The National Register.
London, England, 1813-07-11 00:00:00

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. 'there now he sit.;, in nleditation lost,
And to the growing page commits with speed
l'fismorrow_ 's test ! Look nhttnt, nor tear k) rouse.
The limy soul, m Well, on tier work intent,
Hold,; sense a rrisonCr ; and with cautious bolt
Has hared NI tact the portals of the mind,
TIJ abut out interruption.----r• IhnDIS•

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7.? EV. :7 inTN• LEGG ETT, M. •A.
cunATc AND LECTCRER •OF lIAMktErtsMITII.

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tugland still boasts of clergymen sensible 'of their hills calling.
The establishment has -to regret, iudced, her lazy clerks; who
only bsttir thcmsclifes to sue '' •
For benefices, eanonrics,* and mitres !''
All her sons,"hoitever,.are not such. Goldsmith's portraiture of
thr rural pastOr is trot 'entirely4maginary„ Our church continues
to exhibit priests, lia.e...and there, ot -whom- it may be said, without •
flatfe:y; that .
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Remote from towns they r their gority'rac'e ;
Nor e'er have cliangid,. to eliangt-, "their illace.
The Reverend Joir -M. A: prescdts-an -hOrtonrabli"
exception to those hunters aftkeilittfetiant;•-whWjave too •otten• •
oceasioned reproach 011ie nationerlifirelf."'llatailf it cannot:4
Ofitronc4 or him, t "Mel ltss hairrediOda„portion
1 f .
of the vineyard ' teihhte tloin ,t(iirtrs,'t•yet,his'bxelrintry,coreer.hAs
been One scene Of .lidristentStienheditigt*ltcelb, 'ito'tica. by °these onl:,
sotto have aepre6latedThik. litiourK :anct,nlio hteem•his worth..'
I 1 intntersmitit will substantiate • thi; eeprp'eniai iofi. Thi:ye,'
anxinus for advaucement, holiak'drvreteti .tbe-snost-effseient-of his•
days; and "there, misolicitons• vetoltancnt; •nolike the mil-
lianv still disdains
Forinere sake te.4..1111, wotk
.Anris=l/.
Twr` years have not quite eia.pstil sirse. tss;nreiable Magistrates
Instituted legal proceedings against•thequi'aieprlietilhfield,_upon
Araciturs charges of .altering the SeniCe and bra;v4rig, in the Church,
the offender adiuitting the truth of the clial"4e.li. WhatCverlitight
Lave been the Motive for tbii process, the action itself was' certainly
to be commended. It is owing to offences of this Fort,—tO the not'
"cuffing:the lessons, and praying the prayth of our church, that of-
fence is taken against the established million of this country, its
altars neglected, and its rites and ccrenamies exposed to contempt.
This disorder is an inveterate one. It is not a distcalpir of the
bead, but it is a disease of the heart. The hearts of numbers of
the priesthood do not enter into the services of the church to which
-they belong ; they are mere organs, and not actors. Prolcssionality
is the master vice of ecclesiastics. • The phrase of " doing duty,"
which is too constantly in their mouths, is literally most descriptive
yr their character. They always feel ita trade, the cure of souls;
untl they think it nothing more.
Really the church is in sonic danger. She•is en'langcrc 1, there is
po doubt, as ranch through the Inkewarinness of her sons as the
combinations of her foes. She has lost, what far exceeds all price,
tut " first lover Commonly with other religion:: bodies, therefore
Ore has too ninth reason to apprehend that " Persecution of the
. Protestant Chuech," which is now at hand, " unless averted by a
Loral reformation." The trumpet has sounded !
It forms the praise of the Fcsent Ft:ocher, while but half his
praise, that he is. net lift* abbve recrircwents of the reading
desk, which he considcesons secltycly secondary to the.prilpit, and

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• ride the report of the Clio of Vr...ity.-iz Newberry, Fcq. versus
the ]Rev. Dr. Goo.kvin, in the Court of Arelics,:rshetoi.'s.Conituons,
Novemitei 11, 1811. Dr. Goodwin IA 35 stiller:tied from Ministet-
-1% , - for a fortni::ht ; and a :\lonitiou, thiveted te.i.ie read again,,..l him,
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in his own Ctuncli.

firs with equal judgmeii- and rid. He is not um
church being An house of prayer, vs well as of precep'
tons to the respective services that devotion which iv
each. The mildness of-his manner, and the affecting
of his voice, arc finely suited to the intercessory forms
Those who miss the prayers, when such a minister
have much to regret. Such remistness will Oecasioi
flit pain.
But the great services of our church are not confirt
Whether at the solemnization of matrimony, the vi
sick, or the burial of the dead, the conscientious
many mid arduous duties to perform, upon who'e effi,
much' of the dignity of the Establishment and the
community • depend. Negligence in these essenti;
must' not think 'to shelter itself under the plea of tl
MRS which arises from repetition. None complain
rehear,ing the melodies of the church ; and no one,
minister, will ever feel• himself tired by repeating li,
offices, unless his heart be deficient in pions warn&
grarelez,s mutterers of the surplice, however, the
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-6 Pits so much of his heart into the act,
That his example has a magnet's force.'
This is done without efliat on .his part. Having
ferred the established church, from an attachment
and cause, -he involuntary throws 1. ht;.it feelings in.
which he conducts with a ma,;estie simplicity and co
derness. It was with this 4hat-lie succeeded
an. Evening Lecture at Ilunniersmith Clue') ; whirl
Gandy well attended, though, before his time, it w
for the supporters of the establishment to frequent. tl
votions of the' Di-scoters in that place.
.Ifis sermons, whickhe writes,,are delivered with Tr
but %%NI considerabie impression. If their compos'
faulty, it is that they appear radier.autiressed ti the
than to the affections. His reasoning is often highly
his style is always gracefully classical. His sent'ant
to he of the arminian cast.
Interesting, as is the character of the clergyman 'no
is not ad‘antaged by those personal t ircumstances
.prea.chers give eßect
,to their discourses. Mr. Le;
short of stature ; nor do his ft:attires diiplay.that i
phisioguomy which (Tnmfatl;attention at first sight,
deference to tite.last. lie owes all to his intelligtu,
and sincerity. 'Vet he speaks with an authority
"hearers most readily yield, because it is felt by then
little out of the .citurch, therefore, he will In fon%
in it, 0

46** William Ituntinzton, S. S. having now paid
our common nature, 0tiE13.11.: propo:A: to roiews
Character in on neNA Paper.

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SUPPLEMENTTO. Te7ZONDQZ-1. G
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WAR DEPARTI4ENT, DAVNIN-diSTItTET.,-Jt.
"Dispatelie of the tbllowiDglife ropies•atid
bee».reeeived at flat•l Datlitti•Nt's ittlicej itt the col,
and yesterday, addressed to his-Coriisltip,.by Vield-I.IL
yds of Wellington :--
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Div Learn,—The troops have continuea to "htil, anc,
to ybnr Lord,hip 011 the :31st of hist niontli;:aml
Z.Lmora, and on the (241 at Toro. T.he.E.agi4lkl4Lssa
;Ayr:need in, bet,,‘ ten '.1.0r0 ;49rit1y...-..
deralrfe 1)4)4 of the camv's were
'tacked by tl:e by ere' ftgt=ititirothtl#74.
were °vet throl.vu, bud pursued for many wiles, an(
with many horses, and 1 officers fell into our hands.
Grant's repql t of this gallant affair, v. Judi rcikcts