 
 
134 MYSTERIOUS ESCAPE 
 
 At length from various circumstances, he made up his 
 mind to take a voyage to a distant land, on special busi- 
 ness,fook his passage and waited for the signal for going 
 on board the ship, which was lying a few miles from 
 his habitation. One evening as he was preparing for 
 bed, he was observed to pause for a considerable time, 
 and he was asked, why he delayed ; he replied, I 
 have a strange, unconquerable persuasion on my 
 mind, that a dear friend of mine about fourteen miles 
 off, is in such a state, that if I do not go immediately, 
 I shall never see him again, and as I would not leave 
 the country without taking leave, I am pondering 
 whether to go now, or in the morning. He paused 
 again, and as he told me, prayed secretly for Divine 
 direction, and then ordering a faithful attendant to 
 bring out the mules, he set off. The weather was ex- 
 ceedingly sultry, and the way very dusty, however, 
 when he came within sight of his friends house, he per- 
 ceived to his no small agitation, that there were lights 
 in almost every part of the house, though in the dead 
 of night or rather towards morning. He pressed for- 
 ward, and on enquiry after the health of his friend, he 
 was answered by a principal servant, " thank God 
 sir, my master is just pronounced out of danger by 
 the physicians, who were called in about three hours 
 
FROM ASSINATION. 135 
 
 ago, my master being- taken with an apoplectic fit. My 
 old friend's heart beat quickly on hearing" this intelli- 
 gence, and he desired to see the physicians, whom he 
 asked, " whether it would do his friend any harm to 
 take leave of him, previous to his quitting the country 
 on a distant voyage." Not at all, not at all, it will do 
 him good. He was admitted, took an affectionate 
 leave of his friend, whom he never sum any more, 
 and departed. Recollectiugthe annoyance which he had 
 experienced from the dust as he went, he resolved to 
 to return through a more shady and grassy path, wheu 
 he arrived at home, he found his family in the greatest 
 consternation, one and all exclaiming, have you met 
 them ? have you seen them ? Seen whom he cried, the 
 four men on horseback with crapes over their faces, 
 and daggers by their sides ! No, thank the Lord, for 
 giving me warning 1 , said he; get my small box of 
 valuables, prepare the boat, and follow me my dear, 
 (he said to his wife), with the other servants in the 
 large boat, my man and I, must away for the ship im- 
 mediately. He jumped into the boat, his men pushed 
 her off, and the rowers plied with all their might, while 
 he steered, they got safely on board, and he explained 
 to the Captain what he had to fear, and the reason of 
 his hasty arrival ; he was stowed away below, soon 
 
I3(> MYSTERIOUS ESCAPE FROM ASS1NATION. 
 
 after his wife and attendant arrived, were received on 
 board also, and the breeze serving, the Captain weighed 
 anchor, but before the anchor was quite shipped, four 
 large boats full of men, in a sort of uniform rowed nearly 
 along side, and called for my friend by name, saying, 
 they had a warrant for his apprehension. One of the 
 men by the Captain's order, cried out, " a stale joke,' ' 
 keep your distance or else expect the contents of this 
 Bull-dog, hauling forward a swivel. They uttered 
 many foul speeches, but did not relish a nearer ap- 
 proach, so they retreated, and my friend escaped. His 
 own remark upon this singular event, was this : I 
 asked in prayer for warning, "and I had it, I attended 
 to it, and was saved I am quite sure from base-.assassi- 
 nation, or at least a dungeon for life ; Let God have 
 all the praise ! 
 
GRATITUDE EXEMPLIFIED. 
 
 It is somewhat remarkable, that though corrupt 
 Nature is prone to acts of the basest ingratitude to 
 God, yet this particular vice, when seen in others to- 
 ward their fellow creatures, meets with universal 
 abhorrence and destruction ; while Gratitude, so rarely 
 felt and exhibited towards God, if shewn to a fellow 
 creature is extolled to the skies; and even the relation of 
 an instance of it, is read with avidity, and counted as 
 a mark of a good heart! Let a Christian who is so 
 deeply in debt to the Eternal Jehovah, manifest his 
 grateful sense of the Divine goodness and forbearance, 
 by denying all ungodliness, and worldly lusts, and 
 endeavour strenously, to live soberly, righteously, and 
 godly. He does not receive the world's approbation 
 and applause, but is counted an enthusiast, and a 
 visionary, who is scarcely fit for any society, but that 
 
1*36 GRATITUDE L XF.WPLI I ILD. 
 
 of madmen and fools. Whereas his conduct towards 
 God is neither more or less, than the gratitude which 
 man shews to man which is so highly esteemed ; let it 
 be added, that if these tokens of gratitude to God be 
 counted madness, because it appears to the world to be 
 excessive, what will they think of it when it is asserted 
 bv our blessed Lord, that it is no ground of meritorious 
 claim upon God's favor, " When ye have done all, say 
 ye are unprofitable servants, we have done that which 
 it was our duty to do!" add to this, the well known 
 (but lightly esteemed) truth, that as in many things we 
 offend all, we may be ranked with Hezekiah, concern- 
 ing whom it is written, "Hezekiah rendered not unto 
 the Lord, according to the benefit done unto him." I 
 like to give a glance at Christian duties and Holy 
 doctrines, in portraying the conduct of man towards 
 his fellow mortals, because the two great Command- 
 ments in the law, were referred to in Gospel times 
 by our blessed Lord, as the two pillars on which all 
 the Law and the Prophets rested, to deserve the atten- 
 tion of those who desired to enter the kingdom of 
 Heaven. They are so united, that to treat of one, 
 without regard to the other seems to me, to be a sort 
 of slig-bt to Him who united them, and to Him who 
 confirmed their union in His discourse. The anecdote 
 
G RATI PUD E EXEMPLIFIED. 139 
 
 1 am about to relate being 1 thus prefaced, may safely 
 be relied on, as a matter of fact related to the Author 
 of this work, by one of the chief actors in the scene 
 which follows. 
 
 In a wild part of a certain County in Ireland, 
 there resided a gentleman of considerable landed and 
 other property, his house was not castellated, nor 
 situated on a conspicuous summit, nor surrounded by 
 walls or deep ravines. It was plain and as easy of ac- 
 cess as the table of its hospitable master. The cabins 
 near him were pretty numerous, and the tenants poor, 
 industrious, and grateful to their kind patron and 
 friend. They were chiefly of the Roman Catholic 
 Faith, their Priest a quiet, kind and sensible man. 
 The lord of the manor (my friend alluded to) built him 
 a neat residence on the borders of his estate, allowed 
 him, or rather presented him annually, as a new 
 year's gift fifty pounds, kept his house in repair, and 
 gave him potatoe ground and garden free of rent, in 
 short, shewed him as much kindness, as if he had been 
 of his own creed ; consequently, my friend was beloved 
 by all around him, for all partook of his bounty. 
 His influence was as extensive as his fame, and it was 
 believed, that in the worst of times he might have 
 traversed the several Counties near him in perfect 
 
140 GRAintDE EXEMPLIFIED. 
 
 safety, if he did but say who he was ; nevertheless, 
 man ought not to ascribe his preservation in perilous 
 times, to gratitude, but to God who gives gratitude, 
 and orders men and circumstances with such wisdom, 
 though secretly, that gratitude may have an opportu- 
 nity of being drawn forth into action and notice, in 
 order to excite him who is benefited by it, to ascribe 
 the Glory to God, to whom it is first due. 
 
 In the time of rebellion, when the troops were 
 scouring the different Counties, of that beautiful, but 
 ill-fated Country in search of rebels ; and when with 
 great hardihood the peasants were arming' and collect- 
 ing into bands to resist what they thought, an invasion 
 of their homes, though the true reading is, to resist the 
 Jaws which were called into force, to protect property 
 and life, which had oreatlv suffered bv the savao-e 
 fury of the blinded peasantry. My friend was called 
 to an ostensible and reponsible situation as Sheriff of 
 the County. He knew that many of the peasants, 
 were bonded together and armed ready to resist the 
 soldiers should they enter their neighbourhood. He 
 therefore kept constant watch upon their movements, 
 and obtained an account of their numbers. Hitherto 
 they had not stirred from home. He held frequent 
 consultations with the leading persons in authority, 
 
GEATITUDE EXEMPLIFIED. 141 
 
 at some distance from his house. On one of these 
 occasions he staid rather late in the evening, and on 
 return, just at the boundary of his County, he came to 
 a point where two roads bearing an inclination, one to 
 the right, and the other to the left ; a directing pos't 
 stood at the angle, and just leaning against it, stood a 
 dark figure, which in the partial gleam of moonshine, 
 appeared to be a beggar wrapped in a ragged surtouf, 
 with a slouched hat concealing his face. My friend 
 slackened his pace, and prepared his arms for defence, 
 in case of an attempt to rob him; the man in a mourn- 
 ful tone sung- out, take the right hand road your 
 honor! My friend replied, Why so ? I daresay no 
 more, replied the man. He said, I intended to go 
 that way, but now I shall go the other, for I know not 
 but this is a trap to get me into danger! "Take the 
 right ! now I have warned you !" the man dissappeared 
 and my friend went to the left, (both roads after wind- 
 ing* through villages, coming to the same point), when 
 he had proceeded about three miles or there-abouts, it 
 grew very dark, he rode cautiously till he came to a 
 bridge, when he had reached the middle of it, he was 
 suddenly alarmed and stunned with a tremendious Irish 
 howl, from several hundred men, some before, some 
 behind him, they rushed like wolves upon him, pulled 
 
142 GRATITUDE EXEMPLIFIED. 
 
 him from his horse, disarmed him, tied his hands and 
 in a voice of savage ferocity in sound and substance, 
 cried, his doom is fixed be he who he may, prepare to 
 tire when I give the word. My poor friend who had 
 never thought of death in a near point of view, nor 
 being then in a safe state to die ; yet had boldness, 
 enough to say, I demand at least from your own 
 creed, that I may have a few minutes to pray and me- 
 ditate in what religion I had best die. Give him 
 says one ten minutes, the stern commander (as he 
 appeared to be), immediately with a wolfish growl, said 
 put him under the bridge then, out of sight, and bid him 
 make haste. My friend shivering at the awful situa- 
 tion he was in, could not collect his thoughts so as to 
 utter a coherent prayer, except Lord help me, for I 
 am in a wretched condition. But hark ! the trampling 
 of a horse urged to his utmost speed, and now the 
 riders plume appears, he mounts the bridge he pas- 
 ses, quickly springing from his saddle, at the very 
 moment the men were drawn up to execute the furious 
 purpose of their apparent leader. He saw my friend 
 standing Jbound before them, and immediately exclaim- 
 ed, forbear ! what are ye going to do, the chief answered* 
 to execute a heretic and tyrant. Hold your peace, 
 said the protector, I'll shoot the first man that dare 
 
GRATITUDE EXEMPLIFIED. 143 
 
 lay hands on this gentleman ; He is no enemy to 
 Irishmen, but a kind and generous landlord ; and my 
 friend though, he does not know me in this disguise. 
 Come sir, said he, mount your horse and 1 will see you 
 safe, though it may cost me my life. Off they gallopped 
 back to the direction post where the mysterious 
 warning had been given him. The protector then 
 made known who he was, and in him my friend re- 
 cognized a gay young man of good family, whom he 
 had served on several occasions, but who had been 
 led away by wicked agitators to join in the rebellion. 
 He told my friend, he had been sworn, and had gone 
 too far to recede, and that all he could do was, to curb 
 as much as possible, the blind and cruel fury of those 
 with whom he was enrolled ! He took his leave, and 
 my friend having given him sincere thanks and good 
 advice returned in safety, by the left hand road to bis 
 habitation. Not long after this, as my friend was 
 standing near the County jail, some soldiers brought 
 in several ot the rebels as prisoners, and without any 
 order to the Sheriff, set off to pursue others. Among 
 these prisoners,was the identical protector of my friend ; 
 the moment he recognized him, he took him aside 
 from observation,' and said to him, you saved my life, 
 yours most likely will be forfeited to-morrow by court 
 
144 GRATITUDE EXEMPLIFIED. 
 
 martial, as a rebel taken in arms. I cannot withstand 
 the feelings of gratitude, which rise up in my heart, 
 and though I risque my life in what I am about to do> 
 I must do it; here is a purse with fifty guineas in it, fly 
 immediately to the nearest outport and go to America; 
 when there, write me word, and I will endeavour to 
 supply you with money and recommendation to get 
 your bread in safety. The vouno- man vanished with 
 tears in his eyes and these words on his lips, out of 
 gratitude for your early kindnesses 1 saved your life, 
 which had you takeu the mysterious warning, would 
 not have been in jeopardy, gratitude impels you to 
 risque your life to save mine! can gratitude ever be 
 from my heart ? Never. My friend having well con- 
 sidered his situation, resolved at once to go unto the 
 Lord Lieutenant, state a case like his own, and asked 
 his Lordship, what he should, have done in a similar 
 situation. Why, said his Lordship, I should let the 
 man escape to a certainty, especially as no document 
 of committal to the Sheriff was given, and the Sheriff 
 is not a military jailor. Then, my Lord, said my 
 friend, I have done this, and that I might anticipate 
 information against me, by an exparte statement, I 
 humbly request your Lordship's free pardon for the 
 often ce I have committed. Better than that, said the 
 
GRATITUDE EXEMPLIFIED. 145 
 
 Lord Lieutenant, I will give you a pardon for the 
 rebel on condition of his quitting" the kingdom. The 
 young man arrived in safety at New York, and through 
 my friend, he soon entered into lucrative employment, 
 and was as I believe, quite sick of rebellion and law- 
 less cruelty. 
 
 May I b« permitted to add, that my friend by 
 warnings like these, of the uncertainty of life, and 
 some other peculiar afflictions which were laid upon 
 him, was made deeply and I trust effectually convinced 
 of his past ingratitude to God ; and sought and found 
 that -pardon and consequent peace, which are only to 
 be received from the Hand that was nailed to the cross, 
 and which now wields a sceptre of love. May you 
 and I reader, be thus prepared for eternity. 
 
 The life of Man *s a Book of various Tales, 
 Some pleasant, cheering 1 , and exceeding- gay, 
 Some painful, woful, and distressing ; gales 
 Of Vanity can't drive the gloom away ! 
 
 Yet all connected good instruction give, 
 The mixture proves that this is not our rest. 
 But wisely orderM ; for the life we live 
 By bitter sweets instructs to chuse the best. 
 
146 GRATITUDE EXEMPLIFIED. 
 
 The gay and thoughtless, love the sweets of life, 
 And seek the honey from each tempting flow'r, 
 Regardless of the coming storm, or strife, 
 They seize the pleasure of the present hour. 
 
 While wiser mortals keep the end in view. 
 The world to come they seek thro' storm and calm, 
 Their Pilot guides them, ever watchful, true, 
 Their bruises heals, with never failing balm. 
 
 They're not deceiv'd because their troubles come, 
 They're not self-confident in times of joy ; 
 The way's appointed rough, which leads them home 
 To keep right on 's their safest, best employ ! 
 
 To read the varied tales of such a life when o'er, 
 Is likely to prepare the soul for that repast 
 Which, when the bitter shall disgust no more, 
 Will be delightful and for ever last. 
 
 The tales are told the book is bound and read, 
 The Author and the Reader soon must close 
 This scene of life ! be numbei'd with the dead ! 
 May Grace and Mercy, give them sweet repose! 
 
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A D V E RTISE M E N T . 
 
 The Author having received a friendly communication 
 under the signature of TAXI, cannot but acknowledge it, 
 as it was evidently designed in token of good-will, and as a 
 prelude to future contributions. Gratitude requires this 
 Notice, and a short additional explanation. The Work now 
 produced, is the composition of the Author, with the excep- 
 tion of three extracts, one called Mary's Lament, another 
 Lines, by the late Dr. Stennet, and a few lines from 
 Handel. If this effort should meet with the public appro- 
 tion when it is published, to the extent that the prospectus 
 has obtained from private friendship, the offering of TAU, 
 with as many more signatures as the Greek alphabet consists 
 of, The Nosegay may eventually become a Selection of 
 Flowers from numerous Gardens, instead of being the sole 
 produce of one. 
 
 The Author takes this opportunity of returning his most 
 heartfelt thanks for the great encouragement he has 
 experienced from numerous friends, and has only to regret 
 that an individual should exist, who could object to the work 
 because of its name, when it is considered that the Flower 
 Garden furnished one of the most spiritual and interesting 
 subjects in Hervey's Meditations. And when the Bible 
 describes the Saviour and His church and kingdom by the 
 emblems which constitute the Nosegay. The Author hopes 
 if such an individual does exist, he shall have the satisfaction 
 after a short time to hear, that the Name has been lost, in 
 the substance which appears under it. 
 
W. HUNT, PRINTER, 
 -4, Gt. Marylebone Street Portland Place. 
 


 
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