first appearance of typhus, but in a few days the yellow tinge of the skin convinced us that we had a more dan gerous disease to contend with. [Here he relates his method of treatment, which he says, he has every reason to believe would have been very successful, had they had proper convenience, and not been exposed to the heat of the sun.] Our numbers diminished very rapidly; for, as the rainy season advanced, the dysentery made its appearance, and we reached the river Niger, 22d August, in a very weak and sickly state. On our arrival we had a long palaver with the king of Bamboura, and received permission to pass to the eastward, and arrived at Thirpla, (Sansanding) where we have resided near two months, fitting out our schooner, and laying in provisions. The healthy season is now set in, and I indulge the hope of reaching the coast before any more of us drop off. Out of 44 Europeans, who left the Gambia in good health, only lieutenant Martin, and three soldiers, of the royal African corps, and myself, remain alive. I have not had a day's sickness since I left Goree. Mr. Anderson, my brother, friend, and companion, died of a dysentery on the 28th of October, and Mr. Scott of a fever two months ago. "I am yours, &c. [Signed] "MUNGO PARKE." The guide who brought these letters, says, that he saw Mr. Parke to the eastward of Sansanding, after the date of his letter. He also reports, that there was an English ship in the Gambia that had letters on board from Mr. Parke, for his majesty's secretary of state.-Lon. paper. 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Timothy Flint of Lunenberg. Oct. 1st. Installed over the 3d Church and Society in North-Yarmouth, the Rev. John Dutton. The Rev. Mr. Smith of Turner, offered the introductory prayer. The Rev. Mr. Lyman of Bath, preached the sermon from Ezekiel iii. 17, "Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, therefore hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me." The Rev. Mr. Gillet of Hallowell, offered the installing prayer. The Rev. Mr. Mosely of New-Gloucester, gave the charge. The Rev. Mr. Weston of Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Hodge shall be concluded in our next. Sweet the hour of tribulation, The following tender and elegant little poem is from the pen of Mr. JAME's MONTGOMERY, the celebrated author of "The Wanderer of Switzerland." Ossian. Have you felt a kind emotion Have you lost a friend, a brother? Have you felt a spouse expiring Grey, expressed the fellowship of the churches, and the Rev. Mr. Ward of New Milford, offered the concluding prayer. Did not grief then grow romantic, Yes! but when you had resign'd her, One, one dear, one only child. But before the green moss peeping, THE JOY OF GRIEF. Poetry. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A. on " the Piety of the Ancients," is received. We wish often to hear from this writer. Leighton, on the Imprecations in Scripture, shall appear in our next. We invite the particular attention of all, who are concerned for the purity and prosperity of our churches, to the pieces signed PASTOR. Several communications, which have been some time delayed, shall appear in our next number. Correspondents are requested to forward their communications early in the month. No. 19.] OR, THE CHRISTIAN'S ARMORY. DECEMBER, 1806. [No. 7. VOL. II. SOLEMN PROSPECTS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW YEAR. IT is a just though trite remark, that the world in which we live is never stationary. It self, and all things in it, are suffering perpetual change. The effects produced in external na ture, by the revolutions of day and night, and by the regular succession of seasons from year to year, are obvious, even to the most common observer; and have often furnished the subject of many a delightful song, to those who have viewed them with a poetic eye. Whilst multitudes of unthinking mortals spend their days and years in vanity, regarding, with a brutish insensibility, the most striking facts which the progress of time exhibits; let us be wise, and attend for a little to those solemn prospects, which the commencement of a new year opens to our view. Let us admit the possibility of dying in the course of it; and O that the writer, as well as every reader of this paper, might be enabled, through divine grace, suitably to improve the interesting prospect! Though human society never becomes extinct, yet the individuals of which it is composed are continually changing. Every day that passes, removes many individuals from life; and the number must certainly be great, which each succeeding year consigns to their eternal home. Many, in every department of society, of every condition, of every age, and of every character, are cut down by the stroke of death; so that the places which they formerly occupied "know them now no more." Such changes have happened in all the years that are past, and similar events will undoubtedly occur, in those that are to come. Vol. II. No. 7. PP "This year thou shalt die," was the message of God by the mouth of Jeremiah, to the false prophet Hananiah : "This year thou shalt die," is the voice of God this day, to many who are putting far from them the thoughts of death, and exulting in the hope of many future years of prosperity and joy. Ye men of rank and figure, this message is addressed to many of you; who, placed in the commanding stations of society, are raised to a proud pre-eminence above your fellow creatures. 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