amination, amendment, or discontinuance of the trustees at their discretion.

It shall be ever considered, as the first and principal duty of the master, to regulate the tempers, to enlarge the minds, and form the morals of the youth, committed to his care.

There shall be taught in this seminary the English, Latin, and Greek languages; writing, arithmetic, music, and the art of speaking; also practical geometry, logic, and geography, and any other of the liberal arts and sciences or languages, as opportunity and ability may hereafter admit, and as the trustees shall direct.

The master is to give special attention to the health of the scholars, and ever to urge the importance of a habit of industry. For these purposes it is to be a part of his duty, to encourage the scholars to perform some manual labour, such as gardening or the like; so far, as is consistent with cleanliness and the inclination of their parents; and the fruit of their labour shall be applied, at the discretion of the trustees, for procuring a library, or in some other way increasing the usefulness of this seminary. But above all, it is expected that the master's attention to the disposition of the minde and morals of the youth under his charge will exceed every other care, well considering that, though goodness without knowledge (as it respects others) is weak and feeble; yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous; and that both united form the noblest character, and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind.

It is therefore required, that he most attentively and vigo rously guard against the earliest irregularities; that he frequently delineate in their natural colours the deformity and odiousness of vice, and the beauty and amiableness of virtue; that he spare no pains to convince them of their numberless and indispensable obligations to abhor and avoid the former, and to love and practise the latter; of the several great duties, they owe to Gon, their country, their parents, their neighbours, and themselves; that he critically and constantly observe the variety of their natural tempers, and solicitously endeavour to bring them under such discipline, as may tend most effectually to promote their own satisfaction and the happiness of others; that he early inure them to contemplate the several connexions and various scenes, incident to human life; furnishing such general maxims of conduct, as may best enable them to pass through all with ease, reputation and comfort.

And, whereas many of the students in this seminary may be devoted to the sacred work of the gospel ministry, that the true and fundamental principles of the Christian religion may be

ltivated, established, and perpetuated in the Christian church so far, as this institution may have influence, it shall be the duty of the master, as the age and capacities of the scholars will admit, not only to instruct and establish them in the truth of Christianity, but also early and diligently to inculcate upon them the great and important scripture doctrines of the existence of ONE TRUE GOD, the FATHER,

SON, and HOLY GHOST; of the fall of man, the depravity of human nature, the necessity of an atonement, and of our being renewed in the spirit of our minds; the doctrines of repentance toward GOD, and of faith to ward our Lord JESUS CHRIST; of sanctification by the HOLY SPIRIT, and of justification by the free grace of GoD through the redemption, that is in JESUS CHRIST, in opposition to the erroneous and dangerous doctrine of justification by our own merit, or a dependence on self-righteousness, together with the other important doctrines and du ties of our Holy Christian Relig

ion.

And, whereas the most wholesome precepts without frequent repetition may prove ineffectual, it is farther required of the master, that he not only urge and reurge, but continue from day to day to impress these instructions. And let him ever remember that the design of this institution can never be answered without his persevering, incessant attention to this duty.

Protestants only shall ever be concerned in the trust or instruction of this seminary.

The election of all officers shall be by ballot only.

This seminary shall be ever equally open to youth of requisite qualifications from every quarter, provided that none be admitted till in common parlence they can read English well, excepting such particular numbers as the trustees may hereafter li

cense.

And, in order to prevent the smallest perversion of the true intent of this foundation, it is again declared, that the first and principal object of this institu

tion is the promotion of true PIETY and VIRTUE; the second, instruction in the English, Latin, and Greek languages, together with writing, arithmetic, music, and the art of speaking; the third, practical geometry, logic, and geography; and the fourth, such other of the liberal arts and sciences, or languages, as opportunity and ability may hereafter admit, and as the trustees shall direct, and these regulations shall be read by the President at the annual meetings of the trustees.

And we hereby reserve to ourselves, during any part of our natural lives, the full right jointly to make any special rules for the perpetual government of this institution, which shall be equally binding on those, whom they may concern, with any clause in these regulations; provided no such rule shall be subversive of the true design herein expressed. We also reserve to ourselves a right jointly to appoint one person to succeed in the trust after our decease or resignation, to whom shall be transferred the same right of appointment and to his successors in the said trust forever.

In witness whereof, we, the subscribers, have hereunto set our hands and seals this twentyfirst day of April, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. Signed, sealed, and delivered, &c.

SAMUEL PHILLIPS,
JOHN PHILLIPS.

A historical view of the progress, funds, and present state of this institution, is respectfully requested for the Panoplist from some of the gentlemen connected with it, and who are in possession of the proper doc uments. THE EDITORS.

FRAGMENTS.

(From Hall's Contemplations.)

CREATION.

In this thine enlightened frame, how fitly, how wisely are all the parts disposed; that the method of the creation might answer the matter and the form both! Behold all purity above; below the dregs and lees of all. The higher I go, the more perfection; each element superior to other, not more in place than dignity; that by stairs of ascending perfection, our thoughts might climb unto the top of all glory, and might know thine imperial heaven, no less glorious above the visible, than those above the earth. Oh! how miserable is the place of our pilgrimage, in respect of our home.

Behold in this high and stately building of thine, I see three stages; this lowest heaven for fowls, for vapours, for meteors; the second, for the stars; the third, for thine angels and saints. The first is thine outward court, open for all; the second is the body of thy covered temple, wherein are those candles of heaven perpetually burning; the third is thine holy of holies. In the first is tumult and vanity; in the second, immutability and rest; in the third, glory and blessedness. The first we feel, the second we see, the third we believe. In these two lower is no felicity; for neither fowls nor stars are happy. It is the third heaven alone, where thou, Oblessed Trinity! enjoyest thyself, and thy glorified spirits enjoy thee. It is the manifestation of Vol. I. No. 7.

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thy glorious presence, that makes heaven to be itself. This is the privilege of thy children, that they here, seeing thee, (who art invisible) by the eye of faith, have already begun that heaven, which the perfect sight of thee shall make perfect above.

PARADISE.

ALL that God made was good, and the Maker of them much more good; they good in their kinds, he good in himself. It would not content him to know God and his creatures, his curiosity affected to know that which God never made, evil of sin, and evil of death, which indeed himself made, by desiring to know them; now we know evil well enough, and smart with knowing it. How dear hath this lesson cost us, that in some cases it is better to be ignorant! and yet do the sons of Eve inherit this saucy appetite of their grandmother; how many thousand souls miscarry with the presumptuous affectation of forbidden knowledge !

O God, thou hast revealed more than we can know, enough to make us happy; teach me a sober knowledge, and a contented ignorance.

Paradise was made for man, yet there I see the serpent; what marvel is it, if my corruption find the serpent in my closet, in my table, in my bed, when our holy parents found him in the midst of Paradise. No sooner he is entered, but he tempteth; he can no more be idle, than harmless. I do not see him at any other tree; he knew

there was no danger in the rest; I see him at the tree forbidden. How true a serpent he is in every point! in his choice of the tree, in his assault of the woman, in his plausibleness of speech to avoid terror, in his question to move doubt, in his reply to work distrust, in his protestation of safety, in his suggestion to envy and discontent, in his promise of gain.

And if he were so cunning at the first, what shall we think of him now, after so many thousand years experience? Only thou, O God! and these angels, that see thy face, are wiser than he. I do not ask why, when he left his goodness, thou didst not bereave him of his skill? Still thou wouldst have him an angel, though an evil one; and thou knowest how to ordain his craft to thine own glory. I do not desire thee to abate of his subtility, but to make me wise; let me beg it, without presumption, make me wiser than Adam; even thine image, which he bore, made him not (through his own weakness) wise enough to obey thee; thou offeredst him all fruits, and restrainedst but one; Satan offered him but one, and restrained not the rest. When he chose rather to be at Satan's feeding than thine, it was just with thee to turn him out of thy gates with a curse: why shouldest thou feed a rebel at thine own board?

ANECDOTES.

HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST. A TRULY catholic spirit is amiable wherever it appears. Amidst the contentions, which in a greater or less degree have

all along prevailed among Christians, it has been greatly kept under restraint. In every age, however, it has subsisted, and, it is to be hoped, is at present warm and vigorous in the breasts of multitudes. In the whole of his conduct, the great HowARD shewed that he was animated by this sacred principle. Amongst the many circumstances that might be produced to prove this fact, the the following, though unnoticed by biographers, to whom it was probably unknown, is not the least worthy of preservation :

When on a visit to Glasgow, for the purpose of viewing its prison & public institutions, some of his friends were pointing out to him the various places of worship belonging to the different denominations of Christians in that large and populous city; lifting up his hands he said, with deep emotion, "May great grace, mercy and peace be on all them, that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity."

Reader, if ever thou art disposed to repine at the divisions that exist in the Christian world, and at the smallness of the numbers in the denomination with which thou art associated, copy the spirit of St. Paul, Phil. i. 18; think of the conduct of Howard, and go and do likewise.

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IT is with a Christian as with the Sicilian vines." An old proprietor, (says Swinburne) informed me, that the strength of the liquor depended on the close pruning of the vine."

Several reviews of new publications are on hand, but deferred to give place to other matter.