Thee; and if it shall please Thee to grant me the attainment of my purpose, preserve me from sinful pride; take not Thy Holy Spirit from me, but give me a pure heart and humble mind, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Town Malling, Kent, Sept. 18, 1768, at night.Almighty and most merciful Father, Creator and Preserver of mankind, look down with pity upon my troubles and maladies. Heal my body, strengthen my mind, compose my distraction, calm my inquietude, and relieve my terrors; that if it please Thee, I may run the race that is set before me with peace, patience, constancy, and confidence. Grant this, O Lord, and take not from me Thy Holy Spirit, but pardon and bless me, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.

January 1, 1769.-Almighty and most merciful Father, who hast continued my life from year to year, grant that by longer life I may become less desirous of sinful pleasures, and more careful of eternal happiness. As age comes upon me, let my mind be more withdrawn from vanity and folly, more enlightened with the knowledge of Thy will, and more invigorated with resolution to obey it. O Lord, calm my thoughts, direct my desires, and fortify my purposes. If it shall please Thee, give quiet to my latter days, and so support me with Thy grace, that I may die in Thy favour, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

January 1, prima mane.-Almighty God, by whose mercy I am permitted to behold the begin

ning of another year, succour with Thy help, and bless with Thy favour, the creature whom thou vouchsafest to preserve. Mitigate, if it shall seem best unto Thee, the diseases of my body, and compose the disorders of my mind. Dispel my terrors; and grant that the time which Thou shalt yet allow me, may not pass unprofitably away. Let not pleasure seduce me, idleness lull me, or misery depress me. Let me perform to Thy glory, and the good of my fellow-creatures, the work Thou shalt yet appoint me; and grant, that as I draw nearer to my dissolution, I may, by the help of Thy Holy Spirit, feel my knowledge of Thee increased, my hope exalted, and my faith strengthened; that when the hour which is coming shall come, I may pass by a holy death to everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

September 18, 1769.-Almighty and most merciful Father, I now appear in Thy presence, laden with the sins, and accountable for the mercies of another year. Glory be to Thee, O God, for the mitigation of my troubles, and for the health both of mind and body which Thou hast vouchsafed me. Most merciful Lord, if it seem good unto Thee, compose my mind, and relieve my diseases; enable me to perform the duties of my station, and so to serve Thee, as that, when my hour of departure from this painful life shall be delayed no longer, I may be received into everlasting,happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

November 5, 1769.-Almighty God, merciful Father, whose providence is over all thy works, look down with pity upon the diseases of my body, and the perturbations of my mind. Give thy blessing, O Lord, to the means which I shall use for my relief, and restore ease to my body, and quiet to my thoughts. Let not my remaining life be made useless by infirmities; neither let health, if Thou shalt grant it, be employed by me in disobedience to Thy laws; but give me such a sense of my pains, as may humble me before Thee; and such remembrance of Thy mercy, as may produce honest industry, and holy confidence. And, O Lord, whether Thou ordainest my days to be passed in ease or anguish, take not from me Thy Holy Spirit; but grant that I may attain everlasting life, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The War Fiend.

Loud, loud was the shout, which the War Fiend gave,
From the slumber of ages, the mighty of yore,
Awoke by the lightning that flash'd from his glave,
And rose in the blaze of the brand that he bore.
His blood purpled robe wildly wav'd in the gale,
Like a cloud ting'd with crimson, it mantled the land;
He shook his red torch over mountain and vale,

And the forest trees flam'd from the sparks of the brand.

The shores of the South caught the soul 'livening ray,
Her war bugles rung on her summits of snow,
She spurn'd the base trammels of priestcraft away,
And guided the dart, as it sprung from the bow. -

The lash left the gore purpled back of the slave,

The proud bird of Jove deck'd the walls of each town.

The steel lost its rust in the grasp of the brave,

And a legion of Scipio's awoke to renown.

A wondering world hails her glorious career,
Like Sparta of old she arises to view;

With a heart above price, with a soul above fear,

Whom no bribe can allure, whom no threat can subdue. Her victors of Chili-fierce lions in war

Midst the snows of the Andes, unconquer'd remain ;

The fam'd Aresmendi, the brave Bolivar,

Wield their death-gleaming swords in defiance of Spain.

Iberia, the race of injustice has run,

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No more shall ambition exalt her on high;

Her glory has chang'd to a wintry sun,

That lingers at eve in a turbulent sky.

The Grandee may scowl his dark eye in disdain,
Or the terror-struck Monk rend his cowl in despair;
The Bigot may murmur, the Courtier complain,
But their fancy-form'd visions shall fade into air.

But thou, O Columbia, though tyrants may scorn,
And the battle's red tide for a season may pour;
Yet halcyon days on the future shall dawn,

When the white sail of Commerce approaches thy

shore.

Thou birth-place of Freedom, confide in thy bands,
While the war dæmons loose, independence pursue;
Dream not of defeat, while a hero commands,

And Peace shall reserve a green olive for

you.

Country News, York, January 17.-The following very odd affair we are informed lately happened at Horton, near Blanford, in this county: A girl of about 17 years of age, servant to one Mr. Swain, woolstapler there, having been charged with stealing a guinea, left her service privately, and was missing upwards of two months; during this time several of her master's family had seen her upon the stairs in the nighttime, which greatly alarmed and terrified them, all concluding it must be her spirit or apparition. This confirmed the suspicion that she had destroyed herself, and her master and father were at the expence of five pounds and upwards in searching the coal-pits, ponds, &c. thereabouts for her body, but without success. At last, however, she was found alive and above ground in the following manner: All her master's family being gone to church, except one maid and a child of five years of age, the child perceived her upon the stairs, and cried out, "That's no boggard [apparition] 'tis our Molly," and made towards her, followed by the maid. The girl made what haste she could into a working chamber, where was a large parcel of wool; but being closely pursued, and not having time to hide herself in it, she jump'd out of a window four yards high, and went into the barn, where she was, on her master's coming from church, found concealed in the hay-mow. During all the time she was missing, she had never been out of her master's house, but had concealed herself.