The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-02 00:00:00

NEW BOOKS JUST PUBLISHED.

Second Edition, printed uniform with the " Omnipre-

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1. APNIVERSAL PRAYER; DEATH ;
A VISION OF HEAVEN ; AND A VISION
OF HELL Pi ms. ; •

By -ROBERT MONTGOMERY,
Author of " The #9nanipresence of the Deity."
Second Edition, post tiro., price 7s. 6d. boards. -
" It is a great and extraordinary performance, 'a-‘1 wild
much extend the fame so truly deserved by its author."—
Literary Gazette:
2. ,THE OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY. Se-
venth Edition,'Priee 7s. 6d. . .
. .
" THE 011141PRESENC OF THE DEITY.—...ME. -Mont-.
gnmeiy's excellent poem on this awful and impressive sub-
ject has, not more rapidly than deservedly, arrived at
second edition. The work is dedicated, by permission, to
the Lord Bishop of London, and is, in every respect, worthy
the countenance and protection of that elevated dignitary.
The author is, we understand, a very young man ; but, in
this production, he has displayed a depth and mataaity of
thought, a strength and justness of reasoning,•whichwould
do honour to any writer of the present day. His. versifie,a_
tion combines, in no ordinary degree, energy and elegance;
his figures are beautifully appropriate—they are never in-
troduced merely at the suggestion of fancy, but are called
in to illustrate some feeling of the mind, fli- some affection
of the heart. A glowing spirit of fervid deVotion distin-
guishes the whole work. In every page we find—
Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.'
The author appears to have felt that he stood in the pre-
sence of Hilt whose greatness he was celebrating; to Him
he has prayed for inspiration, and from HIM he has received
it. Be describes with felicitous effect the presence of the
Deity in all times and places—in the glare of day, and in
the darkness of night; in the storms of winter, in the mild
breath of spring, in the gorgeous glory of summfr, and in
the fruition of autumn. The all-seeing eve is never closed ;
it penetrates our most secret thoughts ; it views our most
covert designs; it is fixed on us when we are born,—it
marks us during youth, manhood, and old age,—and.when
the dsrith-bed scene arrives, it is still fixed on us. The
author has inculcated this principle with a force and vigour
worthy of the theme; he calls on his fellow men, elOquently
and affectionately, never to let the fact escape from their
memory, that the Deity is ever present; and he argues,
that where such a feeling exists, it must cheek the growth
of evil, counteract the tendency of human nature to vice,
and extend the empire of virtue. A purer body of ethics
we have never read, .and be who could peruse it without
emotion, clothed as it is in the graceful garb of poetry,
must have a very cold and insensible heart.
" There are several small poems attached to the volume,
which -possess great merit. That entitled Th.! Cruci-
fixion' cannot be read without emotion. '—From The
Times, April 1, 1828. .

3. CONVERSATIONS ON GEOLOGY: compri,:ing
a Familiar Explanation of the Huttonian and Wernerian
Systems ; the Mosaic Geology, as explained by Mr. Gran •
vile Penn ; and the late Discoveries of Professor Buckland,
Macculloch, and others. With several Engravings. Price
7s. 6d.

4. THE WANDERER'S LEGACY ; a Collection of
Poems on Various Subjects. By CATHARINE GRACE
GOLSWIN. Dedicated, by per►aission, to W. Words-
worth, Esq. Post Svo., Bs. 6tl.
London: Printed foe S. 11.1auu,der, Newgate-street.