Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-12-02
MISC ELLANY.
The Rose ,clten IL Bushes alone.
!. BY HENRY BLISS.

bf HENRY BLISS. .r
THE bloom of creation is charming TO see,
In the spring when the flowers are Just blown,
But the flower that has beauties enchanting to
me,
Is the Rose, when it bushes alone.
The Sno1S-d'op, may spread its white form to the
And the Tnip TO changes be prone,
The garden Of nature has nothing can vie.
With the Rose when it bushes alone
The Lily, know is sweet little flower,
When its maidenly beauties are shown,
But never can ravish the soul with such power,
As the Rose, when it bushes alone
The, Poet, and Florist may boast of heir art,
While their pictures in emblem are thrown,
THERE'S none that enraptures the rnorahsfs heart,
Like the Rose, when it bushes alone.
For the Fair who has beauty with modesty join'd
Has charms each 5eholder must own
And expressed by metaphor aptly combined,
Is Rose, when it bushes alone.
DlED----Lately, the Rev Timothy Priestly,
he was brother to the celebrated Dr. Priestly
and formerly minister of the dissenting Chapel in
Cannon street, Manchester from the pulpit
OF which he uttered many eccentricities, which
chers-observing one ofhis congregation asleep,
ne called to him, (stoppng in his discourse for
the purpose "lAwake say George Ramsey, or
XII mention your name" lie had an unconuu era
BILE aversion to candles which exhibited long
burned W cks . and often in the raitlst ofhs most
interesting discourses on the winter evenings, be
ne would call out to the man appointed for that
purpose" Tommy ! Tommy top these can
dies" ...
He was a man ofgreat humonr, which he ever carr
ried to the pulpit. He was the preacher, though
Others have borne the credit or the odum of the
circumstance, who pulled out of his pocket half
crown, and laid it down on the pulpit cushion,
offering TO bet with st. Paul, that the passage
where he says, ole could do al things" was not
true; but reading on, BY faith,"'-he put up his
money and said, " Nay, nay, Paul, if that's the
case, I'll not bet with thee 1t is known that
his principles were decidedly Calvanistic; of
course dametl;cally oppnsite to those ofhis bro
Their, DIR. Priesty, who was an Unitarian.
He once paidhiu faternil visit at Birmng-
ham, and in the course of it wished TO preach in
Abe room of the Doctor, who OBJECTED in conse-
quence of the difference ofopinion and the prn-
ciples ofthe congregation. Mr.. Priestly, howe
yer, overcome the scruples, by promising to keep
clear ofdocirinal points, and TO confne himselfto
the general duties of christianity However
when he mounted the pulpit, he laid bv his pro-
mise, and commenced thus -" have been g,I:I-
~ OF an honest fraud TO gain your attention, which
I was determined 10 have at any price, NV
brother Joseph's pulpit has never had the GOSPEL
of Christ preached from it for once, however,
having possession of it, lam determined you shall
hear il, SO here goes"--and he preached furi-
GUS sermon,in which he insisted on all thepeculiar
tenets of Calyanisin, and his own views of the
Christian dispens2tion. Helef Manchester many
years ago, 10 reside and preach in the metropolis,
where he was very popular Minister of the indie
pendent Chapel, in Jermia street
Ei~epsan Magazine.