The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-25 00:00:00

THE'CIIISRCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY

An ADDRES to a NIF.ETING holdeh at the TOlvn-Halt.
'in the City of Bath, und,r the Pr,,Sidency of the Hui.
and Right 'Rev. the Lord BISHOP of GLOUCESTEIt,
on Alonclathe Ist 'Day of Drertaber, 1817, for the pur-
pose of furating a 'CIIITItCH IVINSIONARY SOCIETY I
that •City, , -word for wor delivereiT from writing; witl.
ft PROTEST against the estabhshriaent of such a Society
'in Bath.

By the Rev. JOSIAH TimmAs, Archdeacon of
Bath. •

My LORD VICE-PATRoN and PRESIDENT of

Meeting.

A Church Society holding a Meeting with ii
this city, and presided tirer by a Bishop of the
Church of England., will, I presume, allow do
right of the Archdeacon of Bath to declare hi•
sentiments on the subject of their Meeting. As
I am nut in the habit of attending stick meetings,
and do not chose " to talk without book," I be
leave to deliver my opinions from this :paper; to
which I can hereafter resort, if !Ste occasion_ .
desire) however, before I proceed, that it be
understood, that my attendance on this meeting
is altogether qficiait and, therefore, as 1 con-
clude that I am addressing a Church Assembly, I
shall speak as a Churchman to Churchmen ; and
if I should b ing some strange things to the ears
of many, they will be such as the Hon. and Right
Rev. Fire-Patron, .who presides over this meet-
ing, cannot, as a Bishop, disallow ; however ob-
solete they may have become through disuse.
However I may and do revere the piety and
well-intending zeal of sonic individuals, whom I
know to be members of this Missionary Society,
1 scruple not to express my convictions : .
I. That this- Church Missionary Society was
originally tinntctssary ; because the Incorporated
Society for the nopagation of the Gospel in
Fo,-ign Parts, was, and is, in existence, and in
action.

• H. I hat several of the rules 'and regulations
of this Church Missionary Society, and especially
the means which it employs ►o increase its
funds, are utterly .unworthy Of the name which
it would assume—that of a Church of England

Society.
111. That this Church Missionary Society tends
to the subversion of ecclesiastical order; and to
promote and angment divisions among the mem
bers, and especially the Clergy of the Church of
England ; being plainly supported in conformity
to tie views of a New Sec; in the Church : a
Sect, of which the adherents di.tingnisit them-
selves by the names of Serious Christians, and
Evangelical Miuisterc,
IV. That the formation of a riranch of this
Church Missionary Society, in this city, will be
pernicious ; because it will promote religious
feuds here, as similar speculations have done
hi othe. places. Of each of these in their
order.

1. I said that this institution was originally- un-
necessary Incorporated Society for the
Propagation of the Goipel in Foreign Parts has
been in existence and in usefulness, but, though
a Church of England Society, little encouraged,
more than a hundred yea's. It ;s probable that
many of this auditory, in all respects qualified-to
be members of that Society, never heard of its
name. To them I take leave to recommend it,
not as a new project, hint as an established and
Orderly syStent. And certainly the zeal and the
liberality of members of the Church of England,
would be more consistently employed in the sup-
port of that, than in the formation of any new
Society.
2. I said that I considered some of the Rule
and Regulations of this church Missionary So-
ciety, and especially the means which it employs
to increase its Funds, to be utterly unworthy of
the name which it would assume ; viz. that of a
Church of England Society. For example, Is it
worthy of the Church of England, is it worthy
of the members of the Chinch of England, to
authorise persons to go about, collecting pence
and farthings from servants, school boys, and
apprentices, in order that the collectors of one
s tilling per week, or five shillings per month,
may be elevated into members—of a Church of
England Society ? And, moreover, be tempted
o the additional honour of voting at meetings,
of receiving copies of the Annual Report and
Sermon, and one Number of the Missionary Re-
gister ? This is the statement in Rule VI. of your
At port : but I proceed to other matter.
3. I said that this Society tends to the subver-
sion of ecclesiastical, order, and to Promote anti
augment disisitms among the members, and espe-
cially the Clergy of the Church of England. Can
vronger proof of this assertion be offered than
at this moment, exhibited before your,. eves ?
Here you have the Right Reverend the Lord
Bishop of Gloucester peesiding in the chief city
of the diocese of Bath and Wells, over the for—
mation of a Society, which the Lord Bishop of
Bath and Wells disclaims. Does tire Honourable
and Right Neverend Vice Patron of this Church
of England Missionary Society know this fact ?--
If not, by what role, not of Apostolical atulto-
rity, but of common propriety, does be invade
the province of his venerable brother ? By what
right does he come hither, thrusting his sickle
into aunt her man's harvest ? *Pet haps Ire thought
the husbandman asleep ! I trust that he will
find us waking and watchful. But it his Lord-
ship did know the sentiments of his venerable
Diocesan as well as mine (for the Dean of IVells
is as much under canonical rule as any other cler-
gymt;n), I ask, if his Lordship did know the
sentiments of his venerable Diocesan as well as
mine, could he give a more decisive proof of. his
indifference to the dignity of the' high office, to
which he has been hurt a few years consecrated,
as well as of his Contempt of ecclesiastical order?
Btu tLis is a Church of England
.Society !!
Where are the Majority of the Established Clergy
of this city, and of the neighbourhood, that they
attend not to support a meeting, convened under
that assumption ? Did they not hear of it ? Was

it possible for them not to he Kr ? not
:le Newspapers announce, not onl'y the imblic
e e Of this Society, bu't tlO, to promote the
..iews Of 'this Institution, a Sermon would be
;reached by the Hon. and Right Reverend the
bord Bishop of Gloucester, at the Octagon
Chapel Owe the very words of the adver-
tisement.) 1 ask again, where are the Major:ty
ot the Established 'Clergy of this 'city and neigh-
Oourhood, that they emend not to support this
;Iturcli of England Society ?. Perhaps if may be
said that the Archdeac!oi infiuenbed their winds
The Archdeacon solemnly declares, that he has
u(et communicated, nor anthorised ;ID'S' person to
ommunicate, to any one of them his intentiOn to
here.

lin! I have said, that this Church Missionary
Society is plaioly supported in conTOrmity.to the
views of a New Sect in the Church ; a sect,. of
which the adherents distinguish themselves by the.
names of Serious -Christians, and Evangelical
Ministers. Igo further,. That this Society is in
ny.respect calculated to promote the sober, or-
derly, manly, intelligent, and intelligible piety
of the Church of England, Ido utterly deny. I
look at the names of the prime and principal pro-
mote's of this project; names, I allow, of the
highest respectability on many accounts, but cer-
tainly of very little weight in the balance of the
Chinch of England ; since some of the .parties,
to whotti those names belong, have nut scrupled
to con,municate with those, who renounce her
doctrines and diSeipline.
Do not imagine that I mean to speak with
disrespect of Conscientious Dissenters. I quarrel
with no man for his religions creed. I love Ho-
nesty, though I may think it perverse. I vene-
rate Piety, though 1 may think it erroneous. Bin
those respectable Dissenters do not halt between
two opinions ; they are not of the Church to-day
and of the Meeting-house to-morrow ; and we
know their meaning. But do the Ministers of
any Dissecting coninmuity go about ploclaiming
the insufficiency, the %vorldly•mindedness, and the
want of gospel-zeal IN THEIR OWN Brethren ?
Does any party of Ministers, in any Communion,
among Them, lissome to itself all the piety and all
the virtues of their cornmon function ? or look
down with supercilions horror on their less as-
suming Brethren Does any Minister among the
Dissenters intrude upon the charge of a Brother-
Minister, not Only without leave, but in, defiance
of all denial ?—No. These are perfections of re-
ligious zeal, peculiar to certain elect persons,• who
have set up this, and some other institntioos,
themselves Serious Christiaus, and Evangeli-
cal Ministers.

Serious Christians ! What "? Is no man in
earnest respecting the mercies of God in the re-
demption of uirtiikind ? is no wan serious in his
faith, and earnest in his religions and moral du-
ties ? has no Mall :4 regard for the salvation of
souls, except this Party ?
Evangelical Ministers too ! Why more evan-
gelical than their brethren—who have received
the same Apostolical ordination ; profeSs the sante
faith; have taken the same oaths ; use the same
loin) of sound words in the services of the same
Church ; and exercise the sante Pt ie‘thood at the
same altar % I Speak to members of 'the Church
of England,. (for such by the title of the meeting
I may fairly conclude all present to .be ;)- and I
r.sk, in what sense, but as the Shinboleth of a
Party, this exclusive title of Evangelical can be
assumed by Ministers of the Church of England
over their brethren ? over men, in every respect,
whether of piety, of morals,. or of learning, at
least their equals ? 1 ask, why I cease to be a
true Minister of the Gospel, became I disdain to
join a Sect of whose disorderly proceedings 1 dis-
approve.
Respecting this Church of England Missionary
Society, I beg leave to call the attention of the
Meeting to two extraordinary circumstances :
First, that on looking over the list of Vice-Pa-
trons, I see the names of only two Bishops : one,
The lion. and Right Rev. Prelate here present ;
the other, The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of
Norwich ! Now, if this Society were founded
on principles so firm and so evangelical, by what
fatality did it happen that the other Bishops did
not join it at first ? Nay, how comes it to pass,
that they have not conic in on conviction ?
can readily account for the reluctance of a man to
tread back the hollow and rotten ground over
which he has travelled; but this reluctance to set
toot ou firm ground; on the ground of the Chula
of England! This is a mystery too deep for me
to fathom.

Secondly, The next extraordinary circumstance
is, that among the list of High Persons on the
report of this Clinch of England Missionary So-
ciety for the east, I see not the name of the only
person who can give either order or consistency
to their proceediags in that quarter of the Globe.
I mean the truly teamed and sound Bishop of
Calcutta.—What ! was that great titan solicited to
take under his care and controul—which, as the
Hon. and Right Rev. Vice-Patron knows, the
Church of England wonld demand—was that
great man solicited to take under his care and
contront the pious missionaries, who should be
sent into his Diocese from this Society;—and
did he refuse to receive them Or, did the 'toady
adherents to the Church of England, who pro-
jected this Society, never apply to his Lordship
for that purpose ? I profess myself utterly igno-
rant on both these questions. But of this lam
certain, viz.—That " the concerns of the Society
in the North of India" are stated in the Report
ender the article of Missions, to be under no other
authorif y or control'', than " the management of a
Corresponding Committee." A Church of England
Missionary Society, under the management (that
is the word) of Corresponding Committee !! !
I have indeed heard, but I will not assert it as a
fact, a circumstance that would solve these diffi-
culties ; to wit, that the leading persons of the
London Missionary Society, which consists of
persons of all kinds of religious persuasions, ate
on the best of terms with the leading persons of
the Church Missionary Society for Africa and
the East. This circutustmice, if trite, would also
account for other circumstances in the history of
restless and disorderly pietists, compassing sea
and land to
.gain proselytes ; and distturbt»g their
own country with religious contention.

4. I now proceed to the last consideration, viz.:

THE SUN.

frOLEII QUIS DIOERE FALSUM A [IDEA.'" ?

LONDON,
THURSDAY; DECEMBER 25, 1817

We received last night the Paris Papers of Sun-
day lasts and this tttoi•ning those of Monday. We
give extracts from the former in our laS't page.
They almost Wholly rel►►te to the proceedings of
the Chamber of Deputies on Baturday, relative to
the Projet regarding the Press. It will be seen
that an important point has been Carried by a
small majority against the Government. In the
original Projet $ power Was reserved to the Police
to seize a \Volk ut the Press previous to the pub-

if it ecinttilled a direct excirewulit N
'lhe t6nonittee who consid c 1 11("'

crime.

jet had intich disVOtsion as to the nie,min,4 11'41
might be attached to the phrase used, aild
length ditided reen(nmending its lij4

struck Out.

!n Clianiber, oil S4l ti rdeP

affer agreeirt to separate the article rcspecti4
the J otunalh (\vith the restriction on them or►1;1
• till ti►e end of the Bt..sion of ISIS) from tlizf
jet, and to several Articles of the latter, 4

vei.y warm debate took place on the ah(o7e'
mentioned paragraph. The power of seiii4
works at the press, on the ground of their
'containing an excitement to crime (to which
many Meanings might be attached) was tti°
tempting to the Ministry to be given up witlpoot
a struggle, and accordingly we find the Mini'
sterial men Warmly contending for ir. The re'
stilt was, a defeat to them on a scrutiny, tile
numbers were lOl for—and 110 against the
paragraph, which was in consequence struck out'
The Chambei• adjourned the consideration of the
remaining articles till Monday.

The following are•Exttacts from the Journols
of 'Monthly :

" PARIS, DEC. 22.—YOterday at a private
audience the Chevalier de Britto, Portuf,tiese
ulster Plenipotentiary, notified to his Majesty the
marriage of the Prince Royal of Portugal to the
Princess Leopotdine of Austria.
" It is understood that the Projet of Law re'
specting the Journals agreed to on Saturday hi
the Chamber of Deputies, will be presented thig
day by the Ministers to the Chamber of Peers: •
" Five hundred witnesses are to be conveyed
from Rhodes to Albi, to give evidence respectiog
the assassination of M. Ullaldes.

" At the ti h 1 of Maubrenil on Thursby
Donay, the defetulant objected to the competet
of the Court ; the decision is not, yet known,
" It is understood that thesMinister of Financic

receives every day new propositions respecting 06
loan; and that they are favourable bud: Irma 10'
reign houses and the first domestic houses, 1)4
there is reason to bel;eve that the Minister will
not treat for the loin until after the law on the
Budget is agreed to, provision being made for the
public service at the commencetnent of the year.

" FIVE PER CENTS.

" Saturday 64 f.

" TANGIER,' Nov. 24.—The Captain awl crew
of a French vessel from Goree, destioeil for Mat'

seilles, have heel) arrested in Nif:roceu, at Sairri
Croix, where they pitt in to ye; pimiSious
water. The determination of the Emperor rt."!
specting this circumstance is waited for.
" An English vessel has arrived at Madlior,
from Gibraltar, with two English Officers of Artill
lery on board, who are supposed to be on smog

I IiSSLOII.

" MADIUD, DEC 9.—Two Portuguese trigatego
destined to cruise in the Meditetranean, arrived ka
Gibraltar the 27th ult.

" FRANKFORT, Dec. 11.—M. Las Cass is tO
reside in future in the Prussian Suites. He hag
set out for Berlin, accompanied by a Prussittli
Utlicer of Police.

" Several letters from Russia state, that the
stay of the Court at Moscow will be longer Oa°
at fitst supposed, and that ►he Emperor will n(
return to Petersburgh ►luiring the winter.
" MADRID, DEC. 9.—Orders have been issues
for the trial of the accomplices of General Lacy•'

We have before noticed that reports have beell

some time in circulation, stating, that a negocij'
tion was actually on foot between Spain and 10.4
revolted ColOnies, and that the former was
posed to make such concessions in favour or the
latter, as might rescue them from the instigatioos
of those foreign adventurers or domestic
contents among the Colonists, who seek to tridevi
and indeed render the breach irreparable bet wee°
them and the Parent State. Our Readers uvill
perceive, in our Extracts from the French Papers
ihis day, that the report is repeated in The Ca'
zette tie Ranee. We sincerely hope, for the salo
of both parties, that it is well founded.

We Wye received this morning a private lettO
front M. A. Ft.:Notx, jun., Merchant of Ad'
(Herne Department of Firlisterre, requester'
us to publish a Notice to those whom it may coo'
cern, that a vessel was wrecked near that place
the night betikeen the 7th and Bth inst., a !tart '.7t
the cargo of which, consisting of muskets, pistol°
sheets of copper, chandeliers, knives, forks, at''
haS been saved, and is in his possession. All'.
pliCations to him an the subject be requests rod
he properly authenticated.

CummoNr CouNc.m.—For the honour of otir,
eitiz,ns be it recorded that a certain niodei°
Patriot has fa led in. his attempt to become
Member of the Common Council. It is enooo
that such. men can vent their doctrines throne
the medium of the Press—it would be too mud)

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to. vest them with autliorit•y. the Common Conn;
61 ought to be one of the most respectable bodies
in the British Empire, as, in effect, they represent
the Capital of the Civilized World, and thOngli rs
few Innoratois and 'Reformer; -may rutruite•anmong
them, we trust that a large majority will always
he found to support The proper dignity lot their
Corporate Character.

. .
THE ARCHDEACON OF BATH'S PROTEST.---VVe
refer our Readers to the'Protest of this Eminent
Divine in our preceding coluliins. It is de-
serving the serious consideration of THE

as containing matter of the first importince'to the
well-being and good government of The Church
Establishment, and to the due observance of
brotherly and orderly conduct by 'all the Members
of it. We have always considered the kind of in-
terference so pointedly and so properly noticedty
the Worthy Archdeacon, as extremely
and tending to the subversion of all Ecclesiasti-
cal Discipline ; and we lament to observe the
BISHOP Of GLOUCESTER, in the Diocese of an-
, other Bishop, presiding at a Meeting, and encou::
raging, in that Diocese,' the establishment of a
branch of an Association, well known nnder the
designation of " The Church Missionary. 86-
ciety," when his Lordship was well acquaint ed
• with the VENERABLESoCIETY held at St Martin's
Library " for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts," and of the necessity there exists

for using every exertion to increase. its funds, to
enable it to establish more 'lissions in the King's
Dependencies. The dignified and liberal conduct
observed by the Governors of this noble Institu-
tion loss always been the th'eme of, universal, ap-
probation in the King's,Colonies, and it is to be
regretted that the Society is not more generally
known throughout the United Kingdom. We shall,
therefore, avail ourselves of an early opportunity

of brit-Ong it more immediately to the notice of
the Pohkie, by presenting them with an Histoti-
cal AeCOunt of its origin, progress, and present

state.

With respect to THE PROTEST that we now
present to our Reades, it has been in our posses-
sion some time, but we reserved it for this hal-

lowed day, which is set apart by the Inetitittirms

of our Church for the most ,solemn'thankgivings
to the Almighty Ruler of the World, as more suit-

able than on any other occasion.

The PROTEST

ispeoks so emphatically for itself, that nothing we
could say would add to its force, and it would

indeed
,be presumptuous in us to atiempt
support its reasoning, or to strengtheli its
effect. But we may be permitted to observe,
that We sincerely rejoice in Seeing, the dignity'
of our Church and the purity of our Faith
,upheld by the ARCRDEACON of BATII with such
zeal, firmness, and tempered energy. The ap-
peal-is, in all respects, so just, so forcible, and so
pious, that we hope it will produce the extinction
of the Society in question, and induce those
who, from► good intentions but erroneous -viers,

were prompted to connect themselves with
it, to turn their attention and direct their
benevolence, as an act of religious duty, to
a resolute support of the INCORPORATED SO-
CIETY for the PROPAGATION Of the GOSPEL ill FO-
REIGN PARTS ; a Society conformable to the prin-
ciples of the Established Church, and which pus-
sessfs the full sanction of its orthodox and most
revered Dignitaries a►►d respective Members,

. .„
lowed to mourn for the 'dud error of the
remaining dwellers on 11.fs -wottlil

W.eep with anguish 'to beholdst'rOng.er cTt~play, of
popular at t chment to her own memory, than to
that of liersOnat. es so infinitely 'sty erior tO herself.
Let it not be said by any' of those well-meaning
people, who .dissent, from our Chutcli," that
irkiristmoi llay, upod
.Friday, &c &e. are not
mentionetl in the 1Y)le." Nihat ! Do we " icant

a precedent'' for payi:gf homage to the Savloor of
mankind, that King of Nii)gs, and Lord of Lords,
and only Ruler of Princes ? bid we stand " Olton

a precedent" when latery we opened '!in't Churches
. •
and our Meeting [louses in honour of the Princess
CHARLOTTE Of WALES Are ice not to eoname-
morate the Holy Apostles and E'angelists, becanse
they, who were the patterns Of humility, have
chosen to be silent on the suhleet of their own
praise ? Granting that Christmas Day, GoOd Fri-
day, and the other Fasts and izetivals of the
Churcli, are not expressly specified in the
is the late Princess CHARLOTTE'S name mentioned
any s..liere therein'? And were not the Meeting
Houses verrproperlyr thi-oovred on the mournful
day of her fiineral, fOr tlie sake Of Shelving respect
to her memory, and for the still tnof e salutary
purposes of Christian edificatiOn ?
Your exertions, Mr. Editor, your laudable ei-
ertioits, had a very pOwerful effect on the nationa.
feeling, and greatly tended to cause that lamented
day to be generally observed throughout the en-
Ore in so solemn and appropriate a manner. Most
of your brnther Journabits Similarly distinguished
themselves. Never s'as the influence of the pub-
lic press more signally conspicuous. Surely,
then, you cannot now refuse this letter a place in
your columns ; you cannot now decline your Va-
luable assistance in producing a more strict and
regular observance of the Sabbaths, 4ncl of the
Fasts and Fe,tivals of the Church-, than unfortu-
nately is manifested by all ranks of people at the

tresent day ! Indeed, to the growing neglect o'f.

those appoirbted rites and ceremonies, my we
ascribe the national calamity wliich this empire
has recently sustained ! May it nut be the fore-
runner.of other misfortunes !—I rein3in, Sir,
An old and attached Servant
of the lace Princess Charlotte,

The following Answers to the Addresses voted by
t heNoblemen, Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders
of the County of Galway, have not yet appeared in
the English Journals.--11 has been justly observ-
ed, that, as Galway may be considered as a Ca-
tholic County, containing more Catholic property
than any other in Ireland, these'Addresses are the
more honourable to it, particularly that in rela-
tion to Mr. PEEL, the zealous Champion fur Pao-
TESTANT ASCENDANCY':'—

" Knole, Nor. 19, 1817.

" beg you will convey to the Noblemen, Gentle-
men, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Galway, and
accept fur yourself, my best thanks for the honour of the Ad-
dress transferred to rife by 'yon

" I cannot hut be high), gratified with their approbation
of my conduct in Ireland. They do me but justice, in at-
tributing to me a Most anxious wish for its prosperity , but I
should withhold from them the justice which is so Much their
due, were I not to declare, th,t, without that support, which
I hare, at all times, and on all occasions, received from them,
my endeavours could never have been attended with the same
happy effect.—l have the booour to be, Sir,

" Your most obedient, bumble Servant,
" WH rr w ORTH.

" To Thomas Wade, Esq. High Sheriff of the
County of Galway."

0 D E
ON CHRIS pi IS DAY.

The Myth cf Christ ! 'a theme divinely great, -
Shall inatr presume to cyleOrate? ,
pr shall his bittb on remain unsung ?
Towhomiir Heaven the golden harps are strung?
Thou sacred Spirit of 'tie Eternal God !
Who in the Heaen 6! FleaVeni bast thine dhoflei
Sun of the Wdrld of GracA within Me'shine,
Thee kinvoke, thou Pavuclete DiVine I
OA for Elijah's fiery car
Then on the wings,of-Faith I'd soar;
Fran earth and earthly cares remov'd afar,
Where prostrate Seraph iius adore.
•,
Enter within the rail and see
The grand incarnate Mystery.
And whilst angelic raptures fir'd my soul,
From the high altar catch a living coal,
, .
e 7 touch and teach unhallowV lips to glow;
There learn from heavenly Bards a sacred sone,
Catch Hallelujahs as they Sweetly flow,
From Raphael's lyre, or Gabriel's tongue,
And join the chorus of the blest above,
To Shout the triumphs of 'redeeming love.
Ye shepherds, who your fleecy care;

\Vele watching o'er by night,
Wyr:e not your bosoms wish fear,
When found you shone from Heaven a light ?
Hark to the news the Herald•aogul brings
Hai k to glad tlifingS from the King of Kings I
" Behold! behold ! on this auspicious morn,
to you in Betfilehenris a Saviouf
the Lord."
A Savio:ui wliich is Christ And lo ! in honour of th' Incarnate Word;
Angels descending Own the Sky,
Ascribing Glory unto God on High ;
•
Glory to 'God for Jesus' Dirt
Good will to Man, and Peace from Heaven to Earth.

But where's this Prince of Glory laid?.
In Spring's ambrosial tints be Earth arrayed.
What Temple's worthy to receive Hint;
In whom all created being's li ye
Behold, a rack supports his infant head
A manger is his cradle and his bed!
A stable is his room of state;
And lowing herds around him wait.
Itut ho' is the wintry wind, the 'pride of Spilni
Fades at the presence Of the new-horn Kink";
The pride of earth unworthy to appear,
Hides its astonish'd head When lid Creator's 71Caro

Burst forth, Believers ! and your voices raise
,
In hytuns.to the Redeeme.r's praise
From Jesse's stem a rod-shall shout,
A branch shalt flourish from his root;
'Cin whom the spirit of the Lord test,
The love sf Wisdom Shall inspire his breast.
fit RighteOusness 'he shall to Judgment ittote'i
The World with equity'reprove!
Lo! where Isis star ;Humes the sky,

Wonderful! Counsellor ! the Mighty God/.
The everlasting Father ! Prince of Peace !
Shall be Hi.s.olle shall never cease;
Rotlit shill reign in Righteousness the Lords
'fill time is swallow'ti in Eternity. •
Rejoice, ye ! th' incarnate word
JesuS—the Saviour-,,•reigns
With Righteousness his loins he'll girri,
'And Faithfulness shall be the girdle of his reins. •

Strengthen the weak of hand !
Confirm the feebh: knee !
;Jesus is cans.: ! at whose command
The deaf shall hear, the blind shall see,
The lame shall walk, the dumb shall singi
And s•aters in the wilderness shall spring:
Th' anointed Holy-One is come,
To lead kis weary wAnd'rers honre :
To preach glad tidings to the meek,
The bro'ken heart with care to bind,
The iron-yoke of Sin to break,
And liberty proclaim to all mankind
Instead of mourning—oil of joy !
Instead of ashes—beauty shall appear!!
GarMents of praise his Saints shall wear—
The Situ four's praises shall their bearts employ !
They shall he call'd " The Trees of Righteousness !"
" The planted of the Lord Most High,"
They shall inherit everlasting bliss;
And Heaven and Earth our God shall glorify.