it may, I trust (in words never to be forgotten,) THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY; and, if once more the fleets of an invading enemy are to cover the ocean, I trust that, once more also, they will be scattered upon the deep, and perish in the waves they have insulted.

3. There is yet another duty, my brethren, to which, upon this day, we are called. While the voice of thanksgiving resounds through our land, there is a note of sorrow which mingles with it,-and while the people speak only of glory, there are mourners, who speak of the graves those by whom it has been won.

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Of that ILLUSTRIOUS MAN, whose memory is now present to every heart, and whose loss has dimmed the eye of public exultation, I have not the confidence either to attempt the praise or to deplore the fall. I remember that there is a silence more impressive than words; and

still more, that there is a veil drawn by the hand of Heaven, between " the spirit "that enters into the joy of his Lord," and those feeble accents of mortal praise that follow its ascension. Called into being to decide the fate of nations, and to bear the vengeance of Heaven upon the oppressors of mankind, he has fulfilled his mighty destiny; and he has left a name before which the generations of men will bow, when the monuments which a grateful country now meditates to his fame, shall have mouldered in their ruins.

There are other memories, my brethren, that demand your gratitude;-there are parents whom your defence has bereaved of their children;-there are widows, whose tears bedew the wreath of glory which the arms of their husbands have earned ;-there are orphans, whose innocent eyes are lifted to their country, and who seek in vain their fathers who have bled for it.

I cannot insult the memory of the heroic dead, by asking your charity for those who were dear to them. I will say, that it is the debt of justice and of generosity: -I will say, that there is no noble heart that will not be proud to contribute to the welfare of those who have lost every thing but honour:-I will say, that the noblest monument you can raise to their ashes, is, to shew that your generosity can equal their valour.

We are now about to part, and to return into the world to our several occupations. Yet, ere we separate, while one affection unites us, and while our hearts beat one sentiment of praise, let us pray for our country;-Let us pray, that, over the countless multitudes which are this day assembled before the Throne of God, the same spirit may descend which once animated his chosen people ;—that the valour of the memorable day which

we now commemorate, may be perpetuated to our last generation;-and that, whatever may be the coming dangers which may assail our country, there never may be wanting the heart to love, and the arm to defend it. :..

SERMON XII.

ON EVIL COMMUNICATION.

1 CORINTHIANS, XV. 33.

"Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners."

THERE is no prospect more painful to a thoughtful mind, than that of the first commencement of vice or folly in the human character. It is pleasing to us to look upon the openings of human nature; amid the years of infancy, to see the gradual expansion of the youthful mind in benevolence and knowledge; and to