[For the Monitor.]

MONITORY.

No.-

To DIE! What is it?-Where to be ?—
And there, how long? What does death mean?
And who must die; and when, or where;
Who knows?---And what to be prepared
For death? And what to fail of this?
To answer these, Scripture must guide.
Does death then stop existence ?
"Tis only change of place ;-time for
Eternity; mortality for life*
Immortal! To die, we leave this
World for one unseen beyond,—yes,
Far beyond the grave.-This is death ;-
And from its bourn no traveller
Returns, to tell us how he fares.-
This leap is for eternity!

And where does death convey the soul
Immortal, when it leaves the clay?
The Bible tells us where.-To heaven
Or hell! Death is heaven to none but
Pious souls-whose hearts have felt true
Penitence for sin ;-have been renewed
By grace divine;--are sanctified,
And thus prepared for heaven.
The sinner, death conducts not up
To heaven, where all is holiness:
But down to hell, where all is horror!
To die, then, is to be in heaven
Or hell,--is death eternal; or
Immortal life and blessedness!
At death, the soul is fixed in woe,
Or bliss--and there to dwell-
Here too, the Bible answers-
Listen, while I speak the solemn
And amazing word-

* Future existence only is meant.

-ah!

How long?

-forever!

O death, is this thy meaning? Yes,-
To die, is endless bliss or woe!
And all must die, and when, or where,
Jehovah only knows. And what

To be prepared? 'Tis heaven! And what
To fail? O sinner--shall I tell

Thee? Will you hear and heed, when 'tis
Not man that speaks; but God, from heaven,
And in his word declares ;-To die
Without a Saviour-in his blood
Unwashed,--impenitent,-is hell!*
Since things are so, O man, 'tis height
Of wisdom to prepare for death ;-
And this without delay.

Verses by Sir Walter Raleigh, found in his Bible in the
Gatehouse at Westminster, after his Execution.

Even such is time which takes in trust,
Our youth, our joys, and all we have;
And pays us nought but age and dust,
Which, in the dark and silent grave,
When we have wandered all our ways,
Shuts up the story of our days,

And from which grave, and earth, and dust,
The Lord will raise us up, I trust.

An original and literal translation of part of the second Episode of Horace, in which he describes the happy man. The Poet commences it in the same manner as the Sacred Poet commences the first Psalm, where he also describes the happy man. It is translated to show the contrast in the two descriptions.

BLEST is the man, on some kind spot,
His native and paternal lot

* Luke xvi. 23.

In solitude retired.

Free, like the nations long gone by
From opulence and luxury,

Admiring and admired.

The Clarion's sound, nor boisterous seas,
Nor eloquence disturbs his ease,

Nor city's pride and splendor;

Who prunes his young and growing vines,
Which to tall poplar trees he joins,
Engrafting scions tender.

Who loves to see his fertile glades
Yielding his cattle food and shades,
And listen to their lowing,
Whose vines and orchards now appear
Crowning the labours of the year,
Autumnal bliss bestowing.

Expect, Priapus, at his hands,
Sylvanus, guardian of his lands,
Expect a tribute grateful.

Of pears he gives you what you choose,
Clusters ambitious of their hues,
And every fruit delightful.

Beneath his oaken sylvan shade,
On flowery herbs he lays his head,
In solemn meditation.

Near him the crystal babbling brook,
Above, the cawing, playful rook
Are sleepy recreation.

Who, when the wintery winds howl round
And dismal snows involve the ground,
To occupy his leisure,

In the deep forests with his snares,
And hounds; the wild deer and the bears
He makes his prey and pleasure.

Midst scenes like these what man retains
Effeminate blood within his veins?

Yet in a pleasant mansion,

His lovely wife, as wise as fair,
And the blest offspring of her care
Endeared by kind attention.

With milk made ready from the kine,
With flowing bowls of blushing wine

And chosen fruits to refresh him,
With blazing fire and vestments warm,
Wait his returning through the storm
To bless and to embrace him.

Thrice happy man! nor happier he,
Whom every river, lake, and sea

Afford their choisest fishes:
Whose pride, and luxury, and wealth,
(Let Providence preserve his health,)
Contribute to his dishes.

L***.

The entrance of the illustrious LA FAYETTE into BOSTON was accompanied with a powerful burst of public gratitude. While reading the following inscription, under which the procession passed, we involuntarily sighed, "O that these tens of thousands of hearts were surrendered to GOD THEIR REDEEMER." ""

WELCOME, LA FAYETTE!
The fathers in glory shall sleep,
That gathered with thee to the fight,
But their sons will eternally keep
The tablet of gratitude bright!

We bow not the neck and we bend not the knee,
But our hearts, LA FAYETTE, we surrender to thee!

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

P: W: X: Ullus, and two or three pieces without signature, have been received.

Henrietta: A dialogue between H. and E., and Arian have been received.

V.H. WILBUR,

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