9 virtue of its soothing and edifying tendency, under the pressure of similar afflictive dispensations,*—the salutary and animating belief, that he was sustained-during the probationary discipline of providential appointment,-by the gentle and sympathetict whispers of angel voices as they vibrated on the silver chords of the golden harp of the gospel, in unison with the melodious and enrapturing tones of divine promises and scriptural consolation. As behooveth him,--with reverential humility, he commends this imperfect tribute of adoring gratitude to the gracious benediction of the Great Angel of the everlasting covenant, who, whilst He tabernacled “in the flesh for us men and our salvation," singled out, from amidst the thronging multitude, by the divinity of His omniscience, the remaining mites of the widow's penury; recording on the page of inspiration, that as the offering of her repentant faith and “love * They teach the soul by woe subdued, That sweetest flowers do lie Hid in the green, thick, tangled wood, Of dark Adversity. CAROLINE MAY-Proem to Treasured Thoughts. -Being an admirable and a choice selection of striking and sterling, elegant and edifying extracts,-pithy, practical, and pious observations gleaned from the writings of eminent authors, in the diversified departments of theology, philosophy, and general literature. † I do think that many mysteries ascribed to our own inventions have been the courteous revelations of spirits, or the charitable premonitions of good angels, which forerun our calamities; for those noble essences in heaven have a friendly regard unto their fellow-nature on earth. SIR THOS. BROWNE-Religio-Medici. 10 unfeigned," they were a larger donative, than the munificent and united gifts of those, who, from the vain promptings of an ostentatious superfluity, cast in out of their abundance into the treasury of the temple of the Jewish synagogue. To Him-the Lord of Angels "Whose frown can disappoint the proudest page, Whose approbation prosper even mine.” "O Everlasting God, who hast ordained the services of angels and men in a wonderful order; mercifully grant, that as thy holy angels always do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succor and defend us on earth, through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Collect for St. Michael and All Angels. |