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Bishop of London. 8vo. Two volumes in one, The 2d American from the 5th London edition. Northampton, Mass. S. & E, Butler. Sermons, by the Right Reverend Beilby Porteus, D. D. Bishop of Lon don. Hartford. Lincoln & Gleason Obituary. AT Cambridge, February 19, Mrs. Ruth Freeman, relict of Capt. J. Freeman, aged 72. It is useful to preserve the portrait of departed worth. Let it not be a flattering picture; the original will not behold it. If truth guide the pencil, the living may be instructed. Mrs. RUTH FREEMAN was distinguished for the soundness and vigour of her understanding; for the ease and pleasantness of her conversation; for the warmth and permanency of her friendship; for the order and precision of her economy; for the promptitude and liberality of her kindness; and for the uniformity and constancy of her regard to the institutions of our holy religion. Her life was crowded with calamitous events; but she acknowledged the hand of God, and was silent. Of numerous children, but one, tender and only beloved in the sight of his mother, lived to mature age. That son, who, with graceful manners and rich accomplishments, united the highest charm of filial tenderness, was, several years since, lost at sea. An estimable husband died soon after; and left the desolate widow alone, in the vale of tears. Affliction weaned her from the "pomps and vanities" of the world, without leaving sensations of regret at the deprivation, or despoil. ing her of her habitual cheerfulness. The friends of her former years forsook her not. They gave attestations of her worth by descending with her into the valley of affliction, and soothing her many sorrows. Various were the places of her residence; but in each she created friends, and retained them. With the knowledge of the rules and usages of the polite world, she waved the exaction of them, wherever she found sincerity; for in her heart, as well as in her tongue, was the law of kindness. The offices of neighbourly and social intercourse, were, in her estimation, of ranscendent value, in comparison with the cold and rapid forms of fashionable etiquette. Hence her friends were selected from the worthy and the good. By such friends was she encompassed during her last and lingering illness; and their as siduous attentions were acknowledg ed with grateful sensibility. The hope, derived from that divine religion, which she professed, was her great support in all her trials, espe cially in her last. It was not indeed without a cloud; but this world ad mits not a cloudless sky. In the hope that this is at length exchanged for one, that admits neither darkness nor sorrow, weeping friendship is consoled and resigned. MEMOIR OF MISS CAROLINE SYMMONS. From the Eclectic Review. THIS surprising young lady was the daughter of the Reverend Charles Symmons, D. D. In the bloom of corporeal and mental accomplishments, she was prematurely snatched away at the age of fourteen. Mr. Wrangham, an English poet, associates the history of this "uncommonly gifted young female with that of Jairus' daughter. There was, among other coincidences, which we may suppose, an equality of age, and a similarity, no doubt, in the work. ings of parental grief and filial affection. A supernatural resurrection, like that of Jairus' daughter, was not to be expected. But he, who said, Damsel, arise! though he sees fit not to raise up departed worth at our solicitations and tears, will one day raise it up to himself. We transcribe some of the ingenious productions of this prodigy of poesy; and transplant from their native, lovely bed, some blossoms of infant, female genius, which would not dishonour the brow of a veteran of Parnassus. The following, it ap pears, was written when she was b eleven years of age. THE FLOWER GIRL's CRY. Come buy my wood hare-bells, my cowslips come buy! Lest their beauties should wither, their perfumes should die, • O ve, who in pleasure and luxury live, Whose bosoms would sink beneath half my sad woes : And shed a soft tear for the fate of poor Rose. ⚫ Yet once were my days happy, sweet, and serene Then buy my wood hare-bells, my cowslips come buy! O take my carnations, and jessamines sweet: Lest their beauties should wither, their perfumes should die, We shall give another specimen, and take our leave of this "gentle spirit" with her beautiful lines On a Blighted Rose-Bud'; which were to be, and perhaps have been, inscribed on her own tomb; an application probably little expected by her at the time of writing them! ON A BLIGHTED ROSE-BUD. 'Scarce had thy velvet lips imbib'd the dew, When suddenly, impatient to destroy, Death clasps the virgin to his iron breast. The following little anecdotes deserve mention as evincing the force of her attachment to poetical pursuits. She declared there was no personal sacrifice of face or form, however prized by her sex, which she would not make, to have been the author of L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. And one morning, when returning home from undergoing a very painful operation, by Ware, the occulist; and when, in consequence, some apprehension was entertained of her loss of an eye, she declared, with a smile, that, to be a MILTON, she would consent to be deprived like him of both eyes. Fervent as was her thirst for poetical excellence, we are happy to find that it did not impair her inclination for religious exercises. On this view of her character, Mr. W. throws a cheering light in the following paragraph: 'Not less remarkable than the beauties of her person, the elegance of her taste, the strength of her understanding, and the goodness of her heart, was her steadfast and humble piety. Through the whole of her illness, she was constant in her devotions; and, when the extreme weakness and emaciation occasioned by her malady made the posture of kneeling (long painful) at length impracticable, she deeply regretted the circumstance, as disqualifying her for offering her adorations in a suitable manner. With such a disposition, it will not be matter of surprise that her behaviour, at all times exemplary, in the hours immediately preceding her dissolution should have been admirable. Not a single complaint fell from her lips. Even on the last morning of her earthly existence, when she had expressed to her maid a wish to die, she instantly corrected herself, and said-"No, it is sinful to wish for death; I will not wish for it." Installation. Installed at Bath, (Maine) Jan. 1, 1806, Rev. ASA LYMAN, over the Congregational Church and Soci ety in that place. The Rev. Mr. EMERSON of Georgetown made the introductory and consecrating prayers. The Rev. Mr. GILLET of Hallowell, preached the sermon from Matt. x. 42; the Rev. Mr. EATON of Harpswell gave the charge; the Rev. Mr. PACKARD of Wiscasset expressed the fellowship of the churches; and the Rev. Mr. PARKER of Dresden, made the concluding prayer. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Letter 6th from CONSTANS, and PHILO, on the Trinity, No. 2, shall appear in our next number. The Difficulties attending the doctrine of the Saints' Perseverance proposed by J. C. shall be considered as seriously and candidly as they are proposed. The Editors think it most fair and edifying that the solution should accompany them, when published. H. on the Duties of the Rising Generation, is a seasonable and useful communication. THEOPHILUS, on the Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, shall be inserted in our next number. We wish our readers to give this sensible and lucid communication a serious and attentive perusal. 2.'s Letters to a Lady in high life, a fragment of real correspondence, are serious and pious, and we doubt not have produced good effects already. We will endeavour to extend these good effects to that class of our readers to whom these letters are applicable. K's Consolatory Letter on the death of a child, we think is sensible, tender, and well adapted to its design. We shall cheerfully give it a place in the PANOPLIST. From a respectable source, we have received a lengthy communication on the doctrine of the Trinity. We tender the Author our thanks for it; and will, as far as is practicable, comply with his wishes. The Review of Dr. LATHROP's Sermon on Suicide, and several other communications, are on our files for future numbers. WHILE Luther was employed in the duties of his professorship at Wittemberg, the train of iniquity which had been laying for ages, was gradually advancing towards that dreadful explosion, which the avarice and violence of the satellites of Rome at length produced. The sixteenth century opened under the pontificate of Alexander VI., a monster of impurity, and almost every crime. From his pernicious influence, the church was delivered in 1503; but after a respite of only 30 days, the period of his successor's reign, she was again doomed to groan under the tyranny of Julius II., a man of violence and blood. succeeded in 1513 by Leo X. of the noble family of Medicis. He was self no despicable proficient in the polite literature of the times: but his mind was devoid of piety and virtuous principle, and almost entirely destitute of the very rudiments of theological knowledge. His court, instead of being the temple of religion, and the residence of virtue, was the habitation of carnal pleasure, the haunt of debauchery and vice, The expense, which the splendour of his establishment and the sumptuousness of his entertainments necessarily occasioned, made him have recourse to various schemes for recruiting the treasures of the church, which he had found exhausted by the extravagance and ambition of his predecessors. Among other plans which were suggested, the renewal and extension of the sale of indulgences promised to be successful, and was attended with this advantage, that it could be accomplished without the exercise of temporal authority, or |