white already to harveft! May youth; and a number of the midthe Lord of the harvest fend forthdle-aged we truft have tasted the his laborers.—If I am profpered fweets of redeeming love; and I expect to return home fome time fome in the decline of life can in the month of March. I hope unite in finging a new fong. This that I fhall be appointed again; religious attention appears to be inand that the Directors will fend creafing. May all experience its back two or three with me.- beneficial effects." There are a number of fuber, likely young Indians, who with me to take them under my care, and give them a good English education and I have given them encouragement of keeping a fchool one half of the time through they was fet apart to the pastoral ofwinter. I expect that a good School-Mafter would have conftant employ, and be very useful. I am, dear Sir, Your affectionate servant, DAVID BACON. ABOUT the middle of November the Rev. Jofeph Badger entered on a miffion to New Connecticut. ABOUT the fame time Mr. Robert Porter returned from a miffion of 12 weeks to the north part of Vermont. Extra of a letter from Haverhill, New-Hampshire, dated October 6, 1800. ORDINATIONS. ON Wednesday the 22d of October, the Rev. Jonathan Stick and Society at Raymond in Newfice over the congregational Church Hampshire. The Rev. Mr. Mil timore of Stratham made the introductory prayer; the Rev. Mr. Boddily of Newbury Port preached the fermon from Acts xx. 28. ; the Rev. Mr. Thayer of Kingf ton made the ordaining prayer; the Rev. Mr. Upham of Deerfield gave the charge; the Rev. Mr. Holt of Epping gave the right hand of fellowship; and the Rev, Mr. Colby of Pembroke made the concluding prayer. ON Wednesday the 5th of November, the Rev. Salmon King was ordained over the Church of Chrift in the Society of Orford, in Eaft-Hartford. The introductory prayer was made by the Rev. Jonathan Miller of Bristol; the fermon was preached by the Rev. Charles Backus of Somers from I Timothy i. 12; the confecrating prayer was made by the Rev. George Colton of Bolton; the "Hartland, a town adjoining Windfor in Vermont, has lately been remarkably vifited by the outpouring of the Spirit. A fmall corner of Woodstock, it is faid has participated with Hartland, in this richeft of bleffings. It is but a few weeks, fince the atten-charge was given by the Rev. Eb. tion in thofe places commenced. There is reafon o hope, that between forty and fifty have been brought to taste and fee that the Lord is gracious. Many of thefe, whofe minds have been seriously impreffed, are in the bloom of enezer Kellogg of North-Bolton; the right hand of fellowship was given by the Rev. David McClure of Eaft-Windfor, and the concluding prayer was made by the Rev. Jeremiah Hallock of West-Simfbury. DISMISSION. ON the 15th of October, the Rev. Jofeph Badger was difmiffed from his paftoral relation to the church and people of Blandford, Maffachusetts. A council, mutually called, confifting of the following minifters, with delegates, viz. Rev. Doct. Weft of Stockbridge, Rev. Aaron Bafcom of Chefter, Rev. Noah Atwater of Weftfield, Rev. Jacob Catlin of New-Marlborough, and Rev. Alvan Hyde of Lee, convened on the occafion; and, after attending to the votes of the church and fociety, advised to the difmiffion. Nothing appeared against the minifterial or Chriftian character of Mr. Badger; and it is hoped his removal to fome other part of the vineyard may be followed with an increase of his usefulness. ANECDOTES. SOCIETY of gentlemen, A liberal education and polished manmost of them poffeffed of a feduced from a belief in the facred ners, but who unhappily had been fcriptures, ufed to affemble alterthe purpose of ridiculing revela nately at each other's houfes, for tion, and hardening one another in their infidelity. Atlaft, they unanimoufly formed a refolution folemn ly to burn the bible; and fo to be troubled no more with a book which was fo hoftile to their principles, and difquieting to their confcienThe day fixed upon came; a large fire was prepared; a bible was laid upon the table, and a flow. ces. ing bowl ready to drink its dirge. For the execution of their plan, they fixed upon a young gentleman of high birth, brilliant vivacity, and elegance of manners. He undertook the task; and, after a few enlivening glaffes, amidst the applaufes of his jovial compeers, he approached the table, took up the bible, and was walking refo butely forward to put it in the fire; all at once he was feized with trembling, palenefs overfpread his countenance, and his whole frame feemed convulfed: He returned to the table, and, laying down the bible, faid, with a ftrong affeveration, "We will not burn that book, till we get a better." Soon after this, this fame gay and lively young gentleman died, and on his death-bed was led to ken hopes of forgiveness, and of fincere repentance, deriving unfhafuture bleffednefs from that book he was once going to burn. BISHOP BURNET, the Arminian prelate, affected to woader how a perfon of King William's piety and good fenfe could A REQUEST appeared in the laft number of the Magazine, for fpeedy communications to furnish matter for the next and following numbers. The two following hymns were written when the author was about feventeen years of age, to divert and exercife his mind during a day or two ofbodily indifpofition. They were occafioned by reading Mr. Pope's "Dying Chriftian to bis Soul" which furnished the author with fome ideas. If you shall have nothing more worthy to furnifh a page of Poetry you are at liberty to infert them. I. AMINTOR. E. Windfor, Nov. 1800. The dying Chriflian. My eyes are now closing to rest; My body muft foon be removed; And mouldering lie buried in duft; No more to be envied or loved. 2. O happy! Thrice happy exchange! My Saviour with eyes full of love, Now beckons me-foon I fhall range The fields of bright glory above. 3. O! Break off thefe fetters of clay ! f long to be freed from this load: Lord Jefus, I mourn thy delay, Impatient to be with my God. 4. Each moment feems lingering & flow, While far from my homel mult (tay; I long for thofe pleafures that flow Uncealing in regions of day. 5.Ah! What is this drawing my breath, And ftealing my fenfes away? O! tell me, my foul, is it death, Releafing thee kindly from clay? 6. Now mounting, I foon fhall defery The regions of pleasure and love: My fpirit triumphing thall fly, And dwell with my Saviour above. 7. No more to be tempted by fin; No longer by Satan be vex'd; My confcience is peaceful within, And is by no passion perplex'd. 8. Now speedily wafted on wing, This world in a moment I leave: O! death where is now thy fam'd fting? And where is thy vict'ry, O grave? I. O' The Dying Sinner. ! What is this rending my breath, And wreaking my spirit away! O! tell me, my foul, is it death! I muft, tho reluctant, obey. 2. Grim death which I once did defy, With horror now feizes my frame! Now comes the fad moment to die, And launch into torture and flame! 3. O lengthen my dwelling with clay, That I for my fius may lament! Lord Jefus, prolong the delay, And give me thy grace to repent. 4. Alas! 'tis in vain that I fue, For favor or mercy at laft! Damnation is now my juft dae! All hopes of forgiveness are paft. 5. Unhappiest hour of my days! But from it repriev'd I can't be ! Now paft is the day of my grace-What torments, referv'd are, for me! 6. My confcience torments me withia, And ne'er will again be at peace! Alas! the dire wages of fin! But now I can have no relcafe. 70! what would I give for the peace The righteous enjoys in his death! My woes thall begin when 1 oeafe To draw the last heavings of breath. 8. Now launching, I foon fhall be toft To regions of endless defpair !. And to the leaft hope fhall be loft, Be tortured eternally there! A REVIEW of times paft, and | contemplations on future profpects, humbly attempted for general in fruction, and to excite nfeful and pious meditations, at the commencement of the new year and century: or, the Editors' NEW YEARS' GIFT, to their generous readers. as they pafs? That we recount the mercies, the corrections, the great and various events of the feveral periods of our lives, and our conduct in each of them? May we not, with a pious pleafure, contemplate the promises and prophecies which have been accomplished, and those which are rapidly fulfilTIM IME is most intimately con-ling and the progrefs which is mane&ed with eternity. Solemn thought! It is pregnant with all its joys, and with all its woe. Time will finish the whole myftery of God, and all the works of men. Time will prepare all the veffels of mercy for glory, and all the veffels of wrath for deftruction, and feal up all the living to eternal life or death. The man ner in which every portion of it has been fpent, every action, word and thought, affection and defre of each particular period of time, and of its whole duration, will come under a moft folemn and impartial review, at the end; and have an important influence in the final doom, eternal life or death of all the living. In this view, of what flemn moment is it, that all time thould be well spent; and that we wifely review our days and years VOL. I. No. 7. king in the work of redemption? The changes which a fhort time kingdoms, in the church of God, makes in individuals, in families, in in the natural and moral state of the world? Will not contemplations like thefe, awake our gratitude, increase our faith, excite our diligence, watchfulness and activity? How naturally and cogently does the interefting period to which we are arrived, at the clofe of another year, and of the eighteenth century, and at the com→ mencement of a new year, and new century, invite and prefs us to thefe contemplations? Every year is productive of even.s folema, vaft and wonderful. It terminates the lives of millions, and, like an irresistible current, bears on the dying children of men to the grave, to judgment and eter G g earth changes the whole number of its inhabitants, at leaft three times and an half every century. During the paft century four kings and one queen have reigned on the throne of Great Britain. William and Mary, queen Anne, George the first and fecond, with their courtiers, generals, admirals, captains and mighty men, are no more. The Lewis'es, who reign ed with fuch power in France, are gone down to the fides of the pit. Royalty has been abolished in that nation; conftitutions and tyrants, in quick fucceffion, have followed each other, and vanished away. Kingdoms and republics have been fhaken and demolished by the French revolution; and the political and religious ftate of Europe have undergone a wonderful change. France, in her mighty ftruggle for liberty, has enflaved herself and many of her neighbours. The last century has not only changed the face of Europe but of the whole world. nity. It appears, from bills of mortality, that in this healthful climate, one half of the number of those who are born into the world die under twenty years of age and it is computed that, taking the world at large, one half of the human race die under feventeen. It is estimated that in ten years more, including thofe who are born and die in that period, and out of the number of thofe who were more than feventeen, at the commencement of the ten years, another number dies, equal to the other half of all the inhabitants upon the earth so that in about twenty-feven years a number dies equal to that of all the inhabitants upon the globe. Some have eftimated the inhabitants of the earth at a thousand millions; others at nine hundred and fifty or fixty millions. According to the firft of thefe eftimates, there die annually a bout thirty-feven millions of people; about seven hundred and twelve thoufand every week, one hundred and one thoufand, seven hundred If we come nearer home, and and fifty daily; four thousand, two review America, New-England hundred and thirty nine cach hour; and Connecticut, the retrofpect and about feventy every minute. will be inftructive, folemn and afOn the lowest computation of nine fecting. Since the commencement hundred and fifty millions of in- of the last century, all the venehabitants, there die yearly thirty-rable fathers, then conducting the five millions, one hundred eighty- affairs of church and state, in Newfive thousand, one hundred and England and the American coloeighty-five every week, fix hun-nies, with their children, and most dred feventy-fix thoufand, fix hun- of their children's children, are dred and thirty-eight; in each gone down to the grave. Their day, ninety-fix thoufand, fix hun-wifdom, piety, beauty, influence dred and fixty-two; every hour, and lives have all been loft in the four thousand and twenty-feven; ravages of time. In Connecticut, and fixty-feven every minute. A which, at the beginning of the mazing mortality! Whatan afton- century was fmall, containing not ifhing tream of fouls is rapidly more than about fourteen thousand borne on with the tide of time, inhabitants, thirty-eight churches, continually fhooting into the ocean and about the fame number of elof eternity, and appearing before ders, there have died ten governGod in Judgement ! ors, with their council and officers: and nine prefidents, or chief in In this view it appears that the |
