Majesty of heaven, and so subversive of every thing good; and may the Holy Spirit influencce me to fast and pray aright; and to God shall be all the glory.

O that the Lord may arouse my stupid powers, and awake to energy all the faculties of my soul. Holy Spirit! come and sanctify my wicked heart, subdue all my evil propensities, and breathe on my soul the fragrant air of heaven. O enable me henceforth to live more to God, and watch for opportunities to diffuse the honour of his name, and the glory of his kingdom. Make me bold in the dear cause of God, ready to speak for him at all proper times; and may my words and my precepts be enforced by a holy consistent example. Expand my heart with love to Jesus and active philanthropy, and influence me to use my two mites of property for the benefit of others, not letting my left hand know what my right hand doeth. O that I may be a Dorcas to the needy, as I have the means; and while I care for their bodies, O may I care for their immortal souls, and be the instru ment of rescuing them from ignorance and mortal death.

O Lord, remember in mercy this beloved, afflicted church. May she be made glorious within and without, compacted together as one heart and one soul, and soon have occasion to take her harp from the willows, and tune it to praise and thanksgiving for the ministration of the word and ordinances. O that all her members may examine themselves, and see whether they are settling on their lees, destitute of oil in their lamps. O that they all may shake themselves from the dust, and cry mightily to God, that he would bless this church. May this small society be united in brotherly love and harmony, and strenuously exert themselves for re-settling a sound and evangelical preacher. May this nation, now distracted

with internal divisions, wars, and fightings, and its conse→ quent calamities, be blessed with peace and friendship, and a more general spread of religion. May they that govern be just, ruling in the fear of God, and be a terror to evil doers, and the support of those that do well; and may our president, placed in so conspicuous and important a station, be influenced by divine wisdom to adopt measures in this critical time, just to all, and conducive to the best interests of our dear country.

O Lord, is not Zion graven on the palms of thy hands ? O then arise for her help, and make her the joy and praise of the whole earth. Fulfil all the benign predictions concerning her latter day glory, and make all who stand on the walls of Jerusalem, to lift up their voices like trumpets, and display the tremendous thunders of Sinai, and the affecting scenes of Calvary ; and may they all be burning and shining lights, zealously engaged in the cause of Christ, in season and out of season. Have mercy, Lord, on a world lying in wickedness. O that the contentions, animosities, and envies, that now draw down judgments upon us, may soon be exterminated by the efficacy of thy grace, and the warring nations harmoniously concur in provoking unto love and good works. Hasten the time, when Asia and Africa shall emerge from their present degradation, ignorance, superstition, and errors, to the beauties of holiness, and the worship of Jehovah. Succeed all the proper exertions of our missionaries to plant religion in heathen lands, and make them all wise to win souls to Christ. Bless my dearly beloved Harriet. Though now far distant, and majestic waters roll between our mortal frames, O may we daily meet at the mercy-seat, and there hold sweet communion. May all her trials, privations, and hardships, be counterbalan

ed by peace of conscience, and joy in the Holy Ghost; and O may many poor souls rise up and call her blessed, and may all her endeavours in thy cause be abundantly prospered. May her body and soul prosper, and be in health; and may she at length die in the Lord, and meet all her pious friends in the Canaan above. Bless all Christian and humane societies, for the alleviation of misery, the suppression of vice and immorality, and the diffusion of knowledge and piety. May they all meet with thy approbation, and be honoured with thy propitious smiles. Especially let that recently formed in Bradford for the instruction of poor children meet thy peculiar protection. May it embrace a large sphere of usefulness, and be made a mean of meliorating the condition of many in body and soul. Open the hearts of all to give according to their ability, and may this delightful plan interest the prayers of all Christians to whom it is known. May those who are selected for the instructresses, be eminently qualified for their arduous undertaking. Impart unto them adequate wisdom, patience, meekness, self-denial, deadness to the world, active zeal, and Christian humility. O Lord, the hearts of all are in thy hands. O turn them to thee, and let grace, mercy, and peace abound every where, and assimilate this world to the heavens above, where storms never rise, nor tempests. blow, but where tranquillity and love for ever reign. Amen.

LETTER TO MISS N. K. OF NEWBURY PORT.

Beverly, April, 1814.

LAST Sabbath, my dear Nancy, Mr D. preached his

valedictory discourse from Acts xx, 25, 26, 27. It was

very solemn and affecting. "Farewell," said he at the close, "Farewell, these hallowed courts; farewell, this sacred desk; farewell forever!" I do not know that I ever spent a more mournful Sabbath. A thousand tender reflections and feelings with their accumulated weight rent my heart with anguish, and almost overwhelmed me. My conflicting emotions were past the power of description, known only to God and myself. It is, my dear cousin, a very solemn consideration, that every sermon we hear, every pious letter we receive from our friends, every prayer that is offered, and every good observation dropped within our hearing, extend their influences. through the countless ages of eternity. O then, can we fail to apply them in all their energy to our souls, and faithfully consider and improve them as talents put into our hands? O, should they rise up in judgment against us, and enhance our future condemnation, how dreadfully aggravated would be our misery. How much better would it have been for us to have been ignorant Hottentots, wandering in the desert wilds of Africa, without a. Bible, without a pious minister or friend; nay, how much better had it been for us had we never been born. O my cousin, eternal things imperiously demand our solemn attention, and profound consideration. The tribunal of God will ere long be erected, to which we are amenable for every thought, word, and action, and from which there can be no appeal. O that then our unworthy names may appear written in the Lamb's book of life. O what strange and amazing things will that day bring to light! How much wickedness perpetrated in secret, how many enormous crimes which sought the darkness of the night for their covering, and how many unblazoned deeds of charity, and labours of love will then be revealed, The e

the widow with her two mites receives a gracious commendation, and infinite remuneration; and all who have emulated her example from evangelical motives, with all who have in the most humble and retired manner evinced their love to Immanuel, by advancing his cause in any degree and shall then be elevated to seats of im

way,

mortal glory and stupendous bliss.

O my dear cousin, shall we not be Christians? Shall we not love the Lord Jesus, who became poor that we might be made rich; who left heaven that he might prepare the way for our going thither, who left the homage of angels and archangels, that we might be raised to the fruition of their holy society, who died on the cross of Calvary, that we might be rescued from the second death, and blessed with endless life? O that our stony hearts were transformed into flesh, that they might be susceptable of ardent love to the immaculate Saviour, and a relish for spiritual things. Much of our time is gone to waste. Many precious years we have spent in sin"; and except we repent, we may soon sigh for a moment of probation,

which worlds want wealth to buy." We stand on the borders of the eternal world. Let us deposit our treasures and our heart in the court of heaven, and we shall have an unfailing source of comfort, the foundations of which, the united assaults of earth and hell can never undermine. And when the heavens shall be dissolved, the elements melt with fervent heat, the world be in flames, Christ appearing in the clouds with a glorious retinue of angels, the last trumpet giving the awful signal, and the nations springing from their dusty and watery graves, then, then we may lift up our heads with joy, knowing that our redemption draweth nigh.

I am your affectonate cousin.

F. WOODBURY.