Or 'ere thy soul had mourn'd its dearest Did not grief then grow romante, friend, Raring on remember'd bliss! Or Time had silver'd o'er thy revèrent Did you not, with fervour frantic, head. Kiss the lips that felt no kiss? To Christ, thy life, thy doctrine, all was Yes! but, when you had resign’d her, givin, Life and you were reconciled; For him thou wish'd to live, to die for Anna left-she left behind her, bim; One, one dear, one only child. The Priesthood's noblest Champion when But before the green moss peeping on earth, His poor mother's grave array'd, And now the Bulwark of Eternal Truth! In that grave, the infant sleeping Ye studies, which engag'd our earlier On the mother's lap was laid years; Ye walls which once contain'd the truest Horror then, your heart congealing, pair, Chilld you with intense despair; That ever rais'd or envy or esteem; Can you recollect the feeling? Beloved Athens, hear, and weep my woes! No! there was no feeling there! Basilhath gained his wish-for place of rest; From that gloomy trace of sorrow, Amidst th' exulting choir, august he When you woke to pangs unknowa shines; How unwelcome was the morrow, Whilst Gregory lingers, like a with’ring For it rose on YOU ALONE! corse, Sunk in self-consuming anguish, His soul awake, no more to Friendship’s Can the poor heart always ache! call. No, the tortured nerve will languish, Well might men hail thee, great Cæsa- Or the strings of life must breat. rea's pride! O'er the yielding brow of sadness, Thy speech was awful as the thunder's One faint smile of comfort stole; voice! One soft pang of tender gladness Thy life refulgent as the lightnings blaze! And if that chair, ennobled once by thee, while the wounds of woe are healing, Exquisitely thrillid your soul. Forsaken now, dleplure its widow'd state; While the heart is all resign'd, If the chaste virgins, to the hallow'd 'Tis the solemn feast of feeling, shrine 'Tis the sabbath of the mind. No longer now attend their prelate's steps; Pensive memory then retraces If Death's keen blast hath rent the lofti. Scenes of bliss for ever fied, est tree, Lives in former times and places, That ever tosterd in its spread'ning shade Holds communion with the dead. A gladden'd realm, this was the glorious And, when night's prophetic slumbers Rend the veil to mortal eves, The angels sigh’d for fellowship with thee: From their tombs, the sainted numbers Christ willid and rais'd his Basil to the Of our lost companions rise. skies! You have seen a friend, a brother, Heard a dear dead father speak; “THE JOY OF GRIEF." Proved the fondness of a mother, Felt her tears upon your cheek! Dreams of love your grief beguiling, You have clasp'd a consort's charms, And received your infant smiling From his mother's sacred arms. Trembling, pale, and agonising, While you mourn'd the vision gone, Soft as evening o'er the ocean, Bright the morning star arising When she charms the waves to rest? Open'd heaven, from whence it shone. Have you lost a friend, a brother? Thither all your wishes bending Heard a father's parting breath? Rose in extacy sublime, Gazed upon a lifeless mother, Thither all your hopes ascending Till she seem'd to wake from death? Triumph'd over death and time. Have you felt a spouse expiring Thus afflicted, bruised and broken, In your arms, before your view? Have you known such sweet relief Watch'd the lovely soul retiring Yes, my friend! and, by this token, From her eyes, that broke on you? You have felt “ THE JOY OF GRIET." cause: OSSIAN. INDEX. ANECDOTES, BIOGRAPHY, The life of Rev. William Ten. 40 97, 146, 202 ib. Memoirs of the Rev. John Ers- ib. 250 the Rev. William Grim- 135 346 136 the Rev. George White- field 401 ib. Clemens Romanus, 408 ib, David Brainard, 449 Rev. Andrew Rivet, D.D.497, 546 287 Series of lives taken from the scrip- 333 tures, 335 6, 49 336 James and John, the 440 103 488 the apostle Paul, 207, 257, 305, 351 119 590 CRUELTY to brutes, essay on, 179 236 18 Chronology (from the Christian Ob- 473 476 227 Charge on the ordination of the Rev. 12 525 Catholicism, modern, observations 417 74 30 32 215 Dissertation on Genesis ii. 17, con- 63 Dialogue on the influence of religion on the affairs of the world, 268 4 E 83 185 EXPOSITIONS, OBITUARY, 39 Mrs. Davidson, A child of Bleinham, 88 Mrs. Graoch, 133 Rev. Matthew Thompson, Mrs. Bavne, Mr. Abraham Parkinson, 237 Mr. Haughton, 389 Mrs. Ramsey, Rev. Samuel Haren, D. D. 78 Mrs Haven, Miss Mary Ann Davies, . Rev. David Black, of Edinburgh, 341 David Dale, Esq. of Glasgow, 385 Miss Rebecca Albright, Eng- land, 388 Joseph Magoffin, Esq. Amos Munn, 474 Miss Hannah Moulder, 597 231 Objections to christianity answered, 59 517 On denying one's self to be at home, 122 ,563 Observations on the Saviour's ap- cerning the atonement of Christ, 588 of infancy, 276 46 An elegy, Adam's innocency and fall, 146 381 Invocation to religion, ib. her infant, On a watch, 181 By a lady under the influence of 199 Penned after hearing a sermon 200 176 ib. 487 Sonnet to innocence, ib. 247 An address to the Deity, 295 170 229 Epitaph on the children of the Rev. Mr. Fernandez, ib. ib. Petition of the deaf and dumb. 399 Lines on the thoughts of death, 400 Religion, 544 328 An elegy on St. Basil, The joy of grief, Perfection of character, Petition of the Sabbath day, 46, 92 141 142 QUERY, relative to 1 Samuel xii. 39. 134 198 cussion, ib. Whether a man may law. 344 496 The grave, 599 1 fully marry his brother's widow, Scheme of Divine government, vast or wife's sister, 314, 356 121 Sermon, Dr. Nott's, observations on, 321 RELIGIOUS Intelligence, 41, 89, 137, Spiritual impulses, respecting, 123 193, 241, 289, 337, 393, 441, 489, 537, Success not the subject of reward, 436, 593 521 Repentance, necessity of, 112 Review of Dr. Nott's sermon, 283, 312 THOUGHTS on sloth, 34 Regeneration, 430, 452 on saving faith, 79 observations on, by on Providence, 424 Rev. J. Blair, 577 True religion spiritual and supernaRemarkable conversion, 479 tural, 511 Rural objects spiritually observed, 485 Truth, on the evil of violating; 481 Sentiments of Lequino, 83 |